Townsend Robert S Editor (3 results)
Published by Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Kansas City, 1960
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Young & Sons Enterprises, Apache, OK, U.S.A.Young & Sons Enterprises
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 5.73
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Add to basketStapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, 1960, white covers with black lettering and artwork. White covers show some foxing. No names or writing within.
Published by Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Kansas City, MO, 1957
Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS
Contact seller5-star sellerPamphlet. Condition: Good. Pamphlet 56 Pages; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by Frederic James (illustrator).
SUAVE MECHANICALS; ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING. VOLUME I. [Vol. One-1.]
Miller, Julia (editor). Evyn Kropf; Sylvie L. Merian; Consuela G. Metzger; Robert J. Milevski; Julia Miller; Jeffrey S. Peachey; Martha E. Romero; Jennifer W. Rosner; John Townsend (contributors).
Language: English
Published by Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2013., 2013
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). xii, 522, [3] pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.25cm. Dark green dust jacket rubbed with some bumping/scuffing at edges. Brown cloth; spine heel lightly bumped. Slight soiling to text block edges. Past owner's pencil notes regarding book purchase and two error…s on front free endpaper; associated pencil markings on pages 104, 106-107, and 119 (possible other markings present but they eluded discovery upon a cursory perusal); some light brown soiling to fore-edge margins of a few scattered leaves. Affixed to rear pastedown is sealed pocket containing DVD-ROM which has caused a circular impression to book's rear leaves. Binding is firm. With Editor's Preface, color and b/w illustrations, Author Biographies, Index, and Colophon. Features nine essays: "Historical Repair, Recycling, and Recovering Phenomena in the Islamic Bindings of the University of Michigan Library: Exploring the Codilogical Evidence" by Evyn Kropf; "Protection against the Evil Eye? Votive Offerings on Armenian Manuscript Bindings" by Sylvie L. Merian; "Colonial Blankbooks in the Winterthur Library" by Consuela G. Metzger; "A Primer on Signed Bindings" by Robert J. Milevski; "Not Just Another Beautiful Book: A Typography of American Scaleboard Bindings" by Julia Miller; "Beating, Rolling, and Pressing: The Compression of Signatures in Bookbinding Prior to Sewing" by Jeffrey S. Peachey; "European Influence in the Binding of Mexican Printed Books of the Sixteenth Century" by Martha E. Romero; "Papier-Mache Bindings: 'Shining in Black and Gorgeous with Pearl and Gold'" by Jennifer W. Rosner; "The 1715 Mohawk Prayer Book: A Study of Six Copies in Colonial American Scaleboard Bindings" by John Townsend. 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 9780979797453.
