The Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas: Leo Steinberg’s Library of Prints edited with text by Holly Borham
Another well illustrated volume which focuses on how the influential American art historian Leo Steinberg
amassed a collection of more than 3,500 prints spanning 500 years to argue that before photography, prints functioned as the "circulating lifeblood of ideas".
Memento Mori : Memento Vivere
A traditional letterpress memorial and celebration of the life of librarian, bibliophile and printer Kathy Whalen, who died of cancer in 2020, written by her partner and co-publisher Graham Moss of Incline Press, in the style of a commonplace book. Original lino and woodcuts from printmakers Mark Hearld, Melanie Wickham, Bert Eastman, John Watson, and Nick Wonham.
A Colonial Book Market: Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment by Agnes Gehbald
A social history of books in late colonial Peru examining how books permeated late colonial society and how Peruvians participated in the global Enlightenment project.
Transient Print: essays on the history of printed ephemera edited by Dr Elaine Jackson and Dr Lisa Peters
Volume 5 in the Printing History & Culture from Peter Lang Ltd, this looks at the printed material often regarded as disposable by contemporaries from the 15th century to the 20th century, and shows how they can be used to interpret history and printing history and culture in particular. Forms discussed include chapbooks, commercially printed posters, papal indulgences and bellman’s sheets
Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary by Donald B. Smith
Born in 1861, William Henry Jackson self-identified as Métis, and fought for the working class and the Indigenous peoples of North America. This biography details his life mission, the establishment of a library for the First Nations in Saskatchewan, collecting as many books, newspapers, and pamphlets relating to the Métis people as possible.
