Pre-publication Discount Subscriptions
are
now available for the catalog of
The
Third Exhibition of
American Decorated Publishers' Bindings, 1872-1929
Collected and Described
by Richard Minsky
(click the title above or here to view the gallery installation)
The Holy Cross
Design by Louis J. Rhead, 1893
300 DESIGNS NOT SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS TWO EXHIBITIONS
If you missed the first exhibition, copies of the catalog are still available.
You may be
able to read a copy of the first catalog at a library near you.
Look at the list of institutions
that have the catalog in their collection.
PRICES BELOW IN EFFECT THROUGH March 31, 2010
EGYPT
Design by Sarah Wyman Whitman, 1892
Vellum stamped in gold (bright spot is reflection of light)
Also issued in brown stamped suede.
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The list of cover artists is still being formed as research continues on the bindings in this exhibition. Those cataloged to date include the following (artists not in the previous two exhibitions are teal):
There are three versions of this catalog being planned for publication Spring, 2010. The pre-publication subscription price indicated is the final payment and not a deposit. No further payment is due upon publication.
Librarians use this information to remove books from circulation and bring them to the Special Collections environment, saving them from further wear or loss. Curators, collectors and dealers use the information to purchase the few remaining copies of books that are available.
Please use the online ordering or subscription form below.
The catalog will be issued in three formats to complement the editions of the first and second volumes. 1.Deluxe Edition limited to 25 signed and numbered copies with
color photos of 300 designs that are not in the first two volumes, printed in
archival high resolution inkjet, in a hardbound cloth
binding by Richard
Minsky, based on a cover design in this edition. This will
be a different design than the first two catalogs, and will be in the 13" x 9.5" format. The CD-ROM
accompanies the book in a separate plastic case.
2. Limited Edition with the same text as the Deluxe Edition, but in the slightly smaller 12" x 9" format, in a paper cover, an archival inkjet printed dust wrapper, and polyester protective overwrap. Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. The CD-ROM is included in a separate plastic case.Projected publication price: $750.00
3. CD-ROM
Edition with all
the text and images of the Deluxe Edition in PDF
format and a database including
separate fields for title, author, publisher, date, designer, description of
binding, variants, and digital images from scans or photographs of all the books. The discs used are MAM-A Gold
Archive, which claims a
200+ year data life. A browser-viewable version of the checklist with
small images of
every book is on the disk, the archive of Subscribers' Newsletters, and some
19th century references that we have converted to PDF for easy viewing.
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The
Pre-Publication Subscription Prices below are valid through March 31,
2010.
Prices will increase April 1, 2010. A pre-publication subscriber's
price will not increase when the publication price increases thereafter.
