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ABC for Book Collectors -
Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC For Book Collectors has long been ...
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Bookbinding and Conservation by Hand -
By Laura Young. A practical manual for both experienced and beginning binders, book collectors, book dealers, and librarians. All instructions throughout this book have been tested at the bench for clarity and completeness. Where feasible, a list of materials precedes the step-by-step instruction...
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Dry Methods for Surface Cleaning Paper -
This book discusses dirt, as well as other potential difficulties arising from nature, and its effect on the condition of paper artifacts. Cleaning materials and techniques are discussed. Suggestions are made regarding specific types of works of art and archival materials. 12 pgs. Pamphlet.
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Flemish Bindery Poster -
This is truly a very special poster, published by Shepherds Bookbinders.
Unique in that the image portrays every step of the book from start to finish.
The image displays a few particularly noteworthy details. The first is how we can identify this as a Flemish bindery. Can you figure out ...
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Line, Shade & Shadow:The Fabrication & Preservation of Architectural Drawings -
As documents of the built environment, as source material for architectural historians and preservation architects, and as stunning works of art, architectural drawings serve a wide and diverse audience.
This book explores the materials and techniques used in their fabrication while illustrating ...
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Restoration of Leather Bindings -
Fourth edition, revised and expanded from the 1998 edition. A welcome new addition in this book is a full color section for the identification of leather and marbled papers. From the author of HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE (also published by Oak Knoll & The British Library), this cl...
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Retouching of Art on Paper -
Retouching, the process employed by paper conservators to replace damaged or lost areas of media, is carried out directly on the original item or on paper infills. Interventive retouching on an original surface requires the consideration of several important ethical issues such as reversibility and ...
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The Broad Spectrum:Studies in the Materials, Techniques and Conservation of Color on Paper -
Color on paper presents significant treatment challenges and research opportunities for the conservator and conservation scientist. Understanding the use of colored media on paper informs art historical interpretations of works of art and leads to a better appreciation of technique.
Recently, a d...
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The Care of Fine Books -
Here is a concise, eminently readable handbook on how to care for any book of value. For collectors, librarians, and curators it represents an elegant summation of their responsibilities and techniques. Included in The Care of Fine Books is a brief history of book-construction methods and a discussi...
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The Repair of Cloth Bindings -
By Arthur W. Johnson
Arthur Johnson, shares his expertise using more than 80 illustrations, drawn by the author himself, Johnson explains his procedures for sound construction based on scientific principles he developed over many decades.
Hardcover, 140 pages, 80 hand-drawn illustrat...
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The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper -
Since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw. has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a dearth of relevant literature, the noted ...
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