Bookbinding

Hardback, Dustjacket. Both in Good condition. This is an Ex Library copy stamped to the front end papers and title page. 128 Pages. Not inscribed. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine.Dustjacket rubbed and slightly soiled. Price clipped. There are fifteen (15) Plates and many figures in the text. This is a work for all those who appreciate books and who wish to preserve them. It introduces the reader to the fundamentals of bookbinding, giving a concise history of fine binding up to the present day, with photographs of the work of contemporary Engish binders, together with a short account of the early development of publishers' editing binding. Among the subjects covered are - technical terms, tools and equipment, preparation for rebinding, case binding, binding a book ' out of boards ', other forms of binding by hand, repairing old bindings, finishing, and making boxes and slip cases. Since it is not possible in a work of this size to cover every facet of the subject in detail, a useful bibliography has been included for those who wish to extend their technical and historical knowledge by further reading.…