• Bookbinding, its background and technique -- Volume I / by Edith Diehl
Bookbinding, its background and technique -- Volume I / by Edith Diehl Bookbinding, its background and technique -- Volume I / by Edith Diehl

Bookbinding, its background and technique -- Volume I / by Edith Diehl

Books

REF.BB.0156.v1
Reference Collection
1946
Edith Diehl
Southworth-Anthoensen Press
Rinehart & Company, Inc.
New York, Toronto
Bookbinding.
Two volume edition. This volume (volume one) discusses the history of the book, its production, and its distribution. Also addressed in Volume One are bookbinding practices and the decoration of books. Includes black-and-white photographs. Volume two discusses the technical processes of bookbinding, including guarding, mending, mounting, and finishing. "List of references": v. 1 (p. [195]-201), "A selected list of books": v. 1 (p. [203]-219), "Glossary": v. 1 (p. [221]-234), "Index": v. 1 (p. [235]-251), "Index": v. 2 (p. [295]-306).