• Introduction The Dictionary Appendix
• 1. Paper Terminology
• 2. Typeface Terminology
• 3. Paper Sizes
• 4. Binding Terminology in the Present Volume
• 5. Book Collectors' Clubs and Societies About the Author Index.
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The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Book Sellers, Librarians, and Others is the definitive glossary of the book, offering readers all the terms they will need for thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term --- over 1,300 different words --- that could be used in booksellers' catalogs, library records, and collectors' descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary.
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• Foreword / by Joel Silver
• Introduction
• Some practical realities
• Running a rare book department
• Archives
• The physical materials of the collection
• Physical layout and operations
• Fund-raising
• Security
• Legal issues
• Bibliography
• Book collecting and handling
• Outreach
• Preservation, conservation, restoration, and disaster planning
• Special collections departments today
• Other issues
• Afterword.

From cuneiform, coins, and codices to prints, drawings, photographs, and maps, departments of rare books and special collections are the premier repositories of significant printed and manuscript works and artifacts. Entrusted with the responsibility of preserving the records of history and culture, these institutions enable access to millions of source materials. Berger, a veteran of rare book and special collections, offers a landmark examination of this field, aimed at practitioners in the library field, instructors teaching courses on the subject, booksellers, private collectors, historians, bibliophiles, and others involved in rare and unique materials. Showing readers everything they need to know about rare books and special collections, this wide-ranging book offers coverage of such key topics as: the profession s history and its relevance in the face of an increasingly digital world; archives relationship to the special collections department and their role in the wider institution; collection development, cataloging, processing, physical layout, and other operational functions, with coverage of acquisition sources and methods; what everyone needs to know about the physical materials in their care, including preservation, conservation, and restoration, storage, handling, and security; reference and outreach services, including a look at exhibitions and tours; fundraising and financial management; legal and ethical issues; forgeries, fakes, and facsimiles; bibliography and its impact on the rare book world, including a look at booksellers, donors, and auctions; the present state of books in our digital environment; the vocabulary of the trade. Rare Books and Special Collections presents a meticulous and systematic understanding of this growing field.

• The nature and origin of marbling : marbling in the Far and Near East
• The European cradle period
• Marbling in Germany
• Marbling in France
• The further spread of the craft in Europe
• The initial British experience
• The matured British trade
• Marbling in the New World, I
• Marbling in the New World, II
• The decline of the art in Europe : "pseudo-marbling" and marbling by machine
• The revival and later events
• Technical aspects of the craft, I : marbling process, equipment, and tools
• Technical aspects of the craft, II : chemical and physical bases and basic constituents and ingredients
• Technical aspects of the craft, III : the colors used
• The evolution of marbled patterns.

"A comprehensive examination of the art and craft of marbled paper and is applications, based on more than 25 years of research and practical experience."-- Provided by publisher.

Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins is Twain's most overt treatment of the moral and societal implications of slavery in America. This is the only edition available that is based on a completely re-edited text, accounting for all versions that Twain might have written or influenced. All textual variants, accepted or rejected, are included. The criticism section includes twenty-three reviews and interpretative essays, eight of them new to this edition.
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• Historical introduction
• Texts
• For the marbler
• Caragheen moss or gum tragacanth
• New technical advances in the marbling art
• The genuine marbling colors, their management and care
• The universal size
• The reconstruction of the universal size
• The conservation of caragheen size for a long durability
• The universal size: two new discoveries
• The best of the three discovered preservative materials.

"Josef Halfer practiced and taught marbling roughly three centuries after the craft had appeared in Europe, at a time when paper marbling was in decline and being replaced by mechanically-produced substitutes. However, his innovations coincided with recent advances in chemistry, biochemistry and bacteriology, and he was able to apply those recent advances to solving problems that had long inhibited progress in the marbling art. The techniques that Halfer pioneered enabled marblers to take the craft to new artistic levels, allowing more detailed patterns to be achieved than ever before, and resulting in the most delicate, intricate and beautiful forms that the medium is capable of producing. Richard Wolfe had previously written about Halfer in his Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns. (republished by Oak Knoll with corrections in 2018). In this book, Wolfe examines in more detail the contributions of one of the most important figures in the history of paper marbling, and he provides English translations of several of Halfer's "little texts." The author had written a draft of the Historical Introduction and roughly translated a number of Halfer's pamphlets on marbling before he died in October 2017. Sidney Berger agreed to take on the role of editor to help finalize the introduction and put the translations in publishable form. His efforts and the support of the Wolfe family have enabled Oak Knoll to bring Richard Wolfe's last major project to its intended readers."--Publisher's web page.