(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
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
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
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
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, 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, 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
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
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, 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
Hitchin, Herts., UK: Russell Bookcrafts, (1973), small octavo, printed wrappers. 36 pp, (i). Russell Bookcrafts, Russell Bookcrafts trade catalogue offering Bookbinding Apparatus, Bookbinding Tools, Finishing Tools, etc. Included are six small samples of Hand Marbled Paper, 2" x 3" and twenty 1 1/2" x 1/2" samples of Oasis Niger Goatskin..... 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
(Paris): Christie's, 2006, First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (296)pp. Christie's, Lavish catalogue for this Christie's sale held April 27, 2006 in Paris. Extensively illustrated in full color and with many bindings illustrated. With one folding plate. As new copy. More
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Socie, 1974, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xc), (583)pp. American Philosophical Socie, This 583 page bibliography lists over 850 items from broadsides to books and is fully illustrated. The introductory chapter includes a summary account of Frnaklin's career as a printer in Philadelphia, and individual..... 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 Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, (2011), Fourth Edition, Revised and Expanded. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 309pp. Oak Knoll Press, A classic text. With chapters on Cleaning the Bindings, Removing the Original Spine, Resewing, Headbanding, Rebacking, Straightening Warped Boards, Repairing Corners and so much more. Extensively illustrated in..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2016, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 496 pp. The Legacy Press, In Waters Rising: Letters from Florence, renowned calligrapher Sheila Waters recounts the story of the role that her husband Peter Waters (1930–2003) played as the person in charge of organizing the..... More
Poster created for the Acme Bookbinding Company, Boston, Mass., 1996. 4-color offset, printed by the Stinehour Press. 30" x 20". 2500 copies. Signed by Lance Hidy. New. 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
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Books, 1992, First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (320)pp. Smithsonian Books, With color plate illustrations. A survey history of the book as the conveyer of the intellectual history of man, focusing on the physical object as a work of art. With chapters on Illuminating the..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1982, First Edition. quarto, maroon cloth stamped in gilt. x, (298)pp. Library of Congress, With drawings by Margaret R. Brown. With full color photographic plates of bookbindings. Corners bumped, binding lightly worn from use, still a nice clean copy. More
(London): British Library, 2003, First Edition. quarto, cloth. 304pp. British Library, With 210 color and black and white illustrations. A catalogue of over 750 books described in detail. The main focus of the compiler is the cover designs which are signed the artist: Owen Jones, Walter Crane, John Leighton and..... 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
New York & London: Hafner Publishing Company, (1963), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 307pp. Hafner Publishing Company, The first comprehensive historical survey of the develoopment of both the technical as well as the artistic sides. Treats every aspect from folding, sewing, gluing, covering to finishing, tooling..... More
(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