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
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
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
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
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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1952. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 120 pages. Third edition. Over 100 illustrations throughout text. Tears along paper wrappers along spine. Ownership stamp embossed on half-title. READ MORE about LEÇONS DE RELIURE POUR AMATUERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 102950
Chicago: Library Bureau, 1910. 8vo. cloth. 174 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Covers all aspects of bookbinding including materials and paper. Also has a list of equipment, bindery terms and a list of makers of and dealers in material and equipment. From the library of the publisher Ginn and Company with their bookplate. Number on spine and pocket in back. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about NOTES ON BOOKBINDING FOR LIBRARIES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6167
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
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
