The Dictionary of the Book

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442263407
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis The Dictionary of the Book by : Sidney E. Berger

Download or read book The Dictionary of the Book written by Sidney E. Berger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, here is the definitive glossary of the book, offering readers all the terms they will need for 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 --- over 1,300 different words --- 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: the book as physical object, typeface terminology, paper, printing, book collecting, book design, bibliography, calligraphy, t he language of manuscripts, writing implements, librarianship, legal issues, the parts of a book, and much more. The definitions are supplemented by more than 100 illustrations showing the book as a physical object: parts of books, kinds of illustrations, kinds of printing techniques, tools that librarians, booksellers, and collectors refer to that are used in the making of books, kinds of binding structures and decoration, kinds of paper decoration, and other things.

Antiquarian Books

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Book Synopsis Antiquarian Books by : Philippa Bernard

Download or read book Antiquarian Books written by Philippa Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion sets out to provide essential information required by those who sell secondhand books and also by those who buy them. There are 450 entries which include explanations of the technical terms used in the description of books. Printing, illustration and binding are all covered.

ABC for Book Collectors

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (246 download)

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Book Synopsis ABC for Book Collectors by : John Carter

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Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429952392
Total Pages : 387 pages
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Book Synopsis Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900 by : Annika Bautz

Download or read book Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900 written by Annika Bautz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the collectors’ roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled. Contributors explore the activities and networks shaping a range of continental and transcontinental European public and private collections during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras. They study the impact of class, geographical location and specific cultural contexts on the gathering and use of printed and handwritten texts and other printed artefacts. The volume explores the social dimension of book collecting, and considers how practices of collecting developed during these periods of profound cultural, social and political change.

Arkham House Books

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603227
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis Arkham House Books by : Leon Nielsen

Download or read book Arkham House Books written by Leon Nielsen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work covers the supernatural and speculative fiction published by Arkham House Publishers, Inc., of Sauk City, Wisconsin. In 1937, promising Wisconsin writer August Derleth decided to publish a collection of the stories of his recently deceased friend, H. P. Lovecraft. After two years of failed attempts, Derleth and another Lovecraft fan, Donald Wandrei, published the collection themselves under the name of Arkham. In the years that followed, Arkham House published the works of many of the foremost American and British writers of weird fiction, including Basil Copper, Lord Dunsany, Robert E. Howard, and Robert Bloch. Arkham published Ray Bradbury's first book, Dark Carnival, in 1947. The work begins with a history of the house and biography of August Derleth; it also includes a chapter on H. P. Lovecraft's connection to Arkham. The main body of the text consists of chronologically listed descriptions and current values of the more than 230 titles published by Arkham House and its two imprints, Mycroft & Moran and Stanton & Lee. These entries detail editions, reprints, special points, restoration, care, buying and selling, investment, and future trends. Other features include alphabetical indeces of titles and authors, lists of scarcity and value ranking, a list of annual stock lists and catalogs, and a bibliography of reference literature. The book is illustrated throughout with dust jacket reproductions and photographs.

Rare Book Hunting

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Rare Book Hunting by : Kurt W. Zimmerman

Download or read book Rare Book Hunting written by Kurt W. Zimmerman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My essays and escapades span over thirty years of rare book hunting--an exciting journey that is ongoing. Many of my friends are rare book people, and much of my free time revolves around bookish pursuits. I can't recall a day without thinking about a book and seldom without handling one. I write regularly on my blog about rare books I've found and their history. Recently, my wife and I began plans to expand our library space by converting the attic above the garage, so it seems inevitable that the book you hold in your hand would come to fruition. If you're already a rare book hunter no further prelude is needed. If you have found this book through curiosity or happenstance, and it creates a spark within, I strongly encourage you to follow your own book hunting path. The rewards are great and the space concerns never-ending. Kurt Zimmerman is a highly regarded book collector and author. He has been collecting for over thirty years in two areas: association items related to book collecting history (currently 7,000+ items) and first editions of Latin American literature (over 2,000 items). He received his Master's in Library and Information Science degree from UT-Austin while completing a three year internship at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. There he learned bibliography and rare books from the best in the field. He worked in the rare book trade and as director of the rare books & maps department at Butterfield & Butterfield auction house (now Bonham's) in San Francisco. Zimmerman is a co-founder of the Book Hunters Club of Houston. His established is popular blog bookcollectinghistory.com in 2011. The author can be reached directly at [email protected].

The Camel Club

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0759515239
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Book Synopsis The Camel Club by : David Baldacci

Download or read book The Camel Club written by David Baldacci and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After witnessing a shocking murder, four conspiracy theorists team up with a Secret Service agent to uncover the government corruption that threatens to cause an international terrorism crisis in this New York Times bestselling thriller. Welcome to THE CAMEL CLUB. Existing at the fringes of Washington, D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as "Oliver Stone," they study conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government to discover the "truth" behind the country's actions. Their efforts bear little fruit--until the group witnesses a shocking murder...and becomes embroiled in an astounding, far-reaching conspiracy. Now the Club must join forces with a Secret Service agent to confront one of the most chilling spectacles ever to take place on American soil-an event that may trigger the ultimate war between two different worlds. And all that stands in the way of this apocalypse is five unexpected heroes.

Understanding Book-collecting

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Publisher : ACC Distribution
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Understanding Book-collecting by : Grant Uden

Download or read book Understanding Book-collecting written by Grant Uden and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1982 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work makes available a mass of useful information, including details of the technical aspects of book making, the vexed question of first editions and the matters of completeness and condition. Contains an excellent glossary.

Books and Book-collectors

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
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Book Synopsis Books and Book-collectors by : John Carter

Download or read book Books and Book-collectors written by John Carter and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Book Collecting

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Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602399859
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Book Synopsis Modern Book Collecting by : Robert Alfred Wilson

Download or read book Modern Book Collecting written by Robert Alfred Wilson and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the classic guide to book collecting includes a new section on Internet resources.

The Power of the Dog

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316082708
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Book Synopsis The Power of the Dog by : Thomas Savage

Download or read book The Power of the Dog written by Thomas Savage and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain. Set in the wide-open spaces of the American West, The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in American literature. The novel tells the story of two brothers — one magnetic but cruel, the other gentle and quiet — and of the mother and son whose arrival on the brothers’ ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel’s startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage’s voice — and the intense passion of his characters — holds readers in thrall. "Gripping and powerful...A work of literary art." —Annie Proulx, from her afterword

A Second Book of Booksellers

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ISBN 13 : 9780954799724
Total Pages : 254 pages
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Book Synopsis A Second Book of Booksellers by : Sheila Markham

Download or read book A Second Book of Booksellers written by Sheila Markham and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last resort of the eccentric, the antiquarian book trade is rich in colourful and entertaining characters. Since 1991, Sheila Markham has been interviewing some of its most influential figures about their life and work in perhaps the most humane, sociable and absorbing branch of commerce to be found anywhere. This is the second collection of interviews to be published following the success of A Book of Booksellers, which appeared in a limited hardback edition in 2004 and was reprinted in paperback in 2007.

The Last Bookseller

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452966915
Total Pages : 171 pages
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Book Synopsis The Last Bookseller by : Gary Goodman

Download or read book The Last Bookseller written by Gary Goodman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and walked out as the store’s new owner. In The Last Bookseller Goodman describes his sometimes desperate, sometimes hilarious career as a used and rare book dealer in Minnesota—the early struggles, the travels to estate sales and book fairs, the remarkable finds, and the bibliophiles, forgers, book thieves, and book hoarders he met along the way. Here we meet the infamous St. Paul Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg, who stole 24,000 rare books worth more than fifty million dollars; John Jenkins, the Texas rare book dealer who (probably) was murdered while standing in the middle of the Colorado River; and the eccentric Melvin McCosh, who filled his dilapidated Lake Minnetonka mansion with half a million books. In 1990, with a couple of partners, Goodman opened St. Croix Antiquarian Books in Stillwater, one of the Twin Cities region’s most venerable bookshops until it closed in 2017. This store became so successful and inspired so many other booksellers to move to town that Richard Booth, founder of the “book town” movement in Hay-on-Wye in Wales, declared Stillwater the First Book Town in North America. The internet changed the book business forever, and Goodman details how, after 2000, the internet made stores like his obsolete. In the 1990s, the Twin Cities had nearly fifty secondhand bookshops; today, there are fewer than ten. As both a memoir and a history of booksellers and book scouts, criminals and collectors, The Last Bookseller offers an ultimately poignant account of the used and rare book business during its final Golden Age.

The Book

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Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262346893
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book by : Amaranth Borsuk

Download or read book The Book written by Amaranth Borsuk and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book as object, as content, as idea, as interface. What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to entire libraries? The codex, the book as bound paper sheets, emerged around 150 CE. It was preceded by clay tablets and papyrus scrolls. Are those books? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive. Despite nostalgic paeans to the codex and its printed pages, Borsuk reminds us, the term “book” commonly refers to both medium and content. And the medium has proved to be malleable. Rather than pinning our notion of the book to a single form, Borsuk argues, we should remember its long history of transformation. Considering the book as object, content, idea, and interface, she shows that the physical form of the book has always been the site of experimentation and play. Rather than creating a false dichotomy between print and digital media, we should appreciate their continuities.

Rare Books and Special Collections

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Publisher : ALA Neal-Schuman
ISBN 13 : 9781555709648
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Rare Books and Special Collections by : Sidney E. Berger

Download or read book Rare Books and Special Collections written by Sidney E. Berger and published by ALA Neal-Schuman. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrusted with the responsibility of preserving the records of history and culture, these institutions enable access to millions of source materials. Berger offers a landmark examination of this field, aimed at practitioners, instructors, booksellers, private collectors, historians, bibliophiles, and others involved in rare and unique materials.

The Collector's Guide to Antiquarian Bookstores

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Collector's Guide to Antiquarian Bookstores by : Modoc Press

Download or read book The Collector's Guide to Antiquarian Bookstores written by Modoc Press and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Collector's Dolls

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ISBN 13 : 9780891454557
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book Modern Collector's Dolls written by Patricia R. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1990-12 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: