Bookbinding, its Background and Technique (Two volume set) by Edith Diehl - 1979

New York: Hacker, 1979. Reissue. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original illustrated cloth. Illustrated throughout with reproductions and drawings in black and white. 6 x 9 inches each. 657 pages total, plus errata.

Hacker Art Books, 1979. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Volumes 1-2 included. Volume 1 condition: Spine is lightly shaken, but binding is secure. Top edge of text block is very lightly foxed, not visible inside pages. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Volume 2 condition: Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Two small, light stains on top edge of text block, not visible inside pages. Inside pages are clean and unmarked.

Hacker Art Books. Used - Very Good. 1979. Hardcover. Illus. cloth, no dj. Two volumes. Facsimile reprint of the 1946 edition. Bright, clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).

NY: Hacker Art Books. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. 0878172556 . Two-volumes: xx, 251pp + 91 black and white plates; vi, 406pp. Uniformly bound in illustrated cloth with engraved scenes of 18th century bookbinding shop. Many illustrations, glossary, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Hacker Art Books, 1979. 2 volumes, complete. Brand New in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1979 reprint of the 1946 originals. Volume 1: xxi, 251pp.+ 92 plates; Volume 2: vi, 406pp. A classic bookbinding history and treatise on binding practice; the first volume being devoted to the history and the second to the technique of bookbinding. In addition to 92 plates (mostly of bindings) at the end of volume 1, there are 242 figures (line drawings by Edna M. Kaula) in the text of volume 2. The two volumes are uniformly bound in pale yellow pictorial cloth with gold and black spine lettering. A full wrap-around scene from an early bookbindery (17th or 18th century?) appears in black on the covers of both volumes. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for… Read More