{"product_id":"9781405124126","title":"A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMark Bland\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts\u003c\/i\u003e provides an introduction to the language and concepts employed in bibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain to early modern manuscripts and printed texts   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWinner, Honourable Mention for Literature, Language and Linguistics, American Publishers Prose Awards, 2010\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased almost exclusively on new primary research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how to use the information gleaned as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes clear why such matters are important and the purposes to which such information is put\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures illustrations that are carefully chosen for their unfamiliarity in order to keep the discussion fresh\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Bland\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing at De Montfort University, UK. He has published extensively on early printed books and manuscripts, paper, censorship, stemmatics, and editorial practice, as well as on Ben Jonson and his contemporaries. He is the editor of the forthcoming Oxford edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of Ben Jonson\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 February 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405124126\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312988254348,"sku":"9781405124126","price":112.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405124126.jpg?v=1780283952","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405124126","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}