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A Book of Scripts
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Author: FAIRBANK, Alfred
Published by: Penguin Books (London, 1952)
Small 4to, 37pp, iii, 64pp plate section. Decorative paper covered boards, lettered to cover and spine. Similar d/w in a protective sleeve.
An introductory essay charting the changes in writing technique from the Romans to the date of publication. Well illustrated. A collectible volume in the King Penguin series. Revised edition. A good, clean copy, slight rubbing to extremities of d/w.
Cat. re.: 97
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