Pinner, Middx.: Private Libraries Association, 1998. First edition. As New/as new. This book is intended to be an exploration of what the physical appearance of 19th and 20th century books can teach us, not only about the history of publishing but also about economics and social history and the career of authorship, examining the change in styles from boards, through cloth to paperbacks, noting trends in design, and studying the inception and subsequent virtual extinction of pictorial cloth bindings. It follows the evolution of dust-jackets and changes in publishing practice. The intention of the book is to give readers and collectors an insight into bibliographical matters, which will not only be of help in textual critical and biographical strudy but above all will give them added pleasure as they take a book from the shelf and open it - even before they begin to read. In short, this is a work about what books have to offer Apart from the Text. Mylar cover, grey boards with writing to spine. clean tight binding. First Edition AB69

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 1732AB69
Title: apart from the TEXT
Author: Rota, Anthony
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: as new
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Private Libraries Association
Place of Publication: Pinner, Middx.
Date Published: 1998
Keywords: books;history;publishing;economics;social history;authorship;
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