Author: COCKERELL, DOUGLAS.
Title: Bookbinding. The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual.
Description: New York: Dover Publications, 2005. 13780486440392. Unabridged facsimile reprint. Considered "the clearest and most valuable exposition of the technique of hand bookbinding in English. The text covers concisely every aspect of the craft - from folding and collating pages, trimming and gilding edges, and cutting and attaching boards, to preparing covers, mitrring corners, designing and inlaying on leather, and pasting down end papers." Pp.352, 120 figure illustrations and 8 halftones. Paperback. VG.

Keywords: Cockerell Mbookbinding Arts Craftsbinding Peper Folding Collating Mounting Sizing Washing Mendingboards Headbands Leather Vellum Tooling Lettering Clasps Ties Pastes Glue 52072 Books and Printing


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