Paris: Rodolphe CHAMONAL, (2008). small 4to. paper-covered boards. 215, (5) pages. Beautifully illustrated catalog, color and black and white, from the Parisian antiquarian. 205 entries. Price index included. READ MORE about LIVRES ANCIENS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105024
London: Seeley and Co., 1894. folio. original green cloth with gilt-stamping on front board and spine, all edges gilt. viii, 82, (2) pages. A study of English "minor arts" which includes a section on bookbinding. Illustrates bound works from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, and discussing the art of bookbinding to the late 19th century. Table of contents, list of illustrations, and list of other works by the publisher. Tissue-guarded color plates with..... READ MORE about SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 114196
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. (circa 1920s). 12mo. quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands, with original paper wrappers bound-in. 254, (2) pages. Extracted by Cim from his five-volume work, l'Encyclopédie du Livre (Flammarion, 1905-8). Includes discussions of paper, format, printing, binding, arrangement of libraries, bibliographic classification. Several illustrations of contemporary book shelving. Leather rubbed on spine. Printed on cheaper paper. READ MORE about PETIT MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DES LIVRES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 114412
London: Sotheby & Co., 1937. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 59-209+(1). The second volume of this important four part sale. Blogie III, 105, 108 for the first two parts - the third part not in Blogie. This second volume contained fine bindings. This set is the illustrated version with 7 plates in color and 13 in monochrome. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Wear at spine..... READ MORE about THE CLUMBER LIBRARY, CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SEVENTH DUKE...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 102427
Vol. II, Part 5
New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1949. 4to. paper-covered boards. (vi), 104 pages. Vol. II, Part 5. "Epic on an American Theme" consists of the letters by Stephen Vincent Benét to The Guggenheim Foundation concerning the Fellowship which made it possible for him to write JOHN BROWN'S BODY; with an introduction by Mrs. Benét, and several facsimiles of notes in the author's handwriting concerning the poem. Oscar Lewis writes on the Grabhorn Press, with a leaf..... READ MORE about NEW COLOPHON, A BK COLLS' Q V II, PT 5
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 45457
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth. 279 pages. First edition in English. Illustrated. Reproduced from typescript. An excellent one volume guide to the book. Two postage stamps on front pastedown. Covers soiled. Textblock marked throughout in red. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44672
Paris: Vente aux Encheres Publiques, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Auction catalogue containing 134 illuminated manuscripts from the collection of Robert Danon. Each item is illustrated, some in color. Text in French. Estimated prices loosely inserted. Minor cover soiling. READ MORE about MANUSCRITS ENLUMINES ET LIVRES RARES, COLLECTION ROBERT DANON
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 35247
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d., but circa 1927. 12mo. later library cloth. x, 190 pages. Table of contents, list of illustrations, appendices, index. 61 drawings by the author and 16 other illustrations. Includes discussions of collecting and bindings. Ex-library, with markings. READ MORE about BYWAYS AMONG ENGLISH BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 130654
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: De Bezige Bij, 2005. small 8vo. full leather, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, silk page marker, marbled paper and leather slipcase. 104 pages. One of fifty signed and numbered copies. The edition of De Bezige Bij, which appears at the same time as the commercial edition of 'From a finger does not fall', was bound by hand in October 2005 in a whole calfskin binding and placed in a house with hand-marbled paper..... READ MORE about UIT EEN VINGER VALT MEN NIET
Price: $675.00 save 30% $472.50 Order nr. 135673
Paris: Congres International De Bibliophilie, 1963. 8vo. paper wrappers. 188 pages. Near fine. Printed in 1964. Black and white illustrations at rear. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DEUXIEME CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DE BIBLIOPHILIE ACTES ET COMMUNICATIONS PARIS 28 SEPTEMBRE - 3...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 137105
Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, n.d., but circa 1948. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 19+(1) pages. Printed version of a radio talk broadcast on WMAQ, May 15, 1948, about a visit to the Donnelley publishing and bookbinding firm. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about A VISIT TO DONNELLEY'S
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122978
Hammersmith, United Kingdom: Doves Press, The, 1908. 12mo. full leather, five raised bands, by the Doves Bindery and signed "The Doves Bindery" with the only decoration being the title on the front cover and on the spine, all edges gilt. (8) pages. Limited to 250 copies printed on paper and 12 on vellum of which this is one of those printed on paper (Catalogue Raisonne p.23). Leather chipped at the head of spine. Covers showing..... READ MORE about CREDO: PLENI SANT COELI ET TERRA
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 41577
New Castle, DE: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. This highly-researched work is the most authoritative account of the first and most famous private press of the 20th century - The Doves Press. Starting its operation in the wake of William Morris, the Doves Press became a major influence in the development of modern book design. Marianne Tidcombe reveals..... READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 72642
Cambridge: University Press, 1906. 8vo. cloth. (xii), 256 pages. First edition. (Mejer no.308; Brenni no.309). Rebacked with later cloth. Exlibris with markings. Clean interior. With 7 illustrations. Has chapters on Caxton, Pynson, Berthelet, and many others. Interesting section on foreign booksellers operating in London. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BOOKBINDERS OF WESTMINSTER AND LONDON FROM 1476 TO 1535
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64260
New York: Arno Press, 1977. 8vo. green plastic fabric. (xiv), 256 pages. S-K 7871. Reprint of first edition. (Mejer no.308; Brenni no.309). With 7 illustrations. Has chapters on Caxton, Pynson, Berthelet, and many others. Interesting section on foreign booksellers operating in London. Bookplate (with some offset on free endpaper). READ MORE about THE PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BOOKBINDERS OF WESTMINSTER AND LONDON FROM 1476 TO 1535
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 2245
(Toronto): University of Toronto Press, (1974). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 74, (2) pages. A memorial to Toronto arts patron, bookbinder, and bibliophile Douglas Duncan. Frontispiece illustration of Duncan. Table of contents. Includes ten essays, including a tribute by Lester Pearson, former Canadian Prime Minister. Includes a list of the distribution of the Duncan collection and a list of artists represented in the collection. Illustrations. READ MORE about DOUGLAS DUNCAN: A MEMORIAL PORTRAIT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115465
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Dust jacket has a few creases, chips and short closed tears. Ink inscription on endpaper. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15667
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; ie, binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Jacket chipped and torn with pieces missing. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25127
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding, and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Near fine. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 44834
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. With the Randeria bookplate. Preliminary pages foxed. Small tears on jacket repaired with clear tape. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 71815
London and New York: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First U.S. edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. In a later San Francisco Public Library binding. Exlibris with markings. Else fine. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120770
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Kaiser, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 342, (2) pages. Limited to 800 copies. Text in German and English. Table of contents, preface. General index, indices of provenances and binders. A catalogue, 160 items, including a variety of subjects with a number of fine bindings. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. READ MORE about DAS SCHÖNE BUCH/THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131715
Cleveland, OH: The Rowfant Club, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 19+(1) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Preface by Roderick Boyd Porter. Text of a lecture delivered February 21, 1980. Covers lightly discolored and bent. READ MORE about ANGOFF'S ARMY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 126159
Paris, Frence: Appresso Matio il Mastro, 1608. 16mo. leather, five raised bands on spine. (xiv), 296 pages. Text in Italian. Prefatory comments, table of contents. Aretino (1492-1556) was an Italian playwright, author, poet, and satirist. Unsigned Don Etherington binding, leather with five raised bands on spine. Text tanned. READ MORE about IL QUARTO LIBRO DE LE LETTERE
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 134467
München, Germany: Akademie für das Grafische Gewerbe, 1977. folio. full leather, clamshell box. (30) pages. Exhibition catalogue for the 50th anniversary of the Academy's Graphic Arts industry. Black & white and color illustrations of various bindings. This particular copy has been bound in full leather by Don Etherington. The front and rear panel have leather onlays stamped in gilt with the covers themselves stamped in blind. Housed in a custom clamshell box with leather spine..... READ MORE about BUCH UND EINBAND. BILDDOKUMENTE ZUR BUCHGESCHICHTLICHEN ENTWICKLUNG AUS NEUN JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $1,750.00 save 30% $1,225.00 Order nr. 135452
