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Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Text-Book for Bookbinders and Librarians. American sculptor Lenore Thomas Straus's copy.
by COCKERELL, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Later printing, in the publisher's green cloth with black lettering, 12mo, pp. 345 + pp. [2] ads. This unique copy from the collection of renowned American sculptor and writer Lenore Thomas Straus (1909-1988), with her tasteful bookplate affixed to the front paste-down (see our image). Illustrated with 12 black and white plates, as called for, and with drawings by Noel Rooke. Glossary. An entry in Pitman's Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Books. Mild shelf wear. Dust jacket with chips, short tears, mild erosion of paper at spine ends. Jacket now protected against further wear by a sheet of removable Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3860
- Title
- Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Text-Book for Bookbinders and Librarians. American sculptor Lenore Thomas Straus's copy.
- Author
- COCKERELL, Douglas
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., [1963]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LENORE THOMAS STRAUS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference; Women's Studies;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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