(Amsterdam): Pepin Press, (2002), Later printing. quarto, wrappers. (200)pp. Pepin Press, Text in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. The original papers illustrated in this book are collected and owned by Jacques Koops and Johannes Marcus. A short description of technique is given at the beginning of every chapter, as..... More
New York: Christie, Manson & Wood, 1987, 1989, quarto, red cloth. Christie, Manson & Wood, A complete set including the very useful index volume. Part 1: "Fifteenth-Century books including The Gutenberg Bible" 302pp. 136 lots. Part 2: "Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts" 126pp. 182 lots. Part 3: "Printed books and Manuscripts..... More
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, May 19, 1988, large quarto, cloth. 103pp. Christie, Manson & Woods, 139 items listed and described iin detail. A remarkable section of a remarkable sale: William Morris letters and manuscripts; Cobden-Sanderson' s binding on Morris's own copy of Karl Marx, Le Capital; Morris's original..... More
Paris: Christie's, October 21, 2005, quarto, pictorial boards. (327) pp.; 62 pp. Christie's, Christie's auction catalogue offering 209 lots with the separate supplement auction catalogue containing the works of Hans Bellmar, 25 lots. Both of these sales are Christie auctions #5410 representing Part Two of the three part Daniel Filipacchi..... 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
London: British Library, 1993, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 206 pp. British Library, 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..... More
London: British Library, 2004, First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (176)pp. British Library, This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770..... More
Alabama: House of Collectibles, 1976, First American Edition. large octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. 192 pp. House of Collectibles, All contributors are, or have been, connected with the antiquarian and secondhand book trade. After the introductory sections, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters..... More
(Pinner): Private Libraries Associatio, 1986, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 109pp. Private Libraries Associatio, This is an account of the early years of the business while under the control of three generations of the family. Based on existing records held by the firm, and on additional research elsewhere, with illustrations taken..... More
Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute, 1979, First Edition. octavo, boards. (130)pp. Hunt Institute, Contains annotated entries and illustrations of 92 fine bindings from the 1 6th to 20th centuries. Issued in conjunction with a 1979 exhibit at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, the book functions well as a stand- alone text nearly..... More
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
(Nottingham): The Plough Press, 2002, First Edition. quarto, cloth. xlii, 300pp. The Plough Press, This unique directory lists hundreds of toolcutters and their firms who worked from 1780 to 1965. With brief biographies of each craftsman or firm, the author illustrates many of their original trade marks and advertisements. The..... More
London: The Bibliographical Society, 2013, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. 185pp. The Bibliographical Society, Westminster Abbey is closely connected with the early history of printing in England: England's first printer, William Caxton, had his workshop within the monastery walls. Both the Abbey and the adjacent Westminster School have profited by..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, no date, Later printing. small octavo, (viii), 312pp. Sampson Low, Marston, "The book is of interest because it is indicative of the subjects which held the attention of the amateur collector at the time of its publication. " Webber, Books About Books, p. 70. Contents includes..... More
London: The British Library, (1983), First Edition. quarto, cloth with leather spine label. 368 pp. The British Library, Volume II covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries, arranged by country of origin, as well as chronologically, with excellent..... More
(London; New Castle, DE): The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 2010, First Edition. quarto, oatmeal cloth. 527 pp. The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, This third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and..... More
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
(Cambridge): Brewer, (1988), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. xii, 82pp. Brewer, With nine plates of illustrations. In 1598 Francis Trigge, Rector of Welbourne in Lincolnshire, arranged for a library to be provided in St. Wulfram's church, Grantham, for the use of the clergy and inhabitants of the town..... More
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
(London: The Book Collector, Winter, 1971), octavo, wrappers. 16pp. The Book Collector, Illustrated is a Katharine Adams binding and a Richard Watkins binding. More
London: HMSO, (1985), Third Edition. octavo, wrappers. 152pp. HMSO, Using examples of bindings from the V & A Museum, this book is a guided tour of the historical development of this ancient craft. This edition contains much new material. Extensively illustrated. Fine. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, no date (c. 1925), Early reprint. small octavo, tan cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine. (160)pp. Funk & Wagnalls, A useful, well illustrated reference. Cloth lightly scuffed at bottom edge, otherwise a fine, clean copy. More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, (2014), First Edition. quarto, light grey boards in dust jacket. 360 pp. Bodleian Library, Marks of Genius pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript The Douce Apocalypse to the renowned..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926, First American Edition. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 178 pp. including 64 plates of which 6 are colored. Little, Brown and Company, Monographs on Bookbinding No.1. This volume covers bindings decorated with plaquettes.- Sixteenth-century bindings with architectural decoration.- Thomae Maioli et amicorum.- Apollonio..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1894, First Edition. octavo, buckram. (xiv), 224pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. With twelve plates. In this classic work on binding, Horne traces gold tooled from its earliest known use in Syria to its..... More