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Brooks, Hero Boothroyd.

SHORT HISTORY OF IIC: FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

London: The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, (2000). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 59, (3) pages. Historical account of the IIC. Includes events preliminary to its founding in 1950 and the commencement of its Studies in Conservation series. Black and white illustrations. Acknowledgements. List of Council members and officers. Footnoted. READ MORE about SHORT HISTORY OF IIC: FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 106879

Budden, Sophie.

GUILDING AND SURFACE DECORATION.

London: The United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 40 pages. Preprints of the UKIC Conference Restoration '91. Foreward by Sophie Budden, who also contributed "The Conservation of a Twelfth Century Guanyin Figure." Four pages of color plates with Budden's article. READ MORE about GUILDING AND SURFACE DECORATION

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106960

(Christmas Books).

RIGHT THOUGHTS ON PRINTING IN AN AGE WHEN THE PRINTERS NEED CORRECTING.

New York: Press on Washington Street, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 125 copies prepared for the Typophiles. READ MORE about RIGHT THOUGHTS ON PRINTING IN AN AGE WHEN THE PRINTERS NEED CORRECTING

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1849

(Cleland, T.M). Eckman, James.

WEEK ENDS WITH TOM CLELAND.

Rochester, MN: The Doomsday Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, front cover label portrait of Cleland. (vii), 12, (2) pages. Limited to 150 copies. James Eckman spent week ends with Cleland in designing the Mayo brothers' 100th anniversary official seal. Story of their relationship. The portrait of Cleland on the front cover is by Rockwell Kent. READ MORE about WEEK ENDS WITH TOM CLELAND

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 21976

(Conservation).

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS.

20 volumes.
4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20 volumes. Includes the following issues: Vol. 13, No.1. 1972. 57 pages. Vol. 13, No.2. 1973. Papers Presented at the First Annual Meeting...122 pages. Vol. 14, No.1. 1973. 116 pages. Vol. 14, No.2. 1974. Papers Presented at the Second Annual Meeting...172 pages. Vol. 15, No.1. 1974. 76 pages. Vol. 15, No.2. 1976. 134 pages. Vol. 16, No.1. 1975-6. 118 pages. 1976. Preprints of papers presented at the fourth annual meeting.134 pages..... READ MORE about BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 106791

CONSERVATOR (THE).

(London): The United Kingdom Institue for Conservation. Have the following issues: Number 14. 1990. Includes an article by Helen Ganiaris on "Examination and treatment of a wooden writing tablet from London." 52 pages. Number 15. 1991. 64 pages. Number 16. 1992. 84 pages. Number 18. 1994. 76 pages. Number 26. 2002. 115 pages. Number 29. 2005/6. 119 pages. Each issue with a color section. Price is per issue. READ MORE about CONSERVATOR (THE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106765

Dolloff, Francis W. and Roy L. Perkinson.

HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. First edition. Four sections: History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, and A Note on Restoration. READ MORE about HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105238

(Feinsilber, Fred).

COLLECTION FRED FEINSILBER: ITINÉRAIRE D'UN COLLECTIONNEUR 1460-1960.

2 volumes.
(Paris: Sotheby's, 2006). 4to. paper covered boards, with slipcase. 318, 287 pages. 2 volumes. Text in French. Auction catalogue, Sotheby's Paris, October 11, 2006. 518 lots. Books, manuscripts, gravures, photographs of collector Fred Feinsilber. Color illustrations throughout. Bumped. READ MORE about COLLECTION FRED FEINSILBER: ITINÉRAIRE D'UN COLLECTIONNEUR 1460-1960

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 106947

Feller, Robert L. (editor).

ARTISTS' PIGMENTS: A HANDBOOK OF THEIR HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS.

Washington: National Gallery of Art, (1986). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 300 pages. Volume 1. Reference work about artists' pigments from antiquity to modern times. Suitable for artists, art historians, conservators, curators, and connoisseurs. Preface by J. Carter Brown. Introduction by Robert L. Feller and ten essays by noted scholars. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Two appendices. Ink inscription on inside front wrapper. READ MORE about ARTISTS' PIGMENTS: A HANDBOOK OF THEIR HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 106775

Fletcher, Chris.

CHAPTER & VERSE, 1000 YEARS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

(London): The British Library, (2000). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Published by the British Library to accompany an exhibition held in its Pearson Gallery. Handsomely illustrated.10th Annual Report inserted. READ MORE about CHAPTER & VERSE, 1000 YEARS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 69115

(Guild of Book Workers).

LIST OF BOOKS IN THE GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS LIBRARY.

(New York: The Guild of Book Workers, Inc., 1967). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Listing of items in the Guild of Book Workers Library. Includes brief history of the library. Symbols in margin note subject. READ MORE about LIST OF BOOKS IN THE GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS LIBRARY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106954

(Guild of Book Workers).

NEW ENGLAND VIGNETTES.

Providence, RI: Providence Athenaeum, 2004. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 38+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition by the New England Chapter, Guild of Book Workers, presented at the Providence Athenaeum November-December 2004. Shows calligraphy, private press work, fine bindings and artists' books. READ MORE about NEW ENGLAND VIGNETTES

Price: $25.00 save 20% $20.00 Order nr. 106833

Hewitt-Bates, J.S.

BOOKBINDING FOR SCHOOLS. A TEXT BOOK FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TRAINING COLLEGES.

Leicester: Dryad Press, (1941). 8vo. cloth. x, (ii), 123, (3) pages. Third, revised edition. Free endpaper missing. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING FOR SCHOOLS. A TEXT BOOK FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY...

Price: $22.50 Order nr. 106379

Hoggart, Richard.

A REPORT ON PAPER BACKS.

N.P. Guildford School of Art, 1960. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Reprint from The Listener, 13 October 1960. Discussion of paperback production in Great Britain and its social impact. READ MORE about A REPORT ON PAPER BACKS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106803

Hoover, John Neal.

FOUR ST. LOUISIANS & A LIBRARY: THE COLLECTORS OF AMERICAN RIVER HISTORY.

St. Louis: St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, 2010. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 22 pages. Gallery talk delivered on April 6, 2010 at The Grolier Club in connection with a Grolier exhibition, "Lives on the Mississippi." Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FOUR ST. LOUISIANS & A LIBRARY: THE COLLECTORS OF AMERICAN RIVER HISTORY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106897

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF EDWIN BINNEY, 3RD.

Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, (1974). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 203 pages. First in a series of catalogues, the Mughal and Deccani Schools with some related Sultanate material, 16th and 17th centuries. Introduction and genealogical chart of the Mughal dynasty. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography. Front hinge cracked. READ MORE about INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF EDWIN BINNEY, 3RD

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106826

INSIDE ICON NEWS.

London: Institute of Conservation, 2005-2010. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Issues 1 to 31 of the publication from its inception in 2005 lacking seven issues. Color, black and white illustrations throughout. Various brochures laid in No. 31. READ MORE about INSIDE ICON NEWS

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 107057

(Koch, Frederick R.).

MANUSCRIPTS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE FREDERICK R. KOCH FOUNDATION.

New York: Christie's, 1990. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 139, (5) pages. With good collections of various children's book authors. Illustrated. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE FREDERICK R. KOCH FOUNDATION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69060

Mallis, Arnold.

HANDBOOK OF PEST CONTROL: THE BEHAVIOR, LIFE HISTORY, AND CONTROL OF HOUSEHOLD PESTS.

Cleveland: Franzak and Foster Company, (1982). 8vo. cloth. 1101 pages. 6th edition. Comprehensive guide to rodents, insects, spiders and other pests with advice for their control. Index to common names of pesticides. Frontispiece. Glossary of technical terms. 39 color plates. Black and white illustrations throughout. Top corner of front board slightly dented. Signed by the noted binder/conservator, Deborah Evetts, on free endpaper. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF PEST CONTROL: THE BEHAVIOR, LIFE HISTORY, AND CONTROL OF HOUSEHOLD PESTS

Price: $80.00 Order nr. 106808

(Mayor, A. Hyatt).

PRINCETON ALUMNI COLLECTIONS: WORKS ON PAPER.

(Princeton, NJ): The Art Museum-Princeton University, (1981). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 261, (1) pages. Catalogue of exhibition at The Art Museum-Princeton University, April-June 1981. Introduction by Allen Rosenbaum. Dedicated to A. Hyatt Mayor, Princeton Class of 1922, Biographical sketch of Mayor, professor and curator of the Print Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Black and white illustrations of all works exhibited. List of sponsors of and lenders to the exhibition, Index of artists..... READ MORE about PRINCETON ALUMNI COLLECTIONS: WORKS ON PAPER

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 106839

McAuliffe, Martin l., Jr.

PROFILES OF EXCELLENCE.

(Evansville, IN): University of Evansville Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth. (xii), 193 pages. Brief biographies of fifty men and women associated with the state of Indiana. Includes individuals from all walks of life. Introduction by Wallace B. Graves, president of the University. Includes "Call Me Jonah" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. READ MORE about PROFILES OF EXCELLENCE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106798

(Miniature Books).

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN. TOGETHER WITH SOME DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES.

London: Edward Arnold, (1961). 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards. xv, 289 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Introduction by Spielmann followed by descriptions of over 500 miniature books. Well indexed. Red ink used to coat top edge has bled along edge of front and back pastdowns and along top edge of the first few pages. Scarce book. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN. TOGETHER WITH...

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 42150

Morris, John.

MANAGING THE LIBRARY FIRE RISK.

(Berkeley): University of California, 1979. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 147+(1) pages. Second edition, published by the Office of Risk Management and Safety, USC-Berkeley. Considerably expanded, with new information covering the years 1975-1978, including a chronicle of library fire and water casualities. Fire defense systems of great new libraries are described, as well as the improvement of older libraries. A book written mainly for library directors, but also valuable to architects and fire protection..... READ MORE about MANAGING THE LIBRARY FIRE RISK

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 64157

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR: THE IMPESSIARO, K. 486.

(New York): The Pierpont Morgan Library/Oxford University Press, (1976). oblong, 4to. cloth, slipcase. xvi, 85 pages. Facsimile of the autograph manuscript in the Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Introduction by J. Rigbie Turner. Inscribed in ink to noted binder/conservator Deborah M. Evetts by Charles Ryskamp. Illustrations of watermarks in text and full reproduction of the manuscript. Bibliography. READ MORE about DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR: THE IMPESSIARO, K. 486

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 106915

(Paper Specimens). Andrews.

EUROPEAN PRINTING, ART AND PARCHMENT PAPERS.

New York: Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead, n.d. thick oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spine. (70) leaves. A sample book of various types, weights and colors of imported paper, including many by Fabriano. READ MORE about EUROPEAN PRINTING, ART AND PARCHMENT PAPERS

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 45648

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