Italian Dictionary of Bookseller’s Terms
I found this list in an old Italian bookseller’s catalogue & thought it might be a useful reference. These are Italian terms for condition issues. Abrasione: tear (ragged, with … Read more »
books about books
A Legacy of Letters: An Assessment of Stanley Morison’s Monotype ‘Programme of Typographical Design’. Mark Argetsinger
This beautifully produced book by Michael & Winifred Bixler (2008) was originally written as an essay to be included in the 1999 Godine reissue of Morison’s “Tally of … Read more »
Library of Congress. Charles A. Goodrum
The Library of Congress Charles A. Goodrum. Praeger: 1974. Although one might expect a very dry text — this is, after all, a history and explanation of the … Read more »