Beautiful bookbindings: a thousand years of the bookbinder's art
by Marks, P. J. M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2011. Small 4to, pp. 192; over 100 color photographs of bindings of the highlights of the British Library's collection, accompanied by short descriptions; purple cloth, gilt title on spine, previous owner's small signature at top corner of half title, else fine in fine pictorial dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60162
- Title
- Beautiful bookbindings: a thousand years of the bookbinder's art
- Author
- Marks, P. J. M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Press and The British Library
- Place of Publication
- New Castle and London
- Date Published
- 2011
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- Books on Books; Bindings;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....