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Some Notes on Bookbinding

Author(s):

Cockerell, Douglas

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

–

Dust Jacket Protection:

–

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

–

Signature:

–

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford

Publication Year:

1929

Publication Place:

London

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

005031

Catalogue(s):

Arts and Crafts ◇ Books on Books, Book Collecting, Print and Design History

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iv, 106pp, including charts, diagrams etc. Plate frontispiece showing a typical English binding with the Cypher of James II. Quarter bound in tan cloth covered marbled boards (gently rubbed at corners and spine ends). Some spotting on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Douglas Cockerell was a leading bookbinding in the early part of the twentieth century. He compiled this book from his teaching notes and lectures; his essay ‘Notes on Bookbinding’ is included, although his free-form illustrations used in lectures are here replaced by fine drawings by Doris Meyer. 12mo. Handsome, tactile volume of gifting quality.

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