| The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others Contributor(s): Berger, Sidney E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442263393 ISBN-13: 9781442263390 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $151.47 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General |
| Dewey: 002.03 |
| LCCN: 2016013533 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.5" W x 11" (2.70 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Finally, here is the definitive glossary of the book, offering readers all the terms they will need for thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term --- over 1,300 different words --- that could be used in booksellers' catalogs, library records, and collectors' descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative sources covers all areas of book knowledge: -the book as physical object, -typeface terminology, -paper, -printing, -book collecting, -book design, -bibliography, -calligraphy, t -he language of manuscripts, -writing implements, -librarianship, -legal issues, -the parts of a book, and much more. The definitions are supplemented by more than 100 illustrations showing the book as a physical object: parts of books, kinds of illustrations, kinds of printing techniques, tools that librarians, booksellers, and collectors refer to that are used in the making of books, kinds of binding structures and decoration, kinds of paper decoration, and other things. |
