printing mind man de john carter percy muir editors (13 résultats)

[Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. A descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of Western Civilisation During Five Centuries. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.166. With full-page plates. Publisher's typographic softcovers, rebound in full blue buckram with gilt-titles, covers bound in at front and rear. Contents are clean, cloth covers gently handled, spine slightly sunned. Near fine. Novelist Ian Fleming was the largest private lender to this landmark exhibition. Percy Muir was a book expert who introduced Ian Fleming to book collecting and assembled his important collection of scientific and pioneering books which 'made things happen'. Muir was a regular contributor to The Book Collector journal, of which Ian Fleming was the proprietor, and Fleming was godfather to Muir's daughter Helen. This copy is from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership to endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography.

[Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. A descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of Western Civilisation During Five Centuries. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.166. With full-page plates. Publisher's typographic softcovers. An expanded folio hardcover edition was subsequently issued. Minor handling and toning; near fine. Novelist Ian Fleming was the largest private lender to this landmark exhibition. Percy Muir was a book expert who introduced Ian Fleming to book collecting and assembled his important collection of scientific and pioneering books which 'made things happen'. Muir was a regular contributor to The Book Collector journal, of which Ian Fleming was the proprietor, and Fleming was godfather to Muir's daughter Helen.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. Tall quarto. B&W illustrations. Condition: DJ chipped & soiled with several tears and a portion of the rear panel torn away; light wear to cloth binding; minor soiling to top edge of book block; else very good in fair DJ. Pages: xxxiv, 280.

FIRST EDITION 4to. terracotta cloth hardback, gilt, in price-clipped dust jacket. 280pp., Indexed, illustrated in b/w. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Light foxing to foredge. Light wear to top and base edges of dust jacket. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 8) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (1.9 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition (stated). Fully illustrated. 280 pages including index. A very good copy with light tape stains where a dust jacket protector was once applied to the book. Some tape stains to the rear endpaper (only rear) from the same application. The dust jacket which is price clipped is in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Second Edition. Illustrated. With a new introduction by percy H. Muir, additional bibliogra[phies by peter Amelung and a revised index. Housed in a near fine, plain card slipcase. Extremely bright, clean, and unmarked.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Fine brick colored cloth on boards with white title label to front and spine. Both labels with very sharp corners and bright. Book is tight and square despite size (Folio) and particularly sharp-cornered. Ex-Libris plate of prior owner on inside front cover - otherwise no markings or flaws whatsoever. Fine. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows very little shelfwear - some scuffing to top and bottom of spine and one closed tear to top of back. Crisp titling and no fading or sunning. This is the Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged, with the subtitle "A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilization during Five Centuries - Compiled and Edited by John Carter and Percy H. Muir, assisted by Nicolas Barker - with an Introductory Essay by Denys Hay." Printing and the Mind of Man was first published in 1967 and it quickly became established as a major reference work for book-collectors, booksellers, librarians and scholars. This Second Edition has been greatly revised and enlarged, with a new bibliographical section by a well-known bibliographical scholar. 2nd/1st. 280 pp.

First Edition of the original printing of this great work. The original catalogue of the Exhibitions at The British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963. With many plates and illustrations throughout, including not only illustrations of the books, but also of the printing machinery and presses used throughout the centuries. 8vo, bound in the original printed and decorated paper wrappers. [128], 32 plates; [64], 16 plates pp. A handsome copy with some evidence of use, a page of catalogue text has been provided in facsimile and bound in perfectly, good notes concerning copies obtained by a collector of books presented in the catalogue. FIRST EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE FOR THE EXHIBITION. For bibliographers, book collectors, librarians and scholars, the initials PMM are probably cited more than any other reference when describing Western Civilization's most important and influential books. This exhibit was "Arranged to Illustrate the History of Western Civilization and the Means of the Multiplication of Literary Texts Since the XV Century," to quote the foremost pages of the catalogue. The exhibit featured almost 200 examples of printing mechanisms and printing materials that were significant to the development of Western history. Included are THE GUTENBERG BIBLE, Aristotle, Cicero, Euclid, Lincoln's THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, and Galilieo's DIALOGO, just to name a small number. A very interesting collection of works and an unusual (yet handy) reference. In this original printing, the catalogue is presented in two parts just as the exhibition was presented to the public at both Earls Court and the British Museum.

First Edition of the original printing of this great work. The original catalogue of the Exhibitions at The British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963. With many plates and illustrations throughout, including not only illustrations of the books, but also of the printing machinery and presses used throughout the centuries. 8vo, bound in the original printed and decorated paper wrappers. [128], 32 plates; [64], 16 plates pp. A fine and handsome copy. FIRST EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE FOR THE EXHIBITION. For bibliographers, book collectors, librarians and scholars, the initials PMM are probably cited more than any other reference when describing Western Civilization's most important and influential books. This exhibit was "Arranged to Illustrate the History of Western Civilization and the Means of the Multiplication of Literary Texts Since the XV Century," to quote the foremost pages of the catalogue. The exhibit featured almost 200 examples of printing mechanisms and printing materials that were significant to the development of Western history. Included are THE GUTENBERG BIBLE, Aristotle, Cicero, Euclid, Lincoln's THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, and Galilieo's DIALOGO, just to name a small number. A very interesting collection of works and an unusual (yet handy) reference. In this original printing, the catalogue is presented in two parts just as the exhibition was presented to the public at both Earls Court and the British Museum.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : good. First edition. Original red cloth, quarto, (xxxiv), 1 fl, 280 pp. Illustrated. Edges spotted, some staining to covers, endpapers and jacket from old-style jacket protector, else very good Annotated catalogue of 424 books that changed the world.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. Dark rust cloth, lettered in gold foil. Very slight soiling at bottom text block corner, essentially as issued. Dust jacket slightly age-toned along edges and spine panel, with slight soiling and a dime-sized spot along upper rear joint, well preserved in new archival mylar. xxxiv,280 pp., illus. Firm binding, clean and unmarked interior. Stated "First Edition." Remains probably the most important exhibition ever assembled on the history of printing. Exceptional, a collector-grade copy with only the slightest of defects. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Pp.[xxxiv].280, dj sl. worn edges, end of front endpaper with fold marks, book in very good condition. Illustrated throughout and with the fine double-page title printed in red and white (by Reynolds Stone). Note: Barbara Kaye (Muir), Percy Muir's widow, purchased this copy at auction (Bloomsbury) and sold it to me after exhibiting it at the Cafe Royal in 1996. She added a pencil note to the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from co-editor [John Carter] to John Rayner. With cutting of review of book by Head Master of Eton Dr Robert Birley". John Rayner's tiny bookplate can be found inside front cover. Two enclosed Prospectuses, leaflets, 4pp., on the front of one which John Carter has added "John Rayner with the compliments of the author of the blurb [i.e. Carter] | 21 Mch 67". He has added the phrase "in depth" to "descriptions of books" on [p.2], excising "full" before "descriptions", and added the phrase "and printed in red" after the printed statement , "double-spread title page engraved by Reynolds Stone", concluding the blurb.

Karl Pressler. München. 1983. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Publishers cloth with dustjacket. 32 x 22 cm. 280 pp. Very good condition, dustjacket with tape on the inside of dustjacket on the top and bottom of spine.