Author: Carl Leslie CannonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The American Book Collector
Author: The Americas Revealed
Author: Edward J. SullivanPublisher: Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271079523
Category : Art, Latin American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the formation of public and private collections of Spanish Colonial and modern Latin American art throughout the United States, and the impact of the ever-changing political landscape of Latin American countries.
American Book-collectors and Bibliographers
Author: Joseph RosenblumPublisher: Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Essays on American booksellers and librarians in addition to book collectors and bibliographers. Discusses how collectors, booksellers, bibliographers and librarians interact as well as the bibliophile's role in scholarship. Provides information on the history of book culture in America.
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, Black Bibliophile & Collector
Author: Elinor Des Verney SinnettePublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814321577
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A biography of the pioneering collector whose work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture.
A History of the Book in America
Author: David Paul NordPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807832855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
V. 1. The colonial book in the Atlantic world: This book carries the interrelated stories of publishing, writing, and reading from the beginning of the colonial period in America up to 1790. v. 2 An Extensive Republic: This volume documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic. v. 3. The industrial book 1840-1880: This volume covers the creation, distribution, and uses of print and books in the mid-nineteenth century, when a truly national book trade emerged. v. 4. Print in Motion: In a period characterized by expanding markets, national consolidation, and social upheaval, print culture picked up momentum as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth. v. 5. The Enduring Book: This volume addresses the economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from Word War II to the present.
A Bibliographic History of the Book
Author: Joseph RosenblumPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810830097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
"...skillfully compiled...should be useful to anyone interested in placing his or her studies in the context of printed and bound literature..." --ENGLISH LITERATURE IN TRANSITION 1880-1920
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
Author: Kerstin BarndtPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472130277
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Comprehensive overview of the University of Michigan's Museums, Libraries, and collections
The Book Collector
Author: The Millionaire and the Bard
Author: Andrea MaysPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143911823X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Documents the making of the First Folio, relating how a few years after a virtually unknown Shakespeare died, his former partners, friends, and actors gathered his surviving manuscripts.
The Trade in Rare Books and Manuscripts between Britain and America c. 1890–1929
Author: Danielle MagnussonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009080326
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This Element examines the trade in rare books and manuscripts between Britain and America during a period known as the 'Golden Age' of collecting. Through analysis of contemporary press reports, personal correspondence, trade publications and sales records, this study contrasts American and British perspectives as rare books passed through the commercial market. The aim is to compare the rhetoric and reality of the book trade in order to assess its impact on emerging cultural institutions, contemporary scholarship and shifting notions of national identity. By analysing how markets emerged, dealers functioned and buyers navigated the market, this Element interrogates accepted narratives about the ways in which major rare book and manuscript collections were formed and how they were valued by contemporaries.