1986 · Sussex, N.J.
by Nicholson, James B.
Sussex, N.J.: Iris Nevins, 1986. Edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 37) signed by the publisher; 12mo, pp. [4], 318; a facsimile of the 1874 edition, with additions; 18 marbled paper specimens by Nevins according to directions given in the text, 12 facsimiles of the original plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, marbled paper onlay on upper cover; fine. James Bartram Nicholson (1820-1901) spent most of his life in Philadelphia in partnership with the English binder, James Pawson. His is "the first practical manual [on the subject of bookbinding] by an American. Although it was founded upon John Hannett's Bibliopegia (truncated)