ABSTRACT

First Published in 1990. Bookbindings Old and New- Notes of a Book-Lover, is a collection of plates, illustrations and a look through the history of book-binding.

part |91 pages

Bookbindings of the Past

chapter I|41 pages

Grolier and the Renascence

chapter II|21 pages

De Thou and "Le Gascon."

chapter III|24 pages

Padeloup and Derome

part |75 pages

Bookbindings of the Present

chapter I|24 pages

The Technic of the Craft

chapter II|31 pages

The Binders of To-Day

chapter III|17 pages

The Outlook for the Future

part |61 pages

Commercial Bookbinding

chapter I|11 pages

The Antiqurry of Edition Binding

chapter II|27 pages

The Merits of Machine Binding

chapter III|7 pages

The Search for Novelty

chapter IV|14 pages

Stamped Leather

part |57 pages

Books in Paper–Covers

chapter I|13 pages

The Summer Clothes of Fiction

chapter II|18 pages

The Influence of the Pictorial Poster

chapter III|24 pages

British and American Paper-Covers.

part |47 pages

The Grolier Club of New York

chapter I|5 pages

New York and Its Clubs

chapter II|6 pages

Grolier Himself

chapter III|12 pages

The Aims of the Club

chapter IV|22 pages

The Publications of the Grolier Club