[Books] Nicholson, James B. A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper...
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. First edition. 12mo. iii, 318, (3) pp. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates, 7 marbled paper samples, and numerous in-text illustrations. Three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, joints lightly worn; all edges marbled; scattered light foxing to text.
A fine first edition of the first practical American bookbinding manual.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller