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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) Smith, Keith A. 1-2-&3-SECTION SEWINGS
Non-Adhesive Binding Volume II. Rochester, NY Keith Smith Books (2010) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 320 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Written and drawn instructions for 122 sewings which yield four, to perhaps a hundred pages imposed as one, two or three sections. Almost all of these sewings on continuous limp paper supports were devised by Smith, as the book was written. Photos of bindings by twenty-eight contemporary binders and artists. Glossary included.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 47244

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(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. and Fred A. Jordan SEWN AND PASTED CLOTH OR LEATHER BOOKBINDING FOR BOOK ARTISTS REQUIRING NO SPECIAL TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT.
Book No. 181. Rochester (NY) Keith Smith Books (2011) 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 415+(1) pages.
First edition, later printing. Part of the Sewn and Pasted, Cloth or Leather series. The sixth book on book design and bookbinding from the book artist K.A. Smith, with the assistance of the binder and teacher F.A. Jordan, covers the making of books from the selection of paper from the standpoint of binding requirements up to and including finishing. Three bindings suitable for nonprofessional (but not unskilled!) binders are emphasized: pamphlet binding in boards, flat back (cased) binding, and tight back (rounded and backed) quarter leather. There are many photographic illustrations and clear drawings of structures, materials, processes and finished products. With notes, a glossary, indexes and a list of paper and leather suppliers.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 53429

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(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. EXPOSED SPINE SEWINGS
Non-Adhesive Binding Volume III. Rochester Keith Smith Books (2011) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 319+(1) pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Volume III of Smith's series on Non-Adhesive Binding describes a variety of techniques for sewing across the spine including Greek Binding, Celtic Weave and Caterpillar as well as nine various Coptic sewings. Illustrated with photographs by contemporary binders.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 46159

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Non-Adhesive Binding volume 1

(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. NON-ADHESIVE BINDING, BOOKS WITHOUT PASTE OR GLUE
Volume I. Book No. 128 New York Keith Smith Books (2011) thick 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 351+(1) pages.
Revised and expanded edition. A practical manual which demonstrates basic as well as very elaborate bindings constructed without adhesives and requiring no presses or other heavy equipment. Smith approaches binding as an integral part of the overall statement of the book so that the physical design becomes an extension of the content. This edition contains 264 drawn illustrations and 123 photo reproductions by thirty-seven binders and book artists. Includes glossary and index.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 32473

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(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. QUICK LEATHER BINDING
Non-Adhesive Binding Volume V. Rochester, NY Keith Smith Books 2011 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 317, (3) pages
First edition, second printing. The author's aim is to break away from traditional binding, yet keep the structures strong and the material archival. He strips away unnecessary steps, such as rounding and backing, and speeds up others, since he is working on books of 1-5, sections--quick leather bindings, with no paste or glue. Divided into sections on preliminaries, covers, continuous support sewings, and a glossary. Illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 73122

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Non-Adhesive Binding Volume IV

(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. SMITH'S SEWING SINGLE SHEETS
Non-Adhesive Binding Volume IV. Rochester, NY Keith Smith Books 2010 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 331, (5) pages
First edition, second printing. This is the fourth book in Smith's series on Non-Adhesive Binding. Precisely written and drawn instructions are provided for several variations on ways to bind single sheets of paper, board, Plexiglas or even metal. The bindings open flat to any page which makes for handsome and functional albums. Photos in black-and-white of bindings by other contemporary binders and artists are also featured. Includes glossary and indexes.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 65268

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(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. STRUCTURE OF THE VISUAL BOOK.
Book No. 95 New York Keith Smith Books 2003 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 431+(1) pages
Expanded Fourth Edition has been almost doubled in size to 432 pages. More than a revision, this is almost a new book within the previous. Contains over 450 photographs of artists books from 148 contemporary book artists from around the world.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 78452

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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) 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) 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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(Bookbinding) Yerkes, Lawrence (editor) WILLIAM ANTHONY FINE BINDER.
(Iowa City, IO University Libraries, University of Iowa 2005) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 70 pages.
Beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue showing the work of this noted bookbinder. Produced in full color.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 110146

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(Bookbinding) Yerkes, Lawrence (editor) WILLIAM ANTHONY FINE BINDER.
(Iowa City, IO University Libraries, University of Iowa 2005) small 4to. unbound sheets suitable for binding (x), 70 pages.
Beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue showing the work of this noted bookbinder. Produced in full color.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 110147

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(Bookbinding) Young, Laura S. BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION BY HAND: A WORKING GUIDE.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1995 7 x 10 inches paperback 288 pages
This book is designed as a working guide in the field of hand bookbinding and book conservation. It is intended as a practical manual for teachers and their students; as an instruction guide to be followed by the beginner attempting to learn binding on his or her own; and as a ready reference for experienced binders, book collectors, book dealers, and librarians. Hand bookbinding in the United States has been influenced primarily by the English, French, and German schools of binding. The techniques described in this volume follow in principle the German school and, to the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first book in which these binding practices have appeared in English. German techniques move in a logical sequence and can be executed efficiently. The heart of this working guide is the three chapters dealing with techniques and the chapter on conservation. "Basic Techniques" details the fundamental skills that are applicable to all hand bookbinding. "General Techniques" includes those practices that, with minor variations, cover the early stages in all types of bindings. "Specific Techniques" describes the steps primarily used in producing a specific type of hand binding. The basic principles of conservation work cover one of the more important areas in the field of hand bookbinding today. All instructions throughout this book have been tested at the bench by at least one person, in addition to the author, for clarity and completeness. Where feasible, a list of materials needed precedes the step-by-step instructions for a given section or techniques. These lists will allow the binder to gather together all materials and equipment to be used before beginning work on any phase of the project. Originally published in 1981, Oak Knoll's edition has a revised bibliography and a new list of supply sources.
Price: $ 24.95 other currencies Order nr. 42513

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(Boss Dog Press) A CATALOG OF BOOKBINDING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FORMERLY BELONGING TO DR. LOYD HABERLY.
N.P. Boss Dog Press 2012 4to. quarter leather, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, slipcase. unpaginated
Limited to 70 copies signed by designer, printer and binder Dan Rash; this is one of the 20 lettered copies bound thus and printed on handmade paper. A "small bit of book arts history" designed to provide a "resource for collectors and scholars of Loyd Haberly's bindings." Tipped-in color illustrations throughout include equipment, finishing tools, hand tools and supplies. Text includes descriptions of the tools in the illustrations. Includes a center fold-out reproduced from an original page of finishing tool smoke proofs.
Price: $ 235.00 other currencies Order nr. 114255

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(Boss Dog Press) A CATALOG OF BOOKBINDING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FORMERLY BELONGING TO DR. LOYD HABERLY.
N.P. Boss Dog Press 2012 4to. stiff paper wrappers, title and author on label on front wrapper unpaginated
Limited to 70 copies signed by designer, printer and binder Dan Rash. This is one of the 50 numbered copies bound thus and printed on white Bugra paper. A "small bit of book arts history" designed to provide a "resource for collectors and scholars of Loyd Haberly's bindings." Tipped-in color illustrations throughout include equipment, finishing tools, hand tools and supplies. Text includes descriptions of the tools in the illustrations. Includes a center fold-out reproduced from an original page of finishing tool smoke proofs.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 114256

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(Boss Dog Press) Eberhardt, Fritz. RULES FOR BOOKBINDERS IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN
Plains, PA Boss Dog Press 2003 large 12mo. semi-limp Bluestone Ingres paste paper wrapper; nonadhesive four-needle Japanese sewing structure, paper cover label 24 pages
The first book printed by the Boss Dog Press, issued in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies printed for distribution. A poem in sixteen stanzas (with two notes) written in English and German and illustrated by Fritz Eberhardt, the famous hand bookbinder and calligrapher. Unique papers, line engravings of the original pencil sketches by Eberhardt, and letterpress printing were employed to capture the spirit of the author, as well as enhance the text and relate it to the illustrations.
Price: $ 120.00 other currencies Order nr. 77017

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CATALOGUS DER BIBLIOTHEEK VAN DE VEREENIGING TER BEVORDERING VAN DE BELANGEN DES BOEKHANDELS TE AMSTERDAM.
`s Gravenhage HES & DE GRAAF 1965 23.5 x 15 cm Wrappers XV, 943 pp
This volume lists all New Acquisitions 1949-1964 of publications in the field of History of the Book, Bibliography, History of Typography, and allied subjects. Articles from periodicals, yearbooks, etc. are also included. Fully indexed.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 103323

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(Center for Book Arts) AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKBINDINGS BY JEAN DE GONET.
New York Center for Book Arts 1987 12mo. stiff paper wrappers 28 pages
An exhibition of 45 works by innovative French bookbinder de Gonet was held in New York from May 16 to June 16, 1987. According to Jan van der Marck in the introduction, innovation is a radical attack on the continuity of thought and action that distinguishes culture and informs tradition. There are two ways in which to detect it: by deduction and induction. The former requires that we search for a break in an evolving stylistic configuration much as we would for a stoppage of leak in a pipeline. The latter proceeds by the intuitive recognition of a sea change, and the ability to pinpoint evidence from clues. At first blush, de Gonet's ingeniously crafted or industrially produced covers resemble the lid of a roll top box or the dash of a racing car. These unsubtle clues that somebody is playing hard and fast with the bookbinders tradition are the unchallengeable evidence of innovation. Black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 103926

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