Buy this book on-line Tommasini, A. R : Printers' Marks, Curious and ChallengingA. R. Tommasini, San Francisco, 1967
No. 479 of 800 copies. No. 20 in A. R. Tommasini's Christmas Keepsakes series. Original publisher's red cloth binding. 3 5/8" x 5 1/4." Thirty-seven pages, complete. Twenty-four plates, complete. Gilt fleur-de-lis decoration on front cover. Endpapers have red and white fleur-de-lis pattern. Colophon in back with information on the book's printing and the edition number. Original card laid-in with "ART" (A. R. Tommasini's initials) emblem: "This booklet, number twenty in a series of Christmas Keepsakes, comes to you with Holiday Greetings from A. R. Tommy Tommasini." Pages and covers are clean; binding is tight. A pristine, fine copy. A. R. Tommasini briefly discusses printers' marks, their often cryptic symbolism, and why he believes they are an example of high-quality graphic design that should be revived today. Twenty-four plates of example printers' marks are included.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Tommasini, A. R : Printers' Marks, Curious and Challenging. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, out-of-print books, collectables, livres anciens and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |