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Berthollet, Claude Louis.

ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.D.

2 volumes bound in 1.
London: Stephen Couchman for J. Johnson, 1791. thick 8vo. modern leather spine with marbled paper covered boards and leather tips, red leather spine label. xxxvii, 302; v, 385 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. First edition in English. Folding engraved plate of dyeing apparatus to volume two (Cohen 118; Bolton 306; Lawrie 303; Ron's Bibliotheca Tinctoria #100). Berthollet (1748-1822) was a noted chemist in France and collaborated with Lavoisier on his pioneering chemical nomenclature. He... READ MORE about ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.D.

Price: $750.00 other currencies Order nr. 102216

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J.

ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). With an added note by Morris on the colophon page that this is "HM/Special." The lettering on the spine of this copy runs the opposite way than the regular printing. Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the... READ MORE about ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT...

Price: $260.00 other currencies Order nr. 120202

(Book Club of California). Dillon, Richard H.

NAPA VALLEY HEYDAY.

with Historical Photographs by Charles B. Turrill
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2004. thick 4to. cloth, paper label on spine, vignette in-set in front board, clear dust jacket. xii, 363, (3) pages. with Historical Photographs by Charles B. Turrill. Limited to an edition of 450, this is publication number 218 of the Book Club of California. Design, typography & scanning by the Artichoke Press. A history of the Napa Valley with many wonderful photographs. Selected bibliography and index. Reproduction of the... READ MORE about NAPA VALLEY HEYDAY

Price: $110.00 other currencies Order nr. 93465

(Bookbinding). Devauchelle, Roger.

LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES À NOS JEURS TOME II.

Paris, France: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1960. 4to. original stiff paper portfolio, cloth slipcase. 259+(1) pages, 71 plates. Text in French. First edition, limited to 900 copies (Schmidt-Künsemüller 1951). Volume 2 only of a three-volume set. Biographical sketches of binders, bibliography, index. This first volume of this extraordinary work provides a richly illustrated history of bookbinding in France from 1700 to 1850. Tipped in color plate frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout text. 71 plates, color and... READ MORE about LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES À NOS JEURS TOME II.

Price: $600.00 other currencies Order nr. 129267

(Bookplates). Howe, E.R.J. Gambier.

FRANKS BEQUEST. CATALOGUE OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOK PLATES BEQUEATHED TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON FRANKS.

Three volumes.
London: British Museum, 1904. tall 8vo. cloth. xii,458; (iv),443+(1); (vi),387+(1) pages. Three volumes. Fuller p.53. Descriptions of 32,966 identified bookplates with name, engraver and date given along with a statement of style. Followed by descriptions of 200 additional plates which were not identified and various other plates grouped by royality, universities, booksellers, clubs, etc. Also includes an heraldic index to the anonymous plates. Very scarce and important reference set. Rubbing to covers. Bumped corners. Spine... READ MORE about FRANKS BEQUEST. CATALOGUE OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOK PLATES BEQUEATHED TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE...

Price: $350.00 other currencies Order nr. 35538

(Children's Books). Muir, Marcie.

AUSTRAILIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

2 volumes.
(Carlton, Victoria, Australia): Melbourne University Press, 1992. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 547+(1); xxii, 477+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of locations and references, abbreviations in Volume One. Volume Two with introduction and "outline of the bibliography." Indices of titles and illustrators. Volume One, 1774-1972; Volume Two, 1973-1988. Also includes a separate bibliography for the southwest Pacific area. READ MORE about AUSTRAILIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 123977

Clarke, W.J.

EARLY NOTTINGHAM PRINTERS AND PRINTING.

Nottingham: Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd., 1953. large 8vo. paper-covered boards, modern paper spine label. ix, 71 pages. Second edition, limited to 200 numbered copies. Newspapers and their publishers in Nottingham up through the 1860s, a brief account of 18th-century Nottingham book printers with a bibliography of the imprints of fifteen 18th-century printers, and brief sections on chapbooks and broadsides. Eleven facsimiles. With a "chronological list of Nottingham Newspapers-1710 to 1864." With the bookplate and... READ MORE about EARLY NOTTINGHAM PRINTERS AND PRINTING.

Price: $110.00 other currencies Order nr. 98000

Feller, F-X. De.

BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE OU DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE.

8 volumes.
Paris: J. Leroux, Jouby Et. C, Libraries, 1847. large 8vo. 19th century quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. 620; (iv),7 16; (iv), 670; (iv), 646; (iv), 636; (iv), 636; (iv), 616; (iv), 459, (9), 152 pages. 8 volumes. Revised edition. A biographical dictionary of men who have accomplished something through their genius and talents or their errors and crimes. A. Edmund Randolph bookplate is on the front pastedown of all volumes. Covers rubbed, especially along hinges. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE OU DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE.

Price: $135.00 other currencies Order nr. 58632

(Freemasonry). Fesch, Paul.

BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA FRANC-MAÇONNERIE ET DES SOCIÉTÉS SECRÈTES (LANGUE FRANÇAISE ET LANGUE LATINE).

Publiée pour la première fois d'après les épreuves d'imprimerie de l'édition inédite de 1910. Présentée et mise en ordre par Georges A. Deny.
Bruxelles: Georges A. Deny, 1976. small 4to. cloth. not paginated. Publiée pour la première fois d'après les épreuves d'imprimerie de l'édition inédite de 1910. Présentée et mise en ordre par Georges A. Deny. Reprint of the 1910 typescript. Also reprints the various changes and additions that are in the original typescript. This is Paul Fesch's bibliography of freemasons and secret societies in the Latin and French languages. Arranged in double columns, 1460 in all. Georges..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA FRANC-MAÇONNERIE ET DES SOCIÉTÉS SECRÈTES (LANGUE FRANÇAISE ET LANGUE...

Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 61490

Gerstinger, Hans.

DIE GRIECHISCHE BUCHMALEREI.

Mit 22 Abbildungen im Textband und 28 Tafeln nach Originalen der Nationalbibliothek in Wien
Wien (Vienna): Der Oesterr Staatsdruckerei, 1926. folio, 2 volumes in slipcase. paper-covered boards, loose plates enclosed in cardboard box with cloth spine, whole enclosed in patterned paper-covered slipcase. (viii), 52, (4) pages, 5 plates; 1 page, 28 plates. Mit 22 Abbildungen im Textband und 28 Tafeln nach Originalen der Nationalbibliothek in Wien. Text in German. First edition, first printing. Hans Gerstinger was an expert on Greek and Byzantine papyri and he became a professor at... READ MORE about DIE GRIECHISCHE BUCHMALEREI.

Price: $2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 92773

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH NOTES ON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, BIBLIOPHILES, PRIVATE PRESSES AND PRINTING SOCIETIES.

London: George Allen and Unwin, (1960). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Four samples of marbled paper tipped-in. Jacket shows minor chipping. READ MORE about GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH...

Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 16025

Greenfield, Jane and Jenny Hille.

ENDBANDS FROM EAST TO WEST: HOW TO WORK THEM.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. [iv], 100 pages. "As a resource, the book is an excellent instruction manual for a wide variety of headbands that are not normally covered in general binding manuals. ... The directions are clear enough so that even a beginner should be able to follow them. The book would also appeal to book artists looking for new ways to snazz up their work." -... READ MORE about ENDBANDS FROM EAST TO WEST: HOW TO WORK THEM

Price: $18.00 other currencies Order nr. 129195

Hamber, Anthony.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and V&A Publishing, 2018. 8.75 x 12 inches. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 396 pages, with folding floor plan of the Crystal Palace in pocket at rear. "Any student of early photography -- or of the international exposition housed in the famous Crystal Palace in London -- will covet this magisterial work of careful scholarship and beautiful bookmaking." - Michael Dirda, "best books list," The Washington Post "Ever... READ MORE about PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 129325

Jenkins, Charles F.

AUTOGRAPHS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION.

Philadelphia: n.p., 1926. 4to. self paper wrapper. 16 pages. A narrative, followed by a listing of the sets of autographs of the signers of the Declaration of Independence known to be in existence in 1926, both publicly and privately held, and their value at the time. There is a correction on the 1st page of text, changing the year from 1926 to 1925. Chipping to outer wrappers. Cover soiled including some pencil markings, inner pages... READ MORE about AUTOGRAPHS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION

Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 100807

Lalllier, Monique.

MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE.

New Castle, DE and Greensboro, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Guilford College Art Gallery, 2018. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 120 pages. "For each book displayed, often with multiple photographs, Monique tells us about the binding. ... These brief little stories will draw you in and make you feel as if you are there with her as she talks." - John Neal, Bound & Lettered, Spring 2019 "A prolific and endlessly inventive designer with flawless... READ MORE about MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE

Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 130456

(Miniature Books). Pindar.

OLYMPIA.

Glasguae (Glasgow), Scotland: R. & A. Foulis, 1754. miniature book (7.8 by 5.0 cm.). original vellum boards, spine gilt-stamped with title and decorations, all edges gilt. (ii), 158 pages. Gaskell 274; Brunet IV, 660; Spielmann 413; Bondy 23-4. Text in Greek. Ex editione Oxoniensi. Between 1754 and 1758, Foulis published miniature versions, four volumes in three, of Pindar's Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, and Isthmia. This volume is the first. Gaskell notes that Volumes III and IV "normally bound up together." Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about OLYMPIA.

Price: $2,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 130875

Montgomery, Elizabeth.

REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.

Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original brown cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Covers worn with parts of hinge covering cracked partially detached. Old ink inscription at top of title page. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.

Price: $115.00 other currencies Order nr. 68103

(Press on Scroll Road).

SOME RULES OF THE GAME. ESSAYS ON GARDEN DESIGN BY SIR FRANCIS BACON, HENRY MITCHELL AND ROGER SWAIN.

(Cacrrollton, OH): Press on Scroll Road, n.d. (circa 2004). 4to. green cloth, paper title label on spine (bound by Priscilla Spitler). (viii), 34, (6) pages. Limited to 54 numbered copies. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type in two colors on dampened Twinrocker handmade paper in an iron handpress. Small green engraving by Abigail Rorer. A beautifully printed book Four page prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about SOME RULES OF THE GAME. ESSAYS ON GARDEN DESIGN BY SIR FRANCIS BACON, HENRY MITCHELL AND ROGER...

Price: $350.00 other currencies Order nr. 124175

(Scott & D'Shaughnessy).

[COLLECTION OF SALE CATALOGUES FROM SCOTT AND D'SHAUGHNESSY].

New Yrok: Scott & D'Shaughnessy, 1915-. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Auction catalogues from Scott & D'Shaughnessy, for items sold between April 1915 and June 1917, mostly concerning American history. 1915: No. 3, (McKay 7542) 1916: No. 14, (McKay 7653) 1916: No. 16, (McKay 7660) 1916: No. 23, (McKay 7709) 1916: No. 27, (McKay 7742) 1916: No. 28 (McKay 7760). 1917: No. 34, (McKay 7832) 1917: No. 40, (McKay 7856). Many black-and-white illustrations. Catalogue... READ MORE about [COLLECTION OF SALE CATALOGUES FROM SCOTT AND D'SHAUGHNESSY].

Price: $120.00 other currencies Order nr. 77278

(Sigros, Dan). Lucien.

DIALOGUES DES COURTISANES.

Traduction nouvelle de Georges Eudes; Gravures et ornements de Dan Sigros.
Paris: Éditions De Mouflon, 1946. 4to. unbound signatures as issued, held in stiff paper wrappers, suites of illustrations in original glassine chemises, all housed in a portfolio & slipcase. (viii), 140, (4) followed by illustrations. Traduction nouvelle de Georges Eudes; Gravures et ornements de Dan Sigros. One of three bound thus "sur vélin d'Arches teinté, comportant une suite des états, une suite sur chine, une sur vélin du Marais, un dessin original." The signed original..... READ MORE about DIALOGUES DES COURTISANES

Price: $1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 93553

(Texas). Streeter, Thomas W.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS, 1795-1845.

5 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1960. tall 8vo. cloth. lxxi,260; (iv),261- 616; xxiv,283; xlii,278; (iv),279-677 pages. 5 volumes. First edition, limited to 600 copies. The first two volumes cover Texas imprints, the third volume has Mexican imprints and the last two volumes contain other United States and European imprints. Ex library with markings. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS, 1795-1845

Price: $300.00 other currencies Order nr. 119609

Vervliet, Hendrik D.L.

ROBERT GRANJON, LETTER-CUTTER, 1513-1590: AN OEUVRE-CATALOGUE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2018. 7.5 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 200 pages. This book, by typographic scholar Hendrik Vervliet, is a survey of the life and work of the sixteenth-century letter-cutter Robert Granjon (1513-1590). With his contemporary Claude Garamont, he is considered one of the best and most influential figures in the history of type design. Vervliet begins with a biography, recounting Granjon's career as a punchcutter and publisher during periods... READ MORE about ROBERT GRANJON, LETTER-CUTTER, 1513-1590: AN OEUVRE-CATALOGUE

Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 131957

Wolfe, Richard J. (Sidney E. Berger, ed.).

JOSEF HALFER AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ART OF MARBLING PAPER.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2018. 5.75 x 8 inches. cloth spine over paper-covered boards. 144 pages, 17 tipped-in marbling swatches. Josef Halfer practiced and taught marbling roughly three centuries after the craft had appeared in Europe, at a time when paper marbling was in decline and being replaced by mechanically-produced substitutes. However, his innovations coincided with recent advances in chemistry, biochemistry and bacteriology, and he was able to apply those recent advances to... READ MORE about JOSEF HALFER AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ART OF MARBLING PAPER

Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 123422

Wolfe, Richard J.

MARBLED PAPER: ITS HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, AND PATTERNS.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2018. 9 x 12 inches. stiff paper covers with French flaps. xx, 245 p., 37 color plates. "With a new foreword by Sidney Berger, this second edition meticulously tracks the rise and fall of paper marbling." - Printmaking Today, Fall 2018 Subtitle: with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world. Second edition with corrections, from the original edition published in 1990... READ MORE about MARBLED PAPER: ITS HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, AND PATTERNS.

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 128896

Zapf, Hermann.

AUGUST ROSENBERGER, 1893-1980, A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF PUNCHCUTTING, AN ART NOW ALL BUT EXTINCT.

Rochester: Privately printed by the Melbert B. Cary Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, (1996). 8vo. green cloth with designs in gilt. 33+(1) pages. Limited to 110 copies of which this is one of the 75 regular copies. Loosely inserted in a pocket in the back are four original leaves with August Rosenberger engravings: two from the Japanese paper edition of FEDER UND STICHEL, printed in 1949; the other two leaves from DAS BLUMEN-ABC printed in 1949... READ MORE about AUGUST ROSENBERGER, 1893-1980, A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF PUNCHCUTTING, AN ART NOW...

Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 45623

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