Main entry:

Middleton, Bernard C., 1924-2019, author.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

Fourth revised edition.

Publication:

New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 1996.

Description:

xiii, 372 pages, 14 pages of plates : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations ; 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 -- Supplement : the evolution of English craft bookbinding since 1945.

Summary:

The sheer breadth of Bernard Middleton's classic study of the history of English bookbinding and its skill-demanding techniques has established this book as an essential work of reference for all practitioners and students of the subject. Mr. Middleton, a celebrated bookbinder and teacher, has updated and considerably expanded this new edition and has added many illustrations. A revised Supplement traces the evolution of English craft bookbinding since 1945, and for the first time the index, amended for this edition by Dr. Marianne Tidcombe, is comprehensive. This is a definitive study that belongs on the reference shelf of every bibliophile, librarian, book conservator, collector and binder interested in the book arts.

ISBN:

1884718280 (Oak knoll Press)
9781884718281 (Oak knoll Press)
0712345191 (British Library)
9780712345194 (British Library)

Subject:

Bookbinding England History.
Bookbinding history
Bookbinding
Boekbinden.
Wetenschappelijke technieken.
England

Form/genre:

Printed books United States Delaware New Castle 20th century Specimens.
Printed books England London 20th century Specimens.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library conservation office 127833
Call No.: ID Z270.G7.M53 PRES; ID:97-B1453
Status: Available