American signed bindings through 1876
By: Willman Spawn & Thomas E. Kinsella.
Contributors: Kinsella, Thomas E.; Bryn Mawr College. Library.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press; Bryn Mawr College Library
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Castle, DE; Bryn Mawr, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781584562085
Subjects: Bryn Mawr College. -- Library -- Exhibitions; Bookbinding -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions; Bookbinding -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Describes and illustrates 315 bookbinder's tickets, stamps, and engraved designations, from the 1750s through 1876. Identifies 233 binders from 19 states and 84 cities and towns from Maine to New Orleans and as far west as Little Rock. Provides brief descriptions of bindings and explanatory notes for many binders"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "This catalogue accompanies an exhibition titled 'Bound and Determined:   Identifying American Bookbindings', on display at the Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr College, January 30 to May 30, 2007".  It follows our earlier catalogue titled 'Ticketed Bindings From Nineteenth-Century Britain (1999).  The present catalogue describes many of the acquisitions made by the library since its 1983 publication on American bookbinding, 'Bookbinding in America: 1680-1910, from the Collection of Frederick E. Maser."-Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Identifying bookbinders; title: Signed bindings; title: American signed bindings through 1876; title: Bibliography; title: Indexes; title: Authors, editors, and titles; title: Provenance; title: Printers, publishers, and booksellers; title: Ticket and tool engravers; title: Bookbinders.