NICHOLSON, JAMES BARTRAM. A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding. 12 plates of binding styles, rolls, and ornaments; 7 marbled paper specimens (off-setting onto facing pages); numerous text illustrations. Publisher's 18-page catalogue at end. 12mo,

NICHOLSON, JAMES BARTRAM. A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding. 12 plates of binding styles, rolls, and ornaments; 7 marbled paper specimens (off-setting onto facing pages); numerous text illustrations. Publisher's 18-page catalogue at end. 12mo, original cloth, spine ends chipped, cover corners worn through. Philadephia, 1856 E800-1200 FIRST EDITION of the first practical manual of the subject by an American, and an important source for binding techniques of the period.