William Blades
Author
Language
English
Description
This 1880 book, written by the great British bibliophile, is a thorough review of the many sources of book destruction. There are chapters on such enemies as fire, water, heat, neglect, bigotry, book worms, collectors, servants, and children. The book ends with a passionate plea for book preservation.
Author
Language
English
Description
This volume, published two years after Blades's death, explores the practice of securing books by chaining in England and abroad. Other chapters deal with such topics as the use and development of signatures in books; early schools of typography; and the invention of printing. Informative and readable, Books in Chains will be of interest to bibliophiles everywhere.
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
Why do students often graduate from high school unprepared for college writing? And what can we do about it? These are the questions that a group of classroom teachers set out to explore. Over the course of seven years, a group of middle, high school, college, and university teachers participated in a federally funded writing coalition project to implement innovative approaches to teaching writing. Together they developed this series of lesson plans...
