New York: Hudson River Press, 1976. 8vo. later thick limp cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. Edited by Marshall Hayes. About books just published. Includes Volume II, 3 (1976); Volume III, 3; Volume IV, 3; and Volume VI, 2. READ MORE about BOOK FORUM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40734
Edited by James Gordon.
London: Hansom Books, 1958. 8vo. later limp cloth. Edited by James Gordon. Includes the following: Volume 1, 12 (Jan. 1958), Volume 2, 1 - 12, Volume 3, 1 - 12, Volume 4, 1 - 11 (1960). Articles on books followed by the new book listings. Bound in 2 volumes. READ MORE about BOOK GUIDE AND PAPERBACK BOOK GUIDE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 40744
Prague: Artia, 1973. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, just jacket. 86 pages. Text in Czech. The Czech Book and the World.. Bohatcová is a scholar on the history of books and writers, having published works on Comenius and the place of books in the Bohemian Reformation. This work examines book illustration from medieval codices to the 20th century. Frontispiece. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket and wrappers torn at top of spine. READ MORE about CESKÁ KNIHA A SVET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107565
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. small 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards. xi, 226 pages. First edition, one of a smaller number of copies bound thus and printed on better paper. Blunders of Authors, Bibliographical Blunders, Lists of Errata, Misprints, Schoolboys' Blunders and Foreigners' English. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed and soiled. READ MORE about LITERARY BLUNDERS A CHAPTER IN THE "HISTORY OF HUMAN ERROR."
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 35424
Geneva: self published, 1574. small 8vo. Recently bound vellum, cloth slipcase. (8), 31, 120 pages. First and only edition of the printer's own laudatory account of the Frankfurt Fair based on his experiences selling books there the previous year. Adams S1768; Renouard Estienne, 139:2; Schreiber Estienne, 189; Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchia II, 235. Collation: *4, a-i8, k4, woodcut printer's device to title by Elhen von Wolfhagen, Tilemann (1347-1420), decorative head-pieces and initials. Water-staining to preliminary pages..... READ MORE about FRANCOFORDIENSE EMPORIUM, SIVE FRANCOFORDIENSES NUNDINAE. QUAM VARIA MERCIUM GENERA IN HOC...
Price: $16,000.00 Order nr. 136913
Aberystwyth, Wales: The University of Wales, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 245 pages. A master's thesis. Table of contents, preface, acknowledgments, eight appendices. Discusses the development of publishers' bindings in Britain between 1820 and 1880. Endnotes, bibliography. Printed on recto only. Ball would go on to publish a reference book on bookbindings titled Victorian Publishers' Bindings (first published by The Librarian Association and then a U.S. edition by The Bookpress) in 1985. READ MORE about VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 134493
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: $40.00 Order nr. 93908
Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1986. 8vo. cloth. 88 pages. Edited with an Introduction by Paul S. Koda. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Cox bindery was the largest in the Mid-West. Housed in Chicago's famous publishing emporium - the Lakeside Building - the firm bound books for R. R. Donnelley and the Chicago Public Library. This book is a facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue which was first published in 1878..... READ MORE about THE MAKING OF THE BOOK, A SKETCH OF THE BOOK-BINDING ART
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Portland, OR: Ma Nao Books, (2017). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 190, (4) pages. Exploring the origins of the book, Margaret E. Davis traces the early history of communicating by paper pages. She offers illustrated instructions for four of the first forms of books on paper, developed by the Chinese, which can be replicated today using simple tools and available materials. China Under the Covers blends history, how-to expertise, and a journalist's eye for detail..... READ MORE about CHINA UNDER THE COVERS: A BINDER'S JOURNEY TO THE ROOTS OF BOOKS
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 129628
Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd., 2000. small 4to. quarter cloth, with printed boards, dust jacket. 127 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. A catalogue about the beautiful and innovative bindings of books exhibited at the Grolier Club of 254 publisher's bookbindings, each described in detail and all illustrated in color. They represent the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the First..... READ MORE about THE ART OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1815-1915
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 58869
Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd., n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. First edition. A fine copy. A catalogue about the beautiful and innovative bindings of books displayed exhibited at the Grolier Club of 254 publisher's bookbindings, each described in detail and all illustrated in color. They represent the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the First World War. 'Publisher's bookbinding' refers to a binding designed..... READ MORE about THE ART OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1815-1915
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N.P. n.p., 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 302-309+(1) pages. Reprint from the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1980). Presentation by the author on inside front cover. A study of English bindings on books with continental imprints. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about ENGLISH BINDINGS ON CONTINENTAL BOOKS: FACTORS IN THE STUDY OF THE EARLY BOOK TRADE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126465
(Odense, Denmark: Carl Nielsens Bogbinderi), 1959. 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 121, (3) pages. Text in Danish. Table of contents. Foreword by the author. A study of books and bookbinding in the city of Odense as of 1694. Includes chapters on the background, book collections, the social position of bookbinders and book salesmen. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about BØGER OG BOGBINDERE I ODENSE FØR 1696
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114364
(Boston, MA): The Bookbuilders of Boston, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. List of publishers, eleven indices, acknowledgments, list of committee members. 129 entries. Black and white illustrations. Stamped on front cover. READ MORE about PUBLISHERS' CHOICE 1962 NEW ENGLAND BOOK SHOW
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126614
January 7, 1963. large 8vo. cloth, marbled endpapers. 114, (2) pages. This issue of Publisher's Weekly from January 7, 1963 Vol. 183 No. 1 features articles on the outlook for the new year and as reflections on the year just past, as well as the usual weekly record of books for sale and news. Of special interest is the article on Bookmaking, with sections on bookbinding, book cover design, art books, and a new way..... READ MORE about " BOOKMAKING"
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95270
Princeton, NJ: Peterson's Guides, (1992). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 124, (2) pages. Published with the Support of the United States Information Agency. Describes the offerings of more than 60 university and professional organizations in the areas of book publishing, magazine publishing, and bookselling, with essays on the challenges facing the industry. The listings detail course objectives, names and credentials of key instructors, admission requirements, etc. READ MORE about BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, A GUIDE TO PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING COURSES IN THE UNITED STATES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69379
New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1932. 8vo. cloth. xii, 351 pages. Also mentions some foreign addresses. Pencil check marks and pencil additions. Remnants of label at bottom of spine. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKTRADE DIRECTORY, 1925, INCLUDING LISTS OF PUBLISHERS, BOO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 56774
Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, (1983). tall 16mo. paper wrappers. 26 pages. A small pamphlet probably distributed at the Frankfurt Book Fair of 1983, the topics being book publishing and the book trade in the Federal Republic of Germany. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN PUBLISHERS AND...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45234
London: Univ. of London, 1936. 8vo. new paper spine with original paper covers, paper spine label. 194 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Contains numerous references to bookbinding works. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1008
London: Univ. of London, 1936. 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt. 194 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Contains numerous references to bookbinding works. Light foxing of new endpapers. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY OF...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 103033
London: ABA, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 85, (3) pages. Fourth edition, revised. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 87063
N.P. n.p., (1954). large 12mo. paper wrappers. 127 pages. Essays on the German-language book trade in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. READ MORE about MAINAUER GESPRACHE 1953
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 51295
Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung, 1974. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 598 pages. Volume one of this handbook serves as an excellent general introduction to the book trade; it provides a history of the book trade and covers both the international and the German book trade. In addition to subjects like publicity work, market research, and the rights of authors and publishers, the volume also addresses libraries and library science, bibliography, and book collecting. Indexed. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DES BUCHHANDELS, BAND I: ALLGEMEINES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 47920
Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung, 1971. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 610 pages. Volume three of this handbook covers retail bookselling, giving the basics of bookselling as well as specific topics such as marketing and organization, warehousing, selling, and financing. Indexed. Some wear to front board. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DES BUCHHANDELS, BAND III: SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDEL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 47922
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1976. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 60 pages. A group of essays on the relationships between booksellers, book societies, and publishers. READ MORE about PARTNERSCHAFT IM BUCHHANDEL
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 51280
