ENGLISH BOOKS & READERS 1475 TO 1557: being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company.
Pp. xiv+338(last blank), appendices, bibliography, indices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of paper tape repairs on reverse, signs of sticker removal from front flap; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed, occasional slight soling; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1970. Second edition, reprinted. *Originally published in 1952. 'It is a history of society at the opening of the Art of Printing, without which civilization as we know it could hardly have taken shape at all' [wrapper blurb]. Item #164015
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