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A Maker of Books : Alec Bolton and His Brindabella Press.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richards, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bolton, Alec, 1926-1996.
- Bolton, Alec.
- Brindabella Press--History.
- Brindabella Press.
- Officina Brindabella--History.
- Officina Brindabella.
- Publishers and publishing--Australia--Biography.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Bookplate designers--Australia--Biography.
- Bookplate designers.
- Private presses--Australia--Canberra (A.C.T.)--History.
- Private presses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (394 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2022.
- Summary:
- Alec Bolton and His Brindabella Press is an account of a passion: that of a publisher and the books he made for himself and his friends, keeping alive craft traditions that were threatened by unrelenting change. 'Printing is like religion', Alec Bolton once said. 'We live in sin, but with the hope of perfection before us.' And while his life circled around books and writing generally, it was above all with his private press, the Brindabella Press, that he won acclaim as an Australian book arts practitioner. He worked with modest resources from a lost era of letterpress printing in a small printery at his home in Canberra. Starting with one-page poems and pamphlets, he sought always to print better books. His editions of writers such as Barbara Hanrahan, Les A. Murray and Kenneth Slessor are now scarce and sought after. At the heart of everything was the poet Rosemary Dobson, his wife, who first suggested he take up letterpress printing and who wrote three of Brindabella's most lovely books.The transformation of the publishing program at the National Library of Australia is also part of the story told in this biography, based on the Bolton Papers at the Library. Branching out from the traditional biography format, this book illuminates the story of this talented creator through examining key works produced by the Brindabella Press, creating an innovative 'bibliobiography'. -- Provided by prepublication data and adapted from back cover.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- The Brindabella Press: A Brief Bibliography
- Endnotes
- References
- Index
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- "Brindabella Press: a brief bibliography:" pages 362-377.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Richards, Michael A Maker of Books
- ISBN:
- 9781922507082
- OCLC:
- 1343248458
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