Search Results: Authors starting with P from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Liverpool: P.P. Press, n.d.. cloth with gilt. Type Specimens. tall, narrow 4to. cloth with gilt. Two loosely laid-in booklets of additional specimens in addition to the bound in pages. Hinge loose. Cover worn at edges and corners, previous owner's stamp on front pastedown.

Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1958. cloth, dust jacket. Franklin, Benjamin. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 460 pages. First edition. Jacket soiled on spine, else a good copy. Franklin never got a chance to visit Italy. However, he had a influence on Italian life which Pace describes in this book.

London: Bowker, 1978. cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 424 pages. First U.S. edition. A handbook on organizing, managing and documenting materials in libraries that specialize in art and design. Indexed. Name in ink at top of free endpaper.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, (ii), 155 pages. First American edition. Translated from the Spanish. Mexican poet. Copyright deposit copy. One of two copies submitted by the publisher for copyright purposes. This copy not selected for the Library's collections. Copyright Office and Library of Congress surplus duplicate stamps. Lightly rubbed dust jacket with a closed tear at the top of the front panel.

Moscow: Publishing House "Iskustvo" ("Art"), 1961. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 422, (2) pages. The design and making of books from an editorial point of view. Discusses the initial concept, format, typeface, text format, rubrication and decoration, the role of illustration in the design, covers and wrappers, bindings, typography, and book layout and mock-up in various stages. The section on book layout and mock-up is rather lengthy, with many examples of mock-ups from actual practice. The author was an art editor. This is "Book one" of a set of two but each volume stands on its own. Dust jacket worn, chipped, with several tears.

[Washington: Library of Congress, 1987. broadside, printed on both sides, folded for mailing. Announcement for Nov. 30, 1987 reading containing Pack's poem "The Pack Rat.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1954. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 47, (10) pages. Exlibrary with markings. Covers spotted. Reproduction of the school book section of the earliest known American bookseller's reference list with bibliographical information on the books listed.

New York: Center for Book Arts, 2018. paperback. Center for Book Arts. 7.875 x 11 inches. paperback. 56 pages. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition at the Center for Book Arts (April 20 - June 30, 2018), Minnesota Center for Book Arts (July 20-September 30, 2018), and San Francisco Center for the Book (October 20, 2018 - January 30, 2019). The science of psychoanalysis has always held a great fascination for artists - both as a medium for reflection and as an instrument for creating meaning. Indeed, Freud's "cultural work" (per Thomas Mann) remains a popular subject for many contemporary artists. Similar to how images in dreams are visualizations of hidden thoughts, artistic creations probe the depths and meanings of our cultural self-perception, they portray the forces shaping not only the individual but also the collective unconscious. We are surrounded by the issues Freud named and analyzed, and we are also moved by them. The artwork in this exhibition is based directly or indirectly on these… Read More

Ames, IA: Iowa State University Library, 1973. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 226 pages. Iowa State University Series in Bibliography No. 3. Introduction, table of contents, list of illustrations. Indices of authors and titles. Black and white illustrations. Printed on recto only.

New York: F.S. Crofts & Co, 1931. cloth. thick 8vo. cloth. xx, 643 pages. Revised edition of 1931. (Besterman p.2886). Thousands of entries covering all aspects of medieval history. Covers faded; title page creased. Ink ownership inscription.

New York: M. Evans & Co, 1986. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. Biblio Novel. 8vo. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. 288 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fashion editor Hanna Coleman wishes to rise to Feature Editor at the trendy Urban Life magazine, and knows just the thing to impress the Editor-in-Chief: A proposal for a new column called UrbanWoman, which she, being an urban woman, would be well-qualified to write. And the first article won't be just anything: she proposes an article on "Mansharing," the solution to the shortage of eligible men in Manhattan. Her boss accepts, on the condition that she write the article based on her own experience (as an urban woman)! With a premise like that, something has to follow.

(Charleston, SC): Arcadia Publishing, 2005. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. First edition. Filled with illustrations.

Gilmanton, NH: C.H. Page, 1934. self paper wrappers. Page, C.H.. narrow 8vo. self paper wrappers. 96 pages. From the Library of Curtis Hidden Page also a Few New Books from Special Presses. First catalogue issued. Contains a lengthy introduction by Page explaining about the collecting bug. Inscribed by Page and dated March 1934. Tape repair at the upper staple. Penciled notes on the front cover. Front wrapper partially detached.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 12mo. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xii, 169, (3) pages. Preface by the author, table of contents, list of illustrations. Color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Covers slightly rubbed and scuffed at edges.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1905. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. Page, Walter H.. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. (xiv), 176 pages. First edition. Collection of ten essays by this publisher on publishing. Covers soiled and rubbed.

Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1980. cloth. Nevada. thick 8vo. cloth. xxv+(i), 558, (2) pages. Books & Pamphlets Relating to the History & Development of the Silver State. First edition. Introduction by W.V. Wright followed by detailed bibliography with annotations by the author. 2544 entries. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1987. cloth. 8vo. cloth. vii+(i), 690 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Designed as a reference guide, this bibliography lists more than 2200 magazine, newspaper and journal articles, books and dissertations written about magazines focusing on material printed after 1978. Provides a snapshot of the breadth and scope of the American magazine industry in the late 1980s in terms of both its business and its content.

N.P.: n.p., n.d.. single sheet. 10" x12" sheet folded in half. single sheet. 3+(1). at the Semi-annual Meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, April 26, 1893. Discusses the problem of facsimiles and reprints being passed off as originals. The lower edge is quite worn with paper loss at the outer corner, Several creases, chips and small closed tears.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. cloth, dust jacket. Caxton, William. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 227 pages. First U.S. edition. Illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. cloth, dust jacket. Caxton, William. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 227 pages. First edition. Illustrated.