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Myers, Robin STATIONERS' COMPANY ARCHIVE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECORDS 1554-1984.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies (1990) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxvii, 376 pages.
First edition. Contains an introductory essay on the history of the archives and the use scholars have made of it, plus the first complete listing of the 550 volumes in the muniment room and two registers of supplementary documents. This archive contains the longest unbroken run of booktrade records in existence.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 31141

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Pearson, David BOOKS AS HISTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOKS BEYOND THEIR TEXTS.
New Castle, Delaware and London, England Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2012 7.25 x 10 inches paperback 208 pages
This revised third edition of David Pearson's Books as History includes a new foreword, an updated list of further reading, and various other additions and updates. Updated in light of the recent development of the e-book, this version will offer new pictures, new ideas on the life of the book, and further thoughts on how the book will survive.

Books have been hugely important in human civilization as instruments for communicating information and ideas. The digital age has caused the landscape of books to change, with more and more of the traditional functions of books being performed electronically. People usually think of books in terms of their contents or their texts, but in fact, books may possess all kinds of potentially interesting qualities beyond their texts, as designed or artistic objects, or because they have unique properties deriving from the ways they have been printed, bound, annotated, beautified or defaced.

David Pearson explores these themes and uses many examples of books from the Middle Ages to the present day to show why books may be interesting beyond their texts. As the format of the book becomes history - as texts are increasingly communicated electronically - we can recognize that books are also history in another significant way. Books can develop their own individual histories, which provide important evidence about the way they were used and regarded in the past, which make them an indispensable part of the fabric of our cultural heritage. This book will raise awareness of an important aspect of the life of books in the context of the ongoing debate about their future. Extensively illustrated with a wide range of images, it will not only be approachable but also thought-provoking.

David Pearson has extensive experience in managing and working in major research collections. He is also a respected scholar in the field of book history, whose articles and books, including Provenance Research in Book History (Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1994) and English Bookbinding Styles, 1450-1800: a Handbook (Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2005), have focused on various aspects of the ownership and binding of books.

Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 109790

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Pearson, David PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY: A HANDBOOK.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 1998 6 x 9 inches cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 326 pages.
Reprint of the first edition with a new introductory section containing additional references to update the original text. This book has quickly become established as a standard work in a field of rapidly growing interest. At a time when more and more people are studying private book ownership, this handbook offers a compendium of information on the ways of recognizing and identifying marks of ownership, and on placing that knowledge in a wider context. Topics covered include inscriptions; mottoes; bookplates; book labels and book stamps; armorials; sales catalogues; catalogues and lists of private libraries; provenance indices; heraldry and paleography. Co-published with the British Library.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 53851

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(Rothschild Library) THE ROTHSCHILD LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF EIGHTEENTH -CENTURY BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FORMED BY LORD ROTHSCHILD.
2 volumes. New York James Cummins 1993 large 8vo. cloth. 840 pages.
2 volumes. Limited to 350 sets. Reprint of the very scarce first edition. Some facsimiles. An important reference book describing 18th century works by English authors as Rothschild has provided excellent bibliographical descriptions of his collections of all the major authors. Also includes separate appendices on English private presses with sections on the Baskerville Press, Foulis Press and Strawberry Hill Press and over 20 pages devoted to English, Scottish and Irish bindings of the period. Contains sections focused on Poley Collection of Pamphlets, Rolle Collection of Plays and Mordaunt Letters. Has a full index of titles in addition to an index of manuscripts and a general index. 2739 total entries. Also important is the information on special copies in the library as this helps establish provenance. Distributed for James Cummins.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 75345

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Limited Edition Fine Press Book with Tipped-in Specimens

(Seymour, Edward) Berger, Sidney E. EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase 104 pages
This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms.

Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970s.

This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 90944

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15th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography Winner!

Storm van Leeuwen, Jan. DUTCH DECORATED BOOKBINDING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
3 parts in 4 volumes Utrecht HES & DE GRAAF 2006 8.25 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 4000 pages
This classic can be ranked among the well-known international standard works on the subject of bookbinding. Vol. I: General historical introduction; Noord Holland; Vol. IIa: Zuid Holland; Vol. IIb: Zeeland, Province of Utrecht, Friesland, Province of Groningen, Drente, Overijssel, Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg; Place unknown or irrelevant and Bindings in exceptional materials; Vol. III: Catalogue of bindings in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum; List of Bindings in other collections; Overview of Rubbings important for identification; Diagrams; Books referred to with abbreviated titles; Index to the text; Index to Catalogue and List. About 10,000 rubbings of tools and ornaments, black and white illustrations and a color section in each volume.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 2,375.00 other currencies Order nr. 103679

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Tomlinson, William. BOOKCLOTH, 1823-1980.
(Stockport, UK Dorothy Tomlinson 1996) 8vo. cloth. xvi, 144, (24), with 19 illustrations and 66 samples.
First edition; made up of the original sheets and samples and placed in a cloth binding similar to the original. The first and arguably the only comprehensive study of the science and history of manufacturing bookcloth. Offers "a study of early use and the rise of manufacture/ Winterbottom's dominance of the trade in Britain and America/ production methods and costs/ and the identification of qualities and designs" (subtitle). Focuses on the development and use of starch-filled bookcloth in particular, from building factories to the formation of the Winterbottom Book Cloth Company in 1891, which dominated the industry for almost a century. Examines the process of producing the various types of bookcloths in the Victoria Mills in Weaste, Salford, enhanced by illustrations of the production machinery such as starch mangles, drying cylinders and spreaders. Lists prices and costs of production. Minutely describes fifty individual qualities of cloth with details of who made them and when they were available. The real treasure of this book is the section at the end containing 36 tipped-in samples of the qualities and 30 examples of designs, which bring the processes and treatments described in the text to life in a way that words alone simply cannot. This volume compels the reader to be "aware of all the processes that cloth goes through, and the potential hazards involved in manufacturing a consistent product in a range of scores of thousands of 'effects' (grains, colours and combinations thereof)...with new eyes and more respect for the people who made them" (Bernard Middleton's Foreword, viii). Includes bibliography and extensive notes and appendices. Color portrait frontispiece of Archibald Winterbottom (1814-1884) and color portrait of George Harold Winterbottom (1860-1934), the founders of the Winterbottom Book Cloth Company (1891-1980). This book was sold for $500 when published; Oak Knoll has recently purchased the remaining copies and can offer them for considerably less.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 47781

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Verwey, E. De La Fontaine BOEKEN, BANDEN EN BIBLIOFIELEN.
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 1997 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 255 pages
With index on all four parts form `Uit de wereld van het boek`. Also this fourth part treats many interesting subjects and persons, like the origins of the University Library of Amsterdam, the bindings in the collection of the Prince Willem van Oranje, the bindings by the Frenchman Jean Grolier with special focus on those bindings which came in Dutch hands and a chapter about the first Dutch antiquarian bookseller, Pieter van Damme (1727-1806). Illustrated.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 103714

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Whitley, Kathleen P. THE GILDED PAGE: THE HISTORY & TECHNIQUE OF MANUSCRIPT GILDING.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2010 6 x 9 inches hardcover, dust jacket 238 pages
Second edition; revised, with the addition of color plates and new information on ancient Egyptian Papyrus gilding. The Gilded Page traces the history of gilding from ancient Egypt and Babylon through Rome, the Near East, Mediæval and Renaissance Europe, and finally into the modern day studio.

This is a must-have book for book artists and illuminators, explaining in detail the historical and modern techniques of manuscript gilding, along with recipes and helpful hints. Learn step-by-step methods of applying and burnishing gold, described in a sensible and easy-to-understand way. Learn about the tools, methods, and materials employed in flat, raised, and pattern gilding for manuscripts and paintings, along with historical mordants such as Gesso Sottile, Gum Ammoniac, Gum Arabic, and Garlic Juice; and modern mordants such as Acrylic Gesso and White Glue.

This work is the most complete source available for detailed information on this ancient, obscure, and highly-prized craft. The Gilded Page is a valuable resource for conservationists and historians, as well as any artists interested in this ancient art form.

Kathleen Whitley is formally trained as an artist, and has received international recognition for her artwork. Her research into gilding and illumination was primarily due to her personal interest in historical methods and techniques. She currently lives in New England with her husband and their three cats.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 94207

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Whitley, Kathleen P. THE GILDED PAGE: THE HISTORY & TECHNIQUE OF MANUSCRIPT GILDING.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2010 6 x 9 inches paperback 238 pages
Second edition; revised, with the addition of color plates and new information on ancient Egyptian Papyrus gilding. The Gilded Page traces the history of gilding from ancient Egypt and Babylon through Rome, the Near East, Mediæval and Renaissance Europe, and finally into the modern day studio.

This is a must-have book for book artists and illuminators, explaining in detail the historical and modern techniques of manuscript gilding, along with recipes and helpful hints. Learn step-by-step methods of applying and burnishing gold, described in a sensible and easy-to-understand way. Learn about the tools, methods, and materials employed in flat, raised, and pattern gilding for manuscripts and paintings, along with historical mordants such as Gesso Sottile, Gum Ammoniac, Gum Arabic, and Garlic Juice; and modern mordants such as Acrylic Gesso and White Glue.

This work is the most complete source available for detailed information on this ancient, obscure, and highly-prized craft. The Gilded Page is a valuable resource for conservationists and historians, as well as any artists interested in this ancient art form.

Kathleen Whitley is formally trained as an artist, and has received international recognition for her artwork. Her research into gilding and illumination was primarily due to her personal interest in historical methods and techniques. She currently lives in New England with her husband and their three cats.

Sales rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in the UK from the British Library.
Price: $ 34.95 other currencies Order nr. 98228

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Zboray, Ronald J. and Mary Saracino Zboray HANDBOOK FOR THE STUDY OF BOOK HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Washington Center for the Book - Library of Congress (2000) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, (3), 155+(1) pages.
Preface by John Cole. Arranged in three major sections: Introduction on the field of book history; How to Locate and Use Sources including information on publishers, writers, printers, booksellers, distributors, consumers, etc.; and Conclusion giving thoughts on the future of book history. With appendices giving important periodicals in the field and suggested reading.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 59790

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