Victorian publishers' book-bindings in cloth and leather Tapa dura - 1974

Gordon Fraser, 1974. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN:0900406283

LONDON, GORDON FRASER, 1974. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN A SLIGHTLY BUMPED DUSTWRAP.

Gordon Frazer Book Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0900406283 . 160pp, illustrated, magenta endpapers, blue cloth with illus inset into front copver, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper, Victorian Publishers' Bookbindings in Cloth and Leather; 160 pages .

Imprint unknown, 1974-01-25. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Book is in good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket.

Gordon Fraser, 1974. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, slim small folio, 12" x 8 3/4", a very good tightly bound copy in a lightly rubbed pictorial dust wrapper that has faded to spine, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated in colour and b&w, 160pp.

The Gordon Fraser Gallery Limited, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Publication of 160 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Gordon Fraser Gallery, London, first edition, 1974. Cloth, cover illustration, 4to, 31 cm,. 160 pp, ills (some colour),. From the blurb: "One of the most attractive features of book production in the Victorian period was the elaborate care with which the bindings of even cheap and ordinary books were manufactured. Pictorial and decorative designs were blocked in gold all over the front, spine and back, on brightly-coloured and often elaborately patterned cloth ; and gift books for the Christmas market often had polychromatic bindings, involving hand-cut coloured paper or leather onlays. Ruari McLean, whose Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing is the standard work on its subject, has here assembled photographs of over 150 of the finest examples of publishers' bindings in cloth and leather, of which twenty-four are reproduced in full colour. He traces the evolution of publishers' bindings from the printed paper wrappers which were normal at the beginning of the nineteenth century… Leer más

London : Gordon Fraser, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 160 pages: illustrations (part color); 31 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 6. Subject: 19th century. Geschichte 1837-1901. 1800-1899Geschichte 1837-1901. Bookbinding, Victorian. Bookbinding; Facsimiles. Bookbinding Great Britain History 19th century. Publishers' bindings. Leather bindings (Bookbinding). Cloth bindings (Bookbinding). Bookbinding Great Britain Illustrations. Bookbinding History; Illustrations. Publishers' bindings; Facsimiles. Publishers' bindings Great Britain History 19th century. Bookbinding, Victorian.Bookbinding Great Britain; Pictorial works. Reliure victorienne. Reliure Fac-simileu769 �s. Reliure Grande-Bretagne Histoire. Verlagseinband. Great Britain. Gro�britannien. British publishers' cloth bookbindings & British publishers' leather… Leer más

London : Gordon Fraser, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Notes: Various Ruari McLean correspondence (to various people on various dates) concerning the topic of the book, along with an original drawing by author loosely inserted. Physical description: 160 pages: illustrations (part color); 31 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 6. Subject: 19th century. Geschichte 1837-1901. 1800-1899Geschichte 1837-1901. Bookbinding, Victorian. Bookbinding; Facsimiles. Bookbinding Great Britain History 19th century. Publishers' bindings. Leather bindings (Bookbinding). Cloth bindings (Bookbinding). Bookbinding Great Britain Illustrations. Bookbinding History; Illustrations. Publishers' bindings; Facsimiles. Publishers' bindings Great Britain History 19th century. Bookbinding, Victorian.Bookbinding Great Britain; Pictorial works. Reliure victorienne. Reliure… Leer más