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TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, 1660-1800
Bennett, Stuart
First edition. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or a most in a plain paper wrapper." This view is still generally accepted. Bennett, however, presents new documentary and visual evidence that books were predominantly sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as well as boards and wrappers. Over 200 color illustrations show what these bindings looked like, and how their styles evolved. Co-published with the British Library.
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SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE!
by Chalmers, Claudine (Ed.)
Published in a edition limited to 450 copies. Text subtitled "Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1789-1900." A unique perspective on the history of California, and specifically San Francisco, from immigrants arriving from a country undergoing nearly a century of violence. Forward by James McClatchy. Book designed by Yolla Bolly Press. Text is Garamond on Arches Velin paper, printed by photo offset lithography. Becoming very scarce.
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