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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Brown cloth with stately gilt spine and front panel lettering and ruling, quarto, pp. x, [2], 56 plus colophon. Black and white illustrations. PLEASE NOTE that approximately 8 pages in this book are BLANK. We were unable to ascertain from the publisher whether this was intentional, as in a Sales Dummy/Promotional mock-up, or whether it was due to a malfunction in the printing process. Therefore, we are offering the book "as is.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: near fine. near fine. Date same on title and copyright. NOT an ex library book. 78 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Limited printing of 500 copies.

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. 2nd Printing. 129pp. A fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 76 pages. An Assessment of Dr. William Church. First edition. This book is about an original invention and an American mechanical genius, who is almost completely unknown on the American side of the Atlantic Ocean. This work brings this inventor out of obscurity and gives him long overdue credit for his important inventions. Among Church's creations were the first typesetting machine in history, a new style of typecasting machine, and a new form of printing press. The influence of these inventions on printing practices is emphasized, and their techniques are described in a clear, comprehensible manner. Church also invented many other devices and methods of manufacture, ranging from buttons to locomotives. With an introduction by Marcus McCorison from the American Antiquarian Society. Illustrated with patent drawings and fifty-two of his inventions and includes an index and extensive bibliography. Typeset and printed by The Stinehour Press at Lunenburg, Vermont.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. dj in mylar; 80 cean, unmarkedpages/appendix/index. b/w Drawings (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Biography. Covers nice, spine ends bumped, some wear on the tips. Interior clean and tight. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled, split at the front flap fold, other small chips and edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. some shelfwear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1976; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles and accents; glossy illustrated paper jacket; wear and discoloration around edges; edge of jacket is scuffed; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 78 pages.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 76 pages. An Assessment of Dr. William Church. First edition. This book is about an original invention and an American mechanical genius, who is almost completely unknown on the American side of the Atlantic Ocean. This work brings this inventor out of obscurity and gives him long overdue credit for his important inventions. Among Church's creations were the first typesetting machine in history, a new style of typecasting machine, and a new form of printing press. The influence of these inventions on printing practices is emphasized, and their techniques are described in a clear, comprehensible manner. Church also invented many other devices and methods of manufacture, ranging from buttons to locomotives. With an introduction by Marcus McCorison from the American Antiquarian Society. Illustrated with patent drawings and fifty-two of his inventions and includes an index and extensive bibliography. Typeset and printed by The Stinehour Press at Lunenburg, Vermont. Spine of jacket slightly faded.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Good, internally clean, solid hard cover with light wear but with a faded spine. The spine lettering is difficult to read due to the fading. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. x + 57 pp, introduction, 9 chapters, 8 glossy b&w plates, appendices, afterword, postscript, references, index, colophon. Text with figures, footnotes, Previous owner's name (Richard E. Huss - the author) inscriped on ffep, else clean and unmarked. Brown cloth boards, gilt cover & spine design lettering. Binding tight, pages & cloth near fine. 8" x 10.8" brown cloth boards. Size: Quarto. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

cloth. square 8vo. cloth. xii, 307 pages. Only edition. A near fine coyp. A comprehensive description of 295 composition machines and systems. Huss has assembled much information from both United States and British Patents and translated it into understandable English. With many illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Graphic Crafts Inc, Lancaster Pa.,(1975). #22 of 300, signed. 134 pages, hard cover, very good condition.

First edition. Small 4to (23 cm.). (12), 307 pp. [printed double-column, the index triple-column]. Profusely illustrated from photographs, line drawings and old wood engravings. Very good. Gilt-stamped charcoal cloth. (10627).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Photographs, diagrams and facsimile engravings; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 307 pages; [SIGNED] 1973 Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Larger, square format HC in publisher's slate gray cloth with title lettering in gitl to cover and spine. Issued without dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpage "to my 'old' compositor friend. 'in the days that wuz.' " Solid clean copy with just trace shelf evidence at tips and perhaps just a little dulled overall. Illustrated throughout with photographs, diagrams and facsimile engravings of typesetting machines and methods. Nice copy, signed by author. VG+ to NF. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in brown cloth with gilt titles. 56pp 4to.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 500 copies. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Graphic Crafts, Inc., 1976. Signed by the Author on the front free endpaper (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($12.00). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1976. First Edition. Limited 500 copies. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Foreword by Marcus McCorison. Prospectus laid-in. A native of Vermont, Dr. Church was responsible for several typographical inventions, including the first typesetting machine in 1822. Its impact was so startling to hand compositors that the invention was called an impossibility, a chimera, a hoax. This illustrated study addresses Church's inventions, their reception within the trade, and their influence on printing practice. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. From the dust jacket: "Every new mechanical device or method must have a beginning and an inventor. This book is about an original invention and an American mechanical genius who is almost completely unknown on the American side of the Atlantic Ocean. The purpose of the book is to bring this inventor out of obscurity and to give him long overdue credit for his important inventions Interwoven in this story is an account of his typographical inventions -- the first typesetting machine in history, a new style of typecasting machine, and a new form of printing press. The influence of these inventions on printing practices is emphasized, and their technics are described in a clear, understandable manner. Church was also the inventor of many other devices and methods of manufacture, ranging from buttons to locomotives. There is a Foreword by Marcus McCorison, of the American Antiquarian Society. The book is illustrated, and contains Appendixes of patent drawings and 52 of his inventions. There is also an Index, and an extensive bibliography.". Signed by the Author (his signature only). First Edition, Limited 500 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 79pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Signed (without inscription) by the author. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. Gray cloth boards with mild wear at spine-ends, light bump to upper rear corner. No ownership marks/writing. A few pages with diagonal creases at bottom corner. Binding is sound. 307 pages. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Printing. 307pp. Gilt titles on gray cloth. A comprehensive description of 295 composition machines and systems. Nicely illustrated. Signed by author on ffep. A rather scarce title, especially difficult signed. Size: Large Octavo. Signed by Author. …

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 307, [1]; illustrated throughout; slight fading else near fine in original grey cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt.