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Leather: The Unquenchable Thirst (India) (1994 Video)

Director

Frank Vellenga

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

In the past 20 years or so, the leather industry has shifted its activities from the West to countries like India, where labour is cheap and environmental regulations far less stringent. Meanwhile leather...

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Re-Backing an Antiquarian Book with Bernard Middleton / A Binders’ Exhibition with Jan Ascoli / A Visit to Cockerell Marbled Papers (1993 Video)

Subject

Crafts; Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £39.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

1: Bernard Middleton, an expert in the restoration of leather bindings, demonstrates the essential steps in re-backing a damaged and decayed leather binding. 2: Binerr Jan Ascoli shows some of her bindings...

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Smart Repairs (199 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 21 min., 1999 sale: £60.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Examines newer materials and methods for motor vehicle body repairs. Shows some of the techniques available for repairs to velour, carpets, leather, vinyl and bumpers. Also shows paintless dent removal using...

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In Your Library (3 Parts) (1984 Video)

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 28, 30, 15 min.

Part 1 stresses the need to preserve and extend the life of a book. Shows the way books are bound or cased by hand and the correct way to shelve them. Shows the damage that a poor environment and unsuitable...

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Bookbinding by Hand (2 Parts) (1981 Video)

Director

T Evans

Producer

J Turner

Subject

Crafts; Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 2 x 45 min.

Two methods of bookbinding by hand are illustrated; a book sewn on cords and leather bound with gold lettering, and a book sewn on tapes and bound in buckram. The programmes were made at the National Library...

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Orson Welles Great Mysteries, Volume One (1973)

Subject

Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 317 minutes), £15.00

British television series transmitted between 1973-1974. This anthology includes 13 episodes, all introduced by Orson Welles. The season consisted of 26 episodes. Included here are: -A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED...

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Iceman (1992 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the attempts of scientists to examine the body of a man discovered in an Alpine glacier who had been frozen for more than 4000 years. Covers work of laboratories across Europe in radiocarbon dating...

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Martin Waldron, Hampshire Coal Merchant (1988 Video)

aka: Hampshire Coalman - Winchester

Director

Murray Weston

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 123 min.

Shows a local coal merchant, Martin Waldron, collecting and delivering coal in rural Hampshire, two days before he gave up his business because of falling orders for domestic solid fuel. He talks about how...

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Klana Topeng: Classical Mask Dance from Yogyakarta, Java (1978 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min.

Klana Topeng, the love dance of the proud King Klono, is one of the classical Javanese solo dances. It derives from the Wayang Kulit, the original large mask-play developed in Central Java. The Wayang Kulit...

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Richard Deacon (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £13.99

Richard Deacon is widely regarded as one of the principal British sculptors, best known for his innovative use of open form and his interest in materials and their manipulation. For more than two decades,...

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