Perthshire: K.D. Duval, Frenich, Foss, 1975. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages; 39 full page color plates. S-K 6668. With an Introduction by Edgar Mansfield. Original sales catalogue of this magnificent collection of modern British bindings. The price list is loosely inserted. Catalogue designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. The collection was bought by the Lilly Library in its entirety. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDING TODAY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11961

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 8.5 x 11 inches. Paperback. 96 pages. Fine copy. "Design Bindings: a Retrospective, is a testament to Don Etherington's legacy as a fine binder. The books it illustrates depict an unbroken chain of work spanning a lifetime and reflecting the stylistic influences of their period-each an elegant feat of craftsmanship. The underlying principles embodied in Etherington's conceptualization and execution of these works are monumental, his influence on professional..... READ MORE about DESIGN BINDINGS: A RETROSPECTIVE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134558

Bath, England: Edward Bayntun-Coward, 2004. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A catalogue of finely bound rare books offered by George Bayntun. It includes 50 items, and is illustrated in black and white and color. READ MORE about GEORGE BAYNTUN, EBC. CATALOGUE 12

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134535

(Oakland, CA): Special Collections, F.W. Olin Bibrary, Mills College, 2017. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 62 pages. Preface, letter from the president of the BCC, index. Color illustrations of and descriptive text about items exhibited in the BCC's 45th annual exhibition. READ MORE about HBC45: THE HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA ANNUAL MEMBERS' EXHIBITION

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135045

(Dorchester, England): Designer Bookbinders, (2014). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. Introduction, foreword, list of exhibition dates and venues, index of binders. Includes the works of nine noted private presses. Color illustrations througout. Press release, price list, and order form laid in. READ MORE about INSIDE OUT: CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125659

New York: Dover Publications, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 261 pages. Reprint of the 1973 corrected edition with additional information added to the supply sources section for this 1990 printing. Contains a history of book-making and simple binding techniques for the amateur, including related crafts such as making folders, files, note pads, cards, boxes, etc. Includes a large section on various techniques for making decorated papers to use in binding. Illustrated with many drawings..... READ MORE about CREATIVE BOOKBINDING

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 29692

Urbino: Edizioni I.S.A, 1997. 4to. full decorated leather, clamshell box. 578, (14) pages. First edition. This book was the focus of an international exhibition of the bindings of a single work, L'infinito, by Giacomo Leopardi, held at Chiesa di San Paolo, Macerata, Italy, Sept. 12-Oct. 30, 1998. Competitors were asked to design bindings for the poem L'Infinito by Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837). This particular copy is bound in full morocco by Monique Lallier. The..... READ MORE about L'INFINITO IN TUTTE LE LINGUE CHE L'HANNO SAPUTO PRONUNCIARE

Price: $3,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134374

VOLUME 1
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2013. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 534 pages. VOLUME 1. 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, with additional images on accompanying DVD. The essays included are: Evyn Kropf - Historical Repair, Recycling, and..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 1

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116163

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1982. 8vo. cloth. 159 pages. S-K 3527. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With three colored plates and sixty-eight half-tone illustrations of bindings. All seventy-one bindings are described in detail and are accompanied by an illustration. Includes the work of Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Guild of Women-Binders, and others including McLeish and Cockerell. Fine condition. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2456

(New York, NY): The Guild of Book Workers, 1996. oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound. unpaginated. Opening comments, list of sponsors. An exhibition of bookbindings with descriptive text and color illustration of the work of each exhibitor. READ MORE about PAPER BOUND, A SHOWCASE OF CONTEMPORARY PAPERMAKERS & BOOKBINDERS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126417

Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. 4to. leather, clamshell box. x, 297 pages. S-K 353. With foreword by Frederick R. Goff. Contains thousands of terms and definitions which deal with the binding, care and repair of books. With a bibliography listing 373 related sources. Illustrated. This copy is beautifully bound by Mary Baughman of the conservation department at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas: Austin, with Don Etherington being the designer. Full green..... READ MORE about BOOKBINDING AND THE CONSERVATION OF BOOKS, A DICTIONARY OF DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY

Price: $650.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126271

London, England: Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf, 2001. 4to. leather, cloth clamshell box, leather spine label with title and author in gilt. x, 60, (2) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this was one of the unnumbered copies set aside in sheets for bookbinders. This particular copy is bound in full goatskin, with marbled leather onlays spelling out the title on the front cover on top of 'ribbed' textured leather grids, in..... READ MORE about LOST ON THE TITANIC

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134363