"Beautiful Books" Lobby Display

Title

"Beautiful Books" Lobby Display

Creator

Katherine Owens

Date

Spring 2018

Contributor

Caitlin Trachim assisted with the creation of this digital collection.

Description

The Spring 2018 Lobby Display highlighted a select number of beautiful books, some of which were highlighted again in the Fall 2018 event, and some of which were not.

The purpose of this exhibit was to highlight beautiful books not only through time, but around the world, highlighting as many geographic locations and time periods as the collection permits. The display cases were arranged chronologically and then as more books within a time-frame were represented by the collection, by country, with case 8 filled with 20th century books from around the world.

Coverage

Books from the 16th to 20th centuries, from Asia, Europe, and North America were included in the display.

Source

Axe, John. The Secret of Collecting Girls’ Series Books Featuring Nancy Drew®, Judy Bolton, Kay Tracey, Beverly Gray, Penny Parker and Ruth Fielding. Grantsville, MD: Hobby House Press, Inc., 2000.

Berger, Sidney E. The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

Carter, John and Nicolas Barker. ABC for Book Collectors. 8th ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2006.

Gascoigne, Bamber. How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet. 2nd ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017.

Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction to Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2009.

Heller, Steven and Seymour Chwast. Jackets Required. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995.

Johnson, Deidre, comp. & ed. Stratemeyer Pseudonyms and Series Books: An Annotated Checklist of Stratemeyer and Stratemeyer Syndicate Publications. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.

Jones, Diane McClure and Rosemary Jones. Boys’ & Girls’ Book Series: Real World Adventures. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 2002.

Limper, Herz, Karen. “B-10 Introduction to the History of Bookbinding.” Class lecture notes, Charlottesville, VA: Rare Book School, July 8-13, 2018.

Lockwood, Chad and Jenni Johns. Trixie-Belden.com. 2011. http://trixie-belden.com/.

Loring, Rosamond B. Decorated Book Papers: Being an Account of Their Designs and Fashions. Edited by Hope Mayo. 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 2007.

McLean, Ruari. Victorian Publishers’ Book-Bindings in Paper. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.

McLean, Ruari. Victorian Publishers’ Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973.

Marks, P.J.M. An Anthology of Decorated Papers: A Sourcebook for Designers. London: Thames & Hudson, Ltd., 2015.

Minsky, Richard. The Art of American Book Covers: 1875-1930. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 2013.

Needham, Paul. Twelve Centuries of Bookbindings: 400-1600. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library / London: Oxford University Press, 1979.

Powers, Alan. Children’s Book Covers: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2003.

Powers, Alan. Front Cover: Great Book Jackets and Cover Design. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2001.

Spawn, Willman, essayist. Bookbinding in America: 1680-1910; From the Collection of Frederick E. Maser. Bryn Mawr, PN: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1983.

Tanselle, G. Thomas. Book-Jackets: Their History, Forms, and Use. Charlottesville: The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2011.

Van Leeuwen, Jan Storm, compil. “B-10 Introduction to the History of Bookbinding.” Class taught by Karen Limper-Herz, Charlottesville, VA: Rare Book School, July 8-13, 2018.

Collection Items

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