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Morison (Stanley)

John Bell, 1745-1831. Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Typefounder, Journalist, &c.

Cambridge: Printed for the Author at the University Press, 1930.,

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Author
Morison (Stanley)
Publishers
Cambridge: Printed for the Author at the University Press, 1930.
Keyword
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First edition, large 8vo, xii, 168pp., one of 300 copies, coloured frontis., 18 plates and inserts (collotype, photogravure and line: one coloured), some folding and others of 4 & 8pp., orig. buckram, spine gilt with red leather label, uncut. This important critical biography of the founder and part proprietor of the Morning Post, The World, The Oracle or Bellís New World, Bellís Weekly Messenger, La Belle Assemblee, original proprietor of the The British Library, Bellís British Theatre, Bellís Poets of Great Britain and Bellís Edition of Shakespeare is an elegant production. There are appendixes on Bellís book and newspaper typography, the story of his types in the United States, and his type specimens. Appleton 94.
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