Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper
by MCLEAN, Ruari
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0520051025
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051027
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very good +. 112 p. 31 cm. B&w and colour illustrations. Quarter blue cloth with pictorial boards. Light edge wear. Glassine jacket has slightly worn corners and spine ends. Old price label residue on front flap.
Discussion of French Romantic bindings, papier-mâché, children's books, fin-de-siècle and art nouveau. Index.
Discussion of French Romantic bindings, papier-mâché, children's books, fin-de-siècle and art nouveau. Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125365
- Title
- Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper
- Author
- MCLEAN, Ruari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0520051025
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051027
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Book bindings, Paper mache, Children's books, fin-de-siecle, art nouveau
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....