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Single copy back issue prices (limited quantities exist):
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Article Index
In Number 9, the first issue in Volume III, we provide Counter readers with an index of the contents of Volumes I and II. Copies of all issues except Number 6 are available.
Number
1, Fall 1994
Number 2, Spring 1995
Number 3, Fall 1995
Number 4, Spring 1996
Number 5, Fall 1996
Number 6, Spring 1997
Number 7, Fall 1997
Number 8, Spring 1998
Number 9, Winter 1999
Number 10, Winter 2000
Number 11, Autumn 2001
Volume I
To the Reader, a letter from KK Merker
Center for the Book Undergoes Self-Study
There Is No Way To Read Shakespeare Without Reading a Book: An Interview with Max Thomas by Susanna Ashton
Papermaking Goes Electronic with Production of Videotape Series
Apprentice Bridget O'Malley to Take Up Residence at Minnesota Center for Book Arts; Tip-in of Center for the Book PB4 walnut paper
Center Members Works in Progress
Across the Counter
SHARP Notes: Getting Started in Book History by Jonathan Rose
Preserving de Motu Cordis: Peering in on the Conservation Lab
Wood Engraving Without Wood by Barry Moser
Old and New Fibers for Fine Papermaking by Timothy Barrett
Re:Quest
Endnotes
Encounters
Center for the Book Events
National Events
Across the Counter
Re:Quest
The Origin & Use of the Long s by James Mosley
Trying to Print in Israel by Yehuda Miklaf
The Forgotten Art of the Punchcutter by RH Middleton. Reprint with notes by Stan Nelson
Reviews:
Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Type, Geoffrey Dowding. Reviewed by Richard EckersleySimon de Colines, An Annotated Catalogue of 230 Examples of His Press, 1520-1546, Fred Schreiber. Reviewed by Alastair Johnston
Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries, Donald C. Dickinson. Reviewed by Daniel Woodward
The Center for the Book Graduate Certificate Proposal
Over the Counter
The Dance of Death by Roderick Cave. With block cut illustration by Trevor Hickman
The Polymer Relief Plate: A General View by James Trissel
Damping, Dwell and Bite: Advice from Will Ransom on Good Impression by Roderick Cave
Eccentric Typography and Other Diversions in the Graphic Arts by Walter Hart Blumenthal
William Morris & The Kelmscott Press: One Hundred Years After the Death of Its Founder by Jerry Kelly
Review
Literature and Orality in Ancient Greece, Rosalind Thomas. Reviewed by James T. Chambers
Selected Events and Exhibitions
A Letter From the Coordinator by Timothy Barrett
The Ellesmere Chaucer as a Landmark in the History of the Book: Some Preliminary Notes by Daniel Woodward
Feeding the Ghosts and Revisiting Dard Hunter by Roderick Cave; three tip-ins of Chinese paper
Reviews
Some Notes on Beyond the Map, edited by Enid Mark. Notes by Enid MarkBeyond the Map, edited by Enid Mark. Review by Charles Seluzicki
Quarry West 32: William Everson & Artists' Books, edited by Felicia Rice. Review by Janice Braun
Profiles
Katherine Tachau by Hillary J. Gardner
Jim Snitzer by Hillary J. Gardner
Volume II
Over the Counter
The Story of an Old Press by Sidney A. Kimber
Encounters: New Books
Peculiaria ac privata: Thoughts on the Historiography of Private Presses & the Bibliographical Description of Fine Printing by Roderick Cave
Reviews
American Book Design and William Morris, Susan Otis Thompson. Review by Jerry Kelly
A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, Bernard C. Middleton. Review by Pamela Spitzmueller
Profiles
Brooks Landon by Hillary J. Gardner
Pamela Spitzmueller by Hillary J. Gardner
Over the Counter by Kim Merker
Codifying the Comma and Colon: Thoughts on Re-reading Pause and Effect by Roderick Cave
Artists' Books: Historical Conceptions to Electronic Possibilities by Johanna Drucker; with seven photos by Brad Freeman
Encounters: New Books
Reviews
Opacity & Translucency, a portfolio of papermakers and printers in collaboration. Review by Sandra KroupaWomen Bookbinders, 1880-1920, by Marianne Tidcombe. Review by Pamela Spitzmueller
Profiles
Jonathan Wilcox by Hillary J. Gardner
Timothy Barrett by Hillary J. Gardner
Over the Counter by Kim Merker
A Selection of Fine Bindings Designed & Executed by William Anthony by Hillary J. Gardner
Checklist of Works By and About William Anthony, compiled by Tom Conroy and Annie Tremmel Wilcox
Privish and Perish? A Case Study of Pressbook Production in Britain Between the Wars by Roderick Cave
Review
Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading, Robert DeMaria. Review by Christopher Decker
Profiles
David Schoonover by Hillary J. Gardner
Glen Epstein by Hillary J. Gardner
Encounters: New Books
Volume III
Over the Counter
Who Was Franklin Thomas Grant Richards? by Rosemary Erickson Johnsen
Would Morris Benton Steal Sheep? by Richard W. Beatty
William Caxton's Prose & Fifteenth-Century Textual Culture by Kristin Hofer
Reviews
Printing on the Iron Handpress, Richard-Gabriel Rummons. Review by Gerald Lange
Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire: An Exploration, J. Don Vann and Rosemary VanArsdel, eds. Review by Deana Heath
Profiles
Carl Orgren by Hillary J. Gardner
David Dunlap by Hillary J. Gardner
Encounters: New Books
InCounter, an index
Over the Counter
Guido Morris and 'the black milk of the Stephani' by Roderick Cave
The Dead Speak: Victorian Manuscript Collections by Anne Lundin
Reviews
The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century, John Brewer. Review by David A. Brewer
A Degree of Mastery: A Journey through Book Arts Apprenticeship, Annie Tremmel Wilcox. Review by Sidney F. Huttner
Profiles
Ralph Keen by Hillary J. Gardner
Helen Ryan by Hillary J. Gardner
Encounters: New Books
Number 11: Autumn 2001
Over the Counter by Timothy Barrett, Director
Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, and the Wisdom of Employing an Armenian Dragoman by Roderick Cave
The Oxford English Dictionary Online: An Essential Source for Everyman by Helen Ryan
Nicholson Baker's Double Fold, and The Value of Original Documents by Timothy Barrett
Review
Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America, Megan L. Benton. Review by Helen Ryan
Encounters: New Books
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