N.P. Reliures Mosaïquées de Creuzevault, 1958. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in French. Blogie II, 366. 193 lots. Featured binders and illustrators. Wrappers tanned and bent at corners. Notations in ink on front wrapper. Realized prices and purchasers in ink along margins. READ MORE about LES GRANDS LIVRES MODERNES ILLUSTRÉS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119969
Leipzig, Germany: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1924. 4to. cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front cover. (viii), 36, (4) pages, plates. Text in German. Foreword by the author, table of contents, list of items in the Munich library, bibliography, addenda. Twenty-four plates including eight in color. A study of Islamic bookbindings in the State Library of Bavaria, Munich. Top edge of spine lacking, bottom edge separating. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. Bookplate of J. Pierpont Morgan on front..... READ MORE about ISLAMISCHE BUCHEINBÄNDE, DES 14. BIS 19. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS DEN HANDSCRIFTEN DER BAYERISCHEN...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 130785
(Madrid, Spain): Patrimonio Nacional, n.d. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 351+(1) pages. Prefatory comments by José Rodriguez-Spiteri Palazuelo, acknowledgments, bibliography of bookbinding in Spain, bibliography, list of Patrimonio Nacional bindings reproduced in this work. Introduction by exhibition director Maria Luisa López-Vidriero. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about GREAT BINDINGS FROM THE SPANISH ROYAL COLLECTIONS 15TH-21ST CENTURIES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 128358
(New Castle, Delaware and New York): Oak Knoll Press / The Lyons Press, 1998. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 180 pages. First edition. Fine condition. For the first time, Jane Greenfield has provided a unique glossary of terms, styles, structures, and names related to conservation and bookbinding through the ages illustrated with over 700 line drawings. Locating accurate descriptions of bookbindings from various periods has previously been frustrating for those who work with rare and antiquarian..... READ MORE about ABC OF BOOKBINDING, AN ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR COLLECTORS AND CONSERVATORS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 52766
Frenich: K.D. Duval, 1986. 4to. cloth. 111 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Has an autobiographical chapter by Greenhill, articles on Greenhill by Harthan, Harrop and Foot on Greenhill's bindings in the British Museum. Well illustrated with most bindings shown in full color. READ MORE about ELIZABETH GREENHILL, BOOKBINDER, A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 16384
Paris: Pierre Berès, n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label in color. Not paginated. Catalogue no.67. Beautifully illustrated with a number in full color. Decorated fore-edges and older bindings. Very minor foxing throughout, mostly around the edges. READ MORE about UN GROUPE DE LIVRES PILLONE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 7941
London: British Museum, 1923. 8vo. boards. 49 pages and 20 plates. Six pages on binding and one plate. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS, PART III ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND BINDINGS OF MANUSCRIPTS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9193
London: British Museum, 1923. small 8vo. boards. 49 pages and 20 plates. Slightly revised from the 1912 edition. Descriptions provided by J.A. Herbert. Covers soiled and paper covering on spine partially worn off. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS, PART III; ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND BINDINGS OF MANUSCRIPTS...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 5804
London: British Museum, 1939. 8vo. boards. 146 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Wear at head of spine. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 5806
London: British Museum, 1926. 8vo. boards. 180 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Covers spotted and age darkened. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49671
London: British Museum, 1901. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 149 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 7 illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 62282
Manchester: At the University Press, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 70, (2) pages. With preface by Guppy followed by the catalogue. With separate plates in black-and-white. 17 illustrations. READ MORE about JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MEDIAEVAL MANUSCRIPTS AND JEWELLED...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 75585
Wolfenbüttel, Germany: Herzog August Bibliothek, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 11+(1) pages. Text in German. Text of the opening lecture of an exhibition of Londenberg's work at the Herzog August Library. Lecturer was Director of the Gutenberg-Museums, Mainz. Covers slightly sunned. READ MORE about VORTRAG ZUR ERÖFFNUNG DER AUSSTELLUNG KURT LONDENBERT/BUCHEINBÄNDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126156
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Discusses their bookbinding work and restoration work. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about THE HAND BINDERY AT DONNELLEY'S
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 13984
Stanford: Standford University Libraries, 1992. square 4to. stiff paper wrappers with spiral binding. (ii), 96, (4) pages. An catalogue of the exhibition held in the memory of Leah Wollenberg (1906-1990), who played a leading role in the community as a binder, an organizer, and a donor. She helped nurture and develop the finest traditions of European, chiefly French binding. The bindings in this exhibition represent a full range of the diversity of work crated by..... READ MORE about HAND BOOKBINDING TODAY
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 58764
Hamburg, Germany: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 2004. 4to. cloth. 193, (3) pages. Text in German. Limited to 1100 copies. Foreword. Color illustrations of 79 bindings from 1970 to 2000 with descriptions of each following illustrations. READ MORE about HANDEINBÄNDE INTERNATIONALE BEISPIELE AUS DEN JAHREN 1970 BIS 2000: VORGESTELLT VON DER...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 126325
København: Lehmann & Stages Forlag, 1907. small 4to. later full red morocco, four raised bands, top edge gilt with original front paper wrapper bound in. 162 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies (S-K 847; Mejer 386). The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts mounted this 1906 exhibit of old bookbindings. A preface by Hannover provides an overview of the material that follows. The catalog is divided into: the old style and the new style. The..... READ MORE about KUNSTFÆRDIGE GAMLE BOGBIND INDTIL 1850
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 102696
London: The Book Collector, 1971. 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. pp.483-495. In The Book Collector, Volume 20, No.4, Winter 1971. S-K 3521. A collector tells of his binding collection. Illustrated. READ MORE about NOTES ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF BRITISH BINDINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 38807
London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, n.d. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), x, 139, (6), 8 pages. S-K 1828. Second edition. (Brenni no.328). Many illustrations. Jacket lightly chipped with tape repair at spine ends; unusual to find in jacket. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING CRAFT AND INDUSTRY, AN OUTLINE OF ITS HISTORY DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNIQUE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 40966
1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.45-52. S-K 6679. In The Book Collector, Volume 25, No.1, Spring 1976. Illustrated. READ MORE about " CRAFT BINDERS AT WORK VI, IVOR ROBINSON ."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20535
N.P. Designer Bookbinders Publications Ltd., 2008. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Pamphlet No. 1. Reflections on the life of Philip Smith and his contributions to bookbinding. Includes listing of contributions by or about Smith in The New Bookbinder. from 1981 to 2008. One illustration. READ MORE about PHILIP SMITH AT EIGHTY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106936
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, (1985). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 152 pages. S-K 1042. Third edition. Filled with plates of bindings including a number in color, plates showing technique and an introductory history of bookbinding. This is a revised edition. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 11651
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1950. 8vo. paper wrappers. 26 pages of text followed by 60 plates of bookbindings and 7 of bookbinding technique. S-K 1042. Title in ink on spine. Signed by the noted bibliographer, Roy Stokes, on the inside front cover. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 5811
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1961. small 8vo. cloth. 33 pages of text followed by 72 pages illustrating a selection of the Museum's holdings. S-K 1042. Revised edition. Rubbed along edge. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 6184
Hamburg: n.p., 1992. 12mo. stiff paper marbled wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Presented to Deborah M. Evetts by participant in the exhibition. Catalogue of exhibition in Hamburg, September 1992. Foldout of illustrations laid in rear wrapper. Foreword by Eva-Marie Hanebutt-Benz. Vita and list of publications by author. READ MORE about DAS GESICHT DER BUCHER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106901
