Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle DE
Date Published: 2006
Description: First edition. Foreword by John C. Carson. Introduction by Lawrence N. Siegler. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A collection of mostly very interesting and informed essays on book collecting and the rare book world by important collectors, dealers, librarians, and scholars, adapted from speeches delivered at various of the annual FABS (Fellowship of Affiliated Bibliophilic Societies--go ahead, say that three time fast) meetings. Authors include Jason Epstein, Daniel De Simone, Paul T. Ruxtin, Roger E ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE
Date Published: 2006
Description: Fine in Fine DJ. Essays on Books, Booksellers, Collection, and Special Collections. Signed by Priscilla Juvelis, else tright, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering, speckled endpages. 8vo. 265pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Designed by Scott Vile at Ascensius Press. A wonderful collection of essays by an eminent group of scholars, publishers, librarians, booksellers, and collectors exploring the hot issues facing contemporary book lovers. Essays by Tom ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle
Date Published: 2006
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Takes the reader on a tour of some major ideas and controversies in the rare book world. Topics such as the future of the book in printed format, the complexities of special collections, the role of the rare book dealer in the twenty-first century, the Internet and collecting trends are some of the issues discussed. Includes an Index. read more
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781584561880ISBN:1584561882
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Preface by Robert H. Jackson. Foreword by John C. Carson. Introduction by Lawrence N Siegler. Essays include: The Woodcut in Ferrara in the Late Fifteenth Century by Daniel De Simone Curator Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of the Library of Congress. Aurora Australis (1908), Edited by Ernest H. Shakleton: A New Description of the First State of the First Book Published on the Antarctic Continent by Martin L. Greene. Fine burgundy cloth. Fine brown ... read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Boards.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware
Date Published: 2006
Description: As new in like d.j. Octavo. "Following in the tradition of John Carter, Graham Pollard, and Michael Sadlier, Book Talk: Essays on Books, Booksellers, Collecting and Special Collections takes the reader on a tour of some major ideas and controversies now current in the rare book world. Robert H. Jackson has assembled these writings of an eminent group of scholors, publishers, librarians, booksellers, and collectors that address issues facing contemporary society. Topics such as the future of the ... read more
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