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Oak Knoll Books and Press is a bookseller and publisher based in New Castle, Delaware. Oak Knoll Books specializes in the sale of rare and antiquarian books. Its publishing imprint, Oak Knoll Press, publishes "books about books" on topics such as printing history, bibliography, and book arts.[1][2] Oak Knoll has also been the sponsor of the book arts festival Oak Knoll Fest.

About

A photograph of the front exterior of the building where Oak Knoll Books and Press is located.
Oak Knoll in New Castle, DE

Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, its current owner. He created Oak Knoll Press in 1978.[3][4] Both parts of Oak Knoll specialize in books "about book collecting, book selling, bibliography, libraries, publishing, private press printing, fine printing, bookbinding, book design, book illustration, calligraphy, graphic arts, marbling, papermaking, printing, typography and type specimens plus books about the history of these fields."[5]

Currently, Oak Knoll Books has an inventory of about 29,000 titles.[5] Oak Knoll Press publishes approximately 15 titles per year and co-publishes with partners such as the Library of Congress, the Bodleian Library, Winterthur, the American Antiquarian Society, and the Private Libraries Association.[5][6] Oak Knoll also distributes publications issued by organizations such as the Grolier Club, the Center for Book Arts,[7] and the CODEX Foundation.[8] Articles about books published and distributed by Oak Knoll have been featured in publications such as Smithsonian.com[9] and The Atlantic.[10]

Oak Knoll is a member of several professional organizations, including the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America,[1] the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers,[2] and the Association of American Publishers.[11][12]

Press titles

Below are examples of books published by Oak Knoll Press:

  • ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter (author)[13]
  • Books as History: The Importance of Books Beyond Their Text by David Pearson (librarian) [15]
  • The Encyclopedia of the Book by Geoffrey Ashall Glaister[16]
  • A New Introduction to Bibliography by Philip Gaskell[17]
    • A text on the "techniques and routines of 19th and 20th century book production"[18][19]
  • Principles of Bibliographical Description by Fredson Bowers[20]
  • The Typographic Desk Reference by Theo Rosendorf [21]
    • "A reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems"[22]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b "ABAA: Oak Knoll Books – Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America". abaa.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. ^ a b "Oak Knoll Books - Book dealer - ILAB-LILA – International League of Antiquarian Booksellers". ilab.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. ^ "Oak Knoll Books". oakknoll.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ^ "Oak Knoll Books and Oak Knoll Publishing - American Printing History Association". printinghistory.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  5. ^ a b c "Oak Knoll Press". oakknoll.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  6. ^ "Books on Books from Oak Knoll". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  7. ^ "Shop | Center for Book Arts". centerforbookarts.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  8. ^ "Links - About - Codex Foundation". codexfoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  9. ^ "The Mad Challenge of Translating "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian". smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  10. ^ "The Lost Graphic Designs of a Short-Lived Democracy - The Atlantic". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  11. ^ "Member List | AAP – Association of American Publishers". publishers.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  12. ^ "Our Associations". oakknoll.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  13. ^ Carter, J.; Barker, N. (2004). ABC for book collectors. Oak Knoll Press. ISBN 9780712348225. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  14. ^ "John Carter, ABC for Book Collectors - Articles about rare books, antiquarian books, manuscripts, autographs, first editions, illustrated books,... - ILAB-LILA". ilab.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  15. ^ Pearson, D. (2008). Books as History: The Importance of Books Beyond Their Texts. British Library. ISBN 9780712349239. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  16. ^ Glaister, G.A. (1996). Encyclopedia of the Book. Oak Knoll Press. ISBN 9781884718144. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  17. ^ Gaskell, P. (1972). A new introduction to bibliography. Clarendon Press. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  18. ^ "Obituary: Philip Gaskell | Education | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  19. ^ "A NEW INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY | Philip Gaskell". oakknoll.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  20. ^ Bowers, F. (1986). Principles of Bibliographical Description. St. Paul's Bibliographies. ISBN 9781884718007. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  21. ^ Rosendorf, T. (2009). The typographic desk reference: TDR. Oak Knoll Books. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  22. ^ "The Typographic Desk Reference (TDR)". typedeskref.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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