Main entry:

Middleton, Bernard C., 1924-2019.

Title & Author:

A history of English craft bookbinding technique / Bernard C. Middleton ; foreword by Howard M. Nixon.

Edition:

Second supplemented edition.

Publication:

London : Holland Press, 1978.

Description:

xv, 326 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Material of leaves and folding -- Beating and pressing -- Sewing -- Endpapers -- Gluing the spine -- Rounding and backing -- Boards and their attachment -- Edge-trimming and decoration -- Headbands -- Back linings -- Covering -- Finishing -- Siding and pasting down -- Book repairs and restoration -- Equipment -- Appendices. The London bookbinding trade c. 1800 ; Working conditions and hours ; The growth of fine and wholesale binderies ; Specialization in book-edge gilding ; The arts and crafts movement and its influence on bookbinding methods and styles ; Investigation into the causes and prevention of leather decay -- Summary -- Author's Note -- Supplement -- Index -- Plates.

ISBN:

0900470836
9780900470837

Subject:

Bookbinding England History.
Bookbinding.
Reliure Angleterre Histoire.
Reliure.
bookbinding (process)
Buchbinderei
Bucheinband
Handbuchbinderei
England
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History
Bookplates (Provenance)

Added entries:

Nixon, Howard M., writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library conservation office 101558
Call No.: ID PRES; ID:85-B15769
Status: Available