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A history of English craft bookbinding technique
Title:
A history of English craft bookbinding technique / Bernard C. Middleton ; foreword by Howard M. Nixon.
Edition:
4th rev. ed.
Publication Information:
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 1996.
Physical description:
xiii, 372 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
I. Material of Leaves and Folding -- II. Beating and Pressing -- III. Sewing -- IV. Endpapers -- V. Gluing the Spine -- VI. Rounding and Backing -- VII. Boards and their Attachment -- VIII. Edge-Trimming and Decoration -- IX. Headbands -- X. Back Linings -- XI. Covering -- XII. Finishing -- XIII. Siding and Pasting Down -- XIV. Book Repairs and Restoration -- XV. Equipment -- App. I. The London Bookbinding Trade c. 1800 -- App. II. Working Conditions and Hours -- App. III. The Growth of Fine and Wholesale Binderies --App. IV. Specialization in Book-Edge Gilding -- App. V. The Arts and Crafts Movement and its Influence on Bookbinding Methods and Styles -- App. VI. Investigation into the Causes and Prevention of Leather Decay.
Summary:
The sheer breadth of Bernard Middleton's classic study of the history of English bookbinding and its skill-demanding techniques has established this book as an essential work of reference for all practitioners and students of the subject. Mr. Middleton, a celebrated bookbinder and teacher, has updated and considerably expanded this new edition and has added many illustrations. A revised Supplement traces the evolution of English craft bookbinding since 1945, and for the first time the index, amended for this edition by Dr. Marianne Tidcombe, is comprehensive. This is a definitive study that belongs on the reference shelf of every bibliophile, librarian, book conservator, collector and binder interested in the book arts.
ISBN:
0712345191 (British Library)

1884718280 (Oak knoll Press)
Record ID:
SD_ILS:100759