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This full-scale, illustrated biography of Theodore Low De Vinne, 1828-1914, explores the life of a seminal figure in the history of American printing. For years he was the primary printer for the Century Company. His masterly printing of wood engravings, together with his obsession with presswork, composition, and typefaces, gained him and his firm an international reputation, while his 4 volumes on the history and practice of typography are considered classics.

Godine, 2005; 329 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons reflected many of the dominant movements in 19th- and 20th-century American book publishing. Filled with many lively portrayals of writers and publishers, this volume illuminates the careers of many Scribner authors.

Pennsylvania State Univ.; 347 pp.; EN; index; hb

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Trained as a printer and thrilled throughout his life by the automation of printing and the headlong expansion of American publishing, Mark Twain wrote about the consequences of this revolution for culture and personal identity.

Univ. of California, 2006; 299 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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This Print Networks volume is a collection of essays presented at the 2002 Conference on the History of the Book Trade. The scope is wide-ranging, the book trade in Britain, links with the former colonies in early modern and modern times.

Oak Knoll, 2005; 208 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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In 1996, 17 exquisite hand-drawn and hand-coloured cotton maps were discovered in the Grand Palace, Bangkok. These long-lost treasures record cartographically Siamese warfare and trade during the reigns of the Bangkok period, 1782-1851.

River Books, 2004; 208 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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This handy sourcebook provides an accessible and easy-to-use selection of sans serif typefaces in current use, as well as sketches and first proofs by type designers. From classic sans serifs to contemporary typefaces such as Tetria, Noa.

Thames and Hudson, 2006; 400 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Candida Hofer turns her attention to one of the most important European networks of cultural transmission, the route that leads to Santiago de Compostela. Images of archives and libraries through which the plural history of the route or routes wander, journey and ulitmately pilgrimage.

Schirmer Mosel, 2010; 208 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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The golden age of book publishing, as Al Silverman informs us here, began in 1946 and lasted just into the 1980s. He backs up this sweeping conceit with the memories of some 120 notable heads of houses, editors, and publishers of this period, who shared untold stories about shepherding the most important books in postwar America.

St. Martin's, 2008; 498 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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This beautifully typeset and illustrated book offers a singular collection of 35 in-depth articles on typography and the printing arts, from the earliest type design techniques to the latest in digital typeface and design development. Originally printed in Matrix, the renowned and highly respected journal of the printing arts.

Mark Batty Publ., 2003; 374 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Walter Tracy observes the typographic scene from the perspective of 60 years of close involvement with the design and technology of the printed word. The essays outline the growth of typography as a professional activity, the role of the typographer a.o.

Gordon Fraser; 96 pp.; EN; index; hb

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