Una bibbliografia essenziale

There are many books about books, telling their story, and how they were developed trhough time and generations. Most of the information that I gathered for this blog was found online, but always based on the research found in many existing books. Now I will mention some of this important works that help to better understand the story of books and their importance.

• Studies in the History of Bookbinding, by Miriam Foot (1992)

Case studies about bookbinding - how it is done, and the several characteristics of the processes from earlier times to modern days.

• Book Manufacturing, by Richard Hollick (1986)

Accurate descriptions of the book's manufacturing process throuchout the times, and especification of the techniques, objects and mechanized machines used.

• The Book: Story of Printing & Bookmaking, by Douglas C. McMurtrie (1990)

Describes the story of the book's production: the several materials used, as well as machines and mechanized processes, enphasizing and explaining the printing process.

• Pocket Pal: A Graphic Arts Production Handbook, by International Paper (1989)

A deepen research about the graphics and designs of a book or handbook, described minutely attending to the most important details.

• Book Production: Composition, Layout, Editing & Design, by Dan Poynter (1992)

A book regarding the design approach to the books and the impact they have on the buyer, as well as a deepen understanding of how the design process happens and how to make it ready to print.

• The Bookbinding Craft &Industry, by Thomas Harrison (1990)

A book about the industrial process of book manufacturing and binding as well as the craft process from earlier times. Comparation and evaluation of the different techniques.


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Also, there are many books that tell stories involving books, such as my previous post of The Book Thief, and that show the importance of books in people's lives. These 3 are among my favourite ones.

• The Bookstore, by Deborah Meyler

A witty, sharply observed debut novel about a young woman who finds unexpected salvation while working in a quirky used bookstore in Manhattan.

• The case of the missing books, by Ian Sansom

Israel Armstorng, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, is just arrived in Ireland to take up is first post as a librarian when it's shut down and he ends ups stranded driving an old mobile library.

• The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler

As 6 californians get together to form a book club to discuss the novels of Jane Austen, their lives are turned upside down by troubled marriages, illicit affairs, changing relationships, and love.