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Vintage Advertising An A to Z
ISBN: PB: 9781851245406, Bodleian Library Publishing, April 2020
144 pp., 19.6x19.6 cm, 109 colour illus.
How did the advertisers of the past sell electric corsets, carbolic smoke balls or even the first televisions? Which celebrities endorsed products? How did innovations in printing techniques and packaging design play a part in the evolution of advert...
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£15,00
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Art of Advertising
ISBN: HB: 9781851245383, Bodleian Library Publishing, March 2020
256 pp., 25.9x23.7 cm, 200 colour illus.
Advertisers in the nineteenth and early twentieth century pushed the boundaries of printing, manipulated language, inspired a new form of art and exploited many formats, including calendars, bookmarks and games. This collection of essays examines th...
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Designing English
ISBN: HB: 9781851244751, Bodleian Library Publishing, February 2018
224 pp., 25.9x23.7 cm, 92 colour illus.
Early manuscripts in the English language include religious works, plays, romances, poetry and songs, as well as charms, notebooks, science and medieval medicine. How did scribes choose to arrange the words and images on the page in each manuscript?...
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Heroic Works Catalogue for Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2017
ISBN: HB: 9781851242498, Bodleian Library Publishing, July 2017
112 pp., 26.7x19.4 cm, 250 colour illus.
Throughout the ages, every culture has created myths and legends which recount the great deeds of its heroes and their epic struggles with larger-than-life forces. Designer Bookbinders 3rd International Competition, held at the Bodleian Library in 20...
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Type is Beautiful The Story of Fifty Remarkable Fonts
ISBN: HB: 9781851244317, Bodleian Library Publishing, August 2016
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm, 50 black&white illus.
Behind every typeface is a story – who designed it, and why? What are its distinctive characteristics, and what cultural baggage does it carry? This book explores fifty of the most remarkable typefaces, dating from the birth of European printing in...
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£20,00
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Prize Volumes Catalogue for Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2013
ISBN: HB: 9781851242580, Bodleian Library Publishing, June 2013
112 pp., 26.4x19.6 cm, 200 colour illus.
"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom" – "The Tempest" With Shakespeare as the inspiration for Designer Bookbinders second International Competition, this lavish catalogue feature...
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Marriage of Heaven and Hell
ISBN: HB: 9781851243419, Bodleian Library Publishing, April 2011
184 pp., 23.5x15 cm, 52 colour illus.
No work has challenged its readers like Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". His "Proverbs of Hell" have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented, it is all of thes...
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£50,00
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Marriage of Heaven and Hell
ISBN: PB: 9781851243662, Bodleian Library Publishing, April 2011
184 pp., 23.5x15 cm, 52 colour illus.
No work has challenged its readers like Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". His "Proverbs of Hell" have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented, it is all of thes...
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£14,99
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Bound for Success Catalogue for Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2009
ISBN: HB: 9781851243525, Bodleian Library Publishing, June 2009
112 pp., 26.4x19.6 cm, 242 colour illus.
This catalogue illustrates each entry in the prestigious bookbinding competition held by Designer Bookbinders, one of the foremost bookbinding societies in the world. The Designer Bookbinders International Competition is being held at the Bodleian Li...
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