Language: English
Published by Field & Tuer; Simpkin; Hamilton, London, 1884
Seller: Hellertown Books, Hellertown, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Enlarged Edition. cracking to hinige of front wrap.
Published by Field and Tuer (Ye Leadenhalle Presse), London, 1884
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
original glassine wrappers. Leadenhalle Press (illustrator). 12mo. original glassine wrappers. 94, (2) pages. A book of printing humor and anecdote edited by Andrew W. Tuer and printed by him at his Leadenhalle Presse. Includes a Glossary of printing terms. Wrappers chipped with small pieces missing. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.
Published by London : Field and Tuer. Simpkin: Hamilton, 1884
US$ 304.86
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTitle from cover of enlarged edition: Quads within quads. 94, [2] pages : illustrations; 16 cm. LACKING miniature book. PROSPECTUS, 10 x 11cm, tipped onto front free endpaper. Condition of contents good, but foxing of endpapers and edges of other pages. Covers sl. mottled. SEE IMAGE. A collection of printer's jokes from Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Edition statements at head of titles: Enlarged edition, Midget folio substituted by a note written by Miniature Collector, E.G. Millar (see Note below).The miniature and the enlarged editions had been issued together; the miniature edition WAS housed in book-box portion of the enlarged edition.Title of enlarged edition within ornamental border. Integral publisher's ads, [2] pages at end (enlarged edition).Note: The intended receptacle of the miniature book, 3.5 x 5 x1cm, contains a crumpled note as follows: "The book [miniature] placed in my miniature bookcase. | E,G. Millar". According to the book, "The Eric George Millar Bequest of Manuscripts and Drawings 1967" (British Museum, 1968), p. 77, his miniature book collection was bequeathed to a Jane Martineau.