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1938, First Edition. London : Sidgwick and Jackson. Very good copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Vivian Ridler with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. Vivian Ridler, CBE (2 October 1913-11 January 2009), ex-Faber executive was also a printer, typographer and scholar in Britain. He was Printer to the University of Oxford at Oxford University Press from 1958 until his retirement in 1978; and also established his own Perpetua Press. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages; Description: 105 p. illus. 22 cm. Subject: Printing -- Great Britain. Typesetting -- Great Britain. Display type. Item #219879
Price: €45.00