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(Aldine Press) Renouard, Antoine-Augustin ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE DES ALDE OU HISTOIRE DES TROIS MANUCE ET DE LEURS ÉDITIONS.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Books 2003 thick 8vo. cloth. 688 pages.
Reprint of the third edition which was originally published in Paris in 1834 in only 350 copies. (Besterman p.5153; Breslauer and Folter no.115 for first edition). This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1500 entries given.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 32240

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Belanger, Terry LUNACY AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 2003 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 pages.
First edition, third printing. A humorous and poignant essay on the idiosyncrasies of book arrangements by collectors over the centuries. Professor Belanger treats the reader to some of the idiotic methods of categorizing and shelving books. One gem from an etiquette book of 1863 decreed that a perfect hostess will see to it that the works of male and female authors be properly segregated on her book shelves. Their proximity, unless they happen to be married, should not be tolerated. This book will bring a smile to the face of any bibliophile. Belanger, founder of the Book Arts Press, is the University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the University of Virginia.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 14014

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(Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour HELP FROM HEAVEN
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1984 long scroll inserted in plastic container
Autobiographical sketches of some of the most interesting book collecting "miracles" experienced by this well known collector. Limited to 325 copies and printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Personally glued together in this long scroll form by the wife of the owner of Oak Knoll Books over a long, hot summer.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 14

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(Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour HELP FROM HEAVEN
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1984 long scroll inserted in plastic container
Autobiographical sketches of some of the most interesting book collecting "miracles" experienced by this well known collector. Limited to 325 copies and printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Personally glued together in this long scroll form by the wife of the owner of Oak Knoll Books over a long, hot summer. This copy was mailed to Jake Chernofsky who was the editor of AB (Antiquarian Bookman) as a review copy. The mailing label is still attached to the plastic container.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 109951

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(Bird & Bull Press) Block, Lawrence MR. RHODENBARR, BOOKSELLER ADVISES A YOUNG CUSTOMER ON SEEKING A VOCATION.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1980 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 13 pages.
One of 250 copies. Being Oak Knoll's Christmas book for 1980. Containing an introduction by the firm and a chapter from Mr. Block's THE BURGLAR WHO LIKED TO QUOTE KIPLING about the nabbing of a book thief in an antiquarian bookshop.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 1342

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(Bird & Bull Press) Kamph, Jamie A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO BOOKBINDING.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1982 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 40, (4) pages.
S-K 1622. Limited to 250 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. A binder's comments on what to look for in quality binding; written for the collector.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 5882

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(Bird & Bull Press) Macfarlane, Nigel PAPER JOURNEY, TRAVELS AMONG THE VILLAGE PAPERMAKERS OF INDIA AND NEPAL.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1993 8vo. quarter cloth, paper over boards, leather spine label. 103, (i) pages.
First edition, limited to 210 numbered copies. This book is a fascinating and entertaining account of contemporary hand papermaking in India and Nepal. The reader is led on a journey from Rajasthan in the northwest of India to Pondicherry in the south, from the cotton growing country of Gujarat to the boulder-strewn plateau of the Deccan, from the Katmandu valley in Nepal to the foothills of the Himalayas. Hand papermaking in India and Nepal is steeped in history and interwoven with village life. Along this journey we learn many interesting details, not only of the techniques and methods of making paper, but also of everyday life in India and Nepal. We experience a ride in the second class carriage of an Indian train; an eight-hour car journey through the night in an Indian version of a 1950s Morris Oxford, with a retired army driver at the wheel; and a treacherous walk up the Nepalese mountains while being overtaken by barefoot porters carrying seventy-kilo loads! There are also, of course, detailed descriptions of the techniques used to make paper. In Sanganer, we learn the papermakers use a "mould" made of hollow grass stems called a chapri, and we experience the making of a chapri while sitting on a charpoy (a string bed) sipping tea. At the Kalam Kush paper mill, we watch rags being sorted, hollander beaters disintegrating fibre, and paper being made on European style moulds by papermakers who work from a standing position and pour the pulp onto the mould. It is an enjoyable way to learn about the different techniques used and the reasons why they were developed. Before commencing this journey, we are informed that a sheet of paper made by hand contains in the pattern of its fibers, in the texture of its surface, in its imperfections, the story of its own origin. The surface of a sheet of Nepalese handmade paper is full of tiny specks, which reflect and glitter in the sunlight, because it is made at three thousand meters in the mountains where the fast-flowing mountain stream contains mica, worn away from the rocks. A paper's origin is an underlying theme of this book, and it is a feature which is visually represented by twenty full-page, tipped-in samples of actual handmade papers from India and Nepal gathered by the author during his visits. These colorful papers provide the reader with a real appreciation of how a sheet of paper contains a message and reveals its own journey on the paper road. A fine book on paper history would not be complete unless it were produced by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. He has designed this book and printed it by letterpress on imported Arches mouldmade paper. Along with the twenty paper samples, this book contains thirty-one black-and-white illustrations, a chronology of papermaking in India and Nepal, and a select bibliography.
Price: $ 240.00 other currencies Order nr. 37908

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(Bird & Bull Press) Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor) ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. New Castle, DE The Delaware Bibliophiles and Oak Knoll Books 1991 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. The four original wood engravings by John DePol beautifully illustrate a number of the mills and a papermaking scene.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 52522

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(Bird & Bull Press) Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor) AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. New Castle, DE The Delaware Bibliophiles and Oak Knoll Books 1991 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. The four original wood engravings by John DePol beautifully illustrate a number of the mills and a papermaking scene.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 33045

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(Bird & Bull Press) Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor) AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books and the Delaware Bibliophiles 1991 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. There is also an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer, President of the Delaware Bibliophiles. Henry Morris designed the book and printed it by letterpress at his Bird & Bull Press. The text has been printed on mouldmade paper and the work has been illustrated with four original wood engravings by John DePol. The book is bound in quarter cloth with paper over the boards and a leather spine label. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 67230

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(Bird & Bull Press) Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor) AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books and the Delaware Bibliophiles 1991 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. There is also an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer, President of the Delaware Bibliophiles. Henry Morris designed the book and printed it by letterpress at his Bird & Bull Press. The text has been printed on mouldmade paper and the work has been illustrated with four original wood engravings by John DePol. Prospectus loosely inserted. This copy has been signed by Barbara Benson, Henry Morris, Gordon Pfeiffer, John DePol and Bob Fleck. Spine faded.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 109843

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(Bookbinding) BOOKBINDING, INCLUDING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIES ... NIXON AND MCLEAN
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1984 8vo. cloth. 144 pages.
One of 200 numbered cloth bound copies. The cloth bound copies contain 20 additional pages with 40 illustrations that are not in the paper bound edition. Completely indexed. Over 700 books on bookbinding are described. Covers spotted. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 38727

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(Bookbinding) BOOKBINDING, INCLUDING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIES OF HOWARD M. NIXON AND EDWARD MCLEAN.
Catalogue 56 New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1984 8vo. paper wrappers 144 pages
Illustrated and completely indexed. Ink inscription on front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 2446

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BOOKBINDING. CATALOGUE 157.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books n.d. (1993) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages.
Illustrated bookseller's catalogue. Corner of front cover and first few pages curled.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 106072

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(Bookbinding) CATALOGUE 157 BOOKBINDING
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 120 pages
Catalogue 157 is dedicated to bookbinding and includes black-and-white illustrations of select books.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 87530

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(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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(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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(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, HISTORY & TECHNIQUE. LARGELY FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF PHIROZE RANDERIA & ALFRED BRAZIER.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 2003 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 235+(1) pages.
Catalogue 246 issued by Oak Knoll. Describes 1400 items for sale. Illustrated. With biographical sketches and portraits of Randeria and Brazier.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 94649

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(Bookbinding) OAK KNOLL BOOKS
Catalogue 69. New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages.
Catalogue no.69, devoted to the history of bookbinding; over 500 items.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49244

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(Bookbinding) OAK KNOLL BOOKS CATALOGUE THIRTY-NINE.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages.
Catalogue no.39, devoted to works on bookbinding. Also includes a collection of approximately 850 bookbinding tools, mostly from the Orchards bindery of Carter Lane, London.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49234

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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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(Books About Books) ALIDA ROOCHVARG COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS; SIX CATALOGUES AND INDEX, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALIDA ROOCHVARG, AND AN ENVOI BY LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1981 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63,65,63,55,55,59,52 pages.
Doesn't have the list of illustrations or frontispiece of the cloth edition.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 1344

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Boynton, Henry Walcott ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING, 1638-1850
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1991 8vo. cloth. (13), x, 209 pages.
Reprint of the first edition, with a new introduction by Joseph Rosenblum. This work first appeared in 1932 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its publisher, John Wiley and Sons. Boynton was interested in the colorful figures that populated the book world of early America and tells their fascinating story in an entertaining manner. His account begins with the establishment of the Cambridge Press in Massachusetts Bay in 1638 and ends in 1850, by which time the production and distribution of the book had entered the modern age. This is one of the best accounts of early American bookselling, printing and publishing.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 32807

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(Bradley, Will H.) Bambace, Tony WILL H. BRADLEY: HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE.
New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books 1995 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 216 pages.
First edition. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) is widely regarded as one of the masters of design during the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts periods. His typographic and illustrative work pushed the boundaries of these fields into new directions. In addition, his re-introduction and use of Caslon type brought it back into popularity. The guide includes 261 illustrations, including his designer's marks to help identify his pieces. The guide includes a Book Work section containing three parts: one of 81 definite books of Bradley's own execution, one listing those exhibiting the Bradley stamp but with no confirming documentation, and one listing those using his designs but probably not produced by him. The remaining sections document magazine covers, advertisements, illustrations, posters, and other works.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 41678

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