ISBN10: 020530902X, ISBN13: 9780205309023, [publisher: Oak Knoll Press / The British Library (2005), New Castle, Delaware / London] Hardcover No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 2005 reprint of a title first published in 2002. vii, [1], 115, [5 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 227 x 149mm. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. "One of the leading designer bookbinders in Great Britain, Arthur Johnson has used his extensive knowledge of book construction to provide a reference manual for the repair and reconstruction of cloth bindings. Each process is explained in precise detail with clear text in order to give the worker confidence in this exacting skill. Using more than 90 illustrations, drawn by the author himself, Johnson explains his procedures for sound repair that he has developed over many decades. "
[Dunedin, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2005]
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