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The Art and Science of Book Publishing
A reprint of Bailey's classic first published by Harper and Row in 1970. Contains a new preface (and now on alkaline paper). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Jocelyn Herbert
(Applause Books). "This wonderful, wonderful book, beautifully edited and staged (and I do mean that word) is four achievements in one: a record of a life's work presented brilliantly; a theatre workbook of practical value to every theatre design course in the country; an example to be followed of personal integrity, professionalism, and respect for the text; a model in publishing of how to link the written word and visual image creatively on the page." The Royal Arts Society Journal. Includes 525 photographs, 125 in color. Paperback.
The Athenaeum
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Gentleman Overboard
Out of print for over seventy years, Gentleman Overboard by Herbert Clyde Lewis is being rescued for today's readers to launch Boiler House Press's new series, Recovered Books. Halfway between Honolulu and Panama, a man slips and falls from a ship. For crucial hours, as he patiently treads water in hope of rescue, no one on board notices his absence. By the time the ship's captain is notified, it may be too late to save him... Rediscovered in 2009 by Brad Bigelow as part of tireless research for his popular Neglected Books website, Gentleman Overboard has since achieved the status of a cult classic and even become something of an international phenomenon, having seen translations into Spanis...
The Athenæum
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Athenaeum
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Harbart
This beloved cult novel—about a young man who makes a business of relaying messages from the dead—is now in a sparkling English translation Poor, poor, hard-luck Herbert Sarkar: born into a fancy Calcutta family but cursed from birth (his philandering movie director father is killed in a car crash and his mother dies soon after, when he’s still just a baby), he is taken as an orphan into his uncle’s house, only to fall further and further down the family totem pole. Despite good looks (“Hollywood-ish, Leslie Howard-ish)” and native talents, he is scorned by all but his kind aunt. Poor Herbert: so lovable but so little loved. Cheated of his inheritance, living on the roof in cast-off clothing, he pines for love, but all is woe: his own nephews beat him up. At twenty, however, he suddenly seems to possess the gift of speaking with the dead. Herbert is bathed in glory. From less than zero to starry heights—what an apotheosis. The wheel of fortune turns again, all too soon... Legendary, scathingly satiric, wildly energetic, deeply tender, Herbert is an Indian masterwork.
Saturday Review
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