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Catalogue section: 302-Artists' Books/Bookbinding

  
See More... 1  Collection of Hungarian Books.
Budapest Borda Antikvária 1992-2008
A collection of 14 private press works published in Hungary. Included are a number of the works of Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942). The Borda Antikvárium was founded in Budapest by Lajos and Gloria Borda in 1977. It published 27 catalogues between 1993 and 2008. Since 1992, it has published bibliographies, artists' books and bibliophile editions. In 2005, it moved from Budapest to the village of Zebegény.

Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff (A Ship of Fools: First Tenth) (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Text in Hugarian and German. Limited to 50 numbered copies with signatures on colophon. Translated by Lázló Márton. Original engravings by István Orosz, anamorphic illustrations, forming the image of a skull, when viewed at a distance. Typography by Edit Zigány. Text from the Basler initial issue of 1494. Handbound by Agnes Vankó and János Juhász with unique, artistic leather bindings. A late 15th century satire, critical of the state of the Roman Catholic Church. 4to. Decorated leather with dust jacket, slip case. Unpaginated. ISBN 9638006196.

Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff (A Ship of Fools, Second Tenth). (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 2001). Limited to 50 numbered copies. As above, with signatures. ISBN 9638006320.

Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff (A Ship of Fools, Third Tenth). (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium Zebegény, 2003). Limited to 50 numbered copies. As above, with signatures. ISBN 9638006188.

Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajoja (A Ship of Fools). (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 2008). Text in Hungarian. First Hungarian edition, limited to 33 numbered copies. The complete set of Brant's satires of the state of the Roman church in the late 15th century, and over a hundred matters considered (by Brant) as fooleries, including book collecting. Marginal notes accompany text. Translated with an essay by Martón László. Table of contents. Binding by Janos Juhász. 4to. Decorated leather boards, dust jacket, slip case. 369,(3) pages. ISBN: 9789638006479.

Sandor, Weöres, Fantasie Orientale (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1994). Limited to 69 numbered copies. Dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Yugoslav Civil War of the early 1990s. Designed by Zigány Edit. Signed color illustration by Konok Tamás of Kéri Imre's graphic workshop.4to. Quarter cloth, paper-covered boards; top edge cut, other edges uncut, slip case. (iv), 9, (7) pages.

Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Text in German. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Binding by Janos Juhász. Typography by György Haiman and Dóra Keresztes. Original engravings by István Orosz. Signed on colophon by Keresztes and Orosz. 4to. Decorated leather boards, dust jacket, slip case. 51, (5) pages. ISBN: 963800617X.

Lajos, Parti Nagy, Petöfi Barguzinban (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 2009). Limited to sixty numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Works of Sándor Petöfi (1823-1849), Hungarian poet and one of the leaders of the Hungarian revolution of 1848, presumed to have been killed in the Battle of Segesvár, one of the last battles in the Hungarian uprising against the Austrian Empire, although some accounts relate that he did not die but languised in a Russian prison. Designed and illustrated, and signed, by Felvidéki András. Oblong 4to. Decorated cloth boards. Unpaginated.
ISBN: 9789638006509.

Jenö, Heltai, A Könyv-Ember (Paper Man) (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1992). Limited to 150 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Jenö (1871-1957) was a Hungarian Zionist journalist and poet who sold his book collection upon falling in love with a young woman. But he then found a rare book shortly before the wedding and chose the book over the prospective bride. Designed by Haiman György. 4to. Handmade stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 7+(1) pages.

Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Limited to 82 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Illustrations by Felvidéki András with signature on colophon. 12mo. Paper-covered boards. 62, (2) pages. ISBN: 9638006218.

Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Kiadása: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Limited to 82 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Commemorating the work of Haiman György. Illustrations by Kiss István. 4to. Cloth with author and title gilt-stamped on front board and spine. 46, (2) pages. ISBN: 963800620X.

Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel, (N.P.: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Limited to 112 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Illustrated and signed by Bányai István. Illustrations tipped in. 12mo. Stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9638006234.

Maspero, Francesco (editor), Esopus Fabulai (Budapest, Borda Antikvárium, 1997). Numbered copy. Illustrated and signed by Regina Szász. This work was based on her university diploma project. Text in Hungarian and Italian. Glossary of archaic words. Numerous foldout leaves. 8vo. Stiff paper wrappers bound by string, edges uncut. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9638006099.

Sandor, Weöres Talákozásom Sevcsenkóval (Encounters with Shevchenko) (Budapest, Borda Antikvárium, 1998). Text in Hungarian. Based on the work of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-61), who played an important role in establishng modern Ukrainian literature. Bound, illustrated by Szász Regina, signed on colophon. Gilt illustrations with facsimiles of handwritten insciptions on tissue throughout text. Oblong 8vo. Stiff paper wrappers, gilt-stamped, in gilt-stamped portfolio. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9638006145.

Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Text in Hungarian. Limited to 82 numbered copies. Illustrations by Gyarfas Gabor, signed on colophon. 12mo. Paper-covered boards. 45, (3) pages. ISBN: 9638006153.

About the artists:

Istvan Kiss is a graphic artist and typographics expert, graduate of the Hungarian Arts and Crafts University.
István Bányai (b. 1949) earned a B.F.A. at the Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design, immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1985.
Gyarfas Gabor (b. 1946) graduated from the College of Applied Arts and is a graphic design artist.
András Felvidéki (b. 1946) also graduated from the College of Applied Arts and is a graphic designer and a poster designer.
Tamás Konok (b. 1930) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, and is a painter and sculptor.
István Orosz (b. 1951) earned his degree from Moholo-Nagy, and is a painter, printer, and graphic designer.
Price: $ 7,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 114420

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See More... 2  (Bookbinding) THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING 525-1950 A.D., AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART.
Baltimore Walter Art Gallery 1957 4to. cloth. xi, 275 pages.
First edition, limited to 3000 copies. 56 pages of plates. A valuable reference book on the subject of binding. With the bookplate of the noted collector of bookbinding books, Phroze K. Randeria.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 71267

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See More... 4  (Bookbinding) Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. BOOKBINDING AND THE CONSERVATION OF BOOKS, A DICTIONARY OF DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY.
Washington Library of Congress 1982 4to. cloth. x, 297 pages.
S-K 353. With foreword by Frederick R. Goff. Contains thousands of terms and definitions which deal with the binding, care and repair of books. With a bibliography listing 373 related sources. Illustrated. Uneven fading of covers with some rubbing.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 60468

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See More... 5  (Rothschild Catalogue) CATALOGUE DES LIVRES COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. LE BARON JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD.
5 volumes. New York Burt Franklin n.d. tall 8vo. cloth. xx,672; (iv),596; (vi),574; (vi),647; (iv),684 pages.
Reprint of the 1920 first edition. With a full index to the collection in the back of the last volume. Has many plates of illustrations including 7 of bookbindings with 4 in color.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 7496

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Catalogue section: 302-Book Collecting, Bookselling, and Publishing History

  
See More... 6  (Adams, John Couch) CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED AND OTHER BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO THE LIBRARY BY JOHN COUCH ADAMS...
Cambridge Cambridge University Library 1902 small 8vo. cloth-backed paper covered boards. (vi), 203 pages.
With a one page introduction by "F.J." (Francis Jenkinson). Very scarce.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 114996

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See More... 7  AL'MANAKH BIBLIOFILA (THE BIBLIOPHILE'S ALMANACH)
21 volumes. Moscow n.p. 1975-1993 8vo. cloth.
Twenty-one of the twenty-eight volumes published to-date in this periodical devoted to book collecting, printing, miniature books, bookplates, publishing and bookselling. Illustrated. The former owner of this set knows of no complete sets in the West. Includes the following volumes: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15-20, 22-28.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 39558

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See More... 8  ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY REVIEW.
(Original title ABMR). Oxford ABMR 1980 - 1999 4to. self paper wrappers
Total of 188 issued of this periodical devoted to book collecting. Included under the title ABMR Volume XII, 1 (1980) to Volume XIX, 12 (1992) lacking only one issue (XVIII, no.1). Continued as Antiquarian Book Monthly Review which has 33 issues.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 77722

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See More... 9  Arnold, William Harris A RECORD OF BOOKS & LETTERS COLLECTED BY WILLIAM HARRIS ARNOLD. WITH AN ESSAY ON THE COLLECTOR'S POINT OF VIEW BY LEON H. VINCENT.
Jamaica, NY Dodd, Mead and Co. 1901 tall 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xx, 106 pages.
First edition, one of 29 numbered copies printed on Japan paper out of a total limitation of 145 copies numbered and signed by Frank Hopkins of the Marion Press. (Webber p.25). Arnold was a bookseller and collector. This book records his activities as a collector showing prices paid for books and prices realized at their auction sale. Filled with illustrations. Label is spotted along edge.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 32501

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See More... 10  (Backer, Hector de) BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. HECTOR DE BACKER.
4 volumes bound in 2 Paris Librairie Henri Leclerc 1926 small 4to. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards with original stiff paper wrappers bound in xii,294,(2); viii, 295-499,(3); vii,501-730(4); vii,731-933+(1) pages plus 31 plates
Auction catalogue for L. Giraud-Badin held on February 17-20, 1926. (Blogie II, 301-2). In four parts, the fourth being an album containing thirty-one black-and-white plates. Parts 2-4 bound together in volume two. Part one begins with a preface by Abel Lefranc concerning the deceased Hector de Backer and his collection. De Backer was the president of the Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique prior to his death. Errata for first three volumes at end of Volume III.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 77344

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See More... 11  (Backer, Hector de) BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. HECTOR DE BACKER.
4 volumes Paris Librairie Henri Leclerc 1926 small 4to. half leather, five raised bands, marble paper covered boards, original wrappers bound in. xii,294,(2); viii,295-499,(3); vii,501-730,(2); vii,731-933+(1) pages
Auction catalogue for L. Giraud-Badin held on February 17-20, 1926. (Blogie II, 301-2). In four parts,the plates being bound in with volume four. Part one begins with a preface by Abel Lefranc concerning the deceased, Hector de Backer and his collection. De Backer was the president of the Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique prior to his death. Loss of leather at head and tail of the spine on volumes one and two and four, Spine lacking on volume three. All four volumes have rubbing to the spine edges. Minor wear to the edges of boards and corners. 31 plates in text of Volume IV. Errata for first three volumes at beginning of Volume IV.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 105956

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See More... 13  Bidwell, John (editor) A BIBLIOPHILE'S LOS ANGELES, ESSAYS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIBLIOPHILES ON THE OCCASION OF ITS XIVTH CONGRESS.
Los Angeles University of California 1985 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. x, 186, (2) pages.
Limited to 350 copies. Foreword by Robert Vosper followed by eight essays on collecting and books by Robert Rosenthal, Tyrus G. Harmsen, Richard H. Rouse, Charles L. Heiskell, Ward Ritchie, Ruth E. Fine, and Alan Jutzi. Printed by Patrick Reagh.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 41298

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One of 200 copies

Dubois, Henri Pene FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW-YORK A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF BIBLIOPHILISM OF AMERICA.
New York Duprat & Co. 1892 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 119 pages.
First edition, one of 200 copies printed on Japanese paper (out of 1000 copies). (Webber p.62). Thirteen chapters on the book including one on the art of bookbinding and another on Historical Book-Covers. Includes 13 illustrations with 8 of the bindings including a full color frontispiece. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 15478

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See More... 17  Flower, Desmond & A.J.A. Symons (editors) THE. BOOK-COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY. 1.
Edited by Desmond Flower & A. J.A.Symons. London Cassell and Co. 1930 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. (vi), viii, 113, (13) pages.
One of 100 numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper and bound thus. The first volume of this important periodical. Spine faded.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 115185

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See More... 18  Flower, Desmond & A.J.A. Symons (editors) THE. BOOK-COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY. 2.
Edited by Desmond Flower & A. J.A.Symons. London Cassell and Co. 1931 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. (vi), viii, 113, (13) pages.
One of 100 numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper and bound thus. Spine faded.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 32499

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See More... 19  (Huth, Alfred H.) CATALOGUE OF THE FIFTY MANUSCRIPTS & PRINTED BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY ALFRED H. HUTH.
London Printed for the Trustees 1912 small folio. cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 130 pages.
Frontispiece portrait of Huth, introduction by F.G. Kenyon along with much text and illustrations including 18 separate plates done in collotype. Printed letterpress by Horace Hart at the University Press. Former library book from the Gloucestershire County Libraries with bookplate and pocket mounted on free endpaper. Paper label on spine.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 33505

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  20  LE LIVRE, REVUE MENSUELLE BIBLIOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE.
Premier Volume. Paris A. Quantin 1880 thick small 4to. half leather, all edges gilt. 431 pages.
Ulrich & Kup p.124. "News of the world of books and letters. Well edited; useful for reference for the period." Filled with illustrations of books and bindings, portraits and others. Minor cover rubbing.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 32595

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See More... 21  Newton, A. Edward THE FORMAT OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
With Reproductions of Title-pages from Books in the Author's Library. Cleveland The Rowfant Club 1928 4to. marbled cloth with a maroon base color, box with wrap-around label. (vi), 41, (3) pages.
Printed in February 1928 in an edition of 289 numbered copies (Fleck A.15.A.2). With a separate colored plate as a frontispiece. Book and box are in great shape.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 14883

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See More... 22  (Newton, A. Edward) RARE BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTED BY THE LATE A. EDWARD NEWTON.
4 volumes. New York Parke-Bernet Galleries 1941 small 4to. bblue boards, dust jackets except the prospectus volume which was issued in a cardboard mailer. 24; xviii,230; xii,276; x,178 pages. Profusely illustrated.
Complete set of this important sale catalogue (Fleck G.111). The illustrations are excellent with one Blake drawing in full color. Newton's comments from his many books have been interlaced with the book descriptions in the catalogue. The first volume is a prospectus with comments by Rosenbach, Morley and a biography. Jackets rubbed and chipped with tape repairs. Third volume lacks front free endpaper.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 38702

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See More... 23  (Phillipps, Sir Thomas) Munby, A.N.L. PHILLIPPS STUDIES
5 volumes, complete. Cambridge University Press 1951-1960 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. (viii),39+(1); xiii+(i), 119; xi+(i),177; xv+(i),227; xi,203+(1) pages.
This set comprises the best study done of Sir Thomas Phillipps, probably the world's best known collector. Comprising the following titles:
1. THE CATALOGUES OF MANUSCRIPTS & PRINTED BOOKS OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS; THEIR COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. 1951.
2. THE FAMILY AFFAIRS OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS. 1952.
3. THE FORMATION OF THE PHILLIPPS LIBRARY UP TO THE YEAR 1840. 1954.
4. THE FORMATION OF THE PHILLIPPS LIBRARY FROM 1841 TO 1872. 1956.
5. THE DISPERSAL OF THE PHILLIPPS LIBRARY. 1960.
The set has proven to be very difficult to assemble in its entirety, especially in dust jackets. Jacket of volume two is age darkened. Small owner's booklabel in corner of back pastedown.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 2856

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See More... 24  Poole, Edward R. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND RETROSPECTIVE MISCELLANY, CONTAINING NOTICES OF AND EXTRACTS FROM, RARE, CURIOUS, AND USEFUL BOOKS, IN ALL LANGUAGES.
Original Matter Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland; Abstracts from Valuable Manuscripts; Unpublished Autograph Letters of Eminent Characters; and Notices of Book Sales. London John Wilson 1830 small 8vo. original cloth covers with new cloth spine, original paper spine label. (iv), 160 pages.
First and only edition. (Lowndes p.1912; Ulrich and Kup p.146; Halkett and Laing p.198 though pagination is stated incorrectly). Lowndes says that "This gentleman issued notices of a translation or Richard de Bury's Philobiblon, a corpus Bibliographicum, and other small works, which never appeared." This periodical contains a 12 page biography of de Bury with numerous references. Worn along edges. Old note in ink on free endpaper.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 17393

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