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BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
Hinks, John and Catherine Armstrong (editors)
Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
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First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller and reader. Chronologically, the offerings range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century as they track the developing trade in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Publishers and readers who spent part of their lives in North America are also featured in several of the chapters. The main theme emerging from this volume is the significance of cheap print, including newspapers and journals. The social, cultural, political and economic significance of these artifacts is highlighted by an in-depth examination of the lives of those men and women who participated in the book trade. Co-published with The British Library.
Available in the UK from The British Library.
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Books of related interests - -
> Boynton, Henry Walcott, ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING, 1638-1850
> Crutchley, Brian, THE UNIVERSITY PRINTING HOUSES AT CAMBRIDGE FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
> Maclehose, James, THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1638-1931, WITH SOME NOTES ON SCOTTISH PRINTING IN THE LAST THREE HUNDRED YEARS.
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MEDIÆVAL IN PADUA
by Maret, Russell
Limited to 226 copies. This is the first in a new series of occasional publications with the overarching name of Swan & Hoop which documents non-typographic letter forms. This volume focuses on the round gothic capital in Padua Italy. It was written, illustrated and printed letterpress in eight colors by Maret. It features a visual glossary of variant letter forms, a detailed structural analysis of round gothic, and a quire of photographic plates. This is also the first use of Russell Maret's new Baskerville typeface. Included is a letterpress printed announcement of the series which is a little larger than the publication, and a prospectus card for the book itself.
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