Apart from the text / Anthony Rota

Rota, Anthony

ISBN 10: 1884718523 / ISBN 13: 9781884718526

Published by Pinner, Middlesex, England New Castle, Del., U.S.A. : Private Libraries Association ; Oak Knoll Press, 1998

About this Item

Library copy. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index. Contents; The book trade -- Words into type -- Paper -- Design -- Book Bindings -- Book-jackets -- Book illustration -- The 'three-Decker' -- Part-issues and serials -- Series publishing & the yellow-back. Subjects; Scott, Walter Sir 1771-1832. 1800-1999. Books Great Britain History 19th century. Books Great Britain History 20th century. Book industries and trade Great Britain History 19th century. Book industries and trade Great Britain History 20th century. Bookbinding. Printing. Book industries and trade. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Apart from the text / Anthony Rota
• Publisher: Pinner, Middlesex, England New Castle, Del., U.S.A. : Private Libraries Association ; Oak Knoll Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1884718523
• ISBN 13: 9781884718526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

Apart from the Text is the presentation volume, 1995/6, for members of the Private Libraries Association. An international society of book collectors, founded in 1956, its series of monographs on specialised aspects of the mania have been much appreciated by collectors at large.

About the Author

Anthony Rota has been an antiquarian bookseller for more than 45 years, the last 30 of them as head of Bertram Rota Ltd. the firm founded by his father, Bertram Rota, in 1923. He has taught at the Rare Book School at Columbia University, and at the ABA Diploma Course, University College, London.