[Rarebooks] Disbound and Dispersed

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Announcing the first published book about the fascinating topic of 

 

Leaf Books

 

Oak Knoll is proud to be distributing a new book published by the Caxton
Club of Chicago entitled, "Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book
Considered." This book examines in detail the bibliophilic phenomenon known
as the Leaf Book. Click the following link to read more about this book (if
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We also have a very impressive stock of all kinds of leaf books, for which
we have created an online catalogue. Click the following link to see these
books:

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DISBOUND AND DISPERSED: THE LEAF BOOK CONSIDERED

This is the first in-depth examination of this bibliophilic phenomenon. A
leaf book is a book that contains an original leaf from an imperfect copy of
an historic book bound with an essay about the significance of the historic
book.  As such they provide a unique medium for both learning the history of
books while providing the opportunity to inspect (or own) a specimen of the
original.

   In this book, which accompanies a traveling exhibition of the same title,
the noted scholar Christopher de Hamel (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
University) provides an entertaining overview of this fascinating, if
arcane, chapter in the history of books. Joel Silver (Lilly Library, Indiana
University) focuses on 46 examples from some of the great rare-book
libraries in the United States, as well as from outstanding private
collections. The leaf specimens range from the Middle Ages to the modern
era; from Europe, the American colonies, and Mexico, to Hawaii and the Far
East.
Like a detective, Daniel Mosser (Virginia Tech) pieces together the story of
the Caxton Club of Chicago's 1905 leaf book, which involved breaking up an
incomplete copy of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the first book printed in
England, by William Caxton. In tracing the history of this leaf book, Mosser
illuminates the consequences for scholarship resulting from the
"cannibalizing" of old books to make "complete" volumes and the breaking up
of these to make leaf books. This process raises a number of historical,
ethical, and legal issues, which attorney and leaf-book collector Michael
Thompson examines here.

   The book concludes with a checklist of 242 leaf books, as many as are
currently known to the compiler, John Chalmers, based on previous
bibliographies and new research. Indexed. Contains 41 images, many in color.
Distributed for the Caxton Club by Oak Knoll Press.

2005, hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5 inches, 160 pages

ISBN 1584561610   Order No. 079481   Price: $45.00

Click here: <http://www.oakknoll.com/detail.php?d_booknr=79481>
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