The book: art & object
by Smith, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Merstham: [Published by the Author], 1982. Special cloth edition limited to 230 signed copies, 4to, pp. 68; 115 text illustrations, most in color; original brown cloth in pictorial paper dust jacket, fine. A detailed and intellectual look at designer bookbinding, the differences between 'art' and 'craft' in binding, and a detailed explaination of Smith's technique of "feathering."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51115
- Title
- The book: art & object
- Author
- Smith, Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Published by the Author]
- Place of Publication
- Merstham
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Fine Bindings , Art Books , Designer Bindings , Artists' Bindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books; Bindings;
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Rulon-Miller Books
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- Jacket
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