1966 · Los Angeles
by McGovern, Melvin P.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. this. Folio. 43 x 31 cm. Original cloth-backed boards. Fine copy with only a minor tear to the plain unprinted dust jacket.
Copy No. 66 of 95 primary copies with all leaves present in original printings rather than facsimile, out of a total of 300 copies. The primary edition includes 22 specimens of printing from movable types. Each example exhibits a different movable type font, with a paragraph of description and identification in English with the font name in Hagul or Korean characters.The earliest specimen dates from 1422. THIS, THEN, MAY BE ABOUT THE ONLY WAY THAT ONE CAN OWN ACTUAL KOREAN PRINTING FROM (truncated)
Copy No. 66 of 95 primary copies with all leaves present in original printings rather than facsimile, out of a total of 300 copies. The primary edition includes 22 specimens of printing from movable types. Each example exhibits a different movable type font, with a paragraph of description and identification in English with the font name in Hagul or Korean characters.The earliest specimen dates from 1422. THIS, THEN, MAY BE ABOUT THE ONLY WAY THAT ONE CAN OWN ACTUAL KOREAN PRINTING FROM (truncated)