Victorian Yellowback Books

Synopsis

Illustrates the development of the famous series of Victorian ‘yellowback’ books popular on railway bookstalls in the 1850s and 1860s, which, technically, were an important new artistic venture at the time, incorporating the printing of multi-coloured designs on to a coloured wrapper. The slide set is based on an exhibition held in 1983.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; 30 slides. col.

Year of production

1998

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £32.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Documentation

Accompanying text.

Subjects

Crafts

Keywords

book publishing; popular culture

Distributor

Name

Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design

Email

c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk

Web

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/slidesets/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0161 247 1930

Fax

0161 247 6897

Address

The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG