ABC of leather bookbinding
Subtitle: an illustrated manual on traditional bookbinding
By: Edward R. Lhotka.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Castle, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Bookbinding -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Leather bindings (Bookbinding) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: The author, Edward R. Lhotka, shares the leather bookbinding techniques he learned and perfected during his forty-eight years at the R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company's "Extra Bindery" in Chicago. For twelve of these years (1924-1935) Lhotka was an apprentice and journeyman under the tutelage of the master bookbinder, Alfred de Sauty.
Notes: Includes index.