Item #153771 SON OF THE BOOKBINDER: With an appendix showing samples of some of the finest bookcloths manufactured today. Gregor R. Campbell.

SON OF THE BOOKBINDER: With an appendix showing samples of some of the finest bookcloths manufactured today.

Pp. 82(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 6 hand-tipped coloured plates, the title page printed in red & black, listing of book cloth sources; brown textured cloth with gilt lettered brown leather title label on spine; fore-edges uncut; accompanied by a portfolio of samples bound in green textured cloth with gilt lettered brown leather title label on spine; housed together within a dark brown cloth slipcase; Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA., 2004. Edition limited to 170 numbered copies, bound by the Campbell-Logan bindery. *History of the bookbinding company founded by Allan Campbell in 1949, told by his son, the current owner of the business. The appendix portfolio houses five card leaves folded accordion-style, containing a total of 60 swatches of 'fancy' imported fabrics (twelve bookcloths each from five different makers in Japan, Holland, Germany and Italy. Item #153771

Price: $450.00