Early Oxford Bindings

Original brown paper wraps with a tissue wrapping. Forty black/ white plates. No previous owners' names or other markings. 9 x 11.25 in

Oxford, England: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1903. This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's printed brown wrappers with just light wear. Right edge a little chipped. Very clean inside, pages uncut. This is Number X in the Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society. 40 plates printed in sepia or… Read more about this item

(Oxford): Oxford University Press, 1903. original cloth-backed boards. Bookbinding. 4to. original cloth-backed boards. (viii), 69 pages followed by 40 plates. First edition. (S-K 1960) A "contribution to the history of bookbinding at Oxford down to the period of the Civil War." This book is devoted to stamped and rolled bindings (to the exclusion of tooling). A chronological list of… Read more about this item