Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50 write by Andrea Krupp. This book was released on 2006. Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50
Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50 write by Andrea Krupp. This book was released on 2008. Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is an expanded version of Andrea Krupp's article & includes a full catalogue of bookcloth grains with illustrations in a large format & in colour. The essay covers the introduction of bookcloth & the early decades of its use, discusses bookcloth grain nomenclature & concludes with detailed observations on several cloth grain patterns.
The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America write by Bibliographical Society of America. This book was released on 2009. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
American Signed Bindings Through 1876
American Signed Bindings Through 1876 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Signed Bindings Through 1876 write by Willman Spawn. This book was released on 2007. American Signed Bindings Through 1876 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Describes and illustrates 315 bookbinder's tickets, stamps, and engraved designations, from the 1750s through 1876. Identifies 233 binders from 19 states and 84 cities and towns from Maine to New Orleans and as far west as Little Rock. Provides brief descriptions of bindings and explanatory notes for many binders"--Provided by publisher.
The Dictionary of the Book
The Dictionary of the Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dictionary of the Book write by Sidney E. Berger. This book was released on 2023-01-16. The Dictionary of the Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Named a Library Journal Best Reference of 2023 - From Library Journal's Starred Review: "This ambitious and entertaining update solidifies Berger’s volume as a must-have title for librarians, booksellers, collectors, and students of the book arts and book history." This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality. The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term—more than 2,000—that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge, including: The book as physical object Typeface terminology Paper terminology Printing Book collecting Cataloging Book design Bibliography as a discipline, bibliographies, and bibliographical description Physical Condition and how to describe it Calligraphy Language of manuscripts Writing implements Librarianship Legal issues Parts of a book Book condition terminology Pricing of books Buying and selling Auctions Items one will see an antiquarian book fairs Preservation and conservation issues, and the notion of restoration Key figures, presses / publishers, and libraries in the history of books Book collecting clubs and societies How to read and decipher new and old dealers’ catalogs And much more The Dictionary also contains an extensive bibliography—more than 1,000 key readings in the book world and it gives current (and past) definitions of terms whose meaning has shifted over the centuries. More than 200 images accompany the entries, making the work even more valuable for understanding the terms described.
