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Thomas, Isaiah; McCorison, Marcus A. (editor).

History of Printing in America : with a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers.

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. First Edition Thus. Hardcover in Slipcase. This reprint and special imprint copy is unsigned and unnumbered. The frontispiece portrait of Isaiah Thomas is a copperplate stipple engraved for the "Freemason's Magazine" of November 1811 by W.R. Jones of Philadelphia. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Bound in denim blue cloth boards in near fine condition. Slipcase shows minimal shelf/edge wear and light staining, marks to outside slipcase spine. Gilt lettering on spine, includes frontispiece. 8vo. 650 pages. Includes index. One of 1950 numbered copies with a leaf from the first edition (Worcester: 1810) bound in. Item #5844

Price: $100.00