Bookbinding for Amateurs: Being a Description of the Various Tools and Appliances Required and Minute Instructions for Their Effective Use
by Crane, W. J. E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: L. Upcott Gill Circa 1890; Moderately age toned endpapers, age wear down the gutters, age stains along top edges on pages 64-73, several pages have uncut top edge, otherwise clean and tight. Green cloth binding, black stamped decoration on front cover, stamped decoration on back cover, gilt stamped title and illustration on front cover, gilt stamped title on spine, bumped corners, bumped head and foot of spine, minor shelf soiling to covers. 184pp., including index.. Embossed Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 156 Engravings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB8888
- Title
- Bookbinding for Amateurs: Being a Description of the Various Tools and Appliances Required and Minute Instructions for Their Effective Use
- Author
- Crane, W. J. E
- Illustrator
- 156 Engravings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- L. Upcott Gill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Amateurs Bookbinding Guide, Bookbinding for Amateurs, Bookbinding Guide
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.