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74. Brinks, John Dieter (editor). THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART, THE CRANACH PRESS OF
COUNT HARRY KESSLER. Berlin and Williamstown, MA: Triton Verlag and the Chapin Library,
Williams College, 2005, 4to., cloth, slipcase. 456 pages. ISBN 3935518669. $290.00 $217.50
First edition in English (from the 2004 German edition). The Cranach Press, though located in Germany, was
inspired by and became an integral product of the English private press movement. Following advice from Emery
Walker, new typefaces were drawn by Edward Johnston and cut by Edward Prince and George Friend; then Harry
Gage-Cole was called in as pressman to print the wood-engravings of Gordon Craig, Eric Gill, and Aristide
Maillol. Their work is recorded in this lavishly illustrated book. The Book as a Work of Art includes Essays by John
Dreyfus, Anne Hyde Greet, Gunnar Kaldewey, J.D. Brinks, Renate Müller-Krumbach, Lindsay Newman, among
others, with extensive documentation and a new and illustrated bibliography of the Cranach Press. Designed by
Sabine Golde and John Dieter Brinks, in a black slip-case. Distributed for Triton Verlag, Berlin, Germany and
Chapin Library of the Williams College, Williamstown, MA. [Order No. 88729]
75. 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. ISBN 9781584560876. $69.95 $52.46
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 the periods following it. The shapes of the letters and their development
are documented, described and analyzed. The survey also includes various scripts. Well-illustrated with the
evolutionary calligraphy of the Ancient Hebrews. Sales Rights: Available in North & South America from Oak
Knoll Books. Available outside North & South America from The British Library. [Order No. 71692]
76. Babcock, Robert G. (editor). A BOOK OF HER OWN: AN EXHIBITION OF MANUSCRIPTS
AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THAT WERE OWNED BY
WOMEN BEFORE 1700. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2005, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages.
ISBN 0845731637. $22.50 $16.88
Books tell us many things beyond what their authors write in them. Single copies of books, for instance, often
reveal their particular history, who owned them, who read them, who gave them as gifts, how they changed hands
over the years. This catalogue of the Beinecke Library exhibition, A Book of Her Own, explores an unusual aspect
of book history: all of the books in the display, based on various sorts of evidence contained in the books, were
owned by women before the year 1700. [Order No. 99721]
77. Hinks, John and Catherine Armstrong (editors). BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE
SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference
on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. New Castle, Delaware and London,
England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008, 6 x 9 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages.
ISBN 9781584562290. $49.95 $37.46
First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve chapters from scholars working on the
connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher,
bookseller and reader. Chronologically, the offerings range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century as they
track the developing trade in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Publishers and readers who spent part of their
lives in North America are also featured in several of the chapters. The main theme emerging from this volume is
the significance of cheap print, including newspapers and journals. The social, cultural, political and economic
significance of these artifacts is highlighted by an in-depth examination of the lives of those men and women who
participated in the book trade. Co-published with The British Library. [Order No. 96655]
78. Mitchell, Michael and Susan Wightman. BOOK TYPOGRAPHY: A DESIGNER'S MANUAL.
Marlborough, Wiltshire: Libanus Press, 2005, 7.25 x 9.25 inches, paperback. 434 pages. ISBN 0948021667.
$69.95 $52.46
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