(Bookbinding). Smith, Philip.

NEW DIRECTIONS IN BOOKBINDING.

N.P. Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. First U.S. edition. (Brenni no.443). Near fine in near fine jacket. Introduction by Edgar Mansfield and foreword by Emilio Brugalla. With many illustrations of modern bindings, binding techniques and photos of binding shops. Some of the binding plates are in full color. The book seeks to bridge the gap between the traditional structural binding, or 'bookbinding' art, to the process of bookbinding to be..... READ MORE about NEW DIRECTIONS IN BOOKBINDING

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 8099

(Bookbinding). Societe De La Reliure Originale.

CATALOGUE DE L'EXPOSITION LA RELIURE ORIGINALE.

N.P. Bibliothèque Nationale, 1947. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 194, (18) pages. A catalogue for an exhibition of hand-made leather bindings from the tenth to the twentieth centuries. The catalogue describes 313 bindings, 40 of which are shown in full-page plates. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE DE L'EXPOSITION LA RELIURE ORIGINALE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 47123

(Bookbinding). Sommerlad, M. J.

SCOTTISH 'WHEEL' AND 'HERRING-BON' BINDINGS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, AN ILLUSTRATED HANDLIST.

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1967. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 10 pages followed by three full-page plates of bindings. S-K 692. Brenni no.860. READ MORE about SCOTTISH 'WHEEL' AND 'HERRING-BON' BINDINGS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, AN ILLUSTRATED HANDLIST

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5960

(Bookbinding). Sonntag Jun., Carl.

CATALOGUE XXI, LIVRES DANS DE RICHES RELIURES DES QUINZIEME, SEIZIEME, DIX-SEPTIEME, DIX-HUITIEME ET DIX-NEUVIEME SICLES.

Avec 52 Planches dont 9 en Coleurs.
Leipzig: Librairie C.G. Boerner, n.d. (1912). 4to. later cloth-backed boards, leather spine label. xvi, 108 pages. Avec 52 Planches dont 9 en Coleurs. K-S 1461; Mejer no.1540; Brenni no.278. A superb catalogue with text in French and German, well-illustrated and with prices given. Total of 52 separately bound-in plates. "In Germany, Gustav Nebehay, partner of the firm of C. G. Boerner, commissioned his father-in-law, the bookbinder Carl Sonntag, to compile a handsome binding catalogue on..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE XXI, LIVRES DANS DE RICHES RELIURES DES QUINZIEME, SEIZIEME, DIX-SEPTIEME, DIX-HUITIEME...

Price: $185.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75119

(Bookbinding). Sotheran's.

LIBRARY SETS AND FINE BINDINGS.

London, England: Sotheran's of Sackville Street, 2008. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 37, (3) pages. A catalogue featuring library sets and fine bindings. 303 items. Color illustrations. READ MORE about LIBRARY SETS AND FINE BINDINGS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131712

(Bookbinding). Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella.

TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON.

Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1999. small 4to. later quarter faux leather with marbled paper covered boards. 206 pages. First edition, a set of the sheets that have been well bound in quarter leather. Well illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail including information on the binder. This..... READ MORE about TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN WITH AN ESSAY BY BERNARD MIDDLETON

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118102

(Bookbinding).

THE SPENCER COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS.

With a Five page Introduction by Henry Kent.
New York: New York Public Library, 1914. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 44 pages. With a Five page Introduction by Henry Kent. S-K 1422. First edition. (Mejer no.1442). Contains a number of separate plates showing the work of Michel, Gruel, Lortic and others. The books in the collection are described in great detail. Wrappers chipped along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE SPENCER COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13982

(Bookbinding). Stein, Ruth.

BINDINGS.

N.P. by the author, 2016. 4to. cloth, leather design on front cover. unpaginated. Second printing. Introduction, acknowledgments. Originally published for the author's family on the occastion of her 90th birthday. Color illustrations with descriptive text of works produced by Stein over her many years as an amateur bookbinder. Frontispiece and color illustrations throughout text. READ MORE about BINDINGS

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134876

(Bookbinding). Storm Van Leeuwen, Jan.

DE MEEST OPMERKELIJKE BOEKBANDEN UIT EIGEN BEZIT.

Gravenhage: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 171 pages. S-K 1017. Illustrated exhibition catalogue tracing binding in Holland from the beginning up to the present. Corner creased. READ MORE about DE MEEST OPMERKELIJKE BOEKBANDEN UIT EIGEN BEZIT

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32839

(Bookbinding). Thomas, Henry.

EARLY SPANISH BOOKBINDINGS XI-XV CENTURIES.

London: Bibliographical Society, 1939. 4to. half cloth, top edge gilt. xlvi, 65 pages of text followed by 99 plates. First edition. (S-K 2038; Appleton p.85; Brenni no.1156).Very fine copy of this important book. Rubbed along top edge. READ MORE about EARLY SPANISH BOOKBINDINGS XI-XV CENTURIES

Price: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71408

(Bookbinding). Toldo, Vittorio De.

L' ARTE ITALIANA DELLA LEGATURA DEL LIBRO.

(Milano): Piantanida - Valcarenghi, 1923. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 29 pages followed by the plates. First edition. S-K 3530. 29 illustrations in text and 37 plates showing Italian bindings. Ink inscription on free endpaper "To J.C. Thompson esq. in return for many pleasant and profitable afternoons. George Ray. December 1944". Covers spotted with wear at spine ends. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about L' ARTE ITALIANA DELLA LEGATURA DEL LIBRO

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72452

(Bookbinding). Town, Laurence.

BOOKBINDING BY HAND FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN.

New York: Pitman Publishing Corp. n.d. (circa 1951). 8vo. cloth. 281 pages. First U.S. edition. (Appleton p.85). An excellent manual. Rubbing around edges. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING BY HAND FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 18856

(Bookbinding).

TRANSACTIONS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

London, England: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (10), 337-468, (viii) pages. New Series, Vol. XIII, No. 4 (March 1933). Features E.P. Goldschmidt's article "Some Cuir-Cisilé Bookbindings in English Libraries." Eight black and white plates. Table of contents follows text. Covers chipped at edges. READ MORE about TRANSACTIONS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131566