Vendeur : Wykeham Books, LONDON, Royaume-Uni
Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, 118 pp, ills. From the blurb: "All who enjoy working with their hands and feel a need for some artistic outlet will be encouraged by this introduction to bookbinding to take up the ancient craft as a spare-time occupation. Hand binding is a rewarding hobby, ever revealing fresh delights as the skill and capability of the worker develop into craftsmanship. Mr Darley worked for more than half a century in the wholesale bookbinding trade, and in his late forties started to procure the tools and fit up a little workroom at home in order to bind books there for the pleasure it gave him. Thus he has an intimate knowledge of both machine and hand binding. In Introduction to Bookbinding he de- scribes and illustrates with numerous drawings his methods and procedures for cloth binding, repairing old books, and, of course, binding in hand-tooled leather in the traditional manner. He ends by giving an outline of the methods and machines employed in the modern wholesale bookbinding trade. The fascination which bookbinding has always exercised over the amateur is amply conveyed by Mr. Darley. His enthusiasm is so infectious that the casual inquirer will find it hard not to set to work im-mediately, while the determined beginner will learn from Introduction to Bookbinding faster than from many more detailed handbooks." Good in used and chipped dustwrapper. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-43413
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