Bound to be modern : publishers' cloth bindings and the material culture of the book, 1840-1914 / Kr...
Bound to be modern : publishers' cloth bindings and the material culture of the book, 1840-1914 / Kr...
Bound to be modern : publishers' cloth bindings and the material culture of the book, 1840-1914 / Kristina Lundblad ; translated by Alan Crozier.
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Publisher
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2015.
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G 2015/2361
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Language
English
Swedish
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Physical Description
Physical content
336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color charts ; 26 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prelude: A hundred years of bookbinding -- Introduction: The book, modernity, and material culture -- Part I. Book culture in transformation: Chapter 1. From markets to the market. Binding practices. Publishing. The retail book trade. The retail book trade in Stockholm. Development from the 1870s. P...
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Publisher
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Date Published
2015.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"An interdisciplinary study on the emergence and function of publishers' cloth bindings in the 19th century"-- Provided by publisher.
"Bound to Be Modern is the most comprehensive study to date on the emergence and function of publishers' cloth bindings. It brings together issues of aesthetics, technique, economy, and social change in order to explain why publishers in the 19th century began to have their books bound, and why decorated clothbindings were so successful as the West...
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Full title
Bound to be modern : publishers' cloth bindings and the material culture of the book, 1840-1914 / Kristina Lundblad ; translated by Alan Crozier.
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Notes
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Translated from the Swedish.
"First published in 2010 as Om betydelsen av böckers utseende by Rámus © Kristina Lundblad."--title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/2361
Record Identifier
74VK7aNvwyLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7aNvwyLy
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ISBN
1584563133 hardcover
9781584563136 hardcover
DDC
070.509485
MMS ID
991022826369702626
