N.P. n.p., 1961-2. small 4to. cloth. unpaginated. An index of seventeen science experiments. Handwritten notes about terms, diagrams, and results. Bound in cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. READ MORE about INDEX OF EXPERIMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134479
Bellinzona, Switzerland: Centro de Bel Libro Ascona, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 76 pages. Text in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Catalogue of the International Bookbinding Competition, 2009. Foreword, report of the jury. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL BOOKBINDING COMPETITION BEL LIBRO '09
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134612
Washington, DC: Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 18, (4) pages. Introduction by Cita Wheeler-Sullivan, photography by Julie Ainsworth. Color and black and white illustrations. An 1997 exhibition of different bindings of the humorous works of Leonardo da Vinci. READ MORE about INTERPRETING DA VINCI
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126148
London: Cambridge University Press, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 95 pages. S-K 5541. The bindings for this study come from the John Johnson collection. With 24 illustrations of bindings. Review copy with review slip loosely inserted. Wear along bottom of spine. READ MORE about ENGLISH EMBOSSED BINDINGS 1825-1850
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 41647
Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1933. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. Not in S-K. With four plates of modern French bookbindings. READ MORE about MODERNE FRANSKE BOKBIND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 38526
New York: Watson Library, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (48) pages. S-K 7043. One of five hundred numbered and signed copies. With an introduction by T. Peter Kraus. Illustrated. READ MORE about JOHN FRANKLIN MOWERY BOOKBINDINGS, AN EXHIBITION IN THE WATSON LIBRARY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38612
(Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press), n.d. 4to. cloth. 142 pages. A guide to book binding. Table of contents. Autobiographical sketch of the author. Black and white illustrations. Invoice from binder laid in. An uncommon title. Light sunning to front cover and spine. READ MORE about NOTES FOR ABC (NEW ZEALAND
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 118836
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 263 pages. Corrected edition. 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: $17.50 Order nr. 13949
New York: Dover Publications, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 261 pages. Reprint of the 1973 corrected edition with additional information added to the supply sources section for this 1990 printing. 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..... READ MORE about CREATIVE BOOKBINDING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 29692
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 263 pages. Corrected edition, second printing. 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. Light soiling to covers and light toning to the textblock. Else fine..... READ MORE about CREATIVE BOOKBINDING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72034
New York: Dover Publications, (1980). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 25 pages. Illustrated. Good condition. READ MORE about HOW TO CLOTHBIND A PAPERBACK BOOK A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6019
Wien: Hofbibliothek, n.d. (c.1930s). 12mo. full paper-covered boards stamped in gilt in the design of a binding, top edge gilt. vi, 197 pages. Descriptions of 606 bindings in the library including oriental, Italian, German, French, English, etc. No illustrations. Minor rubbing around edges, else fine. READ MORE about KATALOG DER AUSSTELLUNG VON EINBANDEN. K.K. HOFBIBLIOTHEK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5883
New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1914. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 44 pages. Introductory essay by the author. Catalogue of the Spencer collection, index of engravers and illustrators. Black and white plates. Covers chipped at edges and along spine. READ MORE about THE SPENCER COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 131543
Halle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1920. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. vii, 154 pages followed by 37 full-page plates of binding ornaments and illustrations of bindings. Followed by 6 pages of advertisements. Third edition, revised and enlarged (Mejer no.1874; Brenni 233). Contains 133 text illustrations, 45 plates and 44 paper specimens; the paper specimens are lacking from this copy. Guide to bookbinding technique by one of the great German craftsmen of the period. Bookplate of..... READ MORE about DER EXAKTE BUCHEINBAND, DER GUTE HALBRFRANZBAND DER KUNSTLERISCHE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 98808
Halle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1929. 8vo. later half leather with decorated paper covered boards. iv, 162 pages followed by 24 full-page plates of binding ornaments and illustrations of bindings. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged (Mejer no.1874; Brenni 233). Contains 138 text illustrations, 24 plates and 32 paper specimens; the paper specimens are lacking from this copy. Covers soiled. READ MORE about DER EXAKTE BUCHEINBAND, DER GUTE HALBRFRANZBAND DER KÜNSTLERISCHE, GANZLEDERBAND, DIE...
Price: $165.00 Order nr. 102694
Stony Stratford, Bucks, England: Patrick King Rare Books, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. King Catalogue 8. 92 items. Index of binders, bibliography, price list. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131606
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., (1960). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 86 pages. Revised edition. An how-to-do-it manual with many illustrations. Yellowing along gutters. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING MADE EASY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41088
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., (1960). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 86 pages. Revised edition. An how-to-do-it manual with many illustrations. Jacket chipped along edges with small pieces missing. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING MADE EASY
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 126312
(Oxford, England): Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, (2013). 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xvi, 96 pages. Table of contents, foreword by Mark Getty, preface by Sarah E. Thomas, introduction by Stephen Conway. Color illustrations of competition entries. Contact list of entrants follows text. READ MORE about PRIZE VOLUMES: DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2013
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134485
Wolfenbuttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, n.d. (circa 1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. S-K 6287 and 6301. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he executed. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG BUCHEINBANDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 32933
Offenbach am Main: Freunde des Klingspor-Musuem, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. S-K 6287. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he executed. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG BUCHEINBANDE
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 45192
Offenbach am Main: Freunde des Klingspor-Musuem, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. S-K 6287. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he executed. Torn along front hinge. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG BUCHEINBANDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126258
N.P. n.p., n.d., circa 1971. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Text in German. Works bound by Londenberg from 1965 to 1971. Entries include title, press, printer, binding, place and date of publication, and current owner. READ MORE about KURT LONDENBERG WERKERZEICHNIS 1965 BIS 1971
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114367
1964. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp.343-349. Offprint from the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch. S-K 2952. Illustrated with one plate. Some underlining. Cover darkened around edges. READ MORE about EINBAND AUS DER SALZBURGER WERKSTATT ULRICH SCHREIERS IN DER SPENCER COLLECTION DER NEW YORK...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5892
(Ascona, Switzerland: Galleria del Bel Libro, 1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Text in Italian, German, and French. Bindings from a variety of workships. Black and white illustrations with foldout. Brochure about the 1971 Paul Bonet prize laid in. READ MORE about LEGATORIA ARTISTICA 1971/2
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126370
(Ascona, Switzerland: Galleria del Bel Libro, 1970). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Text in Italian, German, and French. Includes a number of workshops. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LEGATORIA ARTISTICA OKTOBER 1970 / 5
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126372
Vatican: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 168, (2) pages followed by the 211 plates. First edition. (Brenni no.1021). Excellent catalogue of Papal bindings. 35 of the plates are in color. Front cover tear at top near spine and also at bottom. READ MORE about LEGATURE PAPALI DA EUGENIO IV A PAOLO VI. CATALOGO DELLA MOSTRA CON 211 TAVOLE DELLE QUALI 35 A...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5893
With a Foreword by Hugh R. Dent.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, (1935). 12mo. marbled boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. With a Foreword by Hugh R. Dent. S-K 6607. First edition. (Brenni no.406). The Fifth Dent Memorial Lecture. Dust jacket moderatly foxed; jacket spine sunned. Paper edges lightly foxed. READ MORE about MODERN BOOKBINDING, A SURVEY AND A PROSPECT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 5905
Contenant les Arts de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, de la Plieuse, de la Brocheuse, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, et suivi des arts du Marbreur sur Tranches et du Doreur sur Tranches et sur Cuir.
Paris: Socièté française d'éditions littéraires et techniques, 1932. 12mo. paper wrappers. viii, 428 pages. Contenant les Arts de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, de la Plieuse, de la Brocheuse, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, et suivi des arts du Marbreur sur Tranches et du Doreur sur Tranches et sur Cuir. Reprint of this 19th-century manual. Taken from the new edition, enlarged and revised. (Pollard no. 53). One of the classic binding manuals. Four large foldout plates in the..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DU RELIURE EN TOUS GENRES
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 102764
Urbino: Edizioni I.S.A, 1997. 4to. full decorated leather, clamshell box. 578, (14) pages. First edition. This book was the focus of an international exhibition of the bindings of a single work, L'infinito, by Giacomo Leopardi, held at Chiesa di San Paolo, Macerata, Italy, Sept. 12-Oct. 30, 1998. Competitors were asked to design bindings for the poem L'Infinito by Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837). This particular copy is bound in full morocco by Monique Lallier. The..... READ MORE about L'INFINITO IN TUTTE LE LINGUE CHE L'HANNO SAPUTO PRONUNCIARE
Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 134374
N.P. n.p., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. unpaginated. Introduction, statement of the purpose of the course. A syllabus for a course identified as Bookbinding 383, taught by Professor Knapp. Section I bookbinding, Section II silk screen printing, Section III related operations. Printed on recto only. Covers tanned at edges. Spiral binding broken. READ MORE about LET'S BIND A BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134174
Forest Hills: Battery Park Book Co., (1978). mimeographed pages stapled in upper left hand corner. Priced bookseller's catalogue. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE BOOKS ABOUT BOOKBINDING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 17658
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
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
London: London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1959. 8vo. paper wrappers. 41 pages. Occasional descriptive text. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about LIBRARY BOOK LISTS, BOOKBINDING AND WAREHOUSE WORK, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AVAILABLE UP TO 1957
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102907
(Linköping, Sweden: Länsmuseet Linköping, 1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 67+(1) pages. Text in Swedish. Catalogue of 1981 exhibition at Linköping Museum of bookbindings, mainly by Swedish publishers. Introductory essay by Sten G. Lindberg. Black and white illustrations throughout. Very slight wear to wrappers at corners. Small tear on spine. READ MORE about MODERNA BOKBAND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106773
Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1951. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 254 pages followed by 15 plates. A counterpart to the London exhibition of 1948 of 1000 years of French books. Biographical descriptions of the more famous English authors with representations of their work. With a 35 page section on binding by Howard Nixon. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ANGLAIS TRESORS DES COLLECTIONS ANGLAISES, BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87046
Monte Carlo: Sotheby's Monaco S.A., 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Catalogue describing lots including many examples of fine bindings. Illustrated throughout, a few in color. The prices brought at the auction are loosely inserted. Randeria bookplate on title page. READ MORE about LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 35663
Monte Carlo: Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Sale of October 7, 1980. Head of spine worn, else near fine. With a biographical sketch of McLaughlin. 2071 lots. Many bindings illustrated in black and white. Prices realized loosely inserted. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LIVRES PRECIEUX PROVENANT DE LA BIBLITHEQUE DE MAJOR ADRIAN MCLAUGHLIN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 72386
Monte Carlo: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979. 8vo. paper wrappers. not paginated. Over 500 fine books, including many in fine bindings, from the libraries of Louis Cartier and Arpad Plesch. With the prices realized loosely inserted as is a sheet of handwritten notes by Dr. Randeria. With the Randeria bookplate on the half-title. READ MORE about LIVRES PRECIEUX
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 51313
Amsterdam: Amsterdamsche Grafische School, 1935. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 99 pages followed by 42 plates. First edition. S-K 1834. Written under the pseundonynm of Bibliopegus. History of bookbinding filled with illustrations of bindings taken from important Dutch libraries. These illustrations are often in color. READ MORE about DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DEN BOEKBAND DOOR BIBLIOPEGUS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 72445
JAN 1 1904
London: London Gazette, 1904. 4to. later cloth. 103 pages. JAN 1 1904. Number 27632 from The London Gazette, Friday, January 1, 1904. Contains the citation for the Zaehnsdorf Company (page 18). From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Edges rubbed. READ MORE about LONDON GAZETTE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 102239
London, England: Shepherds Bookstores, 2001. small folio. tapestry cloth over boards, canvas reproduction of New York Times front page on covers, clamshell box. 76 pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this copy is one of 250 copies reserved in sheets available for binders. Our copy was bound by Jamie Kamph in full tapestry cloth over boards with an official front page reprint of the New York Times front page on canvas which is..... READ MORE about LOST ON THE TITANIC THE STORY OF THE GREAT OMAR
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 130612
Berlin: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, n.d. (1904). small 4to. cloth. (iv), 186, (2) pages. S-K 1821. Part X of the Monographien des Kunstgewerbes Series. Contains 197 illustrations. Spine of book is faded. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 38593
Berlin und Leipzig: Verlag von Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, n.d. small 4to. modern cloth with part of original cover laid down on spine and front cover. (iv), 186, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition. S-K 1821. Part X of the Monographien des Kunstgewerbes Series. Contains 197 illustrations. Some paper repair along hinges. Bookplate. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 65024
Berlin und Leipzig: Verlag von Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, n.d. small 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (iv), 186, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition. S-K 1821. Part X of the Monographien des Kunstgewerbes Series. Contains 197 illustrations. Covers rubbed along edges and at spine ends. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 126254
Berlin, Germany: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, n.d., but circa 1903. small 4to. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. (iv), 186, (2) pages. Text in German. No. X in the "Monogphien des Kunstgewerbes" series. Index, table of contents. 197 illustrations in text. Spine worn at top extremity. Covers rubbed and scuffed, especially at hinges..Text lightly tanned at edges. A study of bookbinding from medieval times to the 19th century. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130832
2 Volumes.
Macerata, Italy: Cassa de Risparmio, 2002. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. 225, (7); 229+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Text in Italian, with some introductory comments and descriptions of entries French, Spanish, and English. Catalogue of the Second International Exhibition of Bookbinding Art in Italy, June 2002. Introductory comments. Color illustrations of the entries of exhibitors with biogrpahical information. Brief photographic essay follows text. Advertisements of sponsors, index of exhibitors. READ MORE about MAESTRI RILEGATORI PER IL "CANTICO DELLE CREATURE"
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 124383
2 volumes.
London: Maggs Bros. 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 533 pages. 2 volumes. Catalogue 1075 issued by this firm. Detailed descriptions of 382 bindings, including the Guild of Women-Binders, with plates throughout (many in color). READ MORE about BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 38666
Paris: Maggs Bros. (1938). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 84 pages and 50 plates, some of which are in full color. Catalogue 12. Part of the Serie Francaise issued by Maggs. With many illustrations of fine bindings. Spine chipped with pieces of covering missing. READ MORE about CHOIX DE BEAUX LIVRES DU XVe AU XIXe SIÈCLE, AUTOGRAPHES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11758
Catalogue 489.
London: Maggs Bros. 1927. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 208 pages. Catalogue 489. S-K 1482. With a colored frontispiece showing a binding by Samuel Mearne and many other plates. There are 311 items described in detail. Light cover wear, otherwise near fine. READ MORE about BOOK BINDINGS: HISTORICAL AND DECORATIVE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 3031
London: Maggs Bros. 1934. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 218 pages. With many plates including some of bindings. Covers rubbed with a few small spots. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, BINDINGS, SPORTING PRINTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 98729
Catalogue 893.
London: Maggs Bros. 1964. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 193 pages. Catalogue 893. S-K 3520b. With many full-page plates illustrating bindings. (Brenni no.769). READ MORE about BOOKBINDING IN GREAT BRITAIN, SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 7947
Catalogue 893.
London: Maggs Bros. 1964. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 193 pages. Catalogue 893. S-K 3520b. With many full-page plates illustrating bindings. (Brenni no.769). Foxing of title page and back cover. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING IN GREAT BRITAIN, SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 76649
Paris: Maggs Bros. n.d. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 135+(1) pages. Catalogue 9 of the Maggs "Série Française". Frontispiece photograph of part of the Pereire library followed by four page preface by Alfred Pereire. 608 priced items. Covers soiled. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN HUMANISTE, D'APRÈS LES LIVRES CHOISIS PRINCIPALEMENT DANS LES BIBLIOTHÈQUES...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 72357
Milano: Librairie Ancienne Ulrico Hoepli, 1938. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Full color frontispiece; (vi), 67 pages followed by 71 plates. With estimated prices loosely inserted. Priced in margins throughout. Wear at spine ends and corners. Tears in the edges of a few pages in the middle. READ MORE about MANUSCRITS ET INCUNABLES, LIVRES A FIGURES RELIURES, BIBLIOTHEQUE ASHBURNER
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 16075
Genève: Librairie André Cottet, 1967. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 183+(1) pages. Catalogue No. 3 for the auction sale of November 10, 1967 auction held in Geneva by Librairie Andre Cottet, formerly the firm of Nicolas Rauch. Describes 253 offerings, with numerous black-and-white illustrations of the richly-bound and embellished books by artists such as Nicolas and Clovis Eve, later 16th-century bookbinders to the king, and Francisque Cuzin, later 19th-century master of the genre Cuzin. Date..... READ MORE about MANUSCRITS, INCUNABLES, XVIe - XIXe SIÈCLE, RICHES RELIURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 75100
Genova: Comune di Genova, 1976. 8vo. cloth. 143, (3) pages; 60 plates. Catalogue for an exhibition held in Genoa at the Palazzo dell'Accademia from January 9 - February 3,1976. 60 plates depicting bindings. Covers slightly faded. READ MORE about MOSTRA DI LEGATURE DEI SECOLI XV - XIX
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 72023
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, (1966). 4to. cloth. 190, (3) pages. S-K 4353. First edition. (Brenni no.1040). A detailed description of the Italian bindings in the Fürstenberg collection. Contains 79 full-page plates showing bindings. Has a 22 page introduction by de Marinis. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about ITALIENISCHEN RENAISSANCE-EINBÄNDE DER BIBLIOTHEK FÜRSTENBERG EINFÜHRUNG VON HANS...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 71393
New Castle & London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2011. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 190 pages. As a craft of more than 2,000 years, the art of bookbinding has been overlooked in history. Primarily seen for its practical purpose of protecting the pages of a book, it is sometimes hard to recognize the creative aspects of a bookbinding. Beautiful Bookbindings hopes to bring to light this artistic way of thinking..... READ MORE about BEAUTIFUL BOOKBINDINGS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF THE BOOKBINDER'S ART
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 105519
Brussels: Editions Technorama, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 87 exhibits described and with many illustrations including most in color. Preface by Michel Wittock. READ MORE about RELIURES DE MONIQUE MATHIEU A LA BIBLIOTHECA WITTOCKIANA DU 17 OCTOBRE 1992 AU 9 JANVIER 1993....
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 81555
New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1990. 8vo. cloth. (xi), xiv, 342 pages. See S-K 1543. Facsimile reprint of the first edition. (Mejer no.127; Hart no.150). Part of The History of Bookbinding Technique and Design series edited by Sidney F. Huttner. With 53 illustrations of bookbindings. Major sections on bookbindings of the past, bookbindings of the present, commercial bookbindings, and books in paper covers. Matthews was a lawyer who became an author. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS, OLD AND NEW, NOTES OF A BOOK-LOVER. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GROLIER CLUB OF NEW YORK
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 28499
(Rossdorf, Germany): Holger Fröhlich, (2007). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 41, (7) pages. Text in German. Table of contents, index, bibliography. Black and white illustrations throughout. Advertisements follow text. An instructional manual. READ MORE about DAS BUCH UND SEINE TEILE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126286
London: Gordon Fraser, 1983. 4to. cloth-backed, printed paper-covered boards, printed clear plastic dust jacket. 112 pages. S-K 7106. First edition. Compliments McLean's earlier book on publisher's bookbindings in cloth and leather. Over half of the 200 illustrations are in color. Contains illustrations of all the Papier Maché bindings known. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BOOK-BINDINGS IN PAPER
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2485
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. small 4to. later buckram, leather spine label. 208 pages. S-K 26. Brenni no.11. Top corner bumped, else fine in a later cloth binding.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BUCHBINDEREI-LITERATUR
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 981
Aberdeen, Scotland: The University Press, 1938. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 7+(1) pages. Reprinted from The Aberdeen University Review (July 1938). Thirteen black and white plates with descriptive information on each. READ MORE about SOME EARLY BOOKBINDINGS IN THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 131565
Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 2000. 4to. softcover. 63 pages. Very scarce bookbinding manual specializing in library bindings. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE ANSI/ NISO/ LBI LIBRARY BINDING STANDARD: ANSI/ NISO/ LBI Z39.78-2000
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 135323
Foreword by Howard M. Nixon.
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1996 (but 2008). 5.75 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 386 pages followed by 14 plates. Foreword by Howard M. Nixon. Fourth edition. This is a classic reference work about decorative and commercial English bookbinding techniques written by one of the foremost experts on bookbinding. Each chapter covers various aspects of bookbinding techniques as well as historical information. Each of the chapters describes the..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 44862
VOLUME 1
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2013. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 534 pages. VOLUME 1. Nine authors writing on nine topics. This collection of essays, published as the first volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship in the history of the book. Fully illustrated in color, with additional images on accompanying DVD. The essays included are: Evyn Kropf - Historical Repair, Recycling..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 1
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 116163
VOLUME 2
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2015. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 442 pages. VOLUME 2. Six authors writing on seven topics. This collection of essays, published as the second volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship in the history of the book. Fully illustrated in color, with additional images on accompanying DVD. The essays included are: Cathleen A. Baker - Examination and..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 2
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 125274
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2010. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 528 pages, 374 illustrations. Books Will Speak Plain is published at a time when the historical book is at risk of being ignored, put away, and forgotten. This handbook combines an overview of the history of the codex with basic information about many of the materials and structures found on historical bindings. The book also includes description-survey guidelines and is supported by a variety..... READ MORE about BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 106900
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2010. 8vo. full leather, clamshell box. 528 pages, 374 illustrations. Books Will Speak Plain is published at a time when the historical book is at risk of being ignored, put away, and forgotten. This handbook combines an overview of the history of the codex with basic information about many of the materials and structures found on historical bindings. The book also includes description-survey guidelines and is supported by a...... READ MORE about BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS
Price: $1,450.00 Order nr. 135130
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 707 pages. Research into the history of the book and bookbinding makes our historical bindings relevant again and makes them better company. Studying and understanding and identifying and describing give us more information to consider when we must make decisions about our historical books. Accumulating this information most affects our great institutional collections, and to an extent, private collections, because the custodians of those..... READ MORE about MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 132198
VOLUME 3
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2016. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 350 pages. VOLUME 3. This collection of essays, published as the third volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship in the history of books. Erin Albritton & Christina Amato, A Study of Two Semi-Limp Parchment Binding Styles in the Rare Book Collection at The New York Academy of Medicine Library Ruth..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 3
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 132197
VOLUME 5
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 464 pages. VOLUME 5. The eight authors in this volume are: Lydia Aitkenhead; Ruth Bardenstein; Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson; Bexx Caswell and Patrick Olson; Peter Geraty; Kathleen Kiefer, Barbara Korbel, and Eva-Maria Schuchardt; Todd Pattison and Graham Patten; and Karin Scheper.
Two canvas samples are also included. READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 5
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 133683
VOLUME 7
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 620 pages. VOLUME 7. The critically acclaimed series on bookbinding edited by Julia Miller continues to turn heads with the release of volume seven. The authors in this volume are: Pablo Alvarez with The Burning of the Butterfly: A Plaquette Binding at the University of Michigan Library, Alexandra Alvis with Working on the Best Material and by the Best Methods: Douglas Cockerell and Son..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 7
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 136877
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 661 pages, 731 illustrations. Tradition and Individuality came about as the result of an irresistible invitation: to examine and describe the bindings on 100 Greek manuscripts in the University of Michigan Librarys rare-book collection, which date from the fourth to the nineteenth century. This book is intended as a companion to the two-volume catalogue of the U-M Greek manuscripts written by Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann, both..... READ MORE about TRADITION AND INDIVIDUALITY, BINDINGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GREEK MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 136009
New Castle Upon Tyne: King's College, 1954. 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages and two plates. The plates show numerous binders' tickets. Presentation from Mitchell to Professor John Boyes dated 1954 on free endpaper. READ MORE about BRITISH SIGNED BINDINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF KING'S COLLEGE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 5843
Two volumes.
Heidelberg: Edition Braus, 1986. small 4to. paper cover boards. xvi,544; 328 pages. Two volumes. This library is the oldest public library still intact, being founded in Heidelberg in 1421 and moved to the Vatican for safe keeping in 1623. This exhibition catalogue was issued in conjunction with the 600th anniversary of Heidelberg. The books were brought from the Vatican library to Heidelberg for the exhibition. The second volume contains nothing but plates in color. With..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA PALATINA, KATALOG ZUR AUSSTELLUNG
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 126201
London: Arts Council, 1965. square 12mo. later cloth with leather spine label, original wrappers bound-in in the back. Introduction by Howard Nixon followed by 16 full-page photos. S-K 1185. The second Abbey exhibition. Not in Brenni. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about MODERN BRITISH AND FRENCH BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.R. ABBEY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72050
London: Designer Bookbinders, 1971. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 63 pages. S-K 6654. Brenni no.933. With 29 full-page plates of bindings. A biography of all the designers represented is given. Covers soiled. READ MORE about MODERN BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS, AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN BOOKBINDING BY MEMBERS OF DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2749
(Stockholm: Victor Pettersons Bokingustriaktiebolag, 1950). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages. Text in Swedish. Organized by the Swedish Bookbinding and Paper Packaging Association. National Museum Exhibition Catalogue No. 170. Foreword by Alfred Petterson of the Association. Introduction by H.J. Lundgren. Organized by binder. Includes advertisers. Four black and white plates. Wrappers tanned and chipped at corners and along spine. READ MORE about MODERNA SVENSKA BOKBAND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114365
Ravensburg, Germany: Otto Maier, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 67, (5) pages. Text in German. A handbook for bookbinding. Table of contents and introduction. Black and white diagrams in text seven black and white plates. Five pages of advertisements follow text. Covers and text tanned. READ MORE about DER BUCHEINBAND ANLEITUNG ZUM HANDBINDEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 120747
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
New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1978). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 120 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. READ MORE about BINDING AND REPAIRING BOOKS BY HAND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5846
Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 51+(1) pages. Text in Dutch. Table of contents, foreword, list of participants. Advertisements follow text. An exhibition of the Bookbinder's Designers Group. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about NEDERLANDSE HANDBOEKBINDERS EN BOEKBANDONTWERPEERSGROPE: BOEKBANDEN IN TEXTIEL
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 126464
New York, NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxvii, 338 pages. S-K 1091. First edition. Table of contents, preface, explanatory note, bibliography, three indices. One hundred bindings described with tipped-in frontispiece and one hundred illustrations, seven in color. (Brenni no.12). A fine copy of a beautiful book. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TWELVE CENTURIES OF BOOKBINDINGS 400-1600
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 2941
Boston: Bromer Booksellers for the Guild of Book Workers, 1982. 8vo. stiff paste paper wrappers, paper cover label. (16) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Introduction by Sam Ellenport. Illustrated. READ MORE about NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER FALL EXHIBITION
Price: $26.00 Order nr. 126275
New York: The Book Arts Press, 1980. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. With an introduction by Terry Belanger. Handset. READ MORE about A NEW MODE CALLED CLOTH BINDING: LONDON PUBLISHING IN CA. 1840 EXCERPTS FROM THE AUTHOR'S...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17773
Sussex: I. Nevins, (1986). 8vo. cloth with marbled paper specimen on front cover. (iv), 318 pages. Limited to 300 numbered and signed copies.This reprint of the first practical bookbinding manual (1856) contains 18 hand-marbled specimens, marbled according to directions given in the text by Iris Nevins. She has also written a two page introduction. READ MORE about A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING Originally issued with 7 hand-marbled specimens by Mr. Charles...
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 118156
Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. 12mo. original blind-stamped brown cloth; author, title, and publisher gilt-stamped on spine. 318, (2), 18 pages. First edition of the first American bookbinding manual (Mejer 1950; Appleton 83; Brenni no. 39-for the first edition) in the original binding in near-fine condition. Preface, table of contents, introduction, glossary of technical terms, index. Advertisements of other works by the publisher follow text. Frontispiece. Contains 12 plates of bindings and 7 samples..... READ MORE about A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING, CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF...
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 129240
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1982. 8vo. cloth. 159 pages. S-K 3527. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With three colored plates and sixty-eight half-tone illustrations of bindings. All seventy-one bindings are described in detail and are accompanied by an illustration. Includes the work of Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Guild of Women-Binders, and others including McLeish and Cockerell. Fine condition. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 2456
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1982. 8vo. cloth. 159 pages. S-K 3527. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With three colored plates and sixty-eight half-tone illustrations of bindings. All seventy-one bindings are described in detail and are accompanied by an illustration. Includes the work of Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Guild of Women-Binders, and others including McLeish and Cockerell. Lightly soiled on the front / rear covers and spine, which were bound upside down. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134201
Woodridge: Boydell & Brewer, (1984). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 45 pages followed by 52 plates of bindings, some in color, and three plates of rubbings. S-K 1381. A superb collection of London bindings produced in the late 17th century. The tipped-in color plates are well produced. Jacket shows minor wear and sunning to spine, else fine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PEPYS LIBRARY AT MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE. VOLUME VI. BINDINGS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 8169
London: The Private Library Assoc. 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. S-K 691. History of the development of the "centre and corner piece" and the "interlacing ribbon" style of binding; accompanied by 32 illustrations of bindings on 8 plates. (Brenni no.339). Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN STYLES OF BOOKBINDING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 5855
London: The British Library, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages and 1 full-page color plate. S-K 4775. First edition but with only one illustration. (Brenni 853). An unusual exhibition catalogue with a long running essay supplemented by specific exhibit entries described in the margins of the text. 126 items are thus described. READ MORE about ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS, SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 5860
London: The Scolar Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 232, (9) pages. S-K 136. First edition. (Brenni no.759). One hundred articles on bookbinding that originally appeared in The Book Collectorhave been combined into one volume. Contains 100 plates of important bindings and a page of descriptive text about each. READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH BOOKBINDING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2457
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 263 pages. S-K 3707. First edition. (Brenni no.240). Preface by Charles Ryskamp followed by a two page introduction by Nixon. The 66 bindings are described in great detail and each is accompanied by an illustration. Includes an index of binders, owners and authors. Important book. READ MORE about SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 7948
Extracted from the Transactions of the Fourth International Congress of Bibliophiles.
London: ICB, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.81-94. Extracted from the Transactions of the Fourth International Congress of Bibliophiles. S-K 1971. Three full-page plates. An excellent summary of the subject. From Nixon's working library. READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5857
London: British Museum, 1957. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages of text followed by 16 full-page plates. S-K 1968. A separate publication of the British Museum. READ MORE about ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5866
