Megan benton (25 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition (US) First Printing. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Yale University Press, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. very good +. First Edition. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 323 pp. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ.

Zustand: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. xii+323pp, 33 b/w illustrations, 10 tables, index, a fine copy. A study of the boom in the production of fine, limited edition, deluxe books which occured in the United States during the 1920s & 1930s. 675 grams.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

First edition with 1 in the number line; 323 pages; b&w illustrations; a very good, clean, tight copy in a very good dustjacket.

Zustand: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: xij, 324pp., illustrations, chapternotes & references, epilogue, appendix, abbreviations, bibliography, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Volume: Henry McBride Series in Modernism and Modernity.…

2000, 330pp.Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. "In post-World War I America, teeming as it was with magazines, newspapers, radio broadcasts and movies, many feared that the survival of traditional, serious books was in peril. This concern led to a publishing boom in fine editions; books valued primarily for their beauty, craftsmanship, extravagance, status, or scarcity. Beauty and the Book is a lively cultural history of the explosion in demand for these deluxe books during the 1920s and 1930s. Megan L. Benton argues that the clamour to own fine books reflected the anxieties and desires of those who mourned the rise of a modern mass culture. For them, such volumes not only affirmed a preindustrial ideal but also imparted social distinction and cultural superiority. Benton combines new archival research with a close examination of three hundred fine editions of the period. In theory, fine bookmakers were devoted to beauty and quality and were unwilling to compromise with machinery, popular taste, or concern for profit. But such ideal standards were nearly impossible to maintain. Paradoxically, fine publishers' ostensible indifference to commercial considerations was one of their most prized and lucrative products for sale. This book illuminates the interplay between the ideal and real nature of fine publishing as well as the complex nature of American cultural ambitions during this pivotal era.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition and housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; The book examines how fine editions and cultural distinction has been used as a tool by American publishers to distinguish their titles from their competitors. The book looks at the history of fine editions, evaluates their impact on the book industry, and considers the current state of fine editions and cultural distinction.; 8vo; 323 pages.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 198 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What do we read when we read a text The author's words, of course, but is that all The prevailing publishing ethic has insisted that typography--the selection and arrangement of type and other visual elements on a page--should be an invisible, silent, and deferential servant to the text it conveys. This book contests that conventional point of view. Looking at texts ranging from the King James Bible to contemporary comic strips, the contributors to Illuminating Letters examine the seldom considered but richly revealing relationships between a text's typography and its literary interpretation. The essays assume no previous typographic knowledge or expertise; instead they invite readers primarily concerned with literary and cultural meanings to turn a more curious eye to the visual and physical forms of a specific text or genre. As the contributors show, closer inspection of those forms can yield fresh insights into the significance of a text's material presentation, leading readers to appreciate better how presentation shapes understandings of the text's meanings and values. The case studies included in the volume amplify its two overarching themes: one set explores the roles of printers and publishers in manipulating, willingly or not, the meaning and reception of texts through typographic choices; the other group examines the efforts of authors to circumvent or subvert such mediation by directly controlling the typographic presentation of their texts. Together these essays demonstrate that choices about type selection and arrangement do indeed help to orchestrate textual meaning. In addition to the editors, contributors include Sarah A. Kelen, Beth McCoy, Steven R. Price, Leon Jackson, and Gene Kannenberg Jr.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. KlappentextHow typography conveys and affects meaning from the Bible to comic books.

Zustand: New. Brand New.

8vo, (242x160mm), xii,323p. 31 illustrations. A fine copy in original black cloth, gilt lettered, dustjacket; bookplate of David Sellars. An analysis of the rise of fine book editions in post-World War One America, arguing that such volumes not only affirmed a pre-industrial ideal but also imparted social distinction and cultural superiority.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In post-World War I America-a world teeming with magazines, newspapers, radio broadcasts, and movies-many feared that the survival of traditional, serious books was in peril. This concern led to a publishing boom in fine editions-books valued primarily for their beauty, craftsmanship, extravagance, status, or scarcity. Beauty and the Book is a lively cultural history of the explosion in demand for these deluxe books during the 1920s and 1930s. Megan L. Benton argues that the clamor to own fine books reflected the anxieties and desires of those who mourned the rise of a modern mass culture. For them, such volumes not only affirmed a preindustrial ideal but also imparted social distinction and cultural superiority.Benton combines new archival research with a close examination of three hundred fine editions of the period. In theory, fine bookmakers were devoted to beauty and quality and were unwilling to compromise with machinery, popular taste, or concern for profit. But such ideal standards were nearly impossible to maintain. Paradoxically, fine publishers' ostensible indifference to commercial considerations was one of their most prized and lucrative products for sale. This book illuminates the interplay between the ideal and real nature of fine publishing as well as the complex nature of American cultural ambitions during this pivotal era.…