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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella AMERICAN SIGNED BINDINGS THROUGH 1876
New Castle and Bryn Mawr Oak Knoll Press & Bryn Mawr College Library 2007 4to. unbound 300 pages
First edition. Smyth-sewn book block complete with end sheets but without a case. In this the first major study of American signed book bindings, Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella describe and illustrate 315 bookbinder's tickets, stamps, and engraved designations dating from the 1750s through 1876. The details of the study reveal a vibrant segment of the book trade, deeply enmeshed with the related trades of booksellers, stationers and publishers. Two hundred and thirty-three binders are represented, many with multiple designations. Locations of binders cluster up and down the east coast from Maine to Virginia, with tickets as far south as New Orleans and as far west as Little Rock. The study identifies binders from 19 states and 84 cities and towns. Brief descriptions of bindings are provided, along with explanatory notes for many binders, especially in the binding centers of Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The strength of the study is in its attention to nineteenth-century trade binders such as Benjamin Bradley and Peter Low of Boston, George W. Alexander and Colton & Jenkins of New York, and Benjamin Gaskill and Joseph T. Altemus of Philadelphia.

Spawn, retired conservator at the American Philosophical Society, has written numerous articles on early American bookbinding. Since 1985 he has served as honorary Curator of Bookbindings at Bryn Mawr College where he has helped to build the splendid collection of signed bindings described here. Kinsella is Associate Professor of British Literature at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He has written on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, among other subjects, and, for the past 20 years, has collaborated with Spawn researching the history of bookbinding.
The volume has two introductory essays and is well indexed. Co-published with Bryn Mawr College Library.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 93878

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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press 1999 small 4to. cloth. 206 pages.
First edition, the hardbound variant. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries, followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail, including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important reference book in the study of English binding.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 54990

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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press 1999 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 206 pages.
First edition. The paper wrappers depict various binder's tickets in color. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries, followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail, including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important new reference book in the study of English binding.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 54991

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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press 1999 small 4to. unbound signatures. 206 pages.
First edition. Unbound sheet variant of this book. Suitable for binding.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 54992

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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press 1999 small 4to. cloth. 206 pages.
First edition, the hardbound variant. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important new reference book in the study of English binding.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 86857

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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press 1999 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 206 pages.
First edition. The paper wrappers depict various binder's tickets in color. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries, followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail, including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important new reference book in the study of English binding. Signed by both authors on the title page.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 106374

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(Bookbinding) Spawn, Willman THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN BINDING STYLES.
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library 1983 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp.29-36.
Not in S-K. An offprint from the book BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, 1680-1910 published by Bryn Mawr. Covers somewhat curled.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 38550

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(Bookbinding) SPECIMEN BOOK NO. 3.
(Magdeburg, Germany Dornemann & Co. n.d. 4to. Self paper wrappers 30 pages
Text in German, English, Spanish, Italian and French. Preface. A catalogue of metal ornaments and types for bookbinders. Front wrapper missing. Tanning. Pages torn along edges. Pages loose.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 110075

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(Bookbinding) THE SPENCER COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS.
With a Five page Introduction by Henry Kent. New York New York Public Library 1914 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 44 pages.
S-K 1422. First edition. (Mejer no.1442). Contains a number of separate plates showing the work of Michel, Gruel, Lortic and others. The books in the collection are described in great detail. Wrappers chipped along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 13982

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(Bookbindings) Stephen, Geo. A. DECORATIVE BOOK-COVERS
N.P. n.p. n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 113-124 pages
Various bindings illustrated in black-and-white throughout. Seven magazine clippings about bindings and binders laid-in. Paper label that reads "Fine Bindings" and another that states that the book was part of the Charles Carpenter Pamphlet Collection on upper wrapper. Bound in cardstock. Binding tape pulling up from lower wrapper at hinge, wrappers worn and creased at spine and fore-edge, some loss at lower right corner of upper wrapper.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 95498

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(Bookbinding) Sterne, Harold E. CATALOGUE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BINDERY EQUIPMENT
Cincinnati Ye Olde Printery (1978) oblong 8vo. plastic fabric. 272 pages.
S-K 7413. First edition. (Brenni no.175). Pictorial review of binding equipment including blank book equipment, edition binding equipment, etc. Index.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 18939

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(Bookbinding) Storm Van Leeuwen, Van DE MEEST OPMERKELIJKE BOEKBANDEN UIT EIGEN BEZIT.
Gravenhage Koninklijke Bibliotheek 1983 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 171 pages.
First edition. (Schmidt-Künsemüller 1017) A catalog from the 's-Gravenhage (Netherlands) 1983 exhibition of "remarkable" bookbindings from their Royal Library. The catalog is divided by age: middle ages, renaissance, etc. Entries include biographical information about the binder as well as specifics relating to the volume on display. All 169 entries are illustrated in black-and-white at rear. Indexed. In Dutch. Presentation from author on half-title. Slightly bumped at head of spine.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 71272

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(Bookbinding) Strand, Gustav AUGUST SANDGREN, MENNESKET OG BOGBINDEREN.
N.P. n.p. n.d. (but 1952) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. pp. 9-39+(1) followed by 17 plates showing bindings.
Limited to 100 copies according to a handwritten note in the back. A study of the binding work executed by August Sandgren. With a presentation from the author dated 1952 on the inside of the front cover. Jacket is split along hinge. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 72453

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(Bookbinding) Strouse, Norman H ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BOOKBINDING: MODERN BIBLIOPEGY AT ITS BEST
To Introduce Modern Fine Bookbinding in England and America, an Exhibition of 84 Bindings. Stanford Stanford University Library 1973 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 36 pages.
Twenty page essay by Strouse with specific mention of Cobden- Sanderson, Katharine Adams, the Club Bindery and Roger Powell. Following the essay is a list of books in the exhibition.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 15621

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(Bookbinding) Szirmai, J.A. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL BOOKBINDING.
Aldershot Ashgate Publishing 1998 tall 8vo. cloth. xvi, 352 pages.
Reprint of the 1999 first edition. A total of ten chapters on single-quire Coptic codices, multi-quire Coptic codices, late Coptic codices, the Ethiopian codex, the Islamic codex, Byzantine codices, Carolingian bindings, Romanesque bindings, Gothic bindings and limp bindings. Includes a bibliography and an index. Illustrated throughout.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 54941

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(Bookbinding) Szirmai, J.A. BOEK BAND KUNST
Amsterdam Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam 1984 4to. cloth xi, 116 pages.
Exhibition catalogue showing the work of modern bookbinders. 49 modern bindings and 4 historical reproductions are described and illustrated. Presentation on free endpaper "To Deborah Evetts with warmest greetings, John Szimari, February 1992."
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 38577

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(Bookbinding) Thomas, Henry EARLY SPANISH BOOKBINDINGS XI-XV CENTURIES
London Bibliographical Society 1939 4to. half cloth, top edge gilt. xlvi, 65 pages of text followed by 99 plates.
First edition. (S-K 2038; Appleton p.85; Brenni no.1156). An important book. Corners bumped.
Price: $ 135.00 other currencies Order nr. 5967

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(Bookbinding) Thompson, Elbert A. and Lawrence S. Thompson FINE BINDING IN AMERICA, THE STORY OF THE CLUB BINDERY
N.P. Beta Phi Mu 1956 8vo. cloth. (viii), 45 pages of text with 7 plates showing Club Bindery examples.
S-K 5637. Scarce book on this turn of the century fine binding firm. The Club Bindery was founded by some of the richest book collectors in America in 1895. They brought many of Europe's best craftsman to America to work in the firm. This book discusses the Club Bindery, the Rowfant Bindery of Cleveland which was established by a number of the former members of the Club Bindery and finally the fine binding department of the Country Life Press.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 6016

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(Bookbinding) Tidcombe, Marianne (editor) TWENTY-FIVE GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS. AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE TO BERNARD C. MIDDLETON'S RECOLLECTIONS.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1997 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 76 pages.
Paperback edition. Includes an Introduction and Preface by Dr. Marianne Tidcombe and an essay on "The Use of Gold in Bookbinding" by Bernard C. Middleton. Fine bookbinding and gold-tooling enthusiasts will enjoy this exhibition catalogue of designer bindings honoring respected craftsman and noted bookbinding historian, Bernard C. Middleton. Each of the 25 gold-tooled contemporary bindings executed by some of the world's most talented bookbinders focus on Middleton's memoirs, Recollections, recently produced by the venerable Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The catalogue includes a short, one-page biography and photograph of each binder, and, on the facing page, a photograph of the binding and a description of the binding is included. The very words "gold-tooled bindings" bring to mind beauty, brilliance, and luxury. Gold-tooling is one of the most visible and striking of all the traditional techniques, but it has been less evident with each passing decade. This occasion gave binders the opportunity to show what they were still capable of. While enjoying the beauty of the bindings in this collection and reflecting on the skilled craftsmanship that has gone into making them, one soon regrets that this kind of work is such a rarity. By the end of the twentieth century, the number of hand-binders who regularly produced gold-tooled bindings had dwindled dramatically from even only 25 years earlier. This exhibition, which travelled from The British Library to the Rochester Institute of Technology and the San Francisco Library in the first half of 1997, and this catalogue, as a tribute to Bernard Middleton, will be successful if it encourages hand-binders to use more gold-tooling and lettering on their bindings and if it demonstrates to collectors and connoisseurs of fine bindings that beautiful gold-tool bindings will continue if there is a demand for them.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 46858

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(Bookbinding) Tidcombe, Marianne (editor) TWENTY-FIVE GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS. AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE TO BERNARD C. MIDDLETON'S RECOLLECTIONS.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1997 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 76 pages.
Paperback edition. Covers faded.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 72002

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(Bookbinding) Tidcombe, Marianne WOMEN BOOKBINDERS 1880-1920.
London & New Castle, Delaware The British Library & Oak Knoll Press (1996) 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper sides. 240 pages.
First Edition. During the period 1880-1920, the number of women craft bookbinders in Britain increased dramatically. In this, the first major study of its kind, Marianne Tidcombe provides a timely and authoritative introduction to the role and work of women craft binders during the period. The foremost women binders - including Sarah Prideaux, Katherine Adams, Sybil Pye - are discussed at some length (as is the Guild of Women Binders), but all significant figures are included. The appendices illustrate the tools used by Prideaux, Adams and Pye, and provide a list of women in charge of bookbinding shops in Britain before 1900.
Superbly illustrated throughout - with 32 color plates and over 100 black-and-white photographs - this handsomely produced book will make a significant contribution to the study of the role of women in the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century book trade. Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library.
Price: $ 58.00 other currencies Order nr. 43766

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(Bookbinding) Tinker, Edward Larocque BOOKBINDING.
tall 8vo. later quarter cloth with decorated paper covered boards. pp. (339)-364.
Article removed from Légion D'Honneur Magazine circa 1940. Illustrated with pictures of the modern bindings exhibited at the Golden Gate Exposition of 1939. From the Dumbarton Oaks library with their bookplates (stamped withdrawn). Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 102953

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(Bookbinding) Toldo, Vittorio De L' ARTE ITALIANA DELLA LEGATURA DEL LIBRO.
(Milano) Piantanida - Valcarenghi 1923 small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 29 pages followed by the plates.
First edition. S-K 3530. 29 illustrations in text and 37 plates showing Italian bindings. Ink inscription on free endpaper "To J.C. Thompson esq. in return for many pleasant and profitable afternoons. George Ray. December 1944". Covers spotted with wear at spine ends. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 72452

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BOOKBINDING TOOLS SURPLUS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF MESSRS. ZAEHNSDORF LTD.
London Christie's South Kensington 1983 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16, (3) pages.
Illustrated.From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 41699

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BOOKBINDING TRADE SECTION OF THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. REPORT OF ARBITRATION BETWEEN THE BOOKBINDING TRADE SECTION OF THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE LONDON SOCIETIES OF JOURNEYMEN BOOKBINDERS.
Before C.J. Stewart, Esq;, The Artitrator appointed by the Board of Trade, February-March, 1903. London The Bookbinding Trade Section of the London Chamber of Commerce 1903 thick 8vo. contemporary half green calf with green cloth covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf). (ii), 732, (8) pages.
With a prefatory note by Charles W. Forward and Thomas E. Powell explaining the history of this labor dispute. Workers in the binding industry had demanded better conditions and higher wages in 1902. This eventually led to a notice of a lock-out of all workers in the trade by the employers. Both parties agreed to arbitration which took place over a seven day period in 1903. Twenty years of statistics and history were presented at this hearing and these facts are given in this lengthy book. The final eight pages of the book summarize Stewart's findings. Contains a wealth of information about the English binding trade. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative book label loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Covers faded in places with rubbing along edges.
Price: $ 750.00 other currencies Order nr. 102357

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