Author: Mason, William A.
Title: A History of the Art of Writing.
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. 1920. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine & front cover. The corners are bumped with a small area of bubbling to the cloth of each cover. [v] & 502 pages. Numerous black-and-white full-page & textual illustrations. The borrom edge is lightly soiled, else an attractive, near fine copy.

First edition.

A history of written language from early picture writing through the age of printing. Fine .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; WRITTEN LANGUAGE; A HISTORY OF THE ART OF WRITING; WILLIAM A. MASON; PICTURE WRITING; IDEOGRAPHY; HIEROGLYPHICS; CUNEIFORM; ALPHABETIC WRITING; GREEK ALPHABET; ROMAN ALPHABET; PRINTING; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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