London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967. Third revised edition under present title... ninth printing (originally published as The Golden Book in 1927), thick 8vo, pp. xxx, [2], 676; 12 plates printed recto and verso and profusely illustrated in b&w throughout text (mostly facsimiles, many full-page); a few light pencil underlinings in text, otherwise a very good copy in original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, and price-clipped dust jacket with some soiling, staining, and chipping.

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Bookseller: Rulon-Miller Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26112
Title: The book: the story of printing & bookmaking
Author: McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London, New York, Toronto
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: History of Printing , Bookmaking , , Reference
Bookseller catalogs: Books on Books; Bindings;

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