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Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1977. small 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, cardboard slipcase. 369, (3); 191+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1400 copies. Intended as a parallet work to Maximilian-Gesellschaft's 1963 publication, Deutschen Buchkunst 1890 bis 1960 by Georg Kurt. Surveys a century in which old graphic techniques to illustrate and embellish books were gradually giving way to the new. Volume I discusses typography, illustrations and illustrators, journals and almanacs, bookclubs, the art of..... READ MORE about BUCHKUNST UND LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND, 1750 BIS 1850

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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1929. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 315 pages. Second edition, revised. With a preface by Frederic Melcher. Includes a large section covering different aspects of binding. READ MORE about THE BUILDING OF A BOOK A SERIES OF PRACTICAL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS...

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New York: Dorset Books, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Jacket chipped with small tears along edges. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE...

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N.P. Pantheon, (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 473 pages. S-K 761. First U.S. edition. Covers printing and binding and book design. With specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no.32) and the dust jacket (Brenni no.1487). Jacket chipped and soiled. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF BOOKS

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London: n.p. (printed by C. Whittingham), 1845. small 4to. contemporary full calf, boards ruled with foliat and double fillet roll motifs, rims of boards and turn-ins with gilt roll pattern, all edges gilt, five raised bands, red spine label, gilt-tooled spine panels. (198) pages. Printed as an Eton prize book for 1845. Sixteen satires of Juvenal, and six by Persius. Printed by Whittingham (whose device follows the text) at Chiswick. This book is a minor..... READ MORE about DECII JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATIRAE DECEM ET SEX [ORNAMENT] AULI PERSII FLACCI SATIRA SEX

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Varsovie: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1985. 8vo. cloth. 172 pages followed by 68 plates. Limited to 800 copies. Ten articles of interest to the book-collector, many of them concerning books in Poland. Includes a number of articles on bookbinding including one by Howard Nixon. READ MORE about VIIIe CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DES BIBLIOPHILES

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London: Bickers and Son, n.d. (circa late 19th century). thick small 4to. quarter red leather with cloth. xix, 549 pages. Second edition in English, fourth thousandth. (See Brenni no.366). This English edition was revised and re-arranged by W. Armstrong. Profusely illustrated including 400 wood-engravings and 12 full color plates executed by F. Kellerhoven. Contains a chapter on bindings (pages 372-384). Ex library copy with stamps and perforations and tape repairs to spine. READ MORE about THE ARTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE

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Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1949. folio. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 166 pages. A new edition, limited to 2000 copies; this copy is out of series. (see Brenni no.534 for first edition). Many illustrations of the famous books of this library including their collection of fine bindings. Numerous tipped-in color plates. Has a separate chapter on binding by Robert Brun. Jacket chipped and torn. READ MORE about LE LIVRE. LES PLUS BEAUX EXEMPLAIRES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE

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London: Paul Elek, (1947). 4to. cloth. 166 pages, 182 plates. S-K 1942. With chapters on manuscripts by Van Moe, the French Book in the XVth and XVI Century by Brun, in the XVII and XVIII Centuries by Wilhelm, in the XIX Century by Michel, the French book in the XX Century by Guignard. Many of the plates are in color. No dust jacket. Covers worn around edges. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE FRENCH BOOK, FROM EARLY MANUSCRIPTS TO THE PRESENT TIME

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Library Trends, Volume 30, no. 2, Fall 1981
Champaign (IL): Univ. of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 175-318 pages. Library Trends, Volume 30, no. 2, Fall 1981. Being an issue of Library Trends. 9 articles, including 1 by W. Rebsamen on binding and 1 on paper by J.C. Williams. Edited with introduction by G. Lundeen of the U. of Hawaii Library School. READ MORE about CONSERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS

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Aachen: Hohen Dom zu Aachen, 1987. tall 12mo. paper wrappers. 31 pages. With full color illustrations of the tapestry work including book covers. READ MORE about ZU DEN STIFTUNGEN DER ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA FÜR DIE MÜNSTERKIRCHE ZU AACHEN

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Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1964. small 4to. cloth. 360 pages. Second edition, revised and expanded. A history of the book and its production, collecting, and storage in libraries. Over 150 illustrations. READ MORE about VON BUCHERN UND BIBLIOTHEKEN

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