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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.7, JULY 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: J.S. Murray on 19th-century book canvassers in America, C. Pelayo on the private library of her great-uncle Menéndez Pelayo, G. Menzies on memoirs of aristocratic Russian émigrés, P. Dininny on Kenny's Bookshop in Galway, R. Meador on Orson Well's 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, N. Basbanes on the bookseller P. Juvelis, AND MUCH MORE..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

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Desmond, Ray.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH AND IRISH GARDENS.

Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, (1996). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 312 pages. First paperback edition. Reprint of the corrected edition of 1988. 5,500 gardens in England, Scotland, Wales and, to a limited extent, Ireland, are arranged under the names of the gardens or the places in which they are found. A guide to the literature of the garden is then given with each of these 5,500 entries. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH AND IRISH GARDENS

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Keeling, Denis F. (editor).

BRITISH LIBRARY HISTORY: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1985-1988.

Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1991. 8vo. printed paper over boards. x, 181 pages. First edition. This is the sixth volume in the well-established and highly acclaimed series, which covers the history of libraries, librarianship and book collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the present day. The entries are arranged under five main headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (with ten sub-headings such as National, Private, Public, Special, etc.), Reading and Study of..... READ MORE about BRITISH LIBRARY HISTORY: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1985-1988

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McGuinne, Dermot.

IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER.

with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 236 pages. with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet. Second edition. The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures -Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I - as well as..... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER

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Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (editors).

BOOKS FOR SALE: THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF PRINT SINCE THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 208 pages. Advertising and promotion have always underpinned the business of bookselling but are often difficult for the historian to reconstruct. Once books were being produced in multiple copies, the book trade invested time, money, and imagination in the attempt to stimulate demand, manipulate customer choice, and expand the market. The mixed uses of marketing, both as..... READ MORE about BOOKS FOR SALE: THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF PRINT SINCE THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

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Pollard, A.W. & G.R. Redgrave.

A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND.

3 volumes.
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1986, 1976, 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket on volumes one and three only. liii,620; xi,494; xix,405 pages. 3 volumes. Second edition, revised and enlarged; begun by W.A. Jackson & F.S. Ferguson. Completed by Katharine F. Pantzer. The third volume is a printers' and publishers' index, other indexes and appendices etc. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND

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(Shakespeare, William). Evans, G. Blakemore (editor).

SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Vol. VI. Part i INTRODUCTION TO THE SMOCK ALLEY OTHELLO and Part ii TEXT OF THE SMOCK ALLEY OTHELLO.

2 volumes bound in 1.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1980. 4to. quarter cloth, paper cover and spine labels. (iv),36; (1) page followed by a 23 page facsimile. 2 volumes bound in 1. From the Smock Alley Theatre of Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, and collations. READ MORE about SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Vol. VI. Part i INTRODUCTION TO THE SMOCK...

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