A history of English craft bookbinding technique / Bernard C. Middleton ; foreword by Howard M. Nixon
1978, 2nd supplemented edition. London : Holland Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #435552
ISBN: 0900470836
Physical description: xv, 326 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Contents: Material of leaves and folding -- Beating and pressing -- Sewing -- Endpapers -- Gluing the spine -- Rounding and backing -- Boards and their attachment -- Edge-trimming and decoration -- Headbands -- Back linings -- Covering -- Finishing -- Siding and pasting down -- Book repairs and restoration -- Equipment -- Appendices. The London bookbinding trade c. 1800 ; Working conditions and hours ; The growth of fine and wholesale binderies ; Specialization in book-edge gilding ; The arts and crafts movement and its influence on bookbinding methods and styles ; Investigation into the causes and prevention of leather decay -- Summary -- Author's Note -- Supplement -- Index -- Plates. Subjects: Bookbinding England History. craft workers.
Price: €65.00