London, England: Elliot Stock, 1893. 4to. cloth, paper spine label, fore-edge uncut. unpaginated. A facsimile reporduction of teh first edition printed at Augsburg, Germany, in 1471. Introduction, with footnotes, by Canon W.J. Knox Little. Spine label rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed and scuffed at edges. Light tanning on endpapers. READ MORE about THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 130615
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1913. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xiv, 56 pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies. History of the collection followed by detailed descriptions of these incunabula and 16th century books. Minor wear to covers. Near fine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE WILLIAM LORING ANDREWS COLLECTION OF EARLY BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF YALE UNIVERSITY
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 75
London, England, and New York, NY: George Newnes and F. Greenfield, n.d. (but 1912). folio. half leather, cloth boards. 40 pages. Limited to 800 numbered copies. Dedication, introduction by the author, Table with the date of different periods of architecture and decoration, with the names of monarchs and typical buildings, follows text. This table includes the Norman through the Georgian periods. Plates. Printed on recto only. Covers rubbed, scuffed, and lightly soiled. Tanning, mainly at..... READ MORE about ELIZABETHAN INTERIORS
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 131196
New York, NY: Harper & Row, (1963). 8vo. half cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (vi), 151+(1) pages. First edition. Recollections of the author's youth. READ MORE about THOSE DAYS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131403
New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1993). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 358 pages. Table of contents, statement by the Spanish Minister of Culture, director's foreword, acknowledgments, note to the reader, bibliography, index, photographic credits. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, 1993-4. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130771
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Table of contents, list of authors of catalogue entries, preface, list of lenders, acknowledgments, photographic acknowledgments, introduction by Simon Keynes, bibliography, suggestions for further readings. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN AGE OF ANGLO-SAXON ART
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130851
(Paris, France): Bibliothèque Nationale, (1973). folio. cloth. 103, (9) pages. Text in French. A facsimile of a medieval manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Introduction and comments by Marcel Thomas. Table of contents follows text. READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE LA DESTRUCTION DE TROYE LA GRANT
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 130763
2 Volumes
New York, NY: Parke Bernet Galleries, 1968-9. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 26; (vi), 26 pages. 2 Volumes. The First and Second Portions of this auction, November 19, 1968, and February 26, 1969. 366 lots. Sales 2766 and 2811. Includes "the most extensive group of American and European auction sales catalogues to be offered in these galleries in over thirty years," formerly in the inventory of French & Company. READ MORE about THE FIRST PORTION OF THE IMPORTANT ART REFERENCE LIBRARY FORMERLY IN THE INVENTORY OF FRENCH...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 130856
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, (1984). 4to. cloth. 224 pages. Preface, list of sources, photographic acknowledgments, index. Color plates, black and white illustrations in text, a total of 285 illustrations. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON ART FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 130850
London, England: Christie's, 2001. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 203, (5) pages. Auction, October 18, 2001. 195 lots. Artists' biographies and bibliography. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD INCLUDING 20TH CENTURY MIDDLE EASTERN PAINTINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131545
London, England: Christie's, 1994. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 217, (11) pages. Auction, October 18-20, 1994. 652 lots. A variety of Asian items. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ISLAMIC ART, INDIAN MINIATURES, RUGS AND CARPETS INCLUDING PROPERT FROM THE ARTHUR SACKLER...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 131544
London, England: Sotheby's, 1994. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 93, (11) pages. Auction, April 27, 1994. 139 lots. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131546
London, England: Sotheby's, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 139, (9) pages. Auction, April 26, 1995. 160 lots. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131548
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1976). 8vo. cloth. xxvii, 84 pages. Second printing of second edition. Chapters on inks, paper, storage, deacidification, lamination, etc. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, THEIR DETERIORATION AND RESTORATION
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 28103
(New York: Harper Collins, 2001). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, (ii), 636 pages. First edition. In this sequel to A Gentle Madness Basbanes continues his conversations with a wide variety of kindred spirits, each one a testament to the never-ending relevance of books in our lives. By exploring the transmission and preservation of knowledge, including the changes in the way information is amassed and stored, he reveals a deep and abiding respect for the..... READ MORE about PATIENCE & FORTITUDE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 64474
New Haven: Yale University Library. 1983, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A catalogue for an exhibition commemorating the first twenty years of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. 115 well-annotated entries, illustrated with photographs and facsimiles, representing a cross-section of the library's eclectic holdings. Introduction by Ralph W. Franklin, Director. READ MORE about THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS, AN ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 47456
Collegeville, MN: The Saint John's Bible, (2005). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 216, (2) pages. Table of contents, preface by Christopher de Hamel, appendices and credits. Color illustrations throughout. An account of what one reviewer called "America's Book of Kells." READ MORE about ILLUMINATING THE WORD: THE MAKING OF THE ST. JOHN'S BIBLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 130582
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 519 pages. First edition of this fine manual. Slightly shaken. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY, PRACTICAL, ENUMERATIVE, HISTORICAL AN INTRODUCTORY MANUAL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 11009
London: Maggs Bros. 1919. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 120 pages. Catalogue 385. Covers show wear and wrinkling of pages. With a number of plates of the bindings. Ink writing on cover and throughout. Minor wear, else near fine. READ MORE about RARE BOOKS, HISTORIC & DECORATIVE BINDINGS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 3033
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1980. 4to. cloth. xvi, 304 pages. Denkmaler der buchkunst band 4. With an introduction, a fully-illustrated catalogue of more than 450 incunabula bindings, appendices, and biblilography. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about CORPUS DER GOTISCHEN, LEDERSCHNITTEINBANDE AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 69788
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1935. small 4to. cloth. x, 23 pages followed by 22 plates each with a full page description. First edition. (S-K 3333). A supplement to Sarre's ISLAMIC BOOKBINDINGS and Gratzl's ISLAMISCHE BUCHEINBANDE which covered later bindings. Includes 13 illustrations in the text in addition to the plates. Spine faded; front inside hinge cracked. Scarce book. READ MORE about PERSIAN BOOKBINDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 40461
Paris, France: A. Durel, 1902. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. viii, 84, (2) plates. Text in French. Auction of the collection of Alexis, Vicomte de La Croix-Laval.(Blogie II, 245). 171 lots, with plates illustrating each. Alphabetical index precedes text. Ex-library with markings. Lacks plate 106. READ MORE about ALBUM DE CENT SOIXANTE-ET-ONZE REPRODUCTIONS DE RELIURES D'ART EXÉCUTÉES SUR DES ÉDITIOINS DE...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 130544
Paris: Reliures aux Armes, 1975. 4to. cloth. 172 pages. Auction catalogue fully describing 350 items. Well illustrated, many in color. Many examples of old bindings. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SIR A., LIVRES ANCIENS, EXEMPLAIRES IMPRIMES SUR PEAU DE VELIN, ARCHITECTURE,...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36197
Leipzig, Germany: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. 4to. cloth, leather spine label, front cover and spine gilt-tooled. 77, (3) pages. Text in German. Table of contents, foreword, afterword. A study of leather bookbinding in 14th century Germany. 36 black and white plates. Xerox copy of an article by J.A. Szirmai in New Bookbinder 3 (1983) laid in. Very faint smudg on front cover. READ MORE about LEDERSCHNITTBÄNDE DES XIV. JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 130567
Chicago: The Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, 1981. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. xii, 235 pages. The German orientalist and Arabic scholar Bernard Moritz acquired a large number of Islamic manuscripts, books and other items, many of which he sold to the Univ. of Chicago Oriental Institute in the late 1920's. This exhibition catalogue of Moritz Islamic bindings, mostly resident in the Oriental Inst. collection, lists 95 bindings and 5 manuscript items. Each..... READ MORE about ISLAMIC BINDINGS & BOOKMAKING
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 52218
