David Pearson / ENGLISH BOOKBINDING STYLES 1450 1800 2014

Description: ENGLISH BOOKBINDING STYLES 1450 - 1800. Author: Pearson, David. Title: ENGLISH BOOKBINDING STYLES 1450 - 1800. Publication: New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2014. 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 240 pages ISBN: 1584561408 ISBN: 9781584561408 This second printing of David Pearson's English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 includes a new introduction and a number of additional references and relevant points that have come to light since the book was first published in 2005. This well-regarded work provides guidance on recognising and dating English bindings of the handpress period, from the middle of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. During this time, bookbinding was a handcrafted process and every binding made, however ordinary by the standards of its day, was a unique artefact. English Bookbinding Styles deals not only with the luxury end of the market (where so many binding studies have concentrated) but with the whole spectrum of binding options, the cheap and temporary with the permanent, the plain and middling, as well as the fine. In addition to providing practical help in placing particular bindings within their time and place, the book encourages a new approach to historic binding, concentrating not so much on binders and workshop attributes as on what a binding can tell us about previous owners and their approach to books. Well illustrated with over 250 photographs, the book fills a long-recognised gap in the literature and will be valued by librarians, book historians, booksellers, collectors, and anyone who deals with early books. Like the authors successful Provenance handbook, English Bookbinding Styles has become an essential reference work and a building block in the knowledge toolkit needed to develop a true understanding of books in their historical context. Seller ID: 120363 Subject: Bookbinding You are buying from Oak Knoll Books, a brick & mortar bookshop specializing in used, rare, antiquarian, and out of print materials regarding the book arts. We are a proud member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America as well as the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. If you are ever in the Delaware area, please visit us in New Castle, DE at Oak Knoll Books. TERMS OF SALE Payment If you win an item in one of our auctions, if your offer has been accepted, or if you have chosen to buy an item now, please make your payment as soon as possible. We will not ship until we receive notice that the buyer has paid for the item. We expect payment within 3 days or reserve the right to cancel the order. Returns and Refunds We guarantee the condition of every book as it's described in our listings. If you're dissatisfied with your purchase for any reason at all or if the order hasn't arrived, you're eligible for a refund within 30 days of the estimated delivery date. If you've changed your mind about a book that you've ordered, please contact us, and we will respond promptly. If you are not satisfied for any reason you may return your book for a full refund, and if the error is ours, we will pay return shipping. Shipping Many of our items have free media mail shipping included! For larger, multi-volume sets, the cost is calculated by weight and will vary depending on package weight and buyer location. Please allow up to three business days processing time, although many of our orders require only one day to process and ship. Combined shipping is available for bidders who purchase multiple items. If you have special shipping or handling requests, please notify us before you make your payment. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 81 USD

Location: New Castle, Delaware

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