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

Providence, RI: (Clara Buffum), (1935), First Edition Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Buffum. octavo, decorated boards. (74)pp. (Clara Buffum), Printed at The Akerman-Standard Company, Providence, Rhode Island. With nad-drawn illustrations presumably by Buffum. Very slight bumps to head and foot of spine, otherwise a fine, clean copy. More about Hand-Bound Books. The Old Method of Bookbinding. A Guide for Amateur Bookbinders

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

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2010, First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 180 pp. Oak Knoll Press, This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. Etherington documents his experiences teaching these trades and traveling throughout Europe and... More about Bookbinding & Conservation. A Sixty-Year Odyssey of Art and Craft

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 about The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings. Volume II. A Catalogue of North-European...

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1986, First Edition. quarto, cloth. (xxvi), 230pp. American Antiquarian Society, Illustrated. With catalogues of bookbinding tools prepared by Willman Spawn. In her preface, French traces her work in the study of American bindings, essay by essay, binder by binder. Included are Scottish-American Bookbindings (1957); The Amazing... More about Bookbinding in Early America. Seven Essays on Masters and Methods

(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 about Catalogue of the Francis Trigge Chained Library. St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham

Brepols, 2017, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 320 pp. Brepols, Bookbindings: Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions is a collection of twelve studies encompassing considerations on bookbinding structures, practices of binders in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, as well as theoretical reflections on the cataloguing of bindings, and on the... More about Bookbindings. Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2001, Reprint of the Second, Revised Edition, with Corrections. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. Oak Knoll Books, Illustrated with line drawings. Very fine. More about Headbands: How to Work Them