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Cantinelli, M.R. and Émile Dacier (editors)).

LES TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE FRANCE.

Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques
Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1934. 4to. loose leaves in stiff paper wrappers. (vi), pp.(59)-114 followed by plates XVIII-XXXV. Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques. One section of this series devoted to the treasures of the French National Library. This part contains six essays about objects of interest in the collections of various libraries in France. The essays are as follows: "La..... READ MORE about LES TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE FRANCE

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 95400

Church, A.H., W.Y. Fletcher, J. Starkie Gardner, Albert Hartshorne, and C.H. Reed.

SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND.

London: Seeley and Co., 1894. folio. original green cloth with gilt-stamping on front board and spine, all edges gilt. viii, 82, (2) pages. A study of English "minor arts" which includes a section on bookbinding. Illustrates bound works from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, and discussing the art of bookbinding to the late 19th century. Table of contents, list of illustrations, and list of other works by the publisher. Tissue-guarded color plates with..... READ MORE about SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 114196

Cobden-Sanderson, T.J.

THE IDEAL BOOK; OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AS A WHOLE.

N.P. Privately printed by the Plimpton Press, n.d. small square 8vo. leather-backed boards. 14 pages. Printed by the Plimpton Press with the permission of the author. Leather spine shows wear at head and is rubbed. READ MORE about THE IDEAL BOOK; OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE...

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 1627

Davenport, Cyril.

BYWAYS AMONG ENGLISH BOOKS.

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d., but circa 1927. 12mo. later library cloth. x, 190 pages. Table of contents, list of illustrations, appendices, index. 61 drawings by the author and 16 other illustrations. Includes discussions of collecting and bindings. Ex-library, with markings. READ MORE about BYWAYS AMONG ENGLISH BOOKS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 130654

Davenport, Cyril.

ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS, FIGURED AND DESCRIBED.

London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1909. small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. vii, 451 pages. First edition. (Mejer no.294). History of the appearance of coats of arms and crests on English collectors' books. 39 pages of introductory text followed by discussions of the marks with each accompanied by an illustration. Minor cover rubbing; bumped lower front corner. Spine has been laid on top of a recased binding with new endpapers; spine sunned. Original boards. Previous..... READ MORE about ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS, FIGURED AND DESCRIBED

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 75526

De Recy, Georges.

THE DECORATION OF LEATHER.

From the French of Georges de Recy by Maude Nathan. With Illustrations and Examples of Leather Decoration from Various Sources.
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1905. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. 104 pages. From the French of Georges de Recy by Maude Nathan. With Illustrations and Examples of Leather Decoration from Various Sources. First English edition. A history of the decoration of leather with 34 illustrations in the text and 20 full page plates showing bookbindings, furniture, paintings, and other forms of decoration. Minor cover rubbing. Foxed. READ MORE about THE DECORATION OF LEATHER

Price: $70.00 Order nr. 12441

Delisle, Léopold.

HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE PARIS: LE CABINET DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE.

4 volumes
Paris, France: Imprimerie Impériale, 1858. folio. half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. xxiv, 575+(1); x, 550, (2); viii, 529, (3) pages; plates. 4 volumes. Text in French. Foreword by the author, table of contents in each volume. Second and third volume include discussion of holdings of major French libraries. Third volume with descriptions of plates, addenda and corrigenda, and index. Fourth volume with 51 facsimile plates. A study of calligraphy, miniatures, and bookbinding from the Carolingian..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE PARIS: LE CABINET DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE

Price: $750.00 Order nr. 126292

Doggett, Sue.

BOOKWORKS: BOOKS, MEMORY, AND PHOTO ALBUMS, JOURNALS, AND DIARIES MADE BY HAND.

New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998. square 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. An introduction to the craft of bookmaking, especially binding. Table of contents, introduction, list of suppliers, selected bibliography, credits and acknowledgments, index. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BOOKWORKS: BOOKS, MEMORY, AND PHOTO ALBUMS, JOURNALS, AND DIARIES MADE BY HAND

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121051

Dubois, Henri Pene.

FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW-YORK A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF BIBLIOPHILISM OF AMERICA.

New York: Duprat & Co., 1892. 8vo. original wove cloth binding which has rebacked with modern cloth with spine covering laid down on this new cloth. 119 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies printed by DeVinne. (Webber p.62). Thirteen chapters on the book including one on the art of bookbinding and another on Historical Book-Covers. Includes 13 illustrations with 8 of the bindings including a full color frontispiece. Cloth spotted with parts of..... READ MORE about FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW-YORK A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF BIBLIOPHILISM OF AMERICA

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 3298

Dubois, Henri Pene.

FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW-YORK A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF BIBLIOPHILISM OF AMERICA.

New York: Duprat & Co., 1892. 8vo. woven cloth outer wrappers with book loosely inserted (stiff paper wrappers). 119 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is one of 200 copies printed on Japanese paper (Webber p.62). Thirteen chapters on the book including one on the art of bookbinding and another on Historical Book-Covers. Includes thirteen illustrations with eight of the bindings including a full color frontispiece. Worn copy without case having..... READ MORE about FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW-YORK A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF BIBLIOPHILISM OF AMERICA

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 72212

Duff, Edward Gordon.

THE PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BOOKBINDERS OF WESTMINSTER AND LONDON FROM 1476 TO 1535.

New York: Arno Press, 1977. 8vo. green plastic fabric. (xiv), 256 pages. S-K 7871. Reprint of first edition. (Mejer no.308; Brenni no.309). With 7 illustrations. Has chapters on Caxton, Pynson, Berthelet, and many others. Interesting section on foreign booksellers operating in London. Bookplate (with some offset on free endpaper). READ MORE about THE PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BOOKBINDERS OF WESTMINSTER AND LONDON FROM 1476 TO 1535

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 2245

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Dust jacket has a few creases, chips and short closed tears. Ink inscription on endpaper. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15667

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; ie, binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Jacket chipped and torn with pieces missing. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25127

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding, and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Covers soiled and worn at spine ends. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 44834

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. With the Randeria bookplate. Preliminary pages foxed. Small tears on jacket repaired with clear tape. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 71815

Ellis, William Donohue.

ANGOFF'S ARMY.

Cleveland, OH: The Rowfant Club, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 19+(1) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Preface by Roderick Boyd Porter. Text of a lecture delivered February 21, 1980. Covers lightly discolored and bent. READ MORE about ANGOFF'S ARMY

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 126159

Fallen, Anne-Catherine.

AMERICAN BOOKWORKS IN PRINT.

N.P. n.p., 1984. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Catalogue of an exhibition of fine book design. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKWORKS IN PRINT

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 48297

Farleigh, John (editor).

FIFTEEN CRAFTSMEN ON THEIR CRAFTS.

London, England: The Sylvan Press, 1945. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. viii, 118, (2) pages, plates. Table of contents, introduction by the editor, A collection of essays by various English craftsmen, including essays by bookbinders Roger Powell and Anthony Gardner, and calligrapher M.C. Oliver. Illustrations follow text. Dust jacket chipped at edges and tanned. Scattered light foxing. READ MORE about FIFTEEN CRAFTSMEN ON THEIR CRAFTS

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 130837

Faulmann, Karl.

ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST.

Wien: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. original decorated and embossed cloth with gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th century history of book printing, copiously illustrated with facsimiles, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. Original binding held together with cloth, with the original spine pasted on top. Front hinge cracked and separating from..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 32355

Faulmann, Karl.

ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST.

Wien (Vienna), Austria: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. Text in German. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th-century history of book printing, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. Copiously illustrated with facsimiles. Later cloth binding. Bookplate on front free endpaper. READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 48636

Ficker, Johannes.

NEUER DRUCK UND SCHMUCK DES EVANGELISCHEN GESANGBUCHS FÜR ELSAß-LOTHRINGEN.

Leipzig: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Theodor Weicher, 1910. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51, (3) pages. This volume reports on the design and decoration of a new edition Lutheran hymnal for Alsace-Lorraine issued by the Strassburger Pastoral-Konferenz. It describes small-format and large-format editions, reproducing multicolor illustrated title and sample pages, photo-illustrations of eleven bindings, etc., and includes four (tipped-in) multicolor endpaper samples. The beautiful designs are the work of Otto Hupp and Karl Spindler. The hymnal was..... READ MORE about NEUER DRUCK UND SCHMUCK DES EVANGELISCHEN GESANGBUCHS FÜR ELSAß-LOTHRINGEN

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 91031

Gardthausen, Victor.

HANDBUCH DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BIBLIOTHEKSKUNDE.

2 volumes.
Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1920. tall 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers, enclosed in cloth slipcase. xii,240; iv,148 pages. 2 volumes. An excellent guide to the information available on the book including its binding, bibliography, library science, etc. Chipped around edges. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BIBLIOTHEKSKUNDE

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 8877

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH NOTES ON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, BIBLIOPHILES, PRIVATE PRESSES AND PRINTING SOCIETIES.

Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1960). small 4to. cloth. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Over 2600 definitions arranged alphabetically containing many illustrations. Covers faded. READ MORE about AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH...

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 20530

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH NOTES ON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, BIBLIOPHILES, PRIVATE PRESSES AND PRINTING SOCIETIES.

Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1960). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Over 2600 definitions arranged alphabetically with many illustrations. Fine condition. READ MORE about AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING...

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 6413

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK.

With a new introduction by Doanld Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. small 4to. paperback. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Doanld Farren. Paperback edition. Covers faded. Ink ownership inscription on half-title. READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 42511

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