A Collector's Dictionary
Author | : Henry Hainworth |
Publisher | : Routledge/Thoemms Press |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 1981-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques |
ISBN | : 9780710007452 |
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Author | : Henry Hainworth |
Publisher | : Routledge/Thoemms Press |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 1981-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques |
ISBN | : 9780710007452 |
Author | : Sidney E. Berger |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2016-10-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1442263407 |
Finally, here is the definitive glossary of the book, offering readers all the terms they will need for thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term --- over 1,300 different words --- that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge: the book as physical object, typeface terminology, paper, printing, book collecting, book design, bibliography, calligraphy, t he language of manuscripts, writing implements, librarianship, legal issues, the parts of a book, and much more. The definitions are supplemented by more than 100 illustrations showing the book as a physical object: parts of books, kinds of illustrations, kinds of printing techniques, tools that librarians, booksellers, and collectors refer to that are used in the making of books, kinds of binding structures and decoration, kinds of paper decoration, and other things.
Author | : Alfred Lubran |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Collectors and collecting |
ISBN | : 9780950155029 |
Author | : Donald Cowie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Art objects |
ISBN | : 9780668018685 |
Author | : Alvin Sellens |
Publisher | : Schiffer Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780764315923 |
Here is the greatest assembly of hand tools ever assembled. It is a fascinating chronicle of nearly every tool ever used in North America, including ancient tools used by Native Americans; trade tools used to create coaches, pianos, ships, and saddles; tools for harvesting farm goods, turpentine, and ice; and tools for fine trades such as bookbinding and watch repair. The tools are organized according to profession, from Beekeeper to Wheelwright, and will fascinate todays practitioners of these trades and hobbies. This comprehensive volume includes more than 4,500 images from catalog illustrations, trade literature, and hand drawings. Descriptions provide dimensions and applications. This is a must have for the tool collector and antique dealer, as well as anyone fascinated by the means of production.
Author | : Sidney E. Berger |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 575 |
Release | : 2023-01-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1538151332 |
Named a Library Journal Best Reference of 2023 - From Library Journal's Starred Review: "This ambitious and entertaining update solidifies Berger’s volume as a must-have title for librarians, booksellers, collectors, and students of the book arts and book history." This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality. The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term—more than 2,000—that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge, including: The book as physical object Typeface terminology Paper terminology Printing Book collecting Cataloging Book design Bibliography as a discipline, bibliographies, and bibliographical description Physical Condition and how to describe it Calligraphy Language of manuscripts Writing implements Librarianship Legal issues Parts of a book Book condition terminology Pricing of books Buying and selling Auctions Items one will see an antiquarian book fairs Preservation and conservation issues, and the notion of restoration Key figures, presses / publishers, and libraries in the history of books Book collecting clubs and societies How to read and decipher new and old dealers’ catalogs And much more The Dictionary also contains an extensive bibliography—more than 1,000 key readings in the book world and it gives current (and past) definitions of terms whose meaning has shifted over the centuries. More than 200 images accompany the entries, making the work even more valuable for understanding the terms described.
Author | : Edward Burbridge |
Publisher | : Nieuwkoop : B. de Graff |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An alphabetical Dictionary consisting of 78 extensive articles devoted to illustrious book collectors; the 79th- and last article gives a valuable Roll of book collectors, 1316-1898. The article devoted to every collector is preceded by a biographical sketch, followed by a specification of remarkable works in the collection, and concluded by a short account of the fate of the library, with the devolution of some of its items through successive later collections.
Author | : Cowie, Donald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Antiques |
ISBN | : 9780774025331 |
Author | : Edward Burbidge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Book collectors |
ISBN | : |
Author | : E. M. Elville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Glassware |
ISBN | : |