Paris: Christie's, 2019, large quarto, decorated boards. (311) pp. Christie's, This superb collection of illustrated editions & art books includes Albercht Dürer's L’Apocalypse, considered to be the first “Painter’s book”. Includes an exceptional collection of fine bindings. One item with price realized noted, else a beautiful catalogue in as new..... More
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd, (1987), quarto, pictorial wrappers. 248 pp.;285 pp. Maggs Bros. Ltd, Maggs Bros. Catalogue #1075. 382 bindings offered ranging from Eton Period bindings, Hollis bindings, Edwards of Halifax, Masonic bindings, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Riviere & Son, to C. Philip Smith. Final signature in Part..... More
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd, September 1938, octavo, pictorial wrappers. 128 pp. Maggs Bros. Ltd, Maggs rare book Catalogue No. 665. 94 items listed and described in detail, each with a black and white illustration. "We do not lay claim to a complete survey of the binder's art in England from..... More
(Tokyo): Kyoiku Shoseki, (1991), First English Language Edition. folio, cloth in dust jacket. (200)pp. Kyoiku Shoseki, This catalogue covers the years from 1980 - 1990 and contains 169 fine bindings, 27 designs for commercial book production as well as posters and announcements. Illustrated with 300 color plates. "Although bookbinding may..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946, First Edition. large octavo, black cloth in slipcase. xxi, 251pp. followed by 91pp. of plates; vi, 406pp. Rinehart & Company, One of the most important books on bookbinding. Chapters include The Book of the Middle Ages, National Styles of Book Decoration, Craftsmanship, Workshop Appointments..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2020, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 528 pp. The Legacy Press, Morgan Simms Adams on Identifying Evidence of Textile Curtains in Medieval Manuscripts in the Morgan Library & Museum; Katherine Beaty on Tackets, Buckles, and Overbands: Italian Stationery Bindings of the HBS..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2013, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 534 pp. Legacy Press, 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..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2015, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 454 pp. Legacy Press, Cathleen A. Baker on "Examination and Image-Capturing Techniques"; "Binding at Midcentury: The Rivers of America Competition of 1946" by Thomas E. Conroy; "Bio-Bibliographical List of Individual Bookbinders" (on DVD) by Thomas E. Conroy; "Finding..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2016, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 517 pp. Legacy Press, Erin Albritton & Christina Amato on "A Study of Two Semi-Limp Parchment Binding Styles in the Rare Book Collection at The New York Academy of Medicine Library"; "Historical Bindings of the Chamberlain-Warren Samaritan Collection"..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2017, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 350 pp. Legacy Press, Ashley Cataldo, "Catalog of the Finishing Tools of the Eighteenth-Century Binder Henry Bilson Legge"; Jana Dambrogio, "Trickett’s Tickets"; Gary Frost, "Book Interventions: Books Remade by Use"; Marieka Kaye, "Diamond in the Rough: A Study..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2019, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 464 pp. Legacy Press, Pictures in Your Pocket: A History of the American Tintype Album; Samaritan Manuscript Bindings from Four Collections in the United States; A Previously Unrecorded Sewing Technique Deciphered During a Study of a Twelfth-Century, Limp..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2014, Second Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 632 pp.; DVD. The Legacy Press, "Books Will Speak" 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..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2018, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 707 pp. The Legacy Press, Julia Miller’s second book grew out of the experience of writing Books Will Speak Plain: A Handbook for Identifyingand Describing Historical Bindings, now a recognized classic text on the subject. Meeting..... More
Mexico: Monografías Bibliográficas Mexicanas, 1932, First Edition. octavo, rebound in full black leather gilt stamped with tulips, marbled endpapers. xxviii, 25 pp. ; XLVIII plates. Monografías Bibliográficas Mexicanas, Mexican artistic bindings: 16th to 19th centuries. The gloss paper plates are wavy from damp at lower right-hand corner, slight musty smell..... More
Beta Phi Mu, 1956, First Edition. small octavo, mauve boards textured to look like cloth, with embossed cover ornament. (46) pp., followed by (7) pp. of black and white illustrations. Beta Phi Mu, Printed in black and purple. Beta Phi Mu Chapbook Number Two. Preliminary page has former owner's name..... More