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This collection contains items on all aspect of the printed word from design and production, through sales and acquisition, to collection, description and use. It also includes items on manuscripts and archival material.
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James Currie: the entire stranger and Robert Burns
Oliver & Boyd
1963
A biography of Burns's first editor.
The memory of mankind: the story of libraries since the dawn of history
Oak Knoll Press
2001
A discussion of the role that libraries have played in the history of civilization.
Specimen types as used in Daily Express, Evening Citizen, Sunday Express
Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited
1954
A catalogue of typefaces used to print a family of Scottish newspapers.
The house of Menzies
John Menzies & Co., Ltd.
1958
A history of the Scottish bookshop and bookstall chain.
Letraset
Letraset UK Limited
1970s
A catalogue of Letraset products listing the fonts and graphics available from the company.
The magnificent Sachsen-Meiningen set of Audubon's The birds of America
Christie's
2004
A catalogue for the auction of one of the few copies to have survived in its unbound state.
Boriswood 1934 Spring-Summer
Boriswood Limited
1934
A catalogue of books from this controversial publisher.
The well-made book: essays and lectures
Mark Batty, Publisher
2002
A collection of Updike's writings on the arts of the book.
At the sign of the ship: notes on the house of Longman, 1724-1974
Longman Group Limited
1974
A history of the House of Longman, later Longman Group Limited. Printed for private circulation.
A history of newspaper syndicates in the United States 1865-1935
Elmo Scott Watson
1936
A history of the newspaper syndicates that grew out of the American Civil War.
How to make an index
Elliot Stock
1902
An introduction to the production of back-of-the-book indexes.
Seeing Shelley plain: memories of New York's legendary Phoenix Book Shop
Oak Knoll Press
2001
The story of the famous literary haven from 1962 until its closure in 1988.
Modern type display and the use of type ornament
Henry T. Wyse
1911
A discussion of some possibilities in the arrangement of type and ornament by the noted Scottish teacher, artist, and craftsman.
