Chappell, Warren

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD.

Pp. xviii+244+xvi(index)+[4](notes), frontispiece, text illustrations; med. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges orange; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the backstrip faintly faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1972. First U.K. edition. *'The aesthetic and technical considerations basic to the art and process of printing, from the earliest formulation of the letters of the alphabet to recent developments in twentieth-century graphic technology' [wrapper blurb]. Item #153055

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