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LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP.
Wolfe, Richard J. and Paul McKenna

- Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press 1985 - small 4to. - quarter morocco with tips and leather spine-label, gold-decorated paper sides. - 161 pages. - Order Nr. 60469 - Price: $ 225.00

S-K 7047. Limited to 325 copies. A history of this German born binder who worked for the Roycrofters from 1897 to 1911. The authors have included much unpublished material relating to Kinder and Hubbard, a rather complete catalogue of impressions of Kinder's bookbinding hand tools and illustrated fourteen bindings in full color. Another excellent Bird & Bull production. With prospectus loosely inserted.

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AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM THE NEWBERY BIBLE 1780. by Adomeit, Ruth Elizabeth Limited to 125 copies (Bradbury, Dawson's 66). Tipped-in leaf from the miniature Bible printed by E. Newbery in London, 1780 (Adomeit B26-B28; Disbound and Dispersed 168.5). Essay by the author gives a descriptive history of the printing.