Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 55 pages. Articles by "Binding it Right: A survey of Am4erican Craft Binders" and Timothy Barrett on "Papermaking History." READ MORE about BOOKWAYS. 4
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 55081
Paris: Maison Quantin, n.d. (circa 1886). 8vo. original cloth. 320 pages. New edition. The history of the book and its printing, illustration and binding. Over 100 illustrations. Printed on cheaper paper. Rubbed along edges. Free endpaper loose. READ MORE about LE LIVRE, L'ILLUSTRATION - LA RELIURE, ETUDE HISTORIQUE SOMMAIRE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 71674
New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1902. 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards. 106, (1) pages. New edition. New spine. Minor shelfwear. Minor soiling to boards. A good copy. With gilt cover design by Will Bradley with his distinctive "B" in the lower left hand corner of the front cover design. READ MORE about RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM: A PARAPHRASE FROM SEVERAL LITERAL TRANSLATIONS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 139262
New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1897. 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards. 106, (1) pages. First edition. Covers rubbed, with some wear to spine ends and corners. Else a very good copy. With cover design by Will Bradley. READ MORE about THE CHILDREN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139263
2 Volumes.
New York, NY: Christie's, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 227+(1); 363+(1); 339+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Auction, March 21, 2005. The collection of antiquarian bookseller Martin Breslauer, sold in three portions. The first (lots 1-150) included manuscripts, association copies, and fine bindings. The second (lots 151-906) included antiquarian catalogues. The third catalogue described books printed on vellum, bibliographies, books about books, manuscripts, and bookbinding. That volume is not present. Each volume with indices and references. Color..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA BRESLAUERIANA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 123960
Catalogue 97
London: Martin Breslauer, (1963). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Catalogue 97. Priced sale catalogue describing 153 items with many illustrations and lengthy descriptions. Some spotting of spine. READ MORE about BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO THE PRESENT CENTURY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 71835
List XXXIX.
London: Martin Breslauer, (1971). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages followed by 28 pages of plates. List XXXIX. A bookseller's catalogue including many examples of seventeenth and eighteenth century bookbinding. Also includes autograph letters, incunabula, and type specimens. Works by William Shakespeare and Richard Weir, among others, are offered. Illustrated by twenty-eight pages of plates, many showing notable bindings. Index of authors and titles. READ MORE about MISCELLANY OF BOOKS AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS ON MANY SUBJECTS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 77695
New York: Martin Breslauer, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 186 pages. Catalogue 111 from the antiquarian bookseller. 214 detailed entries, beautifully illustrated in black and white and in color. Includes many bookbinding examples. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS, A SELECTION ARRANGED ACCORDING TO SUBJECTS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 69096
New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 211 pages. Lists of bibliographies followed by directory and chronological index of names and newspapers and magazines by city. Lists marblers. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING & ALLIED TRADES IN RHODE ISLAND TO 1865
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19970
New York: The New York Public Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 20568
Los Altos Hills: Anderson-Lovelace, 1995. small 4to. paperback. xvi, 246, (2) pages. First paperback edition. A fine copy. The Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford, July 1992. 14 separate chapters on different aspects of the illuminated book, binding, writing, etc. Illustrated. READ MORE about MAKING THE MEDIEVAL BOOK: TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCTION
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 139165
Hannover: Verlagsmarketing und Logistik, 1992 - 1996. 4to. cloth-covered boards. 43 pages per issue (average). Collection of the lavishly produced monthly periodical, discontinued in 1996, for collectors of books, graphics and manuscripts. Present volumes begin with first volume, No. 4, April 1992, and run through the last issue, No. 10, October 1996. Issues from 1992 - 1994 are bound in hardcover, three volumes. Lacking from the run are December, 1995 and June, 1996 issues and..... READ MORE about BÜCHER-MARKT
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 65413
London: Longmans, Green, 1894. 12mo. Later full morocco, raised bands, gilt-tooled turn-ins, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, slipcase. xxix+(i), 426 pages. A selection of poetry by the first Earl of Lytton (1831-1891), who wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, here arranged chronologically from 1855-1887, and including unpublished works as well. Introduction by Betty Balfour, the author's daughter. Bulwer-Lytton also had a distinguished career as a diplomat, appointed Viceroy of India by..... READ MORE about SELECTED POEMS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 72662
Oxford: University Press, 1959. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 588, (2) pages. First edition. Tracing ofthe various unions associated with bookmaking from the end of the 18th century until their combination in 1957 into one large trade union. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PAPER WORKERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 951
10 volumes in 8
(Paris, France: J. Conan le Meriadec), 1952-3. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 10 volumes in 8. Text in French. The first ten issues of this French periodical, which ran from 1952 to 1963. Each volume contains "La Chronique de Pierre d'Espezel," which discusses various bibliophilic topics, "Les Illustrateurs du Libre," discussing different book illustrators with a sample of his/her work, along with other articles of interest fo bibliophiles. Issues individually paginated. Issues 5 and..... READ MORE about CAHIERS DU BIBLIOPHILE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 124532
London: Edward Moxon, 1839. 8vo. leather, gilt stamps on covers and spine, all edges gilt. viii, 56 pages. Lovely binding, by Webb of Liverpool, showing the coat-of-arms in gilt for the Liverpool Collegiate Institution on both boards. This was a prize book presented by this institution for Leonard McCoy Christmas, 1843 per the label on the front pastedown. A collection of poems by Thomas Campbell. Foxing on front and back blank pages, the first past..... READ MORE about THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98238
Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques
Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1937. 4to. loose leaves in stiff paper wrappers. (iv), pp.59-106 followed by plates XXI-XXXVII. Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques. One section of this series devoted to the treasures of the French National Library. This part contains contains six essays about objects of interest in the collections of various libraries in France. The essays are as follows..... READ MORE about LES TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 95398
Paris, France: Berger-Levrault, 1926. 8vo. gilt-stamped leather, marbled endpapers. xiv, 494, (2) pages. Text in French. Author's note to Chinese readers, foreword, appendix, table of contents. Signed binding by Oficina de Encadeinaçao, A. Carmelita. gilt-stamped leather on both covers and spine, with marbled endpapers. Binding slightly rubbed and scuffed at edges. Tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about CHINE ET CHINOIS D'AUJOURD'HUI: LE NOUVEAU PÉRIL JAUNE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 134435
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111 pages followed by eight pages of plates each depicting numerous items. No.12 of the 1979/1980 season. Illustrations throughout text. Corner bumped. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70288
London: Sotheby and Co., 1929. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages + fold-out illustrations. Sale held March 21-22. 395 lots. Catalogue includes illuminated manuscripts, French illustrated books and fine old and modern bindings. Contains black-and-white fold-out illustrations of manuscripts and book bindings and a full color frontispiece. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Wrappers chipped along edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FINE OLD AND MODERN...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 102426
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. An exhibition held at the New York Public Library from September 7 to November 29, 1994 celebrated the first ten years of the Center's existence. Including 132 works by 112 artists, it was not intended as a retrospective, but rather as an overview of traditional book forms, paper arts, bookbinding and art works based on, or alluding to, book forms. Introduction by..... READ MORE about THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 36530
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
New York: Stratford Press - American Book Bindery, 1930. small 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (ii), 8, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition issued by the Doves Press in 1900; this edition limited to 350 copies. Hinges worn. Spine faded. READ MORE about IDEAL BOOK OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING & ILLUSTRATION & ON THE...
Price: $20.00 save 30% $14.00 Order nr. 16787
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. An exhibition catalogue on the subject. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE CONSERVATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38796
