Bookbinding in early America : seven essays on masters and methods / by Hannah D. French ; with catalogues of bookbinding tools prepared by Willman Spawn
1986, First Edition. Worcester : American Antiquarian Society. An exceptional copy in gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Description: xxiv, 230 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Subjects: Bookbinding --United States --History. Bookbinders --United States --Biography. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Contains previously published and unpublished works by Hannah French. Articles on Andrew Barclay, an early Boston binder, Henry B. Legg, Caleb Buglass, a Philadelphia binder, John Roulstone's Harvard bindings, and Thomas Jefferson's last binder, Frederick August Mayo. Also contains catalogues of bookbinding tools by Willman Spawn. Foreword by Marcus A. McCorison. Many illustrations. Item #171120
ISBN: 0912296763
Price: €110.00