Book Binding from John Atkins

vi, [2], 303 pages. Cloth heavily soiled and marked, spine darkened with slight loss of cloth to the spine top. Corners and lower edge of rear board bumped. Small ex-libris sticker - Cheltenham Ladies College - to front paste-down. Bookseller's pencil marks to half-title and blank verso of page 303. Front end-paper torn at the joint with some loss (see photo).… Read more about this item

82, xii pages; 5 colour plates and numerous black and white photographs. Stiff paper-covered boards in poor condition – bowed, worn and chipping especially to the spine. End-papers age-toned. Internally text and plates clean and unmarked. Original paper wrapper bound in at rear. Articles on British book bindings, American Book bindings, French book bindings, Dutch book bindings, Belgian Book bindings, Danish Book… Read more about this item

[6], xviii, [4], 172, [2], x, 52 pages. Very good+ in very good dust jacket with light wear. Internally clean. Includes: illustrations, index, and a bibliography. Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900 appeared in 1932, followed 6 years later by More Binding Variants which added to and revised some of the earlier theories. The 2 works trace the history of bindings following… Read more about this item

86 pages. Nicely illustrated basic book binding guide. Cover a little marked with small book-seller's label to rear board. Book-seller's pencil annotations to front free end-paper and some slight tanning to end-papers. Internally clean and bright.

109 pages Burgundy cloth with gilt title on black background. Very slight bump to top edge of top board. Gives a detailed insight into the life and work of this famous family of Craft Bookbinders. Illustrated with photographs, including of important bindings throughout in black and white. The illustrated appendix D covers examples of some of their bookplates. No inscriptions, tight binding, clean… Read more about this item