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Albert, Neale M. THE NEALE M. ALBERT COLLECTION OF MINIATURE DESIGNER BINDINGS.
New York The Grolier Club 2006 9 x 11 inches hardcover, slipcase 212 pages
With photographs from Tom Grill, this book features miniature designer bindings from the collection of Neal M. Albert. Containing more than 7,000 color illustrations, the book covers all styles of bindings including traditional, variations, geometric, abstract, representational, gems, flora & fauna, lettering, diminutive, and experimental. The designer, year, dimensions, and a small description accompany the photos of each listed binding. Including opening essays by Patricia Juvelis and Neale M. Albert, this book reflects an entire world of fine bindings. Although small in size, these bindings showcase great exuberance and elegance.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 106665

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Austin, Gabriel THE LIBRARY OF JEAN GROLIER: A PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE.
New York The Grolier Club 1971 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover 137 pages
Jean Grolier can be considered a window to the history of French culture. He was interested in Italian and French scholarship, music and publications, antiquarian books, book collecting, and more. The Grolier Club has been named after this "prince of bibliophiles." This book is a groundbreaking study of the legendary bibliophile and patron of printing. Colin Eisler provides an informational and historical introductory study on Jean Grolier and the Renaissance that includes a full-page color illustration of Grolier's Painted Arms and Emblematic Device. It also contains eight full-page black-and-white illustrations including an Italian plaquette binding and various forms of Grolier's signature.

The bibliography includes books and essays that discuss Grolier bindings in different collections, in addition to contemporary references to Jean Grolier. The extensive catalogue lists books from the library of Jean Grolier, providing author, title, editor, imprint, size, provenance, booksellers, catalogues of private libraries and auction sales, and catalogues of institutional libraries. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author, Greek authors are listed in their English form, Roman authors in Latin form, and others in their colloquial form. The book was designed by Greta Franzen and printed by the Halliday Lithograph Corporation.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 106587

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(Bird & Bull Press) Campbell, Gregor R. SON OF THE BOOKBINDER, WITH AN APPENDIX SHOWING SAMPLES OF SOME OF THE FINEST BOOKCLOTHS MANUFACTURED TODAY
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2004 8vo. full cloth imported from Japan, leather spine label with the appendix volume containing the cloth samples bound in a different fine cloth, both enclosed in a cloth-covered slipcase 81,(3); pages; appendix volume has five heavy board leaves on which are mounted the samples.
Limited to only 170 numbered copies printed on Frankfurt Mouldmade paper in Bell types composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler, bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery and printed by hand by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The fascinating story of edition binding in America seen through the eyes of the son and eventual owner of Allan Campbell's bookbinding business. Greg describes how the library binding and edition binding business has changed over the last 50 years through the mechanization of a business that had changed very little since the times of Gutenberg. Also mentioned are aspects of exhibition binding and restoration. There are interesting peeks at some of the noted fine binders, private press owners and other edition binders practicing over the last 50 years including Henry Morris, Harry Duncan, Gerry Lange, George Baer, Bill Anthony and many others. The book ends with a description of the fancy cloth import business that regularly has supplied the cloth for private press printers in America. The appendix volume contains 60 actual samples of these cloths imported from Japan, Holland, Germany and Italy. Sample portfolios of such bookcloths are costly to produce and are usually restricted to binders or publishers. The appendix offers a rare look at a collection of some of the finest book cloths made today. This book is sure to be of interest to anyone who collects press books or is interested in the development of this form of bookbinding.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 75980

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(Bookbinding) EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL PAPANTONIO
Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1985 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 120 pages.
Revised edition. An excellent exhibition catalogue and one of the best guides to the subject. Identification of binding tools is provided when known. With contributions by Nicolas Barker and Marcus McCorison.
Price: $ 27.50 other currencies Order nr. 32006

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(Bookbinding) Etherington, Don BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT
Foreword by Bernard Middleton New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2010 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 180 pages
This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. Etherington documents his experiences teaching these trades and traveling throughout Europe and to the United States. He tells of his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that caused incredible damage to thousands of books. Bookbinding and Conservation is a unique account of the personal and professional life of this important figure in the world of binding and conservation. Etherington's memoirs contain numerous personal photographs that richly illustrate his story. The autobiography is followed by a pictorial catalogue of many of Etherington's fine bindings. This book is an excellent pick for anyone interested in bookbinding and the lives of major bookbinders.

Don Etherington began bookbinding at the age of thirteen as a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and later went on to study bookbinding and design at the London School of Printing. Since then, he has held positions at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence, The Library of Congress, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and Information Conservation, Inc. In 1982, he co-authored with Matt Roberts Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, the first comprehensive attempt to compile terminology from all the bookmaking and conservation fields. More recently, he received honorary membership awards from the American Institute for Conservation and the Guild of Book Workers. His work can be found in collections worldwide.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 102815

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(Bookbinding) Etherington, Don BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT
Foreword by Bernard Middleton New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2010 8.5 x 11 inches unbound signatures ready for binding 180 pages
This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. Etherington documents his experiences teaching these trades and traveling throughout Europe and to the United States. He tells of his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that caused incredible damage to thousands of books. Bookbinding and Conservation is a unique account of the personal and professional life of this important figure in the world of binding and conservation. Etherington's memoirs contain numerous personal photographs that richly illustrate his story. The autobiography is followed by a pictorial catalogue of many of Etherington's fine bindings. This book is an excellent pick for anyone interested in bookbinding and the lives of major bookbinders.

Don Etherington began bookbinding at the age of thirteen and later went on to study bookbinding and design at the London School of Printing. He became Training Officer and Assistant Restoration Officer at the Library of Congress in 1970. More recently, he received honorary membership awards from the American Institute for Conservation and the Guild of Book Workers. His work can be found in collections worldwide.

Also available in hardcover.
Price: $ 24.95 other currencies Order nr. 104070

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(Bookbinding) Fogelmark, Staffan FLEMISH AND RELATED PANEL-STAMPED BINDINGS, EVIDENCE AND PRINCIPLES.
New York Bibliographical Society of America 1990 4to. cloth. xviii, 252 pages.
Ever since W. H. James Weale laid the foundations for the scholarly study of panel-stamped bindings in 1894, it has been universally assumed that the stamps were hand-engraved, and thus, that each panel was a unique artifact. However, Fogelmark discovered that virtually everything written since Weale's study has been based on a fundamental mistake. In Fogelmark's search for literature on blind panels, he had not been able to find a single item dealing with the all-important questions of production and technique. Fogelmark believes that one must understand the nature of the panel stamp and the basic rules that guided its use before discussing matters of attribution and iconography. He now presents decisive evidence that panel stamps were cast in metal rather than hand engraved and were often produced in multiple copies for wide distribution. Identical stamps could be used concurrently in different shops, different cities and even different countries. Fogelmark's research is based on many years research in a large number of European libraries and a detailed study of various technical and artistic features of the panels. This is a distinguished and highly original contribution to bookbinding history, which greatly extends knowledge of the late medieval booktrade. An exciting work, handsomely produced at The Stinehour Press.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 32487

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(Bookbinding) Foot, Mirjam M. BOOKBINDERS AT WORK: THEIR ROLES AND METHODS
London and New Castle The British Library and Oak Knoll Press 2006 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 171 pages.
First edition. The role of the bookbinder in the production of saleable books and the significance of the binding in all its details, both structural and decorative, have often been disregarded or marginalised by bibliographers. In this book, Dr. Mirjam Foot sets out to reverse the trend by establishing working binders, and their materials and tools as an essential part of the production cycle. She reveals the inadequacy of bibliographical descriptions that lack essential binding information.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 87274

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(Bookbinding) Foot, Mirjam M. THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. III).
Volume III: A Catalogue of South-European Bindings New Castle, Delaware and London Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2010 8.5 x 10.75 inches cloth with leather spine label. 528 pages
This much anticipated third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and American bindings. It includes many new identifications, and owners and binders are discussed comprehensively. Not only have the decorative features of every binding been described and illustrated, details of structure have also been described, and consequently, it is now possible to compare and contrast bookbinders' practices in the various countries, as evident from this splendid collection of fine bindings.

Although this volume focuses on Southern Europe, it also includes bindings from the Middle East, Mexico, and the United States. Two bindings overlooked in Volume II are also included. Similar to Volume II, this volume has been arranged according to country, and then further organized chronologically. In the introduction, Foot explains how her views and methods have changed, and as a result, she has altered specific descriptions and structural elements. The text also contains two indices: of binders and of owners. This is an invaluable book for all academic libraries, for antiquarian booksellers, for collectors and for all interested in the history of the book.

Mirjam Foot is Professor Emeritus of Library and Archive Studies at University College, London; she was formerly Director of Collections and Preservation at the British Library. Her publications include: The Henry Davis Gift Volumes I & II (1978 & 1983), Eloquent Witness: Bookbindings and their History (Oak Knoll Press, The Bibliographical Society and The British Library 2004), and Bookbinders at Work, their Roles and Methods (Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2006).

Available outside North and South America from The British Library.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 102273

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(Bookbinding) Foot, Mirjam M. THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. II).
Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings. London The British Library (1983) 8.5 x 10.75 inches cloth with leather spine label. 368 pages.
First edition. The Henry Davis Gift, A Collection of Bookbindings, Volume II covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries, arranged by country of origin, as well as chronologically, with excellent bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed them. Each entry consists of a header, the author, title and imprint of the book, a brief description of the binding, its provenance, and references, comparative material, literature, and notes when available. The headings also provide the place and date the book was bound and the name of the binder and first owner if known.

Fully described and illustrated, the entries depict the kind of leather or covering material used, types of boards including paste board, pulp board, mill board, straw board, etc, spines, edges, doublures, leather joints, decorated end-papers, and the style of tooling. Also included is an introduction, list of locations, list of books and articles referred to, and indices of the binders and owners.

This second volume of The Henry Davis Gift is a reference to be used by binding historians, librarians, booksellers, collectors, and other book lovers who are interested in identifying undetermined bindings.
Price: $ 140.00 other currencies Order nr. 104824

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(Bookbinding) French, Hannah D. BOOKBINDING IN EARLY AMERICA.
Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1986 4to. cloth. xxiv, 230 pages.
First edition. Contains previously published and unpublished works by Hannah French. Articles on Andrew Barclay, an early Boston binder, Henry B. Legg, Caleb Buglass, a Philadelphia binder, John Roulstone's Harvard bindings, and Thomas Jefferson's last binder, Frederick August Mayo. Also contains catalogues of bookbinding tools by Willman Spawn. Foreword by Marcus A. McCorison. Many illustrations.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 38017

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(Bookbinding) Greenfield, Jane ABC OF BOOKBINDING, A UNIQUE GLOSSARY WITH OVER 700 ILLUSTRATIONS FOR COLLECTORS AND LIBRARIANS
New Castle, Delaware and Nottingham, England Oak Knoll Press and the Plough Press 2002 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 180 pages
Reprint of the first edition of 1997. For the first time, Jane Greenfield has provided a unique glossary of terms, styles, structures, and names related to conservation and bookbinding through the ages illustrated with over 700 line drawings. Locating accurate descriptions of bookbindings from various periods has previously been frustrating for those who work with rare and antiquarian books, especially conservators, librarians, book collectors and antiquarian book specialists. However, this frustration will abate as Greenfield's work takes place alongside John Carter's ABC For Book Collectors as well as Don Etherington's and Matt T. Roberts' Bookbinding and Conservation of Books. Ms. Greenfield, a master in the field of bookbinding and conservation, examines the book's development from the earliest periods and in different places. She has provided names and drawings for almost every conceivable part of the book as well as a multitude of styles, bindings, and decorations. She literally takes apart the structure of the book and illustrates the many and varied facets and definitions that clearly outline the historical development of the book's structures and styles.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 49915

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(Bookbinding) Hinckley, C.T. A DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1988 8vo. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. (16) pages.
Reprint of the 1852 magazine article which had appeared in Godey's Magazine with a foreword by Robert Fleck. One of the best references to what a trade binding house looked like in the middle of the 19th century. Enhanced by 17 illustrations by Hinckley showing various scenes in the bindery. The fifth Christmas book issued by Oak Knoll.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 23227

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(Bookbinding) King, Edmund M.B. VICTORIAN DECORATED TRADE BINDINGS 1830-1880.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2003 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 347 pages.
First edition. This ground-breaking study deals with the creative explosions of book cover designs in Victorian Britain from 1830 to 1880. Due to new technical developments many practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane and John Leighton broke new ground in artistic styling. Edmund King, Head of the Newspaper Archives at the British Library, describes and indexes over 750 books with great detail. Many covers are beautifully illustrated in full color or black-and-white. This volume is an essential reference work for students of Victorian art as well as 19th-century publishing and binding practices. This work has 210 illustrations. Co-published with The British Library. Sales rights: North and South America, available elsewhere, The British Library.
Price: $ 98.00 other currencies Order nr. 71826

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(Bookbinding) Marks, P.J.M. BEAUTIFUL BOOKBINDINGS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF THE BOOKBINDER'S ART
New Castle & London Oak Knoll Press & The British Library 2011 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 190 pages
As a craft of more than 2,000 years, the art of bookbinding has been overlooked in history. Primarily seen for its practical purpose of protecting the pages of a book, it is sometimes hard to recognize the creative aspects of a bookbinding. Beautiful Bookbindings hopes to bring to light this artistic way of thinking by displaying the finest bookbindings as the objects of desire they were originally intended to be. As the great aesthete Oscar Wilde believed, bookbindings are beautiful and artistic in their own wonder.

Because covering materials are prone to fading and deterioration, relatively few examples of early bookbindings have survived. In more recent times, the number of surviving examples has increased due to deliberate efforts to preserve ornate bindings. Despite the difficulty in preserving bindings, this book pieces together the history of bookbinding, using written sources where necessary to fill the gaps that the bindings themselves do not fill.

From exquisite medieval bookbindings made of precious metals and jewels to the unique and highly imaginative creations of contemporary bookbinders, this book celebrates over 100 of the most beautiful bookbindings of the last 1,000 years. Books bound by some of the greatest bookbinders including Mearne, Padeloup, Payne, Simier, Cobden-Sanderson, and others are showcased, further revealing the beauty and skill of this art form. Spanning over ten centuries, some of the books displayed were once owned by Francis I and Henry II of France, Jean Grolier, Thomas Mahieu, Queen Elizabeth I of England, and William Morris. Fully illustrated in color, with specially commissioned studio photography, Beautiful Bookbindings provides a visual overview of the development of this splendid art form. The book focuses on the craft of hand-bookbinding that existed until the Victorian era when mass-produced trade bindings took over. Bookbinding as a craft form never disappeared, however, and the second half of the twentieth century saw a significant revival. The introduction provides an engaging overview of the history and techniques of the craft and of its most important practitioners. Visually stunning, this book will have a wide appeal to anyone with an interest in visual arts, crafts, and book history.

Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 105519

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(Bookbinding) Miller, Julia (editor) SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 1
Ann Arbor Legacy Press 2013 large 8vo cloth, dust jacket 534 pages
Nine authors writing on nine topics. This collection of essays, published as the first volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship in the history of the book. Fully illustrated in color images, with additional images on accompanying DVD. The essays included are:

Evyn Kropf - Historical Repair, Recycling, and Recovering Phenomena in the Islamic Bindings of the University of Michigan Library: Exploring the Codicological Evidence

Sylvie L. Merian - Colonial Blankbooks in the Winterthur Library

Robert J. Milevski - A Primer on Signed Bindings

Julia Miller - Not Just Another Beautiful Book: A Typology of American Scaleboard Bindings

Jeffrey S. Peachey - Beating, Rolling, and Pressing: The Compression of Signatures in Bookbinding Prior to Sewing

Martha E. Romero - European Influence in the Binding of Mexican Printed Books of the Sixteenth Century

Jennifer W. Rosner - Papier-Mâché Bindings: "Shining in Black and Gorgeous with Peal and Gold"

John Townsend - The 1715 Mohawk Prayer Book: A Study of Six Copies in Colonial American Scaleboard Bindings
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 116163

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(Bookbinding) Rhodes, Dennis E. (editor) BOOKBINDINGS & OTHER BIBLIOPHILY
Verona Edizioni Valdonega 1994 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 368 pages.
First edition. For over forty years, Anthony Hobson has occupied a commanding position in the world of books. Succeeding his father, G. D. Hobson, the great historian of bookbinding, as head of Sotheby's book department, he ran it for some twenty years with equal commercial skill and scholarly learning. Since then, he has established an independent reputation with a series of studies of bookbinding and the history of books generally concerning subjects in Renaissance Italy. On the occasion of his seventieth birthday, a group of his friends decided to honor his achievements with a collection of essays. Twelve contributors have provided essays on bookbinding and the history of books. The subjects range from great collectors, like Grolier, Mahieu, and Anne de Montmorency, to bookbinding techniques and the book trade. In geographical scope there are essays on Ethiopic bookbinding, the Visconti Library at Milan, and British book collectors in Italy. The book has been edited by Dennis Rhodes who has also compiled a bibliography of Anthony Hobson's writings. This book is itself a notable contribution to the history of books, bookbinding, and the book trade. It celebrates the achievements of a life devoted to these subjects. SALES RIGHTS: Available in North & South America from Oak Knoll Books. Available outside North & South America from Edizioni Valdonega.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 40610

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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. cloth 300 pages
First edition. In this the first major study of American signed bookbindings, 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, a 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 the 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: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 93148

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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) 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) 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) Walker, Edward ART OF BOOK-BINDING ITS RISE AND PROGRESS, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE NEW YORK BOOK-BINDERY.
(New York, 1850). New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1984 8vo. cloth. 111 pages.
Edward Walker was the proprietor of the largest bookbinding establishment in New York City in the middle of the nineteenth century. His firm produced edition binding services for institutional libraries and offered custom bindings for collectors and scholars. This book describes the workings of the Walker bindery, explaining how books were bound and how the bindery was organized. Originally published in 1850, this is the first book written by an American on the subject of bookbinding. Oak Knoll's edition contains a lengthy new introduction by Paul Koda. Volume I in the Oak Knoll Series on The History of the Book.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 1354

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