The Typographical Association : origins and history up to 1949 / [by] A. E. Musson

Musson, Alfred Edward. Typographical Association (Great Britain)

1954, First Edition. London : Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy previously owned by Vivian Ridler with his uninked embossed personalised stamp to front free endpaper. 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; 550 pages; Physical description.: [2], viii, [2], 550, [2]p. ; 28 cm. Notes: Originally known as the Provincial Typographical Association. Index. Subject: Typographical Association - History. Typographical Association (Great Britain) - History. Typographical Association - Studies. Printing - History - England. Labor unions - England. Printing - Great Britain - History. Labor unions - Great Britain. Item #219884

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