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Explains how books are designed and bound, gives advice on basic and advanced binding techniques, and shows how to repair damaged books
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Laura S. Young taught bookbinding at both Columbia University and Pratt Institute.
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Bookbinding and Conservation by Hand; A Working Guide
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Binding is okay, with a little looseness at first signature. Pages are unmarked and barely aged. Cloth cover has a little wear to edges, and spine is mildly sun-lightened. No dustjacket, as issued.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages. Seller Inventory # 40527
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Bookbinding & Conservation By Hand; A Working Guide
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4To Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 273. Orange boards, white/black lettering. Text and illustration/photography is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Slight overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, faint foxing on textblock head. Seller Inventory # 118314
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Bookbinding & Conservation By Hand A Working Guide
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R. R. Bowker Company, New York & London, 1981
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bit of wear to board corners, spots of soil to head of text block. Binding firm, unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 001816
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Bookbinding and Conservation by Hand: A Working Guide
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Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand: A Working Guide
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Coryn, Sidonie (illustrator). Reprint. 273 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. "Designed as a working guide in the field of hand bookbinding and book conservation. Intended as a practical manual for teachers and their students; as an introduction guide to be followed by the beginner attempting to learn binding on his or her own; and as a ready reference for experienced binders, book collectors, book dealers, and librarians." - from Preface. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; BOOKBINDING REPAIRING CRAFTS HOBBIES. Seller Inventory # 523a2597
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Bookbinding & conservation by hand : a working guide / Laura S. Young ; illustrations by Sidonie Coryn ; photographs by John Hurt Whitehead III
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1st Edition. Very good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description: xiii, 273 p. ill. 26 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 259-261. Subjects: Bookbinding Handbooks, manuals, etc. Bookbinding. Books Conservation and restoration. Handbooks. Bookbinding methods. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 332072
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Bookbinding & conservation by hand : a working guide / Laura S. Young ; illustrations by Sidonie Coryn ; photographs by John Hurt Whitehead III
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New York : R.R. Bowker, 1981
ISBN 10: 0835213757
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1st Edition. Very good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description: xiii, 273 p. ill. 26 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 259-261. Subjects: Bookbinding Handbooks, manuals, etc. Bookbinding. Books Conservation and restoration. Handbooks. Bookbinding methods. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 332072
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Bookbinding and Conservation by Hand: A Working Guide
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