notes bookbinding von cockerell douglas (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Some Notes on Bookbinding' is an authoritative and practical exploration of the traditional craft of book construction and preservation. Written by the distinguished binder Douglas Cockerell, this work offers a clear and concise overview of the technical processes required to produce high-quality bindings. The text delves into the fundamental principles of the trade, discussing the selection of materials-including leather, paper, and adhesives-as well as the structural mechanics that ensure a book's longevity.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Some Notes on Bookbinding' is an authoritative and practical exploration of the traditional craft of book construction and preservation. Written by the distinguished binder Douglas Cockerell, this work offers a clear and concise overview of the technical processes required to produce high-quality bindings. The text delves into the fundamental principles of the trade, discussing the selection of materials-including leather, paper, and adhesives-as well as the structural mechanics that ensure a book's longevity.

8vo., Second Impression, with sepia-toned frontispiece and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original red buckram, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1929. Now scarce in its own right, especially in the dustwrapper.