9780971568747 - The Well-made Book: Lectures by Daniel Berkeley Updike by Peterson, William S ; Updike, Daniel Berkeley (32 results)

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover book & DJ in NEW fine condition . Bright clean tight. Shelf 1016. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // Dust Jacket Not Chipped Or Crinkled// No previous owner names//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not price clipped// Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover in fine condition. DJ in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A clean, crisp copy. First printing. Full grey cloth binding. xxi, 383pp. Dust jacket in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 2002. 1st Edition. hardcover. Very Good.

Condition: New. 2002. 1st Edition. hardcover. Dust Jacket is New. In publisher's shrinkwrap. New.

Hardcover. Condition: like new. West New York, NJ: Mark Batty, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine hardcover in gilt-stamped grey cloth in Fine dustjacket. Store ID#: N-WE2002H-A-B. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Gray cloth. Brand new, unopened in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Note that a small tear in shrinkwrap at heel of spine has resulted in a miniscule 1/8" closed tear to dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxi, 383 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; On the planning of printing -- Style in the use of type -- The seven champions of typography -- The essentials of a well-made book -- The place of the educated man in the printing industry -- Gutenberg and his relation to printers today -- Review of Four centuries of fine printing by Stanley Morison -- Some notes on liturgical printing -- Notes supplementary to Gough's Memoirs -- Some revivals of printing in the nineteenth century -- Ecclesiastical printing -- George Lepreux and the Gallia typographica -- Thomas Maitland Cleland -- Rudolph Ruzicka : an appreciation -- Some tendencies in modern typography -- American university presses -- Description of the Merrymount Press -- Notes on the Merrymount Press and its work -- To the trade -- On the decorations of the limited edition of standard prayer book of MDCCCXCII -- To the clergy and laity of the Episcopal church -- The black art : a homily -- Announcement of Mr. Berkeley Updike for the autumn of MDCCCXCV -- Merrymount : being a few words on the derivation of the name of the Merrymount Press -- Designs to be used with type -- An address to the Grolier Club -- The "lost" Caslon specimen of 1748 -- What the printer can do for an architect -- A translation of the reports of Berlier & Sobry on types of Gillé fils -- A Merrymount exhibition of 1928 -- An autobiographical note -- Bruce Rogers and the Oxford lectern Bible -- The Merrymount Press, Boston -- The Updike collection of books on printing at the Providence Public Library -- Recollections of the Athenaeum, 1878 and 1879 -- Nota bene -- Metropolitan Museum printing -- A note on Bruce Rogers -- Stanley Morison -- A Merrymount exhibition of 1940 -- A last word. Subjects; Merrymount Press History. Merrymount Press. Printing History. Printing United States History. Fine books History. Imprimerie Histoire. Imprimerie États-Unis Histoire. Typography. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 383 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463803.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New Jersey: Mark Batty, 2002. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Collection of Daniel Updike's essays on book arts. Bumped corners crease to DJ flap, Very Good.

Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st.Edition 2002 , Green cloth hardcover in the dust jacket and in the publishers shinkwrap, 383 page book with 31 color illustrations. Condition : NEW. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxi, 383 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; On the planning of printing -- Style in the use of type -- The seven champions of typography -- The essentials of a well-made book -- The place of the educated man in the printing industry -- Gutenberg and his relation to printers today -- Review of Four centuries of fine printing by Stanley Morison -- Some notes on liturgical printing -- Notes supplementary to Gough's Memoirs -- Some revivals of printing in the nineteenth century -- Ecclesiastical printing -- George Lepreux and the Gallia typographica -- Thomas Maitland Cleland -- Rudolph Ruzicka : an appreciation -- Some tendencies in modern typography -- American university presses -- Description of the Merrymount Press -- Notes on the Merrymount Press and its work -- To the trade -- On the decorations of the limited edition of standard prayer book of MDCCCXCII -- To the clergy and laity of the Episcopal church -- The black art : a homily -- Announcement of Mr. Berkeley Updike for the autumn of MDCCCXCV -- Merrymount : being a few words on the derivation of the name of the Merrymount Press -- Designs to be used with type -- An address to the Grolier Club -- The "lost" Caslon specimen of 1748 -- What the printer can do for an architect -- A translation of the reports of Berlier & Sobry on types of Gillé fils -- A Merrymount exhibition of 1928 -- An autobiographical note -- Bruce Rogers and the Oxford lectern Bible -- The Merrymount Press, Boston -- The Updike collection of books on printing at the Providence Public Library -- Recollections of the Athenaeum, 1878 and 1879 -- Nota bene -- Metropolitan Museum printing -- A note on Bruce Rogers -- Stanley Morison -- A Merrymount exhibition of 1940 -- A last word. Subjects; Merrymount Press History. Merrymount Press. Printing History. Printing United States History. Fine books History. Imprimerie Histoire. Imprimerie États-Unis Histoire. Typography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A Near Fine copy of the First Editioni (stated, with complete number line) with a touch of wear; dust jacket Near Fine with a bit of scuffing. 383pp., b/w and color illustrations and photographs. // 'Daniel Brekeley Updike has been described as 'the most distinguished American printer.' He was one of a handful of the 20th century's most successful and influential book designers. The Well-Made Book is a collection of virtually all of Updike's writings on the art of the book. Much of this timeless material has been hard to find, and some appears here for the first time. Complete with index, annotations and an extensive new introduction.' -- publisher.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages; Description: xxi, 383 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Merrymount Press. Printing --History. Printing --United States --History. Fine books --History. Summary: A collection of essays and lectures about the art of book making. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very well-made book, with thirty-one full page illustrations, title page and many llustrations in two colors, set in Founder's Caslon, a new and authentic digital version of Updike's favorite typeface. "A substantial collection of all of Updike's writings on the arts of the book". Updike was proprietor of the Merrymount Press in Boston and is often described as "the most distinguished American printer". Also, according to jacket flap, he can "lay claim to being one of the most successful and influential book designers of the twentieth century". Binding in gray cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, in pristine condition. Paper cover in very good condition, but with a slight fold in corner of inside flap. Inside pages clean and bright. A lovely book, edited by William S. Peterson. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Condition: New. New dust jacket. Shrink wrapped!

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages; Description: xxi, 383 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Merrymount Press. Printing --History. Printing --United States --History. Fine books --History. Summary: A collection of essays and lectures about the art of book making. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first edition/first printing in an equally handsome dust-jacket; In this book, prominent authors and scholars offer essays and lectures on the craft of writing. Topics include sentence structure, plot, character development, and more. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in improving their writing skills.; 8vo; 383 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first edition/first printing in an equally handsome dust-jacket; The Well-Made Book is a collection of essays and lectures by celebrated authors and thinkers, including David Foster Wallace, J.D. Salinger, and William Updike. Edited by William W. Peterson, the book is a unique and illuminating exploration of the craft of writing, from conception to publication.; 8vo; 383 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket; The Well-Made Book is a compilation of essays and lectures written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Updike, and the editor, William W. Peterson. The book is divided into four sections: "The Writer," "The Reader," "The Work of Making a Book," and "The Business of Books." In "The Writer," Updike discusses the importance of being a good writer and the techniques that he has used to achieve success. In "The Reader," he discusses the importance of reading and how it can transform a person. In "The Work of Making a Book," he discusses the process of book making and the importance of having a good editor. In "The Business of Books," he discusses the different aspects of the book business and the importance of bookselling.; 8vo; 383 pages.