Bookbinding: Its Background and Technique (Two Volumes Bound as One)
by Diehl, Edith
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486240207
- ISBN 13
- 9780486240206
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications. Very Good. 1980. Reprint. Paperback. 0486240207 . Card covers show some shelf wear, top fore corner creased. ; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 768 pages; "Edith Diehl (18761955) was one of the world's foremost practitioners of traditional bookbinding and an exceptionally able teacher. From the vantage point of a lifetime's experience, she gives today's bookbinders a historical survey of this centuries-old art and an eminently practical guide." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21695
- Title
- Bookbinding: Its Background and Technique (Two Volumes Bound as One)
- Author
- Diehl, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0486240207
- ISBN 13
- 9780486240206
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0486240207, Bookbinder, Technique
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...