Description
The Green Lion Press takes as its special focus providing access to sources in history of science and history of mathematics. The Green Lion publishes reprints of out-of-print original classic texts, first (or distinguished new) English translations of important source texts, and guidebooks to difficult texts. These are texts that will have a long-term market, and we intend to keep them in print. We are willing to work with low volume sales over many years. Most of the mainstream publishers prefer books that will sell briskly for two or three years and can then go out of print, replaced by the next piece of the conversation. For that reason, they tend not to be interested in publishing classic original texts. This gives the Green Lion its niche. But we have other claims on your interest. Green Lion Press is a book lover's press. We have studied these texts in detail in our own scholarly work and taught them and worked through them with students. We have suffered the frustrations of books that fall apart upon being seriously read and of books that are badly or thoughtlessly laid out. Now we have our chance to produce the kind of books we want to use. Green Lion Press books are produced with love for books and respect for their functionality. All books are printed on high quality acid-free paper. Both soft-bound and cloth-bound editions have sewn bindings designed to lie flat and allow heavy use by students and researchers. ...