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LIGHT ON THE BOOK TRADE, ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PETER ISAAC.
McKay, Barry, John Hinks & Maureen Bell.

- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2004 - 8vo. - Printed hard covers. - 210 pages. - ISBN 9781584560852 ; 1584560851 / Order Nr. 71830 - Price: $ 39.95 View Excerpt View Table of Contents

First edition. A festschrift in honor of the late Peter Isaac. This is the sixth volume in the Print Networks Series and examines British provincial book history of the 18th and 19th centuries. There are 18 important essays by leading scholars, journalists and academics. They reveal interesting and little-known aspects of the history of the book. Authors include Caroline Archer, Maureen Bell, Iain Beavan, Margaret Cooper, Diana Dixon, John Feather, John Gavin, R.J. Goulden, David Griffiths, John Hinks, David Hounslow, Philip Henry Jones, Wallace Kirsop, Lucy Lewis, Warren McDougall, Barry McKay, Michael Powell, Linda Reynolds, Brenda J. Scragg, David Stoker and Sue Walker. Out of print.

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NOUVEAUX PROCÉDÉS DE REPRODUCTIONS INDUSTRIELLES AVEC OU ... by Fisch, A. First edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 10429). Part of the series entitled "Encyclopédie photographique." With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson.