A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding , Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing.
by Nicholson, James B
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- Hardcover
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- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0824038800
- ISBN 13
- 9780824038809
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Garland Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. 325 pp. Brown cloth, title gilt on spine. Facsimile of the original 1856 edition printed by Henry Baird. With a new introduction by Sidney F. Hunter. 12 plates. Intended for book collectors and amateurs, as well as for the "practical workman," Nicholson's manual is thought to have been the first written by an American. American bookbinding equipment is illustrated throughout. Printed on acid free paper. Fine, without dustjacket - as issued.
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books
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- 3327MB
- Title
- A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding , Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing.
- Author
- Nicholson, James B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0824038800
- ISBN 13
- 9780824038809
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Garland Series of Nineteenth-Century Book Arts and Printing History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Trade/History of Printing;
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Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
About Lippincott Books
We invite you to browse through the approximately 1800 books we have listed online on a wide variety of subjects, including strong holdings in Maine history and literature, lumbering, the North Woods of Maine, and Eastern Woodland Indians. We've been in business since 1975, over 25 years with a general antiquarian bookshop in Bangor.We are open by appointment; most of our stock of over 20,000 old and rare books have never been listed online, including a large selection of books on Maine and the Maine Woods. We are regularly adding to our inventory with new acquisitions.
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- Facsimile
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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