THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS No. I. Bookbinding - Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
by Cockerell, Douglas; Lethaby, W. R. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
D. Appleton and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth spine over paper boards, black titles to front board, gilt spine titles. Deckled pages, b/w frontis illust. Includes glossary, index and specifications. Binding tight and square, light wear to corners and upper spine. Dealer stamp (Holmes Book Company, Los Angeles: 1913-1951) to inner pastedown, no interior markings. ; 342 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books On The Boulevard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56503
- Title
- THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS No. I. Bookbinding - Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
- Author
- Cockerell, Douglas; Lethaby, W. R. (editor)
- Illustrator
- Noel Rooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Date Published
- 1908
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- Crafts;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...