Visited, Discovered, and Presented by Their Owners, Creators & By Travellers Including Observations by Cyrus the Younger, Vitruvius, Columella, Goetha, Aurangzeb, Edward Lear & Others. With Painted Prints, Collages, Photographs, and Descriptions.
London: Susan Allix, 2015. large, thick quarto. A fine Art Binding, bound in leather goatskin and mixed media, produced in its entirety by SUSAN ALLIX, housed in a handmade clam shell box. (144) pages. Visited, Discovered, and Presented by Their Owners, Creators & By Travellers Including Observations by Cyrus the Younger, Vitruvius, Columella, Goetha, Aurangzeb, Edward Lear & Others. With Painted Prints, Collages, Photographs, and Descriptions. Privately printed in an edition of 17 numbered copies..... READ MORE about A PROSPECT OF GARDENS

Price: $8,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 143594

London, England: J.S. Virtue & Co., 1897. 4to. half leather, gilt-stamped cloth. iv, 384, viii, 31+(1) pages. New series. Table of contents, general index to articles and text illustrations, list of artists whose work was reproduced in this volume, list of contributors to signed articles. With several articles on bookbinding, particularly of note Art Workers at Home by Fred Miller (page 14-17). Includes articles mentioning promonent women-binders, such as Mary Ann Bassett (page 17), Alice..... READ MORE about THE ART JOURNAL

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134308

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1976). 8vo. cloth. xxvii, 84 pages. Second printing of second edition. Chapters on inks, paper, storage, deacidification, lamination, etc. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, THEIR DETERIORATION AND RESTORATION

Price: $22.40  other currencies  Order nr. 28103

Complete set of 12 volumes, plus the index volume. Publiees et Continuees par J. Baudrier.
Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964-1965. 8vo. cloth. variously paginated. Complete set of 12 volumes, plus the index volume. Publiees et Continuees par J. Baudrier. A complete set of the reprint of the original edition which was limited to only 300 copies (Besterman no.5099). Some soiling to the boards, volume XIII, Tables par Georges Tricou, has foxing to the preliminary pages. Else a fine set. With the addition of an index by Georges Tricou and additions..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE LYONNAISE, RECHERCHES SUR LES IMPRIMEURS, LIBRAIRES RELIEURS ET FONDEURS DE LETTRES...

Price: $550.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15721

N.P. Société Royale des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, (1973). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 86, (4) pages followed by 29 plates. A selection of books from the collections of members including Harry Vinckenbosch on illustrated books of the 18th century, Robert Moureau on first editions of the 19th and 20th century, Eugène Rouir on prints, Georges Colin about binding and others. Many illustrations of bindings. READ MORE about REFLETS DE LA BIBLIOPHILIE EN BELGIQUE II

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37223

Exposicion con motivo del 38.o Congreso Internacioinal y 21.a Feria Internacional de ILAB (The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).
Madrid: Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, 2008. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 240, (4) pages. Exposicion con motivo del 38.o Congreso Internacioinal y 21.a Feria Internacional de ILAB (The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). Text in Spanish, with English and French translatins. A fine copy. Introduction by César Antonio Molina, Spanish Minister of Culture, and Michael Steinbach, President of ILAB. A collection of essays on subjects of interest to bibliophiles, including incunabula, manuscripts, bookbinding, cartography and Spanish bibliophilia..... READ MORE about BIBLIOFILIAS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108427

Paris: n.p., 2002. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 244 pages. Auction catalogue, Sotheby's, Paris, 2002, of modern bindings, manuscripts, first editions, drawings and prints from the library of the French writer and oceanographer Gwen-Aël Bolloré (1925-2001), 242 lots. Illustrated throughout in color. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70276

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. Illustrated bookseller's catalogue. Corner of front cover and first few pages curled. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING. CATALOGUE 157

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106072

Hague: Royal Library, (1976). thick small 4to. cloth. xii, 497, (5) pages. S-K 5105. A study of the 18th-century Hague bookbindings held by these two libraries. Contains a summary in English. Descriptions of 341 bindings and many illustrations of bindings and tool impressions. Ephemeral material loosely inserted including a review of this book from the Book Collector. READ MORE about ACHTTIENDE-EEUWSE HAAGSE BOEKBAND IN DE KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK EN HET RIJKSMUSEUM...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 38592

Münster: Meister der Einbandkunst Internationale Vereinigung E. V., 1987. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages. Description of the entries in the MDE-archives (reproduction of the card file descriptions), established in Munster's university library in 1975 and based on the collection of master bookbinder Gustav Moessner (1903-1993). A near fine copy. READ MORE about ARCHIV, DOKUMENTATION - BUCHBESTAND IN DER UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK MÜNSTER

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 68990

Geneva, Ohio: Saturdays' Book Arts Gallery, 1988. oblong 8vo. half-cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with the original paper wrappers loosely inserted. (28) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition which featured British book arts of today. This copy is one of 40 numbered copies signed by Jan Sobota, who also executed the binding. Signed by Philip Smith. Furthermore, Bookbinders, Trevor Jones, Sarah Firmin, Angela James, and David Sellars were among the exhibitors. Illustrated. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF BRITISH BOOK ARTS TODAY

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138042

(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: $28.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72511

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: $52.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71515