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Rare Books Collection at the Center for Archival Collections: History of the Book and Bookmaking

History of the Book Resources

Printing and the mind of man : assembled at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27 July 1963
Call Number: rare Z121.L73 1963
Publication Date: 1963
A bibliography of printing by Bigmore, E.C.
Call Number: rare Z117 .B4 1945
Publication Date: 1945
A dictionary of book history by Feather, John
Call Number: Z1006 .D52 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Boston printers, publishers, and booksellers, 1640-1800 by Franklin, Benjamin
Call Number: rare Z209.B7 B67
Publication Date: 1980
Books as history : the importance of books beyond their texts by Pearson, David, 1955-
Call Number: rare Z4 .P43 2008
Publication Date: 2008
The Oxford companion to the book by Suarez, Michael Felix
Call Number: rare Z4 .O946 2010
Publication Date: 2010

Bookmaking and Binding Print Resources

Eloquent witnesses : bookbindings and their history by Foot, Mirjam M.
Call Number: rare Z269 .E58 2004
Publication Date: 2004
ABC of bookbinding : a unique glossary with over 700 illustrations for collectors & librarians by Greenfield, Jane
Call Number: rare Z266.7 .G74 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ABC of leather bookbinding : an illustrated manual on traditional bookbinding by Lhotka, Edward R
Call Number: rare Z266 .L64 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Marbling methods and receipts from four centuries, with other instructions useful to bookbinders by McKay, Barry
Call Number: rare Z271.3.M37 M37 1990
Publication Date: 1990

Bookmaking Specimens

Biblio tech : reverse engineering historical and modern binding structures with a focus on board attachment by Hanmer, Karen
Call Number: rare Z271 .H36 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Eighteenth century trade binding by Hanmer, Karen
Call Number: rare Z271 .H36 2018
Publication Date: 2018