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Order Nr. 54990 TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD...
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TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON.

Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1999. small 4to. cloth. 206 pages. First edition, the hardbound variant. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries, followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail, including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important reference..... READ MORE

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54990

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Forward                                                   5 

Preface                                                   7 

Introduction                                             10 

The Evolution of British Fine Binding c. 1770 - c. 1840  15 

Plates                                                   25 

TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-
CENTURY BRITAIN (nos. 1-219)                             42 

Binders by Location                                     163 

Printers, Publishers, and Booksellers                   166 

Provenance                                              170 

Authors and Titles                                      172 

Additional Tickets and Stamps from the Canaday
Library and from the Collection of
E. P. Wormersley (nos. 220-704)                         177

Index of Binders                                        200 

References, including selected studies                  206