04/14/2022
A fascinating book dropped recently focusing on David Godine’s career and 50 years of MAKING books.
“ 'Godine at Fifty' amounts to an autobiography of sorts, the story of a book-making life, and also an elegy for a kind of publishing — beginning back when books were signed up by companies that were not part of huge conglomerates, still printed with hot metal and sold almost exclusively in brick-and-mortar stores..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/books/looking-back-on-50-years-of-making-beautiful-books.html
“Godine at Fifty,” showcasing some 300 of David Godine’s favorite books from his career, is an autobiography of sorts and an elegy for a kind of publishing.