Copy no.1 of 25 copies on 'Japanese vellum paper', signed by the author; FIRST EDITION, pp.viii,52(2) + 38 leaves of type specimens & 13 leaves of paper samples (6 hand-made); a nice untrimmed copy in original parchment-backed boards, lettered in gold; extremities a little rubbed but well preserved; ex libris R[obin] H L-C de Beaumont. Paper Type Chiswick Press Printing History.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Some notes on books and printing. A guide for authors and others.
Publisher: Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co.,
Publication Date: 1892
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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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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