Nineteenth Century Trade Bindings

Kidlington: Plough Press, 1983. The first volume is illustrated with reproductions of period images and the second is a folder containing one sheet with seven specimens of different types of leather pasted on, another sheet with nine specimens of cloth pasted on, a four page section with 71 reproductions of cloth rubbings from the Winterbottom designs, a specimen of brass type that would be used by a bookbinder, and an actual hand stamp of a decorative figure with a wooden handle used by a binder. Two volumes, 4to., cloth, paper spine labels, slipcase. 46, (2) pages in first volume; second is a cloth folder. Limited to 152 numbered copies and out of print before publication, this is one of the 45 copies to have the binder's tool inserted in a larger box that the regular edition; this copy is not numbered.
The book is hand-printed on mould made paper. Book, folder, and slipcase are bound in coarse linen. Fine in a fine slip case.

Another fine Plough Press book on a subject area which has become increasingly important. Wakeman discusses the materials and machinery used in trade binding in both cloth and leather and has 27 illustrations from contemporary sources to aid the text.