(Book Illustration). Bohatcová, Mirjam.

CESKÁ KNIHA A SVET.

Prague: Artia, 1973. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, just jacket. 86 pages. Text in Czech. The Czech Book and the World.. Bohatcová is a scholar on the history of books and writers, having published works on Comenius and the place of books in the Bohemian Reformation. This work examines book illustration from medieval codices to the 20th century. Frontispiece. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket and wrappers torn at top of spine. READ MORE about CESKÁ KNIHA A SVET

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(Book Selling). Estienne, Henri.

FRANCOFORDIENSE EMPORIUM, SIVE FRANCOFORDIENSES NUNDINAE. QUAM VARIA MERCIUM GENERA IN HOC EMPORIO PROSTENT, PAGINA SEPTIMA INDICABIT.

Geneva: self published, 1574. small 8vo. Recently bound vellum, cloth slipcase. (8), 31, 120 pages. First and only edition of the printer's own laudatory account of the Frankfurt Fair based on his experiences selling books there the previous year. Adams S1768; Renouard Estienne, 139:2; Schreiber Estienne, 189; Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchia II, 235. Collation: *4, a-i8, k4, woodcut printer's device to title by Elhen von Wolfhagen, Tilemann (1347-1420), decorative head-pieces and initials. Water-staining to preliminary pages..... READ MORE about FRANCOFORDIENSE EMPORIUM, SIVE FRANCOFORDIENSES NUNDINAE. QUAM VARIA MERCIUM GENERA IN HOC...

Price: $16,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136913

(Bookbinding). Bennett, Stuart.

TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, 1660-1800.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or a most in a plain paper wrapper." This view..... READ MORE about TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, 1660-1800

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(Bookbinding). Davis, Margaret E.

CHINA UNDER THE COVERS: A BINDER'S JOURNEY TO THE ROOTS OF BOOKS.

Portland, OR: Ma Nao Books, (2017). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 190, (4) pages. Exploring the origins of the book, Margaret E. Davis traces the early history of communicating by paper pages. She offers illustrated instructions for four of the first forms of books on paper, developed by the Chinese, which can be replicated today using simple tools and available materials. China Under the Covers blends history, how-to expertise, and a journalist's eye for detail..... READ MORE about CHINA UNDER THE COVERS: A BINDER'S JOURNEY TO THE ROOTS OF BOOKS

Price: $24.95  other currencies  Order nr. 129628

(Bookbinding). Powers, Sandra.

ENGLISH BINDINGS ON CONTINENTAL BOOKS: FACTORS IN THE STUDY OF THE EARLY BOOK TRADE.

N.P. n.p., 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 302-309+(1) pages. Reprint from the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1980). Presentation by the author on inside front cover. A study of English bindings on books with continental imprints. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about ENGLISH BINDINGS ON CONTINENTAL BOOKS: FACTORS IN THE STUDY OF THE EARLY BOOK TRADE

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(Bookbuilders of Boston).

PUBLISHERS' CHOICE 1962 NEW ENGLAND BOOK SHOW.

(Boston, MA): The Bookbuilders of Boston, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. List of publishers, eleven indices, acknowledgments, list of committee members. 129 entries. Black and white illustrations. Stamped on front cover. READ MORE about PUBLISHERS' CHOICE 1962 NEW ENGLAND BOOK SHOW

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126614

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, A GUIDE TO PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING COURSES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Princeton, NJ: Peterson's Guides, (1992). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 124, (2) pages. Published with the Support of the United States Information Agency. Describes the offerings of more than 60 university and professional organizations in the areas of book publishing, magazine publishing, and bookselling, with essays on the challenges facing the industry. The listings detail course objectives, names and credentials of key instructors, admission requirements, etc. READ MORE about BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, A GUIDE TO PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING COURSES IN THE UNITED STATES

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(Bookselling).

BOOK TRADE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS.

Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, (1983). tall 16mo. paper wrappers. 26 pages. A small pamphlet probably distributed at the Frankfurt Book Fair of 1983, the topics being book publishing and the book trade in the Federal Republic of Germany. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN PUBLISHERS AND...

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(Bookselling).

CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCE.

London: Univ. of London, 1936. 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt. 194 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Contains numerous references to bookbinding works. Light foxing of new endpapers. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY OF...

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(Bookselling).

MAINAUER GESPRACHE 1953.

N.P. n.p., (1954). large 12mo. paper wrappers. 127 pages. Essays on the German-language book trade in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. READ MORE about MAINAUER GESPRACHE 1953

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(Bookselling). Meyer-Dohm, Peter.

HANDBUCH DES BUCHHANDELS, BAND III: SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDEL.

Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung, 1971. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 610 pages. Volume three of this handbook covers retail bookselling, giving the basics of bookselling as well as specific topics such as marketing and organization, warehousing, selling, and financing. Indexed. Some wear to front board. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DES BUCHHANDELS, BAND III: SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDEL

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(Books).

THE HISTORY OF MAKING BOOKS.

New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1996. 8vo. metal ring binder with illustrated paper-covered boards. 45+(1) pages. First Scholastic edition, issued as volume 18 in the Voyages of Discoveryseries. Text and color illustrations on laminated paper, that describe the process of making books from clay tablets, papyrus rolls, and illuminated manuscripts to the printing press, with sections on machinery, color printing, bookbinding, booksellers and censors, and children's books. With a time-line chart and reusable vinyl stickers. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF MAKING BOOKS

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BÖRSENVEREIN DEUTSCHER VERLEGER- UND BUCHHÄNDLER-VERBÄNDE.

Verlegerausschuss. No.s 1-14 of this periodical.
Frankfurt am Main: n.p., 1949-1953. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 6; 5,(1); 8; 7,(1); 4; 5,(1); 4; 4; 5,(1); 3,(1); 3,(1); unpaginated; 5,(1); 7,(1) pages. Verlegerausschuss. No.s 1-14 of this periodical. Written in German. Pamphlet-sized periodicals concerning this union of German booksellers and publishers, with various statistics and information important to them. Vol. 2 appears to be a photocopy, printed recto only. Starting from Nr. 4 onward, the publishing city is Hamburg, not Frankfurt am Main..... READ MORE about BÖRSENVEREIN DEUTSCHER VERLEGER- UND BUCHHÄNDLER-VERBÄNDE

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