Paris: Maison Quantin, n.d. (circa 1886). 8vo. contemporary quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. 320 pages. First edition. The history of the book and its printing, illustration and binding. Over 100 illustrations. Printed on cheaper paper. Covers rubbed along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about LE LIVRE, L'ILLUSTRATION - LA RELIURE, ETUDE HISTORIQUE SOMMAIRE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 22529
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1971. 8vo. cloth. xvii, 303 pages. Second edition. The appendix gives breakdowns of technical dictionaries and general bibliography. READ MORE about DICTIONARIES OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO BOTH GENERAL AND...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 40893
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
Publiée pour la première fois d'après l'inventaire original.
Paris: Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1843. 8vo. contemporary quarter calf, red leather spine label, marbled paper covered boards. 57 pages. Publiée pour la première fois d'après l'inventaire original. Extract from the Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes. Description of the library of this 14th century French poet. Minor rubbing of covers. READ MORE about LA BIBLIOTH'EQUE DE CHARLES D'ORLÉANS A SON CHATEAU DE BLOIS EN 1427
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 104265
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (xx), 179, (3) pages. A book describing and showing some illustrations from older printed books that were used to illustrate the works of Chaucer. Back paper wrapper soiled. READ MORE about A MIRROR OF CHAUCER'S WORLD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104876
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. (viii), 380 pages. First edition. (BAL 13136). Covers rubbed with spotting. Wear at spine ends. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about AMONG MY BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9522
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1882. 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. (viii), 380 pages. Reprint of 1870 first edition. (See BAL 13136). Covers rubbed. Ink inscription on first blank page. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about AMONG MY BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 102776
London: Andre Deutsch, (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 336 pages. Fifth edition. This fifth edition was completely revised and partly re-written by Arthur Maltby. Jacket rubbed. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about SAYERS' MANUAL OF CLASSIFICATION FOR LIBRARIANS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 102726
New York: Oxford University Press, (1972). thick tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxi, 676 pages. Reprint of revised edition. Contains hundreds of illustrations. Has a 15-page chapter devoted to the history of bookbinding. Jacket shows soiling. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE BOOK, THE STORY OF PRINTING & BOOKMAKING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 21087
Brighton: Central Bookbinding Works, n.d. (20th century). 8vo. cloth. 26, (4) pages with 3 plates showing bookbindings executed by this firm. Short history followed by advertising for the firm. Not in Brenni. Covers spotted. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ART AND CRAFT OF BOOKBINDING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 102623
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, 1910. 8vo. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. (viii), 87 pages. Number Two in The Librarian Series edited by John Cotton Dana and Henry W. Kent. Spine is spotted. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARIAN; A SELECTION OF ARTICLES FROM THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT AND...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 9893
New York: Fred. A. Hodgson, 1884. small 8vo. original cloth. 130, (16) pages. First edition. Includes sections on gilding and silvering. Covers spotted. Half-title torn away which has also left a tear along the gutter of the title page. READ MORE about HINTS AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND FURNITURE MEN GENERALLY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 102955
Boston: Richardson, Lord, and Holbrook, and Hillard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1829. small 8vo. contemporary full calf, red leather spine label. 276 pages. Reprint of the 1827 first U.S. edition (Shaw & Shoemaker 40085). Covers rubbed with wear at tips. Some contemporary writing in pencil on blank page. Foxing. READ MORE about NATIONAL READER; A SELECTION OF EXERCISES IN READING AND SPEAKING, DESIGNED TO FILL THE SAME...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 102637
Detroit: Gale Research, 1968. thick 8vo. cloth. xv, 298 pages. Reprint of the 1911 first edition. With 12 illustrations and 35 plates. The making, collecting and use of books in England during the middle ages. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 35937
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc, (1970). thick 8vo. cloth. xv, 298 pages. Reprint of the 1911 first edition. With 12 illustrations and 35 plates. The making, collecting and use of books in England during the middle ages. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102670
3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948.
tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948. Excellent guide to the publishers, binders, booksellers, etc. active in Boston during this period. Gives addresses at corresponding dates. READ MORE about THE BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800-1825
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 7604
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
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
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: $125.00 Order nr. 102751
With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates.
Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers, 1930. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 53 pages followed by the plates. With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates. First edition. (Brenni no.482). Reproductions of well over 100 bindings with many in full color. Some rubbing along extremities. Text in English with summary in Danish. Jacket chipped with small pieces missing. Ownership inscription in pencil. Unusual..... READ MORE about DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 71416
Lincoln: Usher Gallery, 1980. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. With photos of such binders as Jeff Clements, Trevor Jones, Ivor Robinson and Philip Smith. READ MORE about DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 6005
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
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
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
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
