Main entry:

Tomlinson, William, 1917-1992, author.

Title & Author:

Bookcloth 1823-1980 : a study of early use and the rise of manufacture, Winterbottom's dominance of the trade in Britain and America, production methods and costs and the identification of qualities and designs / William Tomlinson and Richard Masters.

Publication:

Stockport, Cheshire, England : Dorothy Tomlinson, 1996.
Otley, England : Smith Settle
©1995

Description:

xvi, 143 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : color frontispiece, illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), color samples ; 26 cm

Notes:
"This book is printed on 170 gsm Parilux TCF and bound in Winterbottom's X Quality, shade 227x in T design. 1500 copies have been printed"--Title page verso.
Issued in slipcase.
Includes bibliographical references.
The slow struggle for acceptance -- From experiments to mass production -- Archibald Winterbottom sets the standards -- The Winterbottom Book Cloth Company (1891-1980) -- Production of starch-filled bookcloth at Victoria Mills -- Winterbottom's prices and costs of production -- Winterbottom's major role in American bookcloth production -- Descriptions of bookcloth qualities -- Identification of designs (grains) -- Competitors to bookcloth -- Appendices. Distributors ; Early history of bleaching in Britain ; Making paper/cotton calendar bowls ; Interlaken's competitors in the United States ; Early histories of three British leathercloth companies -- References. Sample section ; Feeler samples of Victorian-type and other bookcloths ; Designs - pages A to E ; Qualities - pages F to K.

ISBN:

0952773600
9780952773603

Subject:

Winterbottom, Archibald, 1814-1884.
Winterbottom Book Cloth Company History.
Winterbottom Book Cloth Company Histoire.
Winterbottom Book Cloth Company
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) Great Britain History.
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) United States History.
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) Great Britain History 19th century.
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) United States History 19th century.
Bookbinding history
Reliures en toile Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Reliures en toile États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Reliures en toile Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Reliures en toile États-Unis Histoire.
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding)
Linnen.
Boekbinden.
Bedrijven.
Bucheinband.
Geschichte.
Great Britain
United States
Grossbritannien.
USA.

Form/genre:

Sample books England‡y20th century.
History

Added entries:

Masters, Richard, 1924- author.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 233570
Call No.: Z269.3.P8 T6 1996
Status: Available

Location: Library study room 233571
Call No.: Z269.3.P8 T6 1996
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available