John C. Tarr — Printing to-Day

London, Oxford University Press, 1945. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition of this history of printing, richly illustrated and with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. A fascinating history of printing, from the letterpress and development of types to the process of contemporary printing with machines. With a note on modern typography and full glossary and bibliography to the rear. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twelve double-sided monochrome plates. Collated, complete.  In the original decorative cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. With only light bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart, with slight sunning to the spine and edge wear. Light chipping to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.