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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 / William Tomlinson and Richard Masters.
- Title
- 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 / William Tomlinson and Richard Masters.
- Author
- Tomlinson, William, 1917-1992.
- Publication
- Stockport, Cheshire, Eng. : D. Tomlinson, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | Z269 .T66x 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Masters, Richard, 1924-
- Description
- xvi, 143, [3], A-K p. : ill. (some col.), ports.; 26 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes section of mounted samples of Victorian-type and other bookcloths.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-143).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The slow struggler for acceptance -- From experiments to mass production -- Archibald Winterbottom sets the standards -- The Winterbottom Book Cloth Company (1891-1980) -- Production of starch-filled bookcloth at Victoria Mills -- Winterbottom's prices and costs of production -- Winterbottom's major role in American bookcloth production -- Descriptions of bookcloth qualities -- Identification of designs (grains) -- Competitors to bookcloth.
- ISBN
- 0952773600
- LCCN
- gb^97024209^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library