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The Dictionary of the Book

The Dictionary of the Book
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9781442263406
ISBN-13 : 1442263407
Rating : 4/5 (407 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Dictionary of the Book by : Sidney E. Berger

Download or read book The Dictionary of the Book written by Sidney E. Berger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 source 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.


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