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Article: Making books: design in British publishing since 1945.
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- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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Alan Bartram. Making Books: Design in British Publishing since 1945. London and New Castle, Del.: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 160 pp.; $39.95 US (paper). ISBN 0-7123-4633-3 (UK), 1-884718-93-0 (US).
For anyone interested in the making of books over the last half of the twentieth century, Alan Bartram's survey is fascinating. From the restrictions imposed by austerity and paper rationing in the late 1940s to the lush, colourful productions at the end of the century, the author takes us on an idiosyncratic tour of British book design and production. To do this, Bartram has selected sixty titles, mostly books of which he approves. For each of ...