New York: Chas. M. Higgins & Co., Inc., n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. not paginated. An instructional pamphlet on bookbinding for use in a classroom setting. Contains black-and-white figures and examples. Minor wear. Pages are hole-punched. READ MORE about CORRELATION PROJECT NO. 8 BOOKBINDING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102311
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: $25.00 Order nr. 14697
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
London: Cassell & Co., 1954. tall 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 60 pages of text followed by 58 plates, full color frontispiece. First edition. (S-K 3516, Brenni no. 837). Ireland had a period of craftsmanship in binding that rivaled that of any other country during this brief period. Craig discusses this movement. He also describes the folio volumes of the records of the Irish Parliament which were some of the most beautifully bound books of the..... READ MORE about IRISH BOOKBINDINGS, 1600-1800
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 6183
London: Dawbarn and Ward, Ltd., n.d. small square 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), cloth clamshell box. 25-48+(1) pages. Useful Arts And Handicrafts Series, No. 41 edited by H. Snowden Ward. Well-illustrated manual on bookbinding at home. Housed in a lovely later clamshell box. Most of spine lacking, but binding is tight. READ MORE about HOME BOOKBINDING. GIVING UNDERSTANDABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLATING, RE FOLDING, SAWING, SEWING,...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21589
Illustrated with 156 Engravings.
London: L. Upcott Gill, n.d. 8vo. later cloth. viii, 184, 14 pages. Illustrated with 156 Engravings. Reprint of the 1885 edition. (Not in Mejer; Brenni no.37 & 166). Minor cover soiling. Ex-library. Rebound in cloth. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING FOR AMATEURS BEING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS TOOLS AND APPLIANCES REQUIRED AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 13931
London: L. Upcott Gill, (1888). 8vo. original stamped cloth binding decorated in gilt and black, clamshell box. viii, 184, 32 pages. First edition, later printing. (Not in Mejer; Brenni no.37 & 166). Illustrated with 156 Engravings. Minor foxing to preliminary pages. Only the slightest hint of rubbing to the corners and top hinge of the front cover, else near fine. Housed in a beautifuly clamshell box. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING FOR AMATEURS: BEING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS TOOLS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 32664
N.P. (The Guild of Book Workes, New England Chapter, 1995). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 38 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Dedication, acknowledgments, introduction. Exhibition of the New England Chapter of The Guild of Book Workers. Cover design by calligrapher Melissa McCarthy. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CREATED SPACE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126470
Bruxelles (Brussels), Belgium: Eric Speeckaert, 1979. 8vo. cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front cover. 106, (4) pages. Text in French. Foreword, introduction, biographical sketch, listing of Bozerian's works. 36 black and white plates. Focuses on Bozerian's use of ornaments on book covers. READ MORE about JEAN-CLAUDE BOZERIAN, UN MOMENT DE L'ORNEMENT DANS LA RELIURE EN FRANCE
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 130680
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
Chicago: Library Bureau, 1910. 8vo. cloth. 174 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Covers all aspects of bookbinding including materials and paper. Also has a list of equipment, bindery terms and a list of makers of and dealers in material and equipment. From the library of the publisher Ginn and Company with their bookplate. Number on spine and pocket in back. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about NOTES ON BOOKBINDING FOR LIBRARIES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6167
With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates.
Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers, 1930. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 53 pages followed by the plates. With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates. First edition. (Brenni no.482). Reproductions of well over 100 bindings with many in full color. Some rubbing along extremities. Text in English with summary in Danish. Inscribed on first blank page by Clara and Hardy Steeholm to Alfred Knight..... READ MORE about DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 5730
With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates.
Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers, 1930. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 53 pages followed by the plates. With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates. First edition. (Brenni no.482). Reproductions of well over 100 bindings with many in full color. Some rubbing along extremities. Text in English with summary in Danish. Jacket chipped with small pieces missing. Ownership inscription in pencil. Unusual..... READ MORE about DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 71416
With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates.
Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers, 1930. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 53 pages followed by the plates. With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates. First edition. (Brenni no.482). Reproductions of well over 100 bindings with many in full color. Some rubbing along extremities. Text in English with summary in Danish. Spine label partially chipped away. Corners bumped. READ MORE about DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 76387
London: Faber and Faber, (1959). 8vo. cloth. 126 pages. S-K 7897. First edition. (Brenni no.879). With 2 full color plates including a green and gilt Hugh Thomson design, 16 pages of monochrome half-tone illustrations and 9 line drawings. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING THEN AND NOW A SURVEY OF THE FIRST HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF JAMES BURN...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 38762
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1899. tall 8vo. contemporary half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers. xxxii, 113+(1) pages. S-K 3635. First edition. (Mejer no.290; Brenni no.793). Table of contents, general introduction by Alfred W. Pollard, index. With 52 plates of bindings including a colored frontispiece. Part of the English Bookman's Library Series. With four chapters: Introduction, Books Bound in Canvas, Books Bound in Velvet, and Books Bound in Satin. This is..... READ MORE about ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 130540
London, England: Seeley and Co., 1896. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. No. 30 (December 1896). With Davenport's article "Royal English Bookbindings," from Henry VII to George II. List of illustrations, bibliography. Eight color plates including frontispiece. Black and white illustrations in text. Covers chipped at edges and tanned. READ MORE about PORTFOLIO: MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTIC SUBJECTS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 131564
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. Minor rubbing of covers. READ MORE about ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 5742
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
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 Order nr. 130668
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1901. 4to. original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 102 pages. S-K 4201. First edition, limited to only 252 copies. (Mejer no.288; Brenni no.803). Contains eighteen full color plates of bookbindings executed by Berthelet. Three chapters including English Bookbinding Up to the Time of Henry VIII, Documentary Evidence Concerning Berthelet and His Work, and The Bookbindings of Thomas Berthelet with Detailed Descriptions. Ex-library copy with mark on spine, spine label has pieces missing..... READ MORE about THOMAS BERTHELET, ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND, WITH SPECIAL...
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 5743
(London, England: Designer Bookbinders, 2011). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Acknowledgments, foreword by Designer Bookbinders president Stephen Conway. Bookbindings on display in various galleries throughout England. Color illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. READ MORE about DBUK TOUR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 128484
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Galerie de l'UQAM, Université de Québec, 1988. oblong small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 81, (11) pages. Text in French. Introductory comments, list of donors, messages from officers. The catalogue of the International Exposition of Bookbinding Art, Montreal. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about DÉCOUVRONS LA RELIURE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 126174
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 Order nr. 71467
