(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: The New York Public Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 20568
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111 pages followed by eight pages of plates each depicting numerous items. No.12 of the 1979/1980 season. Illustrations throughout text. Corner bumped. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70288
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
London: Sotheby & Co., 1937. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 59-209+(1). The second volume of this important four part sale. Blogie III, 105, 108 for the first two parts - the third part not in Blogie. This second volume contained fine bindings. This set is the illustrated version with 7 plates in color and 13 in monochrome. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Wear at spine..... READ MORE about THE CLUMBER LIBRARY, CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SEVENTH DUKE...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 102427
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
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
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. Near fine. READ MORE about RESEARCHES CONCERNING JEAN GROLIER, HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY. WITH A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF HIS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130623
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
Manchester: At the University Press, 1912. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 134 pages. With preface by Guppy followed by the catalogue. With separate plates in black-and-white. Covers chipped and faded around edges. Front wrapper partially detached. READ MORE about JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MEDIAEVAL MANUSCRIPTS AND JEWELLED...
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 56230
With an Introduction by George Parker Winship.
Rochester: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1933. 8vo. quarter leather, top edge gilt. xii, 142 pages. With an Introduction by George Parker Winship. First edition, one of 250 numbered and signed copies bound thus. An excellent book as the author comments on many of the books given in his bibliography. Separate sections dealing with writing, papermaking, manuscripts, printing, bookbinding, publishing, bibliography and book collecting periodicals. Fine copy. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPHICA, A LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 3606
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
New York: New York Public Library, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages. First separate edition. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK AND PRINTING INDUSTRIES IN ANTE-BELLUM NASHVILLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 20595
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
