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The dictionary of the book : a glossary for book collectors, booksellers, librarians, and others

Title
The dictionary of the book : a glossary for book collectors, booksellers, librarians, and others / Sidney E. Berger.
Author
Berger, Sidney E.
Publication
  • Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
xiv, 319 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
This book offers readers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term--more than 1,300--that could be used in booksellers' catalogers, library records, and collectors' descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogues.
  • Dictionaries.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317).
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix A : Paper and paper-related terminology in the present volume -- Appendix B : Typeface terminology -- Appendix C : Paper sizes -- Appendix D : Binding terminology in the present volume -- Appendix E : Book collectors' clubs and societies.
Call Number
JFF 17-161
ISBN
  • 9781442263390
  • 1442263393
  • 9781442263406 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2016013533
  • 40026606377
OCLC
946160538
Author
Berger, Sidney E., author.
Title
The dictionary of the book : a glossary for book collectors, booksellers, librarians, and others / Sidney E. Berger.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317).
Other Form:
Online version: Berger, Sidney E. Dictionary of the book. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781442263406 (DLC) 2016040274
Other Standard Identifier
40026606377
Research Call Number
JFF 17-161
*R-RMRR Z1006 .B42 2016
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