N.P. University of Toronto Library, 1990. square small 4to. paper wrappers. (iv), 28 pages. Illustrations in color. Foreword by Alexander C. Pathy. Name in ink along top edge of front cover. READ MORE about THE ART OF JACQUES BLANCHET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38027
Geneva, Ohio: Saturdays' Book Arts Gallery, 1988. oblong 8vo. half-cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with the original paper wrappers loosely inserted. (28) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition which featured British book arts of today. This copy is one of 40 numbered copies signed by Jan Sobota, who also executed the binding. Signed by Philip Smith. Furthermore, Bookbinders, Trevor Jones, Sarah Firmin, Angela James, and David Sellars were among the exhibitors. Illustrated. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF BRITISH BOOK ARTS TODAY
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 138042
White Plains: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1916. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 248 pages. First edition. (Mejer no.1065). Thirteen chapters on different phases of library binding. Bailey was involved in a number of the library study groups on binding and was Librarian of the Wilmington (Delaware) Institute Free Library. Presentation on free endpaper "To Gilbert D. Emerson with the compliments of Arthur L. Bailey." Jacket worn with piece missing along spine and stain. READ MORE about LIBRARY BOOKBINDING
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 126714
Aberystwyth, Wales: The University of Wales, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 245 pages. A master's thesis. Table of contents, preface, acknowledgments, eight appendices. Discusses the development of publishers' bindings in Britain between 1820 and 1880. Endnotes, bibliography. Printed on recto only. Ball would go on to publish a reference book on bookbindings titled Victorian Publishers' Bindings (first published by The Librarian Association and then a U.S. edition by The Bookpress) in 1985. READ MORE about VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 134493
(Stockholm): Sällskapet Bokvännerna, (1950). tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 53, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 600 copies. (S-K 7161). See original bindings by Barkell on three of the books in this collection. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about FRÅN PAPYRUSRULLE TILL PARTIBAND
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72511
Greenwich: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. 8vo. original paper-covered boards, original paper spine and cover labels, clamshell box. (xii), 132 pages. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. (Mejer no.1607). Divided into two sections; forwarding and finishing with detailed discussion of each of the parts making up the art of bookbinding. Light foxing throughout. Spine label partially chipped away. Housed in a later clamshell box. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING FOR BIBLIOPHILES, BEING NOTES ON SOME TECHNICAL FEATURES OF THE WELL BOUND BOOK FOR...
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 11888
With an Introduction by Anthony Hobson.
Washington: The Folger Shakespeare Library - (New York): Harry N. Abrams Inc., (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 271+(1) pages. With an Introduction by Anthony Hobson. First edition. With 244 illustrations including 14 plates in color. Presentation from Mowery on title page. READ MORE about FINE AND HISTORIC BOOKBINDGS FROM THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 71392
Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1937. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. (iv), 70, (4) pages and 16 plates. Blogie II, 338. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 267 lots for sale. 16 plates mostly depicting these fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS, RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, MANUSCRITS ET IMPRIMÉS, RICHES RELIURES ARMORIÉES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71518
Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1939. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. 64 pages followed by the 24 plates. Blogie II, 344. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 176 lots for sale. 24 full-page plates mostly showing fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES LA PLUPART REVÊTUS DE TRÈS RICHES RELIURES ET ENRICHIS DE PRÉCIEUX...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71515
London: The British Federation of Master Printers, 1953. small 8vo. cloth. 62, (2) pages. Third edition, revised, of adopted standards issued by the Technical Committee as information of value to Master Printers, Estimators, and others. Sections on Paper, Boards, Stationery, Books, Blocks, Types, and Miscellaneous, including "Standard conditions of the printing industry." READ MORE about TABLES AND DATA AND STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRINTERS AND BINDERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72290
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or a most in a plain paper wrapper." This view..... READ MORE about TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, 1660-1800
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 93908
(Brussels, Belgium): Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 143+(1) pages. Text in French and Flemish. Foreword. Introductions by Elly Cockx-Indestege, Jan Storm van Leeuwen, and Émile van der Vekene. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about TENDANCES ACTUELLES DE LA RELIURE D'ART DANS LE BENELUX/ACTUELE TENDENSEN VAN HET KUNSTBOEKBINDEN...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126338
Paris: Giraud-Badin, 1934. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages followed by the plates. Catalogue of Sale held October 30, 1934. (Blogie II, 327). Identified in pencil on the wrapper as the Blumenthal collection. Covers chipped around edges. Contains 15 plates printed on special glossy paper. 124 items auctioned and with an index of provenance. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE B***, LIVRES ANCIENS RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, RICHES RELIURES ANCIENNES ARMORIÉES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72497
(Paris, France: M. Étienne Ader), 1964. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 57, (3) pages. Text in French. Blogie II, 383. 159 lots. Featuring Romantic era bookbindings. 12 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and torn at top and bottom of spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR TRÈS BEAUX LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS DE L'ÉPOQUE ROMANTIQUE DONT CERTAINS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119977
Paris: Georges Blaizot, (1966). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 43, (3) pages. Auction sale catalogue with illustrations in black and white. Newspaper clipping with prices realized loosely inserted (which has yellowed facing pages. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR TRÈS BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES ... IMPORTANTES RELIURES DE P. BONET, G....
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 88388
Paris: Jean Louis Picard, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale of books in bindings. Ten plates of bindings with most in color. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE D'UN AMATEUR, BEL ENSEMBLE D'OUVRAGES, PRINCIPALEMENT DU XVIIIe SIECLE, DANS DE...
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 41693
Paris: Ader Picard Tajan, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Sale held on March 6th and 7th, 1991. 573 lots for sale including many fine binding (shown in color). With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 72392
Paris: Ader Tajan, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale of April 7, 1992. With bindings by Koehler, Purgold, Thouvenin, Simier and Vogel. 104 items described and with some plates in color. Randeria bookplate on title page. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 72398
Paris: Ader Tajan, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale held on November 25th, 1991. 225 lots described with many illustrations including a number in color. Prices realized loosely inserted. Randeria bookplate on half-title. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 72399
Paris: Claude Blizot - J.-E. Gautrot, n.d. but 1979. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 73+(1) pages. Auction sale of the collection of Mme. Nielsen (Blogie III, 443). 81 lots including bindings. With the Randeria bookplate on the half-title. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MME. N., LIVRES DES XVIIe, XVIIIe ET XIXe SIÈCLES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 72504
Paris: Reliures aux Armes, 1975. 4to. cloth. 172 pages. Auction catalogue fully describing 350 items. Well illustrated, many in color. Many examples of old bindings. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SIR A., LIVRES ANCIENS, EXEMPLAIRES IMPRIMES SUR PEAU DE VELIN, ARCHITECTURE,...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36197
Geneve: Salle Kundig, (1937). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 220 pages. With forty plates printed on glossy paper which are interspersed throughout the auction sale catalogue, many of which show bindings. Covers foxed. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DU CHATEAU DE SULLY, LIVRES ANCIENS DES XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe SIÈCLES ET DE L'ÉPOQUE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72110
Paris, France: Georges Blaizot, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 51+(1) pages. Text in French. Blogie II, 395. 135 lots. Features books bound by noteworthy French binders. Four black and white plates. Wrappers sunned at edges. Prices for some lots pencilled in margins. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU PROFESSEUR GEORGES MARCHAL TRÈS BEAUX LIVERS MODERNES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119968
2 volumes.
Paris: Drouot Rive Gauche, 1979. small 4to. cloth, paper cover labels. 124,(4); 87,(3) pages. 2 volumes. Two volume auction sale of the library of Evrard de Rouvre (Blogie III, 447; III, 449). Filled with black-and-white and color plates. Many fine bindings. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE EVRARD DE ROUVRE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72506
Paris: n.p., 1936. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, protector. 178, (4) pages, with 18 additional pages and 5 additional leaves of plates. Auction catalogue for the sale of 511 lots from the library of Gabriel Thomas on March 26-28, 1936 (Blogie 334). Offered were books of the 16th to 18th centuries, often in fine bindings, drawings and watercolors by Maurice Denis (1870-1943), first editions, illustrated books, and autographs and manuscripts, including the autograph manuscript..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE GABRIEL THOMAS, BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS AUX ARMES, EDITIONS ORIGINALES ROMANTIQUES ET...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 52274
