A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding
by Nicholson, James B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713624183
- ISBN 13
- 9780713624182
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
I. Nevins, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Crip, bright, clean pages; square, secure binding; full cloth cover bears some sunning at the spine, gentle softening at the spine heel and spots of surface rubbing at heel and corners as well as two very small, closed tears with attendant creases along the top edge of the marbled paper sample pasted on the front, otherwise lovely. Numbered 27 of 300 and signed by Iris Nevins on the copyright page. Nevins provides the 18 samples of hand-marbled papers made using the directions in the text, replacing the seven samples made by Charles Williams for the original edition of 1856.; Signed by Illustrator.
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- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070803
- Title
- A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding
- Author
- Nicholson, James B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0713624183
- ISBN 13
- 9780713624182
- Publisher
- I. Nevins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed by Author;
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Glossary
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...