The Beauty of Books
The Beauty of Books

The Beauty of Books

HD 📅 2011 📺 1 Season
Documentary

Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

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Season 1 · Episode 1

Cast

Richard Dormer
Richard Dormer
Narrator
Stephen Bayley
Stephen Bayley
Himself - Author & Design Critic
Rick Gekoski
Rick Gekoski
Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer
Michelle Brown
Michelle Brown
Herself - University of London
Christopher de Hamel
Christopher de Hamel
Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Alison Bailey
Alison Bailey
Herself - Curator British Library
Andrew Biswell
Andrew Biswell
Himself - Burgess Biographer
Alixe Bovey
Alixe Bovey
Herself - University of Kent
Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman
Himself - Illustrator
John Gray
John Gray
Himself - Designer
Carolyne Larrington
Carolyne Larrington
Herself - St. John's College Oxford
Patricia Lovett
Patricia Lovett
Herself - Scribe & Illustrator
Edward Maggs
Edward Maggs
Himself - Rare Book Dealer
John McConnell
John McConnell
Himself - Designer
Scot McKendrick
Scot McKendrick
Himself - British Library
Paul W. Nash
Paul W. Nash
Himself - Bodleian Library Oxford
David Parker
David Parker
Himself - University of Birmingham
Sebastian Peake
Sebastian Peake
Himself
David Pearson
David Pearson
Himself - Designer
David Pelham
David Pelham
Himself - Designer

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