Howard M. Nixon, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding, 1978, Near Fine HC w/DJ, No Slipcase

Nixon, Howard M. London: Scolar Press, 1978.

English, Near Fine, HC, 8vo, 10 1/4" x 7", 232 pp + Index. 

ISBN: 0859674118

Hardcover in pale green cloth, maroon title label with gilt lettering to spine. Very Good- orange dust jacket, 1 1/2" closed tear to front panel, 2 1/4" closed tear and small chip to back panel, now in Mylar. No Slipcase. 232 pp + Index. Includes black-and-white images of bookbinding examples, highlighting the variety and progression of styles. From inside the dust jacket: "For the last twenty-five years the 'English Bookbindings' series which Howard Nixon has been contributing to The Book Collector has been one of the most highly-regarded features of that journal. With the issue of Spring 1977 the series reached its hundredth article, and the hundred pieces have been collected in this book, which provides the most authoritative concise guide to the history of bookbinding in this country which has been published."