Isbn: 9781870882231 - diary of a master printer: a year in the life of the printer to the university, oxford (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. [One of 400 copies printed]. 8vo. 24cm. Pp. 304. Plates, some in colour. Boards. D.w. Foreword by John Randle. A most engaging record by the pre-eminent printing manager of his day - who was also a practical printer and a man of broad cultural interests - describing the view from the centre of a great printing house towards the end of the trade letterpress era. Admirably edited, with an extensive introduction, chronology, list of persons named and appendices containing some of Ridler's other writings. New.…

Condizione: New. NEW - Hardback edition. ? Vivian Ridler was a master of the typographer?s art and, during his tenure as Printer to the University from 1958 to 1978, earned a reputation for managerial nous and technical rigour.?Diary of a Master Printer . . . [is] a gently humorous record of a testing period. . . .Sightings of authors are treasurable; a visit from Philip Larkin, then editing The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse, is the occasion for ?an exotic meal . . . of pheasant and raspberry flan? . . . Harold Pinter?s play Old Times is ?the usual hynotic, menacing stuff, well acted, but thin on substance?, and a trip to see Peter Brook?s interpretation of A Midsummer Night?s Dream yields the verdict that Shakespeare survives ?after a lot of punishment and brilliant ring-craft . . . but only just? . . . Elegantly produced.?Henry Hutchings, Times Literary Supplement. ?The insights are fascinating. Ridler was a shrewd judge of character and ability and clearly identified the problems that we.…