The Engraver and Printer

Boston, The Engraver and Printer Co. (August 1895). First Edition. Softcover. Decorated wraps; 116 pages plus ads. Includes articles on lettering and job estimates as well as an illustrated section on the origin and growth of the Roman letter. Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 020377

Catalogue: Printing

Keywords: 19th Century Printing, Periodical, Printing, Illustrated, Books on Books 19th Century Periodicals Printing Books on Books Walt Whitman

BOOTH, General William

In Darkest England and the Way out

London, International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, [1890]. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated with a large folding color frontispiece depicting the impact of the Salvation Army's proposed "Scheme of Social Selection and Salvation" to redress the social evils afflicting England. Printing and the Mind of Man 373. In this important book, published the same year as Stanley's IN DARKEST AFRICA, the founder of the Salvation Army analyzed the causes of vice and poverty and proposed a ten-step remedy, which in large part was carried out. A classic in the literature of poverty and its solutions. 1891 owner name on half-title page; minor wear to spine tips and rubbing to spine edges. Very Good .

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Book number: 021864

Catalogue: Printing and the Mind of Man

Keywords: Salvation Army, 19th Century British Literature, Religion, Poverty, First Book, PMM 19th Century Salvation Army 19th Century British Literature Literature: English

TRIENENS, Roger

Pioneer Imprints from Fifty States

Washington, Library of Congress, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto, 87 pages. Ill.: Facsimiles. Near Fine .

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Book number: 002068

Catalogue: Printing

Keywords: Facsimiles Americana American Printing Bibliography Books on Books