Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, 253 pp, ills. An account of the externals of the book, its production and sale over the past two centuries. Contents include: Introduction; 1 The Book Trade; 2 Words into Type; 3 Paper; 4 Design; 5 Bookbindings; 6 Book-Jackets; 7 Book Illustration; 8 The Three-Decker; 9 Part-issues and Serials; 10 Series Publishing & the Yellow-Back; Further Reading; Index. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

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Title

Apart from the Text.

Publisher

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1998

Publication Date

1998

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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Wykeham Books
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