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<strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Knoll</strong> <strong>Press</strong>—Bookbinding 27<br />
ABC OF BOOKBINDING<br />
A Unique Glossary with<br />
over 700 Illustrations for<br />
Collectors and Librarians<br />
by Jane Greenfield<br />
Reprint of the first edition of<br />
1997. Jane Greenfield provides a<br />
unique glossary of terms, styles,<br />
structures, and names related to conservation<br />
and bookbinding through<br />
the ages illustrated with over 700<br />
line drawings. Locating accurate<br />
descriptions of bookbindings from<br />
various periods has previously been<br />
frustrating for those who work with<br />
rare and antiquarian books, especially conservators, librarians, book collectors<br />
and antiquarian book specialists. However, this frustration will<br />
abate as Greenfield’s work takes place alongside John Carter’s ABC For<br />
Book Collectors as well as Don Etherington’s and Matt T. Roberts’ Bookbinding<br />
and Conservation of <strong>Books</strong>. Greenfield has provided names and drawings for<br />
almost every conceivable part of the book as well as a multitude of styles,<br />
bindings, and decorations. She literally takes apart the structure of the<br />
book and illustrates the many and varied facets and definitions that clearly<br />
outline the historical development of the book’s structures and styles.<br />
2002, hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 180 pages<br />
ISBN 9781884718410, Order No. 49915, $49.95<br />
BOOKBINDERS AT WORK<br />
Their Roles and Methods<br />
by Mirjam M. Foot<br />
The role of the bookbinder in the production of books<br />
and the significance of the binding in all its details have<br />
often been disregarded by bibliographers. In this book,<br />
Mirjam Foot reverses this trend by establishing binders, their<br />
materials and tools as essential parts of the production cycle; she reveals<br />
the inadequacy of bibliographical descriptions that lack essential binding<br />
information.<br />
2006, hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5 inches, 171 pages<br />
ISBN 9781584561682, Order No. 87274, $59.95<br />
Available outside North and South America from The British Library<br />
ELOQUENT WITNESSES<br />
Bookbindings and Their History<br />
edited by Mirjam M. Foot<br />
This work is a collection of essays that demonstrate the<br />
new directions the study of bookbinding has taken. Much of<br />
the work is based on observation of bookbinding techniques<br />
and materials, as well as a close study of decorative tools and<br />
the ways in which they were used to reflect the styles and fashions of their day.<br />
Includes 101 black-and-white pictures and eight color plates.<br />
2004, hardcover, dust jacket, 6 x 9.75 inches, 328 pages<br />
ISBN 9781584561170, Order No. 76293, $65.00<br />
Co-published with The Bibliographical Society and The British Library<br />
Available outside North and South America from The British Library<br />
A History of English Craft<br />
Bookbinding Technique<br />
by Bernard C. Middleton<br />
A classic work on decorative and commercial English<br />
bookbinding techniques. Chapters include the following<br />
topics: beating and pressing; sewing endpapers; gluing the<br />
spine; rounding and backing; edge-trimming and decoration;<br />
covering, finishing, siding and pasting down; and repair and restoration of<br />
books. Includes appendices on the background and history of the London<br />
bookbinding trade, working conditions and the growth of binderies.<br />
1996, hardcover, dust jacket, 5.75 x 9 inches, 386 pages<br />
ISBN 9781884718281, Order No. 44862, $65.00<br />
Available in the UK from The British Library<br />
TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE<br />
BRITISH ISLES, 1660–1800<br />
by Stuart Bennett<br />
In 1930, Michael Sadleir declared that, “the bookseller-publisher<br />
from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either<br />
in loose quires, or stitched, or at most in a plain paper<br />
wrapper.” Bennett, however, presents new documentary and<br />
visual evidence that books were sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as<br />
well as boards and wrappers. Over 200 color illustrations show these bindings<br />
and their evolution.<br />
2004, hardcover, dust jacket, 9 x 12 inches, 176 pages<br />
ISBN 9781584561309, Order No. 75432, $85.00<br />
Available in the UK from The British Library<br />
American Signed Bindings<br />
through 1876<br />
by Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella<br />
Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella describe and<br />
illustrate 315 bookbinder’s tickets, stamps and engraved<br />
designations dating from the 1750 s through 1876. Two<br />
hundred and thirty-three binders are represented, many with multiple designations.<br />
The strength of the study is in its attention to nineteenth-century<br />
trade binders. The volume has two introductory essays and is well-indexed.<br />
2007, hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 300 pages<br />
ISBN 9781584562085, Order No. 93148, $85.00<br />
Co-published with Bryn Mawr College Library<br />
TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM<br />
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN<br />
by Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella<br />
Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in<br />
color. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail.<br />
This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed<br />
bindings also in the collection but not pictured. Includes an essay by Bernard<br />
Middleton.<br />
1999, 8.5 x 11 inches, 206 pages<br />
Hardcover: ISBN 9781884718984, Order No. 54990, $65.00<br />
Paperback: ISBN 9781884718953, Order No. 54991, $45.00<br />
Unbound: ISBN 9781884718953, Order No. 54992, $35.00<br />
Co-published with Bryn Mawr College Library<br />
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