Author: Anthony Dowd
Title: The Fine Press and the Bookbinder and Their Influence on One Collector
Description: Not Stated, Not Stated, 2002. Paperback. A very scarce essay by Anthony Dowd on bookbinding and private presses, beautifully illustrated with four lavish colour plates. A very scarce work.A brief essay on bookbindings, fine presses, and their influences on the author, Anthony Dowd.Illustrated with four colour plates.Dowd was a collector of beautiful bookbinding, primarily focusing on books bound in Britain during his lifetime. When he retired he took a part-time course in bookbinding.This essay is extracted from Dowd's work 'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', which was savaliable from the John Rylands Library, Oxford Road, Manchester, and retailed at £33. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

Keywords: The Fine Press and the Bookbinder and Their Influence on One Collector bookbinder fine press private press bookbinder bookbinding Not Stated


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