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Order Nr. 71826 VICTORIAN DECORATED TRADE BINDINGS 1830-1880. Edmund M. B. King
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VICTORIAN DECORATED TRADE BINDINGS 1830-1880.

New Castle, DE: British Library & Oak Knoll Press, The, 2003. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 347 pages. First edition. Minor rubbing to tail of spine, else a near fine copy. This ground-breaking study deals with the creative explosions of book cover designs in Victorian Britain from 1830 to 1880. Due to new technical developments many practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane and John Leighton broke new ground in artistic styling. Edmund King, Head..... READ MORE

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Acknowledgements                                            ix

Introduction                                                xi

Preface to the Bibliography                                xix

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Main Entries                                   1

List of Bookbinders' Tickets                               267

Books and Articles Referred to, with Abbreviated Titles    271

Colour Plates                                              275

Select Subject Index                                       311

Title Index                                                313

General Index                                              317