8 (of 11) volumes.
London: Sotheby & Co., 1965-1989. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 8 (of 11) volumes. Lacking parts 9, 10, 11. Includes Abbey's bindings and illuminated manuscripts. READ MORE
Price: $251.00 other currencies Order nr. 60844
London: Sotheby & Co., 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 179 pages. S-K 1184. Foldout frontispiece and 62 other full-page plates. Some plates in color. Prcies realized loosely inserted. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 6162
London: Messrs. Sotheby & Co., 1967. small 4to. boards. (vii), 233, (9) pages. S-K 1184. This catalogue describes Abbey's collection of French bindings and contains a full color frontispiece and 51 full-page plates of bindings. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 5652
London: Messrs. Sotheby & Co., 1967. small 4to. boards. (iv), 52 pages. S-K 1184. This portion contains Abbey's press books, a large number of 20th century bindings by Cobden-Sanderson, Cockerell, Doves Press, McLeish, Powell, etc. and also a number of color plate books. With 8 plates. Prices realized loosely inserted. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 5653
London: Messrs. Sotheby & Co., 1967. small 4to. boards. (iv), 52 pages. S-K 1184. This portion contains Abbey's press books, a large number of 20th century bindings by Cobden-Sanderson, Cockerell, Doves Press, McLeish, Powell, etc. and also a number of color plate books. The un-illustrated version. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 114994
London: Sotheby & Co., 1970. small 4to. paper wrappers. 52 pages. S-K 1184. Contains Abbey's collection of modern English bindings with a full color frontispiece and many other bindings illustrated. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 5654
London: Messrs Sotheby & Co., 1965. small 4to. paper wrappers. xi, 279 pages. S-K 1184. Un-illustrated version. With indices by books on vellum, binders, booksellers and provenance. With a five page introduction. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 5680
Ten volumes.
London: Sotheby's, 1965-1989. small 4to. original boards except parts five and six which are in the original paper wrappers. Ten volumes. First ten volumes of these auction catalogues describing this magnificent collection (lacks the 11th volume which was issued in 1989). Contains one of the best selections of bookbindings and books about bookbindings ever sold at auction. Hundreds of plates of illustrations. Prices realized in all volumes except volume eight. Covers of volume 9 have... READ MORE
Price: $450.00 other currencies Order nr. 25725
Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 235
Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. Jacket chipped along top with two tears. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 120134
New York: The Grolier Club, 1971. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 137 pages. Jean Grolier can be considered a window to the history of French culture. He was interested in Italian and French scholarship, music and publications, antiquarian books, book collecting, and more. The Grolier Club has been named after this "prince of bibliophiles." This book is a groundbreaking study of the legendary bibliophile and patron of printing. Colin Eisler provides an informational and historical... READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 106587
Hamden: Archon Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 129 pages. First U.S. edition. Two major sections; The History of Books and The Analysis and Description of Books. Chapters on printing, illustration, paper, binding, the book trade, etc. Bookplate. READ MORE
Price: $22.50 other currencies Order nr. 20638
(Paris, France): Bibliothèque Nationale, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 257, (3) pages. Text in French. Preface, introduction. Indices of manuscripts, illuminators, designers and painters. Table of contents follows text. Eight color plates. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations throughout text. Includes books, manuscripts, and bindings. Covers scuffed at edges and along spine. READ MORE
Price: $18.00 other currencies Order nr. 128018
New York: American Art Association, 1938, 1938, 1938, 1939. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Very good set of this magnificent library catalogue. Many plates of bookbindings. A fifth volume that is not present was issued in 1948 and described Bishop's French books. Light cover wear. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 102751
Paris: n.p., 2002. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 244 pages. Auction catalogue, Sotheby's, Paris, 2002, of modern bindings, manuscripts, first editions, drawings and prints from the library of the French writer and oceanographer Gwen-Aël Bolloré (1925-2001), 242 lots. Illustrated throughout in color. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 70276
2 volumes. Catalogue 82, Part One: A-L and Part Two: M-Z/Addenda
Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, Inc., 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 87; 96 pages. 2 volumes. Catalogue 82, Part One: A-L and Part Two: M-Z/Addenda. A bookseller's catalogue of antiquarian books about the book and its production. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106141
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 235+(1) pages. Catalogue 246 issued by Oak Knoll. Describes 1400 items for sale. Illustrated. With biographical sketches and portraits of Randeria and Brazier. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 94649
Montpelier: The Leahy Press, 1992. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 leaves. Catalogue of a bookbinding exhibition. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 51300
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 98, (2) pages. Illustrations in text and 28 full page plates, the first 8 of which show bindings. Rubbed along edges and hinges. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 11985
Catalogue 308.
London: Maggs Bros. 1913. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 120 pages and 62 plates. Catalogue 308. Many bindings illustrated including a number in color. Ink stamp of library on front page. Minor wear, else fine. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 11880
London: Maggs Bros. 1919. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 120 pages. Catalogue 385. Covers show wear and wrinkling of pages. With a number of plates of the bindings. Ink writing on cover and throughout. Minor wear, else near fine. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 3033
Paris, France: A. Durel, 1902. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. viii, 84, (2) plates. Text in French. Auction of the collection of Alexis, Vicomte de La Croix-Laval.(Blogie II, 245). 171 lots, with plates illustrating each. Alphabetical index precedes text. Ex-library with markings. Lacks plate 106. READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 130544
Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1937. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. (iv), 70, (4) pages and 16 plates. Blogie II, 338. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 267 lots for sale. 16 plates mostly depicting these fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 71518
Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1939. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. 64 pages followed by the 24 plates. Blogie II, 344. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 176 lots for sale. 24 full-page plates mostly showing fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 71515
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1935. 4to. later cloth with original front cover bound-in. (vi), 58, (2) pages followed by 32 plates. All 32 plates contain tipped-in illustrations of fine bindings. Estimated price list bound-in. Some foxing of endpapers. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 30286
