cloth
1999 · Bryn Mawr
by Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella
Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1999. cloth. Bookbinding. small 4to. cloth. 206 pages. First edition, the hardbound variant. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries, followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail, including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important reference book in the study of English binding.
(Inventory #: 54990)