Main entry:

Lewis, Arthur William, author.

Title & Author:

Basic bookbinding / by A. W. Lewis.

Edition:

New Dover edition.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1957.
©1957

Description:

x, 144 pages, XI pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series:

Dover art instruction and reference books

Notes:
"This new Dover edition first published in 1957 is an unabridged republication of the book first published by B.T. Batsford Ltd. in 1952, with additional notes for American users."--Title page verso.
Includes index.
15 unnumbered pages of publisher's catalog at end.
Equipment -- Materials -- Basic operations -- Binding a single-sectioned book -- Preparing a multi-sectioned book for rebinding -- Case-bound books -- Endpapers -- Hollow-backed binding -- Library style binding -- Binding single sheets -- Lettering a book.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Starting from basic principles and assuming no previous experience, this modern exposition of the elements of bookbinding enables both the beginner and the expert to apply the latest and most simplified techniques to rebinding old favorites and binding many new paperback books."--Page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

0486201694 (pbk.)
9780486201696 (pbk.)

Subject:

Bookbinding Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bookbinding
Reliure manuelle Guides, manuels, etc.
hand binding.

Form/genre:

Handbook
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Books.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Dover Publications, Inc., publisher.
Dover art instruction and reference books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3529
Call No.: Z271.L593 1957 (PO1935)
Status: Available