Lydia Bailey - A Checklist of Her Imprints

About the author

Karen Nipps is Head of the Rare Book Team at Harvard University’s Houghton Library.

Summary

Explores the life and work of Lydia Bailey, a leading printer in the book trade in Philadelphia from 1808 to 1861. Includes a list of almost nine hundred of her known imprints.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Nipps, Karen (Houghton Library) Nipps, Nipps Karen
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2013
• EAN: 9780271055718
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05571-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Pennsylvania, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Publishing and book trade, Bibliographies, catalogues