(Bookbinding). Davenport, Cyril.

ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS.

London: Seeley and Co., 1896. 8vo. original blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. 96 pages. S-K 3501. First edition. (Mejer no.291). A collection of bindings from the Royal Library in the British Museum, many of which were gathered by George III and his librarian Sir Frederick Barnard. With eight plates of bindings printed in color by Edmund Evans and twenty-six in monochrome. Spine coming away from the front hinge; slightly age darkened. READ MORE about ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS

Price: $40.00 save 20% $32.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130668

(Bookbinding). Derôme, Léopold.

LA RELIURE DE LUXE LE LIVRE ET L'AMATEUR.

Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1888. large 8vo. half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut. 246, (2), v, (3) pages. First and only edition, limited to 900 numbered copies. (Schmidt-Künsemüller no. 1537). A discussion of luxury bookbinding by the author is accompanied by the designs of J. Adeline, G. Fraipont, C. Kurner, and M. Perret. Each plate is protected by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Original wrappers bound..... READ MORE about LA RELIURE DE LUXE LE LIVRE ET L'AMATEUR

Price: $450.00 save 20% $360.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71467

(Bookbinding).

DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS' DIRECTORY.

London: Designer Bookbinders, 1975. 8vo. paper-covered two ring binder. 70 pages. Loose leaf edition of the directory of suppliers of materials, equipment and services of interest to bookbinders with a detailed index for the UK and a separate listing for major foreign suppliers. READ MORE about DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS' DIRECTORY

Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114317

(Bookbinding).

DEUTSCHE EINBANDKUNST DER GEGENWART '81.

Hamburg: Ludwig Schultheis, n.d. (circa 1981). square small 8vo. paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Catalogue of a 1981 exhibition of contemporary German bookbinding held at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. Illustrated. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE EINBANDKUNST DER GEGENWART '81

Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71990

(Bookbinding). Devauchelle, Roger.

LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS.

Three volumes
Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959. small 4to. quarter leather with cloth-covered boards, lettering on spine in gilt. xvi,(16),201 pages,88 plates; 259+(1) pages,71 plates; 288+(1) pages,92 plates. Three volumes. First edition, limited to 900 copies (S-K 1951). Original wrappers bound in. This extraordinary work provides a richly illustrated history of bookbinding in France, from its origins until the book's publication. Each volume's frontispiece consists of a beautiful tipped-in color plate. Each volume contains an excellent bibliography, and..... READ MORE about LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS

Price: $1,250.00 save 20% $1,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71363

(Bookbinding).

DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR BINDING USED IN LIBRARIES, PHASE II.

Chicago: American Library Association, (1966). 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 53 pages. With much technical information presented. Illustrated. Note in ink in corner of front cover. READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR BINDING USED IN LIBRARIES, PHASE II

Price: $20.00 save 20% $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17724

(Bookbinding).

DOMESDAY RE-BOUND.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 54, (2) pages and a number of illustrations and foldout plates. First edition. The fascinating history of the restoration of this most precious English document. Preface by Hilary Jenkinson. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DOMESDAY RE-BOUND

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15372

(Bookbinding). Dutton, Meiric K.

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOOKBINDING AS AN ART.

Norwood: The Holliston Mills, 1926. 8vo. red cloth. viii, 144 pages. S-K 1827. First edition. Five chapters; Beginnings of Bindings, and Binding in Italy, France, England and America. Presentation on free endpaper "To Fran Fortney with the cordial greetings of Meiric K. Dutton, 8/2/46. New York, N.Y." READ MORE about HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOOKBINDING AS AN ART

Price: $45.00 save 20% $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104846

(Bookbinding). Edward & James Richardson.

Specimens of binding papers.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Edward & James Richardson, n.d. 12mo. unbound. unpaginated. Bookbinding specimens by Richardson and the Winterbottom Book Cloth Company. Some tanning. READ MORE about Specimens of binding papers

Price: $80.00 save 20% $64.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131601

(Bookbinding).

EINBANDKUNST '82, GEMEINSCHAFTSSCHAU AUF DER FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 198 2.

Hamburg: Ludwig Schultheis Verlag, 1982. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. The best of German bookbinding including both hand-binding and machine binding. READ MORE about EINBANDKUNST '82, GEMEINSCHAFTSSCHAU AUF DER FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 198 2

Price: $25.00 save 20% $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32755

(Bookbinding). Ellenport, Samuel B.

AN ESSAY ON THE DEVELOPMENT & USAGE OF BRASS PLATE DIES INCLUDING A CATALOGUE RAISONNE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HARCOURT BINDERY.

Boston: Harcourt Bindery, 1980. large 4to. cloth. 32 pages of text followed by 99 plates with accompanying notes, (7) pages, two full-color plates tipped in. S-K 7414. An excellent account of a method of hand-binding where the design is pressed on the book from a single brass plate in one procedure. Ellenport writes about the historical development of this method and provides plates of the brass dies used by the Harcourt Bindery. Finely printed at..... READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON THE DEVELOPMENT & USAGE OF BRASS PLATE DIES INCLUDING A CATALOGUE RAISONNE FROM...

Price: $200.00 save 20% $160.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5763

(Bookbinding).

ENGELSKA BOKBAND, UTSTÄLLNINGEN ANORDNAD AV KUNGLIGA BIBLIOTEKET.

Stockholm: Kungliga Bibliotekets, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. S-K 6633. Exhibition of the work of British binders co-sponsored by the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders. Well-illustrated. Biographical sketches are given. Foreword by Uno Willers and Sten Lindberg and three-page history of the Guild. Letter from Lars Wahlström to Edward Womersley concerning the exhibition, a typescript of the speech given by Ivor Robinson at the opening of the exhibition, a typescript itinerary of Robinson's trip..... READ MORE about ENGELSKA BOKBAND, UTSTÄLLNINGEN ANORDNAD AV KUNGLIGA BIBLIOTEKET

Price: $45.00 save 20% $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71939

(Bookbinding).

EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND HAND-DECORATED PAPERS.

Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, (1959). 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. One page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 24 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND...

Price: $24.00 save 20% $19.20  other currencies  Order nr. 11966