Contribution to Book
James B. Nicholson: _Manual of the Art of Bookbinding_ (1856)
Manual of the Art of Bookbinding (1856)
(1980)
Abstract
Introduction to the 1980 Garland reprint edition of James B. Nicholson's Manual of the Art of Bookbinding, often cited as the first American manual of the craft. Nicholson (1820-1901), apprenticed with Weaver & Warnock, Philadelphia, in 1848 partnered with James Pawson to form the bookbinding firm Pawson & Nicholson, Bookbinders, (1848-1911). He was a dedicated Odd Fellow, becoming Seventeenth Grand Sire of the Sovereign Grand Lodge (i.e. chief executive of the national organization) in 1862.
Keywords
- Nicholson,
- James Bartram,
- Nineteentn-centruy Books Arts and Printing History,
- Pawson & Nicholson; Bookbinders; Bookbinding manuals; Odd Fellows
Disciplines
Publication Date
1980
Citation Information
Sidney F. Huttner. "James B. Nicholson: _Manual of the Art of Bookbinding_ (1856)" Manual of the Art of Bookbinding (1856) (1980) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shuttner/41/