50 Books in the Collection of the Boston Athenaeum by Michael Wentworth; Ann Wadsworth; Stanley Cushing; John Lannon
$20.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Front Cover: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design by Alan Powers
$22.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Front Cover: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design is a comprehensive survey of the very best of cover and jacket design from the 20th century. The most important and innovative designs are explored, including the distinctive yellow dust-jackets of the Gollancz novels of the 1930s, the colour-coded series ...Show more
The Atlas of Atlases by Phillip Allen
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
The Pen's Excellencie - Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library by Heather Wolfe (Compiled by, Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
"The Pen's Excellencie" selects one hundred manuscript treasures from the roughly 55,000 manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library. It provides a window onto a vast landscape of experience, seen over the past seven centuries.Perhaps the only common feature of these remarkable texts is that someone w ...Show more
Book Illustrated - Text, Image, and Culture 1770-1930 by Catherine J. Golden (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
The interaction between text and image, and the reception of images by the reading public are explored here in the context of books produced during the Industrial Revolution. The authors first presented their material as part of a lecture series at Skidmore College, where four of the contributors ar
The House Of Reed 1907 - 1983: Great Days in New Zealand Publishing by Edmund Bohan
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
This is a groundbreaking account of New Zealand's most famous publishing house. It traces its evolution from a Dunedin mail order supplier of Sunday school material into a dynamic publishing business. The frank revelations in the book add spice and interest to a wonderful story.
Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story by Gavin McLean
$35.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Whare Raupo is the authoritative history of New Zealand's oldest book publishing company. With the guidance of historian and writer Gavin McLean, it is not only the most complete history of Reed but also one of the most readable and fascinating accounts of the book trade ever released. Based on years of ...Show more
Double Fold. Libraries and the Assault on Paper by Nicholsen Baker
$12.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Since the 1950s, some of the world's greatest libraries have dismantled much of their collections of original bound newspapers and books, replacing them with microfilmed copies. In this book the real motives behind the dismantling of our recorded heritage is examined.
Belles Lettres - Manuscripts by the Masters of French Literature by Roselyne De Ayala; Jean-Pierre Gueno; John Goodman (Translator)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
Faber & Faber - The Untold Story by Toby Faber
$20.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, here is the untold story behind one of one of the world's most iconic publishing houses. Faber and Faber is one of the world's greatest independent publishers. Literary superstars like T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath are synonymous with the nam ...Show more
John Cawte Beaglehole: A BIbliography by Margery Walton et al.
$20.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Geoffrey Alley Librarian - His Life and Work by W J McEldowney
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
This is the biography of a remarkable New Zealander, G.T. (Geoffrey) Alley, who was our first National Librarian, between 1964 and 1967, after many years as Director of the National Library Service. This is a full personal biography, which includes important material on the Alley family - including olde ...Show more