FLYING LEAVES AND ONE-SHEETS. Pennsylvania German Broadsides, Fraktur and Their Printers. With Edward L. Rosenberry.
by Earnest, Russell; Earnest, Corinne
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
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- As New/Dust Jacket Included
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE: ., 2005 pp. xiv, 337. Profusely illustrated with full page plates, many in color. Large 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Fine Copy. "This work is a well-illustrated history of the Pennsylvania German printing traditions as represented by over 130 of their broadsides and fraktur specimens. Printing in both German fraktur (black letter) and English, these intrepid early printers produced thousands of flyers, posters, and instructional pieces in varieties so extensive as to defy categorization. Their legal documents, such as marriage, baptism, and birth certificates, with their colorfully primitive motifs and borders, are highly collected today. However, their other works are also explored and explained in this ground-breaking work. More than 130 color and black-and-white works are illustrated in detail with dates, printers and purpose. Edward Rosenberry said in a review that "The first step in the recovery and understanding of a cultural heritage is to collect surviving evidence and arrange it in a systematic way for interpretation. Flying Leaves and One-Sheets starts that process. Readers of this book will gain insight into the folk-ways of the Pennsylvania German ethnic group and the impact it exercised upon American culture before 1876. This work introduces Pennsylvania German broadsides to the American public. It is a scholar's treat and a pleasure for all who look within." - From the Publisher's promotion - Oak Knoll. PA SHELF 04A Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. As New/Dust Jacket Included.
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- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 082A61
- Title
- FLYING LEAVES AND ONE-SHEETS. Pennsylvania German Broadsides, Fraktur and Their Printers. With Edward L. Rosenberry.
- Author
- Earnest, Russell; Earnest, Corinne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE: .
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN AMERICAN PRINTING BROADSIDES FRAKTUR PRINTERS RUSSELL EARNEST FLYING LEAVES AND ONE SHEETS FIRST EDITION REFERENCE ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- GERMAN-AMERICAN; PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN; REFERENCE / BOOKS ON BOOKS;
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About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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