REPAIRING BOOKS.
Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, n.d. (20th century). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Dryad Leaflet No.150. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about REPAIRING BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1934
Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, n.d. (20th century). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Dryad Leaflet No.150. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about REPAIRING BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1934
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1961. small 8vo. cloth. 33 pages of text followed by 72 pages illustrating a selection of the Museum's holdings. S-K 1042. Revised edition. Rubbed along edge. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 6184
London: British Museum, 1923. small 8vo. boards. 49 pages and 20 plates. Slightly revised from the 1912 edition. Descriptions provided by J.A. Herbert. Covers soiled and paper covering on spine partially worn off. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS, PART III; ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND BINDINGS OF MANUSCRIPTS...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 5804
Aachen: Hohen Dom zu Aachen, 1987. tall 12mo. paper wrappers. 31 pages. With full color illustrations of the tapestry work including book covers. READ MORE about ZU DEN STIFTUNGEN DER ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA FÜR DIE MÜNSTERKIRCHE ZU AACHEN
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 44187
European Handbound Books in the Princeton University Library Together with the William H. Scheide Library and the Robert H. Taylor Collection.
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1978. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. European Handbound Books in the Princeton University Library Together with the William H. Scheide Library and the Robert H. Taylor Collection. S-K 1125. Introduction by Jamie Shalleck (Kamph). One hundred books are listed with eight illustrations, four in color. READ MORE about FINE BINDINGS GOTHIC TO MODERN
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 5780
N.P. The Arts Council, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 31 pages and 16 plates. With short biographies of the binders represented. (Brenni no.635 & 929). Spine lightly worn, else near fine. With an introduction by Philip James. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN ENGLISH & FRENCH BINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.R. ABBEY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5682
Oxford: Bodleian Library, (1951). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 32 pages and 24 full page plates showing examples of this art. With 24 black-and-white plates of bindings. Picture Book No. 2. READ MORE about GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5796
London: British Museum, 1939. 8vo. boards. 146 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Wear at head of spine. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 5806
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1987. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250 pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1954. (S-K 3515). With 16 plates of bookbindings. Gives biographical information including addresses and references. READ MORE about BOOKBINDERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON) 1780-1840
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 28091
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
(Kobenhavn, Denmark): Forening For Boghaandvaerk, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A study of modern Danish bookbinding. Illustrated with photographs of bookbindings, many in color. In Danish. READ MORE about NOGET OM PRIVATBIND, OG ISÆR OM DE NYESTE DANSKE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 71718
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, (1984). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 151 pagees. First edition. With 33 plates in color and 82 in black and white. Jacket age yellowed along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about FINE BOOKBINDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 79999
Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. A fine copy. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY,...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 235
Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1979. 4to. printed paper-covered boards. 130 pages. S-K 5771. Introductory essays by Jean Gunner, Bernard Middleton and Marianne Tidcombe. (Brenni no. 429). Contains 48 pages of black-and-white illustrations and 16 pages of color illustrations. READ MORE about THE TRADITION OF FINE BOOKBINDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2512
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., (1947). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 84 pages. Reprint of first edition. Not in Brenni. A how-to-do-it manual with many illustrations. Jacket chipped with small tears. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING MADE EASY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2746
New York: Nicholas T. Smith, (1981). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 117 pages. S-K 8032. First edition. Comprehensive listing of hand workers in the book arts in the United States and Canada. Cross-indexed. With lists of binders. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN BOOK WORKERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4671
New York: Dover Publications, (1957). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 144, (15) pages. First Dover edition, taken from the 1952 English edition, with additional notes for American users. Near fine. READ MORE about BASIC BOOKBINDING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5906
N.P. n.p., n.d. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 165-170 and one plate. Reprinted from The Book Collector. READ MORE about THE COLLECTION OF HOLLIS BINDINGS AT BERNE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5931
New York: Arco Publishing, (1985). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 151 pages. First U.S. edition. With 33 color and 82 monochrome illustrations. Discussion of bookbinding starting with Cockerell and Cobden-Sanderson up to present workers. Near fine condition. READ MORE about FINE BOOKBINDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7111
New York: Printing Industries of America, (1967). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 814, (2) pages. First edition. Jacket chipped around edges with some loss on the front cover. Else fine. Inscribed by the author to Thomas M. Whitehead on the front free endpaper. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. A massive book covering all aspects of the printing industry. Includes sections on illustration and binding methods. READ MORE about PRINTING INDUSTRY, AN INTRODUCTION TO ITS MANY BRANCHES PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 8091
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1924. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 98 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated. Important exhibition. Chipped around edges with small tears. Else a very well-preserved copy. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO AN EXHIBITION OF THE ARTS OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9222
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, (1933). 12mo. paper wrappers. 4 pages of text followed by 20 plates. Revised edition. Pictorial guide to bookbindings. Chipping to the head and tail of spine, else fine. READ MORE about PICTURE BOOK OF BOOKBINDINGS PART I. BEFORE 1550
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 11951
Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. First edition. A fine copy. READ MORE about DETERIORATION OF BOOK STOCK, CAUSES AND REMEDIES TWO STUDIES ON THE PERMANENCE OF BOOK PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 17263
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
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1963). 4to. cloth. xi, 263 pages. Corrected edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spotting to covers. Exlibrary with markings. Contains a history of book-making and simple binding techniques for the amateur, including related crafts such as making folders, files, note pads, cards, boxes, etc. Includes a large section on various techniques for making decorated papers to use in binding. Illustrated with many drawings and photographs. READ MORE about CREATIVE BOOKBINDING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25158