(New York, NY: School of Visual Arts, 1976. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages. 4th printing, revised edition. Table of contents, preface by Placement Director Eileen McClash. A guide to careers in the visual arts. READ MORE about CAREERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134650
(Allegany, NY): Friedsam Memorial Library, n.d., but 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26 pages. Foreword by university president Robert J. Wickenheiser, list of trustees and university officers, acknowledgments. Color illustrations and descriptive text about highlights of the library's special collections. READ MORE about A CENTURY OF GATHERING: THE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION OF ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134658
3 volumes.
London, England: Alecto Historical Editions, 1987. folio. cloth. xii, 179+(1); x, pagination of original document; unpaginated. 3 volumes. First volume with table of contents, foreword, acknowledgments, essays by various scholars,bibliography, glossary, three appendices, index. Second volume focuses on the Hampshire Domesday, and the third volume is a facsimile. READ MORE about DOMESDAY BOOK STUDIES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 134602
New York: The Grolier Club, 2019. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 256 pages. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Grolier Club, January 16-February 23, 2019, photographically illustrated and with essays by biographer Paul Mariani, poets Paul Muldoon and Daniel Halpern, and collector Alan Klein. Illuminating the parallel and overlapping careers and relationships of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams, the exhibition juxtaposes the two poets with unique material on view for the first time. It..... READ MORE about TWO AMERICAN POETS: WALLACE STEVENS AND WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
Price: $35.00 save 10% $31.50 Order nr. 134532
Haarlem, Netherlands: Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1927. 8vo. half cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. 182, (6) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Table of contents. Exact reprint of the earliest English text, printed for the Bennett Libraries of New York. Ten etchings, including frontispiece, by Clara Tice. Rubbed and scuffed at fore-edge corners. Unopened. Slight tanning at edges. READ MORE about CANDIDE OR ALL FOR THE BEST
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 134475
Wichita: Oak Park Press, 1983. miniature book (6.8 x 5.0 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 3). Twelve handmade paper specimens, with explanatory comments on each. Gilt on spine worn away, else near fine. READ MORE about SPECIMENS: FROM RAGS TO RUSHES
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 117777
(Charlottesville, VA: Rare Book School of the University of Virginia, 2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. Foreword by Terry Belanger, professor at the University of Virginia. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Greer's work. Color illustrations. READ MORE about ALL I KNOW ABOUT BOOK DESIGN I LEARNED AT THE RACE TRACK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134510
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 143-407; xxviii pages. Volume 98, Part 2. Table of contents, proceedings of the annual meeting, reports, index, historical information. Includes "American History in Image and Text," by John Bidwell. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134663
Paris, France and Montreal, QC Canada: Rendez-vous des Maïtres-Artisans, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 67+(1) pages. Text in French. Introductory comments, jury statement, acknowledgments, table of contents. Illustrations of the works of participating artists with descriptive text. READ MORE about GRAND PRIX DES MÉTIERS D'ART BANQUE D'ÉPARGNE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134936
Ottawa, ON, Canada: National Library of Canada, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. Text in English and French. Ten prominent Canadian book artists, with bibliographic and descriptive information. Color illustrations. Previous owner's name on front wrapper. READ MORE about ARTISTS IN BOOKS, MADE IN CANADA LIVRES D'ARTISTES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134870
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg: Galerie d'Art Municipale, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71+(1) pages. Text in French. French works at the Municipal Art Gallery in Luxembourg. Prefatory comments by the mayor, Presiden Valéry Giscard-d'Estaing of France, and the French ambassador to Luxembourg. Includes a sizable section of book arts. Black and white illustrations, color plates. READ MORE about METIERS D'ART EN FRANCE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134873
Aberdeen, SD: Alexander Mitchell Library, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 56 pages. Edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal. Table of contents, list of illustrations, introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about OZ IN ABERDEEN: A CATALOGUE OF THE L. FRANK BAUM COLLECTION OF THE ALEXANDER MITCHELL LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134614
Treadwell, NY: Bright Hill Press, 2010. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 136 pages. Table of contents, notes from the curators, pictures from the exhibition, ordering instructions. One page of color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout text. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS 2010: THE WORD & IMAGE GALLERY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134660
Toronto, ON, Canada: The Canadian Bookbinders and Artists Guildq, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Text in English and French. Commemorates the guild's tenth anniversary. Table of contents, foreword by Alan Horne, essay by Diana Patterson, artists' statements. Color illustrations and descriptive text about each entry. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK '93
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135050
New York, NY: Center for Book Arts, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound. (viii), 53, (8) pages. Table of contents, introduction. Journal of the proceedings of a conference held 1991. Includes transcripts of a number of presentations on various aspects of the book arts. With a list of participants and exhibitors. READ MORE about CONFERENCE SUMMARY: BOOK ARTS IN THE USA. 11ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124670
San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2012. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 60 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Includes lists of officers and publications from 1987 to 2012. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Published as the annual keepsake of the club to its members to commemorate the 100th anniversary. READ MORE about THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA AT ONE HUNDRED
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 128360
Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introduction. A catalogue of gold-tooled bindings and gilt papers in the collections of the Clementine Library, acquired from the Bibliotheca Albana in Urbino, Italy. One color plate. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FESTINA LENTE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134615
N.P. n.p., 1961-2. small 4to. cloth. unpaginated. An index of seventeen science experiments. Handwritten notes about terms, diagrams, and results. Bound in cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. READ MORE about INDEX OF EXPERIMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134479
Bellinzona, Switzerland: Centro de Bel Libro Ascona, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 76 pages. Text in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Catalogue of the International Bookbinding Competition, 2009. Foreword, report of the jury. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL BOOKBINDING COMPETITION BEL LIBRO '09
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134612
New York, NY: Guild of Book Workers, 2009. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 61, (9) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition sponsored by the Guild. List of lenders, introduction, curator's statement, jurors' remarks. Color illustrations and descriptive text about exhibitors' entries. Advertisements follow text. READ MORE about MARKING TIME
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134512
(New York, NY: Guild of Book Workers, 2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 44 pages. Introduction by Amy LeePard, curator's statement, jurors' remarks. Color illustrations throughout. Catalogue of a travelling exhibition. READ MORE about VESSEL: GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134659
Aberystwyth, Wales: The University of Wales, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 245 pages. A master's thesis. Table of contents, preface, acknowledgments, eight appendices. Discusses the development of publishers' bindings in Britain between 1820 and 1880. Endnotes, bibliography. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 134493
(Syracuse, NY: Book Arts Different by Design, 2010). 8vo. paste-paper wrappers. vi, 39, (3) pages. One of 25 signed and numbered copies. Translated from the German by Peter D. Verheyen. Dedication, introduction. Originally published as Der Pressbengel (Berlin, 1922). READ MORE about THE BONE FOLDER: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN AESTHETICALLY INCLINED BIBLIOPHILE AND A...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 126393
Berkeley, CA: by the author, 2009. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. v, 25+(1) pages. Second edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. Whimsical poetry about the profession of bookbinding. READ MORE about STRUWWELBINDER; OR, RUTHLESS RHYMES FOR BOOKBINDERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126180
Oxford, England: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, (2017). 4to. quarter cloth, gilt-stamped paper-covered boards. (xiv), 82 pages. Table of contents, foreword by Mark Getty, preface by Richard Ovenden, introduction by Lori Sauer. Includes prize winners and contact list for the entrants. Color illustrations throughout. Signed by some of the exhibitors. READ MORE about HEROIC WORKS: DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134608
