ABC of bookbinding : a unique glossary with over 700 illustrations for collectors & librarians / written and illustrated by Jane Greenfield.

Main entry:

Greenfield, Jane, author, illustrator.

Title & Author:

ABC of bookbinding : a unique glossary with over 700 illustrations for collectors & librarians / written and illustrated by Jane Greenfield.

Publication:

New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press ; New York, New York : Lyons Press, 1998.
©1998

Description:

xi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index.
Glossary of bookbinding terms -- Glossary of bookbinding's structural evolution -- Glossary of binders, designers & styles of decoration -- Index of binder's [sic] identification.

Summary:

Provides a look at the evolution of the book and the practice of bookbinding including terminology, illustrations, and oddities from centuries ago to the present.

ISBN:

1884718418 (hdc. ; acid-free paper)
9781884718410 (hdc. ; acid-free paper)
1884718426 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9781884718427 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Bookbinding Dictionaries.
Bookbinding Terminology.
Bookbinding
Boekbinden.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Terminology
Dictionnaires.

Holdings:

Location: Library conservation office 179662
Call No.: ID Z266.7.G74 PRES; ID:98-B218
Status: Available

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