Abbey, J.R.

SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND. With TRAVEL.

4 volumes, complete set.
London: Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957. 4to. polished cloth, top edges gilt, leather spine labels. xx,399; xxi,428; xiii,300; xiii,301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. The printing by the Curwen Press of these first editions is far superior to the..... READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

Price: $1,200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71437

Audin, Marius.

ESSAI SUR LES GRAVEURS DE BOIS EN FRANCE AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE.

Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1925. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxii, 194 pages. Limited to 2060 numbered copies. Detailed descriptions of hundreds of titles. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ESSAI SUR LES GRAVEURS DE BOIS EN FRANCE AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE

Price: $25.00 save 20% $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16583

(Bookbinding). Avis, F.C.

BOOKBINDING & WAREHOUSE CALCULATIONS.

London: Privately printed for Avis, (1957). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 159 pages. First edition. Not in Brenni. Three sections; Operations, Materials and Administration of a bindery. Small tears along edges of jacket. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING & WAREHOUSE CALCULATIONS

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5666

(Bookbinding).

BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES LA PLUPART REVÊTUS DE TRÈS RICHES RELIURES ET ENRICHIS DE PRÉCIEUX AUTOGRAPHES, D'AQUARELLES ET DESSINS ORIGINAUX, ÉDITIONS ORIGINALES, PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE M.C.L.

Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1939. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. 64 pages followed by the 24 plates. Blogie II, 344. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 176 lots for sale. 24 full-page plates mostly showing fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES LA PLUPART REVÊTUS DE TRÈS RICHES RELIURES ET ENRICHIS DE PRÉCIEUX...

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71515

(Bookbinding).

BIBLIOTHÈQUE B***, LIVRES ANCIENS RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, RICHES RELIURES ANCIENNES ARMORIÉES.

Paris: Giraud-Badin, 1934. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages followed by the plates. Catalogue of Sale held October 30, 1934. (Blogie II, 327). Identified in pencil on the wrapper as the Blumenthal collection. Covers chipped around edges. Contains 15 plates printed on special glossy paper. 124 items auctioned and with an index of provenance. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE B***, LIVRES ANCIENS RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, RICHES RELIURES ANCIENNES ARMORIÉES

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72497

(Bookbinding).

BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR.

Paris: Ader Tajan, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale of April 7, 1992. With bindings by Koehler, Purgold, Thouvenin, Simier and Vogel. 104 items described and with some plates in color. Randeria bookplate on title page. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR

Price: $14.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72398

(Bookbinding).

BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MME. N., LIVRES DES XVIIe, XVIIIe ET XIXe SIÈCLES.

Paris: Claude Blizot - J.-E. Gautrot, n.d. but 1979. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 73+(1) pages. Auction sale of the collection of Mme. Nielsen (Blogie III, 443). 81 lots including bindings. With the Randeria bookplate on the half-title. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MME. N., LIVRES DES XVIIe, XVIIIe ET XIXe SIÈCLES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72504

(Bookbinding).

BIBLIOTHÈQUE EVRARD DE ROUVRE.

2 volumes.
Paris: Drouot Rive Gauche, 1979. small 4to. cloth, paper cover labels. 124,(4); 87,(3) pages. 2 volumes. Two volume auction sale of the library of Evrard de Rouvre (Blogie III, 447; III, 449). Filled with black-and-white and color plates. Many fine bindings. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE EVRARD DE ROUVRE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72506

(Bookbinding).

BIBLIOTHÈQUES PROVENANT DE DEUX AMATEURS ET DE LA SUCCESSION DE M.L.A***.

Paris: Librairie L. Carteret, 1935. small 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. 115+(1) pages and 16 plates. Blogie II, 330. Expert was Étienne Ader. A total of 596 lots. The first part of this sale was especially strong in "riches reliures dorée ou Mosaïquées". The text is accompanied by 16 separate plates of bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUES PROVENANT DE DEUX AMATEURS ET DE LA SUCCESSION DE M.L.A***

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71514

(Bookbinding).

CATALOGUE OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY FORMED BY THE LATE THEODORE SELIGMAN, ESQ. OF NEW YORK.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1951. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 91+(1) pages. Not in Blogie. The illustrated version of this catalogue with 20 plates of bindings. Back cover detached. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY FORMED BY THE LATE THEODORE SELIGMAN, ESQ....

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71801

(Bookbinding). Davenport, Cyril.

THOMAS BERTHELET, ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS BOOKBINDINGS.

Chicago: Caxton Club, 1901. 4to. original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 102 pages. S-K 4201. First edition, limited to only 252 copies. (Mejer no.288; Brenni no.803). Contains eighteen full color plates of bookbindings executed by Berthelet. Three chapters including English Bookbinding Up to the Time of Henry VIII, Documentary Evidence Concerning Berthelet and His Work, and The Bookbindings of Thomas Berthelet with Detailed Descriptions. Ex-library copy with mark on spine, spine label has pieces missing..... READ MORE about THOMAS BERTHELET, ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND, WITH SPECIAL...

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5743

(Bookbinding). Egger, Hanna.

DAS HANDWERK DES BUCHBINDENS IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART.

Wien: Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 103 pages. S-K 444. With additional text by E. Schmutter-Meier and M. Symon. Filled with illustrations of bindings from all ages. READ MORE about DAS HANDWERK DES BUCHBINDENS IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 38511