London, UK: Printed for the Guild of Women-Binders & Williams & Norgate, 1902. small 4to. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine. xxxii pages followed by 50 full page chromolithographs of bindings each accompanied by a page of text. S-K 5468. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. (Mejer 645). With a Critical Introduction by G. Elliot Anstruther, whom provides a very detailed explanation on the forming of the Guild, using the plates in the second..... READ MORE about THE BINDINGS OF TO-MORROW, A RECORD OF THE WORK OF THE GUILD OF WOMEN-BINDERS AND OF THE...

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134218

(London, England: Guild of Women-Binders), n.d., but circa 1900. 12mo. cloth, front cover silver-stamped. 87+(1) pages. First edition, limited to roughly 3,000 copies (Tidcombe, p. 126). Cover title: A Souvenir of the St. James's Theatre. Attributed to the Guild of Women-Binders, organized in May 1898 by London bookseller Frank Karslake more as a business venture than as a guild in the traditional sense of that word. He abandoned this effort in 1904. This work traces..... READ MORE about A CHRONICLE OF THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE FROM ITS ORIGIN IN 1835

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134011

(London, England: Guild of Women-Binders), n.d., but circa 1900. 12mo. cloth, front cover silver-stamped. 87+(1) pages. First edition, limited to roughly 3,000 copies (Tidcombe, p. 126). Cover title: A Souvenir of the St. James's Theatre. Attributed to the Guild of Women-Binders, organized in May 1898 by London bookseller Frank Karslake more as a business venture than as a guild in the traditional sense of that word. He abandoned this effort in 1904. This work traces..... READ MORE about A CHRONICLE OF THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE FROM ITS ORIGIN IN 1835

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Edinburgh, Scotland: for Adam Black, 1827. 8vo. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped, top edge gilt. xlvi, 331, (3) pages. Third edition. Advertisement to the first edition, table of contents, introduction, author's preface. Notice to the binder follows text. Black and white plates throughout text. Binder's tag on front pastedown attributes binding to the Guild of Women-Binders (Tidcombe 115-130). The Guild of Women-Binders very rarely used cloth covered boards for their bindings, which gives evidence..... READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON NAVAL TACTICS SYSTEMATICAL AND HISTORICAL

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Paris, France: A. Ferroud-F. Ferroud, 1912. 8vo. leather, front cover gilt-stamped, five raised bands on spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 54, (2) pages. Text in French. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, initialed by the publisher. Table of contents follows text. Frontispiece engraved by G.D.V. Guillonnet. Hand colored emblems on title and front cover of original wrappers. Original wrappers bound in. Later binding, identified on back pastedown, by M. Marshall, believed to have been..... READ MORE about LES NUITS

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Lisbonne: Musée Calouste Gulbenkian, 1997. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 175 pages. Catalogue of the book collection of Calouste Gulbenkian. A fine copy. Scarce in this condition. With essays on the collector and the collection. Text in French. Color photographs of bindiings with descriptions of the books. Bibliography. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LE LIVRE OBJET D'ART, COLLECTION CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN, FRANCE. XIXe-XXe SIECLES

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Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, (1957). 8vo. cloth. xii, 244 pages. First edition. Manual about printing, papermaking, bookbinding, printing inks and other aspects of printing. '50' in ink on cover and spine. Light wear. READ MORE about PRINTING AND ALLIED GRAPHIC ARTS

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London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, (1985). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 152 pages. Third editon. Table of contents, introduction, endnotes, select bibliography, glossary. Color plates and black and white illustrations. Bookbindings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS

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New York, NY: for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913. small 4to. leather, five raised bands on spine, top edge gilt-stamped. xiv, 119+(1) pages. Includes correspondence relating to the donation, and a catalogue of the donated paintings. Black and white frontispiece and plates in text. Unsigned leather binding, with gilt stamping on both covers and spine. Satin free endpaper and satin doublure with turned-in gilt-tooled leather. Second set of endpapers marbled. Five raised bands on..... READ MORE about GEORGE A. HEARN GIFT TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND ARTHUR HOPPOCK...

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134474

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1929. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 315 pages. Second edition, revised. With a preface by Frederic Melcher. Includes a large section covering different aspects of binding. Lacking the jacket. Front hinge cracked. Moderate shelfwear. Some chipping to the edges of the textblock. Exlibrary, with markings. Bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a fair copy. READ MORE about THE BUILDING OF A BOOK A SERIES OF PRACTICAL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS...

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New York: Dorset Books, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Jacket chipped with small tears along edges. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE...

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New York: Dorset Books, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Jacket has piece missing along top of front cover. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE...

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London: Christie's, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 182, (12) pages. Auction sale held on November 25, 1992. Well illustrated including a number in full color. With prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ... AUTOGRAPH LETTERS ... VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS ... HISTORICAL BOOKBINDINGS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72474