Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2015. 6 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 500 pages. This volume brings together a selection of the biographical sketches and reviews that G. Thomas Tanselle has written since 1959. These two genres of writing focus on individuals; taken together they show how a biographical approach can serve to characterize a whole field - in this case, the world of books and bibliographical and textual scholarship. Because..... READ MORE about PORTRAITS AND REVIEWS

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 144 pages. Tricks of the Trade considers what is not taught - but probably should be - about binding and rebinding books. Written for competent binders and knowledgeable collectors, it brings quirky but effective binding techniques out of obscurity and into the professional repertory. Here are tricks binders can use to polish and refine their bindings, as well as suggestions for repairs that..... READ MORE about TRICKS OF THE TRADE: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKBINDER

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New Castle, DE and Philadelphia, PA: Oak Knoll Press and University of Pennsylvania Archives, 2015. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 364 pages. For more than the first century of formal medical education in America, medical schools were proprietary in nature. At most private and university-affiliated institutions, medical faculty ran the medical schools, controlling admissions, the curriculum, and graduation standards. They collected fees directly from medical students and in return, issued tickets for admission to their..... READ MORE about TICKETS TO THE HEALING ARTS: MEDICAL LECTURE TICKETS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

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from the 4th BCE to the 16th century
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 345 pages. from the 4th BCE to the 16th century. Testimonies of Platonic Tradition is, in a way, a continuation of Konstantinos Staikos' recent publication Books and Ideas: The Library of Plato and the Academy (2013). It deals with questions of transmission and classification of Plato's Dialogues from the philosopher's own age down to the 16th century, that is, with the..... READ MORE about TESTIMONIES OF PLATONIC TRADITION

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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers, 2013. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 304 pages. This publication examines the papyrus books collected by Plato himself, a habit which began when he was still 'studying' under Socrates and continued throughout his years of teaching in the Academy. The book deals extensively with the works of the Ionian and Eleatic Natural Philosophers, as well as of the Pythagoreans, which informed..... READ MORE about BOOKS AND IDEAS: THE LIBRARY OF PLATO AND THE ACADEMY

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II.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2005. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 364 pages. II. This second volume continues Staikos' brilliant history of the library from the early days of the Roman Republic to the "Golden Age" of Imperial Rome and the Emperor Hadrian. Extensively researched and beautifully illustrated with many rare photographs and drawings. Printed in Athens with careful attention to detail. Co-published with HES..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION: THE ROMAN WORLD - FROM CICERO TO HADRIAN

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Volume IV
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2010. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 532 pages. Volume IV. This fourth volume discusses the publishing procedure for secular and religious writings of late antiquity and the factors that led to the impoverishment of the monumental libraries in Rome. New centers of learning grew up in the monasteries, where great libraries containing educational and instructive books and representative works of..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD IN THE WEST - FROM...

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New Castle, Delaware & Winchester: Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies, 2007. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 462 pages. Reprint of the 1995 Oak Knoll edition. Ronald B. McKerrow's An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students has been the classic manual on bibliography, showing how the transmission of texts might be affected by the processes of printing, but he concentrated almost exclusively on "Elizabethan" printing - the period from 1560 to 1660. However, in..... READ MORE about A NEW INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY

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With a new introduction by Donald Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. small 4to. paperback. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Donald Farren. Paperback edition. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1979. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers, authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous books, printing societies, book-related organizations..... READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2013. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 140 pages. One of the leading designer bookbinders in Great Britain, Arthur Johnson has used his extensive knowledge of book construction to provide a reference manual for the repair and reconstruction of cloth bindings. Each process is explained in precise detail with clear text in order to give the worker confidence in this exacting skill. Using more than 90 illustrations, drawn by the..... READ MORE about THE REPAIR OF CLOTH BINDINGS

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Foreword by Howard M. Nixon.
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1996 (but 2008). 5.75 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 386 pages followed by 14 plates. Foreword by Howard M. Nixon. Fourth edition. This is a classic reference work about decorative and commercial English bookbinding techniques written by one of the foremost experts on bookbinding. Each chapter covers various aspects of bookbinding techniques as well as historical information. Each of the chapters describes the..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE

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Foreword by Bernard Middleton
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 8.5 x 11 inches. unbound signatures ready for binding. 156 pages. Foreword by Bernard Middleton. This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. Etherington documents his experiences teaching these trades and traveling throughout Europe and to the United States. He tells of his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that..... READ MORE about BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2014. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. Prepared for the bicentennial celebration of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Athenaeum Profiles consists of biographical essays covering twelve significant individuals who influenced the future of one of America's oldest cultural institutions. During the author's forty year tenure as executive director of the Athenaeum (1968-2008), he learned on the job from these men how to manage a not-for-profit special collections..... READ MORE about ATHENAEUM PROFILES: A NOT-FOR-PROFIT EDUCATION

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