N.P. n.p., 2002. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Text in Czeck. Exhibition of works of members of the Association of Czech Booksellers. Introductory comments. Color illustrations and descriptive text about exhibited items. READ MORE about III CLENSKA VYSTAVA SPOLECENSVA CESKYCH KNIHARII
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135048
London: Myers & Co., 1933. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 124 pages with many separate plates. Catalogue 291 issued by this firm. Includes a number of important bindings. Wear along edges and covers soiled. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF VERY RARE BOOKS, CHOICE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102921
New York: Publishers Book Bindery, n.d. oblong 12mo. boards. (24) pages. Contains impositions most frequently used by this binding firm. Back hinge cracked. Ownership inscription in pencil. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about IMPOSITIONS, EDITION, CATALOG & JUVENILE BINDING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5876
N.P. n.p., 1961-2. small 4to. cloth. unpaginated. An index of seventeen science experiments. Handwritten notes about terms, diagrams, and results. Bound in cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. READ MORE about INDEX OF EXPERIMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134479
Bellinzona, Switzerland: Centro de Bel Libro Ascona, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 76 pages. Text in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Catalogue of the International Bookbinding Competition, 2009. Foreword, report of the jury. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL BOOKBINDING COMPETITION BEL LIBRO '09
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134612
Washington, DC: Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 18, (4) pages. Introduction by Cita Wheeler-Sullivan, photography by Julie Ainsworth. Color and black and white illustrations. An 1997 exhibition of different bindings of the humorous works of Leonardo da Vinci. READ MORE about INTERPRETING DA VINCI
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126148
London: Cambridge University Press, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 95 pages. S-K 5541. The bindings for this study come from the John Johnson collection. With 24 illustrations of bindings. Review copy with review slip loosely inserted. Wear along bottom of spine. READ MORE about ENGLISH EMBOSSED BINDINGS 1825-1850
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 41647
Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1933. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. Not in S-K. With four plates of modern French bookbindings. READ MORE about MODERNE FRANSKE BOKBIND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 38526
New York: Watson Library, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (48) pages. S-K 7043. One of five hundred numbered and signed copies. With an introduction by T. Peter Kraus. Illustrated. READ MORE about JOHN FRANKLIN MOWERY BOOKBINDINGS, AN EXHIBITION IN THE WATSON LIBRARY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38612
(Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press), n.d. 4to. cloth. 142 pages. A guide to book binding. Table of contents. Autobiographical sketch of the author. Black and white illustrations. Invoice from binder laid in. An uncommon title. Light sunning to front cover and spine. READ MORE about NOTES FOR ABC (NEW ZEALAND
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 118836
Washington: GPO, n.d. (circa 1951). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 5 pages. Bindery Series No.8. Marks on title page. Exlibris with markings. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CONTROL OF WARP IN BOOK COVERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44674
Washington: GPO, n.d. (circa 1952). small 4to. stiff paper wrrappers, three hole punch along spine. (ii), 12 pages. Bindery Series No.7. A fine copy. READ MORE about PYROXYLIN-TREATED BOOK CLOTHS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137169
Washington: GPO, (1948). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, three hole punch. (ii), 9 pages. B-5 in the Bindery Series issued by the government. Exlibris with markings. Else a fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING LEATHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137168
Wien: Hofbibliothek, n.d. (c.1930s). 12mo. full paper-covered boards stamped in gilt in the design of a binding, top edge gilt. vi, 197 pages. Descriptions of 606 bindings in the library including oriental, Italian, German, French, English, etc. No illustrations. Minor rubbing around edges, else fine. READ MORE about KATALOG DER AUSSTELLUNG VON EINBANDEN. K.K. HOFBIBLIOTHEK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5883
New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1914. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 44 pages. Introductory essay by the author. Catalogue of the Spencer collection, index of engravers and illustrators. Black and white plates. Covers chipped at edges and along spine. READ MORE about THE SPENCER COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 131543
New Castle, DE: British Library & Oak Knoll Press, The, 2003. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 347 pages. First edition. Minor rubbing to tail of spine, else a near fine copy. This ground-breaking study deals with the creative explosions of book cover designs in Victorian Britain from 1830 to 1880. Due to new technical developments many practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane and John Leighton broke new ground in artistic styling. Edmund King, Head..... READ MORE about VICTORIAN DECORATED TRADE BINDINGS 1830-1880
Price: $98.00 Order nr. 71826
Stony Stratford, Bucks, England: Patrick King Rare Books, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. King Catalogue 8. 92 items. Index of binders, bibliography, price list. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131606
(Oxford, England): Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, (2013). 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xvi, 96 pages. Table of contents, foreword by Mark Getty, preface by Sarah E. Thomas, introduction by Stephen Conway. Color illustrations of competition entries. Contact list of entrants follows text. READ MORE about PRIZE VOLUMES: DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2013
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134485
Wolfenbuttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, n.d. (circa 1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. S-K 6287 and 6301. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he executed. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG BUCHEINBANDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 32933
Offenbach am Main: Freunde des Klingspor-Musuem, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. S-K 6287. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he executed. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG BUCHEINBANDE
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 45192
Offenbach am Main: Freunde des Klingspor-Musuem, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. S-K 6287. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he executed. Torn along front hinge. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG BUCHEINBANDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126258
N.P. n.p., n.d., circa 1971. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Text in German. Works bound by Londenberg from 1965 to 1971. Entries include title, press, printer, binding, place and date of publication, and current owner. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG WERKERZEICHNIS 1965 BIS 1971
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114367
1964. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp.343-349. Offprint from the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch. S-K 2952. Illustrated with one plate. Some underlining. Cover darkened around edges. READ MORE about EINBAND AUS DER SALZBURGER WERKSTATT ULRICH SCHREIERS IN DER SPENCER COLLECTION DER NEW YORK...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5892
(Ascona, Switzerland: Galleria del Bel Libro, 1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Text in Italian, German, and French. Bindings from a variety of workships. Black and white illustrations with foldout. Brochure about the 1971 Paul Bonet prize laid in. READ MORE about LEGATORIA ARTISTICA 1971/2
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126370
(Ascona, Switzerland: Galleria del Bel Libro, 1970). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Text in Italian, German, and French. Includes a number of workshops. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LEGATORIA ARTISTICA OKTOBER 1970 / 5
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126372
