Broxbourne Library : Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century
by Nixon, H.M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- An ex-library copy with an ink number to the foot of the spine, a perforated stamp to the upper fore-edge corner throughout the
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-50171
- Title
- Broxbourne Library : Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century
- Author
- Nixon, H.M
- Format/Binding
- Quarter vellum and cloth, leather spine-label, top edge gilt, folio, 35 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - An ex-library copy with an ink number to the foot of the spine, a perforated stamp to the upper fore-edge corner throughout the
- Edition
- Limited edition of 300 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maggs Bros., London, for the Broxbourne Library, first edition, 1956
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- ix, [1], 250, [1] pp, ills (some mounted, some colour)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nixon, Howard M.; Ehrman, Albert Bookbinding
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...