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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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Hardback. New.

New York, London: Garland Publishing, Inc. . Clean and unmarked. Originally published in 1856. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. 1980.

Hardback. New.

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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.

New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1980. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1980. Facsimile of the 1856 edition [Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird] with an informative new introduction by Sidney F. Huttner that gives a history of the book's publication and its author. The DAB (Vol. XIII, p.503) describes the original as "the first practical manual of the subject by an American" and "the most nearly complete treatise yet published in America." Included are full instructions for forwarding, gilding and finishing. The marbling section, taken directly from Woolnough's THE WHOLE ART OF MARBLING tells how to reproduce 29 patterns of which 7 are illustrated on full page plates. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Mejer #1950. Brenni #39.. Facsimile reprint of… Read More

Sussex, N.J.: Iris Nevins, 1986. Edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 37) signed by the publisher; 12mo, pp. [4], 318; a facsimile of the 1874 edition, with additions; 18 marbled paper specimens by Nevins according to directions given in the text, 12 facsimiles of the original plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, marbled paper onlay on upper cover; fine. James Bartram Nicholson (1820-1901) spent most of his life in Philadelphia in partnership with the English binder, James Pawson. His is "the first practical manual [on the subject of bookbinding] by an American. Although it was founded upon John Hannett's Bibliopegia (1835), it went farther than that popular work and came to be regarded as the most nearly complete treatise yet published in America" (DNB).

I. Nevins, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Crip, bright, clean pages; square, secure binding; full cloth cover bears some sunning at the spine, gentle softening at the spine heel and spots of surface rubbing at heel and corners as well as two very small, closed tears with attendant creases along the top edge of the marbled paper sample pasted on the front, otherwise lovely. Numbered 27 of 300 and signed by Iris Nevins on the copyright page. Nevins provides the 18 samples of hand-marbled papers made using the directions in the text, replacing the seven samples made by Charles Williams for the original edition of 1856.; Signed by Illustrator.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1887. 8vo, 318 + 32pp., of adverts, 7 marbled paper samples, 12 plates of designs for bindings, 13 text illustrs., of machines, etc., orig. cloth, spine a boards and little stained and faded, contents bright and clean. First published in 1856 this was the first practical manual of bookbinding by an American.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1871. Stereotyped edition (first published in 1856), 8vo, pp. 318, 23 (ads); frontispiece, 7 samples of marbled paper inserted, as issued, 11 plates of binding designs and a few wood-engravings in the text; original black cloth, gilt title direct on spine, bookseller's ticket on front pastedown; upper joint split, text block shaken, several gatherings extended, spine ends a bit chipped; good. James Bartram Nicholson (1820-1901) spent most of his life in Philadelphia in partnership with the English binder, James Pawson. His is "the first practical manual [on the subject of bookbinding] by an American. Although it was founded upon John Hannett's Bibliopegia (1835), it went farther than that popular work and came to be regarded as the most nearly complete treatise yet published in America" (DNB).

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. Rear board detached. Top 1/3 of rear cover water-stained with very light staining at top of last few pages only.Spine chipped at top. Gilt lettering remains bright. Original yellow endpapers. Rear flyleaf missing. Evidence of paper removal from front flyleaf, likely a dealer's catalogue entry for the book. Foxing of preliminary page front and back, text block clean. Fore-edge bumped mid-portion from p.142-158 without paper loss. Twelve full-page illustrations, line drawings in the text, and seven examples of marbled paper. The marbled papers have off-setting on the adjacent page. 318pp. + a 20-page catalogue at the end. This volume is considered to be the first American book on bookbinding. A bit compromised, worthy of repair, and priced accordingly. (See photos). . First Edition. Brown Embossed Cloth. General Cover Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., Industrial Publishers., Booksellers and Importers, 810 Walnut Street, 1887. Third edition of the First Book on Bookbinding in America. Illustrated, with 7 marble paper samples. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt stamped spine. Fine. Third edition of the First Book on Bookbinding in America. Illustrated, with 7 marble paper samples. 1 vols. 8vo. Brenni

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1874 12mo (19.5 cm), 318, [2], 23 pp, 12 plates, 7 leaves of marbled paper. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered title on the spine (binding chipped at the head of the spine and rubbed at extremities, a bookplate on the front free endpaper, inside a fresh and bright copy). Stereotype of the first edition published in 1856.