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Id: 526
Title: The Art of Book-Binding, Its Rise and Progress; Including a Descriptive Account of the New York Book-Bindery... and The Great New-York Book-Bindery.
Author: Walker, Edward
Publisher: Oak Knoll Books
City: New Castle, Delaware
Date: 1984
Subject: History
Pages: 111
Size: 22.5 X 15
Binding: Publisher's buckram case
Edition: Facsimile with introduction
Annotations: Reprint of promotional piece of 1850, with an Introduction half as long as the original work, and with the addition of two short poems from the original binder's advertisements. This reprint has an illustration of the original hardcover issue ( pg. 8) which differs from the paper cover of the copy in this collection (#7282). Short bibliography / references, pg. 37
Condition: VG
Contributors: Edited with a long Introduction by Paul S. Koda
Illustrations: reproduced wood engravings
Illustrators:
Series: Oak Knoll Series on The History of the Book
Reference Info: Original edition Mejer 170
Inventory Id: 7283
Quantity: 1