| LC control no. | sh 85015716 |
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| LC classification | Z269.3.F55 |
| Topical heading | Fine bindings |
| Variant(s) | Art bindings Artists' bindings Bookbinding--Ornamental bindings Craft bindings De luxe bindings Deluxe bindings Designer bindings Fine bookbindings Ornamental bookbindings |
| See also | Bookbinding |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on custom bindings of books, irrespective of contents. Works on books that are produced by artists and intended as visual art objects are entered under Artists' books. Works on books illustrated with original prints by well known artists and published in limited editions are entered under Artists' illustrated books. Works on existing books whose pages have been altered by paint, collage, or other media are entered under Altered books. |
| Subject example tracing | Notes under Altered books; Artists' books; Artists' illustrated books |
| Found in | Work cat.: 95123855: La reliure actuelle, 1994 (Predominant phrase used in English contributions is Fine bindings; also: Art bindings, Artists' bindings, Designer bindings) LC database, Sept. 22, 1995 (40 records under the former heading "Bookbinding--Ornamental bindings"; in English predominant usage is: "Fine bindings" and "Fine bookbindings"; also "Craft bindings" and "Designer bindings") McMurtrie. The book, 1943: chap. 38 ("Fine binding" and "Fine binders" used throughout, to differentiate any style of commissioned work for individual copies of a book, or for limited press runs, from utilitarian publishers' bindings, called "plain bindings") Harrod. The librarians' glossary, 1971: s.v. De luxe binding (A fine leather binding, lettered and tooled by hand) Vitale. Bibliography, historical and bibliothecal, c1971: s.v. Binding (Refers to "luxurious binding") |
| Not found in | Hennepin; Kenneison. Dict. of printing, papermaking and bookbinding, 1963 |
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