(Bookbinding). Boudalis, Georgios.

ON THE EDGE: ENDBANDS IN THE BOOKBINDING TRADITIONS OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022. large 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. 352 pages, 424 illustrations. First edition. A fine copy. Printed in full color. The term endbands designates the two bands worked with thread(s) at the head and tail edges of the spine of a book. The techniques with which they are worked and the ways with which they are connected to a bound codex vary greatly over time and geography. The purpose..... READ MORE about ON THE EDGE: ENDBANDS IN THE BOOKBINDING TRADITIONS OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138601

(Bookbinding). Etherington, Don.

BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 102815

(Bookbinding). Etherington, Don.

DESIGN BINDINGS: A RETROSPECTIVE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 127152

(Bookbinding). Foot, Mirjam M.

THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. II).

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  other currencies  Order nr. 104824

(Bookbinding). French, Hannah D.

BOOKBINDING IN EARLY AMERICA.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 38017

(Bookbinding). Hinckley, C.T.

A DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. (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 bindery. The fifth Christmas book issued by Oak Knoll. READ MORE about A DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO

Price: $4.00  other currencies  Order nr. 23227

(Bookbinding). King, Edmund M.B.

VICTORIAN DECORATED TRADE BINDINGS 1830-1880.

New Castle, DE: British Library & Oak Knoll Press, The, 2003. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 347 pages. First edition. Minor rubbing to tail of spine, else a near fine copy. This ground-breaking study deals with the creative explosions of book cover designs in Victorian Britain from 1830 to 1880. Due to new technical developments many practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane and John Leighton broke new ground in artistic styling. Edmund King, Head..... READ MORE about VICTORIAN DECORATED TRADE BINDINGS 1830-1880

Price: $98.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71826

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia (editor).

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 1.

Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2013. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 534 pages. 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, and Recovering..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 1

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134430

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 138588

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 7.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 138583

(Bookbinding). Petersen, Theodore C.

COPTIC BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 532 pages, 370 illustrations. Edited by Francisco H. Trujillo. Theodore C. Petersen wrote Coptic Bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library between 1929 and 1950, but it remained unpublished until now. The seminal work describes the binding techniques and materials of a collection of early manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum (MLM). The collection consists of ninth- and tenth-century bindings of over fifty manuscripts..... READ MORE about COPTIC BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138598

(Bookbinding). Shepherd, Rob.

THE CINDERELLA OF THE ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFF, A LONDON BOOKBINDING FIRM ESTABLISHED IN 1901.

Including a story of the Great Omar, a jewelled binding of the Rub'iyat of Omar Kahyyam lost on the Titanic in 1912.
London and New Castle, DE: Shepherds and Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 275 x 210 mm. paperback. 200pp + 8pp. Including a story of the Great Omar, a jewelled binding of the Rub'iyat of Omar Kahyyam lost on the Titanic in 1912. This book charts the history of one of the most important craft bookbinding workshops of the twentieth century. Sangorski & Sutcliffe was founded in 1901. The founding partners, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, established..... READ MORE about THE CINDERELLA OF THE ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFF, A LONDON BOOKBINDING...

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123418

(Bookbinding). Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella.

AMERICAN SIGNED BINDINGS THROUGH 1876.

New Castle and Bryn Mawr: Oak Knoll Press & Bryn Mawr College Library, 2007. 4to. unbound. 300 pages. First edition. Smyth-sewn book block complete with end sheets but without a case. In this the first major study of American signed book bindings, Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella describe and illustrate 315 bookbinder's tickets, stamps, and engraved designations dating from the 1750s through 1876. The details of the study reveal a vibrant segment of the..... READ MORE about AMERICAN SIGNED BINDINGS THROUGH 1876

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93878