London: Designer Bookbinders, 1975. 8vo. paper-covered two ring binder. 70 pages. Loose leaf edition of the directory of suppliers of materials, equipment and services of interest to bookbinders with a detailed index for the UK and a separate listing for major foreign suppliers. READ MORE about DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS' DIRECTORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114317
London: Designer Bookbinders, 1973. 8vo. vinyl covered boards, two metal rings. v, 55 leaves. Loose leaf edition of the directory of suppliers of materials, equipment and services of interest to bookbinders with a detailed index for the UK and a separate listing for major foreign suppliers. READ MORE about DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS’ DIRECTORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 79977
Hamburg: Ludwig Schultheis, n.d. (circa 1981). square small 8vo. paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Catalogue of a 1981 exhibition of contemporary German bookbinding held at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. Illustrated. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE EINBANDKUNST DER GEGENWART '81
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 71990
Chicago: American Library Association, (1966). 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 53 pages. With much technical information presented. Illustrated. Note in ink in corner of front cover. READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR BINDING USED IN LIBRARIES, PHASE II
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17724
Chicago: American Library Association, (1961). 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 52, (2) pages. With much technical information presented. READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR BINDING USED IN LIBRARIES, PHASE I
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114638
Nashville: American Assoc. for State and Local History Technical Leaflet, 1977. 8vo. self paper wrappers with three hole punch along edge. (8) pages. Technical Leaflet 98. Illustrated. READ MORE about LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS: PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38794
Plzni, Czech Republic: n.p., 2000. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Text in Czech. The 2nd member exhibition of the Association of Czech booksellers, and the 4th Bookbinding Seminar in Plzni. Color illustrations of exhibited works. READ MORE about DRUHA CLENSKA VYSTAVA SPOLECENSTVA CESKYCH KNIHURU
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135010
Norwood: The Holliston Mills, 1926. 8vo. red cloth. viii, 144 pages. S-K 1827. First edition. Five chapters; Beginnings of Bindings, and Binding in Italy, France, England and America. Presentation on free endpaper "To Fran Fortney with the cordial greetings of Meiric K. Dutton, 8/2/46. New York, N.Y." READ MORE about HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOOKBINDING AS AN ART
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 104846
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1985. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. paperback. 140 pages. Revised edition. An excellent exhibition catalogue and one of the best guides to the subject. Identification of binding tools is provided when known. With contributions by Nicolas Barker and Marcus McCorison. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL PAPANTONIO
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 32006
Genève: Claude Givaudan, (1979). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Bookseller's catalogue describing 407 items including many fine bindings. Price list loosely inserted in the back. Some plates in color. With the Randeria bookplate on the free endpaper. READ MORE about ÉDITIONS ORIGINALE ET ILLUSTRÉES XIXe SIÈCLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 72276
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Edward & James Richardson, n.d. 12mo. unbound. unpaginated. Bookbinding specimens by Richardson and the Winterbottom Book Cloth Company. Some tanning. READ MORE about Specimens of binding papers
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 131601
Wien: Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 103 pages. S-K 444. With additional text by E. Schmutter-Meier and M. Symon. Filled with illustrations of bindings from all ages. READ MORE about DAS HANDWERK DES BUCHBINDENS IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38511
Maehringen, Germany: Meister der Einbandkunst Internationale Vereinigung, 1972. 4to. paper wrappers. 8; 9-24 pages. Text in German. Nos. 1-3, 1973; 2 and 3 a combined issue. With an article on Jakob Krause. Letter from publisher to Pierpont Morgan Library laid in. Bibliographies. Both issues signed in pencil by Deborah M. Evetts. READ MORE about EINBANDKUNST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 107054
Hamburg: Ludwig Schultheis Verlag, 1982. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. The best of German bookbinding including both hand-binding and machine binding. READ MORE about EINBANDKUNST '82, GEMEINSCHAFTSSCHAU AUF DER FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 198 2
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 32755
Hamburg: Ludwig Schultheis Verlag, 1983. square 8vo. cloth. 91+(1) pages. The best of German bookbinding including both hand-binding and machine binding. READ MORE about EINBANDKUNST '83, GEMEINSCHAFTSSCHAU AUF DER FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 1983
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 32703
Boston: Harcourt Bindery, 1980. large 4to. cloth, leather spine label with title and author stamped in silver. 32 pages of text followed by 99 plates with accompanying notes, (7) pages, two full-color plates tipped in. First edition limited to 500 copies bound by hand at the bindery, of which this is one of 465 numbered copies bound in linen boards (S-K 7414). The 2-fold prospectus loosely inserted. Minor wear to the leather spine label. Cloth..... READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON THE DEVELOPMENT & USAGE OF BRASS PLATE DIES INCLUDING A CATALOGUE RAISONNE FROM...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 5763
Madrid, Spain: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General del Libro y Bibliotecas, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 218, (2) pages. Text in Spanish. Introduction, comment, bibliography, glossary, index to the catalogue. An exhibition at the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 1986. Color illustrations throughout. Covers slightly worn at edges. READ MORE about LA ENCUADERNACION ARTISTICA ESPAÑOLA ACTUAL
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 131570
Stockholm: Kungliga Bibliotekets, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. S-K 6633. Exhibition of the work of British binders co-sponsored by the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders. Well-illustrated. Biographical sketches are given. Foreword by Uno Willers and Sten Lindberg and three-page history of the Guild. Letter from Lars Wahlström to Edward Womersley concerning the exhibition, a typescript of the speech given by Ivor Robinson at the opening of the exhibition, a typescript itinerary of Robinson's trip..... READ MORE about ENGELSKA BOKBAND, UTSTÄLLNINGEN ANORDNAD AV KUNGLIGA BIBLIOTEKET
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 71939
Washington: Library of Congress, (1975). small 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Preservation Leaflets number two. READ MORE about ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BOOKS AND RELATED MATERIAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 31554
Foreword by Bernard Middleton
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 180 pages. Foreword by Bernard Middleton. This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. Etherington documents his experiences teaching these trades and traveling throughout Europe and to the United States. He tells of his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that caused incredible..... READ MORE about BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 102815
Foreword by Bernard Middleton
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 8.5 x 11 inches. unbound signatures ready for binding. 156 pages. Foreword by Bernard Middleton. This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. Etherington documents his experiences teaching these trades and traveling throughout Europe and to the United States. He tells of his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that..... READ MORE about BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 104070
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 8.5 x 11 inches. Paperback. 96 pages. "Design Bindings: a Retrospective, is a testament to Don Etherington's legacy as a fine binder. The books it illustrates depict an unbroken chain of work spanning a lifetime and reflecting the stylistic influences of their period-each an elegant feat of craftsmanship. The underlying principles embodied in Etherington's conceptualization and execution of these works are monumental, his influence on professional standards-timeless." -..... READ MORE about DESIGN BINDINGS: A RETROSPECTIVE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 127152
Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, (1959). 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. One page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 24 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND...
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 11966
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
Bruxelles: Ministere des Sciences et des Arts, 1931. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 312 pages with 13 full-page plates. S-K 823. A description of a magnificent collection of bindings. Light wear to covers. READ MORE about EXPOSITION DE RELIURES. II. DU XVIIE SIECLE A LA FIN DU XIXE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5773
Chicago: Lakeside Press, n.d. (1941). 12mo. paste-paper wrappers. (16) pages. Short history of the art of extra binding followed by plates showing the eight different types of slipcases made by this Chicago bindery. READ MORE about EXTRA BINDING FOR RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS AND PAPERS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 5775
Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, The Lakeside Press, n.d. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label. (16) pages. Table of contents. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXTRA BINDING FOR RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS AND PAPERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131843
London: Federation, 1975. square 8vo. stiff paper folder containing a series of 4 page brochures describing each of the Societies in this organization including one for the Designer Bookbinders. Also includes the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and 25 others. READ MORE about FEDERATION OF BRITISH CRAFT SOCIETIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38824
Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introduction. A catalogue of gold-tooled bindings and gilt papers in the collections of the Clementine Library, acquired from the Bibliotheca Albana in Urbino, Italy. One color plate. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FESTINA LENTE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134615
London: National Book League, 1951. 8vo. later quarter cloth with patterned paper covered boards. 224 pages. 772 books are described. This exhibition was meant to co-incide with other exhibitions in London to celebrate the "Festival of Britain." With a six page section on binding by Howard M. Nixon. (S-K 877). READ MORE about THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, EXHIBITION OF BOOKS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 123842
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Introductory comment by Mowery, chronology of Mowery's career. 14 black and white illustrations with descriptive text. READ MORE about FINE BINDINGS BY J. FRANKLIN MOWERY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126469
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. Guild of Book Workers, 1992. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (120) pages. Introductions by Peter D. Verheyen, J. Franklin Mowery, etc. Illustrated in color. Spine faded. READ MORE about FINE PRINTERS FINELY BOUND TOO, THE 86TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF THE GUILD OF BOOKWORKERS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 79882
New York: Thomas J. Watson Library, 1987. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. With a woodcut by John DePol. Books selected by Ken Botnick and Steve Miller. READ MORE about FINE PRINTERS FINELY BOUND, FINELY MADE BOOKS IN EXCEPTIONAL EDITION BINDINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33549
New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. 4to. cloth. xviii, 252 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Ever since W. H. James Weale laid the foundations for the scholarly study of panel-stamped bindings in 1894, it has been universally assumed that the stamps were hand-engraved, and thus that each panel was a unique artifact. However, Fogelmark discovered that virtually everything written since Weale's study has been based on a fundamental mistake. In Fogelmark's search for..... READ MORE about FLEMISH AND RELATED PANEL-STAMPED BINDINGS, EVIDENCE AND PRINCIPLES
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 71394
Paris, France: Collections Fontaine, Leclercq, et X, 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in French. Blogie 442. 107 lots. Auction, December 15, 1978. Includes a number of fine bindings. Estimated price list laid in. Covers bent at lower fore-edge. READ MORE about IMPORTANTS LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS ET OEUVRES ORIGINALES D'ARTISTES MODERNES, GOUACHES, DESSINS, GRAVURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126416
Volume II, A Catalogue of North-European Bindings.
London: The British Library, (1983). small 4to. cloth with leather spine label. 368 pages. Volume II, A Catalogue of North-European Bindings. First edition. (S-K 1241). Covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries with excellent bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed them. Each entry has an accompanying illustration, many occupying a full-page. An excellent reference work, finely printed by The..... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT, A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS. VOLUME II
Price: $160.00 Order nr. 2542
Volume I
London: The British Library, (1978). 4to. quarter red leather over cloth. 352 pages. Volume I. First edition. Covers bindings made in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Italy. Highlights of the Gift collection are described in much bibliographical detail followed by long notes on both the binding and the binder. Contains thirty-six full page illustrations. A tantalizing introduction to this fabulous collection. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan..... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT, A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 36910
Volume III: A Catalogue of South-European Bindings
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2009. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. cloth with leather spine label. 528 pages. Volume III: A Catalogue of South-European Bindings. This much anticipated third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and American bindings. It includes many new identifications, and owners and binders are discussed comprehensively. Not only have the..... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. III
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 102273
Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings.
London: The British Library, (1983). 8.5 x 10.75 inches. cloth with leather spine label. 368 pages. Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings. First edition. The Henry Davis Gift, A Collection of Bookbindings, Volume II covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries, arranged by country of origin, as well as chronologically, with excellent bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed..... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. II
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 104824
Aldershot: Scolar Press, (1993). 8vo. cloth. xv, 467 pages. First edition. A collection of previously published essays written by Foot over the last 12 years but gathered together here in a comprehensive volume with index. Major sections on the medieval tradition in bookbinding, gold-tooled bindings, unusual material and collectors and collections. Includes many illustrations and an index of binders and owners. A fine copy. Scarce book.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a...... READ MORE about STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 38562
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1986. 4to. cloth. xxiv, 230 pages. First edition. Contains previously published and unpublished works by Hannah French. Articles on Andrew Barclay, an early Boston binder, Henry B. Legg, Caleb Buglass, a Philadelphia binder, John Roulstone's Harvard bindings, and Thomas Jefferson's last binder, Frederick August Mayo. Also contains catalogues of bookbinding tools by Willman Spawn. Foreword by Marcus A. McCorison. Many illustrations. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING IN EARLY AMERICA
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 38017
N.P. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1933. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Revised edition. Leaflet no.69. Was folded at one point which has left a crease mark. READ MORE about THE PRESERVATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 18781
New York and Paris: VLE Antique Books, (1985). 4to. cloth. Not paginated. Bookseller's catalogue describing 55 books and illustrating them in color. Price list loosely inserted. Introduction by Yves Le Sueur. Inside front hinge partially cracked. READ MORE about FROM THE 16TH CENTURY TO THE 20TH CENTURY, 55 RARE BOOKS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 38566
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. 8vo. paper wrappers. 97 pages. First edition, 2nd printing. Fifty-two illustrations in color. From the preface by Julie Miller: We often speak of how a particular phenomenon has "reached a tipping point" - when knowledge and practice have developed in plain sight and then suddenly explodes on scene as a revolution in our thinking. Gary Frosts career with bookbinding, through his research, practice, and teaching, has been a...... READ MORE about A CRAFTED TYPOLOGY OF THE CODEX BOOK MODELMAKING AS AN APPROACH TO MATERIAL BOOK STUDY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 136781
A Bilingual Treatise on Bookbinding Translated from the French by Claude Benaiteau. With an Introduction by John P. Chalmers. Edited by Elaine B. Smyth.
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. tall 8vo. quarter cloth over boards, paper spine label. 130, (4) pages. A Bilingual Treatise on Bookbinding Translated from the French by Claude Benaiteau. With an Introduction by John P. Chalmers. Edited by Elaine B. Smyth. Limited to 300 copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt White mouldmade paper. A reprint of the very scarce first edition of this French bookbinding manual, printed by its author in 1763. Translated into English and..... READ MORE about TRAITÉ DE LA RELIEURE DES LIVRES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 20856
(Hato Rey, PR: Publicaciones Puertoriquerñas, 2007). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xix, 20-241+(1) pages. Text in Spanish. Presentation by the author to J. Franklin (Frank) Mowery. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction by Osiris Delgado, preface, citations, three appendices (including bibliography). Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A study of bookbinding, with emphasis on Puerto Rico. READ MORE about EL LIBRO Y SUE ENCUADERNACIÓN
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 126209
Ausgewählt und Beschrieben.
Munchen: F. Bruckmann, (1959). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 46 pages followed by 108 plates with many in color. Ausgewählt und Beschrieben. S-K 1082. First edition. (Brenni no.299). The 108 plates show 162 illustrations of bindings. With a foreword by Dr. Gustav Hofmann. Text in German. READ MORE about BUCHEINBÄNDE AUS ELF JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 5792
Ausgewählt und Beschrieben.
Munchen: F. Bruckmann, (1959). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 46 pages followed by 108 plates with many in color. Ausgewählt und Beschrieben. S-K 1082. First edition. (Brenni no.299). The 108 plates show 162 illustrations of bindings. With a foreword by Dr. Gustav Hofmann. The spine of the jacket is stained. READ MORE about BUCHEINBÄNDE AUS ELF JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 75115
Ausgewählt und Beschrieben.
Munchen: F. Bruckmann, (1959). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 46 pages followed by 108 plates with many in color. Ausgewählt und Beschrieben. S-K 1082. First edition. (Brenni no.299). The 108 plates show 162 illustrations of bindings. With a foreword by Dr. Gustav Hofmann. Jacket worn with piece missing at top of back panel. READ MORE about BUCHEINBÄNDE AUS ELF JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98784
Ausgewählt und Beschrieben.
Munchen: F. Bruckmann, (1959). 4to. cloth-backed paper covered boards. 46 pages followed by 108 plates with many in color. Ausgewählt und Beschrieben. S-K 1082. Second edition. (Brenni no.299). The 108 plates show 162 illustrations of bindings. With a foreword by Dr. Gustav Hofmann. Covers rubbed and faded and cloth split along hinges in places. READ MORE about BUCHEINBÄNDE AUS ELF JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 126221
Ausgewählt und Beschrieben.
Munchen: F. Bruckmann, (1959). 4to. cloth. 46 pages followed by 108 plates with many in color. Ausgewählt und Beschrieben. S-K 1082. First edition. (Brenni no.299). The 108 plates show 162 illustrations of bindings. With a foreword by Dr. Gustav Hofmann. Text in German. Lacks dust jacket. Slightly faded at tope of covers. READ MORE about BUCHEINBÄNDE AUS ELF JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 130667
Festgabe der Bayerischen Stattsbibliothek fur Karl Scholttenloher.
Munchen: Karl-Zink-Verlag, 1953. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 58 pages followed by 13 plates. Festgabe der Bayerischen Stattsbibliothek fur Karl Scholttenloher. S-K 2713. Festschrift for Karl Schottenloher on his 75th birthday. Introduction by him. The plates show 10 old bindings and the tools that were used to produce them. Ex-library. READ MORE about HAMBERGER UND NÜRNBERGER LEDERSCHNITT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 30985
Bruxelles: HES & DE GRAAF, 1988. 29,5x21 cm. Wrappers. 143 pp. Exposition organisée par l`Union économique Benelux et la Bibliotheca Wittockiana à la Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Bruxelles, du 8 octobre au 19 novembre 1988. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. READ MORE about KUNSTBOEKBINDEN IN DE BENELUX. ACTUELE TENDENSEN VAN HET KUNSTBOEKBINDEN IN DE BENELUX. LA...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 103629
(Ascona, Switzerland): Galleria Del Bel Libro, (1970). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Italian, German, and French. July 1970. Features bookbindings of Gerhard Hampe of Hannover, Germany. Essay by Jürgen Eyssen. Black and white illustrations. Invitation card laid in. READ MORE about GERHARD HAMPE, HANNOVER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106940
Stuttgart: Grossbuchbinderei Sigloch, 1959. 4to. cloth. Not paginated. Not in Brenni. History of this bookbinding business. Includes a history of bookbinding with some very nice color plates showing older bindings. Covers soiled. READ MORE about GESCHRIEBENES ZU KLEIDEN, DIE AUFGABE DES BUCHBINDERS ZU ALLEN ZEITEN FESTSCHRIFT ZUM 75...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6022
Firenze (Florence), Italy: Giulio Giannine & Figlio, (1986). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 122, (2) pages. Text in Italian. Table of contents, bibliographic note. A collection of essays. A study of the Giannini family and bookbinding in Florence. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about I GIANNINI E L'ARTE DEL LIBRO A FIRENZE 1856-1986
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130720
(Oxford): Oxford University Press, 1903. 4to. original cloth-backed boards. (viii), 69 pages followed by 40 plates. First edition. (S-K 1960) A "contribution to the history of bookbinding at Oxford down to the period of the Civil War." This book is devoted to stamped and rolled bindings (to the exclusion of tooling). A chronological list of Oxford binders, ca 1180-1640, follows lists of rolled and stamped bindings. Also included is an extract from the Bodleian Day..... READ MORE about EARLY OXFORD BINDINGS
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 71475
Leipzig, Germany: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1924. 4to. cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front cover. (viii), 36, (4) pages, plates. Text in German. Foreword by the author, table of contents, list of items in the Munich library, bibliography, addenda. Twenty-four plates including eight in color. A study of Islamic bookbindings in the State Library of Bavaria, Munich. Top edge of spine lacking, bottom edge separating. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. Bookplate of J. Pierpont Morgan on front..... READ MORE about ISLAMISCHE BUCHEINBÄNDE, DES 14. BIS 19. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS DEN HANDSCRIFTEN DER BAYERISCHEN...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 130785
Frenich: K.D. Duval, 1986. 4to. cloth. 111 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Has an autobiographical chapter by Greenhill, articles on Greenhill by Harthan, Harrop and Foot on Greenhill's bindings in the British Museum. Well illustrated with most bindings shown in full color. READ MORE about ELIZABETH GREENHILL, BOOKBINDER, A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 16384
Bloomington: McKnight & McKnight, (1946). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Revised edition. Illustrated manual. READ MORE about GENERAL BOOKBINDING
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 30854
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 176 pages. First edition. With many illustrations in the text. Chapters on binding a book, care and repair, and papercraft. Ownership inscription in pencil. Good condition. READ MORE about SIMPLIFIED BOOKBINDING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5801
Paris: Pierre Berès, n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label in color. Not paginated. Catalogue no.67. Beautifully illustrated with a number in full color. Decorated fore-edges and older bindings. Very minor foxing throughout, mostly around the edges. READ MORE about UN GROUPE DE LIVRES PILLONE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 7941
London: British Museum, 1923. 8vo. boards. 49 pages and 20 plates. Six pages on binding and one plate. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS, PART III ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND BINDINGS OF MANUSCRIPTS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9193
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
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: British Museum, 1926. 8vo. boards. 180 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Covers spotted and age darkened. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49671
London: British Museum, 1901. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 149 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 7 illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 62282
Manchester: At the University Press, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 70, (2) pages. With preface by Guppy followed by the catalogue. With separate plates in black-and-white. 17 illustrations. READ MORE about JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MEDIAEVAL MANUSCRIPTS AND JEWELLED...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 75585
White Plains: Louis J. Haas, 1943. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 13 leaves. First edition, second printing.Two leaves devoted to equipment and ten on technique. Bookplate of "Occupational Therapy Department" with other information loosely inserted. Water stain along edge of back cover and pages. READ MORE about GRAPHIC BOOKBINDING A COMPLETE TEXT DESIGNED FOR SELF-INSTRUCTION AND PRESENTED THROUGH NUMBERED...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126862
Wolfenbüttel, Germany: Herzog August Bibliothek, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 11+(1) pages. Text in German. Text of the opening lecture of an exhibition of Londenberg's work at the Herzog August Library. Lecturer was Director of the Gutenberg-Museums, Mainz. Covers slightly sunned. READ MORE about VORTRAG ZUR ERÖFFNUNG DER AUSSTELLUNG KURT LONDENBERT/BUCHEINBÄNDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126156
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Discusses their bookbinding work and restoration work. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about THE HAND BINDERY AT DONNELLEY'S
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 13984
Stanford: Standford University Libraries, 1992. square 4to. stiff paper wrappers with spiral binding. (ii), 96, (4) pages. An catalogue of the exhibition held in the memory of Leah Wollenberg (1906-1990), who played a leading role in the community as a binder, an organizer, and a donor. She helped nurture and develop the finest traditions of European, chiefly French binding. The bindings in this exhibition represent a full range of the diversity of work crated by..... READ MORE about HAND BOOKBINDING TODAY
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 58764
(San Francisco: University of California, Berkeley, 1982). 4to. cloth. 194 pages. Scarce book on bindings by this noted author and binder. A fine copy. The book is an oral history transcript of tape recorded interviews with 5 Bay Area fine bookbinders: Lee Wollenberg, Stell Patri, Duncan Olmstead, Stephan Gale Herrick, and Barbara Fallon Hiller. Each interview was held question-and-answer style and these preeminent bookbinders expounded on their training, teachers and mentors; careers as binders and..... READ MORE about THE HAND BOOKBINDING TRADITION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 107061
Hamburg, Germany: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 2004. 4to. cloth. 193, (3) pages. Text in German. Limited to 1100 copies. Foreword. Color illustrations of 79 bindings from 1970 to 2000 with descriptions of each following illustrations. READ MORE about HANDEINBÄNDE INTERNATIONALE BEISPIELE AUS DEN JAHREN 1970 BIS 2000: VORGESTELLT VON DER...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 126325
London: The Book Collector, 1971. 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. pp.483-495. In The Book Collector, Volume 20, No.4, Winter 1971. S-K 3521. A collector tells of his binding collection. Illustrated. READ MORE about NOTES ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF BRITISH BINDINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 38807
1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.45-52. S-K 6679. In The Book Collector, Volume 25, No.1, Spring 1976. Illustrated. READ MORE about " CRAFT BINDERS AT WORK VI, IVOR ROBINSON ."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20535
N.P. Designer Bookbinders Publications Ltd., 2008. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Pamphlet No. 1. Reflections on the life of Philip Smith and his contributions to bookbinding. Includes listing of contributions by or about Smith in The New Bookbinder. from 1981 to 2008. One illustration. READ MORE about PHILIP SMITH AT EIGHTY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106936
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
Hamburg: n.p., 1992. 12mo. stiff paper marbled wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Presented to Deborah M. Evetts by participant in the exhibition. Catalogue of exhibition in Hamburg, September 1992. Foldout of illustrations laid in rear wrapper. Foreword by Eva-Marie Hanebutt-Benz. Vita and list of publications by author. READ MORE about DAS GESICHT DER BUCHER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106901
Reprinted from Allgemeiner Anzeiger fur Buchbindereien, Jg.78, Heft 5, 1965, square 8vo., paper wrappers. 27 pages set in double column.
Reprinted from Allgemeiner Anzeiger fur Buchbindereien, Jg.78, Heft 5, 1965, square 8vo., paper wrappers. 27 pages set in double column. With 13 illustrations of binding and rubbings of tools. READ MORE about BUCHBINDERHANDWERK IN HEIDELBERG IN HISTORISCHER SICHT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 5812
Two volumes bound as one
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1962. 8vo. cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound in. xx,351+(1); xxiii,428 pages. Two volumes bound as one. S-K 7781. First editions. "A monumental social history of the German bookbinding trade." Over 50 illustrations in the text. Both volumes bound together in a library buckram binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHBINDER-HANDWERK, HANDWERKS-UND KULTURGESCHICHTE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 32876
Six parts.
(Paris): Colette Creuzevault, (1983). folio. paper wrappers. (xiii), 14 plates. Six parts. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. Very scarce. Loosely-bound (as issued). Light dampstaining on the spine. White paper sticker attached to the slipcase. Else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HENRI CREUZEVAULT 1905-1971
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 135760
Stanford: Stanford Libraries Associates, 1978. 8vo., paper wrappers. pp.29-32. In The Imprint of the Stanford Libraries Associates, Volume IV, Number 1, April 1978. History of this group of bookbinders which was founded in 1902. READ MORE about "THE HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38860
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. 8vo. later quarter cloth, marbled paper covered boards with original stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors bound-in. (16) pages. Reprint of the 1852 magazine article which had appeared in Godey's Magazine with a foreword by Robert Fleck. One of the best references to what a trade binding house looked like in the middle of the 19th century. Enhanced by 17 illustrations by Hinckley showing various scenes in the..... READ MORE about A DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118133
København: Edmont H. Petersens Kg. Hof-Bogtrykkeri, 1924. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71, (7) pages. Exhibition catalogue describing 420 books. Illustrated. Covers faded. Ink inscription on inside front cover. With a few textual corrections in ink. READ MORE about HISTORISKE OG MODERNE BOGBIND UDSTILLEDE AF UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET I FORENING MED...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 72426
København: Egmont H. Petersens, 1924. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12, viii, 13-71, (7) pages. Exhibition catalogue devoted to bookbinding. 420 items described with illustrations of many. READ MORE about HISTORISKE OG MODERNE BOGBIND, UDSTILLEDE AF UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET I FORENING MED...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72269
Baltimore: Walter Art Gallery, 1957. 4to. paper wrappers. xi, 275 pages. First edition, limited to 3000 copies. Very good conditino. 56 pages of plates. A valuable reference book on the subject of binding. The paper bound edition. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING 525-1950 A.D., AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 115267
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1929. folio. original turquoise cloth, top edge gilt. (xii), 60 pages followed by 55 full page plates of bindings. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies for sale by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. (Appleton p.81, S-K 2194). Lacking the dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the boards, else a near fine copy. This book is divided into two sections: Early Bindings, before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500
Price: $165.00 Order nr. 5818
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1929. folio. cloth, top edge gilt. (xii), 60 pages followed by 55 full page plates of bindings. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies for sale by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press (Appleton p.81, S-K 2194). Ex-library. Table of contents, list of plates, acknowledgments, list of plates, eleven appendices. This book is divided into two sections, the Early Bindings, before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500. Given..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 130533
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 178 pages of text with 64 full-page plates. First U.S. edition. (Appleton p. 81). With six of the plates in color. A historical account of plaquette bindings, architectural bindings, and studies of the binders Maiolus, Failareto, Canevari, and Farnese. Spine faded. Bookplate of John Arnold Holland on front pastedown with Holland's signature in ink below bookplate. Endpapers toned with small remnant of decription..... READ MORE about MAIOLI, CANEVARI AND OTHERS
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 13950
Santiago: Ismael Espinosa, 1986. 4to. limp boards, slipcase. 65, (3) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. With an eight page translation from Spanish to English loosely inserted. Contains 16 color plates, mostly of bindings executed in Chile during the 19th century. According to the publisher, only the second book on South American bindings to be issued. Minor soiling to slipcase, else fine condition. READ MORE about ENCUADERNACIONES ARTISTICAS HECHAS EN CHILE DURANTE EL SIGLO 19
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 18677
Hamilton: McMaster University, (1975). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (42) pages. First separate edition. Illustrated typescript. Signed and dated by Terry Belanger on inside front cover. READ MORE about PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION, A BRIEF HISTORY, AND AN ACCOUNT OF WORK BEING DONE AT MILLS...
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 38625
Hamilton: McMaster University, (1975). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (42) pages. First separate edition. Illustrated typescript. READ MORE about PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION, A BRIEF HISTORY, AND AN ACCOUNT OF WORK BEING DONE AT MILLS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38728
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1915. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xvi, 232 pages. S-K 1819. Second edition. (Brenni no.232). With 12 illustrations and 2 figures. Part of the Books about Books Series edited by Pollard. Minor cover soiling; paper label is partially chipped away. Tears in cloth along hinge at top and bottom. READ MORE about THE BINDING OF BOOKS AN ESSAY IN THE HISTORY OF GOLD-TOOLED BINDINGS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 2707
New York: Empire State Book Co., 1927. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xxiv, 232 pages. S-K 1819. Front pastedown spotted. Second impression of the second edition but with a new editor note by A.W. Pollard. (Brenni no.232). With 12 illustrations and 2 figures. Part of the Books about Books Series edited by Pollard. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BINDING OF BOOKS, AN ESSAY IN THE HISTORY OF GOLD-TOOLED BINDINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42920
Edinburgh: Hunter & Foulis, n.d. (1958). 8vo. two- toned cloth. 28 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of the trade binder, Hunter & Foulis. Important and scarce book. READ MORE about A HUNDRED YEARS OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDING 1857-1957
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 15373
N.P. n.p., 2002. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Text in Czeck. Exhibition of works of members of the Association of Czech Booksellers. Introductory comments. Color illustrations and descriptive text about exhibited items. READ MORE about III CLENSKA VYSTAVA SPOLECENSVA CESKYCH KNIHARII
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135048
London: Myers & Co., 1933. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 124 pages with many separate plates. Catalogue 291 issued by this firm. Includes a number of important bindings. Wear along edges and covers soiled. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF VERY RARE BOOKS, CHOICE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102921
New York: Publishers Book Bindery, n.d. oblong 12mo. boards. (24) pages. Contains impositions most frequently used by this binding firm. Back hinge cracked. Ownership inscription in pencil. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about IMPOSITIONS, EDITION, CATALOG & JUVENILE BINDING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5876
