ABC of Leather Bookbinding: An Illustrated Manual on Traditional Bookbinding.
by LHOTKA, Edward R
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. First edition. Small 4to, xii, 141 pp, illustrated. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear at the top of the spine
"The author, Edward R Lhotka, shares the leather bookbinding techniques he learned and perfected during his forty-eight years at the RR Donnelley and Sons Company's "Extra Bindery" in Chicago For twelve of these years (1924-1935) Lhotka was an apprentice and journeyman under the tutelage of the master bookbinder, Alfred de Sauty." ~Abstract courtesy OCLC
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1134
- Title
- ABC of Leather Bookbinding: An Illustrated Manual on Traditional Bookbinding.
- Author
- LHOTKA, Edward R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Press
- Place of Publication
- New Castle, Delaware
- Date Published
- 2000
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Leather Bindings, Bookbinding, Conservation, Restoration, Illustrated
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