Well Made Book Essays Lectures by Updike Daniel Berkeley (19 results)

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very well-made book, with thirty-one full page illustrations, title page and many llustrations in two colors, set in Founder's Caslon, a new and authentic digital version of Updike's favorite typeface. "A substantial collection of all of Updike's writings on the arts of the book". Updike was proprietor of the Merrymount Press in Boston and is often described as "the most distinguished American printer". Also, according to jacket flap, he can "lay claim to being one of the most successful and influential book designers of the twentieth century". Binding in gray cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, in pristine condition. Paper cover in very good condition, but with a slight fold in corner of inside flap. Inside pages clean and bright. A lovely book, edited by William S. Peterson. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Green cloth gilt, DW, 8vo., xxi, 383, (1) pages, 31 full-page illustrations, many in two colors. Collects essentially all of Updike's writings on the arts of the book, some never before published. A fine copy of an attractive and well-made book, in a fine DW and archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Essays by and about Stanley Morison, William S. Peterson, Gutenberg Gough, Lepreux, and others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi [2], 3-383 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first edition/first printing in an equally handsome dust-jacket; In this book, prominent authors and scholars offer essays and lectures on the craft of writing. Topics include sentence structure, plot, character development, and more. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in improving their writing skills.; 8vo; 383 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first edition/first printing in an equally handsome dust-jacket; The Well-Made Book is a collection of essays and lectures by celebrated authors and thinkers, including David Foster Wallace, J.D. Salinger, and William Updike. Edited by William W. Peterson, the book is a unique and illuminating exploration of the craft of writing, from conception to publication.; 8vo; 383 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket; The Well-Made Book is a compilation of essays and lectures written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Updike, and the editor, William W. Peterson. The book is divided into four sections: "The Writer," "The Reader," "The Work of Making a Book," and "The Business of Books." In "The Writer," Updike discusses the importance of being a good writer and the techniques that he has used to achieve success. In "The Reader," he discusses the importance of reading and how it can transform a person. In "The Work of Making a Book," he discusses the process of book making and the importance of having a good editor. In "The Business of Books," he discusses the different aspects of the book business and the importance of bookselling.; 8vo; 383 pages.

Or.cl. Dustjacket. 383pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. When Daniel Berkeley Updike founded the Merrymount Press in 1893, he set out to creat books of superior quiality & believed that books could be simply designed, yet beautiful. A look at his work.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. In the original shrink-wrap, never opened. Bibliographical references included.

octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xxii), 383pp. Mark Batty Publisher, From the prospectus: " Daniel Berkley Updike (1860-1941) has been described as 'the most distinguished American printer.' He was one of a handful of highly successful and influential book designers of the twentieth century and proprietor of the Merrymount Press in Boston. The Well-Made Book is a substantial collection of virtually all of Updike's writings on the arts of the book. William S. Peterson has researched, unearthed and assembled this wealth of material - much of which will be new even to those readers who are familiar with Updike's writings. While Updike himself reprinted some of these pieces, until the publication of The Well-Made Book, many of these important and revealing essays and lectures have remained buried in obscure period periodicals and pamphlets and some of Updike's writing featured in this book appears here for the first time, having never been published before in any form." With 31 full- page illustrations, many in two colors. Prof. Peterson has edited, annotated, and provided a scholarly introduction.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, Limited. "Special Edition". One of only 40 copies specially hand-bound containing tipped-in original specimens of Daniel Berkeley Updike's work referred to in the text. Signed on the colophon page by the editor, William S. Peterson. Housed in a matching slipcase. Laid in is a typed letter, hand signed by the publisher, Mark Batty, to the purchaser of the book. The special section bound-in at rear contains the following specimens of books designed & printed by Daniel Berkeley Updike: 1. An adaptation of the title page of The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. 2. A digital copy of a photograph of Daniel Berkeley Updike. 3. Vexilla Regis Quotidie. 4. Stevenson's Attitude to Life with Readings from His Essays and Letters. 5. The Marching Morrows. 6. A Renaissance Courtesy-Book / Galateo of Manners & Behaviors. 7. The Form of Consecration of St. George's Chapel (Middleton, Rhode Island). 8. Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his Contemporaries. 9. The Life of Our Lord Written During the Years 1846-1849. Charles Dickens. 10. Some Aspects of Printing Old and New. daniel Berkeley Updike. 11. Facsimile of a page from The Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, together with the Psalter (folded in rear pocket). . Signed by Editor.

First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 383, [3]; signed by the editor William S. Peterson on colophon, portrait frontispiece, vignette title page, 31 facsimile text illustrations; gray cloth, gilt title, fine in a fine printed dust jacket, with prospectus laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. xxi, 383, [2] pp.; 8vo, illustrated, quarter olive green cloth, paper-covered boards, gilt title on upper cover and spine, slipcase. With about 40 essays accompanied by about 30 illustrations. This is one of 40 special copies hand-bound and with additional tipped-in material: 8 mounted original specimens of Updike's work, a printed insert giving details of the other mounted items, a digital copy of an unpublished photograph of Updike, and a facsimile of a page from his Book of Common Prayer in a rear pocket. Signed by Peterson on the colophon. As new.