Bookbinding and the conservation of books a dictionary of descriptive terminology
by ROBERTS, MATT T. & DON ETHERINGTON
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About This Item
Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. First edition, 4to, pp. x, 296, [1]; drawings by Margaret R. Brown, very good in original maroon cloth, stamped in gilt. Foreword by Frederick R. Goff. Bookplate of Jake Chernofsky affixed to front pastedown.
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- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
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- Title
- Bookbinding and the conservation of books a dictionary of descriptive terminology
- Author
- ROBERTS, MATT T. & DON ETHERINGTON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Library of Congress
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- reference , bookbinding , conservation ,
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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