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Only in cloth : publishers' bookbindings 1830-1910 : an exhibition from the collection of Calvin P. Otto on display in the Rotunda of the University of Virginia, 18 September-22 December 1997.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NC973 .O55 1997
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Otto, Calvin P., 1930-2009.
Book Arts Press.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Book covers--History--19th century.
Book covers.
Book covers--History--20th century.
Publishers' bindings--History--19th century.
Publishers' bindings.
Publishers' bindings--History--20th century.
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding)--History--19th century.
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding).
Cloth bindings (Bookbinding)--History--20th century.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
31 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville [Va.] : Book Arts Press, 1997.
Notes:
Sample of book cloth on p. 27.
Glossary of terms, p. 28-30.
"Fifty copies of the preliminary edition of this exhibition catalog were printed for distribution to guests at a dinner held on October 2nd, 1997, in honor of Nicholas Basbane's visit to the Book Arts Press ..."--Colophon.
Exhibition mounted "under the auspices of the Book Arts Press."
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Shober Family Fund bookplate.
OCLC:
920919549

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