Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2022, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 620 pp. The Legacy Press, CONTENT: The Burning of the Butterfly: A Plaquette Binding at the University of Michigan Library; Working on the Best Material and by the Best Methods: Douglas Cockerell and Son, and the Bindery’s..... 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
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
Norwood, MA: Plimpton Press, 1911, large octavo , maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. T.e.g. (xiv), 253, (iv), (83). Plimpton Press, A promotional book for the press displaying a Glossary, Standard Type Faces, Style Manual and with paper samples and samples of nine book covers mounted on heavy card..... 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, 2010, Second Edition, Revised. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 238 pp. British Library, with the addition of color plates and new information on ancient Egyptian Papyrus gilding. The Gilded Page traces the history of gilding from ancient Egypt and Babylon through Rome, the Near East, Mediæval and Renaissance Europe..... 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
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1986, First Edition. quarto, red 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..... 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: Duprat & Co., 1892, First Edition. octavo, orange silk boards. 119pp. Duprat & Co., Of the 1,000 copies printed, this is one of 800 numbered copies printed on Holland paper. Preface by Octave Uzanne. Printed at The De Vinne Press. With a frontispiece and twelve photogravure plates reproducing..... More
(Boston): The Society of Printers, March 5, 1980, 3 3/4" x 7" one sheet folded twice to form (4) pp. The Society of Printers, Invitation to a lecture by Sue Allen sponsored by The Society of Printers. Signed by 36 attendees: Sue, William J. Glick, Charles Rheault, Pamela Spitzmueller, Carl..... 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
Norwood, (MA): The Holliston Mills, 1926, First Edition. octavo, dard red cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. 144pp. The Holliston Mills, Surveys the history of bookbinding, with chapters on Italy, France, England, and America. A very fine, clean copy. More
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 97 pp. The Legacy Press, We often speak of how a particular phenomenon has “reached a tipping point” – when knowledge and practice have developed in plain sight and then suddenly explodes on scene as a revolution in..... 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
Amsterdam: NHB/FGE, (1985), First Edition. quarto, plain blue wrappers with wrap-around printed dust jacket. (71) pp. NHB/FGE, Text in Dutch. National Competition Launched By The Dutch Handbookbinders Bookbinding Designers Group. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Fine. More
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
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 318pp. Harry N. Abrams, From the dust jacket, "The extraordinary range of objects housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is revealed for the first time in this sumptuous volume. Treasures of the Library..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1941, First printing of this edition. duodecimo, boards in original glassine. (85)pp. Columbia University Press, Growing from Fifty Books About Bookmaking in the first edition of 1934, this publication was initially designed as a guide to an exhibition held at Columbia, Lehmann-Haupt also wanted to..... More
Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1974, large quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. [14] pp. + 1 illustrated leaf as errata. The Walters Art Gallery, Howard M. Nixon's contribution to this feschrift with corrections. Staples slightly rusted. 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
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
Brussel: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1975, First Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. (86) pp. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Text in Dutch. Exhibition catalogue of 69 fine bindings described in detail and many illustrated in black and white. A fine copy. 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
London: Batsford, (1989), Reprint. quarto, boards in dust jacket. xiv, 228pp. Batsford, Illustrated. Listing the binders alphabetically, Ramsden in brief notes gives addresses, dates, details of apprenticeship and partnership, and specification such as gauffer, as French binding assigns forwarding to one binder and finishing to another. Very fine. More