This new book provides guidance on recognising and dating English bindings of the handpress period. It deals not only with the luxury end of the market (where s

"This second printing of David Pearson's English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 includes a new introduction and a number of additional references and relevant poi

This is an expanded version of Andrea Krupp's article & includes a full catalogue of bookcloth grains with illustrations in a large format & in colour. The essa

"Stuart Bennett's landmark study is the first illustrated guide to a complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles,