VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS

BALL, Douglas. VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS. Williamsburg: The Bookpress Ltd., (1985). 8vo. Cloth. x, 214 pages, 12 plate illustrations in the text. First edition. A detailed survey of trade bookbindings in nineteenth century England, from t introduction of cloth bindings through the myriad of technological and decorative innovations that helped to define an artistic age. The book's appendices include methods for identifying cloth grains, a list of books published in papier mache and Relievo bindings, a list of nineteenth century edition binders' signatures, and perhaps most importantly, a list of major bookbinding designers with all cover designs ascribed to them. Lacks dust jacket, else fine. (Inventory #: 38516)