English Embossed Bindings 1825–50 (Wiles Lectures,) de Jamieson, Eleanore

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-Academic Library (Oxford University). Library stamps on front pastedown, endpapers, page block, title page and at one or two further points. One or two small marks on boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Leading corners are worn and slightly bumped. Contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. AF. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1972. Printed wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. viii, 95 pp, 59 plates. 62 entries. Contents include: I. The Gothic Background; II. Social Setting; III. Embossing - Origins and Progress; IV. Styles of Embossed Bindings; V. Embossing Machines; VI. Materials and Methods of Covering; VII. Catalogue of Embossed Bindings. Appendices: I. A List of Names Which Appear on Embossed Bindings; II Index of Styles; III Index of Publishers; Select Bibliography. Library label on front inside wrapper and 'J' stamped on title-page, wrappers slightly faded and a little worn at the foot of the spine, otherwise Good.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1972. Printed wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. viii, 95 pp, 59 plates. 62 entries. Contents include: I. The Gothic Background; II. Social Setting; III. Embossing - Origins and Progress; IV. Styles of Embossed Bindings; V. Embossing Machines; VI. Materials and Methods of Covering; VII. Catalogue of Embossed Bindings. Appendices: I. A List of Names Which Appear on Embossed Bindings; II Index of Styles; III Index of Publishers; Select Bibliography. Sunned around spine, otherwise Good.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1972. Printed wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. viii, 95 pp, 59 plates. 62 entries. Contents include: I. The Gothic Background; II. Social Setting; III. Embossing - Origins and Progress; IV. Styles of Embossed Bindings; V. Embossing Machines; VI. Materials and Methods of Covering; VII. Catalogue of Embossed Bindings. Appendices: I. A List of Names Which Appear on Embossed Bindings; II Index of Styles; III Index of Publishers; Select Bibliography. Minor wear to foot of spine, wrappers slightly faded, contents Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1972. Later two-tone cloth, original front wrapper laid down on front board, white spine-title, 4to, 27 cm,. viii, 95 pp, 59 plates. 62 entries. Contents include: I. The Gothic Background; II. Social Setting; III. Embossing - Origins and Progress; IV. Styles of Embossed Bindings; V. Embossing Machines; VI. Materials and Methods of Covering; VII. Catalogue of Embossed Bindings. Appendices: I. A List of Names Which Appear on Embossed Bindings; II Index of Styles; III Index of Publishers; Select Bibliography. Booklabel on front pastedown endpaper partially covering mark from a removed label, a little rubbed, otherwise Good.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1972. Printed wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. viii, 95 pp, 59 plates. 62 entries. Contents include: I. The Gothic Background; II. Social Setting; III. Embossing - Origins and Progress; IV. Styles of Embossed Bindings; V. Embossing Machines; VI. Materials and Methods of Covering; VII. Catalogue of Embossed Bindings. Appendices: I. A List of Names Which Appear on Embossed Bindings; II Index of Styles; III Index of Publishers; Select Bibliography. Library label on front inside wrapper and stamp on title-page, otherwise Good.

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Paperback / softback. New. The decorative art of embossed book binding was a small but significant facet of the Gothic Revival. Mrs Jamieson studies the social and technological conditions which made possible the mass-production of handsomely bound books and analyses recurrent motifs and styles of binding of a number of books produced in the second quarter of the nineteenth century.

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