Bookbinding for amateurs : being descriptions of the various tools and appliances required and minute instructions for their effective use / by W. J. E. Crane

Crane, W. J. E. (W. J. Eden)

1885, First Edition. London : L. Upcott Gill. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #481109

Physical description: vi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Contents: Introductory -- Tools and appliances -- Materials -- Folding -- Placing plates, beating and pressing books -- Sawing and sewing -- Affixing end-papers, rounding and backing -- Getting into boards -- Cutting and bevelling in boards -- Colouring edges -- Gilding edges -- Materials for marbling edges -- Marbling edges or paper -- Headbands and registers -- Lining the back -- Covering -- Marbling and colouring leather -- Plain finishing -- Half and full gilt finishing -- Antique or monastic finishing -- Whole-bound finishing -- Conclusion. Subject: Bookbinding ; Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Price: €85.00