THE HARVARD LIST OF BOOKS ON ART.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 163 pages. Over 2000 titles given. Name in ink on front cover. READ MORE about THE HARVARD LIST OF BOOKS ON ART
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 249
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CINQ ANNÉES D'ACQUSITIONS, 1969-1973.
Bruxelles: Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier. 1975. thick small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 495, (3) pages. Avant-Propos by Martin Wittek. Filled with interesting text and illustrations (some in color). READ MORE about CINQ ANNÉES D'ACQUSITIONS, 1969-1973
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 106272
THE CORTLANDT F. BISHOP LIBRARY.
New York: American Art Association, 1938, 1938, 1938, 1939. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Very good set of this magnificent library catalogue. Many plates of bookbindings. A fifth volume that is not present was issued in 1948 and described Bishop's French books. Light cover wear. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE CORTLANDT F. BISHOP LIBRARY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 102751
SIMPLIFIED BOOKBINDING.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 176 pages. First edition. With many illustrations in the text. Chapters on binding a book, care and repair, and papercraft. Ownership inscription in pencil. Good condition. READ MORE about SIMPLIFIED BOOKBINDING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5801
KUNSTFÆRDIGE GAMLE BOGBIND INDTIL 1850.
København: Lehmann & Stages Forlag, 1907. small 4to. later full red morocco, four raised bands, top edge gilt with original front paper wrapper bound in. 162 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies (S-K 847; Mejer 386). The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts mounted this 1906 exhibit of old bookbindings. A preface by Hannover provides an overview of the material that follows. The catalog is divided into: the old style and the new style. The..... READ MORE about KUNSTFÆRDIGE GAMLE BOGBIND INDTIL 1850
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 102696
BOOKBINDING CRAFT AND INDUSTRY, AN OUTLINE OF ITS HISTORY DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNIQUE.
London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, n.d. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), x, 139, (6), 8 pages. S-K 1828. Second edition. (Brenni no.328). Many illustrations. Jacket lightly chipped with tape repair at spine ends; unusual to find in jacket. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING CRAFT AND INDUSTRY, AN OUTLINE OF ITS HISTORY DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNIQUE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 40966
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF VERY RARE BOOKS, CHOICE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTERS.
London: Myers & Co., 1933. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 124 pages with many separate plates. Catalogue 291 issued by this firm. Includes a number of important bindings. Wear along edges and covers soiled. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF VERY RARE BOOKS, CHOICE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102921
IMPOSITIONS, EDITION, CATALOG & JUVENILE BINDING.
New York: Publishers Book Bindery, n.d. oblong 12mo. boards. (24) pages. Contains impositions most frequently used by this binding firm. Back hinge cracked. Ownership inscription in pencil. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about IMPOSITIONS, EDITION, CATALOG & JUVENILE BINDING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5876
DER EXAKTE BUCHEINBAND, DER GUTE HALBRFRANZBAND DER KÜNSTLERISCHE, GANZLEDERBAND, DIE HANDVERGOLDUNG, DER EINBAND MIT ECHTEN BÜNDE, DER PERGAMENTBAND.
Halle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1929. 8vo. later half leather with decorated paper covered boards. iv, 162 pages followed by 24 full-page plates of binding ornaments and illustrations of bindings. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged (Mejer no.1874; Brenni 233). Contains 138 text illustrations, 24 plates and 32 paper specimens; the paper specimens are lacking from this copy. Covers soiled. READ MORE about DER EXAKTE BUCHEINBAND, DER GUTE HALBRFRANZBAND DER KÜNSTLERISCHE, GANZLEDERBAND, DIE...
Price: $165.00 Order nr. 102694
NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DU RELIURE EN TOUS GENRES.
Contenant les Arts de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, de la Plieuse, de la Brocheuse, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, et suivi des arts du Marbreur sur Tranches et du Doreur sur Tranches et sur Cuir.
Paris: Socièté française d'éditions littéraires et techniques, 1932. 12mo. paper wrappers. viii, 428 pages. Contenant les Arts de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, de la Plieuse, de la Brocheuse, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, et suivi des arts du Marbreur sur Tranches et du Doreur sur Tranches et sur Cuir. Reprint of this 19th-century manual. Taken from the new edition, enlarged and revised. (Pollard no. 53). One of the classic binding manuals. Four large foldout plates in the..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DU RELIURE EN TOUS GENRES
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 102764
LIBRARY BOOK LISTS, BOOKBINDING AND WAREHOUSE WORK, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AVAILABLE UP TO 1957.
London: London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1959. 8vo. paper wrappers. 41 pages. Occasional descriptive text. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about LIBRARY BOOK LISTS, BOOKBINDING AND WAREHOUSE WORK, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AVAILABLE UP TO 1957
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102907
(NOTICE SUR LA LITHOGRAPHIE, SUIVIE D'UN) ESSAI SUR LA RELIURE ET LE BLANCHIMENT DES LIVRES ET GRAVURES.
(Chatillon-sur-Seine): n.p., 1824. 8vo. later cloth. pp.68-228. Mairet's Essai sur la Reliure was the major portion of Notice sur la Lithographie. The lithographic portion occupied the first 67 pages and had 5 plates (lacking in this copy). The essay on bookbinding is very early for the subject (SK-7284; Pollard 52). It was added to this second edition of the lithography title and was first printed here. Our copy is excised from this book. A handwritten..... READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LA LITHOGRAPHIE, SUIVIE D'UN) ESSAI SUR LA RELIURE ET LE BLANCHIMENT DES LIVRES ET...
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 102967
ENGLISH BLIND-STAMPED BINDINGS.
Cambridge: University Press, 1952. folio. cloth. 73 pages followed by 61 plates. First edition, limited to 750 copies. (Brenni no.825). One of the Sandars Lectures for 1949. An excellent reference book. Covers faded. Bookplate. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about ENGLISH BLIND-STAMPED BINDINGS
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 31151
RARE OLD BOOKS, MANY IN FINE BINDINGS, OLD ASSOCIATION BOOKS, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, HOLOGRAPH CORRESPONDENCES, ETC.
London: G. Michelmore & Co., n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 208 pages and many separate plates. Catalogue 19 issued by this firm. Many illustrations including some foldout plates. READ MORE about RARE OLD BOOKS, MANY IN FINE BINDINGS, OLD ASSOCIATION BOOKS, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, HOLOGRAPH...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 102948
REPRINT OF AN ARTICLE ON BOOKBINDING FROM THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL ARTS 1854 AS DISPLAYED IN THE MUSUEM OF BOOKBINDING, MANVERS STREET, BATH.
Bath: Museum of Bookbinding, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. pp.152-162. Purchased at the Museum by the former owner. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about REPRINT OF AN ARTICLE ON BOOKBINDING FROM THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL ARTS 1854 AS DISPLAYED IN THE...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 102923
BOOKBINDING BY HAND FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN.
New York: Pitman Publishing Corp. n.d. (circa 1951). 8vo. cloth. 281 pages. First U.S. edition. (Appleton p.85). An excellent manual. Rubbing around edges. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING BY HAND FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 18856
SIGNES ET SCRIBES.
(Garches: Varth Editions Sarl, 1987). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. No. 1. Foreword by Francois Chabanian. Various articles on the book arts. Paper label of former owner on front cover. Ink ownership inscription. READ MORE about SIGNES ET SCRIBES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 102954
CAXTON, MIRROUR OF FIFTEENTH-CENTURY LETTER, A STUDY OF THE LITERATURE.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. 8vo. orange cloth, paper spine label. 304 pages. First edition. With a bibliography of books about Caxton and a listing of his writing. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about CAXTON, MIRROUR OF FIFTEENTH-CENTURY LETTER, A STUDY OF THE LITERATURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 19998
CATALOGUE ONE THOUSAND PUBLISHED DECEMBER 1975.
London: Francis Edwards Ltd., 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79 pages. Illustrated. With a three page history of the firm by A.K. Russell and a reproduction of the first page of their first catalogue, issued in 1855. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about CATALOGUE ONE THOUSAND PUBLISHED DECEMBER 1975
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2591
ENGLISH BOOKS, LITERATURE, HISTORY, RELIGION, SCIENCE.
New York: John F. Fleming Inc, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 150 pages. Describes 637 items and their prices. READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOKS, LITERATURE, HISTORY, RELIGION, SCIENCE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 35275
LEATHERWORKER IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WILLIAMSBURG, BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE OF LEATHER, & OF THE CRAFTS COMMONLY ENGAGED IN THE MAKING & USING OF IT.
Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg, various. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37 pages. Reprint of the first edition. With a directory of leatherworkers in the back. Illustrated. READ MORE about LEATHERWORKER IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WILLIAMSBURG, BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE OF LEATHER,...
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 102959
RECHERCHES SUR JEAN GROLIER SUR SA VIE ET SA BIBLIOTHÈQUE SUIVIES D'UN CATALOGUE DES LIVRES QUI LUI ONT APPARTENU.
Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1970. thick 8vo. cloth. xlix, (iii), 491+(1) pages. Reprint of the 1866 first edition. (See S-K 1287; St. Bride Catalogue p.530). Grolier (1479-1565) was a famous French bibliophile who commissioned the best binders of the day to bind his book. Over 600 of these bindings exist today that can be attributed to his library. Includes a biography, an alphabetical catalogue of his library and reprints of correspondence. Ownership inscription in pencil..... READ MORE about RECHERCHES SUR JEAN GROLIER SUR SA VIE ET SA BIBLIOTHÈQUE SUIVIES D'UN CATALOGUE DES LIVRES QUI...
Price: $165.00 Order nr. 102695
RESEARCHES CONCERNING JEAN GROLIER, HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY. WITH A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF HIS BOOKS BY A.-J.-V. LE ROUX DE LINCY.
Translated and Revised by Carolyn Shipman.
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. tall 8vo. cloth. xlv, 385 pages. Translated and Revised by Carolyn Shipman. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. Minor spotting of covers. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about RESEARCHES CONCERNING JEAN GROLIER, HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY. WITH A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF HIS...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 11665
DICTIONARY OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Third (revised and enlarged) edition.
(London): Longman, (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Third (revised and enlarged) edition. Only volume published in this attempt to revise the original John Horden was general editor. This volume contains fully-documented evidence about the authorship of some 4,000 anonymous and pseudonymous publications in English, including translations from other languages, up to 1640. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 102766
ENGLISH LITERATURE.
From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, Catalogue 54
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1982. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 128, (2) pages. From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, Catalogue 54. Catalogue 54 of John Howell Books containing 378 items of English literature from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97412