My World of Bibliophile Binding

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. 216pp. Purple cloth, spine title gilt, and blind embossed on the upper and lower boards board. Light purple endpapers. The first 50 pp. are text and index; thereafter the book is devoted to magnificent full page full color plates of bindings, each with descriptive text beneath giving author, title, publishing indicia, and a description of the binding technique. A fine copy in the publisher's slipcase, which is also fine. (Inventory #: 19963)