(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M. and Mirjam M. Foot.

THE HISTORY OF DECORATED BOOKBINDING IN ENGLAND.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 124 pages followed by 128 plates in black and white and some plates in color in text. First edition. A fine copy. This book is based on Howard Nixon's Lyell Lectures presented in 1979 with expansion by Mirjam Foot. The text covers binding from its beginnings in England up to the 20th century work of Edgar Mansfield. Very scarce book. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF DECORATED BOOKBINDING IN ENGLAND

Price: $125.00 save 20% $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36994

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

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. Lightly soiled on the front / rear covers and spine, which were bound upside down. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Price: $30.00 save 50% $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134201

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS, SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

London: The British Library, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages and 1 full-page color plate. S-K 4775. First edition but with only one illustration. (Brenni 853). An unusual exhibition catalogue with a long running essay supplemented by specific exhibit entries described in the margins of the text. 126 items are thus described. READ MORE about ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS, SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

Price: $25.00 save 50% $12.50  other currencies  Order nr. 5860

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

FIVE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH BOOKBINDING.

London: The Scolar Press, (1979). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 232, (9) pages. S-K 136. First edition, second printing (Brenni no.759). Dust jacket lightly soiled. Tears at spine ends. Dust jacket price-clipped. One hundred articles on bookbinding that originally appeared in The Book Collector have been combined into one volume. Contains 100 plates of important bindings and a page of descriptive text about each. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their..... READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH BOOKBINDING

Price: $20.00 save 20% $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32007

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 263 pages. S-K 3707. First edition. (Brenni no.240). Preface by Charles Ryskamp followed by a two page introduction by Nixon. The 66 bindings are described in great detail and each is accompanied by an illustration. Includes an index of binders, owners and authors. Important book. READ MORE about SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

Price: $80.00 save 50% $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7948

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

London: British Museum, 1957. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages of text followed by 16 full-page plates. S-K 1968. A separate publication of the British Museum. READ MORE about ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Price: $15.00 save 50% $7.50  other currencies  Order nr. 5866