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Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. Peake's Progress (the book, ISBN 9780712358347) ...

From exquisite medieval bookbindings made of precious metals and jewels to the unique and highly imaginative creations of contemporary bookbinders, this book celebrates over 100 of the most beautiful bookbindings ...

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world's most remarkable books. Written in Greek in the fourth century, it is the oldest surviving complete New Testament, and one of the two ...

"Codex Sinaiticus" is one of the world's most remarkable books. Written in Greek in the fourth century, it is the oldest surviving complete New Testament, and one of the two ...

The 1860s are considered the 'Golden Age' of illustrated periodicals, a time when the 'knockabout' humour of the 1840s, which was dominated by illustrators such as Cruikshank, Doyle and Phiz, ...

This revised edition has added colour plates and new information on ancient Egyptian papyrus gilding. This is a must-have book for book artists and illuminators, explaining in detail the historical ...

The first sixty years of printing in England by placing Caxton, his contemporaries and the later generations in the broad context of the history of book production between the middle ...

A cartulary is a medieval manuscript volume or roll of a specific institution that records its rights, privileges, and properties. First published in 1958, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain provides ...

Magnificent Maps showcases the British Library's unique collection of large-scale display maps, many of which have never been exhibited before, and demonstrates why maps are about far more than geography. ...

From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which are works of art in ...

Deep in the recesses of the British Library sits a long oval dining table of plain deal, its battered surface scored with initials carved around the edge. This unprepossessing piece ...

The hundred years prior to the mid-19th century saw a flowering of ephemeral publishing often referred to by the shorthand 'chapbooks'. This book is an analytical bibliography of the National ...

Advertising and promotion has always underpinned the business of bookselling. The process of marketing is pervasive and inescapable, yet it is often difficult for the historian to reconstruct. The essays ...

This book, which accompanies a major British Library exhibition, brings together, for the first time, a selection of images from the Library's collections. It examines the history, diversity and influence ...

- A comprehensive work on the illustrations of Thomas Bewick - Records many previously unrecorded titles illustrated by John Bewick - Includes previously neglected illustrations from the Beilby-Bewick series of ...

This much anticipated third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on south and east European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and American bindings. It includes ...

This tenth volume of the 'Print Networks' series contains eleven original contributions by scholars working on periodicals and newspapers in the British Isles, outside London. The essays focus on the ...

The earliest libraries belonged to temples and administrative bodies, resembled our modern archives, and were usually restricted to the aristocracy, nobility, theologians, and for the use of scholars. Dispersed along ...

"Past into Print" takes a fresh approach in looking at the creation of historical knowledge, exploring history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise. Traditionally, scholars have been ...

"The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism" is a large-scale reference work covering the journalism industry in 19th century Britain. Its comprehensive representation of diverse facets of the industry provides a snapshot ...