London: British Museum, 1939. 8vo. boards. 146 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Wear at head of spine. READ MORE
Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 5806
London: British Museum, 1926. 8vo. boards. 180 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Covers spotted and age darkened. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49671
London: British Museum, 1901. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 149 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 7 illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). READ MORE
Price: $32.50 other currencies Order nr. 62282
Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introduction by Priscilla Juvelis, acknowledgments. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 126172
Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986. 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 1500 copies. Introduction by Richard Baker, acknowledgments. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 126256
Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986. 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is one of 500 bound in original paste-paper. Introduction by Richard Baker, acknowledgments. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 126276
An Exhibition
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 94 pages with numerous plates of bookbindings by the foremost modern practioners of the art. An Exhibition. S-K 5766. First edition, limited to 2500 copies. Many plates in color. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 5810
Stanford: Standford University Libraries, 1992. square 4to. stiff paper wrappers with spiral binding. (ii), 96, (4) pages. An catalogue of the exhibition held in the memory of Leah Wollenberg (1906-1990), who played a leading role in the community as a binder, an organizer, and a donor. She helped nurture and develop the finest traditions of European, chiefly French binding. The bindings in this exhibition represent a full range of the diversity of work crated by... READ MORE
Price: $22.50 other currencies Order nr. 58764
Hamburg, Germany: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 2004. 4to. cloth. 193, (3) pages. Text in German. Limited to 1100 copies. Foreword. Color illustrations of 79 bindings from 1970 to 2000 with descriptions of each following illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 126325
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1993. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with paper structure in center. 8 pages. An exhibition was held in New York from October 1 to November 27, 1993 featuring works by Kyle and twenty contemporary book artists that have been inspired by Ms. Kyle's unique and creative bindings. The essay by Brian Hannon maintains that "All the works in the exhibition in some way challenge established notions about this cultural icon... READ MORE
Price: $10.00 save 15% $8.50 other currencies Order nr. 103927
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2000. large 8vo. cloth. 123, (3) pages. First edition. Since the appearance of The Binder's Art in 1989, respected bookbinding historian and craftsman Bernard C. Middleton continued to add to his collection of books and ephemera on the history and techniques of bookbinding, begun in the 1940s. Numbering about 2,000 volumes, the love of Middleton's professional life is now installed in the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at the Rochester... READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 62321
København: Edmont H. Petersens Kg. Hof-Bogtrykkeri, 1924. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71, (7) pages. Exhibition catalogue describing 420 books. Illustrated. Covers faded. Ink inscription on inside front cover. With a few textual corrections in ink. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 72426
København: Egmont H. Petersens, 1924. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12, viii, 13-71, (7) pages. Exhibition catalogue devoted to bookbinding. 420 items described with illustrations of many. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 72269
Baltimore: Walter Art Gallery, 1957. 4to. paper wrappers. xi, 275 pages. First edition, limited to 3000 copies. 56 pages of plates. A valuable reference book on the subject of binding. The paper bound edition. READ MORE
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 115267
Baltimore: Walter Art Gallery, 1957. 4to. cloth. xi, 275 pages. S-K 811. First edition, limited to 3000 copies. Fifty-six pages of plates. A valuable reference book on the subject of binding. READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 130430
New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1996. 8vo. metal ring binder with illustrated paper-covered boards. 45+(1) pages. First Scholastic edition, issued as volume 18 in the Voyages of Discoveryseries. Text and color illustrations on laminated paper, that describe the process of making books from clay tablets, papyrus rolls, and illuminated manuscripts to the printing press, with sections on machinery, color printing, bookbinding, booksellers and censors, and children's books. With a time-line chart and reusable vinyl stickers. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 70866
Meriden, CT: The Kelsey Company, n.d. 16mo. self paper wrappers. 7+(1) pages. An instructional guide for the use of a stamping machine. Illustrated. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 128565
By the Editors of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia.
Chicago: F.E. Compton & Company - Publishers, 1936. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. By the Editors of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia. Third edition. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 122140
By the Editors of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia.
Chicago: F.E. Compton & Company - Publishers, 1947. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. By the Editors of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia. Fourth edition. READ MORE
Price: $11.00 other currencies Order nr. 122141
Edinburgh: Hunter & Foulis, n.d. (1958). 8vo. two- toned cloth. 28 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of the trade binder, Hunter & Foulis. Important and scarce book. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 15373
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1953. square 8vo. later quarter cloth with cloth edge, paper spine label. (77) pages. A Xerox copy of this book which was limited to 650 copies. Many illustrations of bindings. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 126246
London: Christie's, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 182, (12) pages. Auction sale held on November 25, 1992. Well illustrated including a number in full color. With prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 72474
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
Price: $25.00 other currencies 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
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 5876
(Baltimore, MD: The Walters Art Museum, 2006). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Walters Art Museum 2006. Introductory comments. Color illustrations. Copy of press release laid in. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 131757
