BOOK ARTS & PRINTING HISTORY. CATALOGUE 82. PART ONE. With PART TWO.

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 about BOOK ARTS & PRINTING HISTORY. CATALOGUE 82. PART ONE. With PART TWO

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THE CLUMBER LIBRARY, CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SEVENTH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1937. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 59-209+(1). The second volume of this important four part sale. Blogie III, 105, 108 for the first two parts - the third part not in Blogie. This second volume contained fine bindings. This set is the illustrated version with 7 plates in color and 13 in monochrome. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Wear at spine..... READ MORE about THE CLUMBER LIBRARY, CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SEVENTH DUKE...

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102427

Appleton, Tony.

A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.

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 about A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY,...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120134

Cim, Albert.

PETIT MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DES LIVRES.

Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. (circa 1920s). 12mo. quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands, with original paper wrappers bound-in. 254, (2) pages. Extracted by Cim from his five-volume work, l'Encyclopédie du Livre (Flammarion, 1905-8). Includes discussions of paper, format, printing, binding, arrangement of libraries, bibliographic classification. Several illustrations of contemporary book shelving. Leather rubbed on spine. Printed on cheaper paper. READ MORE about PETIT MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DES LIVRES

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114412

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut.

ONE HUNDRED BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING, A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF PRINTING.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. 12mo. boards. Not paginated. Third and last edition, expanded from his 70 Books About Bookmaking. Each of the 100 books is described in detail. Ink ownership inscription in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING, A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF PRINTING

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Pollard, Graham.

THE EARLIEST DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK TRADE, BY JOHN PENDRED (1785).

With an Introduction and appendix by Pollard.
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1955. square 8vo. paper wrappers. xxiv, 90 pages. With an Introduction and appendix by Pollard. Supplement to the Transactions of the Society. Includes information on booksellers and bookbinders. Chipped along edges. READ MORE about THE EARLIEST DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK TRADE, BY JOHN PENDRED (1785

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6185

Serviere, Michel.

LIVRES DELIVRES, ENTBUNDENE BUCHER.

N.P. Editions du Frac de Haute-Normandie, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 50 pages. Exhibition catalogue with illustrations in color showing modern book art productions. READ MORE about LIVRES DELIVRES, ENTBUNDENE BUCHER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34011

(Abbey Collection).

CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY.

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 about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE...

Price: $251.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60844

(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY.

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 about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE...

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25725

(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY, THE FOURTH AND FINAL PORTION.

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 about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY, THE FOURTH AND FINAL PORTION

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114994

(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY.

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 about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE...

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(Bibliothèque de L'Arsenal).

TRÉSORS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ARSENAL.

(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 about TRÉSORS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ARSENAL

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(Bolloré, Gwen-Aël).

BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ.

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 about BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70276