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	Simon & Schuster: Our Company History 1924-2007. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. First published in 1999 on the occasion of Simon & Schuster's 75th anniversary to recount the phenomenal growth and many transformations this dynamic publishing company has undergone. This edition has been revised and updated for the twenty-first century and goes on to tell the story of how the company has prospered in a constantly changing marketplace and at the dawn of digital publishing's era, all the while staying true to the core values and mission of its founders. ¶ 223 pages. USD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2118] Book number: 65824X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	Under The Hammer: Book Auctions Since The Seventeenth Century. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2001. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Contains nine scholarly essays that were presented at the 2000 Birkbeck conference at the University of England. The subject at this conference was book auctions from the 17th century to the present. Nine leading bibliographical scholars presented the following essays: Michael Harris, Newspaper Advertising for Book Auctions before 1700; Arthur Freeman, The Jazz Age Library of Jerome Kern; Giles Mandelbrote, The Organization of Book Auctions in Late Seventeenth-Century London; Nigel Ramsey, English Book Collectors and the Salerooms in the Eighteenth Century; T. A. Birrell, Books and Buyers in Seventeenth-Century English Auction Sales; Otto S. Lankhorst, Dutch Book Auctions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century; Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly, Property of a Distinguished Poisoner; Thomas Griffiths, Wainewright and the Griffiths Family Library; Arnold Hunt, The Sale of Richard Heber's Library; and Paul Needham, William Morris's 'Ancient Books' at Sale. ¶ 248 pages. USD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3526] Book number: 54490X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANGHELESCU, HERMINA G. B. & POULAIN, MARTINE. Books, Libraries, Reading & Publishing In The Cold War. Center for the Book, Washington: 2002. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This historic and important work is based on a series of papers presented at the 1998 International Federation of Library Associations conference in Paris. The work contains 26 essays focusing on the effects the Cold War had on Western and Communist libraries, publishers, cultural diplomacy, political censorship and the freedom to read. As a whole, this well-written work illuminates one of the most turbulent eras of library history. ¶ 298 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 55740X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ARBER, EDWARD. A Transcript Of The Registers Of The Company Of The Statiners Of London: 1554-1640 A. D. Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre: 2007. Hardcover. Brand new books. Five volumes bound in three. Reprint of the first edition published in Birmingham during the period 1875-1894. The Stationers' Company has in its possession copyright registers from 1554 to 1842. The entries up to 1640 have been published in A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London 1554-1660 edited by E. Arber The Stationers' Company, which was founded in the fifteenth century to protect and regulate the London book trade, contains Court Book registers, records of the English Stock Company, and pension and apprentice register books, as well as Entry Books of Copies. The Entry Books are of especial interest to scholars, since they record the names of authors and titles of books presented to the Company for printing. ¶ 3100+ pages. USD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 263.5 \| £UK 237.5 \| JP¥ 34862] Book number: 54940X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION. A Modest Collection: Private Libraries Association, 1956-2006. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle for the Private Libraries Association: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Here, in the guise of a history of the Private Libraries Association, is an account of the friendships of its members over the past fifty years. They have all been collectors, with widely different interests, from countries across the world, united by a love of books and the need to be surrounded by them at the end of a day's work and in the years of retirement. The aim of the society is to bring together such enthusiasts and to offer them books and journal essays that would lead them further into the bibliophilic web. The enormous range of their intersts adds vitality to the group's publications and creates a dynamic tension between the need to deal in sufficient depth with each subject an yet to interest other members whose collections have moved in quite different directions. The book contains the story of the Association and a bibliography of its publications, but perhaps the most interesting portions ae the brief essays by over eighty members about their collections, with photographs of many of these individuals and illustrations taken from the collections. Their specialties ranged from illustrated books and early private presses to Autraliana, golf, the history of the automobile and surgery. There is a retail price index at the end of the book, which will prove very useful when recounting book prices over the last 50 years. This book is an enjoyable and valuable resource for book collectors everywhere. ¶ 378 pages. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 45161X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BABCOCK, ROBERT G. (EDITOR). A Book Of Her Own: An Exhibition Of Manuscripts And Printed Books In The Yale University Library That Were Owned By Women Before 1700. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, New Haven: 2005. Softcover. Stiff paper wrappers. Brand new book. Books tell us many things beyond what their authors write in them. Single copies of books, for instance, often reveal their particular history, who owned them, who read them, who gave them as gifts, how they changed hands over the years. This catalogue of the Beinecke Library exhibition, A Book of Her Own, explores an unusual aspect of book history: all of the books in the display, based on various sorts of evidence contained in the books, were owned by women before the year 1700. ¶ 78 pages. USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1986] Book number: 61227X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BARKER, NICHOLAS; KAPLAN, SUE A.; NAIDITCH, PAUL & LANGE, GERALD. Aldine Press: A Catalogue Of The Ahmanson-murphy Collecdtion Of Books By Or Relating To The Press In The Library Of California, Los Angeles, Incorporating Works Recorded Elsewhere. University of California Press, Berkeley: 2001. Hardcover with slipcase. Brand new book. This catalog provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. Handsomely produced, slipcased, and carefully annotated, this volume should become a major resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book. The Aldine Press revolutionized the production, accessibility, and use of the book. Founded by Aldus Manutius (ca 1452-1515), the press introduced a number of innovations that helped shape the development of the modern book, including italic type and the smaller, pocket-sized volume. By putting the Greek and Latin classics in a form that everyone could afford, it revolutionized scholarship: the uniform Aldine texts made comparison and collation universally available, and they were used in schools. Collectors were interested in the Aldine Press from the beginning; Jean Grolier acquired over two hundred of its publications, often having the books elegantly bound and handsomely illuminated. Since that time, the output of the Aldine Press has been sought after by scholars, book collectors, and librarians. Copies of its books are found in libraries all over the world, where they remain a prized possession and the object of much scholarly research. For thirty-two years, Franklin D. Murphy, who came to UCLA as its sixth chancellor, fostered the expansion of the Aldine collection and encouraged its growth. During the greater part of this long period he was joined in these endeavors by the Ahmanson Foundation, whose constant support permitted the collection to increase in both size and significance. Following Dr. Murphy's death, the Ahmanson Foundation continued its generous support for the expansion of the collection and, in addition, by means of a grant late in 1996, enabled the present catalog to come into existence. ¶ 674 pages. USD 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.5 \| £UK 210.5 \| JP¥ 30890] Book number: 51461X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BARKER, NICOLAS (EDITOR). The Pleasures Of Bibliophily: Fifty Years Of The Book Collector - An Anthology. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as one of the leading authoritative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector's editor for the past 37 years, has produced an anthology taking the best essays printed over the last 50 years and combining them into one book. Many articles deal with particular collectors: J. R. Abbey (A. N. L. Munby and Anthony Hobson), Chester Beatty (Christopher de Hamel), Martin Bodmer (B. H. Breslauer), John Cosin (A. I. Doyle), C. H. Hartshorne and Richard Heber (Arnold Hunt), Philip Hofer (W. A. Jackson), Geoffrey Keynes (David McKitterick), Narcissus Luttell (J. M. Osborn), Solomon Pottesman (Alan Thomas), Richard Rawlinson (B. J. Enright), and Harry Widener (Arthur Freeman). A number of other essays are concerned with particular books, authors, or related topics. This work also examines notable books, including the first edition of the infamous Fanny Hill, and also portrays the personalities of a number of famous collectors, from Richard Heber and Sir Thomas Phillipps, to Chester Beatty, Martin Bodmer and Philip Hofer. ¶ 320 pages. USD 59.95 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5291] Book number: 36381X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BARTRAM, ALAN. Making Books, Design In British Publishing Since 1945. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 1999, Softcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The profound changes in Britain since 1945 have inevitably reflected on the art of publishing. In this work, Alan Bartram sets the current publishing scene in the context of the best practice of the last fifty years. While emphasizing that a satisfying book is the result of teamwork between the author, editor, designer, and printer, Bartram is mainly concerned with its design, and the creative process that ends with a book that is not only elegant, but has high standards of reliability. Much has changed, but such elementary requirements for good bookmaking are as relevant today as they ever were. ¶ 160 pages. USD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3526] Book number: 35372X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BASBANES, NICHOLAS A. Patience & Fortitude: Wherein A Colorful Cast Of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, And Librarians Go About The Quixotic Task Of Preserving A Legacy. HarperPerennial, New York: 2003. Softcover. Good condition. Heree is an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past - from Alexandria to Glasonbury - and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenbuttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 bby selling bottles of his own blood. Includes an Index. Nicholas Basbanes is no ordinary book lover. Not only do books themselves fascinae him, virtually everything about them does as well, including the ways they hae been stored and safeguarded in the past and will be in the future. - Boston Globe ¶ 636 pages. USD 15.05 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1328] Book number: 40794X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BELANGER, TERRY. Lunacy And The Arrangement Of Books. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2003. Softcover. Brand new book. A humorous and poignant essay on the idiosyncrasies of book arrangements by collectors over the centuries. Professor Belanger treats the reader to some of the idiotic methods of categorizing and shelving books. One gem from an etiquette book of 1863 decreed that a perfect hostess will see to it that the works of male and female authors be properly segregated on her book shelves. Their proximity, unless they happen to be married, should not be tolerated. This book will bring a smile to the face of any bibliophile. Belanger, founder of the Book Arts Press, is the University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the University of Virginia. ¶ 25 pages. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 45430X6 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BELL, HAZEL K.; CRYSTAL, DAVID (PREFACE). From Flock Beds To Professionalism: A History Of Index-makers. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / HBK Press, Hatfield: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Indexing is an anonymous profession. An index may be praised or blamed, but rarely is the indexer named, lauded or shamed, laments Professor David Crystal in his preface to From Flock Beds to Professionalism. This book, however, initiates a change. Hazel Bell presents here brief biographies of 65 individual practitioners, the makers of indexes, from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, considering their working methods, techniques, training, remuneration, their lives and their personalities. Crystal observes, Although it is the history of indexing which governs the structure of the book, it is the personalities of the indexers themselves which shine through it . . . I was unprepared for the range, diversity and sheer brilliance of the personalities lying behind the names. After the biographical section on the Lone Workers, Bell outlines in Banding Together the history of groups and societies of indexers world-wide up to 1995, the year she sees as entailing the end of print-only indexing. The book includes photographs of indexers and of their tokens of recognition. Hazel Bell has been a freelance indexer since 1964, having compiled to date more than 700 indexes to books and journals, and won the Wheatley Medal for an outstanding index in both 2005 and 2006. She has been a member of the Society of Indexers for 44 years, serving on its Council as editor of its journal, The Indexer, for 18 of them. In 1997, she was presented by the Society with the Carey Award for services to indexing. She has written many articles for The Indexer and other learned journals. Bell is the author of Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction (British Library/University of Toronto Press, 2001) and Indexing Biographies and Other Stories of Human Lives (Society of Indexers, 3rd edition 2004). ¶ 348 pages. USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 \| £UK 57.25 \| JP¥ 8384] Book number: 61389X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BENNETT, JAMES O'DONNELL. Much Loved Books: Best Sellers Of The Ages. Books Inc., New York: 1927. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fair condition. Dustjacket is worn and torn. ¶ 461 pages. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 63161X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BENNETT, STUART. Trade Bookbinding In The British Isles, 1660 - 1800. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2004. Hardcover. Brand new book. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or at most in a plain paper wrapper. This view is still generally accepted. Bennett, however, presents new documentary and visual evidence that books were predominantly sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as well as boards and wrappers. Over 200 color illustrations show what these bindings looked like, and how their styles evolved. A must read for anyone interested in binding history. ¶ 176 pages. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 36327X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BERGER, SIDNEY E. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company: The Story Of A British Marbled Paper Manufacturer. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: Hardcover bound in quarter leather with a marbled slipcase. Brand new book. Tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms. Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970's. This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with a marbled slipcase by Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece. ¶ 104 pages. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 45327X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BILLINGTON, JAMES H. (INTRODUCTION); SULLIVAN, LARRY E. (PREFACE); MATHESON, WILLIAM (AN ESSAY ON ROSENWALD. Vision Of A Collector: The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection In The Library Of Congress. Distributed for the Library of Congress, Washington by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1991. Hardcover. Brand new book. The Rosenwald Collection is the single largest gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual. The collection focuses on the Western European and American illustrated book, a holding unsurpassed in this country, with special concentrations on 15th-century books, 16th-century books printed in the Low Countries, 18th-century French books, William Blake and 20th-century livres d'artiste. Since the time of its donation, this collection has grown to 2,600 separate editions along with several thousand reference works and is used by hundreds of scholars from all over the world. Vision of a Collector celebrates the centenary of Rosenwald's birth by gathering 100 essays by noted scholars on Rosenwald's interests highlighted in the collection, covering both internationally known rarities and books whose potential for research has not yet been recognized. This book consists of five essays on Manuscripts, twelve essays on Early Printing, Typography & Writing Books, thirty-nine essays on Illustrated Books, six essays on Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books, four essays on William Blake, seven essays on Modern Illustrated Books, three essays on Architecture, seven essays on Bindings, five essays on Geography, three essays on Herbals and nine essays on Science. This work includes illustrations with some in color. ¶ 465 pages. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 45561X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BLUMENTHAL, JOSEPH. Bruce Rogers: A Life In Letters 1870-1957. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1989. Softcover. Brand new book. Bruce Rogers is without doubt the most important figure in 20th-century Americn bookmaking. This work provides a definitive account of Rogers and his books. The narrative is woven together with a rich selection from Roger's correspondence and the text is well-illustrated throughout with examples of Roger's work. ¶ 232 pages. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 34926X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BOYD, CLARENCE EUGENE. Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome. Distributed for Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2005. Hardcove. Brand new book. Six chapters on different aspects of libraries in ancient Rome including their management, equipment and their contents. ¶ 84 pages. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 45646X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	O'BRIEN, GEOFFREY (EDITOR) WITH WASSERSTEIN, STEPHEN AND MORRIS, HELEN. The Reader's Catalog: An Annotated Selection Of More Than 40,000 Of The Best Books In Print In 208 Categories. Jason Epstein, New York: 1989. Softcover. Good condition. The essential source for book buyers. Provides access to over 40,000 of the best books in print. Contains illustrations. Includes an Index. ¶ 1,382 pages. USD 25.10 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2215] Book number: 6589X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BRIGGS, ASA. A History Of Longmans And Their Books, 1724-1990: Longevity In Publishing. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs's history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who ran the firm, the principles they held, and their success as entrepreneurs. From the start, the Longmans chose titles likely to have a long life. These included Roget's Thesaurus and Gray's Anatomy, which have gone through many editions. Early nineteenth-century Longman authors included William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, and Sir Walter Scott, and by the middle of the century they had become a publishing Leviathan. Late Victorian authors included A.Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. Rider Haggard. Throughout its history, the House of Longmans has published a variety of important works, covering religion, law, medicine, science, and sport and has been a major publisher of dictionaries and reference books. It has also always been renowned for its educational publishing. In the twentieth century, it became increasingly international, with branches and subsidiary companies all over the world. Questions of how, why, and with what effectiveness are dealt with in the last chapters of this comprehensive and intriguing study. Asa Briggs is a leading historian both of the Victorian Age and communications. He has written many books, among which are The Age of Improvement, Victorian People, Victorian Cities and Victorian Things and his magisterial four-volume history of broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Among posts he has held have been those of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex and Chancellor of the Open University. ¶ 624 pages. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73.5 \| £UK 66.25 \| JP¥ 9708] Book number: 61398X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BRINKS, JOHN DIETER (EDITOR). The Book As A Work Of Art: The Cranach Press Of Count Harry Kessler. Distributed for Triton Verlag, Germany and Chapin Library of the Williams College by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2005. Hardcover in a black slip-case. Brand new book. The Cranach Press, though located in Germany, was inspired by and became an integral product of the English private press movement. Following advice from Emery Walker, new typefaces were drawn by Edward Johnston and cut by Edward Prince and George Friend; then Harry Gage-Cole was called in as pressman to print the wood-engravings of Gordon Craig, Eric Gill, and Aristide Maillol. Their work is recorded in this lavishly illustrated book. The Book as a Work of Art includes Essays by John Dreyfus, Anne Hyde Greet, Gunnar Kaldewey, J.D. Brinks, Renate MŸller-Krumbach, Lindsay Newman, among others, with extensive documentation and a new and illustrated bibliography of the Cranach Press. Designed by Sabine Golde and John Dieter Brinks, in a black slip-case. ¶ 456 pages. USD 290.00 [Appr.: EURO 193.5 \| £UK 174.5 \| JP¥ 25595] Book number: 45540X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BRODY, CATHERINE TYLER. John De Pol And The Typophiles: A Memoir And Record Of Friendship. Distributed for The Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1998. Brand new book. 8vo. quarter blue cloth with patterned paper covered boards. This work is a memoir and record of friendships between De Pol and the Typophiles organization. Limited to 500 copies designed by Dan Carr and printed in the original metal Monotype Dante on vintage Mohawk Letterpress Text by J. Ferrari & D. Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Well illustrated with reproductions of John DePol's wood engravings. ¶ 104 pages. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 44776X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BUCHANAN-BROWN, JOHN. Early Victorian Illustrated Books: Britain, France And Germany 1820-1860. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2005. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Writing over fifty years ago, the bibliographer Percy Muir noted that the 'immediate post-Bewick period' had been 'unduly neglected,' and this is still true today. In this major new study, John Buchanan-Brown remedies this neglect and demonstrates the importance of the period from 1820 to 1860 in the history of the illustrated book. These years saw the establishment of the technique of end-grain wood-engraving as the dominant medium of graphic reproduction. Its great advantage was that, as a relief process, it could reproduce both the image and the text simultaneously, and this allowed the publishing industry to feed what had become an insatiable appetite for illustrated books and journals. Although end-grain engraving was an English phenomenon, it was the French who first applied the process to book design. In turn, German illustrators were to influence the style of British illustrators. Thus, wood-engraving naturally plays a leading role in this study, but it does not overshadow the other means of graphic reproduction employed during this period: lithography, chromolithography, and steel-engraving and etching. The study illustrates the work of French and German artists and their influence upon their British counterparts. The pioneering study also includes appendices on aspects of wood- and steel-engraving in England, notes on French and German illustrators, and a glossary of technical terms. It is illustrated by some 250 reproductions in black and white, and eight pages in color. ¶ 320 pages. USD 98.00 [Appr.: EURO 65.5 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8649] Book number: 36399X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	CAVE, RODERICK & MANSON, SARAH. A History Of The Golden Cockerel Press 1920-1960. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The Golden Cockerel Press, one of the foremost publishers of illustrated books, was the most important and productive of the English private presses during the period of 1920-1960. This notable work is the first extensive study of the press, based on interviews and the Press' widely-scattered archives. Richly illustrated with sixteen pages of color illustrations and over 150 black & white illustrations, this work delves into the history of the press and discusses and assesses its important private press books. Closely associated with the revival of wood-engraving, the Golden Cockerel Press books were vehicles for the work of such artists as Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, David Jones, Agnes Miller Parker, Eric Ravilious, John Buckland Wright and others. Unlike other fine presses which succumbed to the Depression or closed during the Second World War, Golden Cockerel continued to produce outstanding books. The Press' literary achievement was as significant as its artistic contribution through its publication of original manuscripts by writers such as H. E. Bates, A. E. Coppard and T. E. Lawrence. This work also reveals how the market for fine books was created and sustained, and it provides many insights into other aspects of the British publishing scene. A bibliography of all books printed by the Golden Cockerel Press is included. ¶ 288 pages. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73.5 \| £UK 66.25 \| JP¥ 9708] Book number: 35248X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	CAVE, RODERICK. The Private Press. R. R. Bowker Co., New York: 1983. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This work is more than a chronicle for antiquarians, bibliophiles, collectors, historians, and printing enthusiasts. Roderick Cave transcends a factual documentation of private press activities and brings to a full-bodied text the personal observations and insights of a 25-year involvement with the private press phenomenon. This selective history spans the private press movement from the origin of printing to the most contemporary private presses. In this edition, Cave has revised the original from 1971 and has added a new chapter on private press printing in the United States and Great Britain from 1970 to 1983 and on private press activity in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. ¶ 405 pages. USD 64.95 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5732] Book number: 51403X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.

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	Simon & Schuster: Our Company History 1924-2007. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. First published in 1999 on the occasion of Simon & Schuster's 75th anniversary to recount the phenomenal growth and many transformations this dynamic publishing company has undergone. This edition has been revised and updated for the twenty-first century and goes on to tell the story of how the company has prospered in a constantly changing marketplace and at the dawn of digital publishing's era, all the while staying true to the core values and mission of its founders. ¶ 223 pages. USD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2118] Book number: 65824X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	Under The Hammer: Book Auctions Since The Seventeenth Century. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2001. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Contains nine scholarly essays that were presented at the 2000 Birkbeck conference at the University of England. The subject at this conference was book auctions from the 17th century to the present. Nine leading bibliographical scholars presented the following essays: Michael Harris, Newspaper Advertising for Book Auctions before 1700; Arthur Freeman, The Jazz Age Library of Jerome Kern; Giles Mandelbrote, The Organization of Book Auctions in Late Seventeenth-Century London; Nigel Ramsey, English Book Collectors and the Salerooms in the Eighteenth Century; T. A. Birrell, Books and Buyers in Seventeenth-Century English Auction Sales; Otto S. Lankhorst, Dutch Book Auctions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century; Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly, Property of a Distinguished Poisoner; Thomas Griffiths, Wainewright and the Griffiths Family Library; Arnold Hunt, The Sale of Richard Heber's Library; and Paul Needham, William Morris's 'Ancient Books' at Sale. ¶ 248 pages. USD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3526] Book number: 54490X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANGHELESCU, HERMINA G. B. & POULAIN, MARTINE. Books, Libraries, Reading & Publishing In The Cold War. Center for the Book, Washington: 2002. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This historic and important work is based on a series of papers presented at the 1998 International Federation of Library Associations conference in Paris. The work contains 26 essays focusing on the effects the Cold War had on Western and Communist libraries, publishers, cultural diplomacy, political censorship and the freedom to read. As a whole, this well-written work illuminates one of the most turbulent eras of library history. ¶ 298 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 55740X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ARBER, EDWARD. A Transcript Of The Registers Of The Company Of The Statiners Of London: 1554-1640 A. D. Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre: 2007. Hardcover. Brand new books. Five volumes bound in three. Reprint of the first edition published in Birmingham during the period 1875-1894. The Stationers' Company has in its possession copyright registers from 1554 to 1842. The entries up to 1640 have been published in A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London 1554-1660 edited by E. Arber The Stationers' Company, which was founded in the fifteenth century to protect and regulate the London book trade, contains Court Book registers, records of the English Stock Company, and pension and apprentice register books, as well as Entry Books of Copies. The Entry Books are of especial interest to scholars, since they record the names of authors and titles of books presented to the Company for printing. ¶ 3100+ pages. USD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 263.5 \| £UK 237.5 \| JP¥ 34862] Book number: 54940X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION. A Modest Collection: Private Libraries Association, 1956-2006. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle for the Private Libraries Association: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Here, in the guise of a history of the Private Libraries Association, is an account of the friendships of its members over the past fifty years. They have all been collectors, with widely different interests, from countries across the world, united by a love of books and the need to be surrounded by them at the end of a day's work and in the years of retirement. The aim of the society is to bring together such enthusiasts and to offer them books and journal essays that would lead them further into the bibliophilic web. The enormous range of their intersts adds vitality to the group's publications and creates a dynamic tension between the need to deal in sufficient depth with each subject an yet to interest other members whose collections have moved in quite different directions. The book contains the story of the Association and a bibliography of its publications, but perhaps the most interesting portions ae the brief essays by over eighty members about their collections, with photographs of many of these individuals and illustrations taken from the collections. Their specialties ranged from illustrated books and early private presses to Autraliana, golf, the history of the automobile and surgery. There is a retail price index at the end of the book, which will prove very useful when recounting book prices over the last 50 years. This book is an enjoyable and valuable resource for book collectors everywhere. ¶ 378 pages. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 45161X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BABCOCK, ROBERT G. (EDITOR). A Book Of Her Own: An Exhibition Of Manuscripts And Printed Books In The Yale University Library That Were Owned By Women Before 1700. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, New Haven: 2005. Softcover. Stiff paper wrappers. Brand new book. Books tell us many things beyond what their authors write in them. Single copies of books, for instance, often reveal their particular history, who owned them, who read them, who gave them as gifts, how they changed hands over the years. This catalogue of the Beinecke Library exhibition, A Book of Her Own, explores an unusual aspect of book history: all of the books in the display, based on various sorts of evidence contained in the books, were owned by women before the year 1700. ¶ 78 pages. USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1986] Book number: 61227X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BARKER, NICHOLAS; KAPLAN, SUE A.; NAIDITCH, PAUL & LANGE, GERALD. Aldine Press: A Catalogue Of The Ahmanson-murphy Collecdtion Of Books By Or Relating To The Press In The Library Of California, Los Angeles, Incorporating Works Recorded Elsewhere. University of California Press, Berkeley: 2001. Hardcover with slipcase. Brand new book. This catalog provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. Handsomely produced, slipcased, and carefully annotated, this volume should become a major resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book. The Aldine Press revolutionized the production, accessibility, and use of the book. Founded by Aldus Manutius (ca 1452-1515), the press introduced a number of innovations that helped shape the development of the modern book, including italic type and the smaller, pocket-sized volume. By putting the Greek and Latin classics in a form that everyone could afford, it revolutionized scholarship: the uniform Aldine texts made comparison and collation universally available, and they were used in schools. Collectors were interested in the Aldine Press from the beginning; Jean Grolier acquired over two hundred of its publications, often having the books elegantly bound and handsomely illuminated. Since that time, the output of the Aldine Press has been sought after by scholars, book collectors, and librarians. Copies of its books are found in libraries all over the world, where they remain a prized possession and the object of much scholarly research. For thirty-two years, Franklin D. Murphy, who came to UCLA as its sixth chancellor, fostered the expansion of the Aldine collection and encouraged its growth. During the greater part of this long period he was joined in these endeavors by the Ahmanson Foundation, whose constant support permitted the collection to increase in both size and significance. Following Dr. Murphy's death, the Ahmanson Foundation continued its generous support for the expansion of the collection and, in addition, by means of a grant late in 1996, enabled the present catalog to come into existence. ¶ 674 pages. USD 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.5 \| £UK 210.5 \| JP¥ 30890] Book number: 51461X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BARKER, NICOLAS (EDITOR). The Pleasures Of Bibliophily: Fifty Years Of The Book Collector - An Anthology. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as one of the leading authoritative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector's editor for the past 37 years, has produced an anthology taking the best essays printed over the last 50 years and combining them into one book. Many articles deal with particular collectors: J. R. Abbey (A. N. L. Munby and Anthony Hobson), Chester Beatty (Christopher de Hamel), Martin Bodmer (B. H. Breslauer), John Cosin (A. I. Doyle), C. H. Hartshorne and Richard Heber (Arnold Hunt), Philip Hofer (W. A. Jackson), Geoffrey Keynes (David McKitterick), Narcissus Luttell (J. M. Osborn), Solomon Pottesman (Alan Thomas), Richard Rawlinson (B. J. Enright), and Harry Widener (Arthur Freeman). A number of other essays are concerned with particular books, authors, or related topics. This work also examines notable books, including the first edition of the infamous Fanny Hill, and also portrays the personalities of a number of famous collectors, from Richard Heber and Sir Thomas Phillipps, to Chester Beatty, Martin Bodmer and Philip Hofer. ¶ 320 pages. USD 59.95 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5291] Book number: 36381X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BARTRAM, ALAN. Making Books, Design In British Publishing Since 1945. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 1999, Softcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The profound changes in Britain since 1945 have inevitably reflected on the art of publishing. In this work, Alan Bartram sets the current publishing scene in the context of the best practice of the last fifty years. While emphasizing that a satisfying book is the result of teamwork between the author, editor, designer, and printer, Bartram is mainly concerned with its design, and the creative process that ends with a book that is not only elegant, but has high standards of reliability. Much has changed, but such elementary requirements for good bookmaking are as relevant today as they ever were. ¶ 160 pages. USD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3526] Book number: 35372X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BASBANES, NICHOLAS A. Patience & Fortitude: Wherein A Colorful Cast Of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, And Librarians Go About The Quixotic Task Of Preserving A Legacy. HarperPerennial, New York: 2003. Softcover. Good condition. Heree is an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past - from Alexandria to Glasonbury - and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenbuttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 bby selling bottles of his own blood. Includes an Index. Nicholas Basbanes is no ordinary book lover. Not only do books themselves fascinae him, virtually everything about them does as well, including the ways they hae been stored and safeguarded in the past and will be in the future. - Boston Globe ¶ 636 pages. USD 15.05 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1328] Book number: 40794X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BELANGER, TERRY. Lunacy And The Arrangement Of Books. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2003. Softcover. Brand new book. A humorous and poignant essay on the idiosyncrasies of book arrangements by collectors over the centuries. Professor Belanger treats the reader to some of the idiotic methods of categorizing and shelving books. One gem from an etiquette book of 1863 decreed that a perfect hostess will see to it that the works of male and female authors be properly segregated on her book shelves. Their proximity, unless they happen to be married, should not be tolerated. This book will bring a smile to the face of any bibliophile. Belanger, founder of the Book Arts Press, is the University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the University of Virginia. ¶ 25 pages. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 45430X6 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BELL, HAZEL K.; CRYSTAL, DAVID (PREFACE). From Flock Beds To Professionalism: A History Of Index-makers. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / HBK Press, Hatfield: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Indexing is an anonymous profession. An index may be praised or blamed, but rarely is the indexer named, lauded or shamed, laments Professor David Crystal in his preface to From Flock Beds to Professionalism. This book, however, initiates a change. Hazel Bell presents here brief biographies of 65 individual practitioners, the makers of indexes, from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, considering their working methods, techniques, training, remuneration, their lives and their personalities. Crystal observes, Although it is the history of indexing which governs the structure of the book, it is the personalities of the indexers themselves which shine through it . . . I was unprepared for the range, diversity and sheer brilliance of the personalities lying behind the names. After the biographical section on the Lone Workers, Bell outlines in Banding Together the history of groups and societies of indexers world-wide up to 1995, the year she sees as entailing the end of print-only indexing. The book includes photographs of indexers and of their tokens of recognition. Hazel Bell has been a freelance indexer since 1964, having compiled to date more than 700 indexes to books and journals, and won the Wheatley Medal for an outstanding index in both 2005 and 2006. She has been a member of the Society of Indexers for 44 years, serving on its Council as editor of its journal, The Indexer, for 18 of them. In 1997, she was presented by the Society with the Carey Award for services to indexing. She has written many articles for The Indexer and other learned journals. Bell is the author of Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction (British Library/University of Toronto Press, 2001) and Indexing Biographies and Other Stories of Human Lives (Society of Indexers, 3rd edition 2004). ¶ 348 pages. USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 \| £UK 57.25 \| JP¥ 8384] Book number: 61389X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BENNETT, JAMES O'DONNELL. Much Loved Books: Best Sellers Of The Ages. Books Inc., New York: 1927. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fair condition. Dustjacket is worn and torn. ¶ 461 pages. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 63161X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BENNETT, STUART. Trade Bookbinding In The British Isles, 1660 - 1800. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2004. Hardcover. Brand new book. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or at most in a plain paper wrapper. This view is still generally accepted. Bennett, however, presents new documentary and visual evidence that books were predominantly sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as well as boards and wrappers. Over 200 color illustrations show what these bindings looked like, and how their styles evolved. A must read for anyone interested in binding history. ¶ 176 pages. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 36327X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BERGER, SIDNEY E. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company: The Story Of A British Marbled Paper Manufacturer. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: Hardcover bound in quarter leather with a marbled slipcase. Brand new book. Tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms. Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970's. This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with a marbled slipcase by Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece. ¶ 104 pages. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 45327X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BILLINGTON, JAMES H. (INTRODUCTION); SULLIVAN, LARRY E. (PREFACE); MATHESON, WILLIAM (AN ESSAY ON ROSENWALD. Vision Of A Collector: The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection In The Library Of Congress. Distributed for the Library of Congress, Washington by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1991. Hardcover. Brand new book. The Rosenwald Collection is the single largest gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual. The collection focuses on the Western European and American illustrated book, a holding unsurpassed in this country, with special concentrations on 15th-century books, 16th-century books printed in the Low Countries, 18th-century French books, William Blake and 20th-century livres d'artiste. Since the time of its donation, this collection has grown to 2,600 separate editions along with several thousand reference works and is used by hundreds of scholars from all over the world. Vision of a Collector celebrates the centenary of Rosenwald's birth by gathering 100 essays by noted scholars on Rosenwald's interests highlighted in the collection, covering both internationally known rarities and books whose potential for research has not yet been recognized. This book consists of five essays on Manuscripts, twelve essays on Early Printing, Typography & Writing Books, thirty-nine essays on Illustrated Books, six essays on Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books, four essays on William Blake, seven essays on Modern Illustrated Books, three essays on Architecture, seven essays on Bindings, five essays on Geography, three essays on Herbals and nine essays on Science. This work includes illustrations with some in color. ¶ 465 pages. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 45561X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BLUMENTHAL, JOSEPH. Bruce Rogers: A Life In Letters 1870-1957. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1989. Softcover. Brand new book. Bruce Rogers is without doubt the most important figure in 20th-century Americn bookmaking. This work provides a definitive account of Rogers and his books. The narrative is woven together with a rich selection from Roger's correspondence and the text is well-illustrated throughout with examples of Roger's work. ¶ 232 pages. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 34926X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BOYD, CLARENCE EUGENE. Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome. Distributed for Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2005. Hardcove. Brand new book. Six chapters on different aspects of libraries in ancient Rome including their management, equipment and their contents. ¶ 84 pages. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 45646X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	O'BRIEN, GEOFFREY (EDITOR) WITH WASSERSTEIN, STEPHEN AND MORRIS, HELEN. The Reader's Catalog: An Annotated Selection Of More Than 40,000 Of The Best Books In Print In 208 Categories. Jason Epstein, New York: 1989. Softcover. Good condition. The essential source for book buyers. Provides access to over 40,000 of the best books in print. Contains illustrations. Includes an Index. ¶ 1,382 pages. USD 25.10 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2215] Book number: 6589X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BRIGGS, ASA. A History Of Longmans And Their Books, 1724-1990: Longevity In Publishing. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs's history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who ran the firm, the principles they held, and their success as entrepreneurs. From the start, the Longmans chose titles likely to have a long life. These included Roget's Thesaurus and Gray's Anatomy, which have gone through many editions. Early nineteenth-century Longman authors included William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, and Sir Walter Scott, and by the middle of the century they had become a publishing Leviathan. Late Victorian authors included A.Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. Rider Haggard. Throughout its history, the House of Longmans has published a variety of important works, covering religion, law, medicine, science, and sport and has been a major publisher of dictionaries and reference books. It has also always been renowned for its educational publishing. In the twentieth century, it became increasingly international, with branches and subsidiary companies all over the world. Questions of how, why, and with what effectiveness are dealt with in the last chapters of this comprehensive and intriguing study. Asa Briggs is a leading historian both of the Victorian Age and communications. He has written many books, among which are The Age of Improvement, Victorian People, Victorian Cities and Victorian Things and his magisterial four-volume history of broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Among posts he has held have been those of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex and Chancellor of the Open University. ¶ 624 pages. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73.5 \| £UK 66.25 \| JP¥ 9708] Book number: 61398X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BRINKS, JOHN DIETER (EDITOR). The Book As A Work Of Art: The Cranach Press Of Count Harry Kessler. Distributed for Triton Verlag, Germany and Chapin Library of the Williams College by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2005. Hardcover in a black slip-case. Brand new book. The Cranach Press, though located in Germany, was inspired by and became an integral product of the English private press movement. Following advice from Emery Walker, new typefaces were drawn by Edward Johnston and cut by Edward Prince and George Friend; then Harry Gage-Cole was called in as pressman to print the wood-engravings of Gordon Craig, Eric Gill, and Aristide Maillol. Their work is recorded in this lavishly illustrated book. The Book as a Work of Art includes Essays by John Dreyfus, Anne Hyde Greet, Gunnar Kaldewey, J.D. Brinks, Renate MŸller-Krumbach, Lindsay Newman, among others, with extensive documentation and a new and illustrated bibliography of the Cranach Press. Designed by Sabine Golde and John Dieter Brinks, in a black slip-case. ¶ 456 pages. USD 290.00 [Appr.: EURO 193.5 \| £UK 174.5 \| JP¥ 25595] Book number: 45540X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BRODY, CATHERINE TYLER. John De Pol And The Typophiles: A Memoir And Record Of Friendship. Distributed for The Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1998. Brand new book. 8vo. quarter blue cloth with patterned paper covered boards. This work is a memoir and record of friendships between De Pol and the Typophiles organization. Limited to 500 copies designed by Dan Carr and printed in the original metal Monotype Dante on vintage Mohawk Letterpress Text by J. Ferrari & D. Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Well illustrated with reproductions of John DePol's wood engravings. ¶ 104 pages. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 44776X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BUCHANAN-BROWN, JOHN. Early Victorian Illustrated Books: Britain, France And Germany 1820-1860. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London: 2005. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Writing over fifty years ago, the bibliographer Percy Muir noted that the 'immediate post-Bewick period' had been 'unduly neglected,' and this is still true today. In this major new study, John Buchanan-Brown remedies this neglect and demonstrates the importance of the period from 1820 to 1860 in the history of the illustrated book. These years saw the establishment of the technique of end-grain wood-engraving as the dominant medium of graphic reproduction. Its great advantage was that, as a relief process, it could reproduce both the image and the text simultaneously, and this allowed the publishing industry to feed what had become an insatiable appetite for illustrated books and journals. Although end-grain engraving was an English phenomenon, it was the French who first applied the process to book design. In turn, German illustrators were to influence the style of British illustrators. Thus, wood-engraving naturally plays a leading role in this study, but it does not overshadow the other means of graphic reproduction employed during this period: lithography, chromolithography, and steel-engraving and etching. The study illustrates the work of French and German artists and their influence upon their British counterparts. The pioneering study also includes appendices on aspects of wood- and steel-engraving in England, notes on French and German illustrators, and a glossary of technical terms. It is illustrated by some 250 reproductions in black and white, and eight pages in color. ¶ 320 pages. USD 98.00 [Appr.: EURO 65.5 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8649] Book number: 36399X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	CAVE, RODERICK & MANSON, SARAH. A History Of The Golden Cockerel Press 1920-1960. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The Golden Cockerel Press, one of the foremost publishers of illustrated books, was the most important and productive of the English private presses during the period of 1920-1960. This notable work is the first extensive study of the press, based on interviews and the Press' widely-scattered archives. Richly illustrated with sixteen pages of color illustrations and over 150 black & white illustrations, this work delves into the history of the press and discusses and assesses its important private press books. Closely associated with the revival of wood-engraving, the Golden Cockerel Press books were vehicles for the work of such artists as Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, David Jones, Agnes Miller Parker, Eric Ravilious, John Buckland Wright and others. Unlike other fine presses which succumbed to the Depression or closed during the Second World War, Golden Cockerel continued to produce outstanding books. The Press' literary achievement was as significant as its artistic contribution through its publication of original manuscripts by writers such as H. E. Bates, A. E. Coppard and T. E. Lawrence. This work also reveals how the market for fine books was created and sustained, and it provides many insights into other aspects of the British publishing scene. A bibliography of all books printed by the Golden Cockerel Press is included. ¶ 288 pages. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73.5 \| £UK 66.25 \| JP¥ 9708] Book number: 35248X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	CAVE, RODERICK. The Private Press. R. R. Bowker Co., New York: 1983. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This work is more than a chronicle for antiquarians, bibliophiles, collectors, historians, and printing enthusiasts. Roderick Cave transcends a factual documentation of private press activities and brings to a full-bodied text the personal observations and insights of a 25-year involvement with the private press phenomenon. This selective history spans the private press movement from the origin of printing to the most contemporary private presses. In this edition, Cave has revised the original from 1971 and has added a new chapter on private press printing in the United States and Great Britain from 1970 to 1983 and on private press activity in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. ¶ 405 pages. USD 64.95 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5732] Book number: 51403X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.