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The Alphabet, A Key to the History of Mankind
by Diringer, David
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York : Philosophical Library, 1949. Second and Revised Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body has some highlighting on a few pages Endpapers are browned and foxed, text appears to be free of foxing Edges have some faint marks, browning or foxing Boards have some bumped edges at spine and corners The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the fascinating subject of the history of writing or the alphabet. In the first part, a historical sketch of the development of the non-alphabetic scripts is discussed and the second part deals with the origin and development of alphabet.
More space is devoted to lesser-known problems, to those which present more interest from the standpoint of the history of writing, to the origins of some single scripts, to the connection between the various systems, and so forth, rather than deal with all the alphabets of all the modern nations of the world.
There is no date in the book but research indicates that the date is 1949 B & W photos and illustrations
More space is devoted to lesser-known problems, to those which present more interest from the standpoint of the history of writing, to the origins of some single scripts, to the connection between the various systems, and so forth, rather than deal with all the alphabets of all the modern nations of the world.
There is no date in the book but research indicates that the date is 1949 B & W photos and illustrations
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54114
- Title
- The Alphabet, A Key to the History of Mankind
- Author
- Diringer, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second and Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philosophical Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 607
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Writing and Fonts alphabet, writing, cuneiform, script
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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