(Bookbinding). Middleton, Bernard C.

A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE.

Foreword by Howard M. Nixon.
London: The Holland Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 326 pages. Foreword by Howard M. Nixon. S-K 1969. Second, supplemented edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Near fine. 11 full-page plates including a full color frontispiece showing 12 different kinds of decorated papers. An excellent book of technique. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35485

(Bookbinding). Mitchell, William S.

BRITISH SIGNED BINDINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF KING'S COLLEGE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

New Castle Upon Tyne: King's College, 1954. 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages and two plates. The plates show numerous binders' tickets. Presentation from Mitchell to Professor John Boyes dated 1954 on free endpaper. READ MORE about BRITISH SIGNED BINDINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF KING'S COLLEGE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5843

(Bookbinding).

MODERN BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS, AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN BOOKBINDING BY MEMBERS OF DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS.

London: Designer Bookbinders, 1971. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 63 pages. S-K 6654. Brenni no.933. With 29 full-page plates of bindings. A biography of all the designers represented is given. Covers soiled. READ MORE about MODERN BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS, AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN BOOKBINDING BY MEMBERS OF DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2749

(Bookbinding). Morf, F.

DER BUCHEINBAND ANLEITUNG ZUM HANDBINDEN.

Ravensburg, Germany: Otto Maier, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 67, (5) pages. Text in German. A handbook for bookbinding. Table of contents and introduction. Black and white diagrams in text seven black and white plates. Five pages of advertisements follow text. Covers and text tanned. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND ANLEITUNG ZUM HANDBINDEN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120747

(Bookbinding). Muir, David.

BINDING AND REPAIRING BOOKS BY HAND.

New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1978). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 120 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. READ MORE about BINDING AND REPAIRING BOOKS BY HAND

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5846

(Bookbinding). Needham, Paul.

TWELVE CENTURIES OF BOOKBINDINGS 400-1600.

New York, NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxvii, 338 pages. S-K 1091. First edition. Table of contents, preface, explanatory note, bibliography, three indices. One hundred bindings described with tipped-in frontispiece and one hundred illustrations, seven in color. (Brenni no.12). A fine copy of a beautiful book. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TWELVE CENTURIES OF BOOKBINDINGS 400-1600

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2941

(Bookbinding).

A NEW MODE CALLED CLOTH BINDING: LONDON PUBLISHING IN CA. 1840 EXCERPTS FROM THE AUTHOR'S PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSISTANT.

New York: The Book Arts Press, 1980. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. With an introduction by Terry Belanger. Handset. READ MORE about A NEW MODE CALLED CLOTH BINDING: LONDON PUBLISHING IN CA. 1840 EXCERPTS FROM THE AUTHOR'S...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17773

(Bookbinding). Nicholson, James B.

A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING, CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF FORWARDING, GILDING AND FINISHING.

Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. 12mo. original blind-stamped brown cloth; author, title, and publisher gilt-stamped on spine. 318, (2), 18 pages. First edition of the first American bookbinding manual (Mejer 1950; Appleton 83; Brenni no. 39-for the first edition) in the original binding in near-fine condition. Preface, table of contents, introduction, glossary of technical terms, index. Advertisements of other works by the publisher follow text. Frontispiece. Contains 12 plates of bindings and 7 samples..... READ MORE about A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING, CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF...

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129240

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1982. 8vo. cloth. 159 pages. S-K 3527. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With three colored plates and sixty-eight half-tone illustrations of bindings. All seventy-one bindings are described in detail and are accompanied by an illustration. Includes the work of Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Guild of Women-Binders, and others including McLeish and Cockerell. Lightly soiled on the front / rear covers and spine, which were bound upside down. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134201

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN STYLES OF BOOKBINDING.

London: The Private Library Assoc. 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. S-K 691. History of the development of the "centre and corner piece" and the "interlacing ribbon" style of binding; accompanied by 32 illustrations of bindings on 8 plates. (Brenni no.339). Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN STYLES OF BOOKBINDING

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5855

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS. THE FRAMED EXHIBITION POSTER & ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE.

SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
London: The British Library, 1974. folio, small 4to. framed poster under glass, stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages and 1 full-page color plate. SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. S-K 4775. First edition but with only one illustration. (Brenni 853). This framed broadside is the poster for this exhibition. Also accompanying the framed poster is the first edition of the exhibition catalogue (with only one illustrated frontispiece in color). An unusual exhibition catalogue with a long running..... READ MORE about ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS. THE FRAMED EXHIBITION POSTER & ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138145

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 263 pages. S-K 3707. First edition. (Brenni no.240). Preface by Charles Ryskamp followed by a two page introduction by Nixon. The 66 bindings are described in great detail and each is accompanied by an illustration. Includes an index of binders, owners and authors. Important book. READ MORE about SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7948

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

London: British Museum, 1957. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages of text followed by 16 full-page plates. S-K 1968. A separate publication of the British Museum. READ MORE about ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5866