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A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES
Written by Talbot Baines Reed; A.F. Johnson.
Stock no. 1830032
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1952. Very good condition.

With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. New Edition revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Folding pictorial b/w frontis showing a 'true and exact representation of the Art of Crafting and Preparing Letters for Printing'. B/w illustrations. xiv and 400 pages including index. Small stain to lower edge of rear board and splash mark to lower edge of text block. A few minor scuff marks to boards. Endpapers browned. A few minor margin marks to contents but generally a nice, clean copy.

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