The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover
The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover

The Binding of Books: An Essay, Herbert Horne, Empire State, 1927, Very Good hardcover

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Horne, Herbert, The Binding of Books : An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings, New York: Empire State Book Co 1927. English, Very Good Hardcover 8vo, 5 ½” x 8”, 232 pp., + index. 

Second edition with an editorial note by A. W. Pollard. 9 Black-and-White gloss plates illustrating historical bindings. Brown cloth, title label to spine. Toning to front and rear free endpapers, interior pages clean. Binding tight. First published in 1894, this edition is part of the Books About Books series edited by A. W. Pollard. A detailed overview of bookbinding history covering early Italian, French, and English examples. Uncommon.