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American book design and William Morris
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- Creator
- Susan Otis Thompson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : R. R. Bowker Co., 1977
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0835209849, 9780835209847
- OCLC
- ocm03168961
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 231-250.
- The ordinary book of the nineteenth century -- Bibliophilic aspirations -- Classic & Romantic book styles -- The Arts & Crafts movement -- The Arts & Crafts book model -- Contemporary comment -- Boston & its "literary publishers" -- Bruce Rogers & J.M. Bowles -- Commercial printing in Boston -- The Arts & Crafts years of Daniel Berkeley Updike -- Chicago & its "literary publishers" -- Private presses in the Chicago area -- The typographic styles of Will H. Bradley -- Frederic W. Goudy & his protegés -- New York & trade publishing -- Theodore Low De Vinne's opintion of Arts & Crafts -- Commercial & private presses in the New York area -- Elbert Hubbard : "an American William Morris" -- Thomas Bird Mosher : the aesthetic pirate -- Presses in the rest of the country -- Some American versions of Kelmscott types -- Chronology & perspectives -- Appendix : Morris' statements on book design