Bibliography and modern book production : notes and sources for student librarians, printers, booksellers, stationers, book-collectors / assembled by Percy Freer ; with a foreword by H. R. Raikes ; elaborated and indexed by Vibeke Berg-Sonne ; [with a new introduction by Veronica Klipp].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freer, Percy, author.

Contributor:

Raikes, H. R., writer of foreword.

Berg-Sonne, Vibeke, editor.

Klipp, Veronica, 1961- writer of introduction.

Series:

Wits Press RE/PRESENTS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibliography--Methodology.

Bibliography.

Books and reading.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 345 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Published edition.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Covering key developments in bibliography and publishing, from the history of writing and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing up to the 1940s.<br><br><i>Bibliography and Modern Book Production</i> is a fascinating historic journey through the fields of print history, librarianship and publishing. It covers key developments from 1494 to 1949 in bibliography and book production from the history of scripts and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing. Although not a textbook, the book was a guide for library students in the 1950s on the essential literature of librarianship.<br><br>As the first librarian appointed to Wits University in 1929, Percy Freer's near encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject of bibliography enabled him to develop a key resource for relevant library examinations in South Africa and abroad.<br><br>Due to its immense value as a historic record, and to acknowledge Freer's contributions as scholar, librarian and publisher, it is being reissued as part of the Wits University Press Re/Presents series to make it accessible to scholars in book histories, publishing studies and information science.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introductory Note

Addenda

Part 1. Bibliography

I. The Bibliographers Define Bibliography

II. Literature of Bibliography and Modern Book Production

III. Bibliographies

IV. Compilation and Arrangement

V. Collation and Description of Books (Old and New) Their Structure and Parts

Part 2. Modern Book Production

VI. Historical Introduction

VII. Paper

VIII. Printing

IX. Illustration

X. Facsimiles and Near-Print

XI. Bookbinding

XII. Practical Authorship

XIII. Modern Fine Printing

Appendix: Examination Questions

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Apr 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781776149117

1776149114

OCLC:

1500230946