Book Design - Oak Knoll Books

Oak Knoll Press and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover, dust jacket.
352 pages. ISBN 9781584562627. $49.95 $37.46
These essays relate and respond to an exhibition prepared by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries in 2006, and
the full catalogue of the exhibition is included in this volume. Drawing on the collections of the University of
Pennsylvania, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and other Philadelphia-area libraries, museums, and schools,
the exhibition surveys the educational landscape of the period and provides a vital context for understanding the
importance, originality, and ongoing relevance of Franklin's vision. It includes full color reproductions of original
documents, printed books, and artifacts, as well as a brief illustrated essay by Lynne Farrington on The Friendly
Instructor, a newly rediscovered Franklin imprint concerning education. An accompanying photographic essay
assembles for the first time images of numerous surviving school buildings in the Delaware Valley, many of them
previously unknown and little studied. Co-published with University of Pennsylvania Libraries. [Order No.
100470]
195. (Vidal, Gore) Abbott, Steven. GORE VIDAL: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1940-2009. New Castle,
Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, 8.5 x 11 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket, with CD-ROM containing text
and images. 516 pages plus 120 pages on CD-ROM. ISBN 9781584562207. $195.00 $146.25
First edition. This bibliography documents all phases of Vidal's ongoing remarkable work. It focuses on Gore Vidal
as a writer from 1940 through June 2009. The book is organized in user-friendly sections, of which the A (Books
and Pamphlets), B (Contributions to Books and Pamphlets), and D (Foreign Language Translations of Books)
Sections identify, with detailed descriptions, Vidal's books, significant textual variations within a title by
comparing different editions of a book, books and pamphlets with contributions by him and foreign translations in
more than 30 languages, with full bibliographic citations of the books in French, Italian, and Spanish. More than
400 of his contributions to periodicals are listed and cross-referenced to their reappearances in books, collections,
and anthologies. The Appendices include a chronology, a table of essay titles (including title changes), a table of
Vidal's small press appearances, a selection of critical works, and a listing of Vidal's work as an actor. More than
650 images of the covers and title pages of a wide selection of Vidal's books are included in grayscale in Volume I,
and more than 1400 in color on the accompanying CD-ROM. [Order No. 96674]
196. (Goudy, Frederic W.) Goudy, Frederic W. GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND
SPECIMENS. New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, 1978, small 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 285+(1) pages.
ISBN 0918142040. $14.95 $11.21
Paperback edition. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press. [Order No. 47020]
197. Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. THE GREAT LIBRARIES: FROM
ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE. New Castle: Oak Knoll
Press, 2000, large 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 600 pages. ISBN 9781584560180.
$125.00 $93.75
First edition in English. This monumental work chronicles the development of
the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of
the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the
Italian Renaissance, Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within
these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations [130
in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed
interiors of these legendary libraries and their rare treasures. Chapter by
chapter, the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome
unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting the wisdom of the ancients to the
magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The author also shares with
us the personal stories of the founders and the un-sung librarians, who
struggled during wars and countless disasters to preserve and protect their
precious holdings. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and
Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. Co-published with
The British Library. [Order No. 58026]
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