The Art of the Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novel by Bettley, James

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London: V&A Publications,. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good Dustjacket. Light shelfwear to DJ. Light shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

London: V & A Publications, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Octavo. 208 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a black pictorial dust jacket. Moderatel wear to the jacket. Old price sticker on the jacket's front panel. A sound copy and clean within.

V & A Publications, 2001-06-29. Hardcover. Very Good. 208pp. (black spine) 4to. 2001. First edition. A A lovely, clean, tight very good plus copy in very good wrapper. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions in colour. Gilt embossed title to the spine. A light bump to the tail of the spine. A slight indentation mark to the front board with a more noticable corresponding mark in the wrapper. One very short tear to the tail of the front panel - now expertly repaired. Light shelf wear to the wrapper. The wrapper is not price-clipped. One short split to the wrapper along the edge of the spine. A lovely copy in very good wrapper.

V&A Publications, London, first edition, 2001. Cloth, 4to,. 208 pp, 100 colour ills. From the blurb: "Illuminated Manuscripts, comics, fine bindings, the classics of children's literature, artists' books and their working documents - these are just some of the items to be found in the National Art Library at the V & A. This fascinating and attractive volume explores the ways in which books represent art and literature, and how the marriage of word and image can create a work of art in its own right. In a series of thematic chapters, the authors draw on their wide-ranging expertise to look at the Library's major holdings, and in the process illustrate the main aspects of book design and production over the centuries. With medieval books of hours sitting alongside contemporary paperback novels, the choice is wonderfully varied, from Leonardo da Vinci to Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Joan of Arc to Judge Dredd, Aesop to Charles Dickens, and Babar the Elephant to Ian Fleming. The superb… Read More

Contents: Illumination (the decorated page) -- Nineteenth-century book illustration -- Bindings -- Documentary manuscripts -- Children's books -- Comics -- Poetry and experimental typography -- Book art -- Contemporary art and publishing. 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. First edition, first printing. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

London: V&A Publications , 2001 near as new, 208pp, examples from the various periods and styles of book production both internally and externally. well illustrated in full page colour photogrphy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.