Bookbinding: The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual

by Douglas Cockerell

Book Overview

One of the principal texts of the Arts and Crafts movement in England, this classic work brought a resurgence of life and vigor to the ancient craft of binding books by hand. Its fame and usefulness has endured for more than a century, as evidenced by the many contemporary bookbinders and libraries who consider it to be the clearest and most valuable exposition of the technique of hand bookbinding in English.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486440397
• ISBN13: 9780486440392
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"