Isbn: 9781870882231 - diary of a master printer: a year in the life of the printer to the university, oxford (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good.

Zustand: New. NEW - Hardback edition. ? Vivian Ridler was a master of the typographer?s art and, during his tenure as Printer to the University from 1958 to 1978, earned a reputation for managerial nous and technical rigour.?Diary of a Master Printer . . . [is] a gently humorous record of a testing period. . . .Sightings of authors are treasurable; a visit from Philip Larkin, then editing The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse, is the occasion for ?an exotic meal . . . of pheasant and raspberry flan? . . . Harold Pinter?s play Old Times is ?the usual hynotic, menacing stuff, well acted, but thin on substance?, and a trip to see Peter Brook?s interpretation of A Midsummer Night?s Dream yields the verdict that Shakespeare survives ?after a lot of punishment and brilliant ring-craft . . . but only just? . . . Elegantly produced.?Henry Hutchings, Times Literary Supplement. ?The insights are fascinating. Ridler was a shrewd judge of character and ability and clearly identified the problems that we.…