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Unpublishable! Rejected Authors from Jane Austen to Zane Grey. — BORISH, Elaine

Unpublishable! Rejected Authors from Jane Austen to Zane Grey.

BORISH, Elaine
Fidelio Press
1996, 142pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
This book relates the inspiring stories of over thirty famous writers rejected by publishers at some point in their careers. Their accounts offer encouragement to anyone who thinks about writing for publication. A rebuffed manuscript that later goes on to achieve fame and success underscores the value of confidence and perseverance. Agatha Christie's first novel received some half dozen rejections and waited four years to emerge from the press. Charlotte Bronte's first novel never appeared in her lifetime. Uncle Tom's Cabin was deemed too controversial. Shaw was not interesting enough. Sherlock Holmes, first created in A Study in Scarlet, was unwanted. This book tells the fascinating stories of great authors who overcame the rejections of benighted publishers fortunately for English literature.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780952488118
N° livre 65313
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History of the Book in 100 Books. — CAVE, Roderick / AYAD, Sara

History of the Book in 100 Books.

CAVE, Roderick / AYAD, Sara
The British Library
2014, 288pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In good condition.
"The ebook age has taken 'the book' to a turning point. But in fact, casting off old technologies and taking on new ones has been part of the history of the book since Egyptian times. At this crucial time for the future of books as we know them today, this volume tells the story of the book from the very beginning From inscriptions on tombs to the first writings on papyrus; how scrolls gave way to the first bound 'codex' books in Roman times; from exclusive and expensive hand-scribed books, to the creation of movable type, and the invention of printing for the masses; and from the printed book to the digital book, the ebook reader...and beyond. Illustrating this story with lavish photography of some of the most treasured artefacts from the world's historic collections, A History of the Book in 100 Books traces mankind's very long quest to communicate ideas and knowledge."
€ 25,00
ISBN: 9780712357562
N° livre 65312
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The Strawberry Hill Press and its Printing House. An account and an iconography. — CLARKE, Stephen

The Strawberry Hill Press and its Printing House. An account and an iconography.

CLARKE, Stephen
Yale University Press
2011, 142pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, is the most celebrated of the early English private presses, unique for the importance of the books, pamphlets, and ephemera it produced. This illustrated study of the Press draws on a remarkable array of surviving images of the Printing House, many of them newly discovered and previously unstudied. But more than that, this book provides an original and sustained analysis of Walpole's extraordinary literary endeavor, and of the complex variety of purposes that the Press fulfilled. The volume not only assesses all known images to discover what they can tell us about Walpole's Press, but also reveals that, quite unexpectedly, a large part of Walpole's Printing House survives to this day.
€ 35,00
ISBN: 9780300170405
N° livre 65306
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Van Life. Inspiration for Your Home on the Road. — HUNTINGTON, Foster

Van Life. Inspiration for Your Home on the Road.

HUNTINGTON, Foster
Little, Brown Book Group
2017, 256pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. As new.
'Beautifully illustrated with photos of retro vans and their owners, this collection is from the creator of the hashtag #vanlife, and is as much about exploring nature as it is about what 'rig' you drive' The Pool More and more people are taking a break from conventional life for the freedom and adventure of being on the road and living in a converted vintage truck, camper, or van. One of these vandwellers, Foster Huntington, created the #vanlife hashtag as he chronicled his adventures living in a van while driving across country. He tapped into a community of like-minded individuals looking to explore nature at their own pace. VAN LIFE showcases the best crowd-sourced photographs of stunning beaches, misty forests, and rocky mountains from Foster's tumblr account, many of which have never been posted.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780751570274
N° livre 65298
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Buiten de lijntjes gekleurd. Uitgelezen Vlaamse illustratoren in de kijker. — VERMEULEN, Marita

Buiten de lijntjes gekleurd. Uitgelezen Vlaamse illustratoren in de kijker.

VERMEULEN, Marita
Lannoo
2006, 160pp. Geïllustreerd. Gebonden. Als nieuw!
22 portretten van Vlaamse illustratoren Aan de hand van concrete voorbeelden toont Marita Vermeulen wat de Vlaamse illustratoren zo bijzonder maakt en wat hun beeldtaal zo universeel maakt Met aandacht voor de boeiende historische achtergrond en met een verwijzing naar kunstwerken die illustratoren als Klaas Verplancke, Carll Cneut, André Sollie en anderen inspireerden Een prachtig geschenkboek voor wie van meesterlijke illustraties houdt De illustratorententoonstelling Buiten de lijntjes gekleurd is van 27 maart tot 9 april in Bologna te bewonderen. Buiten de lijntjes gekleurd vertelt het verhaal van 22 illustratoren die door hun vakmanschap en creativiteit het kinderboekenlandschap verrijkt en verruimd hebben. Krachtig en oprecht breken ze teksten open en via een vleugje humor, een anekdote, een onverwacht beeld kleuren ze op eigen wijze ook buiten de lijntje van het verhaal. Vlaams illustratoren zoeken naar een beeldtaal die zowel kinderen als volwassenen kan aanspreken. In Buiten de lijntjes gekleurd wordt ingegaan op de evolutie binnen het werk van elke illustrator, en worden hun prenten gelézen. Elk vlak, elke kleur en elke lijn heeft een betekenis, hoe beter je die ontcijfert hoe rijker het verhaal en hoe groter het kijkplezier.
€ 18,00
ISBN: 9789020964868
N° livre 65295
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The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary. — Leonard S Marcus (Foreword by), Reading Is Fundamental (Creator)

The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary.

Leonard S Marcus (Foreword by), Reading Is Fundamental (Creator)
Dutton Books
2005, 96pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 26x26cm. In very good condition.
Provides a collection of forty illustrations picked by the nonprofit literacy organization Reading Is Fundamental in order to celebrate the power and joys of reading in young children and includes works by Henry Cole, Mary Azarian, Lois Ehlert, David Kirk, David McPhail, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Raschka, and so many others.
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9780525474845
N° livre 65294
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Postcards from the Nursery. The illustrators of children's books and postcards 1900-1950. — COPE, Dawn and Peter

Postcards from the Nursery. The illustrators of children's books and postcards 1900-1950.

COPE, Dawn and Peter
New Cavendish Books
2000, 288pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 28x29,5cm. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
Postcards from the Nursery is a tribute to the legions of children's illustrators - the renowned and the unsung heroines and heroes of children's illustra-tion in the early 20th century - when postcards were an essential communi-cations medium. They, together with mass circulation magzines, provided illustrators with a stepping stone to even greater achievements. Many, like Anne Anderson, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Cicely Mary Barker and Arthur Rackham took that successful step, others never received the accolades they deserved. This book provides a glimpse of how they coped in trying circumstances. The 750 picture postcards contained within display a rich variety of illus-trative styles, covering a period of over 40 years. All the traditional nursery themes imaginable are to be found - including nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fairyland fantasy, games and pastimes and many more. In addition, the history and commercial activities of most of the prominent postcard publishers are discussed.
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9781872727882
N° livre 65292
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Tales of the Old Country Farmers. (HARDCOVER) — QUINN, Tom

Tales of the Old Country Farmers. (HARDCOVER)

QUINN, Tom
David & Charles
1995, 184pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
Step back into the peaceful world of rural life before the advent of mechanisation, in the company of some of our most venerable farmers. Tom Quinn has travelled the length and breadth of Britain to talk to the last generation of men who knew, at first hand, traditions of farming and animal husbandry dating back to Saxon times. It is a timely and important record of a vanishing world. There are stories of runaway horses, winter nights in great candlelit houses, the massive Shire horses of East Anglia, and of farmsteads and hamlets virtually unchanged since Domesday. This book is beautifully illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and specially commissioned watercolour paintings by Philip Murphy.
€ 19,00
ISBN: 9780715301548
N° livre 65285
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Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places. 500 Ways to Discover the Wild. — SOMERVILLE, Christopher

Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places. 500 Ways to Discover the Wild.

SOMERVILLE, Christopher
Allan Lane
2008, 544pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
Christopher Somerville takes us a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite Wild Places in fields and green lanes, in forests and mountains and on lonely coasts, in all of nature's moods and every kind of weather. Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places is the key to discovering Scottish mountainsides covered in rare Ice Age flowers, Cornish standing stones and holy wells, Midlands wildflower meadows, storm-battered Welsh headlands and seabird islands, hill ranges and boglands in Ireland where only hares and skylarks go. But this adventurous book roams far beyond conventional landscapes. Among its wild treasures are medieval Green Men spewing mouthfuls of leaves, the ruins of haunted chapels deep in forgotten woods, old mines and quarries being recaptured by nature, villages where pagan rituals are still enthusiastically observed, rusting sea-forts tottering on sandbanks.Each Wild Place is enhanced with mapping and travel instructions, suggestions about walks and other useful information. Britain and Ireland are crammed full of wild places, often astonishingly close to home. Here is one man's poetical yet practical account of the state of the Wild in Britain and Ireland, how it is being both threatened and nurtured, and how - whether you are heading out for a Sunday stroll or planning your next holiday - you can go out and discover it in all its extraordinary vigour and variety.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780713999679
N° livre 65284
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The Shetland Isles. — SCHEI, Liv Kjorsvik / MOBERG, Gunnie

The Shetland Isles.

SCHEI, Liv Kjorsvik / MOBERG, Gunnie
Colin Baxter Photography
2006, 288pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. As new.
Shetland is a lively and fascinating place with a distinctive culture. Liv Schei explores the history, folklore and landscape of the islands of Shetland. Illustrated by Gunnie Moberg's photography, the book also focuses on many of the characters who have peopled the islands, and shows how past and present influences have combined to make Shetland what it is today.
€ 19,00
ISBN: 9781841073309
N° livre 65282
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Journey Through Britain. Landscape, People and Books. — St. John Thomas, David

Journey Through Britain. Landscape, People and Books.

St. John Thomas, David
Frances Lincoln Publishers
2004, 720pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In good condition. Pakketzending.
In his 'thinking traveller's tour', David St John Thomas journeys by rail and 'Little Car' around Britain, exploring the fascinating and diverse character of Britain today. He reflects on Britain, Britishness, the British people and how they have changed, not always for the worse, over the fifty-odd years he has known them as an author and a publisher. Taking in places as various as beaches, mountain moors, industrial and early Christian sites, great hotels, art galleries, canals and cycleways, meeting people - famous ones, friends, gardeners, railwaymen, craftsmen, bus conductors - who enrich his journey with their stories and observations, and drawing on literature and history, he discovers the true heartbeat of the country. The result is a narrative that surprises, amuses and engages, as well as offering a treasure trove of facts, anecdotes and new perspectives on our extraordinary nation.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9780711223691
N° livre 65281
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A Portrait of England. — EEDE, Joanna (edited by) - Foreword by Max Hastings

A Portrait of England.

EEDE, Joanna (edited by) - Foreword by Max Hastings
Think Publishing
2006, 180pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In good condition.
Published in association with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and introduced by its president, Sir Max Hastings, this beautifully designed coffee-table tome is a must for anyone who cherishes the British countryside. It offers a combination of stunning landscape photography and quintessentially English quotes, poetry, reminiscences, and anecdotes. With a chapter for each of England’s counties, it captures the superb peaks and tumbling waterfalls in the Lake District, the windswept moorland of the Yorkshire Dales, the dramatic cliffs at Land’s End, sunrise on the Norfolk Broads, the historic houses of Chatsworth and Burghley in the East Midlands, and many more locales.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781845250133
N° livre 65278
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Britain – A Country Revealed. — ROY, Sally

Britain – A Country Revealed.

ROY, Sally
AA Publishing
2011, 160pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
This beautiful, large-format book showcases the best of Britain with stunning photographs of the landscapes, settlements, and people that make this nation unique. The photographs, selected from the AA's own collection, reveal the diversity of the land, from Cornwall to Northern Scotland. Special fold-out sections make the most of fabulous images, showing the British at play. The book records and celebrates Britain's loveliest countryside and some of its most appealing towns, villages, and historic buildings.
€ 18,00
ISBN: 9780749571443
N° livre 65276
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England's 100 Best Views. (HARDCOVER) — JENKINS, Simon

England's 100 Best Views. (HARDCOVER)

JENKINS, Simon
Profile Books - National Trust
2013, 352pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety. With his usual insight and authority, bestselling author Simon Jenkins picks one hundred of the very best from the white cliffs of Dover to Hadrian's Wall -- and explains the fascinating stories behind them. Jenkins' entertaining and erudite entries provide the rich historical, geographical, botanical and architectural background to breathtaking sights -- all beautifully illustrated -- both iconic and undiscovered. From Gold Hill, the Dorset village street so famously picturesque it was used in a Hovis advert, to the view of the City of London famously depicted by Canaletto and the wilds of the Yorkshire moors, this book will inspire you to discover the treasures of England's sea, city and landscapes for yourself. Filled with roman roads, cliff-tops, follies, mountains, ancient castles, rolling forests and heart-stopping moments, you'll soon wonder how you chose walks, mini-breaks or spontaneous diversions without it.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781781250952
N° livre 65271
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The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction. — RODISS, Helen

The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction.

RODISS, Helen
Rough Guides
2005, 363pp. Illustrated. Softcover. 16x12cm. As new. Pakketzending.
This new Rough Guide will make you a literary buff in the time it takes to say Jack Kerouac. Even if you already know your Hunter S Thompson from your Jim Thompson, you''ll still find it hard to resist a book which tells you which cult novel has been implicated in assassinations, which world famous novelist offered to throw himself off a train to prove his devotion to his literary idol and which cult poet and prose stylist inspired a Broadway musical and the Velvet Underground. There''s a critical guide to over 150 cult authors - from Kathy Acker to Yevgeny Zamyatin, including potted biographies, their must reads, and their surprising influences. Reviews of 100 cult novels - seminal works by authors who never quite achieved cult status themselves but still produced one classic work. Finally, there''s a cult collection - a feast of literary trivia which categorises writers by the diseases they suffered for their art, reveals 12 literary giants who wrote standing up, and pores over the little known fictional epics of Sarah Bernhardt and Benito Mussolini.
€ 17,00
ISBN: 9781843533870
N° livre 65264
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Ein Buch, das mein Leben verändert hat [Wolfgang Beck - von seinen Autorinnen und Autoren zum 65. Geburtstag 2006] — FELKEN, Detlef (herausgegeben von)

Ein Buch, das mein Leben verändert hat [Wolfgang Beck - von seinen Autorinnen und Autoren zum 65. Geburtstag 2006]

FELKEN, Detlef (herausgegeben von)
C.H. Beck
2007, 497S. Illustriert. Leinen. Mit Schutzumschlag und Lesebändchen. Sehr gut erhalten.
"Der Autor als Leser - dieser einfache Grundgedanke stand am Ausgangspunkt der hier versammelten Beiträge. Rund 150 Autorinnen und Autoren des Verlages C.H.Beck beschreiben darin ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen mit Büchern. Nicht mit irgendwelchen Büchern indessen, sondern solchen, die ihr Leben verändert haben. Vom Kinderbuch und Wilhelm Busch bis zu Walter Benjamins ""Ursprung des deutschen Trauerspiels"" oder Martin Heideggers ""Sein und Zeit"", vom ""Don Quijote"" des Cervantes bis zu den ""Buddenbrooks"" von Thomas Mann, von Adalbert Stifters ""Bunten Steinen"" bis zur ""Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit"" des Marcel Proust, von Charles Dickens ""David Copperfield"" und George Orwells ""1984"" bis zu ""Der Fremde"" von Albert Camus und José Saramagos ""Stadt der Blinden"" - dieser Band lädt ein zu kurzweiligen Reisen in fremde Lesewelten, in denen man bekannten und unbekannten Büchern auf eine ganz eigene Weise begegnet."
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9783406564611
N° livre 65263
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Picturing the Americas. Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic — BROWNLEE, Peter John

Picturing the Americas. Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic

BROWNLEE, Peter John
Yale University Press
2015, 280pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In very good condition.
"A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape painting had become the primary medium for articulating conceptions of land and nation in the development of North and South American cultural identity. Picturing the Americas offers the first comprehensive treatment of this genre on both American continents, bringing into dialogue the landscape traditions of artists practicing between 1840 and 1940. The catalogue is brilliantly illustrated with 260 color images, including works by U.S. artists Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, and Georgia O'Keeffe; Canadian artists Joseph Legare, Frances Anne Hopkins, and Lawren Harris; Mexico's Jose Maria Velasco, Uruguay's Joaquin Torres-Garcia, and Brazil's Tarsila do Amaral, among many others. Leading scholars offer a Pan-American perspective on these landscape traditions essays consider the emergence of modernism, as well as how the development of landscape imagery reflects the intricately intertwined geographies and sociopolitical histories of the peoples, nations, regions, and diasporas of the two continents."
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9780300211504
N° livre 65252
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Slightly Foxed, but still desirable. — SEARL, Ronald

Slightly Foxed, but still desirable.

SEARL, Ronald
Souvenir Press · 0.00
1989, 124pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
As any, even vaguely addicted book collector will have swiftly learned, most booksellers' catalogues are written in a parallel language that can fool anyone but the cognoscenti and which makes the mysteries of the Rosetta Stone look like something out of Enid Blyton. Without a smattering of inside information, the baffled but hopelessly-bitten book buyer is drifting unarmed and unprepared into a minefield whose perilous complexities will usually only be made plain when an eagerly awaited parcel of dream volumes arrives and the mangled contents are revealed in all their deceptive glory... But all is not lost. Help is at hand! After a lifetime of avidly scanning the frequently poisonously-tinted pages of innumerable book catalogues, Ronald Searle has become expert in the art of decoding those esoteric, poetic, and usually approximate, descriptions of literary come-ons. Now, licking his wounds, he publishes his heard-earned findings in this fully illustrated pioneer guide, designed to foil the devious machinations of scheming and wicked booksellers for ever more. No longer will the innocent book collector need to puzzle over the finer meaning of 'old half roan', 'good working copy', 'blind tooled' or 'tail-edged shaved'. The unvarnished truth is here exposed at last, both in the shockingly explicit drawings and in the devastatingly frank glossary whose revelations will startle even the most battle-scarred of bibliophiles. The result is one of the funniest, most entertaining books to have emerged from the brilliantly perceptive pen of the master. No book collector, and certainly no bookseller, can afford to be without it - even the wicked ones.
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9780285629455
N° livre 65251
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Winterkost. Therapeutische verhalen. — SIEBERS, Piet

Winterkost. Therapeutische verhalen.

SIEBERS, Piet
Brave New Books
Zonder jaar, 252pp, Paperback. In zeer goede staat.
"Tien verhalen over de praktijk van geestelijke groei - die samen een inspirerend 'zelfhulpboek' vormen. Speciaal voor mensen die via de ladders van psychotherapie en daaraan verwante literatuur de sferen van levenskunst en welbevinden willen bereiken. Ondanks grote verschillen in werkwijze en onderliggende visie, zijn in therapeutische ontmoetingen doorgaans drie kernaspecten te onderscheiden luisteren, confronteren en het bereiken van een doorbraak. In zijn werk als docent en therapeut heeft de auteur ervaren dat veel psychische problemen een gevolg zijn van langdurige en overmatige fixatie op persoonlijke dilemma's en patstellingen - en dat het magische, niet in analytische termen te vatten moment van zo'n doorbraak de crux is van vrijwel alle ermee samenhangende leer- en groeiprocessen. Omdat de verhaalvorm bij uitstek geschikt is om over zulke momenten te berichten, heeft hij verhalen geschreven over mensen die - ondanks onwrikbare zelfbeelden en karaktertrekken - een doorbraak bereiken in een psychisch probleem. Ondanks deze overeenkomst zijn de verhalen zo verschillend van aard en bouw dat ze allemaal hun eigen spanningsboog en 'boodschap' hebben. Omdat het lezen van verhalen ook een therapeutische ontmoeting kan zijn, hoopt hij dat lezers van WINTERKOST zich van tijd tot tijd zullen herkennen in de filosofisch en spiritueel getinte vertellingen, waardoor ze kunnen bijdragen aan persoonlijke groei en geluk."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9789402107937
N° livre 65245
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Ladies of Letterpress. — WHITE, Jessica / KSENIYA, Thomas

Ladies of Letterpress.

WHITE, Jessica / KSENIYA, Thomas
Ivy Press
2015, 192pp. Illustrated. Paperback. 35,5x28cm. In very good condition.
The revival of traditional printing methods has been afoot for the last decade, and the tactile charm of letterpress has ensured that its popularity is on the rise. Ladies of Letterpress is an organization that champions the craft, and in particular seeks to showcase and promote the work of women printers. A gallery of art by its members, the work in Ladies of Letterpress ranges from greetings cards to broadsides and posters, and is offered in a cornucopia of type and illustration styles. What comes through clearly, though, is the quality of the work every one of these pieces is worthy of display on your wall, and with 80 detachable pages, you can create an instant and beautiful gallery of your own.
€ 65,00
ISBN: 9781782402299
N° livre 65234
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U & IC. Influencing Design & Typography. — BERRY, John D. (edited by)

U & IC. Influencing Design & Typography.

BERRY, John D. (edited by)
Mark Batty Publishers
2005, 192pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In good condition.
"U&lc magazine (Upper & lower case) was a defining voice in international graphic design between 1973 and 1999. It was in some ways a lifestyle magazine for the design community - providing a fascinating intersection of popular culture and graphic design in the last quarter of the 20th century. The list of editorial contributors to U&lc is long, beginning with founding designer/editor Herb Lubalin; many prominent designers worked on designing entire issues. Their finest work is showcased in this book, in reproductions of selected covers, stories, and illustrations from the nearly 100 quarterly issues that were published. The book leads off with a number of articles about the phenomenon that was U&lc, written by writers, editors, and designers who were closely involved over the years."
€ 95,00
ISBN: 9780972424097
N° livre 65215
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Book-art. Innovation in Book Design. — RIVERS, Charlotte

Book-art. Innovation in Book Design.

RIVERS, Charlotte
RotoVision
2007, 160pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In good condition.
"Book-Art follows on from the success of CD-Art, DVD-Art and Mag-Art. The area of book design and art is a continually evolving area, where new and innovative design is constantly being explored. The book explores the creative inspiration behind the work, such as typography, materials, printing techniques, photography and backgrounds and bleeds, as well as the practical considerations and restrictions. It looks at the book industry as a whole, to provide a wider perspective on emerging trends and what makes a successful book. This definitive volume will therefore arm designers with the tools necessary to create innovative and exciting books."
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9782940361694
N° livre 65212
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Rare Books. — DYK, Stephen H. van

Rare Books.

DYK, Stephen H. van
Scala Publishers - Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian.
2001, 112pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
The museum's library and archive, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries contains 55,000 volumes, including 5,000 rare books pertaining to ornament, architecture and decorative arts. In Rare Books, Stephen Van Dyk examines how illustrated decorative arts and design books have served variously as inspiration to designers, tools to document design, a means of instruction, and as works of art in themselves.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9781857592382
N° livre 65211
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Pursuit. The uncensored memoirs of John Calder. — CALDER, John

Pursuit. The uncensored memoirs of John Calder.

CALDER, John
Calder Publications
2001, 621pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In good condition. Pakketzending.
"""Publish and be damned"", Wellington's famous adage, runs like a leitmotiv through John Calder's memoirs. He has been damned by a censorious press, by politicians, by other publishers and by organs of the state for publishing books on sensitive issues. Damned also for publishing such authors as Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Alexander Trocchi and Hubert Selby Jr, as well as for bringing to public notice the abuses of the armies and security forces of colonial countries. He took on American authors who could not be published in the United States during the McCarthy witch-hunt. He exposed the atrocities of the Algerian and other African wars, and produced many books on British political, social and moral issues, which only a totally independent publisher could have done.Born into the most conservative of establishment families, John Calder has always gone his own way seeking out literary genius and creating a greater awareness of the world we inhabit. His publishing programme contained a large proportion of the leading writers of the twentieth century, including Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Luigi Pirandello, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Heinrich Böll and such British authors as Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Steven Berkoff and Ann Quin. Anecdotes abound in these memoirs about Bertrand Russell, Alger Hiss, Graham Greene, J.B. Priestley, Jo Grimond and dozens of others whom the author encountered in his activities, both within and outside of publishing. This book is too outspoken to make many friends, but it will open eyes and upset apple carts. Never a saint, Calder is as frank about his own failings as of those of others."
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9780714543130
N° livre 65203
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