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American signed bindings through 1876

Title
American signed bindings through 1876 / Willman Spawn & Thomas E. Kinsella.
Author
Spawn, Willman
Publication
  • New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Bryn Mawr, PA : Bryn Mawr College Library, 2007.
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan : Sheridan Books.

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Additional Authors
  • Kinsella, Thomas E.
  • Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
  • Bryn Mawr College. Library, publisher.
  • Sheridan Books Inc., printer.
Description
299 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
  • "Describes and illustrates 315 bookbinder's tickets, stamps, and engraved designations, from the 1750s through 1876. Identifies 233 binders from 19 states and 84 cities and towns from Maine to New Orleans and as far west as Little Rock. Provides brief descriptions of bindings and explanatory notes for many binders"--Provided by publisher.
  • "Two hundred and thirty-three binders are represented, many with multiple designations. Locations of binders cluster up and down the east coast from Maine to Virginia, with tickets as far south as New Orleans and as far west as Little Rock. The study identifies binders from 19 states and 84 cities and towns. Brief descriptions of bindings are provided, along with explanatory notes for many binders, especially in the binding centers of Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The strength of the study is in its attention to nineteenth-century trade binders such as Benjamin Bradley and Peter Low of Boston, George W. Alexander and Colton & Jenkins of New York, and Benjamin Gaskill and Joseph T. Altemus of Philadelphia"--Publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 2, 2015. http://www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/93878/willman-spawn-thomas-e-kinsella/american-signed-bindings-through-1876
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Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • "This catalogue accompanies an exhibition titled Bound and Determined: Identifying American Bookbindings, on display at the Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr College, January 30 to May 30, 2007"--Preface.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and indexes.
Binding (note)
  • "Production-bound copies by Sheridan Books are covered with Arrestox, Blue Ribbon, linen-finish bookcloth"--Title page verso.
  • Library copy issued unbound as "Smyth-sewn book block complete with end sheets but without a case"--Publisher's Web site.
Contents
Identifying bookbinders -- Signed bindings -- American signed bindings through 1876 -- Bibliography -- Indexes: Authors, editors, and titles ; Provenance ; Printers, publishers, and booksellers ; Ticket and tool engravers ; Bookbinders.
Call Number
*KAB 15-12
ISBN
  • 9781584562085 (alk. paper)
  • 1584562080 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007034576
OCLC
167502300
Author
Spawn, Willman, author.
Title
American signed bindings through 1876 / Willman Spawn & Thomas E. Kinsella.
Publisher
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Bryn Mawr, PA : Bryn Mawr College Library, 2007.
Manufacturer
Ann Arbor, Michigan : Sheridan Books.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and indexes.
Binding
"Production-bound copies by Sheridan Books are covered with Arrestox, Blue Ribbon, linen-finish bookcloth"--Title page verso.
Library copy issued unbound as "Smyth-sewn book block complete with end sheets but without a case"--Publisher's Web site. NN
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Chronological Term
1700 - 1899
Place of Publication
United States Delaware New Castle.
United States Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr.
United States Michigan Ann Arbor.
Added Author
Kinsella, Thomas E., author.
Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
Bryn Mawr College. Library, publisher.
Sheridan Books Inc., printer.
Research Call Number
*KAB 15-12
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