[Incline Press] Barlow, Derek.
Title |
On the transition from book labels to book plates amongst the Circulating Libraries & the booksellers in later eighteenth-century Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
Date |
Oldham: 2002 |
Publisher |
Incline Press, |
Description
One of an edition of 'less than' 175 copies printed in Monotype Bell on Velin Arches paper. Printed and decorated blue paper wrappers with double, blue endpapers. 109" x 6¾", pp. [18] uncut between pages 4 and 5, with eight book labels tipped-in; the labels were printed from plates made from original prints (loaned by the author) by the Blockshop in Manchester. Page 7 includes a map showing the Booksellers and Library locations in Newcastle in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Condition
A book in Fine condition, now housed in a clear, archival-quality, protective display pocket.