Isbn: 9781869402310 - a book in the hand: essays on the history of the book in new zealand (6 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. As we find ourselves in a technological revolution and the computer screen takes over the printed page, the history of the book has become a subject of study throughout the world. This collection of 15 essays looks at at a wide variety of topics from the history of the printed word in New Zealand. Editor(s): Loney, Alan; Griffiths, Penny; Hughes, Peter. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2001. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Previous owner's small address label on inside of rear cover.; xii, 252 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 122 x 146mm. 15 essays by various contributors. Contents: Preface by Denis McEldowney; Maori oral tradition meets the book, by Jane McRae; Aversion to Print? Maori resistance to the written word, by Danny Keenan; Tampering with the sacred text: The second edition of the Maori Bible, by Peter Lineham; Sir George Grey and his book collecting activities in New Zealand, by Donald Kerr; Leaves and flowers of gold: The art and craft of Eleanor Joachim, 1903-1914, by Margery Blackman; Conserving 'The East India Pilot,' by Jocelyn Cuming; Attila of the Antipodes; or, The Mad Hatter's Tea-Party: The publishing history of Edith Lyttelton (G. B. Lancaster) in the 1930s, by Terry Sturm; 'Not easily put on paper': Robin Hyde's 'The godwits fly,' by Patrick Sandbrook; Typography & the great New Zealand pop-up poetry canon, by Alan Loney; 'Mulgan, Marrisc, Schroder': Repudiating the literary establishment, by Lawrence Jones; Bob Lowry and the Pelorus Press, 1945-53, by Peter Hughes; The Byron of Burnside and the Nag's Head Press, by Noel Waite; Reading art, looking at books, watching screens: Learning to read in a 15th-century prayer book, learning to read today, by Elizabeth Eastmond; Up the garden path: 'Janet and John' revisited, by Anne Else; Printing in colonial New Zealand: An insular history? by Roderick Cave; Contributors; Index.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As we find ourselves in the midst of a huge technological revolution and the computer screen takes over the printed page, the history of the book has become a subject of study throughout the world. This collection of 15 essays looks at at a wide variety of topics from the short but busy history of the printed word in New Zealand. Several writers discuss the meeting between Maori oral tradition and writing and printing; others explore the relationship between the new writers of the 1930s like Denis Glover and the world of printing and publishing. The writing and publishing experience of two successful novelists, Robin Hyde and G.B. Lancaster, is considered, along with two essays on learning to read, one about Janet and John.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnAs we find ourselves in a technological revolution and the computer screen takes over the printed page, the history of the book has become a subject of study throughout the world. This collection of 15 essays looks at at a wide va.