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Order Nr. 94204 BOOKCLOTH IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, 1823-50. Andrea Krupp

BOOKCLOTH IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, 1823-50.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 102 pages. This volume offers a new edition of Andrea Krupp's groundbreaking article, which first appeared in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and includes an expanded Catalogue of Bookcloth Grains, with illustrations in a larger format and, for the first time, in color. Sue Allen has written the preface for the book. Ms. Krupp's three-part essay..... READ MORE

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Preface by Sue Allen................................................vii

Acknowledgements.....................................................ix

Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50
  Part 1: Early Bookcloth.............................................1
  Part 2: Bookcloth Grain Nomenclature...............................13
  Part 3: Notes on Grains............................................16

Appendix 1: 
  Table of Nineteenth-century Bookcloth Grains.......................22
Appendix 2: 
  Catalogue of Nineteenth-century Bookcloth Grains...................33
Appendix 3: 
  Catalogue of Nineteenth-century Ribbon-embossed Bookcloth..........47