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SELECTED ESSAYS on BOOKS AND PRINTING by A. JOHNSON

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SELECTED ESSAYS on BOOKS AND PRINTING by A. JOHNSON

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SELECTED ESSAYS on BOOKS AND PRINTING
by A. F. JOHNSON
Amsterdam-London-New York; 1970
Size 8.5 by 12"
489 pp, illustrated
Hard bound with dust jacket
Very good interior condition, some wear of jacket
Text in English

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