KNIGHT, Charles

The Old Printer and the Modern Press

£225.00

1 in stock

Publisher: John Murray

Year: 1854

Edition: First

Format: Hardback

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SKU 10119 Category History

Description

Description

First edition in original brown cloth of this early history of printing and printers. dedicated to Charles Dickens. Copies in the original binding are scarce. With the pencilled signature of the Scottish bibliophile R D Crombie to the front endpaper. 314pp plus 1p advert for another book by Knight to the rear. Brown cloth covers a little worn and marked otherwise near VG copy.