Search Results: the art of publishers bookbindings 1815 1915 by morris ellen k

Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd , 2000. hard cover in dust jacket, cloth-backed illustrated boards., faint, minor toning to some page margins, more on first and last few sheets. avery small stain-dot to front free endpaper. dj has very slight rubbing, yet no tears, chips. no bumps. strong binding. the contents are all fine.; 127pp., 254 color illustrations of strikingly attractive bindings, most 19th century and from a number of nations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.

Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd, 2000. Stated First edition; 4to.; stiff pictorial wrap, softcover; 127 pages; color illustrations; very good.

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Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd, 2000. quarter cloth, with printed boards, dust jacket. Bookbinding. small 4to. quarter cloth, with printed boards, dust jacket. 127 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. A catalogue about the beautiful and innovative bindings of books exhibited at the Grolier Club of 254 publisher's bookbindings, each described in detail and all illustrated in color. They represent the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the First World War. 'Publisher's bookbinding' refers to a binding designed and produced in multiple numbers, as opposed to a single hand-bound book. The first part of the book presents a chronology of design trends during the course of the century, and the second presents variant bindings. The final section shows examples of a wide array of designs, materials, and production methods, from various dates and countries. It includes a foreword by Ruari McLean and is illustrated with 257 color plates.

Los Angeles: William Dailey, 2000 First edition, one of 500 cloth-bound copies. Clothbacked pictorial boards. Quarto. With color photographs of 254 bindings. Fine in fine dust jacket. This is the catalogue of an exhibtion of the Grolier Club, held May 17-July 29, 2000. Includes bindings from England, America, and the continent of Europe.