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TEXAS GAME AND FISH Magazine - October, 1952 - Vol. 10, No. 11
Published by Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission, Austin, Texas, 1952
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Saddle-stapled wrappers. Condition: Very Good+. B&w illustrations (illustrator). Periodical. 32pp [light edge wear] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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SUAVE MECHANICALS; ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING. VOLUME I. [Vol. One-1.]
Language: English
Published by Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2013., 2013
ISBN 10: 0979797454 ISBN 13: 9780979797453
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). xii, 522, [3] pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.25cm. Dark green dust jacket rubbed with some bumping/scuffing at edges. Brown cloth; spine heel lightly bumped. Slight soiling to text block edges. Past owner's pencil notes regarding book purchase and two errors on front free endpaper; associated pencil markings on pages 104, 106-107, and 119 (possible other markings present but they eluded discovery upon a cursory perusal); some light brown soiling to fore-edge margins of a few scattered leaves. Affixed to rear pastedown is sealed pocket containing DVD-ROM which has caused a circular impression to book's rear leaves. Binding is firm. With Editor's Preface, color and b/w illustrations, Author Biographies, Index, and Colophon. Features nine essays: "Historical Repair, Recycling, and Recovering Phenomena in the Islamic Bindings of the University of Michigan Library: Exploring the Codilogical Evidence" by Evyn Kropf; "Protection against the Evil Eye? Votive Offerings on Armenian Manuscript Bindings" by Sylvie L. Merian; "Colonial Blankbooks in the Winterthur Library" by Consuela G. Metzger; "A Primer on Signed Bindings" by Robert J. Milevski; "Not Just Another Beautiful Book: A Typography of American Scaleboard Bindings" by Julia Miller; "Beating, Rolling, and Pressing: The Compression of Signatures in Bookbinding Prior to Sewing" by Jeffrey S. Peachey; "European Influence in the Binding of Mexican Printed Books of the Sixteenth Century" by Martha E. Romero; "Papier-Mache Bindings: 'Shining in Black and Gorgeous with Pearl and Gold'" by Jennifer W. Rosner; "The 1715 Mohawk Prayer Book: A Study of Six Copies in Colonial American Scaleboard Bindings" by John Townsend. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 9780979797453.
