Bookbinding For Schools

Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". J. S. Hewitt-Bates. A scarce, first edition of this interesting work on bookbinding, with illustrations. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by J. S. Hewitt-Bates, this work presents the art of bookbinding, with particular focus on its teaching in schools. The author explains in the preface how this craft is often overlooked by schools, despite it being a study which demands both artistic and practical training. With chapters on necessary equipment, different binding techniques and gilding, with many more.With five full-page illustrations and a frontispiece, as well as numerous charming vignettes throughout. Collated, complete. With a bookplate of the Glamorgan Educational Committee to the front paste down. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with slight bumping to the extremities. The occasional mark and light soiling to the boards. Tape to the spine and reinforcing the hinges. Library bookplate and labels to the paste downs, with label remnants and library stamps to the endpapers and paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd spot, mainly to the first and last pages. Library stamp to the title page. Very Good