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Missed the Rare Books LA - Santa Monica
Virtual Book Fair?

See all the titles in Oak Knoll's booth in our fair PDF catalogue.

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Now Available for Immediate Order!

The Private Library
The History of the Architecture and Furnishing of the Domestic Bookroom

by Reid Byers

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Read an interview with author Reid Byers HERE.

 

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Now Available!

The Final Volumes in the Cotsen Catalogue Project!

A Catalogue of the Cotsen Children's Library: Comprehensive Index

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The Comprehensive Index volumes cover all 20,082 descriptive entries published in the previous six volumes, also available from Oak Knoll here.

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THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. "...hefty, fully illustrated, and beautifully designed volume..." -Rebecca Rego Barry, Fine Books & Collection, Summer 2021 "[The Private Library] is not meant for nerds. It is meant for TLS readers... this beautifully produced book is designed for any general reader who wants to read a bibliocentric history of the world." -A.N. Wilson, TLS "...a major work of.....

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ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN TYPOGRAPHY

ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN TYPOGRAPHY

New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 8.5 x 11 inches. cloth. 336 pages. Companion catalogue to the Grolier Club exhibition on view May 12, 2021 through July 31, 2021 Any English student knows the name Gutenberg and the words moveable type go together. That same student may have encountered Garamond, Baskerville, and Bodoni only in Word's dropdown font menu, not realizing that they were named for punchcutters and type designers, who raised the essential work.....

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A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 2021. 12.375 x 9 inches. light gray Japanese cloth with front covers stamped in gold, with illustrated endpapers. 2 vol.: [xiii], 622, [2]; [6], 623-1252, [2]. The Comprehensive Index volumes cover all 20,082 descriptive entries published in the previous six volumes, all well illustrated: Twentieth Century (2 vol.: 12,403 entries, v.1 issued in 2000 and v.2 issued in 2003), Nineteenth Century (2 vol.: 6,370 entries, issued in 2019) and.....

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DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2020. 6.125 x 9.25 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 630 pages plus 8 pages of illustrations. "A masterwork. ...Tanselle has gathered his own fact-rich essays from a lifetime's worth of reflection on the physical nature of books. The result is a true summa of bibliographical insight, information and guidance. There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets. Throughout.....

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MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D

MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D.

New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover with jacket. 325 pages. "...if you want to understand magazines erstwhile power, schedule a visit to the Grolier Club by April 24 to see Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights From the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D.... Dr. Lomazow describes the exhibition (which he curated with a librarian, Julie Carlsen, while also creating a richly detailed catalog) as an "epitaph" for the printed magazine.".....

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THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 2

THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 2.

Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2020. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, letterpress printed wrapper. 144 pages. This issue features reviews of books and exhibitions, a profile on the French bookbinder Louise Bescond, a photo essay on the Bixler Typefoundry, book shopping in Paris, an artists insights to her own process, a curators favorite artists books, and a booksellers perspective on book collecting. With contributions from: Megan Adie, Tatjana Bergelt, Michael Bixler, Deirdre Brollo, Carolee.....

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