BOUND TO BE MODERN: PUBLISHERS' CLOTHBINDINGS AND THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE BOOK, 1840 - 1914.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 7.5 x 9.7 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 336 pages. "This book caught the judges by surprise. No one expected a book about Swedish bookbinding between 1840 and 1914, no matter how excellent or well-researched, to fill an important disciplinary gap in the history of the book more broadly. Yet this is a ground-breaking study of the history of publishers bindings. Richly illustrated with hundreds of examples, this riveting..... READ MORE about BOUND TO BE MODERN: PUBLISHERS' CLOTHBINDINGS AND THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE BOOK, 1840 - 1914
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