[Rarebooks] FS: Angela James, The Art of Binding Books

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Offered today: 

JAMES, ANGELA. 

_The Art of Binding Books_. 

(Wakefiled): The Fleece Press, (1991). 

Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/16 x 2 7/8 inches. Unpaginated. [54] pp.
Half-title, frontispiece woodcut, title page printed in blue and black,
7 woodcut illustrations by Anthony Christmas, glossary; text clean,
unmarked. Wooden boards with a split bound spine of yellow leather, blue
leather band on the spine, onlays to the boards of yellow, pink and
slate-gray leather, the paste-downs also are made of similar leather
onlays, free end-papers are of blue paper; binding square and tight.
Comes with a wooden box covered in matching yellow leather, front cover
with a gilt-titled label "AJ's A of BB" on front cover over slate grey
leather onlays, multi-colored string ties to a pink button of fore-edge,
inside lined with blue felt. SIGNED AND DATED by Angela James on the
colophon. Fine. 

$ 2,000 

LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, this copy has a unique design binding, 1
of 10 bound in leather by Angela James to her own design. Set in 8 point
Van Dijck at the Rocket Press. Illustrations by Anthony Christmas.
Contains a summary of the history of book binding with a discussion of
the basics of binding techniques. 

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