The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others, 2nd Edition

This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many...
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Author: Sidney E. Berger
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others, 2nd Edition by Berger, Sidney E.

The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others, 2nd Edition

€305,04

The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others, 2nd Edition

€305,04
Author: Sidney E. Berger
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality. The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a 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-more than 2,000-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, including: The book as physical object Typeface terminology Paper terminology Printing Book collecting Cataloging Book design Bibliography as a discipline, bibliographies, and bibliographical description Physical Condition and how to describe it Calligraphy Language of manuscripts Writing implements Librarianship Legal issues Parts of a book Book condition terminology Pricing of books Buying and selling Auctions Items one will see an antiquarian book fairs Preservation and conservation issues, and the notion of restoration Key figures, presses / publishers, and libraries in the history of books Book collecting clubs and societies How to read and decipher new and old dealers' catalogs And much more The Dictionary also contains an extensive bibliography-more than 1,000 key readings in the book world and it gives current (and past) definitions of terms whose meaning has shifted over the centuries. More than 200 images accompany the entries, making the work even more valuable for understanding the terms described.

Author: Sidney E. Berger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 01/16/2023
Pages: 574
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.54lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9781538151327

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