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Rax Me That Buik. Highlights from the Collections of the National Library of Scotland. — BROWN, Iain Gordon

Rax Me That Buik. Highlights from the Collections of the National Library of Scotland.

BROWN, Iain Gordon
Scala Publishers - National Library of Scotland
2010, 144pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
"From its 17th-century origins, the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, one of the great research libraries of the world in every field, has developed an extraordinary collection of printed and manuscript material relating to Scotland and to the Scots. From genuine early Gaelic literature and the fictions of Ossian; from Mary, Queen of Scots, to explorer David Livingstone and architect Robert Adam; from great figures of the Enlightenment of the stature of David Hume and Adam Smith, to soldiers like Earl Haig; from Inveraray and Culloden to the furthest reaches of Australia and America, the Scots and Scotland have made history and changed the world. This celebration of the Library's Scottish collections, widely interpreted, provides a brief history of the institution and the development of its holdings, and focuses on a selection of the most interesting, exciting and unusual items, often going beyond the conventional 'treasures', describing and illustrating each one."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781857596380
N° livre 65630
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Senate House Library, University of London. — PRESSLER, Christopher / ATTAR, Karen (edited by)

Senate House Library, University of London.

PRESSLER, Christopher / ATTAR, Karen (edited by)
Scala
2012, 136pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
With over quarter of a million printed items in its special collections, not to mention archives and manuscripts, Senate House Library is among the largest university repositories for early printed books in the United Kingdom. Strengths cover areas as diverse as English literature, magic, mathematical history, and the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature is internationally renowned. Individual gems range from mediaeval manuscripts to books printed by William Caxton, Shakespeare's First Folio,and a presentation copy of Das Kapital. The sixty rare items featured here include a unique fourteenth-century eye-witness account of the Hundred Years War, manuscript drawings by Walter Crane, and Byron's unfinished, unpublished draft for the end of Don Juan. A handwritten letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a roll depicting the funeral of Anne of Cleves in 1557, the sole extant copy of a shorthand manual from 1673, and annotations by Thomas Carlyle join the roll-call of treasures.
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9781857597905
N° livre 65628
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Wonderful Things from 400 Years of Collecting: The Bodleian Library 1602-2002. An Exhibition to Mark the Quartercentenary of the Bodleian, July to December 2002. — Bodleian Library

Wonderful Things from 400 Years of Collecting: The Bodleian Library 1602-2002. An Exhibition to Mark the Quartercentenary of the Bodleian, July to December 2002.

Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
2002, 180pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
Taking its title from Howard Carter's famous description of his first glimpse of the treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, this book offers a timeless portrait of highlights representing the range of the Bodleian Library's unique collections.
€ 25,00
ISBN: 9781851240777
N° livre 65627
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The Little Free Library Book. Take a Book - Return a Book. — ALDRICH, Margret

The Little Free Library Book. Take a Book - Return a Book.

ALDRICH, Margret
Coffee House Press
2015, 264pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In very good condition.
The Little Free Library is a terrific example of placing books--poetry included--within reach of people in the course of their everyday lives. Free is always a good thing, and the project has a nice give-and-take feel to it. Here's hoping we bump into literature when we turn the next corner--before we have time to resist! --Billy Collins Take a book. Return a book. In 2009, Todd Bol built the first Little Free Library as a memorial to his mom. Five years later, this simple idea to promote literacy and encourage community has become a movement. Little Free Libraries--freestanding front-yard book exchanges--now number twenty thousand in seventy countries. The Little Free Library Book tells the history of these charming libraries, gathers quirky and poignant firsthand stories from owners, provides a resource guide for how to best use your Little Free Library, and delights readers with color images of the most creative and inspired LFLs around. Margret Aldrich is a freelance writer and editor. Her articles have appeared in the Utne Reader, Experience Life!, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her family.
€ 18,00
ISBN: 9781566894074
N° livre 65619
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American Book Design and William Morris. — THOMPSON, Susan Otis

American Book Design and William Morris.

THOMPSON, Susan Otis
R.R. BoWKer Company, New York & London
1977, 1st, edition. xvi,258pp. 111 ills. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with minor tear to upper edge of front. Very light occasional soiling. Although a good copy.
Reviews and appraises the impact of Morris and his Kelmscott Press on American book design from 1891 to the early years of the twentieth century and examines the elements of the arts and crafts style.
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9780835209847
N° livre 65610
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John Rodker's Ovid Press. A Biliographical History. — CLOUD, Gerald

John Rodker's Ovid Press. A Biliographical History.

CLOUD, Gerald
Oak Knoll Press
2010, VIII,138pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"""A bibliographical study of all known works printed and published by John Rodker at the Ovid Press and associated projects connected to his second imprint, the Cassanova Society, including collations, notes, and institutional locations. An introduction provides a biographical account of Rodker's life. Indexed and illustrated"" -- Provided by publisher."
€ 45,00
ISBN: 9781584562863
N° livre 65609
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Instant Expert - Collecting Books. — BUDMAN, Matthew

Instant Expert - Collecting Books.

BUDMAN, Matthew
House of Collectibles
2004, 172pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
Everything you need to know what is collectible, strategies for buying and selling, the value of an author autograph, how books are made and more. This is a comprehensive guide to online resources, conferences and conventions, shops, organizations and an annotated bibliography. For the millions of reader who love books!
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780375720543
N° livre 65604
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Beauty & the Book. Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America. — BENTON, Megan

Beauty & the Book. Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America.

BENTON, Megan
Yale University Press
2000, 330pp.Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"In post-World War I America, teeming as it was with magazines, newspapers, radio broadcasts and movies, many feared that the survival of traditional, serious books was in peril. This concern led to a publishing boom in fine editions; books valued primarily for their beauty, craftsmanship, extravagance, status, or scarcity. Beauty and the Book is a lively cultural history of the explosion in demand for these deluxe books during the 1920s and 1930s. Megan L. Benton argues that the clamour to own fine books reflected the anxieties and desires of those who mourned the rise of a modern mass culture. For them, such volumes not only affirmed a preindustrial ideal but also imparted social distinction and cultural superiority. Benton combines new archival research with a close examination of three hundred fine editions of the period. In theory, fine bookmakers were devoted to beauty and quality and were unwilling to compromise with machinery, popular taste, or concern for profit. But such ideal standards were nearly impossible to maintain. Paradoxically, fine publishers' ostensible indifference to commercial considerations was one of their most prized and lucrative products for sale. This book illuminates the interplay between the ideal and real nature of fine publishing as well as the complex nature of American cultural ambitions during this pivotal era."
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9780300082135
N° livre 65588
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Books and Mortar. A Celebration of the Local Bookstore. — SMITH, Gibbs M.

Books and Mortar. A Celebration of the Local Bookstore.

SMITH, Gibbs M.
Gibbs M. Smith
2018, 152pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In very good condition.
"A visual feast celebrating the alluring power of bookstores—68 paintings by illustrator Gibbs M. Smith. The local bookstore, a place of wonder, refuge, and rejuvenation for book lovers the world over. Books & Mortar is a celebration of these literary strongholds. Sixty-eight oil paintings capture these storefronts at a moment in time, and pair the artwork with anecdotes about the shops and reflections on bookselling by many of the owners themselves. A delightful gift for an avid reader, an inspiration for any bookstore owner, Books & Mortar is the perfect keepsake for anyone’s personal library."
€ 7,00
ISBN: 9781423650430
N° livre 65586
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Letters - een bloemlezing over typografie. — ZIJLSTRA, Sybrand / WESTERVELD, Wim (redactie)

Letters - een bloemlezing over typografie.

ZIJLSTRA, Sybrand / WESTERVELD, Wim (redactie)
Zoo Producties - Monografieën over vormgeving
Zonder jaar, 229pp. Geïllustreerd. Paperback. In goede staat.
Typografie is een praktische bezigheid die ook onderwerp is van reflectie en discussie. Deze vervlechting van theorie en praktijk is een van haar grote genoegens. Wij typografen bereiden tekst en afbeeldingen voor, zodat ze vermenigvuldigd en verspreid kunnen worden. We hebben kennis van de techniek van de productie, net zoals we iets moeten weten van de inhoud van het materiaal waar we mee werken. De typografie kent een lange traditie van de academisch geschoolde zetter, iemand die de tekst begrijpt die door zijn handen en zijn bewustzijn glijdt als hij toets voor toets en letter voor letter een tekst gemaakt. Aan de andere kant hebben we de traditie van mensen die zich met typografie bezighouden om politieke, religieuze, wetenschappelijke of andere maatschappelijke redenen ze willen dringend een boodschap uitdragen, en de vormgeving is het resultaat van deze boodschap.
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9789074009263
N° livre 65565
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Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts. A guide to technical terms. — BROWN, Michelle

Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts. A guide to technical terms.

BROWN, Michelle
The British Library - The J. Paul Getty Museum
1994, 127pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
What is a florilegium? What is an incipit? What is batarde script? This book--part of the Museum's popularLooking at series--offers definitions of these and numerous other techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format. With numerous illustrations, many of them in color, this volume will be invaluable to all readers wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of illuminated manuscripts.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780712303408
N° livre 65558
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Bloeiende klei, keramiek & ikebana. — Ingelaere-Brandt, Mit

Bloeiende klei, keramiek & ikebana.

Ingelaere-Brandt, Mit
Lannoo
1995, 159pp. Geïllustreerd. Linnen. Met stofomslag. In zéér goede staat.
Ikebana-kunstenares Mit Ingelaere-Brandt liet zich door de prachtige keramieken van 30 internationaal gerenommeerde kunstenaars inspireren om telkens een stukje uitgepuurde schoonheid te maken. Haar ikebana brengt de kleiobjecten tot leven en creëert een spanningsveld tussen de levende en de 'dode' natuur.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9789020926828
N° livre 65553
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A Political Education. Coming of Age in Paris and New York. — SCHIFFRIN, André

A Political Education. Coming of Age in Paris and New York.

SCHIFFRIN, André
Melville House Publishing
2007, 281pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
André Schiffrin was born the son of one of France's most esteemed publishers, in a world peopled by some of the day's leading writers and intellectuals, such as André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. But this world was torn apart when the Nazis marched into Paris on young André's fifth birthday.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781933633152
N° livre 65551
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Politiek op de plank. De privébibliotheek van Rob van Gennep vs. het fonds van zijn uitgeverij. — KRAAIJEVELD, Joyce

Politiek op de plank. De privébibliotheek van Rob van Gennep vs. het fonds van zijn uitgeverij.

KRAAIJEVELD, Joyce
Eburon, Delft
2009, 188pp. Geïllustreerd. Paperback. In zéér goede staat.
"Rob van Gennep was een spraakmakend uitgever in een woelig tijdperk. Met onder meer zijn Kritiese Biblioteek droeg hij in de jaren zestig en zeventig bij aan de politieke bewustwording van Nederland. Maar welke boeken had hij nu eigenlijk in zijn eigen kast staan? En hoe verhouden die zich tot het fonds van zijn uitgeverij? Dit boek schetst de geschiedenis en het fonds van de uitgeverij, geeft een gedetailleerd beeld van Van Genneps privébibliotheek en analyseert tot slot de relatie tussen bibliotheek en fonds."
€ 12,00
ISBN: 9789059722972
N° livre 65548
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No Art Without Craft. The Life of Theodore Low De Vinne, Printer. — TICHENOR, Irene

No Art Without Craft. The Life of Theodore Low De Vinne, Printer.

TICHENOR, Irene
David R. Godine, Publisher
2005, xi,329pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
The biography of Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914) illustrious printer and scholar of typography. Theodore Low De Vinne was a seminal figure in the history of American printing. De Vinne was born in upstate New York, the son of an itinerant Methodist preacher. It is unclear what propelled him into the world of printing, but once he discovered it, he never let it go. He was, for years, the primary and preferred printer for the Century Company, printing its distinguished list of books and such national magazines as St. Nicholas and The Century. His masterly printing of wood engravings, together with his obsession with presswork, tight composition, and typefaces, gained him and his firm an international reputation. But it is De Vinne's skill as a historian as well as a printer that endears his name to the student of typography. His four volumes on the practice of typography are considered classics. In an age when few American scholars were examining early printed books, he made significant scholarly contributions to the study of incunables. His books on title pages and early Italian printing can still be read with profit. His working library was immense, and when the Grolier Club was founded in 1884, it was not surprising that, as New York's most illustrious printer, he was asked to be one of the founding members and to provide much of the Club's early printing. Unlike those who followed him, his strength was not in design but in production and organization. He thought endlessly about how printers should be fairly paid and how shops could be efficiently arranged. He fought a long and losing war with unionization, yet was beloved by his men and lionized by the printing trade. Although the firm foundered after De Vinne's retirement, it is impossible to conceive of the printing revival that followed him without taking into account his daunting accomplishments.
€ 19,00
ISBN: 9781567922868
N° livre 65547
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Chinese Publishing. — Hu Yang, Yang Xiao

Chinese Publishing.

Hu Yang, Yang Xiao
Cambridge University Press
2012, 212pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
As the birthplace of moveable-type printing, China has some claim to being the homeland of publishing. China's ancient civilisation has nurtured a distinctively Chinese publishing industry, and this industry has done much to spread Chinese ideas and culture around the world. Yang Hu and Xiao Yang provide a comprehensive introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times, complemented throughout with full colour illustrations.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780521186759
N° livre 65538
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100 Classic Graphic Design Journals. — HELLER, Steven / GODFREY, Jason

100 Classic Graphic Design Journals.

HELLER, Steven / GODFREY, Jason
Laurence King Publishing
2014, 223pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
100 Classic Graphic Design Journals surveys a unique collection of the most influential magazines devoted to graphic design, advertising and typography. These journals together span over 100 years of the history of print design and chart the rise of graphic design from a necessary sideline to the printing industry to an autonomous creative profession. Each magazine is generously illustrated with a large selection of spreads and covers. A descriptive text based, where possible, on interviews with editors, designers and publishers is also included for each magazine alongside comprehensively researched bibliographic material. The magazines featured cover a range of industries and eras, from advertising (Publimondial, La Pubblicita Italiana), posters (Das Plakat, Affiche) and typography (Typografische Monatsblatter, Typographica), to Art Nouveau (Bradley, His Book), Modernist design (Neue Grafik, ULM) and Post-Modern and contemporary graphics (Emigre, It's Nice That). These 100 journals offer an invaluable resource to historians and students of graphic design, and a rich seam of visual research and inspiration for graphic designers.
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9781780673363
N° livre 65536
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