Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317).
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix A : paper and paper-related terminology in the present volume -- Appendix B : typeface terminology -- Appendix C : paper sizes -- Appendix D : binding terminology in the present volume -- Appendix E : book collectors' clubs and societies.
Summary:
This book offers readers all the terms needed for a 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--more than 1,300--that could be used in booksellers' catalogers, library records, and collectors' descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.