Successive published editions of T.E. Lawrence’s fly-on-the-wall account of service in the ranks of the Royal Air Force in the 1920s, titled The Mint, have all included, after the title page, what appears to be a dedication of the text to the editor and writer Edward Garnett.
When preparing our edition of ‘The Mint’ and...
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The “dedication” of T. E. Lawrence’s THE MINT
Some thoughts on book design
I believe that the fundamental purpose of a book is to preserve and communicate information (which could be any kind of text or graphic). I do not believe that the physical form of a book should push that fundamental purpose into second place. If that happens, the result loses its moral claim to be...
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