New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, January 10 and 11, 1944, quarto, printed wrappers. (viii), 228 pp. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Auction catalogue 514. 1,011 lots listed. Numerous illustrations, many of which are of bindings. Fore-edge of front wrapper soiled, contents clean. More about The Arts of the Book. Printing, Illustrating, Binding, Manuscripts, Early Printed Books, Bibles,...

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1985, quarto, wrappers. (xx), (122)pp. American Antiquarian Society, Second Edition, enlarged with a list of the Papantonio Collection now at the American Antiquarian Society. Illustrated. The quarto format with full page illustrations of the bindings makes this a useful reference work with detailed descriptions of the... More about Early American Bookbindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio

Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1998, First Edition. oblong octavo, pictorial wrappers. 70 pp. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Michael Wilcox is a master bookbinder who began his career in the English trade bindery in 1955. Now an internationally renowned binder whose works... More about In Retrospect: Designer Bookbindings by Michael Wilcox

(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 about A Master's Bibliophile Bindings. Tini Miura 1980-1990

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, Reprint. octavo, wrappers. 216pp. Oak Knoll Press, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas R. Adams and... More about A Potencie of Life. Books in Society

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Ninth Edition, completely revised and reset. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With additional information and illustrated with line drawings and color photographs. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is... More about ABC for Book Collectors. Revised and Edited by Nicolas Barker and Simran Thadani

Boston: Little, Brown, 1931, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 350pp. Little, Brown, Extensively illustrated with photographic plates of cloth bindings, manuscripts and bindings for special books. The text follows the collector, who was editor of "The Ladies Home Journal", in his pursuit of rare first editions, their... More about Fishers of Books

New York: Grolier Club, 2018, First Edition. quarto, paste paper boards and linen spine. 208 pp. Grolier Club, This book is a companion volume to the first public exhibition of the 135th season of the Grolier (December 7, 2018 - February 2019) celebrating a thousand years of French Book Arts... More about French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints and Documents, 12th - 21st Century

London: British Library, 1986, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 64pp. British Library, This book illustrates some of the finest (and most unusual) examples of bookbindings from the British Library's collections. Many of the treasures have never before been photographed. With 30 color and 30 black and white illustrations. Very fine. More about Pictorial Bookbindings

Rochester, NY: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012, First Edition. oblong quarto, pictorial wrappers. 66 pp. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, Edges of Books examines a familiar form from an unfamiliar perspective. When books are on display it is usually their spines, covers, text, or illustrations that are featured. These... More about Edges of Books. Specimens of Edge Decoration from RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928, quarto, grey cloth over bevelled boards in dust jacket. (vi), 369, illustrated including a color frontispiece; viii, 110 plates. Ernest Benn Limited, With indexes: 1. Binders' and booksellers names -- 2. Monastic binderies -- 3. Ciphers and initials -- 4. Subjects of panels, stamps and... More about Gothic & Renaissance Bookbindings. Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's Collection....

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, Third Edition, Revised. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (iv), 100 pp. Oak Knoll Press, "Since it was first published in 1986, Jane Greenfield and Jenny Hille's book on endbands has been for me and most, if not all, book conservators and bookbinders the foundation of our... More about Endbands from East to West: How to Work Them

(London: The Book Collector, Winter, 1971), octavo, wrappers. 16pp. The Book Collector, Illustrated is a Katharine Adams binding and a Richard Watkins binding. More about Notes on a Small Collection of British Bindings