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 about HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $22.50 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 about TRÉSORS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ARSENAL
Price: $18.00 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 about THE CORTLANDT F. BISHOP LIBRARY
Price: $65.00 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 about BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ
Price: $20.00 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 about BOOK ARTS & PRINTING HISTORY. CATALOGUE 82. PART ONE. With PART TWO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106141
Montpelier: The Leahy Press, 1992. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 leaves. Catalogue of a bookbinding exhibition. READ MORE about 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER OF THE GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS
Price: $10.00 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 about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & FINE BINDINGS, CATALOGUE 163
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 11985
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 about RARE BOOKS, HISTORIC & DECORATIVE BINDINGS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 3033
Dallas: Bridwell Library, 1993. square 8vo. paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Illustrated exhibition catalogue of the work of twenty-five binders, using texts by the author Ladislav Hanka, for the Rarach Press. READ MORE about 50 X 25
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51778
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 about ALBUM DE CENT SOIXANTE-ET-ONZE REPRODUCTIONS DE RELIURES D'ART EXÉCUTÉES SUR DES ÉDITIOINS DE...
Price: $100.00 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 about BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS, RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, MANUSCRITS ET IMPRIMÉS, RICHES RELIURES ARMORIÉES
Price: $65.00 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 about BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES LA PLUPART REVÊTUS DE TRÈS RICHES RELIURES ET ENRICHIS DE PRÉCIEUX...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71515
Paris: Giraud-Badin, 1934. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages followed by the plates. Catalogue of Sale held October 30, 1934. (Blogie II, 327). Identified in pencil on the wrapper as the Blumenthal collection. Covers chipped around edges. Contains 15 plates printed on special glossy paper. 124 items auctioned and with an index of provenance. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE B***, LIVRES ANCIENS RARES ET PRÉCIEUX, RICHES RELIURES ANCIENNES ARMORIÉES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72497
(Paris, France: M. Étienne Ader), 1964. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 57, (3) pages. Text in French. Blogie II, 383. 159 lots. Featuring Romantic era bookbindings. 12 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and torn at top and bottom of spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR TRÈS BEAUX LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS DE L'ÉPOQUE ROMANTIQUE DONT CERTAINS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119977
Paris: Jean Louis Picard, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale of books in bindings. Ten plates of bindings with most in color. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE D'UN AMATEUR, BEL ENSEMBLE D'OUVRAGES, PRINCIPALEMENT DU XVIIIe SIECLE, DANS DE...
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 41693
Paris: Ader Picard Tajan, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Sale held on March 6th and 7th, 1991. 573 lots for sale including many fine binding (shown in color). With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 72392
Paris: Ader Tajan, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale of April 7, 1992. With bindings by Koehler, Purgold, Thouvenin, Simier and Vogel. 104 items described and with some plates in color. Randeria bookplate on title page. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 72398
Paris: Ader Tajan, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale held on November 25th, 1991. 225 lots described with many illustrations including a number in color. Prices realized loosely inserted. Randeria bookplate on half-title. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UN AMATEUR
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 72399
Paris: Jules Meynial - L. Giraud-Badin, 1924. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label. (iv), 108, (4) pages and 52 plates. Blogie II, 297. A second part was issued later which sold prints and drawings. This sale listed 331 lots and was accompanied by 52 plates of bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. EUGÈNE RENEVEY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71531
Paris: Claude Blizot - J.-E. Gautrot, n.d. but 1979. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 73+(1) pages. Auction sale of the collection of Mme. Nielsen (Blogie III, 443). 81 lots including bindings. With the Randeria bookplate on the half-title. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MME. N., LIVRES DES XVIIe, XVIIIe ET XIXe SIÈCLES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 72504
Paris: Reliures aux Armes, 1975. 4to. cloth. 172 pages. Auction catalogue fully describing 350 items. Well illustrated, many in color. Many examples of old bindings. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SIR A., LIVRES ANCIENS, EXEMPLAIRES IMPRIMES SUR PEAU DE VELIN, ARCHITECTURE,...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36197
Geneve: Salle Kundig, (1937). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 220 pages. With forty plates printed on glossy paper which are interspersed throughout the auction sale catalogue, many of which show bindings. Covers foxed. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DU CHATEAU DE SULLY, LIVRES ANCIENS DES XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe SIÈCLES ET DE L'ÉPOQUE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72110
Paris, France: Georges Blaizot, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 51+(1) pages. Text in French. Blogie II, 395. 135 lots. Features books bound by noteworthy French binders. Four black and white plates. Wrappers sunned at edges. Prices for some lots pencilled in margins. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU PROFESSEUR GEORGES MARCHAL TRÈS BEAUX LIVERS MODERNES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119968
2 volumes.
Paris: Drouot Rive Gauche, 1979. small 4to. cloth, paper cover labels. 124,(4); 87,(3) pages. 2 volumes. Two volume auction sale of the library of Evrard de Rouvre (Blogie III, 447; III, 449). Filled with black-and-white and color plates. Many fine bindings. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE EVRARD DE ROUVRE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72506
Paris: n.p., 1936. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, protector. 178, (4) pages, with 18 additional pages and 5 additional leaves of plates. Auction catalogue for the sale of 511 lots from the library of Gabriel Thomas on March 26-28, 1936 (Blogie 334). Offered were books of the 16th to 18th centuries, often in fine bindings, drawings and watercolors by Maurice Denis (1870-1943), first editions, illustrated books, and autographs and manuscripts, including the autograph manuscript..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE GABRIEL THOMAS, BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS AUX ARMES, EDITIONS ORIGINALES ROMANTIQUES ET...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 52274
