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Forest Hills: Battery Park Book Company,, 1978.. First printing of this reissue.. 37 pp. Fine in full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued.

Battery Park Book Co.. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Book Printing, Printing Press)

Forest Hills: Battery Park Book Company, 1978. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 600cc. 37pp. Very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth and issued without a jacket.

London: Battery Park Book Company, 1988. Limited Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Facsimile of an edition originally published 1899; 600 copies. Publishers' maroon cloth. 37 pages; 9 inches tall. Spine has loss of color and sizing in spots; text clean.. Charles Ricketts wrote and printed this to refute objections made by some critics most notable the American Albert Louis Cotton. The Defence begins with a discussion of the history of type design and the minutiae of creating a new typeface. Background Information: Richett's arranged to have the Vale Press publications printed at the Ballantyne Press as private press books by a carefully chosen selection of compositors, readers, pressmen and binders freed from the everyday demands of the press. [Watry] Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) was a British artist, illustrator, author and printer, known for his work as a book designer and typographer and for his costume and scenery designs for plays and operas. Ricketts first made… Read More

New York: Battery Park Book Company, 1978. hardcover. very good(+). 37pp. Thin 8vo, red cloth. New York: Battery Park Book Company, 1978. A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/>

Forest Hill, NY: Battery Park Book Co.. 1978. reprint of 1899 edition; limited edition 1/600, fine condition .

Forest Hills, N.Y.: Battery Park Book Company, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint. Octavo. 37, [2]pp. Red cloth gilt. Fine.

Forest Hills, NY: Battery Park Book Co., 1978. Reprint of the 1899 edition reproducing the text in facsimile. Fine copy..

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Forest Hills,, 1978. Reprint. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. About fine.. Large 8vo. pp 37. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Handsome reprint of the 1899 edition, printed at the Ballantyne Press, sold by Hacon and Ricketts, London.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Cadenza Press, 1988. Limited Edition. A Fine Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality.. Cadenza Reprints on Typography No. 5. Printed in black and red in approx. 100 copies. Facsimile of an edition originally published 1899 Handmade Langley Paper. Printed at the press of G. A. Beale Charles Ricketts wrote and printed this to refute objections made by some critics most notable the American Albert Louis Cotton. The Defence begins with a discussion of the history of type design and the minutiae of creating a new typeface.