Rosa Scobey Moore (1 results)

Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). x, 443 pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; minor scuffs at edges with some bumping/curling. Dark purple cloth; spine heel lightly bumped. Soiling to text block's bottom edge. Light soiling to endpapers; past owner's pencil note regarding book acquisition at top of front free endpaper; a few spots of soiling to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. red leaves. Affixed to rear pastedown is envelope containing DVD-ROM. Binding is firm. With Editor's Preface, color and b/w illustrations, Author Biographies, Index, and Colophon. Features the following: "Examination and Image-Capturing Techniques" by Cathleen A. Baker; "Binding at Midcentury: The Rivers of America Competition of 1946" by Thomas E. Conroy; "Bio-Bibliographical List of Individual Bookbinders" (on the DVD) by Thomas E. Conroy; "Finding Suitable Wood for Book Boards and Related Considerations" by Jim Croft; "Puzzle Me This: Early Binding Fragments in the Papyrology Collection of the University of Michigan Library" by Julia Miller; "Finding Identity on the Endpapers: Folk Traditions of Writing and Drawing in Books" by Rosa Scobey Moore; "A Visual Dictionary of Traditional Long- and Linkstitch Bookbinding Terminology" by Pamela J. Spitzmueller. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 9780979797484. …