Author: COX, ALFRED J.
Title: The Making of the Book; a Sketch of the Bookbinding Art. Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda.
Description: . New Castle, 1986. 88 pp. Some illustrations in b/w. Index. Cloth. * During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Cox bindery was the largest in the Mid-West. Housed in Chicago's famous publishing emporium - the Lakeside Building - the firm bound books for R. R. Donnelley and the Chicago Public Library. This book is a facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue which was first published in 1878. It describes the different kinds of binding done by the firm and includes a forty-page price list for different binding sizes and styles, thereby providing first-hand documentation for hundreds of binding variations. There is also a lengthy new introduction by Paul Koda.. Very Good .
Keywords: Bookbindings
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Title: The Making of the Book; a Sketch of the Bookbinding Art. Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda.
Description: . New Castle, 1986. 88 pp. Some illustrations in b/w. Index. Cloth. * During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Cox bindery was the largest in the Mid-West. Housed in Chicago's famous publishing emporium - the Lakeside Building - the firm bound books for R. R. Donnelley and the Chicago Public Library. This book is a facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue which was first published in 1878. It describes the different kinds of binding done by the firm and includes a forty-page price list for different binding sizes and styles, thereby providing first-hand documentation for hundreds of binding variations. There is also a lengthy new introduction by Paul Koda.. Very Good .
Keywords: Bookbindings
Price: EUR 22.00 = appr. US$ 23.91 Seller: Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books
- Book number: 81993
- Book number: 81993
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