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See More... (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY FORMED BY THE LATE THEODORE SELIGMAN, ESQ. OF NEW YORK.
London Sotheby & Co. 1951 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 91+(1) pages.
Not in Blogie. The illustrated version of this catalogue with 20 plates of bindings. Back cover detached.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 71801

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See More... (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY WELL-KNOWN AND VALUABLE LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF LT.-COL. W. E. MOSS ... COMPRISING ... THE WELL-KNOWN COLLECTION OF RARE AND DECORATIVE BOOKBINDINGS ... .
London Sotheby & Co. March 2 - 9. 1937 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 205 pages
With 2 colour plates and 36 black-and-white plates (some folding), with a printed price-list loosely inserted. Important catalogue of this well-known collector and historian of bookbinding. Most of the monochrome plates reproduce bindings. The two colour plates reproducing illustrations from Moss's remarkable Blake collection, also included in the sale. It also boasted a remarkably complete collection of Daniel Press books, fifty lots offered first as a single lot - Maggs £170.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 80005

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See More... (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY WELL-KNOWN AND VALUABLE LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF LT.- COL. W.G. MOSS.
London Sotheby 1937 8vo. sewn, paper wrappers. 205 pages, with 38 additional leaves of plates.
Catalogue for auction of 1478 lots from the library of W.G. Moss on March 2-9, 1937. Blogie 103. Offered for sale were many fine bindings, a large Blake collection, various manuscripts, etc. Forty-seven black-and-white reproductions on 36 leaves of bindings, illustrations, etc., with 2 color plates of Blake illustrations. Some additional facsimile reproductions in text. Soiling, some damage to backing, back cover partly detached.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 52412

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See More... (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE BOOKS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, COMPRISING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIES OF JEAN GROLIER, J.A. DE THOU, P.D. HUET, J.B. COLBERT, MME. DE POMPADOUR, TALLEYRAND, AND NAPOLEON I., BINDINGS BY CASPAR MEUSER, ANTOINE RUETTE, DUBISSON, BOZÉRIAN JEUNE, SIMIER AND THOUVENIN...
London Sotheby & Co. 1941 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26 pages.
With many separate plates of bindings. Xerox of prices realized loosely inserted.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 95210

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See More... (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE FRENCH AND ENGLISH BOOKS FINE OLD AND MODERN BINDINGS
London Sotheby & Co. 1941 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 32 pages
Sale held August 11. 219 lots. Handwritten pencil marks in text. Black and white illustrations of book bindings. Loosely laid-in photocopy of pamphlet with prices and buyers' names. Top edge of front panel has stamp that reads: "Please do not use in the press before 21 July 1941."
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 87525

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See More... (Bookbinding) CENTO BELLE LEGATURE ITALIANE ESPOSTE NELLA BIBLIOTECA NAZ. MARCIANA DE VENEZIA.
Rome La Libreria dello Stato 1929 8vo stiff paper wrappers 50, (2) pages, 12 black and white plates
Text in Italian. Exhibition of 100 "fine bindings" at the National Library in Venice. Preface by Domenico Fava, Top Inspector of the Libraries. Issued to commomorate the First World Congress of Libraries and Bibliography. 100 entries. Listing of exhibitors. 12 black and white plates. Bookplate on inside of front wrapper. Pencil note on title page notes that Dr. Ester Pastorello was compiler.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 108309

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See More... (Bookbinding) CENTO LIBRI PIACEVO, VENDITA ALL'ASTA.
Milano Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli 1936 small 8vo. later cloth, paper spine label with title typed on it. (iv), 107, (3) pages followed by 28 plates.
An auction sale of 100 important books including many fine bindings. Compiled by Antonio Pescarzoli.
Price: $ 32.50 other currencies Order nr. 75710

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See More... (Bookbinding) CENTRALFORENINGEN AF BOGBINDERMESTRE I PROVINSEN, 1897-1947.
(Hojklint, Denmark n.p. 1947) large 8vo. cloth 95+(1) pages
Limited to 500 copies. Et Jubilaeumsaskrift af Harald Petersen og ib Hojklint. Indholdsfortegnelse: Bogbinderfagets Udvikling, Centralforeningen, Bogbindermestrenes Inkdobsforening, Understottelseskassen, Provins og Hovedstad, Laerlinge of Svende. Maend i Centralforeningen, Aarsmoderne, Priser og Priskuranter. Bogbinder-Museet. Illlustrated with photographs. Small booklet, Love for Bogbindermesterforeningen, loosely inserted. Head of spine partially detached.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 71545

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See More... (Bookbinding) CENT RELIURES DE LA RÉSERVE PRÉCIEUSE.
(Morlanwelz, Belgium) Musée Royal de Mariemont 1981 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages.
Exhibition catalogue to accompany a visit to the museum by the participants of the "Semaine d'étude de la reliure". Introduction by Pierre-Jean Foulon. One illustration.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 72523

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  (Bookbinding) Charrière, Gérard PASSAGES.
Bouxwiller, France Editions de la Petite Pierre 2000 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards 77, (3) pages
Text in English, French and German. Limited to 1225 copies.The works of book artist Gérard Charrière, illustrating his efforts to illustrate favorite texts and to "establish a more intimate synthesis between word and image." Introduction, biographical sketch of the artist. Information sheets and card laid in. Presentation from Charrière on title page.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 112225

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See More... (Bookbinding) CHOIX UNIQUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS
Incunables - Editions Originales - Livres Illustrés - Premières Editions Aldines - Manuscrits - Reliures de Grollier, Canevarius, etc... Paris Librairie Georges Andrieux 1925 4to. stiff paper wrappers (iv), 56 pages
Text in French. Catalogue showcasing 41 items offered in the sale on June 12, 1925. Includes ten black-and-white illustrations of beautiful bindings and interesting pages. Upper wrapper loose, lacking spine backing in places, wrappers worn and soiled, upper wrapper rubbed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 95549

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See More... (Bookbinding) Clemence, Adolphe "UNE DES DERNIÉRES RELIURES DES DEROME."
1869 tall 8vo. later half brown morocco with marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf). pp.23-24.
An article in Revue de la Reliure et de la Bibliophilie, Issue one (May 1869). With a plate showing the binding which has been printed on better paper. Accompanied by other parts of this issue. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 102309

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See More... (Bookbinding) THE CLUMBER LIBRARY, CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SEVENTH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
4 volumes London Sotheby & Co. 1937-1938 tall 8vo. original green board covers with later jacket pasted down on spine. 58; 59-209+(1); (ii),211-262; 263-392 pages.
Blogie III, 105, 108 for the first two parts - the third and fourth parts are not in Blogie. This set is the illustrated version with 2 plates in color and 31 in monochrome in the first volume, 7 plates in color and 13 in monochrome in the second volume, 1 plate in color and 31 in monochrome in the third volume and 1 plate in color and 22 in monochome in the fourth volume. With later plain paper dust jacket covering each volume on which is written information about the sale and noting that each lot has been priced with buyer's name. Book block of first volume has become detached from cover.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 106115

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See More... (Bookbinding) COLLECTION DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES PROVENANT DE LA FAMILLE GREFF ULHE.
Monaco Sotheby Parke Bernet 1982 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages.
Most of the many plates show bindings.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 41696

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See More... (Bookbinding) COLLECTION DE MR. HENRY COUDERC DE SAINT-CHAMANT.
N.P. Mr. Lair-Dubreuil, Mr. Jules Meynail n.d. (but 1911) 4to. contemporary quarter dark green calf with green cloth covered boards, top edge gilt, original front paper wrapper bound-in (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf).
A portfolio of plates showing modern French bindings (See Blogie p.276 for the description of the actual auction sale catalogue, November 28, 29, 1911). This portfolio contains just the 24 plates of bindings (some in color) that were in the auction sale catalogue. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Also present is a binder's label indicating that this copy was bound by Zaehnsdorf. Wear along hinges.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 102479

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See More... (Bookbinding) (Collection of booklets issued by the International Association of Bibliophiles for the 1997 congress in the Netherlands].
6 volumes. The Hague The International Association of Bibliophiles 1997 8vo. stiff paper wrappers and enclosed in outer paper wrapper. 40; 70; 80; 48; 84; 70 pages.
Collection of six volumes issued by this group to celebrate their Congress. Includes an introductory volume by Dr. Jan Storm van Leeuwen, Marja Keyser on "The Gold-Tooled Bookbinding: Amsterdam bookbinders from the second half of the seventeenth century", Jan Storm van Leeuwen on "100 Trésors de la reliure Néerlandaise", and four other essays.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 72389

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See More... (Bookbinding) Comparato, Frank E. BOOKS FOR THE MILLIONS, A HISTORY OF THE MEN WHOSE METHODS AND MACHINES PACKAGED THE PRINTED WORD.
Harrisburg The Stackpole Co. (1971) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 374 pages.
S-K 4570. First edition. Sections on "The European Tradition in Bookmaking," "The Industrialization of the American Bindery," and "Modern Books and Publishing." With information on marbling. Minor chipping of jacket.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 1648

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See More... (Bookbinding) Conroy, Tom BOOKBINDERS' FINISHING TOOL MAKERS 1780-1965
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 small 4to. cloth 250 pages
First edition. This unique directory lists hundreds of toolcutters and their firms who worked from 1780 to 1965. With brief biographies of each craftsman or firm, the author illustrates many of their original trade marks and advertisements. He also lists the dates when they were active. There are opening essays on "What Finishing Tools Are and How they were Used"; "How Finishing Tools Are Made"; "Tools of the Makers and Toolmakers' Tools," etc. This well-researched and illustrated directory is divided into three main sections: Toolcutters in the British Isles; Toolcutters in Continental Europe; and Toolcutters in North America & Australia. Tom Conroy is an internationally known design bookbinder who has been collecting information on finishing tools for many years. This work, with a foreword by Marianne Tidcombe, is for anyone interested in binding history and the collecting world of old finishing tools.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 117711

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See More... (Bookbinding) CORRELATION PROJECT NO. 8 BOOKBINDING
New York Chas. M. Higgins & Co., Inc. n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers not paginated
An instructional pamphlet on bookbinding for use in a classroom setting. Contains black-and-white figures and examples. Minor wear. Pages are hole-punched
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102311

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See More... (Bookbinding) Cox, Alfred J. THE MAKING OF THE BOOK, A SKETCH OF THE BOOK-BINDING ART.
Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda. New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1986 8vo. cloth. 88 pages.
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Cox bindery was the largest in the Mid-West. Housed in Chicago's famous publishing emporium - the Lakeside Building - the firm bound books for R. R. Donnelley and the Chicago Public Library. This book is a facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue which was first published in 1878. It describes the different kinds of binding done by the firm and includes a forty-page price list for different binding sizes and styles, thereby providing first-hand documentation for hundreds of binding variations. There is also a lengthy new introduction by Paul Koda. Volume III in the Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 14697

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See More... (Bookbinding) Cox, Alfred J. THE MAKING OF THE BOOK, A SKETCH OF THE BOOK-BINDING ART.
Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda. New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1986 8vo. cloth. 88 pages.
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Cox bindery was the largest in the Mid-West. Housed in Chicago's famous publishing emporium - the Lakeside Building - the firm bound books for R. R. Donnelley and the Chicago Public Library. This book is a facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue which was first published in 1878. It describes the different kinds of binding done by the firm and includes a forty-page price list for different binding sizes and styles, thereby providing first-hand documentation for hundreds of binding variations. There is also a lengthy new introduction by Paul Koda. Volume III in the Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book. Bookplate.
Price: $ 24.00 other currencies Order nr. 98009

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See More... (Bookbinding) Craig, Maurice IRISH BOOKBINDINGS
(Dublin Eason & Son Ltd. 1976) 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. 20 plates, with many in full color.
S-K 1972. Number 6 of the Irish Heritage Series.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 5726

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See More... (Bookbinding) Cundall, Joseph ON ORNAMENTAL ART AS APPLIED TO ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKBINDING ."
In Transactions of the Society of Arts for 1847-1848. Adelphi Society of Arts 1849 small 4to. later stiff paper wrappers.
Cundall's article has been taken from the Transactions for the Society of Arts (1847-1848) and constitutes pages 213 to 225 and 6 to 7 of the plates accompany this article. (Mejer no.53; Brenni no.181). McLean, in his book VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BOOK-BINDINGS IN CLOTH AND LEATHER (page 15), claims that this article is the earliest account of the use of modern design techniques in binding books. He also says that the article is "invaluable in that it actually illustrated three contemporary English publishers' cloth binding designs." The later wrappers are worn with tears.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 5728

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See More... (Bookbinding) Daal, Geert van PERSVERGULDLETTERS & SIERSTUKKEN VAN DE COLLECTIEELIAS P. VAN BOMMEL.
2 volumes. Dodewaard Distelkamp & Arethusa Pers 2001 small 4to.. Stiff yellow paper wrappers, sewn in Japanese style and inserted in a yellow paper slipcase. (vi) pages followed by plates; (iv) pages followed by plates.
This limited and numbered edition contains plates that reproduce letters and ornaments from this collection of bookbinding tools. Written in Dutch, this work also includes a full color photograph of the large wooden cabinent that holds the tools.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 98826

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See More... (Bookbinding) Dal, Erik NOGET OM PRIVATBIND, OG ISÆR OM DE NYESTE DANSKE.
(Kobenhavn, Denmark) Forening For Boghaandvaerk 1978 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 31+(1) pages
A study of modern Danish bookbinding. Illustrated with photographs of bookbindings, many in color. In Danish.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 71718

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