A fine-looking, structurally sound catalogue of gorgeous book-bindery, edited by Bernadette G. Callery and Elizabeth A. Mosimann, with contributions by them and by Jean Gunner, Bernard Middleton, and Marianne Titcombe. Tall quarto format, illustrated paper label to front cover. Illustrations galore, mostly in black-and-white, but also with full-color, printed on high-gloss paper. 126 pp. + Index of authors, anonymous titles, binders and previous owners mentioned in catalogue entries.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Title

The Tradition of Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century: Catalogue of an Exhibition 12 November 1979 to 15 February 1980

Publisher

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, in collaboration with Davis & Warde

Publication Date

1979

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine

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Member, I.O.B.A. (the Independent On-line Booksellers Association) "Structure" versus "Agency." A phrase that has characterized much social-scientific debate. Does ?structure? (the routinized regulations of kinship and marriage, work and reproduction, of race, class and gender) determine history, or is it the ?agency? of fully conscious, independently acting, individuals? Structure, Verses, Agency Books isn?t going to solve the debate, but we?ll offer you lots of all three. Versus to verses?we specialize in fine, rare and collectible books, from the fine arts to the social sciences, from poetry to photography, from literature and ethnography to fine bindings and Americana. Structure, Verses, Agency Books

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