A NEW INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY - Philip Gaskell (Hard Cover) 1978

by Philip Gaskell

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This title of the book is: The New Introduction to Bibliography. It is written by Philip Gaskell. About This Item: Oxford University Press. 1978. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. It has 438 pages of text, notes, references, illustrations, etc. From a Review: By his choice of title Gaskell relates the present work to McKerrow's Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students of 1927. This is a new and different book, since it surveys of the machine-press period up to I950, whereas McKerrow had stopped at 1800. Although Gaskell agrees with McKerrow that 'bibliography's over-riding responsibility must be to determine a text in its most accurate form', he is concerned with printing and book-trade history and related only indirectly to the establishment of the text. A masterly consolidation of the results of authoritative research during the past half century, the New Introduction is an invaluable work of reference which no library concerned with literary studies, printing history, or librarianship can afford to do without. Although described by the author as a 'manual', it is a most readable, fascinating book, in which a large amount of technical information has been digested and presented with superlative skill. For lucidity and precision Gaskell cannot be faulted; he writes vividly and with zest, and his descriptions of the production routines of the printing house have an actuality which derives from his own practical knowledge and expertise as a printer. CON

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 1978
• Condition: Good

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