(Betzdorf/Sieg: Walter Remy REMIGIUS-Antiquariat, 1993). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 376 pages. Katalog No. 2, slanted towards the book arts, from the antiquarian bookseller. Handsomely produced with black-and-white figures throughout; 40 color plates. 476 entries. Price list inserted. READ MORE about MODERNE DRUCKE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 68974
3 Volumes.
New York, NY: Christie's, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 227+(1); 363+(1); 339+(1) pages. 3 Volumes. Auction, March 21, 2005. The collection of antiquarian bookseller Martin Breslauer, sold in three portions. The first (lots 1-150) included manuscripts, association copies, and fine bindings. The second (lots 151-906) included antiquarian catalogues. The third (lots 907-1638) included books printed on vellum, bibliographies, books about books, manuscripts, and bookbinding. Each volume with indices and references. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA BRESLAUERIANA
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 122711
2 Volumes.
New York, NY: Christie's, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 227+(1); 363+(1); 339+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Auction, March 21, 2005. The collection of antiquarian bookseller Martin Breslauer, sold in three portions. The first (lots 1-150) included manuscripts, association copies, and fine bindings. The second (lots 151-906) included antiquarian catalogues. The third catalogue described books printed on vellum, bibliographies, books about books, manuscripts, and bookbinding. That volume is not present. Each volume with indices and references. Color..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA BRESLAUERIANA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 123960
List XXXIX.
London: Martin Breslauer, (1971). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages followed by 28 pages of plates. List XXXIX. A bookseller's catalogue including many examples of seventeenth and eighteenth century bookbinding. Also includes autograph letters, incunabula, and type specimens. Works by William Shakespeare and Richard Weir, among others, are offered. Illustrated by twenty-eight pages of plates, many showing notable bindings. Index of authors and titles. READ MORE about MISCELLANY OF BOOKS AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS ON MANY SUBJECTS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 77695
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. An exhibition held at the New York Public Library from September 7 to November 29, 1994 celebrated the first ten years of the Center's existence. Including 132 works by 112 artists, it was not intended as a retrospective, but rather as an overview of traditional book forms, paper arts, bookbinding and art works based on, or alluding to, book forms. Introduction by..... READ MORE about THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 36530
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. (circa 1920s). 12mo. quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands, with original paper wrappers bound-in. 254, (2) pages. Extracted by Cim from his five-volume work, l'Encyclopédie du Livre (Flammarion, 1905-8). Includes discussions of paper, format, printing, binding, arrangement of libraries, bibliographic classification. Several illustrations of contemporary book shelving. Leather rubbed on spine. Printed on cheaper paper. READ MORE about PETIT MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DES LIVRES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 114412
Paris: Vente aux Encheres Publiques, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Auction catalogue containing 134 illuminated manuscripts from the collection of Robert Danon. Each item is illustrated, some in color. Text in French. Estimated prices loosely inserted. Minor cover soiling. READ MORE about MANUSCRITS ENLUMINES ET LIVRES RARES, COLLECTION ROBERT DANON
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 35247
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First edition. This highly-researched work is the most authoritative account of the first and most famous private press of the 20th century - the Doves Press. Starting its operation in the wake of William Morris, the Doves Press became a major influence in the development of modern book design. Marianne Tidcombe reveals the intriguing story of the cutting of the famous..... READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 114672
New York, NY: Mindell Dubansky, 2015. small 4to. (9 x 11 inches). stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition at the Grolier Club. With over 200 color illustrations of artifacts in the shape of books that aren't books. Photography: Mindell Dubansky, Introductory Essay: Miriam Schaer, Design: Roni Gross, Editor: Cara Schlesinger. Onlly the slightest hint of fading to the fore-edge side of the front cover, else fine. READ MORE about BLOOKS: THE ART OF BOOKS THAT AREN'T
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 127943
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Kaiser, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 342, (2) pages. Limited to 800 copies. Text in German and English. Table of contents, preface. General index, indices of provenances and binders. A catalogue, 160 items, including a variety of subjects with a number of fine bindings. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. READ MORE about DAS SCHÖNE BUCH/THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131715
(Zurich, Switzerland: Flühmann Rare Books), 2000. 4to. cloth. 194 pages. Text in German, French, and English. Index. 124 rare and unique binding. Color illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. READ MORE about SCHÖNE EINBÄNDE BELLES RELIURES FINE BINDINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131625
Translated and Revised by Carolyn Shipman.
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. tall 8vo. cloth. xlv, 385 pages. Translated and Revised by Carolyn Shipman. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. Minor spotting of covers. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about RESEARCHES CONCERNING JEAN GROLIER, HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY. WITH A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF HIS...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 11665
Paris: Gumuchian & Cie, n.d. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 300, (8) pages. Catalogue XIV. Describes 675 items. Illustrated. Text in French. Includes many bindings. Wrappers soiled, corners creased. READ MORE about MANUSCRITS, INCUNABLES, BEAUX LIVRES, EN TOUS GENRES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 35283
London: Christie's, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 182, (12) pages. Auction sale held on November 25, 1992. Well illustrated including a number in full color. With prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ... AUTOGRAPH LETTERS ... VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS ... HISTORICAL BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 72474
Klagenfurt: Ferd. Kleinmayr, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. x, 148 pages and 12 plates. An essay on incunabula including an annotated bibliography describing 132 items. Illustrated with plates of early book illustrations and one period binding. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 43541
Klagenfurt: Ferd. Kleinmayr, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. x, 148 pages and 12 plates. An essay on incunabula including an annotated bibliography describing 132 items. Illustrated with plates of early book illustrations and one period binding. Wear along outer edge of front board. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126249
London: Christie's, 1994. small 4to. paper wrappers. 253, (15) pages. Catalog of an auction in London of incunabula, manuscripts, reference books, German illustrated books, atlases, travel and miscellaneous books. Many interesting offerings, including an illuminated copy of the ninth German bible, 1483, Ptolemy's LIBER GEOGRAPHICA, 1511, and a fine Renaissance binding by Joachim Linck. Well illustrated, with many plates in color. READ MORE about THE L.H.P. KLOTZ COLLECTION OF INCUNABULA, GERMAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND ATLASES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45271
Catalogue 125.
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. (1970). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 151 pages. Catalogue 125. Illustrated. Cover soiling. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1330
Brussels, Belgium: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 181+(1) pages. Text in French and Flemish. Comments by Philippe Roberts-Jones, R.H. Marijnissen, and others. Includes Kulche's work as bookbinder. Acknowledgments by Françoise and August Kulche. Presentation on half title from August Kulche. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about VERRES SCULPTURES AQUARELLES RELIURES/BOEKBANDEN AQUARELLEN SCULPTUREN GLAZEN KULCHE KULCHE
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 126290
Leipzig, Germany: Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. 4to. leather, five raised bands on spine, decorated endpapers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 208 pages. Text in German. Introduction by the author, table of contents, indices of authors and terms. Unsigned binding by Monique Lallier. Leather with five raised bands on spine, decorated endpapers. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BUCHBINDEREI-LITERATUR
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 134445
2 volumes.
Paris: Hotel Drouot, 1968. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. (58); (42) pages. 2 volumes. Blogie 396 & 398. catalogues for auction in April and November of 1968 of 255 and 179 lots from the collection of "L.L.": First editions, limited editions, fine bindings, illustrated books, etc. of the 19th and 20th centuries. 12 plates + cover illustrations. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE L. L[ARIVIERE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52437
Bâle (Basel), Switzerland: Bibliothèque de L'Université, (1991). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 53. (7) pages. Text in French. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Lecuire on colophon. Foreword, introductory comments by Jean-Pierre Clavel, bibliography, list of exhibitions, biographical sketch, list of illustrations. An exhibition of books written or illustrated by Lecuire. Frontispiece and illustrations in text. A.L.s. from Lecuire laid in. READ MORE about LIVRES DE PIERRE LECUIRE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 126287
Mulhouse, Colmar, Strasbourg: Bibliothèque Municipale, Bibliothèque de la Ville de Colmar, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire, 1974. 12mo. stiff paper wrapper covered with suede with onlays. 44, (4) pages. Introduction by Danielle Taesch followed by a biographical sketch by Jacques Guignard and the illustrated exhibition catalogue showing the work of this book artist. Bookplate removed from front inside cover. READ MORE about TROIS EXPOSITIONS DES LIVRES DE PIERRE LECUIRE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 68984
Florence: Di Centro, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95 pages. A catalogue for the exhibition of Pierre Lecuire's works held at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze from March 14 to April 14, 1990. Lists 32 of Lecuire's books each accompanied by a full-page reproduction of an illustration from that particular book. Includes bibliographical references and an index. With an introduction by Lucia Chimirri and a preface by Piero Bigongiari. All in Italian. READ MORE about LIBRI DI PIERRE LECUIRE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 60956
New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. 12mo. boards. Not paginated. Third and last edition, expanded from his 70 Books About Bookmaking. Each of the 100 books is described in detail. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING, A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6784
