[Rarebooks] FS: Book Cloth, 1823-1980.

[Karen Howell]

Offered today:

William Tomlinson and Richard Masters.

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.

LIMITED EDITION of 1,500 copies printed on 170 gsm Parilux TCF glossy stock and bound with Winterbottom’s X Quality, Shade 227x in T design red cloth. 

8vo.  10 x 7 inches.  xvi, 143, [3] pp.; A-K ff.  Half-title, color frontispiece of Archibald Winterbottom, illustrations throughout (many color), 11 pages with color book cloth samples tipped in; text clean, unmarked.  Red cloth over beveled boards, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt; binding square and tight.  Comes with a matching cloth-covered slip case.  Fine. 

The first, and perhaps the only, comprehensive study of the history and art of book cloth manufacture.  It documents the rise of the Winterbottom firm to become the dominant producer in England and the United States during the twentieth century.  The lasting value of this volume is in the 36 tipped-in samples of various book cloth qualities and designs which bring to life the processes and treatments described in the text. 

$ 250

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