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A good review
A past Capital A project, John Hutchins’s Diggers, Constables, and Bushrangers, got a good review from the Journal of Australasian Mining History (vol. 10, 2012): Hutchins’ book has the added value of clearly placing New Zealand as a small but … Continue reading
New Upton book compiles Little Big Horn literary gems
Capital A recently worked on the design and production of the latest Upton & Sons book. Richard Upton compiled Custer Catastrophe at the Little Big Horn, 1876 from nine chapters that were originally published in smaller forms, often not with … Continue reading
Gold in exchange for steel
Excitement reigns in the quaint office of Capital A this morning. Firearms of the Fur Trade: The Encyclopedia of Trade Goods, Vol. 1, a book we worked on for an extended period of time, won Gold for the 2012 Independent … Continue reading
We work behind the scenes.
I was surprised and delighted to see a mention of one of my projects in the latest issue of the University of Montana’s alumni magazine. (I graduated from UM in 2001.) An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party’s Alder … Continue reading
A Different Era
Most of the books that we work on here at Capital A cover the history of the exploration and development of the western United States from about 1830 to about 1880–the Oregon-California Trail, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dust Jackets, Hellstorm, typefaces, Warnock, World War II
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Beautiful books
Dominic Pulera, a former client (I designed his book Green, White and Red: The Italian-American Success Story a couple of years ago*), sent me a New York Times article, “Selling Books by Their Gilded Covers,” by Julie Bosman, this week. … Continue reading
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Tagged cloth, Green White and Red, Library of Congress, Pulera, stamping
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A Closetful of Upton Dust Jackets
As mentioned last week, the reprint of The Custer Tragedy: Events Leading Up To and Following the Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876, has arrived. Quite pleased with how the dust jacket turned out, we wanted to share with you … Continue reading
Coming in with Spring
We just received the reprint of The Custer Tragedy: Events Leading Up To and Following the Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876. The year 1939 was the original printing of the book. The new dust jacket will be previewed next … Continue reading
Before We Edit and Design
Create a Length estimate Before the editing and book design process begins, we a provide a length estimate for our clients. This gives us an idea of the amount of work ahead of us as well as a cost estimate … Continue reading
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Tagged Editing and Book Design, Length Estimate, Open Office, spreadsheet
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An afternoon of history with a Spanish professor
As she answered the phone, all that could be heard was a dog barking, followed by a breathless “hello?” Laughing, she apologized as she took care of the dog and returned to the call, lively in every word and excited … Continue reading →