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George W. Jones : printer laureate / Lawrence Wallis
by Wallis, L. W
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 090281320X
- ISBN 13
- 9780902813205
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About This Item
Nottingham: Plough Press, 2004. UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 128 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portrait ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-126) and index. Contents: Apprentice -- Journeyman -- Master printer and publisher in London -- Linotype and Miehle machines -- Colour printer -- Industrial exile -- At the Sign of the Dolphin -- Printing adviser -- Type designer -- Book collector -- Book printer -- Jones and the Morison circle -- Jones the celebrity -- Retired printer. Subjects: Jones, George William 1860-1942. Jones, George William 1860-1942. Jones, George William 1860-1942. Printers Great Britain ; Biography. Type designers Great Britain ; Biography. Printing England History 19th century. Printing England History 20th century. Imprimeurs Grande-Bretagne ; Biographies. Lettristes Grande-Bretagne ; Biographies. Imprimerie Angleterre Histoire 19e sicle. Imprimerie Angleterre Histoire 20e sicle. Printers. Printing. Type designers. Drukkers. Uitgevers. Letters. Typografie. Printers Great Britain ; Biography. Printers Great Britain. England ; Imprints. Angleterre ; Imprims. England. Great Britain.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 393355
- Title
- George W. Jones : printer laureate / Lawrence Wallis
- Author
- Wallis, L. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 090281320X
- ISBN 13
- 9780902813205
- Publisher
- Nottingham: Plough Press
- Place of Publication
- Newark, De
- Date Published
- 2004
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