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The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others

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The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others
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 booksellersâ€™ catalogs, library records, and collectorsâ€™ 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.
Country USA
Brand Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2016-10-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781442263390

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