THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. A PRACTICAL TREATISE
by ZAEHNSDORF, JOSEPH W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light General Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920. Spine just a bit faded. Gilt lettering remains distinct. From the series of Technological Handbooks. Illustrated with plates and drawings. A handy manual written by one of the masters of bookbinding. 190pp.. Ninth Edition. Green Clo. Light General Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012923
- Title
- THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. A PRACTICAL TREATISE
- Author
- ZAEHNSDORF, JOSEPH W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light General Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Publisher
- G. Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Bookbinding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...