golden book story books bookmaking de mcmurtrie douglas (40 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. Pages are browning. Endpapers beginning to fox. Spine is beginning to crack at front endpaper.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Third Edition. (xiv) 410 pp. Notes, b/w illustrations, decorated chapter heads, blue library rebinding. Ex lib, edges spine worn, #, dust jacket flaps pasted front pastedown, remnants of pocket/label back end paper, back pastedown, good, interior slightly tanning paper, very good; no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Third Edition. Bookplate on front pastedown.

hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Includes dust jacket. Some tatter to the jacket. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, one of only 2,000 copies, in good condition for its age. Former library book and marked as such. The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the community and in the Bridgeport Public Schools.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with ornate gilt design. Just very slightly rubbed at the corner tips. Overall a bright and strong copy. Inscribed by the author on the first black page after the ffep. Some light residue from the removal of a library pocket and sticker on the front endpapers with no loss of original material. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 3rd Edition. VG, unmarked HB; DJ-G; small chips.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Third edition. Good plus/ rough-cut, yellowed pages, spine-ends and corners are slightly frayed, minor shelf-rubbing and a slightly loose hinge.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Third edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover, blue cover rubbed at spine ends and bumped corners, browned top and bottom edges, pages lightly browned at edges, foredges lightly soiled. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners, soiled and worn, small chip missing from center of spine, chipping at top and bottom edges, stamped on front flap.

Third edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 410. Notes, index. With some illustrations and facsimiles. Blsck cloth. Owner's bookplate on flyleaf. Cover slightly soiled, and rubbed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited to 2000 copies. No dj as issued. Pages clean and tight.

Hard Cover. Etat : Good to Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 406 pages, limited to 2000 copies. Backstrip faded and worn at the top. Corners lightly rubbed. Gilt top edges Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Decorative Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original 1927 First Edition of a limited 2,000 copy publication. Traces the development of bookmaking and publishing from the earliest times to the date of publication. Minor foxing discoloration on front endpapers, dulling to spine, and a 1/4" inkstain on bottom edge of front cover, elsewise a bright, tight copy with all text and illustrations unmarked. 406 pages. NOTE: Due to the weight of the book, significant additional shipping cost will be requested/required for OUT-OF-U.S. shipment. FRA1.

Etat : Good. 1927. Limited first edition. 406 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations. First edition limited to two thousand copies. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Boards are slightly bowed.

black cloth, dust jacket. thick 8vo. black cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 410 pages. Third edition, with some revisions. (S-K 1830 for binding references). Minor chipping to the edges of the dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Excellent one volume guide to the history of the book.

Third Edition. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket, illustrated, 410. Dust jacket in two pieces, jacket also has some chips and folds around edges, normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. Concise history of the art of bookmaking.

Third Ed. ed. G++.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Pascal Covici January 1927 Binding: Hardcover.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine-. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First published in 1927, this bok is the Third edition from Jan. 1934, 410 pages, illustrated in b&w. "A fascinating history that traces the contributions of each great master of the craft, from earliest times, through the five centuries down to the examples of the modern private presses. More than 150 illustrations of fine type pages, and engravings." FINE- HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Third Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 410 pages; Description: xiv, 410 p. Illus. , facsims. 22 cm. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 389-398) . Subjects: Books. Printing--History 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. 1/2000. Slight toning to edge of contents, spine ends and cover edges rubbed, navy boards have gilt detailing, hinges starting, overall a Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 2nd Edition, Illustrated Edition. "THE GOLDEN BOOK" - The Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past & Present by Douglas C. McMurtrie. 1927 2nd edition (stated); Pascal Covici; Chicago. Nicely illustrated with headpieces at the beginning of the chapters, and numerous illustrations, photographs, and facsimile documents. Decorative gilt covers and spine; the inside covers have a decorative gilt border along the outer edges. Gilt top page edges. The contents are as follows: Of the Making of Books; Ancient Forms of Writing; The Origin of the Alphabet; Paper and Its Forbears; Books in Manuscript; Printing in the Far East; Woodcuts and Block Books; The Stage Setting for Typography; The Invention of Printing; The Development of Typography; The Venetian Masters; Early Illustrated Books; The First Book in English; The Study of the Incunabula; Subjects of the Incunabula; The Golden Age of Typography; Plantin of Antwerp; Master of Roman Type Design; The French Eighteenth Century; The Writing Master's Disciples; In the Track of Columbus; The Press Comes to Massachusetts; The Precocious Apprentice; Printer - Historian - Educator; A Typographical Messiah; The Process of Bookmaking; On Type Design; The Title Page; Book Illustration; The Decoration of Books; The Art of Bookbinding; Private Presses; Modern Fine Printing; Towards the Golden Book. Condition: The gilt on the spine has partially faded. Small cloth tears at three of the cover corners. Bright gilt top page edges. The title page has pulled from the spine half-way up from the bottom; there is a light smudge at the bottom-right corner. The text pages are in nice condition - clean with no notable issues found. Small cloth tear at the top-left corner of the spine. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Limited Edition. Near fine, first edition book, in very good dust jacket. 406 numbered pages. Limited to 2,000 editions. Dark blue cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt-stamped decorations on front and back panel and spines. Upper external page edges are gilt. Many b&w illustrations and facsimiles. Age-toning to side and lower external page edges and margins of text pages. Internally clean and with snug text block. A previous owner found it necessary to reinforce the upper and lower edges of the dust jacket with masking tape and also to tape the mylar covering it to the masking tape, thus making it only very good. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request.

3/4 leather. Etat : fair. Limited edition. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. 406 pages. Bound in original 3/4 burgundy morocco. Special edition limited to 220 copies signed by the author, this being copy 65. Front board completely detached.

Hardcover. Etat : Good/Very Good. Deluxe Edition. Large 8vo., 406pp. Solid First Edition, one of only 2000 unnumbered copies published. Bound in navy cloth with decorations and titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square and clean throughout with fairly minor page edge toning but no foxing. Wear to edges, spine ends and tips. Front hinge starting but firm. Spine toned. Ownership name and address in pencil on fly-leaf. A decent collectable copy at a great price.

Hardcover. Third Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Spine sunned. Previous owner placed lettering onto crown of spine with book's title. Some letters removed. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Limited Edition. Dark blue cloth on boards with very elaborate and bright gilt decorations to front and back, less bright to spine. Top edge gilt, blue endpapers. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of any markings or flaws inside and out, other than aforementioned slight fading of gilt to spine and small bookseller tag to inside back cover. Near Fine. Limited Edition of 2000 copies.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 3/4 leather over marbled boards. 4to. First edition. Number 215 of a limited edition of 220 copies. 406 pp. Very good. Extremities worn. Rebacked. New marbled endpapers. SIGNED by the author. Illustrated in black & white with in text and full page illustrations. Signed by Author(s).