(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).

THE STUDIO: SPECIAL WINTER-NUMBER 1899-1900. MODERN BOOKBINDINGS AND THEIR DESIGNER.

(London, UK): Studio Ltd., 1900. 4to. embossed cloth, gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers. 284 pages. Generously illustrated with numerous plates, most in color. This particular issue has two sections devoted to bookbindings: English & American, by Esther Wood. The English section has insight into famous authors of literature, explaining collaboration with other well-known book illustrators (Blake, Beardsley, Fell - to name a few) and bookbinders that work with them. Well-known binders include Mrs. Annie..... READ MORE about THE STUDIO: SPECIAL WINTER-NUMBER 1899-1900. MODERN BOOKBINDINGS AND THEIR DESIGNER

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134263

(Bookbinding). Thomas, Henry.

EARLY SPANISH BOOKBINDINGS XI-XV CENTURIES.

Oxford, England: The University Press for the Bibliographical Society, 1939. 4to. qiarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xlvi, 65+(1) pages, plates. Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, No. XXIII. Preface, table of contents, introduction, index of authors and works, chronological index, index of localities, bibliography, plates. 100 black and white plates. A study of early Spanish bookbinding. Covers rubbed and scuffed, lightly soiled. Light tanning on endpapers. READ MORE about EARLY SPANISH BOOKBINDINGS XI-XV CENTURIES

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130807

(Bookbinding).

THE TRADITION OF FINE BOOKBINDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION.

Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1979. 4to. printed paper-covered boards. 130 pages. S-K 5771. Introductory essays by Jean Gunner, Bernard Middleton and Marianne Tidcombe. (Brenni no. 429). Contains 48 pages of black-and-white illustrations and 16 pages of color illustrations. READ MORE about THE TRADITION OF FINE BOOKBINDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2512

(Bookbinding).

TREGASKIS CENTENARY EXHIBITION, A CATALOGUE OF THE TREGASKIS CENTENARY EXHIBITION 1994, TOGETHER WITH A FACSIMILE OF THE TREGASKIS EXHIBITION CATALOGUE OF 1894 AND COLOUR PLATES OF THE BINDINGS IN BOTH EXHIBITIONS.

With Introductions by Marianne Tidcombe and an Essay by Bernard C. Middleton.
London: Designer Bookbinders, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. Not paginated. With Introductions by Marianne Tidcombe and an Essay by Bernard C. Middleton. Limited to 1000 copies. With many illustrations in color. READ MORE about TREGASKIS CENTENARY EXHIBITION, A CATALOGUE OF THE TREGASKIS CENTENARY EXHIBITION 1994, TOGETHER...

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 44689