British Library 2000 (51 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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guter Zustand. Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. paperback, 4to, 128pp , illustrated, clean and sound, no inscriptions, cover edges slightly rubbed, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0712346163.

8vo, 340pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket . . Illustrated with black and white reproductions and tables.

paperback, 4to, 138pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good condition. ISBN: 071234697X.

Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, 4to: xij, 180pp., illustrations, abbreviations, credits illustrations, conclusion, bibliography, index. Very fine copy - as new.

Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: frontispiece, xij, 222pp., illustrations, appendices, typeface tables, catalogue of works, endnotes, general bibliography, index. Very fine copy - as new. " The Kynock Press, which flourished for over a century, had a reputation as one of the foremost printing houses of the period. The strength of the Press lay in its introduction of 19th-century English revival types into Britain during the 1930s. In its latter years the Press was innovative in embracing new opportunities, however, the economic recession of the 1980s forced its closure in 1981. This history of the Kynoch Press is enriched by personal accounts from surviving staff and also contains detailed listings of the types held by the press at every period ".…

1st edition. 4to. 112pp. Colour and b/w. illustrations. Original boards. Pictorial blue d/w. with white lettering to spine. Very good. ISBN 0712346864 US$18.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Colour and black and white illustrations within the text. Semi-stiff printed wrappers. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrations within the text. Semi-stiff pictorial covers, titled in red. A near fine copy.

8vo, 309pp. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket . . Illustrated with black and white reproductions.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Cloth, dw, VG. English Manuscript Studies 8.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 96 pp, ills. From the blurb: "Is typography an art or a science? The graduai tendency of che word 'typography* to mean 'typographic design', and the emergence of the typographer as a professional in his own right, form the subject of this stimulating book. Looking at the work of many well-known practi tioners in England, Germany, France and the USA, Ruari McLean examines the development of typography, starting in the seventeenth Century with the Mechanick Exercises of Joseph Moxon, progressing to the influences and work of the great German typographer Jan Tschichold and his contemporaines. Based on the Sandars Lectures given by the author at the University of Cambridge, How Typography Happens is well illustrated with unusual and significant images, mostly unfamiliar. It is a useful and important account that will appeal to anyone interested in the graphie arts and the history of the book." Very Good. …

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (upper board a little bowed - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. 336, with b&w illus throughout (no inscriptions).

Cloth, 4to, viii, 270 pp, ills. From the blurb - "The essays collected in Puzzles in Paper examine the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. The evidence provided by watermarks and paper stocks is used for a rich variety of purposes: to determine the dating, chronology, and authenticity of musical and literary composition and artistic production; to conceptualize the printing process of a series of incunabula; and to examine the effects of European politics on the paper supply for early printing in the New World. Other essays focus on the development and application of new technologies for the reproduction of watermarks, such as phosphorescence imaging, DYLUX, and digital imaging. Finally, another set of essays describe the use of the World Wide Web as a medium for the construction and dissemination of searchable and robust electronic databases of watermarks. The International Conference on Watermarks, held in Roanoke, Virginia in 1996, attracted scholars and other professionals from seven countries, generating an interest and enthusiasm that carries over into the present volume. The authors and attendees represent a remarkable assemblage of scientific and humanistic expertise: chemists, engineers, experts in digital photography, book dealers and collectors, librarians, archivists, art historians, musicologists, stamp collectors, bibliographers, literary scholars, cartographers, and historians." The contents include: Preface, by Daniel W. Mosier; Concepts of Paper Study, by Paul Needham; Spanish and Italian Watermarks in Colonial Guatemalan Books, by Celia A. Fryer; Watermarks in Rembrandt's Prints: The Use of Watermarks to Study the Prints of an Artist, by Nancy Ash & Shelley Fletcher; Watermark Evidence and the Hidden Editions of Thomas East, by Jeremy L. Smith; Watermarks as Evidence for Dating and Authenticity in John Donne and Ben Franklin, by Laetitia Yeandle; Use of Watermarks in Musicology, by Ulrich Konrad; Watermarks and Rostra in Neapolitan Music Manuscripts, 1700-1815, by Stephen Shearen; Music Paper at the Dresden Court and the Chronology of Telemann's Instrumental Music, by Steven Zolin; Phosphorescence Watermark Imaging, by Carol Ann Small; DYLUX , Thomas L. Gravell, and Watermarks of Stamps and Papers, by Rolf Dessauer; La Marca d'Acqua: A System for the Digital Recording of Watermarks, by Daniela Moschini (Translated by Conor Fahy); Watermarks and Other Physical Evidence from the Portland Literary Manuscripts, by Ruby Reid Thompson; An .Automated World Wide Web Search Tool for Papers and Watermarks: The Archive of Papers and Watermarks in Greek Manuscripts, by Robert W. Allison; The Thomas L. Gravell Watermark Archive on the Internet, by Daniel W. Mosser & Ernest W. Sullivan, II; Towards a Taxonomy of Watermarks, by Ted-Larry Pebworth; Works Cited; Notes on Contributors; Index. Very Good in a dustwrapper with a short tear to the foot of the front hinge.…

octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 79pp, VG+ (v light soiling to covers).

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book octavo 64pp., colour plates, index.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 4to (30cm by 27cm), 138pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Short ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, minor spotting of the half-title page, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0712346201.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xxii,362pp, illustrated, CD in rear pocket, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper .ISBN: 0712346392.

FIRST EDITION Large 8vo. black cloth hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 362pp., Indexed, illustrated in colour and b/w. LACKING CD ROM. No previous owners' markings or inscriptions but there's light soiling to page 223. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 50) ISBN: 0712346392 PLEASE NOTE: Heavy BOOK (1.3 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

revised edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy lge. octavo 192pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrations within the text. Blue cloth, spine gilt. A fine copy in like dust-jacket. Contributors include: Paul Needham, Celia Fryer, Nancy Ash, Jeremy Smith, Laetitia Yeandle, Ulrich Konrad, Stephen Shearon, Steven Zohn, Carol Ann Small.

Roy.8vo (234x156mm), 256p. 100 illustrations, Cloth, dustjacket. (NEW BOOK) Drawing on the British Library's vast and comprehensive collection of patents, this handsome illustrated book recounts the history of 100 of the most significant inventions of the 20th century, decade by decade. It combines a brief history of each patent with a copy of the original patent application and includes the zip fastener (or 'hookless fastener'), Post-it notes ('inherently tacky, elastomeric polymer' - so there!), nylon, Velcro, Monopoly, Scrabble, Tupperware, Formica, Teflon, in short from the parking meter (a really great contribution to mankind that one) to the Slinky toy, from genetic fingerprinting to the lava-lamp. This book may well become the pub-bore's Bible, order a copy now and get in there first.…

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Fine folio 72pp., col. & b/w pls., map, bibliog., 25 A4 laminated Primary source cards and teacher's handbook.