London: Maggs Bros. 1919. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 120 pages. Catalogue 385. Covers show wear and wrinkling of pages. With a number of plates of the bindings. Ink writing on cover and throughout. Minor wear, else near fine. READ MORE about RARE BOOKS, HISTORIC & DECORATIVE BINDINGS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 3033
(Stanford, CA): The Guild of Book Workers, 1998. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. unpaginated. Catalogue of an exhibition of bindings 1998-1999. Arranged alphabetically by binder. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ABECEDARIUM: AN EXHIBIT OF ALPHABET BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130681
1888. 4to. contemporary half red calf with pastepaper covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. pp.63-75. An article in Kunstgewerbeblatt 4, 1888 (S-K 3275). Seven bindings are illustrated. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. An interleaved copy. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE about "DER ORIENTALISCHE BUCHEINBAND."
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 102480
Wolfenbüttel, Germany: Herzog August Bibliothek, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. Text in German. Based on an exhibition at the Malerbuchkabinett, 1996. Specimen of Flach's buntpapier tipped in on front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations in text. READ MORE about ADOLF FLACH: BUCHEINBÄNDE UND SCHRIFTBLÄTTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126428
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1980. 4to. cloth. xvi, 304 pages. Denkmaler der buchkunst band 4. With an introduction, a fully-illustrated catalogue of more than 450 incunabula bindings, appendices, and biblilography. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about CORPUS DER GOTISCHEN, LEDERSCHNITTEINBANDE AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 69788
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1935. small 4to. cloth. x, 23 pages followed by 22 plates each with a full page description. First edition. (S-K 3333). A supplement to Sarre's ISLAMIC BOOKBINDINGS and Gratzl's ISLAMISCHE BUCHEINBANDE which covered later bindings. Includes 13 illustrations in the text in addition to the plates. Spine faded; front inside hinge cracked. Scarce book. READ MORE about PERSIAN BOOKBINDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 40461
Paris, France: A. Durel, 1902. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. viii, 84, (2) plates. Text in French. Auction of the collection of Alexis, Vicomte de La Croix-Laval.(Blogie II, 245). 171 lots, with plates illustrating each. Alphabetical index precedes text. Ex-library with markings. Lacks plate 106. READ MORE about ALBUM DE CENT SOIXANTE-ET-ONZE REPRODUCTIONS DE RELIURES D'ART EXÉCUTÉES SUR DES ÉDITIOINS DE...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 130544
N.P. William L. Andrews and William Matthews, 1895. 12mo. original stiff self paper wrappers. 45 pages. S-K 1820; Mejer 181; Brenni 315. The trade edition of this pamphlet which was also issued as one of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Five illustrations of bindings. Scarce title. Rebound in powder blue boards with a white cloth spine. READ MORE about A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF PROMINENT STYLES BY...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 41691
New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1990. 8vo. cloth. (viii),45,(2); (i),xx,129 pages. See S-K 1820 for first title. The second title is not in S-K. Facsimile reprint of A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDINGand BIBLIOPEGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND KINDERED SUBJECTS. Part of The History of Bookbinding Technique and Design edited by Sidney F. Huttner. BIBLIOPEGY(Mejer 643; Appleton p.77; Brenni no.1216) is one of the most important books written on the..... READ MORE about WILLIAM LORING ANDREWS ON BOOKBINDING HISTORY
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 28498
Hartford: Privately printed at The Sign of the Stone Book, 1940. 8vo. half-cloth over boards, paper spine label. 46 pages. S-K 5629. First edition. With an introduction by Newton C. Brainard. Reprint of a manuscript notebook kept by apprentices for this early 19th-century bookbinding firm. Complimentary card tipped-in. READ MORE about THE ANDRUS BINDERY, A HISTORY OF THE SHOP 1831-1838
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 6014
(Salzweg/Passau: Tutte, 1992). 4to. cloth. xii, 494+(1) pages. Catalogue for an exhibition held October 11, 1992 - March 28, 1993, of beautifully-bound books from the library of renowned bibliophile Otto Schäfer. Samples of sumptuous bindings from early 15th century up to late 1980s. Contains 219 leaves of color plates depicting works by Derome le Jeune, Johann Preisger, A.M. Padeloup, Pétrus Ruban, Claire van Vliet, and many others. Page of detailed commentary accompanies each entry. Includes..... READ MORE about EUROPÄISCHE EINBANDKUNST AUS SECHS JAHRHUNDERTEN, BEISPEILE AUS DER BIBLIOTHEK OTTO SCHÄFER,...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 71421
Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrossowitz Verlag, 2006. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 200 pages. Text in German. Table of contents, foreword by Rolf Griebel, introduction by Bettina Wagner, bibliography, index. Ninety color plates with descriptive information. READ MORE about AUßEN ANSICHTEN BUCHEINBÄNDE AUS 1000 JAHREN AUS DEN BESTÄNDEN DER BAYERISCHEN...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 130709
London: Privately printed for Avis, (1957). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 159 pages. First edition. Not in Brenni. Three sections; Operations, Materials and Administration of a bindery. Small tears along edges of jacket. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING & WAREHOUSE CALCULATIONS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 5666
Old Books & Bindings Restored. Presentation Bindings. Law Bindings.
Salisbury: H. Bailey, n.d. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. Old Books & Bindings Restored. Presentation Bindings. Law Bindings. This booklet gives general information for people interested in getting their books bound or rebound, including comparisons of materials, how decorations are created, and care of various bindings. Illustrations of bindings in black-and-white throughout. Wrappers soiled, edges tanned and worn. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING SPECIMENS AND NOTES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 94851
(Stockholm): Sällskapet Bokvännerna, (1950). tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 53, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 600 copies. (S-K 7161). See original bindings by Barkell on three of the books in this collection. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about FRÅN PAPYRUSRULLE TILL PARTIBAND
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72511
With an Introduction by Anthony Hobson.
Washington: The Folger Shakespeare Library - (New York): Harry N. Abrams Inc., (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 271+(1) pages. With an Introduction by Anthony Hobson. First edition. With 244 illustrations including 14 plates in color. Presentation from Mowery on title page. READ MORE about FINE AND HISTORIC BOOKBINDGS FROM THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 71392
Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1937. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. (iv), 70, (4) pages and 16 plates. Blogie II, 338. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 267 lots for sale. 16 plates mostly depicting these fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS, RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, MANUSCRITS ET IMPRIMÉS, RICHES RELIURES ARMORIÉES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71518
Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1939. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. 64 pages followed by the 24 plates. Blogie II, 344. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 176 lots for sale. 24 full-page plates mostly showing fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES LA PLUPART REVÊTUS DE TRÈS RICHES RELIURES ET ENRICHIS DE PRÉCIEUX...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71515
(Paris): M. Delestre, 1907. small 4to. contemporary cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 40 leaves. Auction sale from December 4, 1907 (Blogie p.263 who references this album of bindings). An album of illustrations of the bookbindings appearing in an upcoming auction sale. Forty modern French bindings illustrated in black-and-white. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. READ MORE about BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES, RELIURES D'ART. ALBUM DES RELIURES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 102478
London: The British Federation of Master Printers, 1953. small 8vo. cloth. 62, (2) pages. Third edition, revised, of adopted standards issued by the Technical Committee as information of value to Master Printers, Estimators, and others. Sections on Paper, Boards, Stationery, Books, Blocks, Types, and Miscellaneous, including "Standard conditions of the printing industry." READ MORE about TABLES AND DATA AND STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRINTERS AND BINDERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72290
(N.P. Privately printed as a Christmas Greeting, 1933). 8vo. green and red pastepaper over boards. (vi), 12 pages. Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. Presentation to J. M. Gameron and signed by O'Donnell. Originally done as a newspaper article on the fine bookbindings exhibited by Hertzberg at the Chicago Fair. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about RARE HANDICRAFT IN BOOKBINDING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 13660
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or a most in a plain paper wrapper." This view..... READ MORE about TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, 1660-1800
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 93908
(Brussels, Belgium): Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 143+(1) pages. Text in French and Flemish. Foreword. Introductions by Elly Cockx-Indestege, Jan Storm van Leeuwen, and Émile van der Vekene. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about TENDANCES ACTUELLES DE LA RELIURE D'ART DANS LE BENELUX/ACTUELE TENDENSEN VAN HET KUNSTBOEKBINDEN...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126338
Paris: Giraud-Badin, 1934. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages followed by the plates. Catalogue of Sale held October 30, 1934. (Blogie II, 327). Identified in pencil on the wrapper as the Blumenthal collection. Covers chipped around edges. Contains 15 plates printed on special glossy paper. 124 items auctioned and with an index of provenance. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE B***, LIVRES ANCIENS RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, RICHES RELIURES ANCIENNES ARMORIÉES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72497
(Paris, France: M. Étienne Ader), 1964. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 57, (3) pages. Text in French. Blogie II, 383. 159 lots. Featuring Romantic era bookbindings. 12 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and torn at top and bottom of spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR TRÈS BEAUX LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS DE L'ÉPOQUE ROMANTIQUE DONT CERTAINS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119977
