Scribes Script Books Book (17 results)
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
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Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. Small, light stain on front cover and two small scuff marks on back cover, not covering text. Bottom corners of front and back covers are bumped. Spine is bumped and slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
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Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Language: English
Published by American Library Association / The British Library, Chicago / London 1991
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- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Chicago / London: American Library Association / The British Library, 1991. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highli…ghting. NO margin notes. 1991. First Edition, First printing with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Profusely illustrated with 35 figures by Malla Carl and Noah Ophir, and with 308 plates. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped beige cloth with an illustrated maroon panel on the front cover. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. Illus. by Carl, Malla; & Noah Ophir. xxxii, 359pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Carl, Malla; & Noah Ophir (illustrator).
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Published by The British Library Publishing Division ; American Library Association 1991
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Seller: Antiquariat Rohde, Hamburg, GermanyAntiquariat Rohde
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Leinen. Condition: Gut. 219 S., zahlr. Ill. guter Zustand, Schutzumschlag leicht lichtrandig, Namenszug im Vorsatz Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 711.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 356 pages. 10.75x8.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by 4to, xxxii, 356 pages, illustrations, maps, 29 cm, American Library Association, Chicago, & The British Library, London, 1991. 1991
- Hardcover
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Grey cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, upper board inlaid with a blind decorated leather panel. Pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy with a text synopsis loosely inserted. Writing; The alphabet; The book in the ancient world; Mesopotamia; The Egyptian book; The…Hebrew book; The Greek and Hellenistic book; The Roman book; Latin script; Codices manu scripti : books written by hand; Manuscript illumination; The Islamic book; Papermaking; Bookbinding; On the eve of printing.
Scribes, Script and Books : The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.
Avrin, L. ; Carl, M. ; Ophir, N. American Library Association ; British Library
Published by American Library Association, Chicago / British Library, London, first edition, 1991 1991
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United KingdomWykeham Books
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Cloth, gilt cover-title and mounted cover illustration, 4to, 29 cm, xxxii, 356, over 350 ills and maps. A profusely illustrated work. Contents: 1 Writing : Embryo writing ; Systems and stages ; The ancestors of Western script; 2 The alphabet : Principle and system ; Diffusion of the alphabet; 3 The book in the ancient world of M…esopotamia ; History of Mesopotamia: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia ; Books: materials and techniques ; LIterature ; Illustration ; Scribes Colophons; 4 The Egyptian book : History and evidence ; Materials; Scrolls ; Titles and colophons ; Literature ; Illustrations ; Scribes; 5 The Hebrew book ; History ; Materials ; The making of a Torah scroll ; Scribes ; Books other than the Torah ; Development of the Hebrew codex: the middle ages ; Adornment and illumination of Hebrew manuscripts; 6 The Greek and Hellenistic book : History and evidence ; Materials ; The writing of a scroll ; Readers and scribes ; Colophons ; Literature ; Hellenism and the book ; Parchment; 7 The Roman book : History and literature ; Materials ; Publishers, scribes and readers ; Education ; From scroll to codex; 8 Latin script : Capitals ; Cursive scripts ; Uncials ; Minuscules ; Gothic script ; Humanistic script ; Calligraphy after the invention of printing; 9 Codices manu scripti: books written by hand : The monastery and literary tradition ; Materials ; Design and preparation of the codex ; The scribe ; Colophons ; The artist ; Women and books ; The late middle ages ; Sources of manuscripts; 10 Manuscript illumination : Methodology ; Early Christian and Byzantine manuscripts ; Hiberno-Saxon ; Carolingian Renaissance ; Ottonian ; Romanesque ; Gothic; 11 The Islamic book : Materials: papyrus, parchment, and paper ; Tools, inks, and paint ; Format ; Literature ; Script and scribes ; Illustration; 12 Papermaking : From the Far East to the Near East ; Spain ; Italy ; European methods ; New raw materials ; Innovations; 13 Bookbinding : Technique: forwarding ; Finishing ; History; 14 On the eve of printing : Block printing in the Far East and Near East ; Block printing in Europe ; Block books.; Bibliography; Index. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.
More imagesPublished by American Library Association/The British Library 1991
- Hardcover
Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United KingdomSymonds Rare Books Ltd
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. AVRIN, Leila. Scribes, Script and Books. The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance Chicago/London, American Library Association/The British Library, 1991. Folio. xxxii, 356, (4) p., with frontispiece and numerous photographic reproductions of artefacts and sketches andf drawings by Malla Carl an…d Noah Ophir. Coated cloth gilt over boards, blind-tooled image on red paint background on upper cover. A fine copy.
Scribes, Script and Books : The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.
Avrin, L. ; Carl, M. ; Ophir, N. American Library Association ; British Library
Published by American Library Association, Chicago / British Library, London, first edition, 1991 1991
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United KingdomWykeham Books
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Cloth, gilt cover-title and mounted cover illustration, 4to, 29 cm, xxxii, 356, over 350 ills and maps. A profusely illustrated work. Contents: 1 Writing : Embryo writing ; Systems and stages ; The ancestors of Western script; 2 The alphabet : Principle and system ; Diffusion of the alphabet; 3 The book in the ancient world of M…esopotamia ; History of Mesopotamia: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia ; Books: materials and techniques ; LIterature ; Illustration ; Scribes Colophons; 4 The Egyptian book : History and evidence ; Materials; Scrolls ; Titles and colophons ; Literature ; Illustrations ; Scribes; 5 The Hebrew book ; History ; Materials ; The making of a Torah scroll ; Scribes ; Books other than the Torah ; Development of the Hebrew codex: the middle ages ; Adornment and illumination of Hebrew manuscripts; 6 The Greek and Hellenistic book : History and evidence ; Materials ; The writing of a scroll ; Readers and scribes ; Colophons ; Literature ; Hellenism and the book ; Parchment; 7 The Roman book : History and literature ; Materials ; Publishers, scribes and readers ; Education ; From scroll to codex; 8 Latin script : Capitals ; Cursive scripts ; Uncials ; Minuscules ; Gothic script ; Humanistic script ; Calligraphy after the invention of printing; 9 Codices manu scripti: books written by hand : The monastery and literary tradition ; Materials ; Design and preparation of the codex ; The scribe ; Colophons ; The artist ; Women and books ; The late middle ages ; Sources of manuscripts; 10 Manuscript illumination : Methodology ; Early Christian and Byzantine manuscripts ; Hiberno-Saxon ; Carolingian Renaissance ; Ottonian ; Romanesque ; Gothic; 11 The Islamic book : Materials: papyrus, parchment, and paper ; Tools, inks, and paint ; Format ; Literature ; Script and scribes ; Illustration; 12 Papermaking : From the Far East to the Near East ; Spain ; Italy ; European methods ; New raw materials ; Innovations; 13 Bookbinding : Technique: forwarding ; Finishing ; History; 14 On the eve of printing : Block printing in the Far East and Near East ; Block printing in Europe ; Block books.; Bibliography; Index. Fine in a dustwrapper which is somewhat faded around the spine.
Seller: Patrik Andersson, Antikvariat., Lund, SwedenPatrik Andersson, Antikvariat.
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Chicago; American Library Association & London; The British Library, 1991. 28,5x22,5 cm. xxxii, 356, (2, 2 blanks) pp. Publisher's decorated linen with printed dustjacket. The jacket has a small chip at top front corner, and a few insignificant creases on front panel. A fine copy. ". after chapters on the origins of the book, th…e history of writing, the book in the ancient world, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, and the making of manuscripts through the centuries, the author goes on to deal with the cultural traditions of Hebrew and Islamic bookmaking, and the techniques of bookbinding and papermaking, giving detailed practical explanations of all the technological processes involved. A very full bibliography completes the work." (front flap).
Published by American Library Association, Chicago 1991
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.Circle City Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 356 pages; Minor handling to the cloth covers. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
