N.P. n.p., n.d. (but 1991). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper covered boards. pp, 18-42. Here bound separately, an article from Bulletin du Bibliophile. With black-and-white photographs of bindings. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about BINDINGS WITH CUT-LEATHER WORK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 101535
Volume II, A Catalogue of North-European Bindings.
London: The British Library, (1983). small 4to. cloth with leather spine label. 368 pages. Volume II, A Catalogue of North-European Bindings. First edition. (S-K 1241). Covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries with excellent bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed them. Each entry has an accompanying illustration, many occupying a full-page. An excellent reference work, finely printed by The Stinehour Press. READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT, A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS. VOLUME II
Price: $160.00 Order nr. 2542
Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings.
London: The British Library, (1983). 8.5 x 10.75 inches. cloth with leather spine label. 368 pages. Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings. First edition. The Henry Davis Gift, A Collection of Bookbindings, Volume II covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries, arranged by country of origin, as well as chronologically, with excellent bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. II
Price: $140.00 Order nr. 104824
Volume III: A Catalogue of South-European Bindings
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2009. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. cloth with leather spine label. 528 pages. Volume III: A Catalogue of South-European Bindings. This much anticipated third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and American bindings. It includes many new identifications, and owners and binders are discussed comprehensively. Not only have the... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. III
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 102273
London: The British Museum, (1986). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Description of the bindings in the British Library with separate sections on bindings in vellum, with onlays and inlays, ink and paint, wood and straw, paper, ivory and metal, fabric, etc. READ MORE about PICTORIAL BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $13.95 Order nr. 38750
