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London: Faber & Faber, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. Green buckram gilt, 4to.,xiv., 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged. Well printed at the Oxford University Press. Light edgewear, bottom corner of front endpaper creased, else a very good copy, lacking the DW, in archival mylar.

Faber and Faber (Dover), 1952. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. London, 1952; blue cloth covered boards; spine edge faded; mild shelf wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 400 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Revised. Hardcover. Very good+/very good. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, small quarto [8" x 11"], 400pp., illustrated in b&w, including fold out frontispiece. Book has sun toning to edges of boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has edgewear that includes a taped shut tear to top rear panel and small chip to top front corner, other smaller tears, front flap price clipped, now in archival mylar wrap.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cambridge University Press, 2010-05-20. Paperback. Good.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. A new ed. rev. and enl. by A. F. Johnson. . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Fine in fair dust jacket. xiv, 400 p. illus. ports., typog. specimens. 29 cm. Book about fine, with fold outs. Dust jacket chipped with tears. Bibliographical footnotes. Bibliography: p. [371]-379.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cambridge University Press, 2010-05-20. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. Hardcover. VG- (Light wear to cloth; Some foxing at endpapers and around page edges). Green cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 400 pp.; 95 bw figures; Includes fold-out bw frontispiece. An extensive history, featuring sections about the Oxford University Foundry, John Baskerville, William Miller, Thomas and John James, state control of letter-founding, and much more.

Faber and Faber Limited, 1952-Jan-01. 2nd Edition Revised & Enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. 11x7x1. Ex-library hardcover no dj (green boards) in very nice condition with the usual library markings and attachments. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Nico Editions : Thoemmes Press, Bristol - Kinokuniya Co Ltd, Tokyo, 1996. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Cloth, F. [iv]+xiv+380+100pp, b/w frontis, 88 b/w illustrations, index to the first work, a fine copy. A facsimile reprint of two works on English typography & type founderies. The first was published in 1887 & the second in 1778. Of the second only 80 copies were printed in 1778.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. Near Fine condition in a Good+ dust jacket (edge chips). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Offset to front endpaper, as usual. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 95 illustrations. Fold-out reproduction of an 1750 engraving of a type foundry at work. 1952. First printing of this new edition. Revised and enlarged by Albert Forbes Johnson, with help fromMorison, Pollard and other bibliographers of his generation. Said to be the most important source on the subject. Contents: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the new edition. Introduction. 23 chapters on English type bodies and faces; the Oxford University Foundry; Joseph Moxon; William Caslon; John Baskerville, William Martin; William Miller, Thomas and John James, State control of English letter-founding; Typefounders and mechanical inventions; etc. A lengthy bibliography of sources consulted.… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, (1952).. First printing of this revised & enlarged edition.. 4to. xiv + 400 pp w/index. Fine in full green buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Edited and revised by A.F. Johnson.

Hardback. New.

London: Faber & Faber, 1952. Reprint. hardcover. near fine/good. Folding frontispiece & 95 other figures in the text. 400 pages. Short 4to, blue cloth, tattered d.w. London: Faber and Faber, (1952). Revised & enlarged edition. A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.

Hardback. New.

London: Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1974. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 280mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). xiv, 400pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Paperback / softback. New. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries was first published in 1887. Writing as an enthusiastic amateur historian, and wholly incorporating Edward Rowe Mores' classic 1778 Dissertation on English Typographical Founders and Foundries, Reed inspected a multitude of type specimens to supplement the veracity of his mostly bibliographical presentation.

Faber & Faber, 1952. Hardcover. Good Condition. 28.2 x 19.5 x 3.3 cm. Dust jacket complete, but shows signs of wear, with rubbing, creasing and a few closed tears at edges. Clean pages, free from notes or highlighting. Bindings firm, spine intact. Otherwise in very good used condition. Size: 28.2 x 19.5 x 3.3 cm. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: 25; Add. Inventory No: 210927VFD1-3-088. .