" ... [A]n ingenious dos-a-dos accordion structure book that assembles all of the materials at a binder's disposal: threads, papers, cloths, and skins. Each assemblage is laid out in a different pattern on the page spread ... The verso of the ephemera side collects a wide range of papers - marbled, paste and other - from [Cohen's] collection ... An assembling all the materials at a binder's disposal."--Bookseller's Website.
Samples of bookbinding ephemera: papers, tapes, threads, headbands, ribbons, bookcloth, leathers, foils, and stamped text, mounted in geometric patterns on one side of black paper; the other side includes samples of printed, marbled, paste, and other decorated papers, also arranged in geometric patterns. Pages folded accordion-style and bound in green paper-covered boards with leather title labels on both covers. Housed, as issued, in cloth-covered, drop-spine box with title label on spine and with edges in gold tea chest paper.