London: Sotheby & Co., 1951. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 91+(1) pages. Not in Blogie. The illustrated version of this catalogue with 20 plates of bindings. Back cover detached. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY FORMED BY THE LATE THEODORE SELIGMAN, ESQ....
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 71801
London: Sotheby & Co., 1941. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Sale held August 11. 219 lots. Handwritten pencil marks in text. Black and white illustrations of book bindings. Loosely laid-in photocopy of pamphlet with prices and buyers' names. Top edge of front panel has stamp that reads: "Please do not use in the press before 21 July 1941." READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE FRENCH AND ENGLISH BOOKS FINE OLD AND MODERN BINDINGS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87525
(Morlanwelz, Belgium): Musée Royal de Mariemont, 1981. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Exhibition catalogue to accompany a visit to the museum by the participants of the "Semaine d'étude de la reliure". Introduction by Pierre-Jean Foulon. One illustration. READ MORE about CENT RELIURES DE LA RÉSERVE PRÉCIEUSE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 72523
Milano: Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, 1936. small 8vo. later cloth, paper spine label with title typed on it. (iv), 107, (3) pages followed by 28 plates. An auction sale of 100 important books including many fine bindings. Compiled by Antonio Pescarzoli. READ MORE about CENTO LIBRI PIACEVO, VENDITA ALL'ASTA
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 75710
(Hojklint, Denmark: n.p., 1947). large 8vo. cloth. 95+(1) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Et Jubilaeumsaskrift af Harald Petersen og ib Hojklint. Indholdsfortegnelse: Bogbinderfagets Udvikling, Centralforeningen, Bogbindermestrenes Inkdobsforening, Understottelseskassen, Provins og Hovedstad, Laerlinge of Svende. Maend i Centralforeningen, Aarsmoderne, Priser og Priskuranter. Bogbinder-Museet. Illlustrated with photographs. Small booklet, Love for Bogbindermesterforeningen, loosely inserted. Head of spine partially detached. READ MORE about CENTRALFORENINGEN AF BOGBINDERMESTRE I PROVINSEN, 1897-1947
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 71545
Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1902. tall 12mo. cloth. (vi), 315 pages followed by plates and ads. First edition in German (See SK-7143). Foreword by Maria Lühr. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND UND DIE PFLEGE DES BUCHES, EIN HANDBUCH FÜR BUCHBINDER UND BIBLIOTHEKARE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 138615
Monaco: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. Most of the many plates show bindings. READ MORE about COLLECTION DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES PROVENANT DE LA FAMILLE GREFF ULHE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 41696
Fournitures Générales Pour Reliure.
Paris: Comptoir de la Reliure, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Fournitures Générales Pour Reliure. A lovely bookbinding catalogue. A fine copy. READ MORE about COMPTOIR DE LA RELIURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139167
With Line Illustrations by Eric Sweet.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1967). 12mo. paper-covered boards. 104 pages. With Line Illustrations by Eric Sweet. First U.S. edition. Not in Brenni. Many illustrations with some in color. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 102688
Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1986. 8vo. cloth. 88 pages. Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Cox bindery was the largest in the Mid-West. Housed in Chicago's famous publishing emporium - the Lakeside Building - the firm bound books for R. R. Donnelley and the Chicago Public Library. This book is a facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue which was first published in 1878..... READ MORE about THE MAKING OF THE BOOK, A SKETCH OF THE BOOK-BINDING ART
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 98009
Brussels: Eric Speeckaert, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 316 pages. With preface by Michel Wittock. A catalogue containing 144 examples of fine Belgium bookbindings. Well-illustrated with a photograph of each binding, frontispiece is in color. Covers rubbed along edges and hinges. READ MORE about QUATRE SIECLES DE RELIURE EN BELGIQUE, 1500-1900
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 35546
(Kobenhavn, Denmark): Forening For Boghaandvaerk, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A study of modern Danish bookbinding. Illustrated with photographs of bookbindings, many in color. In Danish. READ MORE about NOGET OM PRIVATBIND, OG ISÆR OM DE NYESTE DANSKE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 71718
With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster
Copenhagen, Denmark & London, England: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers / Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. frontispiece, 53 pages followed by the plates. With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster. First edition. (Brenni no.482). Inscribed on first blank page by Clara and Hardy Steeholm to the bookbinder Alfred Knight Potter. Lacking the dust jacket. Extremities lightly worn, label chipped with small piece missing (not affecting..... READ MORE about DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 5730
London: Seeley and Co., 1896. large 8vo. later half red cloth and imitation snake-skin cloth patterned in silver and black, leather spine label. 95+(1) pages. S-K 3501. First edition. (Mejer no.291). Binding examples from the Royal Library in the British Museum, many of which were gathered by George III and his librarian Sir Frederick Barnard. With seven plates of bindings printed in color by Edmund Evans and twenty-six others in monochrome. Ex-library. Tapped repaired along..... READ MORE about ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72062
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1901. 4to. original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 102 pages. First edition, limited to only 252 copies. (Mejer no.288; Brenni no.803; S-K 4201). Ex-library copy with mark on spine, spine label has pieces missing. Light wear to extremities. Only the slightest hint of offsetting to opposite pages for a handful of the color plates. All tissue guards are present. Earlham College Library bookplate stamped "withdrawn" on front free endpaper and another bookplate..... READ MORE about THOMAS BERTHELET, ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND, WITH SPECIAL...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 5743
Portland, OR: Ma Nao Books, (2017). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 190, (4) pages. Exploring the origins of the book, Margaret E. Davis traces the early history of communicating by paper pages. She offers illustrated instructions for four of the first forms of books on paper, developed by the Chinese, which can be replicated today using simple tools and available materials. China Under the Covers blends history, how-to expertise, and a journalist's eye for detail..... READ MORE about CHINA UNDER THE COVERS: A BINDER'S JOURNEY TO THE ROOTS OF BOOKS
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 129628
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: $225.00 Order nr. 71467
N.P. Designer Bookbinders, (1972). 15.3 x 23.4 cm. paper wrappers. not paginated. Biographical information is given on twenty-two members; included is a statement from the designer on his work, and a photo of an example binding. READ MORE about DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS 2
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5750
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 Order nr. 114317
London: Designer Bookbinders, 1973. 8vo. vinyl covered boards, two metal rings. v, 55 leaves. 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 Order nr. 79977
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 Order nr. 71990
Volume One only
Paris: Claude Blaizot, 1987. small 4to. loose signatures. (iv),195 pages. Volume One only. Volume one only of the first edition, limited to 250 numbered copies, of which this is #153. NOTE: THIS VOLUME IS UNBOUND. Lacking volume 2 which is composed of 37 plages. Presentation by the author on front free endpaper. Some soiling to the top edge of the first leaf, else a fine copy. A study of the work of Joseph Thouvenin, a...... READ MORE about JOSEPH THOUVENIN ET LA RELIURE ROMANTIQUE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 138826
Chicago: American Library Association, (1961). 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 52, (2) pages. With much technical information presented. READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR BINDING USED IN LIBRARIES, PHASE I
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114638
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 Order nr. 17724
Nashville: American Assoc. for State and Local History Technical Leaflet, 1977. 8vo. self paper wrappers with three hole punch along edge. (8) pages. Technical Leaflet 98. Illustrated. READ MORE about LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS: PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38794
