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Summary:

"First publication of three illustrated lectures, "Printing for Book Production," given by Emery Walker in Cambridge, England in 1924 as part of the Sandars Readership in Bibliography series"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Lecture I
• Lecture II
• Lecture III
• Appendix 1: Emery Walker's 1888 lecture on letterpress printing and Oscar Wilde's review
• Appendix 2: Emery Walker's slides for his 1924 Sandars lectures
• Appendix 3: List of Sandars lectures, 1895-2019
• Appendix 4: Additional notes on the texts and sources.

Author/Creator:

Walker, Emery, 1851-1933 , author

Contributors:

Mathews, Richard, 1944- , editor

Rosenblum, Joseph , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Printing for book production: Emery Walker's three lectures for the Sandars readership in bibliography: delivered at Cambridge, November 6, 13, & 20, 1924 [by Walker, E.]

Alternate Titles:

Subtitle from spine: Emery Walker's 1924 lectures

Subjects:

Printing — History

Books — History

Type and type-founding — History

Illustration of books — History

Printing

Books

Type and type-founding

Illustration of books

Genres:

Lectures

Illustrated works

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

Z124 .W26 2019

ISBNs:

9781584563822 (hardcover)
1584563826 (hardcover)
9781584563747
1584563745

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019022489

OCLC Numbers:

1110656257