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Surrey, England: Merstham, 1982. First edition, 1982, number 56 of 230 in the limited special edition. This copy is housed in a custom made clamshell case. Illustrated in both color and in black and white. Brown cloth with dustjacket, case is tan and brown cloth. The book is very good with very light corner bumping, looks and feels new and… Read more about this item

(BOOKBINDING) SMITH, Philip. THE BOOK: ART & OBJECT. Merstham: Philip Smith, 1982. Small folio. Cloth, dust jacket. 2-68 pages. O of 230 copies, signed by the author and dated September 1982. A detailed look at designer bookbinding, focusing on a detailed explaination Smith's technique of "feathering." With a hundred and fifteen illustrations, many in color, of Smith's bindings and… Read more about this item

Merstham: [Published by the Author], 1982. Special cloth edition limited to 230 signed copies, 4to, pp. 68; 115 text illustrations, most in color; original brown cloth in pictorial paper dust jacket, fine. A detailed and intellectual look at designer bookbinding, the differences between 'art' and 'craft' in binding, and a detailed explaination of Smith's technique of "feathering."

Merstham: Philip Smith, 1982. Paperback in very good condition. Edges are mildly shelfworn, rear cover and spine slightly tanned and small mark to FEP. No other notable flaws. AD. Paperback. Very Good. Used.

Book. Good. Binding see description. Merstham, 1982. 4to. Orwrs. Richly illustrated with introduction and indexes. 0.