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Pp. 254(last blank), title and text illustrations, index; demy 8vo; grey boards, spine blocked in red and lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper; Private Libraries Association/Oak Knoll Press, Pinner, Middlesex/New Castle, DE., 1998. First trade edition. Nash checklist number 33. *'This book is intended to be an exploration of what the physical appearance of nineteenth and twentieth century books can teach us, not only about the history of publishing but also about economic and social history and the career of authorship. It examines changes in binding styles from boards through cloth to paperbacks, noting trends in design, and studying the inception and subsequent virtual extinction of pictorial cloth bindings. It follows the evolution of the dust-jacket from simple protective wrapping to elaborate artifact.' [Introduction]. Item #053156
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