Bookbinding For Schools

Tan cloth boards with illustrated and embossed picture on the front and back. No dust jacket as issued. The binding is secure and intact. The text block is age-toned, clear and unmarked. All the "Half Toned Illustrations" of elaborate bindings by Hewitt-Bates are present including the frontispiece "Danae" by Sturge Moore. Exlibris with previous owner's plate on front end paper.… Read more about this item

Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". J. S. Hewitt-Bates. A scarce, first edition of this interesting work on bookbinding, with illustrations. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by J. S. Hewitt-Bates, this work presents the art of bookbinding, with particular focus on its teaching in schools. The… Read more about this item

London: Dryad Handicrafts, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Douglas Cockerell. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 141, [1] pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates 22 cm. Subjects; Bookbinding. Methods Education. Handbooks. Specialised crafts.

The dryad press, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. Second Revised Edition. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations, with black and white plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, slightly heavier to endpapers. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping… Read more about this item