A Guide to Typography, in two parts, Literary and Practical; or, The Reader's Handbook and the Compositor's Vade-Mecum.
Published by F. Bowering, [-61], 1859
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Claude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB, Saxmundham, United KingdomClaude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB
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FIRST EDITION, 2vols. bound together (as issued); pp.x,269; xii,272 + cancel leaf F4 (pp.215/6) supplied at end of vol.1; neat shelf number on preliminary leaf but a very good copy of this uncommon work in contemporary blue cloth; neatly rebacked with morocco label. Beadnell was principal reader at Wyman & Sons for many years; a planned third part on press & machine work, never appeared. Bigmore & Wyman I.41-2. Printing manual Typography.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Guide to Typography, in two parts, Literary and Practical; or, The Reader's Handbook and the Compositor's Vade-Mecum.
- Author
- BEADNELL, Henry.
- Publisher
- F. Bowering, [-61]
- Publication year
- 1859
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Claude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB
Saxmundham, United Kingdom
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Established 1975 in a Suffolk farmhouse, we now have five book rooms & a gallery at the old White Hart in the centre of Saxmundham, near Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Visitors are welcome but we open by appointment only except on Book & Artisan Market Saturdays (the second Saturday each month from Easter to Christmas) when the book rooms are open to all from 10am to 1pm. We also issue printed catalogues & regular email lists of new acquisitions, specialising in Printing & the Art of the Book, Wood-engraving, Bookplates, & General Antiquarian. …
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