Author: John Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
ABC for Book Collectors
Author: John Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The Collector's Book of Books
Author: Eric Quayle
Publisher: London : Studio Vista
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
UES owns 1st American ed.
Publisher: London : Studio Vista
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
UES owns 1st American ed.
The Book Collectors of Daraya
Author: Delphine Minoui
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781529012330
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781529012330
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dust & Grooves
Author: Eilon Paz
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607748703
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607748703
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
The Biblio
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Books and Book-collectors
Author: John Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900
Author: Annika Bautz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429952392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
This book presents the collectors’ roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled. Contributors explore the activities and networks shaping a range of continental and transcontinental European public and private collections during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras. They study the impact of class, geographical location and specific cultural contexts on the gathering and use of printed and handwritten texts and other printed artefacts. The volume explores the social dimension of book collecting, and considers how practices of collecting developed during these periods of profound cultural, social and political change.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429952392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
This book presents the collectors’ roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled. Contributors explore the activities and networks shaping a range of continental and transcontinental European public and private collections during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras. They study the impact of class, geographical location and specific cultural contexts on the gathering and use of printed and handwritten texts and other printed artefacts. The volume explores the social dimension of book collecting, and considers how practices of collecting developed during these periods of profound cultural, social and political change.
Book Collecting
Author: Jean Peters
Publisher: New York : R. R. Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.
Publisher: New York : R. R. Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.
Paradise Postponed
Author: John Mortimer
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141959843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former 'angry young man' turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Younger brother Fred, a mild-mannered country doctor, takes a different approach, quietly digging in Simeon's past, only to uncover an entirely unexpected explanation for the legacy. An exquisitely drawn saga of ancient rivalries and class struggles, featuring a glorious cast of characters, Paradise Postponed is a delicious portrait of English country life by a master satirist.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141959843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former 'angry young man' turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Younger brother Fred, a mild-mannered country doctor, takes a different approach, quietly digging in Simeon's past, only to uncover an entirely unexpected explanation for the legacy. An exquisitely drawn saga of ancient rivalries and class struggles, featuring a glorious cast of characters, Paradise Postponed is a delicious portrait of English country life by a master satirist.
The Great Book-Collectors
Author: Mary Augusta Elton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
The Great Book-Collectors is an 1893 book by British author Charles Isaac Elton, dealing with the subject of bibliophilia and bibliomania. The book describes real events behind the formation of such institutions as the British Library and Ashmolean Museum. Although, the central theme of this work is the history of the most outstanding books, from the ancient manuscripts, through the first printed books to beautiful wood-carvings and the masterpieces of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
The Great Book-Collectors is an 1893 book by British author Charles Isaac Elton, dealing with the subject of bibliophilia and bibliomania. The book describes real events behind the formation of such institutions as the British Library and Ashmolean Museum. Although, the central theme of this work is the history of the most outstanding books, from the ancient manuscripts, through the first printed books to beautiful wood-carvings and the masterpieces of the twentieth century.