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A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, the Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper
by Nicholson, James B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1874 12mo (19.5 cm), 318, [2], 23 pp, 12 plates, 7 leaves of marbled paper. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered title on the spine (binding chipped at the head of the spine and rubbed at extremities, a bookplate on the front free endpaper, inside a fresh and bright copy). Stereotype of the first edition published in 1856.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
(PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006327
- Title
- A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, the Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper
- Author
- Nicholson, James B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Carey Baird
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1874
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Bookbinding;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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- Marbled Paper
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- 12mo
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