[Sarah T. Prideaux] Bookbinders and Their Craft Fine Bindings Two gilt rules on the

Two gilt rules on the rear cover

fading to spines

Bound in russet brown crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf

Five bands to spine with title and author to inlaid black panel in second compartment

surrounding the title and author at the center of the front cover

[Sarah T. Prideaux] Bookbinders and Their Craft Fine Bindings Two gilt rules on thePrideaux, S. T. Bookbinders and Their Craft. New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1903. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is #56. Over one hundred illustrations. Publisher's half Japanese vellum binding, gilt spine titles, pale blue grey paper over boards. Top edge gilt. Divided into eight chapters: '18th Century English and Scottish Bookbindings, Roger Payne, Les Relieures Francais, Design in Bookbinding, Some French Bookbinders of today, Early