Bookcloth 1823 - 1980

by Tomlinson, William and Richard Masters

First Edition

Price: $80.00
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Stockport: Dorothy Tomlinson. Very Good+ with no dust jacket (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. ; xvi, (144) pages + 44 page section of samples. Illustrated. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 247mm x 176mm. "Since starch-filled bookcloth was introduced in the 1820s, it has been employed to cover many millions of books of all descriptions. In contrast to those other essential components of the book, paper and printing, the development and technology of which are extensively documented, very little has previously been written about the production of starch-filled bookcloth, and the components that have been involved in making and marketing it." - from the preface. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

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