British printer vol xxi 1908 (1 resultados)
Más imágenesEditorial: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., Ltd, London 1908
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Librería: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, Estados Unidos de AmericaMullen Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. (Original). The original, decorative title page (with tissue guard), color frontis, and all contents, bound into 3/4 maroon leather with maroon cloth/boards; gilt lettering and 7 (unraised) gilt double bands on spine. Pages numbered consecutively throughout, 340 in total, followed by a section (with original cover and… dated Feb. - March 1908) of 76 pp. of advertisements. Full of bw, color, and duotone illustrations. A bit overweight at 6 pounds and may require extra postage. The entire volume for 1908. No individual covers, but title pages are bound in. Includes an index for the entire volume. Raithby & Lawrence: Leicester printing firm (later, London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., Ltd.), noted for its printing of the widely disseminated and influential periodical, The British Printer. Through the efforts and exacting standards of its foreman and chief typographic designer (a new profession for the time) George W. Jones, then Robert Grayson, the firm developed the so-called Leicester Free Style which was England's answer to the artistic printing movement. (Dictionary of 19th-Century Journalism). Contents VG. Bumps to corners; some rubbing to cloth. Top/bottom 2 inches of spine leather missing, and covers loosening. Solid text block. Art school ex-lib. copy with usual marks. KAVE (ilustrador).
