Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: a Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) - Douglas Cockerell - Books - Dodo Press - 9781409946786 - January 9, 2009
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Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: a Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Illustrated, Ill edition

Douglas Cockerell

Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: a Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Illustrated, Ill edition

Douglas Bennett Cockerell (1870-1945) was a British bookbinder who revolutionised modern bookbinding. At fifteen he went to Canada and worked as a farm hand, a wool carder, and a bank clerk. In 1891 he returned to England and was introduced to the book arts by his brother Sydney, a British museum curator, collector, and well-connected figure in the literary world and the private secretary to William Morris. In 1893, Douglas was apprenticed to Thomas J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery. There he learned the importance of combining quality materials with technical skill and creativity. He founded his own bindery in London in 1897 and took up a teaching position at the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. His works include: Bookbinding, and the Care of Books (1901), Some Notes on Bookbinding (1929) and Bookbinding as a School Subject (1939).

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 9, 2009
ISBN13 9781409946786
Publishers Dodo Press
Pages 208
Dimensions 150 × 12 × 225 mm   ·   312 g
Language English  
Contributor Noel Rooke
Contributor W. R. Lethaby

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