Printing Presses History and Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times by Moran James (23 results)

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 263 p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [253]-254. Contents: Introduction and acknowledgement 1. The beginning 2. Improving the wooden press 3. The Stanhope press 4. The Columbian press 5. The iron hand press after Stanhope and Clymer 6. The Albion press 7. Koenig and the cylinder machine 8. The bed and platen press 9. The first stages of the cylinder machine 10. The jobbing platen 11. The cylinder machine takes over 12. Rotary printing -- the background 13. The type-revolving machine and the development of the modern rotary 14. Reel-fed flatbeds and sheet-fed rotaries 15. The rotary press? final stages 16. Apotheosis deferred. Subjects: Printing presses History. 1 Kg.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover: very good, dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, top- and lower-edge a trifle faded. No dustjacket. Internals, clean, unmarked, pictorial end papers very slightly foxed. Description: 4to. 3-263, [48] p. : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm. 108 illustrations in the text and 64 plates. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [253]-254. First U.K. edition. For anyone who is seriously interested in bibliography or the history of printing.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. First Edition Thus. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1992. A beautiful, pristine HARDCOVER copy of James Moran's PRINTING PRESSES : HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. PERFECT condition. Brand New. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and free of any markings. Illustrated with 109 figures in the text + 64 plates. Pictorial endpapers. This is the best and most comprehensive work on printing presses and their history from the 15th century until about 1940. Among the presses detailed here are the wooden press, Stanhope, Columbian, Albion, bed and platen, jobbing platen, cylinder, type-revolving, and modern rotary presses. An indispensable book for anyone interested in the technology of printing. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Originally published in 1973, this is the first University of California Press printing (1992?) with complete number row (1234567890) on the copyright page. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 264pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Green buckram gilt, DW, 4to., 263 pages, 109 illustrations. Printed by Vivian Ridler at the University Press, Oxford. A fine copy in a fine DW.

large octavo, printed wrappers. First Softbound Edition. First Softbound Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. 263 pp. University of California Press, A concise survey of the development of the relief printing press providing a solid foundation for those wishing to assess the societal impact of continuous technical breakthroughs in the dissemination of knowledge. Numerous illustrations. Spine and edges of wrappers faded, minimal pencil notations in margins.

stiff paper wrappers. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 263 pages with 108 illustrations in the text and 64 plates. First paperback edition. An essential book for the student of printing history. Spine lightly faded, else near fine.

4to, 263pp, 64 b/w plates, 109 figures to text, pictorial endpapers, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper which has a few small nicks on extremities.

stiff paper wrappers. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 263 pages with 108 illustrations in the text and 64 plates. First paperback edition. An essential book for the student of printing history. Near fine.

First paperback edition, 8vo, pp. 263, [1]; illus. throughout; very good in original pictorial wrappers with some creasing. With a bibliography, general index and index of presses and machines.

London (1973). 4to. Or.cl. Gilt. d.w. (264pp.). With 109 text illusts., 64 plates and illust. end-papers. Fine.

London, Faber & Faber, 1973, lg in-8°, 263 pp, 109 ills., 48 pl. h/t, bibl., index, publ. gold decorated cloth, orig. dust wrapper. Fine (nearly mint) copy of the hardback edition. (also first edition).

Pp. 264(last blank), 48 plates, numerous text illustrations (several full page), pictorial endpapers, appendices, bibliography, indices; impl. 8vo; dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges pink; dust wrapper, soiled and lightly foxed, edges worn and chipped, with a few small tears; a little light foxing; Faber, London, 1973. First edition.

London, Faber & Faber, 1973, lg in-8°, 263 pp, 109 ills., 48 pl. h/t, bibl., index, publ. gold decorated cloth, orig. d.w. . Fine copy of the hardback edition. (also first edition).

First American edition, tall 8vo, pp. 263, [1]; illustrated throughout; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With a bibliography, general index and index of presses and machines.