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Yardeni, Ada.

THE BOOK OF HEBREW SCRIPT: HISTORY, PALAEOGRAPHY, SCRIPT STYLES, CALLIGRAPHY & DESIGN.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 365 pages. First edition, second printing. From the very scarce first printing in English done in Israel. This work is one of the most definitive books written on the origin and development of the Hebrew Script. Breaking through almost all fences within which Hebrew paleography has been confined, this work starts at the beginning, forges through the Second Temple period, and deals with all..... READ MORE about THE BOOK OF HEBREW SCRIPT: HISTORY, PALAEOGRAPHY, SCRIPT STYLES, CALLIGRAPHY & DESIGN

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71692

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(Bookbinding). Hinckley, C.T.

A DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. (16) pages. Reprint of the 1852 magazine article which had appeared in Godey's Magazine with a foreword by Robert Fleck. One of the best references to what a trade binding house looked like in the middle of the 19th century. Enhanced by 17 illustrations by Hinckley showing various scenes in the bindery. The fifth Christmas book issued by Oak Knoll. READ MORE about A DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO

Price: $4.00  other currencies  Order nr. 23227

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(Bookbinding). Fogelmark, Staffan.

FLEMISH AND RELATED PANEL-STAMPED BINDINGS, EVIDENCE AND PRINCIPLES.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. 4to. cloth. xviii, 252 pages. Ever since W. H. James Weale laid the foundations for the scholarly study of panel-stamped bindings in 1894, it has been universally assumed that the stamps were hand-engraved, and thus, that each panel was a unique artifact. However, Fogelmark discovered that virtually everything written since Weale's study has been based on a fundamental mistake. In Fogelmark's search for literature on blind panels..... READ MORE about FLEMISH AND RELATED PANEL-STAMPED BINDINGS, EVIDENCE AND PRINCIPLES

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32487

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(New York). Huttner, Sidney F. & Elizabeth Stege Huttner.

A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK CITY, 1821-42.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1993. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 300 pages. This register collects, from annual city directories, about 5,000 names and 50,000 addresses of individuals and firms working in New York in the book trades and graphic arts areas during the period 1821-1842. It continues George L. McKay's similar work, published by the New York Public Library in 1942, which collected the names of craftsmen and artisans to 1820. The..... READ MORE about A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK...

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 40525

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Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK.

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

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 42510