OAK KNOLL BOOKS

OAK KNOLL BOOKS
Bookbinding Sale Catalogue
Selection of Titles Under $100

OAK KNOLL BOOKS
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antiquarian and outof-print books on these areas we also stock as many of the in-print titles as possible.
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1. (Gumuchian) 14. MAN U­
SCRITS, IN CUNA BLE S,
BEAUX LIVRE S, EN TOUS
GENRE S. Paris: Gumuchian &
Cie, n.d., tall 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. 300, (8) pages. $ 45.00
Catalogue XIV. Describes 675 items.
Illustrated. Text in French. With 48
separate plates. With many bindings
reproduced. From the reference library
of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. Covers rubbed. [55219]
Bookbinding Sale Catalogue
2. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 14. QUATRE SIÈCLE S DE BIB ­
LIOPHILE. DU BERCEAU DE
L’IMPRIMERIE AU ROMANTISME.
Chart res: Librairie Sourget, 1996, 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 343, (4) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced catalogue XIV. Includes 150 entries
spanning all topics, accompanied by detailed descriptions,
photos of the beautifully-bound books and illustrations
from them, most full-page and in lavish color. Portrays maps
from l’Histoire de la Nouvelle France 1609), by Marc Lescarbot;
samples of the watercolor plants and flowers attributed to
Pierre-Joseph Garidel in Recueil des Plantes qui Naissent en
Provence (1705); beautiful color prints by Alexandre Louis
Joseph de Laborde in his Voyage Pittoresque en Autriche (1821–
1822). Price list inserted with prices in French francs and euros.
Small chip out of bottom of spine of dust jacket. [65542]
3. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 16. MANUSCRITS ENLU­
MINE S ET LIVRE S PRECIEUX 1250–1950. Chartres: Librairie
Sourget, 1997, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 331+(1) pages.
$ 75.00
A remarkable bookseller’s catalogue (Sourget no. XVI) for 140 lots, from a
13th-century manuscript bible to a complete set of first editions of Proust’s A la
Recherche du Temps Perdu. Many full page color illustrations, with other smaller
illustrations in black-and-white. Entries may be quite extensive (up to 6 pages with
illustrations). A printed price list and an invitation to an exhibition at the Lib.
Sourget are loosely inserted. [52497]
4. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 20. QUATRE SIÈ­
CLE S DE PATRIMOINE BIBLIOPHI LIQUE,
1476–1922. Chartres: Librairie Sourget, 1999, 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 305, (2) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced catalogue XX. Includes 142 entries spanning
all topics, accompanied by detailed
descriptions, photos of the
beautifully-bound books and
illustrations from them, most fullpage
and in lavish color. Portrays
splendid illustrations of birds
from Les Oiseaux de Hollande (1770–
1829, by Cornelius Nozeman;
samples of delicate calligraphy
and ornamentation created by
Jean-Pierre Rousselet in his Prières
de la Messe (c. 1705); rich bindings
by Joseph Thouvenin, Derome le
Jeune, others. Price list inserted
with prices in French francs and
euros. [65512]
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5. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 21. DE PHILIPPE
LE BEL À PROUST. Chartres: Librairie Sourget,
2000, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 616+(1) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced presentation copy of catalogue XXI. Includes
251 entries on all topics, accompanied by detailed descriptions,
photos of the beautifully-bound books
and illustrations from them, most
being full-page and in lavish color.
First offering is a Parisian manuscript
on vellum in gothic calligraphy, (c.
1280), decorated with beautiful “C”
and “A” illuminated initials. Later
entries portray handsome watercolor
prints of fish species from Marcus
Elieser Bloch’s Ichtyologie, ou Histoire
Naturelle, Générale etParticulière des
Poissons (1785–1788). Also striking
botanical prints from Pierre-Joseph
Redouté, in both Les Jardins de la
Malmaison, (1803–1805) and from
Traité des Arbres et Arbustes (1852).
Several engraved maps in beautiful color from Abraham Ortelius’s
1584 atlas, printed in Antwerp by Plantin. Price list inserted, with
prices in French francs and euros. [65534]

6. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 22. SEPT SIÈ­
CLE S DE PATRIMOINE BIBLIOPHILIQUE,
1250–1920. Chartres: Librairie Sourget, 2000, 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 354+(1) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced presentation copy of catalogue XXII.
Includes 157 entries spanning all topics, accompanied by detailed
descriptions, photos of the
beautifully-bound books and
illustrations from them, most fullpage
and in lavish color. Portrays
vivid illustrations with their
Oriental themes from Recueil
Gouaché Provenant du Château de
Chenonceaux (c. 1770); samples of
Moses Harris’s precise artwork in
his studies of insects and larvae in
Le Aurélien (1778); Baltasar Held’s
Recueil Manuscrit de Calligraphie
(c. 1620). Price list inserted with
prices in French francs and euros.
[65510]
7. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 2. DEUX CENTS
LIVRE S PRECIEUX, DE 1467 A 1959. Chartres:
Patrick et Élisabeth Sourget, n.d. (circa 1985), thick
small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 370 pages. $ 45.00
A bookseller’s catalogue. Filled with illustrations including many in
color. Price list loosely inserted. [30042]
8. (Maggs) 509. BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPH­
ICA. PART I. BOOKS ON PRINTING, BIB ­
LIOGRAPHY ILLUMINATED MANU SCRIPTS
AND BOOKBINDING. PART II. BOOKS
FROM FAMOUS PRE SSE S, 15TH TO 20TH
CENTURY. London: Maggs Bros., 1928, small 4to.,
stiff paper wrappers. 425, (47) pages. $ 45.00
S-K 33. Catalogue no. 509. There are 2100 items described in detail
with many illustrations. Completely indexed. Covers soiled and
chipped around edges. [14557]
9. (Maggs) 812. A SELECTION OF BOOKS,
MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LET TERS
OF SPECIAL INTERE ST AND RARITY. Catalogue
812 Issued to Commemorate the Centenary of
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London: Maggs Bros., 1953, 4to., stiff
paper wrappers. 179 pages. $ 45.00
Magnificent catalogue with two-page history of the firm with
illustrations. The bindings listed are especially interesting and are
shown with a series of illustrations including a colored frontispiece
of an embroidered binding and others in color. Covers rubbed and
chipped. [71784]
10. (Bookbinding) ACHT TIENDE­EEUWSE
HAAGSE BOEKBAND IN DE KONINKLIJKE
BIBLIOTHEEK EN HET RIJKSMUSEUM
MEERMANNO ­WE STREENIANUM. Hague:
Royal Library, (1976), thick small 4to., cloth, handmade
slipcase. xii, 497, (5) pages. $ 65.00
S-K 5105. A study of the 18th-century Hague bookbindings held by
these two libraries. Contains a summary in English. Descriptions of
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341 bindings and many illustrations of bindings and tool impressions.
Ephemeral material loosely inserted including a review of this book
from the Book Collector. [38592]
11. Adam, Paul. UEBER GE SCHNIT TENE S LE­
DER, MIT LICHTDRUCK
(TAFEL XIII) UND 4 AB ­
BILDUNGEN. 1889, small
4to., contemporary half red calf
with pastepaper­covered
boards. p. 274–283. $ 95.00
An article removed from Zeitschrift für
Christliche Kunst, No. 9, 1889. From
the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. With the
bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.
[102481]
12. (Bookbinding) Allen, Sue. VIC­
TORIAN BOOKBINDINGS, A
PICTORIAL SURVEY. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1976,
8vo., paper wrappers. (vi), 53 pages.
$ 65.00
Revised edition. With 251 photographs of
bindings reproduced on microfiche which is
loosely inserted. Cover and first leaf creased.
[30856]
13. (Bookbinding) ALLIED ARTS
AND CRAFTS SENIOR COURSE. London: New
Era Publishing Co., n.d. (circa 1940s), 4to., cloth.
(ii),24,(ii),24,(ii),24,(ii),24 pages. $ 45.00
Course work for the four quarters of the senior year. Divided about
equally between bookbinding and book illustrations and design.
Many color plates. Covers faded. Ownership inscription in pencil.
[1909]
14. (Bookbinding) Andrews, William Loring. WIL ­
LIAM LORING ANDREWS ON BOOKBIND­
ING HISTORY. New York & London: Garland Publishing,
1990, 8vo., cloth. (viii),45,(2); (i),xx,129 pages.
$ 45.00
See S-K 1820 for first title. The second title is not in S-K. Facsimile
reprint of A Short HIistorical Sketch Of The Art Of Bookbinding and
Bibliopegy In The United States And Kindred Subjects. Part of The
History of Bookbinding Technique and Design edited by Sidney F.
Huttner. Bibliopegy (Mejer 643; Appleton p. 77; Brenni no. 1216) is
one of the most important books written on the subject of American
binding. With black-and-white illustrations. Covers spotted and
slightly warped. [102715]

15. (Bookbinding) THE ANDRUS
BINDERY, A HISTORY OF
THE SHOP 1831–1838. Hartford:
Privately printed at The Sign of the
Stone Book, 1940, 8vo., half­cloth
over boards, paper spine label. 46
pages. $ 65.00
S-K 5629. First edition. With an introduction
by Newton C. Brainard. Reprint of a
manuscript notebook kept by apprentices
for this early 19th-century bookbinding firm.
Complimentary card tipped-in. [6014]
16. (Bookbinding) Bailey, H. BOOKBINDING
SPECIMENS AND NOTE S. Old Books & Bindings
Restored. Presentation Bindings. Law Bindings. Salisbury:
H. Bailey, n.d., oblong 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
14, (2) pages. $ 45.00
This booklet gives general information for people interested in
getting their books bound or rebound, including comparisons of
materials, how decorations are created, and care of various bindings.
Illustrations of bindings in black-and-white throughout. Wrappers
soiled, edges tanned and worn. [94851]
17. (Bookbinding) Ball, Douglas.
VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS’
BINDINGS. London: The Library
Association, (1985), 8vo., cloth, dust
jacket. ix, 214 pages. $ 67.50
S-K 7108. First edition. A look at cloth binding
during the period 1820 to 1880 with some
discussion of paper bindings, leather, papier
mache, etc. Gives lists of the designers with
their prominent designs. [14649]
18. (Bookbinding) Banister, Manly.
PICTORIAL MANUAL OF BOOKBINDING
Photography and Drawings by the Author. New
York: The Ronald Press, (1958), 4to., cloth, dust jacket.
(vi), 40 pages, profusely illustrated. $ 55.00
First edition. Jacket worn and tape repaired. Ownership inscription
in pencil. Some foxing. [5667]
19. Barker, Nicolas. A POTENCIE OF LIFE:
BOOKS IN SOCIETY. (London): The British Library,
1993, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. $ 75.00
First Edition. This important work is part of the series The British
Library Studies in the History of the Book. The leading biblioscholars
shed a fascinating light on many aspects of the history of the
book. The exceptionally wide range of topics relates to manuscripts
as well as the printed book. Essays cover papermaking in America,
hand bookbinding, authorship and maritime publishing in 18thcentury
Britain. Of special interest to the business historian are the
discussions of the financing of these operations. It is this process
of interdependent exchange that is the central theme to the essays
which are based on lectures given at the William Andrews Clark
Library.
Essay titles include:
— American Papermakers and the Panic
of 1819 by John Bidwell
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— Bookbinding and the History of
Books by Mirjam M. Foot
— A New Model for the Study of the
Book by Thomas R. Adams and
Nicolas Barker
— The Codex in the Fifteenth Century:
A Manuscript and Print by Lotte
Hellinga
— The Trade of Authorship in
Eighteenth Century Britain by
W.B. Carnochan
— Libraries and the Mind of Man
by Nicolas Barker [103010]
20. (Bookbinding) Barwick, George F. A BOOK
BOUND FOR MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, BE­
ING A DE SCRIPTION OF THE BINDING OF
A COPY OF THE GEOGRAPHIA OF PTOL ­
EMY PRINTED AT ROME, 1490, WITH NOTE S
ON OTHER BOOKS BEARING QUEEN
MARY ’S INSIGNIA. London: Printed for the Bibliographical
Society at the Chiswick Press, 1901, 4to.,
later cloth, with original stiff paper wrappers bound­in.
27+(1) pages. $ 70.00
Describes the binding and the binder and lists other books in the
Queen’s library. Illustrated with three plates in full color showing
a reduced copy of the binding, the illuminated first page, and the
center of the binding (Full size). Covers rubbed. [87156]
21. (Bookbinding) Bearman, Frederick,
Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin
Mowery. FINE AND HISTORIC
BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE
FOLGER SHAKE SPEARE LI­
BRARY. With an Introduction by
Anthony Hobson. Washington: The
Folger Shake speare Library—(New
York): Harry N. Abrams Inc., (1992),
4to., cloth, dust jacket. 271+(1) pages.
$ 65.00
First edition. With 244 illustrations including
14 plates in color. [38032]
22. (Bookbinding) BEAUX LIVRE S ANCIENS,
RARE S ET PRÉCIEUX, MANUSCRITS ET IM­
PRIMÉS, RICHE S RELIURE S ARMORIÉE S.
Paris: L. Giraud­Badin, 1937, 4to., later cloth, leather
spine label. (iv), 70, (4) pages and 16 plates. $ 65.00
Blogie II, 338. The expert was Étienne Ader. With 267 lots for sale.
16 plates mostly depicting these fine bindings. With the Randeria
bookplate. [71518]

23. (Bookbinding) BEAUX LIVRE S MODERNE S
LA PLUPART REVÊTUS DE TRÈS RICHE S
RELIURE S ET ENRICHIS DE PRÉCIEUX AU­
TOGRAPHE S, D’AQUARELLE S ET DE SSINS
ORIGINAUX, ÉDITIONS ORIGINALE S, PRO ­
VENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE M.C.L. Paris:
L. Giraud­Badin, 1939, 4to., later cloth, leather spine
label. 64 pages followed by the 24 plates. $ 65.00
Blogie II, 344. The expert was Étienne
Ader. With 176 lots for sale. 24 full-page
plates mostly showing fine bindings.
With the Randeria bookplate. [71515]
24. (Bookbinding) BEAUX
LIVRE S MODERNE S, RELIURE S D’ART. AL ­
BUM DE S RELIURE S. (Paris): M. Delestre, 1907,
small 4to., contemporary cloth with original stiff paper
wrappers bound­in. 40 leaves. $ 45.00
Auction sale from December 4, 1907 (Blogie p.263 who references
this album of bindings). An album of illustrations of the bookbindings
appearing in an upcoming auction sale. Forty modern French
bindings illustrated in black-and-white. From the reference library of
the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. [102478]
25. (Bibliographical Society) THE BIBLIO ­
GRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 1892–1942, STUDIE S
IN RETROSPECT. London: Bibliographical Society,
1945, 4to., cloth­backed boards. vii, 215 pages. $ 65.00
S-K 179 for Goldschmidt’s article on early bookbinding (pp.175–185).
Contains 12 chapters including ones giving a history of the Society, a
bibliography of publications, and others. With the bookplate of John
Roland Abbey. Ownership inscription in pencil. [102644]
26. (Bookbinding) LA BIBLIOTECA DI EUGEN­
IO DE BEAUHARNAIS, VICERÈ D’ITALIA.
PARTE II. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1935, 4to., later
cloth with original front cover bound­in. (vi), 58, (2) pages
followed by 32 plates. $ 65.00
All 32 plates contain tipped-in illustrations of fine bindings.
Estimated price list bound-in. Some foxing of endpapers. [30286]
27. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE B***,
LIVRE S ANCIENS RARE S ET PRÉCIEUX,
RICHE S RELIURE S ANCIENNE S ARMOR­
IÉE S. Paris: Giraud­Badin, 1934, 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. 56 pages followed by the plates. $ 45.00
Catalogue of Sale held October 30, 1934. (Blogie II, 327). Identified in
pencil on the wrapper as the Blumenthal collection. Covers chipped
around edges. Contains 15 plates printed on special glossy paper. 124
items auctioned and with an index of provenance. [72497]
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28. (May, Paul) BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FEU M.
PAUL MAY, AMSTERDAM, PREMIÈRE PAR­
TIE. Zurich: H. Schumann, 1949, small 4to., later cloth
with original stiff paper wrappers bound­in, leather
spine label, top edge gilt. (ii), 44, (8) pages; 48 plates.
$ 45.00
Catalogue for an auction held October 19, 1949, in Zurich of items
from the renowned Dutch bibliophile’s collection. Contains 150
entries and 48 plates. Depicted are Elzevier’s La Bible (1663), richly
bound by Magnus; the Kelmscott Press’s Chaucer bound by Douglas
Cockerell; beautifully detailed illustrations of clothing, furniture
from Cabinet des Modes (1785–1789), others. Occasional marginalia.
Some offsetting. Leather bookplate on front pastedown. [65567]
29. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M.
EUGÈNE RENEVEY. Paris: Jules Meynial—L. Giraud­Badin,
1924, 4to., later cloth, leather spine label.
(iv), 108, (4) pages and 52 plates. $ 65.00
Blogie II, 297. A second part was issued later which sold prints and
drawings. This sale listed 331 lots and was accompanied by 52 plates of
bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. [71531]
30. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHEQUE DU CHA­
TEAU DE SULLY, LIVRE S ANCIENS DE S
XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe SIÈCLE S ET DE L’ÉPO ­
QUE EMPIRE, TRE S RICHE S RELIURE S . . .
Geneve: Salle Kundig, (1937), 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
220 pages. $ 45.00
With forty plates printed on glossy paper which are interspersed
throughout the auction sale catalogue, many of which show bindings.
Covers foxed. [72110]
31. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE EVRARD
DE ROUVRE. Two volumes. Paris: Drouot Rive
Gauche, 1979, small 4to., cloth, paper cover labels.
124,(4); 87,(3) pages. $ 45.00
Two volume auction sale of the library of Evrard de Rouvre (Blogie
III, 447; III, 449). Filled with black-and-white and color plates.
Many fine bindings. [72506]
32. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHEQUE GABRIEL
THOMAS, BEAUX LIVRE S ANCIENS AUX
ARME S, EDITIONS ORIGINALE S ROMAN­
TIQUE S ET MODERNE S, LIVRE S ILLUS ­
TRE S, [ET] DE SSINS ORIGINAUX. Paris: n.p.,
1936, small 4to., sewn, stiff paper wrappers, protector.
178, (4) pages, with 18 additional pages and 5 additional
leaves of plates. $ 50.00
Auction catalogue for the sale of 511 lots from the library of Gabriel
Thomas on March 26–28, 1936 (Blogie 334). Offered were books
of the 16th to 18th centuries, often in fine bindings, drawings and
watercolors by Maurice Denis (1870–1943), first editions, illustrated
books, and autographs and manuscripts, including the autograph
manuscript of Jocelyn by Lamartine (1790–1869). Descriptions of
items may include brief excerpts or facsimiles. The plates contain
mostly illustrations of bindings or tipped-in reproductions of Denis
watercolors. Two newspaper accounts of the sale, one with a list of
prices, are loosely inserted. Backing is worn and splitting at head and
tail. Binding almost separated between pages 32 and 33. [52274]

33. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE J. LE ROY,
PRÉCIEUSE COLLECTION COMPOSÉE DE
QUELQUE S LIVRE S ANCIENS... PREMIÈME
PARTIE (ALL PUBLISHED). Paris: Librairie L.
Carteret, 1931, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 128, (2)
pages. $ 55.00
Auction sale of J. Le Roy (Blogie III, 315). 360 lots accompanied by
24 plates. With a number of important bindings. Preface by Jacques
Patin. Covers worn. Unopened copy. [72503]
34. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE LÉON
ABRAMI. Livres Illustrés du XVIIIe Siècle reliès en
maroquin la pluplart armories ou ornés de dentelles.
Paris: L. Carteret, 1926, 4to., stiff paper wrappers with
dust jacket. (iv), 86, (2). $ 65.00
As the sale did not take place, there were few catalogues issued. Not
in Blogie. Contains 61 black-and-white plates, many of which show
more than one book. There are 247 items listed. The catalogue is
worn at the edges and lightly soiled. Minor paper loss at tail of spine.
[87298]
35. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAPHAËL
E SMERIAN. LIVRES ILLUSTRES MODERNES
(1874–1970). Paris: Georges Blaizot and Claude Guerin,
(1972–1974), 4to., cloth. 123, (3) pages. $ 75.00
S-K 1260. Only part five with Supplement of this six volume set.
Some fading of covers. [104140]
36. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAPHAËL
E SMERIAN. LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU XIXe
SIECLE, . . . TRES BELLES RELIURES DOREES ET
MOSAIQUEES DE DOLL, DUPLANIL, THOU­
VENIN, OTTMANN, SIMIER, VOGEL, ETC. Paris:
Georges Blaizot and Claude Guerin, (1972–1974), 4to.,
cloth. 147, (3) pages. $ 75.00
S-K 1260. Only part four of this six volume set. Some fading of
covers. [104141]
37. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE S PROVE­
NANT DE DEUX AMATEURS ET DE LA SUC­
CE SSION DE M.L.A***. Paris: Librairie L. Carteret,
1935, small 4to., later cloth, leather spine label. 115+(1)
pages and 16 plates. $ 65.00
Blogie II, 330. Expert was Étienne Ader. A total of 596 lots. The
first part of this sale was especially strong in “riches reliures dorée
ou Mosaïquées”. The text is accompanied by 16 separate plates of
bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. [71514]
38. Bogeng, G.A.E. UMRISS EINER FACH­
KUNDE FÜR BUCHERSAMMLER. Three volumes
in one. Nikolassee: Max Harrwitz, 1911, 8vo.,
cloth. (xii), 137, (9), 180, (2), 160, viii pages. $ 65.00
First edition. This book brings together three volumes of the journal
Jahrbuch für Bücher-Kunde und Liebhaberei volumes I (1909), II (1910)
and III (1911). Gustav Bogeng, a regular contributor to the journal,
provides an “outline” for booklovers in each volume as he and other
distinguished scholars discuss such topics as printing, bookbinding,
book collecting and library systems. Essays are provided by Dr. Ed.
Grisebach, Ch. Hottinger, J. Loubier and F. v. Zobeltitz, among
others. Three volumes are thoroughly described in a table of contents
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at the front. An index is supplied as well. Illustrated. First page loose
from binding at top and bottom. [60301]
39. (Bookbinding) Bøggild­Andersen, H.O. Og Edward
C.J. Wolf. BOGBINDETS HISTORIE. Med
en Fortale af Rigsbibliotekar Svend Dahl. Køben havn:
Athenaeum, 1945, 8vo., half leather over marbled papercovered
boards with original stiff paper wrappers
bound­in. 157, (3) pages. $ 45.00
First edition. Contains 98 illustrations in the text, mostly of bindings.
[5677]
40. Bohatta, Hanns. EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE
BUCH KUNDE, EIN HANDBUCH FÜR BIB ­
LIOTHEKARE BUCHERLIEBHABER UND
ANTIQUARE. Wien: Gilhofer & Ranschburg, (1927),
8vo., cloth. vii, 328 pages followed by 16 plates and 24
pages of advertisements. $ 15.00
A guide to the source books covering the history of printing, binding
and book illustration. Wear at spine ends and along hinge. [18309]
41. (Bookbinding) BOKBINDERIFIRMAN F.
BECK & SON, 1845–1893. Stockholm: Iduns Tryckeri
Aktiebolag, 1893, 12mo., original stiff paper wrappers.
21 pages followed by the 28 plates. $ 55.00
S-K 7947. History of this Swedish bookbinding firm. Contains 28
plates showing bindings executed by Beck. Slight rubbing along
hinge. With the Randeria bookplate. [72517]
42. (Bookbinding) Bologna, Giulia. LEGATURA
D’ARTE NEL XX SECOLO. Milano: Biblioteca
Trivulziana, 1985, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 82,
(2) pages. $ 45.00
Not in S-K. Exhibition catalogue showing the works of 94 modern
binders. Plates in color. [38508]
43. (Bookbinding) BOOKBINDING IN AMERI­
CA, THREE E SSAYS. Portland, ME: The Southworth­Anthoensen
Press, 1941, 8vo., cloth­backed paste
paper­covered boards, slipcase. xix, 293 pages. $ 65.00
S-K 129. First edition. (Brenni 1217). Contains “Early American
Bookbinding by Hand” by Hannah French, “The Rise of American
Edition Binding” by Joseph W. Rogers and “On the Rebinding of Old
Books” by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt. An important reference book.
With prospectus loosely inserted. [32005]

44. (Bookbinding) BOOKBINDING IN AMERI­
CA. THREE E SSAYS. Portland, ME: Southworth­
Anthoensen Press, 1941, 8vo., cloth­backed paper­covered
boards. xix, 293 pages. $ 45.00
S-K 129. First edition. (Brenni 1217). Contains “Early American
Bookbinding by Hand” by Hannah French, “The Rise of American
Edition Binding” by Joseph W. Rogers and “On the Rebinding of Old
Books” by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt. An important reference book.
[81516]
45. (Bookbinding) [BOOKBINDING PAM­
PHLETS]. N.P.: Various, n.d., small 8vo., cloth, red
speckled edges. 26 with 67 black­and­white plates; 8
with 24 black­and­white plates; 16 pages. $ 45.00
Three individual pamphlets, John P. Harthan’s 1950 Bookbindings(S-K
1042), A.R.A. Hobson’s 1954 Literature of Bookbinding(S-K 47), and the
Bodleian Library’s 1954 Gold-tooled Bookbindings have been collected
and bound together in one slim volume that not only provides an
introductory history of bookbinding including the use of gold tooling
but also the best books to consult “to obtain a first-rate knowledge
of binding history.” Numerous black-and-white illustrations of
bookbindings as well as of basic techniques are included. Minor
foxing to first pamphlet. [72219]
46. (Bookbinding) BOOK­
BINDING, A CONCISE
EXPOSITION FOR THE
USE OF STUDENTS IN
THE NATIONAL CHIL ­
DREN’S HOME,
HARPENDEN, HERTS.
Harpenden: Printing Technical
School, National Children’s
Home, 1939, 8vo.,
cloth. 45, (3) pages. $ 65.00
Not illustrated. Printed by the
students. Ownership inscription in
pencil. [102901]
47. (Bookbinding) BOOKBINDING, INCLUD­
ING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIE S
. . . NIXON AND MCLEAN. New Castle: Oak Knoll
Books, 1984, 8vo., cloth. 144 pages. $ 45.00
One of 200 numbered cloth bound copies. The cloth bound copies
contain 20 additional pages with 40 illustrations that are not in
the paper bound edition. Completely indexed. Over 700 books on
bookbinding are described. Covers spotted. Ownership inscription
in pencil. [38727]
48. BOOKBINDING. tall
8vo., contemporary half red calf
with pastepaper covered boards
with original front paper wrapper
bound­in. pp.152–162. $ 75.00
An article removed from the Cyclopaedia
of Useful Arts. Mechanical and Chemical,
Manufactures, Mining and Engineering
edited by Charles Tomlinson, Part IV.
Well-illustrated. From the reference
library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with
a commemorative booklabel loosely
[ 6 ]
inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Minor
cover rubbing. [102406]
p r e s e n tat i o n copy
49. (Lydenberg, Harry
Miller) BOOKMEN’S
HOLIDAY, NOTE S
AND STUDIE S WRIT­
TEN AND GATHERED
IN TRIBUTE TO HAR­
RY MILLER LYDEN­
BERG. New York: New
York Public Library, 1943,
thick 8vo., cloth. 573 pages.
$ 65.00
S-K 7078. First edition, limited
to 1000 copies. Articles by major
bookmen of the day including
“Notes on English Publishers’
Bindings of the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Centuries” by William A. Jackson. Presentation from
Lydenberg dated 1945 on half-title. Spine slightly faded and rubbed.
[55479]
50. (Bookbinding) Börjeson, Ingeborg et P.J. Chollot.
LEÇONS DE RELIURE POUR AMATUERS.
Paris: Gauthier­Villars, 1949, tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
(vi), 120, (8) pages.$ 45.00
Second edition. Over 100 illustrations throughout text. Minor cover
wear. [102922]
51. (Bookbinding) LA BOT TEGA DEI GOZZI.
1902–1962. Modena: 1962, 8vo., cloth with decora­
tions and large “g” across boards. unpaginated (52 pages).
$ 50.00
Text in Italian. Contains 19 plates illustrating bookbindings and
restoration work by the Bottega dei Gozzi, one of which is in color,
with an introduction by Rolando Gozzi. [95265]
52. Bouchot, Henri. LE LIVRE, L’ILLU STRA­
TION—LA RELIURE, ETUDE HISTORIQUE
SOMMAIRE. Paris: Maison Quantin, n.d. (circa
1886), 8vo., contemporary quarter cloth over marbled
paper­covered boards. 320 pages. $ 65.00
First edition. The history of the book and its printing, illustration
and binding. Over 100 illustrations. Printed on cheaper paper.
Covers rubbed along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. [22529]

53. Bouchot, Henri. THE PRINTED BOOK, ITS
HISTORY, ILLUSTRATION, AND ADORN­
MENT, FROM THE DAYS OF GUTENBERG TO
THE PRE SENT TIME. Translated and Enlarged
by Edward C. Bigmore. New York: Scribner and
Welford, 1887, 8vo., original cloth stamped in gilt, top
edge gilt. viii, 312 pages. $ 75.00
S-K 1715. Revised edition, the
first edition in English, the U.S.
printing. (St. Bride Cat. p.115).
Covers printing, publishing, book
illustration and bookbinding. Covers
rubbed with wear along back hinge.
Private ownership label embossed on
title page. Ownership inscription in
pencil. [19548]
54. Bowker, R.R. GREAT AMERICAN INDUS ­
TRIE S. VII—A PRINTED BOOK. 1887, tall 8vo.,
contemporary pebbled cloth. pp. 165–188. $ 55.00
An article removed from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol.
LXXV, No. CCCCXLVI, July, 1887. This article covers every
aspect of the book industry in America and is accompanied by
many illustrations. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With
the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Spine faded. [102408]
55. (Bookbinding) Breslauer, Martin. BOOKS,
MANU SCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LET TERS,
BINDINGS FROM THE NINTH TO THE PRE S ­
ENT CENTURY. Catalogue 101. London: Martin
Bres lauer, (1970), 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 316 pages.
$ 65.00
With many illustrations including a number of color plates. Includes
many important bindings. Price list inserted. [30761]
56. (Bookbinding) Breslauer, Martin. FINE BOOKS
IN FINE BINDINGS FROM THE FIFTEENTH
TO THE PRE SENT CENTURY. Catalogue 104 Volume
1. New York: Martin Breslauer, n.d., 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. 184 pages with many plates in black­andwhite
and some in color. $ 45.00
Limited to 650. With indices of binders, first owners, and artists.
Covers rubbed and spotted. Price list loosely inserted. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [16197]
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57. (Bookbinding) Breslauer. BOOKS, MANU­
SCRIPTS, FINE BINDINGS, AUTO GRAPH
LET TERS FROM THE TENTH TO THE PRE S ­
ENT CENTURY. Catalogue 103. London: Martin
Bres lauer, n.d. (1971), 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 155
pages. $ 45.00
With many illustrations including 22 full color plates. Price list
inserted. Small abrased spot on front cover. [14418]
58. (Oxford) Briggs, Grace M. (editor). THE WIL ­
LIAM W. CLARY OXFORD COLLECTION, A
DE SCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. With a supplement
catalogue. Claremont, CA: The Honnold Library, 1956,
1965, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket on first volume, no jacket
on second. xxv,234,(2); xiv,324 pages. $ 95.00
Limited to 550 and 300 copies respectively. Over 3300 entries with
annotations describing this private collection of books concerning
Oxford, England. [39959]
59. (Bookbinding) Buck, Mitchell S. BOOK RE­
PAIR AND RE STORATION, A MANUAL OF
PRACTICAL SUGGE STIONS FOR BIBLIO ­
PHILE S. Philadelphia: Nicholas L. Brown, 1918, small
square 8vo., cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. 125
pages. $ 65.00
First edition, limited to 1000
copies. Illustrated. Jacket chipped
with small pieces missing. Ink
inscription on free endpaper.
Ownership inscription in pencil.
Unusual to find in jacket. [16521]

60. Bulwer­Lytton, Robert Edward, Earl (Owen Meredith).
SELECTED POEMS. London: Long mans,
Green, 1894, 12mo., Later full morocco, raised bands,
gilt­tooled turn­ins, gilt­stamped lettering on spine, top
edge gilt, marbled endpapers, slipcase. xxix+(i), 426 pages.
$ 65.00
A selection of poetry by the first Earl of Lytton (1831–1891), who
wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, here arranged
chronologically from 1855–1887, and including unpublished works as
well. Introduction by Betty Balfour, the author’s daughter. Bulwer-
Lytton also had a distinguished career as a diplomat, appointed
Viceroy of India by Disraeli in 1875. Binding by Magnier Freres,
with their stamp on the first preliminary blank page. Bookplate of
previous owner, Paul Banks, loosely inserted. Some wear to slipcase
corners. [72662]
61. (Bookbinding) Burdett, Eric. THE CRAFT OF
BOOKBINDING, A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK.
New York: Pitman Corporation, (1975), 8vo., cloth, dust
jacket. 400 pages. $ 85.00
First edition. With many plates including some in color. (Brenni
no.45). Excellent manual. Jacket chipped at spine ends. [14123]
62. (Papermaking) Buxton, George Fred and Fred L.
Curran. PAPER AND CARDBOARD CON­
STRUCTION, AN ANALYSIS OF THE SCOPE
OF PAPER AND CARDBOARD CONSTRUC­
TION FOR PRIMARY GRADE S ... Peoria: Manual
Arts Press, 1915, 8vo., cloth. 191, (3) pages. $ 50.00
Third edition. Manual showing how to make paper-bound books,
boxes, envelopes, etc. With a bibliography of the subject and 24
actual specimens of paper mounted in the back including 4 samples
of marbled paper. Name of school stamped on front pastedown.
[100289]
63. (Pollard, Graham) Carter, John.
STUDIE S IN THE BOOK TRADE
IN HONOUR OF GRAHAM POL ­
LARD. Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical
Society, 1975, 8vo., cloth­backed
boards. viii, 403 pages. $ 100.00
First edition. With a tribute by John Carter and
essays by Barker, Hobson, Hunt, Morgan, Vaisey,
Harry Carter, Harris, Nixon, Belanger, and
Munby on Dibdin’s reference library. [4241]
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64. (Bookbinding) Carvin,
Denis. LA RELIURE
MÉDIÉVALE D’APRÈS
LE S FONDS DE S BIB ­
LIOTHÈQUE S D’AIX­
EN­PROVENCE, AVI­
GNON, CARPENTRAS
ET MARSEILLE. With a
préface by Gabrielle Déemians
d’Archimbaud. Arles:
CICL, 1988, 4to., cloth, dust
jacket. 239 pages. $ 70.00
First edition. Provides a
comprehensive analysis of 132
French bookbindings of the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Describes the techniques used, regional charcteristics, etc. Wellillustrated.
Ownership inscription in pencil. [25548]
65. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE DE BEAUX
LIVRE S, BIEN RELIÉS APPARTENANT À
PLUSIEURS AMATEURS. Paris: Librairie L. Carteret,
1930, small 4to., later cloth, leather spine label. 59
pages and 16 plates.
$ 65.00
Blogie II, 313. With Lair
Dubreuil as expert. 268 lots for
sale and 16 separate plates of
bindings. With the Randeria
bookplate. [71530]
66. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE DE LA BIB ­
LIOTHÈQUE DE M.R. DE C.­M. MEMBRE DE
LA SOCIÉTÉ LE S CENT BIBLIOPHILE S. Paris:
Librairie L. Carteret, 1932, small 4to., later cloth.
(iv), 42, (2) pages with 16 plates. $ 60.00
Catalogue of 167 items offered for auction including many beautiful
examples of the binding work of Marius-Michel and Mercier. With
fourteen black-and-white and two color plates, list of prices realized
bound in back. Minor foxing. With Randeria bookplate. [72235]

67. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE DE TRÈS
BEAUX LIVRE S DE L’ÉPOQUE ROMAN­
TIQUE IMPRIMÉS ENTRE LE S ANNÉE S
1803–1848, CLASSIQUE S, TEXTE S ORIG ­
INAUX, LIVRE S ILLUSTRÉS, TRÈS BELLE S
RELIURE S. Paris: S.A. Georg, Libraires, 1929, small
4to., contemporary half cloth and marbled paper­covered
boards with original stiff paper wrappers bound­in.
(iv), 64, (3) pages. $ 65.00
Bookseller’s catalogue spotlighting works that were printed using
new techniques in typography, illustration and binding that gained
favor during the Romantic Era. Listed chronologically, 82 entries
describe bindings in detail and cite information about illustrations
therein. Handsomely printed with 82 plates, two in color. Separate
indexes for works, authors and illustrators. Printed by A. Lahure.
Wear at tips. [75712]
68. (Elton, Charles and Mary) CATALOGUE OF A
PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF CHARLE S
ISAAC ELTON AND MARY AUGUSTA ELTON.
London: Quaritch, 1891, tall 8vo., contemporary papercovered
boards, leather spine label, top edge gilt, others
uncut. (iv), 222 pages. $ 75.00
The private library of these English collectors and authors of The
Great Book Collectors. The text was written with the aid of Alfred
Pollard. The 28 plates show examples of the fine bindings in their
collections. See DeRicci, pp.187–8, for biographical information on
the Eltons. Cracked along hinges with front cover partially detached.
[53072]
69. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF AN EXHI­
BITION OF RECENT BOOK­BINDINGS,
1860–1890. EXECUTED BY AMERICAN, EN­
GLISH AND FRENCH BOOK­BINDERS. New
York: The Grolier Club, 1891, 12mo., original stiff paper
wrappers. 61 pages. $ 45.00
Asaf Handlist 11. Five-page introduction followed by descriptions of
the books in the exhibition. The last two pages contain a complete
list of mosaic bindings executed by the late Trautz-Bauzonnet. Wear
along edges. [54001]
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w i t h let t e r fro m lionel da r ly
70. (Bookbinding) A CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH
AND FOREIGN BOOKBINDINGS OFFERED
FOR SALE BY BERNARD QUARITCH LTD.
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1921, 4to., paper­covered
boards. viii, 76 pages with a frontispiece and 79 other
full­page plates of bookbindings. $ 95.00
Mejer no.1487. A beautiful catalogue
with some of the plates in full color.
Lists 329 titles and includes indices
by author and title as well as an index
of arms, badges and provenances.
Tipped-into this copy is an A.L.s
by the binding authority, Lionel
Darley, to “Sean”. A note in pencil
states that this is “Sean Jennett”.
The letter concerns this “stupendous
Catalogue”. With the Randeria
bookplate. [71985]
71. (Abbey, J.R.) CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IM­
PORTANT MODERN FRENCH ILLUSTRAT­
ED BOOKS AND BINDINGS FORMING PART
V OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY OF THE
LATE MAJOR J.R. ABBEY. London: Sotheby &
Co., 1970, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 179 pages.
$ 55.00
S-K 1184. Foldout frontispiece and 62 other full-page plates. Some
plates in color. [6162]
72. (Abbey, J.R.) CATALOGUE OF THE CELE­
BRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF MA­
JOR J.R. ABBEY. PART II. London: Messrs. Sotheby
& Co., (1966), small 4to., boards. (ii), 134 pages.
$ 45.00
S-K 1184. This section contained Abbey’s collection of reference
books on bookbinding and other books on printing, a long run of
Dibdin’s, bindings by Pye, Prideaux, Cockerell, etc. With 4 plates of
bindings. Prices realized loosely inserted. [5651]
73. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE CELE­
BRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF MA­
JOR J.R. ABBEY. PART III. London: Messrs. Sotheby
& Co., 1967, small 4to., boards. (vii), 233, (9) pages.
$ 75.00
S-K 1184. This catalogue describes Abbey’s collection of French
bindings and contains a full color frontispiece and 51 full-page plates
of bindings. With the bookplate of Donald & Mary Hyde. Mary
Hyde has signed and dated this copy and it contains various pieces
of handwritten notes. Priced in pencil with buyers’ names. [76585]

74. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY
EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY
FORMED BY THE LATE THEODORE SELIG ­
MAN, E SQ. OF NEW YORK. London: Sotheby &
Co., 1951, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 91+(1) pages.
$ 45.00
Not in Blogie. The illustrated version of this catalogue with 20 plates
of bindings. Back cover detached. [71801]
75. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY
WELL ­KNOWN AND VALUABLE LIBRARY,
THE PROPERTY OF LT.­ COL. W.G. MOSS.
London: Sotheby, 1937, 8vo., sewn, paper wrappers. 205
pages, with 38 additional leaves of plates. $ 55.00
Catalogue for auction of 1478 lots from the library of W.G. Moss on
March 2–9, 1937. Blogie 103. Offered for sale were many fine bindings,
a large Blake collection, various manuscripts, etc. Forty-seven blackand-white
reproductions on 36 leaves of bindings, illustrations, etc.,
with 2 color plates of Blake illustrations. Some additional facsimile
reproductions in text. Soiling, some damage to backing, back cover
partly detached. [52412]
76. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY
WELL ­KNOWN AND VALUABLE LIBRARY,
THE PROPERTY OF LT.­ COL. W. E. MOSS . . .
COMPRISING . . . THE WELL ­KNOWN COL ­
LECTION OF RARE AND DECORATIVE
BOOKBINDINGS. . . . London: Sotheby & Co.,
March 2–9. 1937, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 205 pages.
$ 95.00
With 2 colour plates and 36 black-and-white plates (some folding),
with a printed price-list loosely inserted. Important catalogue of
this well-known collector and historian of bookbinding. Most of
the monochrome plates reproduce bindings. The two colour plates
reproducing illustrations from Moss’s remarkable Blake collection,
also included in the sale. It also boasted a remarkably complete
collection of Daniel Press books, fifty lots offered first as a single
lot—Maggs £170. [80005]
77. CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE ILLUMINAT­
ED MANUSCRIPTS, FRENCH ILLUSTRATED
BOOKS, FINE OLD AND MODERN BIND­
INGS. London: Sotheby and Co., 1929, large 8vo., stiff
paper wrappers. 70 pages + fold­out illustrations.
$ 45.00
Sale held March 21–22. 395 lots. Catalogue includes illuminated
manuscripts, French illustrated books and fine old and modern
bindings. Contains black-and-white fold-out illustrations of
manuscripts and book bindings and a full color frontispiece. From the
reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. Wrappers chipped along edges. [102426]
78. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE RAISONNÉE,
WORKS ON BOOKBINDING, PRACTICAL
AND HISTORICAL. Mansfield Centre: Martino
Publishing, 2003, 8vo., cloth. xii, 136 pages. $ 55.00
Facsimile reprint of the original 1903 edition privately printed in
100 copies by DeVinne Press in New York (See Besterman 905).
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From the Samuel Putnam Avery Collection. Six-page historical
introduction on Avery by Charles Alexander Nelson followed by the
well-annotated catalogue.
The first exhibition of bookbinding literature ever held (Breslauer,
The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, p.20). This scarce catalogue,
privately published, describes important books in the history of the
literature of bookbinding, as well as important book bindings of the
XVIth to the XIXth century from the collection of Samuel Putnam
Avery. Avery was the founder of the famous Avery Architectural
Library at Columbia University, and his collection of bookbindings
was formed with the intention of contributing to that collection.
The catalogue is in two parts, the first showing in chronological
order the works on bookbinding practical and historical, Nos. 1 to
120 bis. The catalogue describes the most important as well as the
earliest published practical works on the subject in English and
French. Part two, covering Nos. 121 to 243, describes specimens of
bindings for their merit as works of art for the time in which it was
made. The bindings in this section are arranged chronologically.
German blind-stamped bindings are described, as are Italian goldtooled
bindings and the famous Lyonnese painted bindings. Full
collations are provided. In all, 243 items are described. A scarce title.
[78384]
79. Chick, Arthur. TOWARDS TODAY ’S BOOK.
Progress in 19th Century Britain. London: Farrand
Press, 1997, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 233+(1) pages.
$ 60.00
This book offers a historical perspective on bookmaking, including
such things as papermaking and bookbinding, in 19th-century
Britain. It also puts the developments into social context. Book
spine has a very slight slant. Dust jacket spine and corners very
slightly creased. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin
Bridson. [99567]
80. (Bookbinding) Christiansen, Peter. ET PAR
ORD OM MANDEN BAG FOREDRAGET. N.P.:
(Kemigraf­og Litograffagets, 1969), 4to., stiff paper
wrappers and self paper wrappers, slipcase. (16); (54)
pages. $ 45.00
Introductory text volume which contains illustrations of the finished
bindings executed by Anker Kyster and decorated by Thorvald
Binderbøll in 1929. This text volume is accompanied by a facsimile
of the original manuscript entitled Un moderne Bogindbinding. [72228]
81. (Storeys) Christie, Guy. STOREYS OF LAN­
CASTER 1848–1964. London: William Collins Sons
& Co. Ltd., 1964, small 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 256
pages. $ 45.00
The history of the internationally-known firm Storys of Lancaster
which manufactured leather, cloth, vinyl sheeting, and plastic
materials of all kinds. They also supplied large publishing firms
like the House of Collins with imitation leather for bookbinding.
Includes color and black-and-white illustrations. Indexed. [57469]

82. THE CLUMBER LIBRARY, CATALOGUE
OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY, THE
PROPERTY OF THE LATE SEVENTH DUKE
OF NEWCASTLE. London:
Sotheby & Co., 1937,
tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
pp. 59–209+(1). $ 65.00
The second volume of this
important four part sale. Blogie
III, 105, 108 for the first two
parts—the third part not in Blogie.
This second volume contained fine
bindings. This set is the illustrated
version with 7 plates in color and
13 in monochrome. From the
reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. Wear
at spine ends. [102427]
83. (Bookbinding) Cockerell,
Douglas. BOOKBINDING AS A SCHOOL
SUBJECT. STAGE 1 [­ STAGE 4]. (TOGETHER
WITH:) MARBLING PAPER. [PAMPHLET
NO. 5]. Hitchin: Russell Bookcrafts, various dates,
12mo., stiff paper wrappers. 16; 20; 16; 16; 17 pages.
$ 85.00
Complete set of these manuals written for the bookbinder. Contains
Binding Books of One Section, Binding Books of More than One
Section in Cloth, Cutting Edges and Binding in Half and Whole
Leather, Lettering and Simple Tooling and Marbling Paper by Sydney
Cockerell. Not in Brenni. Rusting around staples. Various editions.
[81356]
84. (Bookbinding) Cockerell, Douglas. SOME
NOTE S ON BOOKBINDING. Line Drawings by
Doris Meyer. London: Oxford
University Press,
(1948), small 8vo., cloth,
dust jacket. (viii), 105
pages. $ 45.00
S-K 6594. First edition, second
impression. (Brenni no. 49). From
a series of demonstration lectures
given by Cockerell. Covers all
aspects and has an interesting
chapter on how to judge a binding.
Spine ends of jacket tape repaired.
Foxed along gutters. [73648]
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85. (Bookbinding) (Collection of booklets issued
by the International Association of Bibliophiles
for the 1997 congress in the Netherlands]. Six
volumes. The Hague: The International Association
of Bibliophiles, 1997, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers and
enclosed in outer paper wrapper. 40; 70; 80; 48; 84; 70
pages. $ 45.00
Collection of six volumes issued by this group to celebrate their
Congress. Includes an introductory volume by Dr. Jan Storm
van Leeuwen, Marja Keyser on “The Gold-Tooled Bookbinding:
Amsterdam bookbinders from the second half of the seventeenth
century”, Jan Storm van Leeuwen on “100 Trésors de la reliure
Néerlandaise”, and four other essays. [72389]
86. (Bookbinding) Culot, Paul. JEAN­ CLAUDE
BOZERIAN, UN MOMENT DE L’ORNEMENT
DANS LA RELIURE EN FRANCE. Avec la collaboration
d’Andrée Rey. Bruxelles: Eric Speeckaert, 1979,
small 4to., cloth. 107, (3) pages. $ 95.00
S-K 5433. Limited to 800 copies. Detailed study with many plates
of this French bookbinder. Ownership inscription in pencil. [31122]
87. (Bookbinding) Culot, Paul. QUATRE SIECLE S
DE RELIURE EN BELGIQUE, 1500–1900. Brussels:
Eric Speeckaert, (1989), 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
316 pages. $ 45.00
With preface by Michel Wittock. A catalogue containing 144
examples of fine Belgium bookbindings. Well-illustrated with a
photograph of each binding, frontispiece is in color. Covers rubbed.
[35546]
88. Dahl, Svend. HAANDBOG I BIBLIOTEKS ­
KUNDSKAB. Two volumes. Kobenhavn: H. Hagerups,
1924;1927, 8vo., cloth, leather spine labels, blue
sprinkled edges. (viii),527; (viii),572 pages. $ 30.00
Third edition. These two volumes of bibliographical essays are each
divided in two parts. Volume one has several essays on Scandanavian
library history in section one and essays on library science issues in
section two (Catalogues, bibliography, etc.). Volume two contains
essays on the history of the book (Scandanavian illuminated
manuscripts, printing and bookbinding) in section one. Section two
addresses more technical matters, including watermarks, printing,
and book conservation. Spine faded. [60068]

89. Dahl, Svend. HISTOIRE DU LIVRE, DE
L’ANTIQUITE A NOS JOURS. Preface de Louis
Barthou. Paris: Jules Lamarre, 1933, tall 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. x, 326 pages. $ 35.00
First edition. With 146 illustrations. With much information on
bookbinding. Covers chipped along edges with damaged spot at top
of spine. [49063]
90. (Bookbinding) Dana, John Cotton. NOTE S ON
BOOKBINDING FOR LIBRARIE S. Chicago: Library
Bureau, 1910, 8vo., cloth. 174 pages. $ 45.00
Second edition, revised and enlarged. Covers all aspects of
bookbinding including materials and paper. Also has a list of
equipment, bindery terms and a list of makers of and dealers in
material and equipment. From the library of the publisher Ginn
and Company with their bookplate. Number on spine and pocket in
back. Ownership inscription in pencil. [6167]
91. (Bookbinding) Davenport, Cyril. INTERNA­
TIONAL BOOKBINDING EXHIBITION BY
THE CHIEF CRAFTSMEN FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD, AT THE “CAXTON HEAD.”...
FROM WEDNE SDAY, JUNE 27TH TO SATUR­
DAY, JULY 7TH. London: J. & M.L. Tregaskis, “Caxton
Head”, 1894, large 8vo., sewn, stiff paper wrappers.
25 pages, with 8 leaves of chromolithographic plates.
$ 75.00
Catalogue of 75 bindings of a Kelmscott book (“King Florus and the
Fair Jehane”) from 29 different countries, exhibited at the London
bookseller “Caxton Head” in 1894. A number of well-known London
binders of the time are represented, but one also finds entries for
bindings from Australia, China, Persia and other places. Each
binding is described and 8 are illustrated with chromolithographic
plates. Judging from the descriptions and illustrations, these were
bindings partly in a retrospective, historicizing style, and partly
showing a William Morris-Art Nouveau influence. The introduction
by C. Davenport expresses a very conservative view of binding and
discusses some of the items. Of interest as a record of non-English
and even non-European fine binding at the end of the 19th century.
Wrappers worn and front cover detached with pieces along edge
missing. Some staining along outer edge of a few pages. Part of paper
guard adhering to the chromolithography on one plate. [55100]
92. Davenport, Cyril. THE BOOK, ITS HISTORY
AND DEVELOPMENT. New York: D. Van Nostrand
Co., 1914, 8vo., cloth. vii, 258, (2) pages. $ 45.00
With 7 plates and 124 figures. (S-K 1822 for binding references).
Largely devoted to the history of binding. Each chapter contains
a bibliography of books on the subject discussed. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [36123]
93. Davenport, Cyril. BYWAYS AMONG EN­
GLISH BOOKS. London: Methuen & Co., (1927),
8vo., cloth, dust jacket. x, 190 pages. $ 55.00
First edition. (Webber p.54). Illustrated with sixty-one drawings
and sixteen other illustrations. Four main sections: Collectors and
Collecting, Bindings, Illustrated Books and Miniatures, Hornbooks,
Bookstamps and Bookplates. Foxing of endpapers. Well-preserved
copy. [20191]
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i n an embro i d e r e d binding
94. (Bookbinding) Davenport, Cyril. ENGLISH
EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS. London:
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1899, tall 8vo.,
original green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. xxxii,
113 pages. $ 70.00
S-K 3635. First edition. (Mejer
no.290; Brenni no.793).
With fifty-two plates of
bindings including a colored
frontispiece. Part of the
English Bookman’s Library
Series. With four chapters;
Introduction, Books Bound
in Canvas, Books Bound in
Velvet and Books Bound in
Satin. This is the only book on
the subject. Covers worn and
spotted. Split along most of
front hinge. [71442]
95. (New York Public
Library) Davidson, Marshall
B. TREASURE S OF THE NEW YORK PUB ­
LIC LIBRARY. With a foreword by Vartan Gregorian.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1988), 4to., cloth, dust
jacket. 304 pages. $ 60.00
First edition. A magnificent book which describes and illustrates
around 300 items from the Library’s vast collections. Contains
individual chapters on Black History and Culture, Children’s
Literature, Americana, The Performing Arts, etc. With 299
illustrations, including 111 in full color. Bookplate. [28411]
96. (Murray, Charles Fairfax) Davies, Hugh W. CAT­
ALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY GER­
MAN BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF C. FAIR­
FAX MURRAY. Compiled by Hugh Wm. Davies.
Two volumes in one. Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine
Books, 1999, thick 4to., cloth. xviii, (4), 462; 463–818,
lxii pages. $ 95.00
Reprint of the 1962 first edition,
in small size. Seymour de Ricci
called this work a “Bibliographical
monument of lasting importance.”
Originally issued in an edition
of 250 copies, the first edition
has become scarce (Brenni no.
678). The word “German” in the
title refers to books produced
in countries with a non-Latin
European base; thus books from
Belgium, Switzerland and Austria-
Hungary are included. A number
of bindings illustrated. [55015]

97. (Thomas, Alan G.) De Hamel, Christopher and
Richard A. Linenthal (edi. FINE BOOKS AND
BOOK COLLECTING BOOKS AND MANU­
SCRIPTS ACQUIRED FROM ALAN G. THOM­
AS AND DE SCRIBED BY HIS CUSTOMERS
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SEVENTIETH
BIRTHDAY. Leamington Spa: James Hall, 1981, 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket. x, 72 pages. $ 45.00
First edition. Thomas died in 1992. With 42 illustrations. [14597]
98. (Corvin, Matthias) de Hevesy, A. LA BIBLIO ­
THÈQUE DU ROI MAT THIAS CORVIN. Paris:
Membres de la Société Française de Reproductions de
Manuscrits a Peintures, 1923, 4to., portfolio with papercovered
boards, text and plates loosely inserted. (iv), 103
pages followed by 50 plates. $ 100.00
S-K 1224. One in a series of important monographs issued by this
publishing society. Biographical sketch of this 15th-century king
of Hungary followed by 50 plates showing highlights from his
book collection including his many fine bindings and illuminated
manuscripts. Loosely inserted is a four-page list of the publications
of this society. Portfolio soiled and worn with covers beginning to
detach. Pages (unopened) and plates are in fine condition. [72390]
99. (Bookbinding) De Toldo,
Vittorio. L’ ART ITALIEN
DE LA RELIRE DU LIVRE
( XVe­XVIe SIECLE). Milano:
Bottega di Poesia, (1924), tall
8vo., boards. 29 pages followed
by 37 plates, some of which are in
color. $ 75.00
First edition. (Herbst no.147). Part
of a series entitled “Monographs of
Decorative Arts”. Minor chipping along
hinge. With the Randeria bookplate.
[32236]
100. DE SIGNER BOOKBINDERS REVIEW.
Numbers 1 to 5. London: Designer Bookbinders, 1973–
1975, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. $ 100.00
Each volume contains articles on bookbinding and is illustrated.
[102777]
101. (Bookbinding) Diehl, Edith. BOOKBINDING,
ITS BACKGROUND AND TECHNIQUE. Two
volumes. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1979, 8vo., pictorial
cloth. xxi,251 pages and 91 full page plates; vi,406
pages. $ 60.00
Reprint of this classic book on bookbinding first published in 1946.
[5752]
102. (Plough Press) Docker, Frances. JOHN PAAS
& JAME S COOK, PROVINCIAL BOOKBIND­
ING IN THE EIGHTEEN THIRTIE S. Leicestershire:
The Plough Press, 1978, square 8vo., cloth. 26
pages and 10 plates. $ 65.00
S-K 5553. First edition, limited to 200 numbered copies. A study
of bookbinding and murder in England. Along with telling this
[ 13 ]
interesting story, there are reproductions of a binder’s trade card,
various engraved brass ornaments, tools, and numerous illustrations
concerning the murder taken from contemporary sources.
Ownership inscription in pencil [5754]
103. Dubois, Henri Pene. FOUR PRIVATE LI­
BRARIE S OF NEW­YORK A CONTRIBUTION
TO THE HISTORY OF BIBLIOPHILISM OF
AMERICA. New York: Duprat & Co., 1892, 8vo., woven
cloth outer wrappers with book loosely inserted
(stiff paper wrappers). 119 pages. $ 65.00
First edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is one of 200
copies printed on Japanese paper (Webber p.62). Thirteen chapters
on the book including one on the art of bookbinding and another
on Historical Book-Covers. Includes thirteen illustrations with
eight of the bindings including a full color frontispiece. Worn copy
without case having a spine detached and the original book loose
in signatures. Bookplate of private book-collector’s club stamped
“withdrawn.” Perfect for a fine binding. [72212]
104. (Bookbinding) Dudesek, Karl. E.K. DUDE­
SEK, BUCHEINBANDE, 1926–1983. Wien: Österreichisches
Museum, 1983, small 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. (48) pages. $ 45.00
Not in S-K (but see 6966). Illustrated exhibition catalogue showing
the work of this Czech binder. Prefaces by Dr. Hanna Egger and
Wilma Frank. [38555]
105. (Bookbinding) Dudin, Rene Martin. ARTE DEL
LEGATORE E DORATORE DI LIBRI. Milano:
Edizioni il Polifilo, (1977), folio, stiff paper wrappers,
slipcase. 121, (3) pages. $ 100.00
S-K 7250. Reprint of the 1964 printing;
this printing done by the Stamperia
Valdonega, the fine printing company
owned by Mardersteig. Edited
by Jacques Jaugeon and with an
introduction by Jean Toulet. Reprint
of this 18th-century bookbinding
manual including reproductions of
the fifteen full-page plates. With the
Randeria bookplate. Slipcase cracked
along top. [71378]

106. (Bookbinding) Duncan, Alastair and Georges De
Bartha. ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO
BOOKBINDING, FRENCH MASTERPIECE S
1880–1940. With a preface by Priscilla Juvelis. New
York: Harry N. Abrams, (1989), 4to., cloth, dust jacket.
200 pages. $ 45.00
First edition. The first major study of this fascinating period in
French bookbinding. After giving a general overview, this study
examines the work of over forty of the finest binders of the period.
A brief description of each binder is given along with full color
illustrations of their work. Detailed biographies and bibliographies
are located at the end of the book. A nicely produced book which will
provide inspiration to anyone who executes or appreciates fine hand
bookbinding. [24947]
107. (Bookbinding) EARLY AMERICAN BOOK­
BINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MI­
CHAEL PAPANTONIO. New York: The Pierpont
Morgan Library, 1972, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
xii, 89 pages and 61 plates. $ 45.00
S-K 3614. An excellent exhibition catalogue and one of the best
guides to the subject. Identification of binding tools is provided
when known. Signed by the author on the title page. Covers show
minor soiling. [5762]
108. Ede, Charles (editor). THE ART OF THE
BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED
OUT IN EUROPE & THE
U.S.A., 1939–1950. London:
The Studio Publications, (1951),
4to., cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214
pages. $ 65.00
S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections
on type design, lettering, printing,
illustration, commercial binding and hand
binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A
different author summarizes the results of
each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by
E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Dust jacket
has a few creases, chips and short closed
tears. [15667]
109. Ede, Charles (editor). THE
ART OF THE BOOK, SOME
RECORD OF WORK CAR­
RIED OUT IN EUROPE &
THE U.S.A., 1939–1950. London:
The Studio Publications,
(1951), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xii,
214 pages. $ 62.50
S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections
on type design, lettering, printing,
illustration, commercial binding and hand
binding. Each section is well-illustrated.
A different author summarizes the results
of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by
E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. With the
Randeria bookplate. Preliminary pages
foxed. Small tears on jacket repaired with clear tape. Jacket lightly
rubbed, soiled, and faded. [71815]
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110. Edmunds, W.H. BOOKBINDING. N.P.: n.p.,
1889, small 8vo., original plain tan paper wrappers. 32
pages. $ 55.00
“Artisans’ Official Visit to Paris Exhibition, 1889. Report to the
Mansion House Commmittee.” (S-K 5193). From the reference
library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. Covers worn around edges with wrappers
partially detached. [102253]
111. (Bookbinding) EIGHTEENTH­ CENTURY
ENGLISH WORKS ON BOOKBINDING. With
an introduction by Michele V. Cloonan. New York:
Garland Publishing, 1991, 8vo., cloth. xiv, 399 pages.
$ 65.00
Facsimile reprints of The Sister Arts (1809) by John Baxter (S-K
488), Of Booke Binding Ancient and Modourne by John Bradford, The
Laboratory or School of Arts by Godfrey Smith, and The Handmaid
to the Arts by Robert Dossie. Part of The History of Bookbinding
Technique and Design series edited by Sidney F. Huttner. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [31915]
112. Elton, Charles and Mary. THE GREAT BOOK­
COLLECTORS. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner
& Co., 1893, 8vo., original cloth. vii, 228 pages.
$ 55.00
First edition. Talks of collectors in England, France, Italy and
Germany and of the Italian Renaissance. Includes biographies of
collectors of bindings (S-K 1541). Spine faded; some wear at spine
ends. Private ownership stamp embossed on free endpaper. Name in
ink at top of title page. [2614]
113. (Bookbinding) ENGELSKA BOKBAND, UT­
STÄLLNINGEN ANORDNAD AV KUNGLIGA
BIBLIOTEKET. Stockholm: Kungliga Bibliotekets,
1966, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. $ 45.00
S-K 6633. Exhibition of the work of British binders co-sponsored
by the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders. Well-illustrated.
Biographical sketches are given. Foreword by Uno Willers and Sten
Lindberg and three-page history of the Guild. Letter from Lars
Wahlström to Edward Womersley concerning the exhibition, a
typescript of the speech given by Ivor Robinson at the opening of
the exhibition, a typescript itinerary of Robinson’s trip and a folded
broadside announcement of the exhibition. With the Randeria
bookplate. [71939]

115. (Doheny, Estelle) E S ­
TELLE DOHENY COL ­
LECTION . . . PART V.
PRINTED BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS IN­
CLUDING AMERICA,
LITERATURE AND
FINE BINDINGS. New
York: Christie’s, 1989, 4to.,
cloth. 315, (11) pages. $ 65.00
Filled with illustrations with some in
color. [96051]
114. (Doheny, Estelle) E STELLE
DOHENY COLLECTION . . .
PART IV. PRINTED BOOKS
AND MANUSCRIPTS IN­
CLUDING EARLY PRINT­
ING, LITERATURE AND
FINE BINDINGS. New York:
Christie’s, 1988, 4to., cloth. 345, (15)
pages. $ 65.00
Filled with illustrations with some in color.
[96050]
116. (Doheny,
Estelle) E STELLE DOHENY COL ­
LECTION . . . PART VI. PRINTED
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS CON­
CERNING WILLIAM MORRIS AND
HIS CIRCLE. New York: Christie’s,
1989, 4to., cloth. 102, (7) pages. $ 65.00
Filled with illustrations with some in color. [96053]
117. (Bookbinding) ET T URVAL AV
1400– OCH 1500–TALSTRYCK
SAMT KONSTNARLIGA BOK­
BAND UR THORE VIRGINS
SAMLING PA QVARNFORS. Uppsala:
Bibliotheca qvarnforsiana, 1946,
8vo., stiff paper wrappers. Full color
frontispiece, 71 pages followed by 24
plates of bindings. $ 65.00
Limited to 100 numbered copies. Howard
Nixon’s copy with presentation to him from
Thore Virgin on inside front cover. [35075]
118. (Bookbinding) EXAMPLE S OF
THE ART OF BOOKBINDING
AND VOLUME S BEARING
MARKS OF DISTINGUISHED
OWNERSHIP. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1897.
$ 65.00
Catalogue 166 issued by this firm. Inscribed in pencil by H.M. Nixon
on the front cover. Some pencil notes in margin. 858 items in the
catalogue. Front cover and first signature detached. [95677]
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119. (Bookbinding) EXHIBITION OF BOOK­
BINDINGS. London: Burlington Fine Arts Club,
1891, 4to., original stiff paper wrappers. lxiv, 132 pages.
$ 45.00
First edition. (Mejer 1197; Appleton p.87). The 51-page introduction
to the exhibition was written by S.T. Prideaux. No plates, but each
binding is described and an index to all books is given. Wrappers
worn and chipped with tears. Bottom corner of the cover and a
number of pages bumped with pieces missing. [5767]
120. (Bookbinding) EXHIBI­
TION OF SILVER, EM­
BROIDERED AND CURI­
OUS BOOKBINDINGS. New
York: The Grolier Club, 1903,
12mo., stiff paper wrappers. xi, 86
pages. $ 65.00
S-K 3636; Asaf Handlist 49. With a fivepage
introductory note followed by
descriptions of 269 items. Not illustrated.
Corner of front cover chipped away.
[38436]
121. EXPOSITION DE LA
FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DE S ARTISTE S
(SECTION DE S ILLUSTRATEURS), SPÉCI­
MENS DE BEAUX LIVRE S MODERNE S RRE­
LIURE S DE LUEX: BELGE S, FRANÇAISE ET
ANGLAISE S. CATA­
LOGUE. Bruxelles: Librairie
Dechenne, 1921,
small 8vo., later cloth,
leather spine label. 87+(1)
pages. $ 95.00
With a preface by Louis Bailly.
Illustrated in black-and-white.
From the reference library of
the Zaehnsdorf Company with
a commemorative booklabel
loosely inserted. Covers rubbed
with wear along hinges. Leather
spine label rubbed with some
chipping. [102277]
122. (Cercle De La Librairie)
EXPOSITION DE LA LI­
BRAIRIE FRANCAISE.
SAINT­LOUIS. 1904. Paris:
Cercle de la Librairie Francaise,
1904, 8vo., original
cloth. Not paginated. $ 90.00
Issued for the St. Louis Exposition by
this French club of printing, binding,
papermaking, and bookselling
craftsmen. Filled with examples of
fine printing and illustration. [63445]

123. (Bookbinding) EXPOSI­
TION DE RELIURE S. I. DU
XIIE SIÈCLE A LA FIN DU
XVIE. II. DU XVIIe SIÈCLE
À LA FIN DU XIXe SIÈCLE.
Two volumes bound in one. Bruxelles:
Ministere des Sciences et
des Arts, 1930, 1931, 8vo., modern
cloth with original stiff paper
wrappers bound­in, leather spine
label. 252 pages with 14 full­page
plates; 312 pages with 13 full­page
plates. $ 100.00
S-K 823. A description of a magnificent
collection of bindings. Preface by Victor
Tourneur and text by Camille Gaspar in first volume and August
Vincent in the second volume. With the Randeria bookplate. [72455]
124. Farleigh, John (editor). FIFTEEN CRAFTS ­
MEN ON THEIR CRAFTS. London: Sylvan Press,
1945, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. viii, 132 pages, 15 plates.
$ 45.00
Reprint of the 1945 first edition. Articles on Bookbinding by
Roger Powell and Anthony Gardner, printing by J.H. Mason, wood
engraving by John Farleigh, writing by M.C. Oliver, etc. Jacket tape
repaired. Ownership inscription in pencil. [12637]
125. Feather, John. A DICTIONARY OF BOOK
HISTORY. London: Croom Helm, (1986), 8vo., cloth,
dust jacket. x, 278 pages. $ 60.00
First edition. An alphabetical listing of over 650 entries dealing with
bibliographical terminology; the history of printing, publishing, and
bookselling; binding, typography, illustration and other attributes
dealing with the history of the book; book collecting, and libraries.
Ownership inscription in pencil. [102620]
126. (Bookbinding) FEDERATION
PRINTERS’ COST­FINDING
AND ACCOUNTANCY SYS ­
TEMS. EXPLANATION AND
SPECIMEN FORMS. London: Federation
of Master Printers of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
(1919), 8vo., cloth which folds out
into three panels, two of which contain
bound­in text. 56; 47,(3) pages. $ 65.00
Sixth revised edition (the first was published
in 1913). With a new preface to this edition.
From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative booklabel
loosely inserted. This copy also has a signature
in ink on the front pastedown “E. Zaehnsdorf.” Covers rubbed with
some spotting along top edge of front cover. [102249]
127. Feipel, Louis N. GLOSSARY OF TERMS RE­
LATING TO LIBRARY­BINDING. N.P.: n.p.,
February, 1939, small 4to., cloth. (i), 53 pages. $ 45.00
A “trial issue” according to the title page. Feipel wrote a library
binding manual in 1951. This booklet is a typescript bound in cloth.
[ 16 ]
Contains a three-page preliminary note. Ex-library copy from New
York University, School of Education Library with stamps. [70690]
128. Ficker, Johannes. NEUER DRUCK UND
SCHMUCK DE S EVANGELISCHEN GE SANG ­
BUCHS FÜR ELSAß­LOTHRINGEN. Leipzig:
Dieterich’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Theodor Weicher,
1910, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51, (3) pages.
$ 65.00
This volume reports on the design and decoration of a new edition
Lutheran hymnal for Alsace-Lorraine issued by the Strassburger
Pastoral-Konferenz. It describes small-format and large-format
editions, reproducing multicolor illustrated title and sample pages,
photo-illustrations of eleven bindings, etc., and includes four (tippedin)
multicolor endpaper samples. The beautiful designs are the work
of Otto Hupp and Karl Spindler. The hymnal was being printed by
J. H. Ed. Heitz (Heitz & Mündel) in Strassburg. The exterior of this
copy has darkened irregularly and shows minor soiling and wear.
Inside, the letterpress-printed, thick-paper leaves are well-preserved.
A small plate pasted inside the front wrapper indicates that this copy
came from the reference library of H. P. Kraus. [91031]
129. (Mann, William) FIFTY YEARS OF PROG ­
RE SS, A SKETCH PORTRAYING WITH PEN &
BRUSH THE PAST AND PRE SENT OF A SUC­
CE SSFUL BUSINE SS. Philadelphia: William Mann
Company, 1898, 4to., original cloth. 89 pages. $ 75.00
This company specialized in the manufacture of copy paper and
blank books. Gives a history of the firm and the different facets of
its operation and has drawings in blue ink illustrating the different
departments throughout the text. Well-produced and printed.
[20073]
130. Fletcher, H. George (editor). A MISCELLANY
FOR BIBLIOPHILE S. Foreword by William Targ.
New York: Grastorf & Lang, (1979), 8vo., cloth. xvi, 303
pages. $ 55.00
First edition. Excellent book with essays by Robert Taylor, Robert
Nikirk, Leonard Schlosser, Otto Penzler and others. With a chapter
on identifying and classifying fine bindings by Jamie Shalleck
(Kamph). This copy bears the following presentation “For Mary with
affection from Bob” with Mary being Mary Hyde and Bob being Bob
Nikirk, who authored a chapter in this book. [23744]
131. (Bookbinding) Fletcher,
W.Y. BOOKBINDING
IN FRANCE. London:
Seeley and Co., 1894, small
4to., original stiff paper
wrappers. 80 pages and 31 illustrations
in the text and 8
very well­executed chromolithographs
of bindings.
$ 45.00
Being No.10 of The Portfolio.
Mejer no.345; Brenni no.541 for
Fletcher. Wrappers worn and loose.
[3143]

132. (Bookbinding) Fletcher, William Younger.
BOOKBINDING IN FRANCE. London: Seeley and
Co., 1894, small 4to., later cloth. 80 pages with 31 illustrations
and 8 chromolithographs of bindings. $ 65.00
S-K 1925. Mejer no. 345; Brenni no.541. Old library stamp on title
page and one other leaf. [75523]
133. (Bookbinding) Fletcher, William Younger. FLO ­
RIMOND BADIER. 1896, 4to., later paper wrappers.
pp.257–261. $ 45.00
Removed from Bibliographica, Part III, 1896. With two plates in full
color. Has two letters loosely inserted; one dated 1881 from Charles
Lonquet Higgins, a medical doctor at Turvey, concerning books in
his library. With one note by Howard Nixon in pencil. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [5786]
134. (Bookbinding) Fogelmark, Staffan. FLEMISH
AND RELATED PANEL ­ STAMPED BIND­
INGS, EVIDENCE AND PRINCIPLE S. New
York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1990, 4to.,
cloth. xviii, 252 pages. $ 75.00
Ever since W. H. James Weale laid the foundations for the scholarly
study of panel-stamped bindings in 1894, it has been universally
assumed that the stamps were hand-engraved, and thus that each
panel was a unique artifact. However, Fogelmark discovered that
virtually everything written since Weale’s study has been based on
a fundamental mistake. In Fogelmark’s search for literature on blind
panels, he had not been able to find a single item dealing with the
all-important questions of production and technique. Fogelmark
believes that one must understand the nature of the panel stamp
and the basic rules that guided its use before discussing matters of
attribution and iconography. He now presents decisive evidence that
panel stamps were cast in metal rather than hand engraved and were
often produced in multiple copies for wide distribution. Identical
stamps could be used concurrently in different shops, different cities
and even different countries.
Fogelmark’s research is based on many years of research in a large
number of European libraries and a detailed study of various technical
and artistic features of the panels. This is a distinguished and highly
original contribution to bookbinding history, which greatly extends
knowledge of the late medieval booktrade. An exciting work,
handsomely produced at The Stinehour Press. [71394]
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135. (Bookbinding) Forsyth, K. Marjorie. BOOK­
BINDING FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND
AMATEURS. London: A. & C. Black, 1932, 8vo., cloth,
dust jacket. xii, 116 pages with 9 plates and 36 illustrations
in the text. $ 45.00
First edition. Not in Brenni. Chapters on history, decorative papers,
material and apparatus, exercises in simple bookbinding, etc. With a
colored plate showing decorative paper. Unusual to find this book in
jacket. Tape repair to jacket. Foxed. [23240]
136. (Bookbinding) FOUR CENTURIE S OF
FRENCH LITERATURE, MAINLY IN SUPERB
BINDINGS COLLECTION OF MRS. HENRY
WALTERS. New York: Parke­Bernet, 1941, 4to., later
quarter green morocco with brocaded covered boards,
original stiff paper wrappers bound­in, slipcase. (vi),
199 pages. $ 75.00
Illustrated. Many illustrations of fine bindings. Leather slightly
faded; slipcase worn. [75117]
137. (Bookbinding) French, Hannah D. BOOK­
BINDING IN EARLY AMERICA. Worcester:
American Antiquarian Society, 1986, 4to., cloth. xxiv,
230 pages. $ 49.95
First edition. Contains previously published and unpublished works
by Hannah French. Articles on Andrew Barclay, an early Boston
binder, Henry B. Legg, Caleb Buglass, a Philadelphia binder, John
Roulstone’s Harvard bindings, and Thomas Jefferson’s last binder,
Frederick August Mayo. Also contains catalogues of bookbinding
tools by Willman Spawn. Foreword by Marcus A. McCorison. Many
illustrations. [63360]
138. (Bookbinding) Fumagalli, Giuseppe.
DI DEMETRIO CANE­
VARI, MEDICO E BIBLIO ­
FILO GENOVE SE E DELLE
PREZIOSE LEGATURE, CHI
SI DICONO A LUI APPARTE­
NUTE. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki,
1903, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 61
pages. $ 65.00
First edition (SK-4272); extracted from
various issues of Bibliofilo. With 13 figures
and 7 plates showing the bindings. Binding
broken; covers detached. From the
working library of Howard Nixon with a
commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.
[102902]
139. Garvey, Eleanor M. and Peter A. Wick. THE
ARTS OF THE FRENCH BOOK, 1900–1965,
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE SCHOOL OF
PARIS. Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1967, small 4to.,
stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. $ 55.00
Well-documented exhibition catalogue with many illustrations. (S-K
6512 for binding references). Presentation from Garvey on the halftitle.
Loosely inserted is an article by the author which also bears a
presentation. [99594]

140. (Bookbinding) Geldner, Dr.
Ferdinand. BUCH EINBÄNDE
AUS ELF JAHRHUNDER­
TEN. Ausgewählt und Beschrieben.
Munchen: F. Bruckmann,
(1959), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 46
pages followed by 108 plates with
many in color. $ 100.00
S-K 1082. First edition. (Brenni no.299). The
108 plates show 162 illustrations of bindings.
With a foreword by Dr. Gustav Hofmann.
With the Randeria bookplate. [71389]
o n e of 100 copies
141. (Bookbinding) Gerring, Charles. NOTE S ON
BOOK BINDING. Nottingham: The Nottingham
Sette of Odde Volumes, February 1899, 12mo., original
cloth. 22, (2) and plates. $ 100.00
S-K 5213. First edition, a large paper copy (although this copy is not
numbered or signed as is typical of the 100 large paper copies). Wellprinted
booklet with numerous plates. Endpapers foxed. [98795]
142. (Bookbinding) Gilissen, Leon. LA RELIURE
OCCIDENTALE ANTERIEURE À 1400,
D’PRÈS LE S MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIO ­
THÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT 1er À BRUX­
ELLE S. Bruxelles: Brepols—Turnhout, 1983, small
4to., stiff paper wrappers. 181+(1) pages. $ 95.00
S-K 2140. A study of early binding structures. With 75 plates.
Ownership inscription in pencil. [38534]
143. Gilson, Julius P. (preface). BRITISH MUSEUM
GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS.
Part I: Autographs and documents Illustrative Chiefly
of English History and Literature, Exhibited in the
Manuscript Saloon; Part II; Manuscripts (Palaeographical
and biblical Series and chronicles) Charters and
Seals Exhibited in the Manuscript Saloon; Part III: Illuminated
Manuscripts and Bindings of Manuscripts
Exhibited in the Grenville Library. 3 Volumes. N.P. (but
London): British Museum, 1928, 8vo., paper­covered
boards. 98+(1); 112; 49 pages. $ 45.00
Three parts with twenty black-and-white plates in each. The series
is entitled “British Museum Guide to the Exhibited Manuscripts”.
Edges soiled and boards loose, spines torn. [101751]
144. (Bookbinding) Gray, George J.
THE EARLIER CAMBRIDGE
STATIONERS & BOOKBIND­
ERS AND THE FIRST CAM­
BRIDGE PRINTER. Oxford: Oxford
Bibliographical Society, 1904,
4to., original stiff paper wrappers.
xvi, 73 pages followed by 28 plates.
$ 90.00
First edition. (Appleton p.80; Brenni no.813).
21 of the plates show bindings executed in
Cambridge. Paper wrappers chipped with
tears along edges and a piece missing along the
edge of the front cover. Some soiling. [14022]
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145. (Bookbinding) Grimm, Francis W. A PRIMER
TO BOOKBINDING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1939, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 66 pages.
$ 45.00
First edition. An introduction for the novice on simple binding
techniques, which can be done in the home. Well-illustrated, with
diagrams and photographs of the finished product. Inscribed by
author on the free endpaper. Jacket tape repaired. [35776]
146. Guigard, Joannis. ARMORIAL DU BIBLIO ­
PHILE AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS DANS LE
TEXTE. Two volumes bound in one. Paris: Librairie
Bachelin­Deflorenne, 1870–1873, 8vo., later green cloth,
leather spine label, top edge gilt. (ii),254; (ii),272 pages.
$ 100.00
First edition. Paper is very poor quality and edges are chipped and
small tears abound. Some corners have been lost. Fragile book in
substantial binding. Ownership inscription in pencil. [83327]
147. (Bookbinding) Haas, Louis J. GRAPHIC
BOOKBINDING A COMPLETE TEXT DE­
SIGNED FOR SELF­INSTRUCTION AND
PRE SENTED THROUGH NUMBERED DRAW­
INGS ... White Plains: Louis J. Haas, 1942, tall 8vo.,
stiff paper wrappers. 13 leaves. $ 45.00
Two leaves devoted to equipment and ten on technique. Crease at
top corner of front cover, covers tanned and soiled. An unusual title
that is hard to find. [18788]
148. (Bookbinding) Harrison,
T. BOOKBINDING
CRAFT AND INDUSTRY,
AN OUTLINE OF ITS
HISTORY DEVELOP­
MENT AND TECHNIQUE.
London: Isaac Pitman & Sons,
n.d., small 8vo., cloth, dust
jacket. (viii), x, 139, (6), 8
pages. $ 65.00
S-K 1828. Second edition. (Brenni
no.328). Many illustrations. Jacket
lightly chipped with tape repair at
spine ends; unusual to find in jacket.
Ownership inscription in pencil.
[40966]
149. Harrison, T. FRAGMENTS OF BOOKBIND­
ING TECHNIQUE, FROM ARTICLE S IN ‘PA­
PER & PRINT ’. London: London School of Printing,
1950, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 55 pages. $ 50.00
First edition thus. Illustrated. From the reference library of the
Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. Wear along hinges. [79991]

150. Hart, Horace. BIBLIO ­
THECA TYPOGRAPHICA, A
LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT
BOOKS. With an Introduction by
George Parker Winship. Rochester:
The Printing House of Leo Hart,
1933, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xii, 142
pages. $ 65.00
First edition. An excellent book as the
author comments on many of the books
given in his bibliography. Separate sections
dealing with writing, papermaking,
manuscripts, printing, bookbinding,
publishing, bibliography and book
collecting periodicals. [3604]
151. (Bookbinding) Harthan, John P. BOOKBIND­
INGS. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1961, 8vo.,
cloth. 33 pages of text followed by 72 pages illustrating a
selection of the Museum’s holdings. $ 45.00
Revised edition. Sydney M. Cockerell’s copy, with an ALs. tippedin
from John Harthan to Mrs. Cockerell, thanking her for her
hospitality during his visit to the Cockerell’s Grantchester home
along with Elisabeth Greenhill. Several pencil notes and underlinings
and some of the binding plates have the binder’s name in ink added
in S. C.’s hand. [79992]
152. Hassing, O. og C. Volmer Nordlunde. BOG ­
TRYKKERBOGEN, LÆREBOG VED ME STER­
PRØVEN. Kjobenhavn: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Arnold
Busck, 1946, tall 8vo., cloth­backed decorated papercovered
boards, cloth tips. 579, (3) pages. $ 45.00
Well-illustrated book devoted to all aspects of printing. Includes
some historical information. [29876]
153. (Bookbinding) Hay, Marie.
MADAME DAME DI­
ANE DE POYTIERS,
DUCHE SSE DE VALEN­
TINOIS. London: John & E.
Bumpus, 1900, 4to., original
parchment covers. 37 pages.
$ 95.00
Beautifully printed on special
paper with some nicely executed
illustrations. Biography of this
16th-century book collector. Two of
the plates are chromolithographed
plates of bindings. Covers soiled
and spotted; spine lettering mostly rubbed off. Top of spine worn.
Bookplate on front pastedown. Ink inscription in corner of first
blank leaf. Foxing. [14611]
154. (Bookbinding) Hedberg, Arvid. STOCK­
HOLMS BOKBINDARE 1460–1700. Two volumes
in one. Stockholm: (Nordiska Museet), 1949, 4to., stiff
paper wrappers. 420 pages. $ 100.00
First edition. Volume 36 of the Nordiska Museets Handlingar series.
An outline of Swedish bookbinding history in Swedish with an
English summary. The author takes us through the earliest history
[ 19 ]
of the art and follows this with an
extended look at accomplished Swedish
bookbinders. His text is accompanied
by black-and-white illustrations and a set
of plates. Includes an alphabetical index
of Stockholm’s bookbinders. A second
volume was issued much later which
covered the period up to 1880. Tear in
front wrapper and wear at head of spine.
[72014]
155. (Bookbinding) HERBERT AND PETER FA­
HEY, HAND BOOKBINDERS. San Francisco:
n.p., 1935, 16mo., stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label.
(10) pages. $ 45.00
An interesting promotional piece issued by the Faheys of San
Francisco. Tells the customer that they not only bind books but print
them as well. With a list of all the products they produce in the back.
This copy has been signed by both. [78447]
156. (Bookbinding) Hettler, Max. HANDBINDE­
ABTEILUNGEN DER LEIPZIGER
GROSSBUCH BINDEREIEN UND IHR EIN­
FLUSS AUF DEN EINBANDSTIL UNSERER
ZEIT. (München: Studienblätter für Einbandkunst
und Gestallung, 1969), 4to., stiff paper wrappers with
signatures loosely inserted. (ii), 27–42, (2) pages. $ 45.00
S-K 6295. Study of German bookbinding in the 20th century. Covers
curled around edges. Volume Two in this series. Unopened copy.
[72254]
157. (Bookbinding) Hewitt­Bates, J.S. BOOKBIND­
ING FOR SCHOOLS. A TEXT BOOK FOR
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN ELEMENTA­
RY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TRAIN­
ING COLLEGE S. Leicester: Dryad Press, (1941),
8vo., contemporary quarter red calf with red cloth covered
boards. x, (ii), 123, (3) pages. $ 65.00
Third, revised edition. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Ink
stamp on title page indicates that this copy was for the use of H.M.
Forces. [93917]

158. (Bookbinding) HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
BERNARD C. MIDDLETON COLLECTION
OF BOOKS ON BOOKBINDING, TOGETHER
WITH SELECTED E SSAYS BY BERNARD C.
MIDDLETON ON THE HISTORY AND PRAC­
TICE OF BOOKBINDING. Rochester, NY: Rochester
Institute of Technology, 2000, large 8vo., cloth.
123, (3) pages. $ 50.00
First edition. Since the appearance of The Binder’s Art in 1989,
respected bookbinding historian and craftsman Bernard C.
Middleton continued to add to his collection of books and ephemera
on the history and techniques of bookbinding, begun in the
1940s. Numbering about 2,000 volumes, the love of Middleton’s
professional life is now installed in the Cary Graphic Arts Collection
at the Rochester Institute of Technology where it is fully available
to students and scholars in its own reading room. This catalogue
describes and illustrates in color 34 highlights from Middleton’s
collection and is complemented by four classic Middleton essays
updated, where appropriate, for this compilation. [62321]
159. (Bookbinding) THE HISTORY OF BOOK­
BINDING 525–1950 A.D. An Exhibition Held at the
Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Walter Art Gallery,
1957, 4to., cloth. xi, 275 pages. $ 65.00
S-K 811. First edition, limited to 3000 copies. Fifty-six pages of
plates. A valuable reference book on the subject of binding. Foxed
along edges of plate pages. [75450]
160. (Bookbinding) Hobson, G.D. THIRTY BIND­
INGS, SELECTED FROM THE FIRST EDI­
TION CLUB’S SEVENTH EXHIBITION. London:
The First Edition Club, 1926, 4to., red cloth
stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. xii, 68 pages plus 30 fullpage
plates of bindings. $ 100.00
S-K 875. Printed in an edition limited to 600 numbered copies (this
copy is out of series) at the Chiswick Press, being the tenth book
published by the First Editions Club.This exhibition of about 300
bindings was held over two days at the house of Sir Philip Sassoon
and featured books from private libraries in or near London. Its
strength lay chiefly in English works from 1660 to 1700, regarded
by the author as the Golden Age of bookbinding in England. G.D.
Hobson (1882–1949) was a partner in Sotheby’s (1909) and did more
than anyone to promote the serious study of historical bookbinding.
“In choosing the bindings for reproduction, my object has been to
select the most interesting unpublished examples, only one of our
thirty bindings has ever been reproduced previously” (introduction).
Thirty full-page plates of bindings, including eighteen embossed
chromolithographs. Spine slightly faded with a small worn spot at
top of spine. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. [98831]
161. Hofmann, Josef and Hermann Hauke. DIE
HANDSCHRIFTEN DER STIFTSBIBLIO ­
THEK UND DER STIFTSKIRCHE ZU
ASCHAFFENBURG. Aschaffenburg: Geschichts­
und Kunsvereins Aschaffenburg, 1978, large 8vo., cloth.
xx, 258 pages plus 10 leaves of plates. $ 65.00
First edition. Volume 16 of serial publication, Veröffentlichungen
des Geschichts- und Kunstvereins Aschaffenburg E.V. Bibliography
of manuscripts in the collegiate church and library of Aschaffenburg.
[ 20 ]
First section lists works written on vellum and parchment. Chapter
two catalogues documents on paper. Covers works from the thirteenth
through sixteenth centuries. Two appendices: handwritten
volumes and paper bindings, and manuscripts in the library of
the Church of Saint Peter and Alexander. Indices. 7 plates in color.
Illustrations of canon tables, book illustrations, heraldic emblems,
pages of manuscripts and book bindings. Loose bookplate indicates
that this copy was purchased from the collection of H.P. Kraus.
[77736]
162. (Bookbinding) Holley, Adolfo and Ismael Espinosa.
ENCUADERNACIONE S ARTISTICAS HE­
CHAS EN CHILE DURANTE EL SIGLO 19.
Santiago: Ismael Espinosa, 1986, 4to., limp boards, slipcase.
65, (3) pages.$ 100.00
Limited to 275 numbered copies.
With an eight-page translation
from Spanish to English loosely
inserted. Contains 16 color plates,
mostly of bindings executed in
Chile during the 19th-century.
According to the publisher,
only the second book on South
American bindings to be issued.
With the Randeria bookplate.
[71390]
163. Howsam, Leslie. CHEAP BI­
BLE S. Nineteenth­Century Publishing
and the British and Foreign
Bible Society. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, (1991), 8vo.,
Cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 245+(1)
pages. $ 45.00
Industrialization and mass literacy led to
the exploding demand for affordable Bibles.
This book describes the British and Foreign
Bible Society’s innovations in stereotyping,
machine printing and bookbinding, and
creating a new distribution system to meet
the demand. Part of the Cambridge Studies
in Publishing and Printing History series.
Slight folding on edges of dust jacket. [96941]
164. (Bookbinding) Ikegami, Kokiro. JAPANE SE
BOOKBINDING, INSTRUCTIONS FROM A
MASTER CRAFTSMAN. New York: John Weatherhill,
Inc., (1988), tall 8vo.,
cloth­backed boards, dust
jacket. xx, 127 pages. $ 45.00
Second printing of first edition.
Contains instructions on making
different styles of Japanese bindings
and traditional book cases (the
custom-made folding boxes that give
protection to fine books). There are
also eight pages of color photos of
examples of Japanese bookbinding
styles. [23436]

165. (Morgan Library) ILLUSTRATED CATA­
LOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD ON THE
OCCASION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD’S
FAIR 1939. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library,
1939, 4to., later cloth. (iv), 78 pages. $ 45.00
The catalogue for an exhibition at the Morgan Library, showing
examples of the varied holdings. 335 items, including illuminated
manuscripts, metal book covers, drawings, fine bindings, autograph
manuscripts and letters, and more. Well-illustrated, some in full
color. [102699]
166. (Bookbinding) Irwin,
Miriam. SILVER BINDINGS
FROM THE CORNELIUS J.
HAUCK COLLECTION AT
THE CINCINNATI HIS ­
TORICAL SOCIETY. Cincinnati:
Mosaic Press, (1983),
miniature book (3 x 2 3/8 inches),
cloth. (46) pages. $ 100.00
First edition. Illustrated. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [2451]
167. Jacobi, Charles Thomas. THE PRINTERS’
HANDBOOK OF TRADE RECIPE S, HINTS, &
SUGGE STIONS RELAT­
ING TO LET TERPRE SS
AND LITHOGRAPHIC
PRINTING, BOOKBIND­
ING, STATIONERY, PRO ­
CE SS WORK, ETC. London:
Charles Thomas Jacobi,
1905, 8vo., original cloth. xi,
464, (4) pages. $ 65.00
Third edition, revised and enlarged
(See Bridson & Wakeman A145 for
first edition). With the bookplate and
pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Minor cover rubbing. [29626]
168. Janzin, Marion und Joachim Güntner. BUCH
VOM BUCH, 5000 JAHRE BUCHGE SCHICH­
TE. (Hannover: Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt und
Druckerei, 1997), small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 495+(1)
pages. $ 95.00
Second edition. “The Book About Books” tells the story from the
infancy of written traditions to the exciting novelties in the making
of books today. The manuscripts of medieval monks are described in
detail as are incunabula and the highest accomplishments of present
day bookmaking. Includes texts that are not easily attainable, such as
decrees, privileges, deeds, and more. [103006]
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169. (Hugues, Jean) JEAN HUGUE S, LIBRAIRE­
ÉDITEUR. Le Point Cardinal. Paris: Pour les Amis de
Jean Hughes, Éditions des Cendres, 2004, 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. 117, (9) pages. $ 38.00
Text in French. Limited to an edition
of 900. A collection of essays by André
Jammes, Antoine Coron, Jean Toulet,
and Yves Peyré about Jean Hugues
as a bookseller and editor. Includes
a chronology of Hugues’ life and a
bibliography of his works. Illustrated in
color and black-and-white throughout.
Preface by Chantal Duchesne-Hugues.
Printed in Apolline by l’imprimerie
Landais. [94601]
170. Jennett, Sean. THE MAKING OF BOOKS.
London: Faber & Faber, (1951), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket.
473 pages. $ 50.00
First edition. Covers printing and binding and book design. With
specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no. 32) and the dust
jacket (Brenni no. 1487). Name in ink on free endpaper. [71569]
171. (Bookbinding) Joly, Henry.
EXPOSITION DE RELI­
URE S ORGANISÉE PAR
HENRY JOLY, CONSERVA­
TEUR. Lyon: (Société des Amis
de la Bibliothèque de Lyon), 1925,
small 4to., half calf over marbled
paper­covered boards. (viii),
15+(1), 39, (5) pages followed by
plates. $ 75.00
S-K 879. Limited to 300 copies. An
exhibition catalogue with text by
Joly followed by 31 plates produced
by phototype showing 47 bindings.
182 bindings described in the text.
Spine fading and some wear at corners.
Bookplate. [72434]
172. (British Museum) Jones, J. Winter. A GUIDE
TO THE PRINTED BOOKS EXHIBITED TO
THE PUBLIC. London: Woodfall and Kinder, 1862,
small 8vo., self paper wrapper. 32 pages. $ 45.00
Third edition. Lists the collection according to display cases. Each
case focuses on a certain type of book and region. Includes blockbooks,
incunabula, fine printing, book illustration, broadsides, book
bindings and “typographical and literary curiosities.” Edges of cover
sunned. [79352]

173. (Bookbinding) Kersten, Paul.
DIE VERZIE RUNGSTECH­
NIKEN DE S BUCHEIN­
BANDE S. Mit einem Anhang:
Übe unrichtige einbandtechnische
Benennunge in den Fachzeitschriften
der letzten Jahre, und einem
Geleitwort von Hellmuth Helwig,
Bibliothekar, Berlin. Halle: Wilhelm
Knapp, 1939, small 8vo., later
quarter leather with decorated
paper covered boards. 31+(1) pages.
$ 85.00
Second, enlarged edition. Illustrated.
[102940]
174. Koopman, Harry Lyman.
THE BOOKLOVER AND
HIS BOOKS. Boston: The
Boston Book Company, 1917,
tall 8vo., cloth, top edge gilt. x,
185 pages. $ 45.00
First edition. With chapters on book
design, the book beautiful, paper,
binding, type, and many others.
Koopman was the librarian at Brown.
Covers rubbed. Name in ink on front
pastedown. [11897]
175. (Bookbinding) KURT
LONDENBERG BUCH EINBANDE. Wolfenbuttel:
Herzog August Bibliothek, n.d. (circa 1965), 4to.,
stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. $ 60.00
S-K 6287 and 6301. Foreword by Paul Raabe and text by Kurt
Londenberg followed by many plates showing bindings that he
executed. [32933]
176. (Bookbinding) Laffargue, Léon. RELIURE,
CARTONNAGE, DORURE: OUTILLAGE ET
TECHNIQUE DE L’AMATEUR. Quartrième Édition.
Paris: H. Morin, n.d. (circa 1940s), 8vo, stiff paper
wrappers. (x), 276, (10) pages. $ 75.00
The fourth edition of this French manual includes chapters on
various aspects of binding including gilding and other forms of
decoration. Covers age darkened. Ink ownership inscription at the
top of the first leaf. [90689]
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177. Lamb, M.C. THE DETERIORA­
TION OF LEATHER UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF GAS FUME S.
Leeds and London: Chorley & Pickersgill,
Ltd., n.d. (circa 1908), 12mo., paper
wrappers. 26 pages. $ 100.00
Reprinted from the Journal of the Society of
Dyers & Colourists, June 1908. Illustrated. From
the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company
with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted.
Signed on front cover “E. Zaehnsdorf.” Covers
soiled. [102419]
178. (Bookbinding) Langwell, W.H. THE CONSER­
VATION OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS With
a Foreword by G. Barraclough. London: Sir Isaac
Pitman & Sons, (1957), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 114
pages. $ 55.00
First edition. Discussion of paper, adhesives, ink and binding
material. Jacket tape repaired. Ownership inscription in pencil.
[13238]
179. (Bookbinding) Le Vine, Sidney Victor. BOOK­
BINDING AT HOME. New York: Victor Press, 1953,
8vo., cloth. (ii), ii, 90 pages. $ 65.00
First edition. Well-illustrated. A few small spots on cover. Ownership
inscription in pencil. Very uncommon title. [102706]
180. (Bookbinding) Leighton,
Douglas. MODERN BOOK­
BINDING, A SURVEY AND
A PROSPECT. With a Foreword
by Hugh R. Dent. London:
J.M. Dent and Sons, (1935),
12mo., marbled boards. 64
pages. $ 95.00
S-K 6607. First edition. (Brenni no. 406).
The Fifth Dent Memorial Lecture. From
the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. Presentation
on half-title “To a real bookbinder from
Douglas Leighton.” Spine of jacket
spotted. [38763]
181. (Leipzig) LEIPZIGS WIRKEN AM BUCH.
Leipzig: n.p., 1928, small 4to., cloth. 61, (3) pages, with
illustrations. $ 45.00
Issued by the Präsidium der Internationalen Buchkunst-Ausstellung/
Graphischen Industrie Leipzigs. Produced in association with a book
arts exhibition in Leipzig, this book contains both essays on the
book arts in Leipzig and samples of the work of Leipzig printers and
binders. Introduction by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Some foxing. [47998]

182. Lejard, Andre (editor). THE ART OF THE
FRENCH BOOK, FROM EARLY MANU­
SCRIPTS TO THE PRE SENT TIME. London:
Paul Elek, (1947), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 166 pages, 182
plates. $ 75.00
S-K 1942. With chapters on manuscripts by Van Moe, the French
Book in the XVth and XVI Century by Brun, in the XVII and
XVIII Centuries by Wilhelm, in the XIX Century by Michel, the
French book in the XX Century by Guignard. Many of the plates
are in color. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company
with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Jacket worn with
pieces missing. [102015]
183. Lejard, Andre. LE LIVRE, LE S PLUS BEAUX
EXEMPLAIRE S DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NA­
TIONALE. Paris: Editions du
Chene, 1949, 4to., cloth, dust jacket.
(iv), 166 pages. $ 95.00
New edition, limited to 2000 numbered
copies. (Brenni no.534). Many illustrations
of the famous books of this library
including their collection of fine
bindings. Numerous tipped-in color
plates. Has a separate chapter on binding
by Robert Brun. From the reference
library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with
a commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. Jacket shows light wear. [41761]
184. (Bookbinding) Lenormand, Séb. NOUVEAU
MANUEL COMPLET DU RELIURE EN TOUS
GENRE S. Contenant les Arts de l’Assembleur, du Satineur,
de la Plieuse, de la Brocheuse, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur,
et suivi des arts du Marbreur sur Tranches et
du Doreur sur Tranches et sur Cuir. Paris: Socièté française
d’éditions littéraires et techniques, 1932, 12mo.,
paper wrappers. viii, 428 pages. $ 100.00
Reprint of this 19th-century manual. Taken from the new edition,
enlarged and revised. (Pollard no. 53). One of the classic binding
manuals. Four large foldout plates in the back. Ownership inscription
in pencil. [102764]
185. LET TERPRE SS BOOKBINDING TERMI­
NOLOGY. London: Master Bookbinders’ Association,
1928, 12mo., cloth. 20 pages. $ 65.00
Not in Brenni. An attempt at standardizing bookbinding terms.
Printed at the Chiswick Press. From the reference library of the
Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. Mounted on the front pastedown is a typed table of “Square
inches of Leather in...” Loosely inserted is a large foldout broadside
giving prices for 51 different types of binding. With other pertinent
ephemera present. [102066]
186. (Bookbinding) Lhotka, Edward R. ABC OF
LEATHER BOOKBINDING: A MANUAL FOR
TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP. New Castle,
Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000, large 8vo., cloth,
dust jacket. 142 pages. Illus. $ 55.00
First Edition. This work is an illustrated manual that shows stepby-step
the art and science of fine leather bookbinding. The author
learned the ancient craft from one of England’s foremost binders,
[ 23 ]
Alfred de Sauty. In this important work, he takes the reader through
the intricacies of traditional leather binding. [98011]
187. (Bookbinding) Lindberg, Sten G. MÄSTAR­
BAND, BOKBINDARMÄSTAREFÖRENIN­
GEN I STOCKHOLM. 350 AR. Stockholm: 1980,
8vo., stiff paper wrappers, enclosed in specially made
slipcase. 269, (3) pages. $ 65.00
Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue describing the best of Swedish
bookbinding work over the last 350 years. [71951]
188. (Bookbinding) Lismer,
W.A. BOOKBINDING
CONSTRUCTION FOR
SENIOR SCHOOLS. London:
Technical Press Ltd.,
1931, small 8vo., cloth. 71+(1)
pages. $ 65.00
First edition. Relatively uncommon
binding manual. Illustrated. Some
cover soiling. Two names in ink on
free endpaper. Ownership inscription
in pencil. [102939]
189. (Bookbinding) LE LIVRE ANGLAIS
TRE SORS DE S COLLECTIONS ANGLAISE S,
BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE. Paris: Bibliotheque
Nationale, 1951, square 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
xxiv, 254 pages followed by 15 plates. $ 55.00
A counterpart to the London exhibition of 1948 of 1000 years of
French books. Biographical descriptions of the more famous English
authors with representations of their work. With a 35-page section
on binding by Howard Nixon. Inscribed on front cover by Percy
Muir, one of the compilers of this catalogue. [5671]
190. (Bookbinding) LIVRE S ANCIENS DE PRO ­
VENANCE S HISTORIQUE S LIVRE S AVEC
ARMOIRIE S DE S ROIS, REINE S, PRINCE S,
PRINCE SSE S, FAVORITE S ET BIBLIO ­
PHILE S CELEBRE S. Paris: Librairie Théophile Belin,
1910, 8vo., later quarter leather. (iv), 116 pages with
additional plates of illustrations. $ 45.00
A bookseller’s catalogue with text describing 716 books noted for
the association value of the binding. Each featured has an historic
and an interesting provenance which is relayed in the accompanying
catalogue. Many plates in black-and-white. Covers very worn with
hinges split and leather spine worn. Ex-library copy with markings
including a stamp on each plate. [76461]
191. (Bookbinding) LIVRE S ANCIENS ET MOD­
ERNE S . . . AUTOGRAPHE S, BIBLIOGRA­
PHIE DE LA LIBRAIRIE W.S. KUNDIG. Genève:
Nicolas Rauch, 1952, 4to., cloth. 178, (2) pages followed
by the 64 plates. $ 45.00
Auction sale including the reference books of W.S. Kundig. 847 items
described. Illustrations in the text and 64 plates printed on glossy
paper in the back. With the Randeria bookplate. [72498]

192. (Bookbinding) LIVRE S
DANS DE RICHE S RELI­
URE S DE S SEIZIÈME,
DIX­ SEPTIÈME, DIX­
HUITIÈME ET DIX­NEU­
VIÈME SIÈCLE S. Paris: Librarie
de la Société des Bibliophiles
François, 1910, 4to., later
cloth with original paper wrappers
bound­in. (iv), 95 pages
with 50 plates interspersed
throughout. $ 100.00
Damascène Morgand (Paris) bookseller’s
catalog of particularly precious bindings from the 16th-19th
centuries. An introduction to the collection is provided in which
each century’s offerings are broadly characterized. Illustrated with
50 black-and-white plates. With decorative head and tail pieces.
Printed in Lille by L. Danel. Spine slightly faded. [75051]
193. (Bookbinding) Loeber Jr., J.A.
DE GE SCHIEDENIS VAN DEN
BOEKBAND DOOR BIBLI­
OPEGUS. Amsterdam: Amsterdamsche
Grafische School, 1935,
8vo., cloth. (viii), 99 pages followed
by 42 plates. $ 75.00
First edition. S-K 1834. Written under the
pseundonynm of Bibliopegus. History of
bookbinding filled with illustrations of
bindings taken from important Dutch
libraries. These illustrations are often in
color. [72445]
194. (Bookbinding) Londenberg,
Kurt. IGNATZ WIE­
MELER, WERKVER­
ZEICH NIS. Hamburg: Maximilian­Gesellschaft,
1990, 4to.,
cloth, cardboard slipcase. 295
pages. $ 55.00
Describes over 250 books bound by
this renowned bookbinder. Wellillustrated
throughout. In German,
with introduction by Monroe Wheeler
in German and in English. [61967]
195. (Bookbinding) LONDON GAZET TE. JAN 1
1904. London: London Gazette, 1904, 4to., later cloth.
103 pages. $ 65.00
Number 27632 from The London Gazette,
Friday, January 1, 1904. Contains the
citation for the Zaehnsdorf Company
(page 18). From the reference library
of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely inserted.
With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf
Company. Edges rubbed. [102239]
[ 24 ]
196. Loudon, J.H. JAME S SCOT T AND WIL ­
LIAM SCOT T, BOOKBINDERS. N.P.: The Moretus
Press, (1980), large 8vo., later quarter green calf
with green cloth covered boards, top edge gilt. xxvi, 414
pages. $ 100.00
S-K 5078. First U.S. edition. An excellent account of the lives and
work of these two Scottish bookbinders. Beautifully illustrated
with 170 full-page plates, one fold-out plate, and color frontispiece.
From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. [101997]
197. Ludwig, Emil. THE
SON OF MAN, THE STO ­
RY OF JE SUS. Translated
from the German by Eden and
Cedar Paul. New York: Boni &
Liveright, 1928, 8vo., later half
blue calf with marbled papercovered
boards, 3 raised bands,
decorations in gilt and red
leather spine label, top edge
gilt. 315 pages. $ 65.00
First edition in English. Ludwig
(1881–1948) specialized in writing
biographies. Leather on spine rubbed in two places. [94100]
198. (Bookbinding) Maggs 1075. BOOKBINDING
IN THE BRITISH ISLE S, SIXTEENTH TO
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Two volumes.
London: Maggs Bros., 1987, 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
533 pages. $ 100.00
Catalogue 1075 issued by this firm. Detailed descriptions of 382
bindings with plates throughout (many in color). [38666]
199. (Bookbinding) Maggs 1212. BOOKBINDING
IN THE BRITISH ISLE S, SIXTEENTH TO
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Volume Two. London:
Maggs Bros., 1996, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 288
pages. $ 75.00
Catalogue 1212 issued by this firm. Detailed descriptions of 347
bindings with plates throughout (many in color). Volume two only.
[95791]

200. (Bookbinding) Maggs 12. CHOIX DE BEAUX
LIVRE S DU XVe AU XIXe SIÈCLE, AUTOGRA­
PHE S. Paris: Maggs Bros., (1938), small 4to., later
cloth with original front wrapper and spine bound­in in
the back, leather spine label. 84 pages and 50 plates,
some of which are in full color. $ 45.00
Catalogue 12. Part of the Serie Francaise issued by Maggs. With many
illustrations of fine bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. [71289]
201. (Bookbinding) Maggs 324. HISTORIC AND
ARTISTIC BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE
XIVTH CENTURY TO THE PRE SENT TIME.
London: Maggs Bros., 1914, 8vo., later cloth with original
stiff paper wrappers bound­in. (ii), 56 pages with 40
full­page plates. $ 50.00
S-K 1480. Catalogue no.324. Original wrappers are soiled. [86948]
202. (Bookbinding) Maggs 407. BOOK BINDINGS:
HISTORICAL & DECORATIVE. Catalogue 407.
London: Maggs Bros., 1921, square 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. 336 pages. $ 55.00
S-K 1481. Large number of full-page illustrations. One of the earlier
catalogues issued by Maggs on binding. Paper wrappers are worn and
detached from spine and front cover. Endpaper and title page foxed.
[6126]
203. (Bookbinding) Maggs 456. BOOKS, MANU­
SCRIPTS AND BINDINGS REMARKABLE
FOR THEIR RARITY BEAUTY AND INTER­
E ST. London: Maggs Bros., 1924, square 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. 320 pages and 88 plates. $ 45.00
Catalogue no. 456. Light cover wear. Foxed. [11770]
204. (Bookbinding) Maggs 550. A SELECTION OF
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, BINDINGS, AND
AUTOGRAPH LET TERS REMARKABLE FOR
THEIR INTERE ST & RARITY BEING THE
FIVE HUNDREDTH AND FIFTY­FIFTH CAT­
ALOGUE ISSUED BY MAGGS BROS. Catalogue
550. London: Maggs Bros., 1931, tall 4to., later cloth
with original stiff paper wrappers bound­in. 236 pages.
$ 100.00
273 items described. Well-illustrated including a number of full-page
plates of bindings. With the Randeria bookplate. Covers somewhat
bowed. [71273]
205. (Bookbinding) Maggs 600. A SELECTION OF
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, BINDINGS, SPORT­
ING PRINTS AND AUTOGRAPH LET TERS.
Catalogue 600. London: Maggs Bros., 1934, square 8vo.,
cloth, leather spine label with original stiff paper wrappers
bound­in. 218 pages. $ 65.00
With many plates including some of bindings. 270 items described in
detail. With the Randeria bookplate. [36909]
[ 25 ]
206. (Bookbinding) Maggs 655. TRE S BEAUX
LIVRE S DU XVIIE AU XIXE SIECLE. Londres:
Maggs Bros. Ltd., (1937), 8vo., later decorated papercovered
boards, spine label, with original stiff paper
wrappers bound­in. 155 items, each of which are illustrated.
$ 45.00
Catalogue 655. Many fine bindings are illustrated. [6176]
207. (Bookbinding) Maggs. A COLLECTION OF
FRENCH XVIIITH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED
BOOKS IN SUPERB CONTEMPORARY BIND­
INGS BY DEROME, BISIAUX, DOUCEUR,
FADELOUP, BOZERIAN, TE SSIER, MOUIL ­
LIE, ME SLAND AND OTHER MASTERS. London:
Maggs Bros., (1930), folio, stiff paper wrappers.
(iv), 148 pages. $ 100.00
S-K 4926. Issued on the 70th Anniversary of the firm. Contains many
full-page plates including a number in color. A magnificent collection
of books with excellent reproductions of bindings including some in
full chromolithography. Covers heavily tape repaired. [14489]
208. (Bookbinding) Malaguzzi, Francesco. CENTO
LEGATURE ROMANTICHE PIEMONTE SI.
Torino: Centro Studi Piemontesi, (1998), square 8vo.,
stiff paper wrappers. 112, (4) pages. $ 45.00
First edition. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museo Nazionale
del Risorgimento Italiano in Turin, Italy, Sept. 27–Oct. 7, 1998. The
exhibition featured 100 bookbindings from 19th-century Piemonte.
All bindings are illustrated in black-and-white, with a section of
additional color plates as well. Includes several essays at front. In
Italian. [61884]
210. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth)
MANUSCRITS ET LIV­
RE S PRECIEUX DU QUIN­
ZIEME AU DIX­HUITIEME
SIECLE. Chartres: Patrick et
Elisabeth Sourget, n.d. (circa
1986), small 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. 410, (2) pages. $ 100.00
The third catalogue issued by this firm.
A magnificent sale catalogue filled with
illustrations including many in color.
The strength of this collection is in the
various bindings. With price list inserted.
[22548]
209. (Bookbinding) MANU­
SCRITS ET INCUNABLE S,
LIVRE S A FIGURE S RELI­
URE S, BIBLIOTHEQUE
ASHBURNER. Milano: Librairie
Ancienne Ulrico Hoepli, 1938,
small 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
Full color frontispiece; (vi), 67
pages followed by 71 plates.$ 95.00
With estimated prices loosely inserted.
Priced in margins throughout. Wear at
spine ends and corners. Tears in the edges
of a few pages in the middle. [16075]

211. (Bookbinding) Marchine, Luigi. MOSTRA DI
LEGATURE DEI SECOLI XV–XIX. Genova: Comune
di Genova, 1976, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 143, (3)
pages; 60 plates. $ 75.00
Catalogue for an exhibition held in Genoa at the Palazzo
dell’Accademia from January 9–February 3,1976. 60 plates depicting
bindings. [72044]
212. Marcus, Aage (editor).
BOG OM BOGEN. Med
Forord af Svend Dahl. Kobenhavn:
Carit Andersens,
1950, 4to., cloth­backed
pastepaper­covered boards.
485, (3) pages. $ 65.00
S-K 1839. First edition. Twenty
chapters on various book
subjects including bookbinding,
papermaking and book collecting.
Illustrated. With two chapters on
bookbinding, one historical by
H.O. Boggild-Andersen and one
on modern Danish bookbindings
by Henrik Park. With 29 bindings illustrated. In cardboard slipcase.
[45794]
213. Martin, A.G. FINISHING PROCE SSE S IN
PRINTING. London: Focal Press, (1972), 8vo., cloth,
dust jacket. xi, 284 pages. $ 45.00
First edition. Study of such things as cutting, production of booklets,
magazines, labels, book binding and carton and box manufacture.
Presentation from the author on the free endpaper. [71911]
214. Mayeux, Henri. A MANUAL OF DECORA­
TIVE COMPOSITION FOR DE SIGNERS,
DECORATORS, ARCHITECTS AND INDUS ­
TRIAL ARTISTS. Translated by J. Gonino. Revised
by Walter Millard. London: J.S. Virtue and Co., Ltd.,
1898, 8vo., contemporary half blue calf with marbled
paper­covered boards, top edge gilt (a signed binding by
Zaehnsdorf ). ix, 310 pages. $ 100.00
Third edition. With 267
illustrations throughout the text.
From the reference library of
the Zaehnsdorf Company with
a commemorative booklabel
loosely inserted. With the
bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf
Company. Some rubbing of
covers. [102414]
[ 26 ]
215. (Bookbinding) McDonnell, Joseph and Patrick
Healy. GOLD­TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS
COM MISSIONED BY TRINITY COLLEGE
DUBLIN IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Ireland: Irish Georgian Society, (1987), 4to., cloth, dust
jacket. xviii, 340 pages. $ 75.00
First edition. Volume 1 of Studies in the History of Irish Bookbinding.
A fascinating study of Trinity College’s influence on the production
of fine bookbinding during the eighteenth century. This work
discusses the development of the New Library, the Printing House,
the relationship between the College and the Dublin book trade,
and the Binders they used and their styles. There is also an illustrated
catalogue of 102 bindings and reproductions of over 500 binders
tools. Of interest to the practicing binder and the historian alike.
[26133]
216. McKenzie , D.F. (Editor). STATIONERS’
COMPANY APPRENTICE S 1641–1700. (together
with) STATIONERS’ COMPANY APPREN­
TICE S 1701–1800. 2 volumes. Oxford: O.B.S., 1974,
1978, 8vo., cloth­backed boards. x,234; xii,514 pages.
$ 95.00
First editions. An important guide to the members of the trade.
[84343]
217. McLean, Ruari. VICTORIAN BOOK DE­
SIGN & COLOUR PRINTING. London: Faber &
Faber, 1963, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 182 pages.
$ 60.00
First edition. (S-K 5539 for binding reference). With 8 color plates
and 64 in black-and-white. First historically precise description of
the introduction of color printing. With the bookplate and pencil
signature of Gavin Bridson. Tape marks on free endpapers. [19624]
218. (Bookbinding) McLean, Ruari. VICTORIAN
PUBLISHERS’ BOOK­BINDINGS IN PAPER.
London: Gordon Fraser, 1983, 4to., cloth­backed boards,
printed plastic wrapper. 112 pages. $ 45.00
S-K 7106. First edition. Compliments McLean’s earlier book on
publisher’s bookbindings in cloth and leather. Over half of the 200
illustrations are in color. Contains illustrations of all the Papier
Mache bindings known. With the bookplate and pencil signature of
Gavin Bridson. [71381]
219. McMurtrie, Douglas
C. THE BOOK, THE
STORY OF PRINTING
& BOOKMAKING. New
York: Oxford University
Press, (1972), thick tall 8vo.,
cloth, dust jacket. xxxi, 676
pages. $ 65.00
Reprint of revised edition.
Contains hundreds of illustrations.
Has a 15-page chapter devoted
to the history of bookbinding.
Jacket shows soiling. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [21087]

220. McMurtrie, Douglas C.
THE GOLDEN BOOK,
THE STORY OF FINE
BOOKS AND BOOK­
MAKING —PAST AND
PRE SENT. Chicago: Pascal
Covici, 1927, thick 8vo., original
blue cloth stamped in gilt,
top edge gilt. xvi, 406 pages.
$ 65.00
First edition, limited to 2000 copies.
Minor cover wear. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [5310]
221. Meyer, W.J. (editor).
SCHWEIZER BIBLIOPHILEN GE SELL ­
SCHAFT: FE STSCHRIFT ZU IHREM
ZEHNJÄHRIGEN BE STEHEN 1921–1931. Bern:
Paul Haupt, 1931, large 8vo., stiff paper wrapper, uncut
edges. 129 pages + 1 leaf of plates in black­and­white with
tissue guard. $ 45.00
First edition. Collection of essays commemorating the ten-year
history of the Swiss society of book collectors. Includes essays such
as the history of herbals beginning in the early sixteenth century,
cartography and early woodcut maps, the age of Humanism in Basel,
and bookbinding and care.
Most conclude with a relevant bibliography. Loosely inserted is
a commemorative book label that indicates that this volume came
from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll
Books at the auction sale. Cover, head and tail of spine torn and
chipped. Covers soiled. Irregular but light foxing throughout. [77977]
222. (Bookbinding) MODERN BRITISH BOOK­
BINDERS, AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN
BOOKBINDING BY MEMBERS OF DE SIGN­
ER BOOKBINDERS. London: Designer Bookbinders,
1971, oblong 8vo., rebound in later cloth. 63 pages.
$ 45.00
S-K 6654. Brenni no. 933. With 29 full page plates of bindings. A
biography of all the designers represented is given. Loosely inserted
is a supplement that was issued in 1972. [64509]
223. Morrow, Carolyn Clark and Carole Dyal. CON­
SERVATION TREATMENT PROCEDURE S, A
MANUAL OF STEP­BY­ STEP PROCEDURE S
FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF
LIBRARY MATERIALS. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited,
1986, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. vii, 225 pages.
$ 55.00
Second edition. Illustrated. Ownership inscription in pencil. [33487]
224. (Bookbinding) [MOUNTED PHOTO ­
GRAPHS OF EDGAR MANSFIELD BIND­
INGS]. N.P.: n.p., n.d., 4to., 13 photographs mounted
on heavy cardboard. $ 45.00
Mailing envelope sent from Dawson Book Service to M.C.D. Ranson
(pseudo. of Dr. Randeria) containing 13 large black-and-white
photographs of Edgar Mansfield bindings which have been mounted
on thick cardboard. A few of the photographs are described in pencil
below the image. Slightly bowed. [72477]
[ 27 ]
225. Muir, P.H. (editor). TALKS ON BOOK­ COL ­
LECTING DELIVERED UNDER THE AU­
THORITY OF THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK­
SELLERS’ ASSOCIATION BY P.H. MUIR, E.P.
GOLDSCHMIDT, SIMON NOWELL ­ SMITH,
JOHN CARTER, HOWARD M. NIXON, ER­
NE ST WEIL, IFAN KYRLE FLETCHER. London:
Cassell and Co., (1952), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. x,
105 pages and 15 illustrations. $ 65.00
First edition. (S-K 1604 for binding reference by Nixon). Minor
jacket wear. Bookplate of Julian Levinson (see Who’s Who in
American Jewry, page 628). Minor tape repair of jacket. [9768]
226. Muir, P.H. BOOK­ COLLECTING AS A
HOBBY, IN A SERIE S OF LET TERS TO EV­
ERYMAN. London: Gramol
Publications Ltd., 1945, small
8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 128
pages. $ 60.00
Second edition. Illustrated guide to
book collecting written as a series of
letters. Includes a short history of book
production and a section on binding
(S-K 1599). This edition is revised and
enlarged from the first. Inscribed on
free endpaper “Harold, Barbara Muir,
September 16th, 1982.” Jacket chipped
with small pieces missing at spine ends.
[9795]
227. Mummendey, Richard. VON BUCHERN UND
BIBLIOTHEKEN. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche
Buchgesellschaft, 1964, small 4to., cloth. 360 pages.
$ 55.00
Second edition, revised and expanded. A history of the book and its
production, collecting, and storage in libraries. Over 150 illustrations.
[41932]

228. Myers, Robin. THE BRIT­
ISH BOOK TRADE FROM
CAXTON TO THE PRE SENT
DAY. London: Andre Deutsch,
(1973), thick 8vo., cloth, dust jacket.
405 pages. $ 65.00
S-K 60. First edition. Covers authorship,
bookbinding, bookselling, book design,
illustration, children’s books, printing,
publishing, etc. Illustrated. [34589]
229. (Bookbinding) THE NEW
BOOKBINDER, JOURNAL
OF DE SIGNER BOOKBINDERS. Volume 4. London:
Designer Bookbinders, 1984, 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. $ 45.00
Many illustrations. With articles by Van Leeuwen, Cloonan, Bull,
Trevor Jones, Beck and Cains. Also has an interview with David
Sellars. [7114]
230. (Bookbinding) Nicholson, James B. A MANUAL
OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. New York:
Garland, 1980, small 8vo., cloth. x, 318, (2), 18, (3) pages.
$ 70.00
Reprint of the first edition of 1856, with a new introduction
by Sidney F. Huttner. (Mejer no. 1950; Brenni no. 39). The first
American manual on bookbinding and containing a detailed chapter
on marbling and illustrations of binding equipment. [2511]
231. (Bookbinding) Nixon, Howard M. FIVE CEN­
TURIE S OF ENGLISH BOOKBINDING. London:
The Scolar Press, (1979), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket.
232, (9) pages. $ 75.00
S-K 136. First edition, second printing (Brenni no.759). One hundred
articles on bookbinding that originally appeared in The Book
Collector have been combined into one volume. Contains 100 plates
of important bindings and a page of descriptive text about each.
[32007]
232. NORTH WE ST BOOK ARTS, A BI­
MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE BOOK ARTS
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWE ST. Volume I, no. 1
to Volume II, no. 3. The first 9 issues. Seattle, WA: TR
Publishers, 1980–1982, 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
$ 45.00
The first number is present in photocopy. Illustrated. [38379]
233. North, James Sharp. A SHORT HISTORY OF
THE ART AND CRAFT OF BOOKBINDING.
Brighton: Central Bookbinding Works, n.d. (20th century),
8vo., cloth. 26, (4) pages with 3 plates showing
bookbindings executed by this firm. $ 45.00
Short history followed by advertising for the firm. Not in Brenni.
From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. [5869]
[ 28 ]
234. (Wilmerding, Lucius) THE NOTABLE LI­
BRARY OF THE LATE LUCIUS WILMERD­
ING. Three volumes. New York: Parke­Bernet, 1950–
1951, tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 187; 204; 240 pages.
$ 75.00
Wilmerding had a collection of renaissance and other armorial and
association bindings which were sold in part two of the sale. Many
illustrations. With a biographical sketch of Wilmerding. Some cover
soiling with edge of front wrappers spotted on volume three. [5992]
235. A NOTE UPON EAR­
LY CAMBRIDGE BIND­
ERS OF THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY. Cambridge: John
P. Gray & Son, 1900, 12mo.,
original stiff paper wrappers,
cord­tied. 13, (3) pages. $ 65.00
First edition (Mejer 496). With
biographical information on Garret
Godfrey, Nicolas Spierinck, and John
Siberch. One binding illustrated.
Includes a list of known bindings
by each. With pictures of John P.
Gray’s bindery in the back. From the
reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. [102418]
d e l u x e edition
236. Olmert, Michael. THE SMITHSONIAN
BOOK OF BOOKS. Washington: Smithsonian
Books, 1992, 4to., quarter leatherette over cloth, slipcase.
320 pages. $ 49.95
First edition, one of the deluxe edition copies bound thus and in
a slipcase. A one volume history of the book illustrated with 350
photographs. With an introduction by Christopher de Hamel. This
book received excellent reviews. [40937]

237. Orcutt, William Dana. THE KINGDOM OF
BOOKS. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927,
8vo., gilt stamped cloth, dust jacket. xii, 291 pages.
$ 45.00
First edition. (S-K 1831 for binding references). Profusely illustrated.
Chapters on early printing and printers, binding etc. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [9847]
238. Orcutt, William Dana.
MASTER MAKERS OF
THE BOOK BEING A
CONSECUTIVE STORY
OF THE BOOK FROM A
CENTURY BEFORE THE
INVENTION OF PRINT­
ING THROUGH THE ERA
OF THE DOVE S PRE SS.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran
& Co., 1928, 8vo., cloth, dust
jacket. 271 pages. $ 45.00
First edition. (Webber p.96; S-K 1832
for binding references). Purpose is “to reveal to the reader the
progressive steps in the evolution of printing and to describe as well
the men who were responsible for the development of the book.”
Jacket tape repaired along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil.
[4421]
239. (Bookbinding) OUT­
ILLAGE & FOURNITURE S
POUR LA RELIURE­
DORURE. CATALOGUE
GÉNÉRAL. Paris: Rougier &
plé, n.d. (circa 1950s), 8vo., stiff
paper wrappers. 32 pages with
4­page price list loosely inserted.
$ 65.00
Complete catalogue of supplies for
the binder. Each item is illustrated.
Also includes sections on cloth with
numerous tipped-in samples, a section
on leather with tipped-in samples and
many samples of marbled and decorated
paper. [102943]
240. (Bookbinding) Pearson, David. ENGLISH
BOOKBINDING STYLE S 1450–1800. New Castle,
Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2005, 8.5” x 11”, Hardcover,
Printed Cover. 224 pages. $ 65.00
First Edition. This long-awaited work provides an excellent guidance
on recognizing and dating English bookbindings of the handpress
period. In addition to providing practical help in placing particular
bindings within their time and place, the book encourages a new
approach to historic bindings, concentrating on what a binding can
tell us about previous owners and their approach to books. Beautifully
illustrated with 8 color and 200 black-and-white illustrations.
[ 29 ]
The author, David Pearson, is the head of the University of
London’s Research Library Services and worked previously in the
National Art Library and The British Library. His well-received
books and articles on bookbinding history have established him
as one of Britain’s leading authorities on the subject. English
Bookbinding Styles is an important reference tool to all scholars of
British bookbindings and collectors. Co-published with The British
Library. Some wear to covers. [102483]
241. PELVAR 40. N.P.: n.p., n.d., 8vo., Pelvar simulated
leather with gilt­stamped lettering, slipcase. (50)
pages of samples. $ 55.00
An extensive sample book of Pelvar 40 simulated leather, from
Cartiera Delvarone. Pelvar is described as having a leather touch,
brilliant surface, strong abrasion resistance, easy to work with when
scoring, excellent for silk screen printing, and useful for deluxe hard
cover editions, book-backs, box linings, etc. [70848]
242. Peters, Jean (editor).
COLLECTIBLE BOOKS,
SOME NEW PATHS. New
York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1979,
8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 294
pages. $ 45.00
First edition. Excellent book describing
new paths open to book collectors;
includes non-firsts, American trade
bindings by Charles Gullans and John
Espey, Books in Series, Paperbacks,
Photography, Book catalogues,
Publishers’ Imprints and recent
American fiction. With a preface by
Percy Muir. Spine of jacket slightly faded.
[2498]
243. (Bookbinding) A PICTURE BOOK OF
BOOKBINDINGS. Two volumes. Part I. Before
1550; Part II. 1550–1800. London: Victoria & Albert Museum,
(1927), 12mo., paper wrappers. Each volume contains
4 pages of text followed by 20 plates. $ 55.00
S-K 1038. First edition. Pictorial guide to bookbindings. Wrappers
soiled and a chip out of one corner of Part 1. [5918]
244. Plenderletih, H.J. and
A.E.A. Werner. THE CON­
SERVATION OF ANTIQ ­
UITIE S AND WORKS OF
ART TREATMENT, RE­
PAIR AND RE STORA­
TION. London: Oxford University
Press, (1979), 8vo.,
cloth, dust jacket. xix, 394 pages
followed by 46 plates.$ 75.00
Reprint of the second revised edition.
An important book. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [15375]

245. THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS
CAMPBELL. London: Edward Moxon, 1839, 8vo.,
leather, gilt stamps on covers and spine, all edges gilt.
viii, 56 pages. $ 65.00
Lovely binding, by Webb of Liverpool, showing the coat-of-arms in
gilt for the Liverpool Collegiate Institution on both boards. This
was a prize book presented by this institution for Leonard McCoy
Christmas, 1843 per the label on the front pastedown. A collection
of poems by Thomas Campbell. Foxing on front and back blank
pages, the first past the endpapers, but not in the text itself. Spine
and edges lightly worn. [98238]
246. Pollard, M. A DICTIONARY OF MEMBERS
OF THE DUBLIN BOOK TRADE, 1550–1800,
BASED ON RECORDS OF THE GUILD OF ST.
LUKE THE EVANGELIST. London: Bibliographical
Society, 2000, 8vo., cloth. xlviii, 675+(1) pages.
$ 90.00
A listing of 2190 booksellers, printers, peddlers and binders active in
Dublin from 1550 to 1800 that provides a chronological account of
an individual’s working life with documentation for each statement
made. With lists of related trades such as auctioneers, cardmakers,
engravers, print & map sellers, paper, ink, and tool makers following
the text. Illustrated with contemporary maps of Dublin from 1728,
1757, and 1793. [71887]
247. (Grolier, Jean) Portalis, Roger (Editor). RE­
SEARCHE S CONCERNING JEAN GROLIER,
HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY. WITH A PAR­
TIAL CATALOGUE OF HIS BOOKS BY A.­J.­V.
LE ROUX DE LINCY. Translated and Revised by
Carolyn Shipman. New York: Burt Franklin, n.d., tall
8vo., cloth. xlv, 385 pages. $ 45.00
Reprint of the 1907 first edition. Minor spotting of covers.
Ownership inscription in pencil. [11665]
248. (Bookbinding) Potter, Esther. BENJAMIN
WE ST—1804–1883. N.P.: n.p., n.d. (but 1997), small
4to., typescript. 12 pages. $ 45.00
Dr. Randeria sponsored an annual bookbinding lecture for the
Bibliographical Society named in honor of his brother, Homee
Randeria. This is a typescript of the 1997 lecture by Potter with a
handwritten note by her to Dr. Randeria enclosing this copy for him.
[72472]
249. Power, John. A HANDY­BOOK ABOUT
BOOKS, FOR BOOK­LOVERS, BOOK­BUY­
ERS, AND BOOK­ SELLERS. London: John Wilson,
1870, 8vo., original cloth­backed decorated boards.
xvi, 218 pages. $ 55.00
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II, 218; Hart 190). With chapters
on bibliography, printing history, chronology of important events,
typographical gazetteer, dictionary of terms, etc. Illustrated.
Contains what is apparently the earliest reference to top-edge
gilding (see Middleton, Technique, p. 97, n.2.). Covers rubbed with
wear at tips and back hinge partially split. Ownership inscription in
pencil. [4687]
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250. (Bookbinding) Prideaux, S. T. “BOOK EDGE
DECORATION.” Magazine of Art, 1891, 4to., later
pebbled cloth. pp. 94–97. $ 95.00
Article in the Magazine of Art. Also
included are: “Artistic Homes” by Reginald
Bloomfield, “Two Winter Exhibitions” by
Frederick Wedmore, and “The Dulwich
Gallery” by Walter Armstrong. From
the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. With the
bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.
Covers faded. [102244]
251. (Bookbinding) Prideaux, Sara T. NOTE S ON
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING, A GUIDE
TO THE EXHIBITION OF TOOLS AND MA­
TERIALS USED IN THE PROCE SSE S. London:
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1921, tall 12mo., paper
wrappers. 40 pages of text followed by 16 plates of bookbindings
and examples of fine printing. $ 45.00
S-K 7326; Brenni no. 98. Some soiling and with name in ink along top
edge of front cover. [5929]
252. (Bookbinding) PROCE SS ­
E S FOR DYING LEATHER
RED AND YELLOW, AS
PRACTISED IN TURKEY;
WITH DIRECTIONS FOR
PREPARING AND TAN­
NING THE SKINS, AS
COMMUNICATED BY MR.
PHILIPPE, A NATIVE OF
ARMENIA . . . N.P.: n.p., n.d.
(19th century), small 8vo., contemporary
half red calf, marbled
paper­covered boards, five raised
bands, spine gilt, top edge gilt
(with a binder’s ticket on front
pastedown indicating that this
book was bound by Zaehnsdorf ).
pp.452–454. $ 65.00
An article removed from an unknown book or periodical. From the
reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf
Company. Covers rubbed. [102350]

253. (Papermaking) Quilici, Piccarda. CARTE DEC­
ORATE NELLA LEGATORIA DEL ‘700, DALLE
RACCOLTE DELLA BIBLIOTECA CASAN­
ATENSE. Rome: Instituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello
Stato, 1989, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 281+(1) pages.
$ 30.00
An annotated catalogue of one
hundred examples of decorated papers
to be found in the collection of the
Biblioteca Casanatense. Introduction
provides information on each of the
four types of printing featured; block
print, Dutch gilt, marbled and paste.
Each entry is accompanied by a fullpage
color reproduction of the paper
being described. Includes index and a
bibliography of twenty-two pages. [72299]
254. (Bookbinding) Rahir, Edouard. LA BIBLIO ­
THÈQUE DE FEU ÉDOUARD RAHIR, AN­
CIEN LIBRAIRE. SIXIÈME ET DERNIÈRE
PARTIE. Paris: Francisque Lefrançois, 1938, small
4to., quarter red calf stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. (iv),
113, (3) pages. $ 95.00
The sixth and last part of this famous sale (Blogie 341). Édouard Rahir
(1862–1924) was a well-known antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer,
and publisher in Paris (for a time the publisher for the Société des
Bibliophiles François). He had a long-standing business relationship
with Quaritch in London and was the author of La Bibliothèque
de l’amateur (1909 & 1924), a guide to book collecting, along with
many catalogues, etc. Some items from his library were sold shortly
after his death, but the majority were sold between 1930 and 1938.
See Arthur Rau, “Edouard Rahir...,” pp. 169–177 in the Summer 1967
(vol.16 no.2) issue of the Book Collector. This volume contained
many of his examples of bookbinding. Many plates including a
number in full color. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Spine
ends damaged. [102020]
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255. Ramsden, Charles. BOOKBINDERS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON)
1780–1840. N.P.: Privately printed, 1954, small 4to.,
blue cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 250 pages. $ 75.00
S-K 3515. First edition, limited to 500 copies. With 16 plates of
bookbindings. Gives biographical information including addresses
and references. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted.
[102007]
256. (Bookbinding) Ramsden,
Charles. LONDON
BOOKBINDERS, 1780–
1840. London: B.T. Batsford,
(1956), small 4to., cloth,
top edge gilt, dust jacket. xiv,
155 pages, 40 plates. $ 75.00
First edition. (Brenni no.762). The
definitive study of bookbinding
during this period. With directory
of known binders giving time at
different locations. Illustrated.
With the Randeria bookplate.
[72009]
257. (Avery, Samuel P.)
RARE AND VALUABLE
BOOKS AND BINDINGS
COLLECTED BY THE
LATE SAMUEL P. AVERY
OF NEW YORK. New York:
The Anderson Galleries, 1919,
8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
(iv), 172 pages. $ 86.00
McKay 8146. Two-page introduction
by Frank Weitenkampf followed
by descriptions of 1020 lots. Avery
formed an excellent collection of
books especially known for the fine
bindings present. Illustrated. Spine
covering chipped and covers soiled.
[40385]
258. (Bookbinding) LA RELIURE ORIGINALE
FRANCAISE. Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1953,
square 8vo., later half purple cloth with marbled papercovered
boards, leather spine label with original front
paper wrapper bound­in. xvi, 92, (12) pages. $ 85.00
S-K 916. Exhibition of bookbindings by French binders with 352
books described and many illustrated. With 28 plates of bindings.
Covers faded. [88507]

259. (Bookbinding) LA RELIURE ROMAN­
TIQUE, EXPOSITION A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE
ALBERT I. Belgium: Societe des Bibliophiles et
Iconophiles de Belgique, 1961, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
87 pages followed by 32 full­page plates. $ 45.00
An exhibition of 215 fine bindings done from 1820 to 1850, from such
binders as Giroux, Simier, Thouvenin, Vogel, etc. (Brenni no. 413).
Short biographies of the binders are given followed by descriptions
of the bindings. 32 pages of photographs. [5936]
260. (Bookbinding) RE­
VUE DE LA RELIURE ET
DE LA BIBLIOPHILE.
Paris: Bureaux a Paris, 1869,
tall 8vo., later cloth, leather
spine label with original paper
wrappers bound­in. 56 pages.
$ 100.00
Issue 1 (May 1869) of this early
periodical devoted to bookbinding
and the love of books. Only three
issues were published (Not in
Ulrich & Kup). Edited by Adolphe
Clemence. Contains three plates
of bindings printed on better
paper. From the reference library
of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Covers
rubbed. [102299]
261. Riddell, J.R. FEW HISTORICAL NOTE S
ON THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STA­
TIONERS. London: Saint Bridge Foundation Printing
School, 1921, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 16, (2)
pages. $ 45.00
With a frontispiece portrait of Edward Unwin, Master of the
Company, when this book was written. [23259]
262. (Bookbinding.) Rigali, Antoine. VOCABULAI­
RE TECHNOLOGIQUE WALLON­FRANÇAIS
DE LA RELIURE. Liége: H. Vaillant­Carmanne,
1903, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. $ 65.00
Not in the standard bibliographies
of bookbinding literature. Extracted
from Bulletin de la Société Liégeoise
de littérature. Ownership inscription
in pencil. [102905]
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263. (Bookbinding) Roade, H.P. ANKER KYSTER,
BOGBINDER OG BOGKUNSTNER, 1864–1939.
Kobenhavn: Forening for Boghaandvaerk, 1982, 8vo.,
boards. 261+(1) pages. $ 65.00
S-K 5880. Biography of this well-known binder. Illustrated. [32832]
264. (Bookbinding) Robinson, Ivor. INTRODUC­
ING BOOKBINDING. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic
Press, 1984, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 124 pages.
$ 65.00
Second edition. (Not in Brenni). With 201 photographs of
bookbinding techniques inserted throughout the text. Jacket age
yellowed. Ownership inscription in pencil. [31974]
265. (Bookbinding) A ROD FOR THE BACK OF
THE BINDER, SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF
BINDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE IDE­
ALS OF THE LAKE SIDE PRE SS. Chicago: The
Lakeside Press, 1928, 4to., cloth, leather cover label. 32
pages. $ 45.00
S-K 6997. With 16 plates and 29 figures in the text. Faint stain along
bottom of pages. However, this copy bears a presentation on the
front pastedown from the noted binder Alfred de Sauty “Dr. R.
Austin-Freeman, With my best wishes, Alfred de Sauty. 8th March
‘290 (forgive the fireworks!).” Dr. Freeman was the author of the
mystery series featuring John Evelyn Thorndyke who used the
scientific method to solve crimes. [64315]
266. (Bookbinding) Rogers, Frederick. THE ART
OF BOOKBINDING. A LECTURE DELIV­
ERED AT SOUTH PLACE INSTITUTE. London:
Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1894, 8vo., original paper
wrappers. 32 pages. $ 100.00
First and only edition (S-K 570). An uncommon binding title (first
time Oak Knoll has had this piece) with sections on Roger Payne,
trade unions, the Vellum Binders’ Society (of which Rogers was
president), the adoption of the minimum wage, etc. Ink stamp at
top of front cover (partially rubbed off). [101406]

267. (Bookbinding) Rossi, Filippo. MOSTRA
STORICA DELLA LEGATURA ARTISTICA IN
PALAZZO PIT TI. Firenze: Palazzo Pitti, 1922, tall
12mo., stiff paper wrappers. 269 pages followed by 24
pages of plates of bindings. $ 50.00
Catalogue of the books held in this Italian library with a concentration
of early printed books in fine bindings. The plates in the back picture
these bindings. Wrappers torn along spine. With the Randeria
bookplate on the half-title. [71948]
268. Rottinger, Heinrich. ALTE BUCH UND
SEINE AUSSTAT TUNG VOM XV. BIS ZUM XIX
JAHRHUNDERT. BUCHDRUCK, BUCH­
SCHMUCK UND EINBANDE. Wien: Gerlach &
Wiedling, n.d., 4to., loose signatures. (viii), 148 pages.
$ 45.00
With 1376 illustrations on 148 plates illustrating binding, type
specimens, printer’s marks, etc. The outer case is not present. [76390]
269. (Bookbinding) SALE OF THE WORKING
LIBRARY OF THE LATE HOWARD M. NIXON
COMPRISING BOOKS ON BOOK­BINDING,
BIBLIOGRAPHY, PUBLICATIONS OF THE
ROXBURGHE CLUB . . . London: Bloomsbury
Book Auctions, 1983, 8vo., cloth­backed marbled papercovered
boards with original paper wrappers bound­in.
Frontispiece portrait and two page foreword by Mirjam
M. Foot followed by listing of 245 lots. $ 85.00
S-K 70. One of 14 bound thus and containing a photograph of a book
in the auction. Signed by Foot. With prices realized bound-in. [5868]
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270. (Bookbinding) Schunke, Ilse. STUDIEN ZUM
BILDERSCHMUCK DER DEUTSCHEN RE­
NAISSANCE­EINBÄNDE. Wiesbaden: Otto
Harrassowitz, 1959, 8vo., later cloth, leather spine label
with original stiff paper wrappers bound­in. (viii), 151
pages. $ 65.00
First edition. Volume Eight of the series of booklets issued by
Harrassowitz on book history; edited by Carl Wehmer. Includes a
lengthy list of rolls and wheels used by binders in the back. With the
leather bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman. [75525]
271. (Bookbinding) Searle, W.J. BOOKBINDING
FOR SENIOR SCHOOLS With a Foreword by
Dr. H.J. Larcombe. London: Sir Isaac Pitman &
Sons, 1931, 8vo., cloth. 136, (16) pages. $ 45.00
First edition. Not in Brenni. Well-illustrated manual. Corner
bumped. Ownership inscription in pencil. [12957]
272. (Bookbinding) Shepherd, Rob. HAND­MADE
BOOKS, AN INTRODUCTION TO BOOK­
BINDING. (Tunbridge Wells): Search Press, (1994),
small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. $ 55.00
First edition. Fully illustrated in color. [102697]
273. Sheppard, Roger (editor). DIRECTORY OF
LITERARY SOCIETIE S AND AUTHOR COL ­
LECTIONS. London: Library Association Publishing,
(1994), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. viii, 288 pages. $ 55.00
First edition. Over 500 societies are described with cross-references
to subject and library. Useful for finding the addresses of those groups
which might be useful for direct mail campaigns. [41517]
274. (Bookbinding) Silfverstolpe, Gunnar. BOK­
BINDARE I STOCKHOLM 1630–1930. FE ST­
SKRIFT PÅ UPPDRAG AV BOKBINDARE—
MÄSTARE—FÖRENINGEN I STOCKHOLM.
Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1930, 4to.,
quarter cloth with paper­covered boards. variously paginated.
$ 45.00
First edition, limited to 600 copies (S-K 7958). A survey of Stockholm’s
bookbinding history from 1630–1930. Illustrated in black-and-white,
with numerous images of twentieth-century binders. Original stiff
paper wrappers bound at rear. In Swedish. With Randeria bookplate.
Fading of boards. [71452]
275. Silver, Rollo. BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800–
1825. Three volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York
Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948. tall 8vo.,
stiff paper wrappers. $ 45.00
Excellent guide to the publishers, binders, booksellers, etc. active in
Boston during this period. Gives addresses at corresponding dates.
[7604]

n o n-adhesive binding vo l u m e ii
276. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. 1–2–&3– SEC­
TION SEWINGS. Non­Adhesive Binding Volume II.
Rochester, NY: Keith Smith Books, 1995, small 8vo.,
stiff paper wrappers. 315, (3) pages. $ 30.00
Reprint of the first edition. Written and drawn instructions for 122
sewings which yield four, to perhaps a hundred pages imposed as
one, two or three sections. Almost all of these sewings on continuous
limp paper supports were devised by Smith, as the book was written.
Photos of bindings by twenty-eight contemporary binders and
artists. Glossary included. [47244]
277. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. BOOKBIND­
ING FOR BOOK ARTISTS REQUIRING NO
SPECIAL TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT. Book No.
181. Rochester (NY): Keith Smith Books, 1998, 8vo.,
sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 3–424, (4) pages. $ 35.00
First edition, first printing. The sixth book on book design and
bookbinding from the book artist K.A. Smith, with the assistance
of the binder and teacher F.A. Jordan, covers the making of
books from the selection of paper from the standpoint of binding
requirements up to and including finishing. Three bindings suitable
for nonprofessional (but not unskilled!) binders are emphasized:
pamphlet binding in boards, flat back (cased) binding, and tight back
(rounded and backed) quarter leather. There are many photographic
illustrations and clear drawings of structures, materials, processes
and finished products. With notes, a glossary, indexes and a list of
paper and leather suppliers. [53429]
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278. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. EXPOSED
SPINE SEWINGS. Non­Adhesive Binding Volume
III. Rochester: Keith Smith Books, (1997), 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. 315, (3) pages. $ 30.00
Reprint of the first edition. Volume III of Smith’s series on Non-
Adhesive Binding describes a variety of techniques for sewing across
the spine including Greek Binding, Celtic Weave and Caterpillar as
well as nine various Coptic sewings. Illustrated with photographs by
contemporary binders. [46159]
279. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. NON­ADHE­
SIVE BINDING (SHEETS). New York: The Sigma
Foundation, 1990, thick 8vo., unbound sections. 318, (2)
pages. $ 30.00
Untrimmed folders and gathered sections, suitable for binding.
[33465]
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n o n-adhesive binding vo l u m e 1
280. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. NON­ADHE­
SIVE BINDING, BOOKS WITHOUT PASTE
OR GLUE. Volume I. Book No. 128. New York: Keith
Smith Books, (2003), thick 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
351+(1) pages. $ 30.00
Revised and expanded edition. A practical manual which
demonstrates basic as well as very elaborate bindings constructed
without adhesives and requiring no presses or other heavy equipment.
Smith approaches binding as an integral part of the overall statement
of the book so that the physical design becomes an extension of the
content. This edition contains 264 drawn illustrations and 123 photo
reproductions by thirty-seven binders and book artists. Includes
glossary and index. [32473]
281. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. QUICK
LEATHER BINDING. Non­Adhesive Binding Volume
V. Rochester, NY: Keith Smith Books, 2002, 8vo.,
stiff paper wrappers. 317, (3) pages. $ 30.00
First edition. The author’s aim is to break away from traditional
binding, yet keep the structures strong and the material archival.
He strips away unnecessary steps, such as rounding and backing,
and speeds up others, since he is working on books of 1–5, sections-
-quick leather bindings, with no paste or glue. Divided into sections
on preliminaries, covers, continuous support sewings, and a glossary.
Illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams. [73122]
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282. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. SMITH’S SEW­
ING SINGLE SHEETS. Non­Adhesive Binding Volume
IV. Rochester, NY: Keith Smith Books, 2001, small
8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 331, (5) pages. $ 30.00
First edition. This is the fourth book in Smith’s series on Non-
Adhesive Binding. Precisely written and drawn instructions are
provided for several variations on ways to bind single sheets of paper,
board, Plexiglas or even metal. The bindings open flat to any page
which makes for handsome and functional albums. Photos in blackand-white
of bindings by other contemporary binders and artists are
also featured. Includes glossary and indexes. [65268]
283. (Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. STRUCTURE
OF THE VISUAL BOOK. Book No. 95. New York:
Keith Smith Books, 2003, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
431+(1) pages. $ 35.00
Expanded Fourth Edition has been almost doubled in size to 432
pages. More than a revision, this is almost a new book within the
previous. Contains over 450 photographs of artists books from 148
contemporary book artists from around the world. [78452]

284. (Bookbinding) Sorgeloos, Claude. QUATRE
SIECLE S DE RELIURE EN BELGIQUE, 1500–
1900, III. Bruxelles: Eric
Speeckaert, 1998, 4to., stiff
paper wrappers. 430 pages.
$ 95.00
First edition, limited to 1000
copies. Volume three in a series of
exhibitions and catalogues devoted
to Belgian bookbindings. 190
books pictured and described in
this catalogue from the Biblioteca
Wittockiana (Brussels) exhibition
of 1998/99. The catalogue also
served as a bookseller’s catalogue
for Eric Speeckaert. In French.
Minor cover rubbing. [71468]
285. (Bookbinding) THE SPENCER COLLEC­
TION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS. With a
Five page Introduction by Henry Kent. New York: New
York Public Library, 1914, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
(ii), 44 pages. $ 75.00
S-K 1422. First edition. (Mejer no.1442). Contains a number of
separate plates showing the work of Michel, Gruel, Lortic and others.
The books in the collection are described in great detail. Wrappers
chipped along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. [13982]
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286. (Bookbinding) Storm Van Leeuwen, Van. DE
MEE ST OPMERKELIJKE BOEKBANDEN UIT
EIGEN BEZIT. Gravenhage: Koninklijke Bibliotheek,
1983, 4to., later cloth with original front cover
bound in back, leather spine label. 171 pages. $ 65.00
First edition. (Schmidt-Künsemüller 1017) A catalog from the
‘s-Gravenhage (Netherlands) 1983 exhibition of “remarkable”
bookbindings from their Royal Library. The catalog is divided by
age: middle ages, renaissance, etc. Entries include biographical
information about the binder as well as specifics relating to the
volume on display. All 169 entries are illustrated in black-and-white
at rear. Indexed. In Dutch. [71272]
287. (Bookbinding) Strand, Gustav. AUGUST
SANDGREN, MENNE SKET OG BOGBIND­
EREN. N.P.: n.p., n.d. (but 1952), 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers, dust jacket. pp. 9–39+(1) followed by 17 plates
showing bindings. $ 55.00
Limited to 100 copies according to a handwritten note in the back.
A study of the binding work executed by August Sandgren. With a
presentation from the author dated 1952 on the inside of the front
cover. Jacket is split along hinge. With the Randeria bookplate.
[72453]
288. Strauss, Victor. PRINTING INDUSTRY, AN
INTRODUCTION TO ITS MANY BRANCHE S
PROCE SSE S AND PRODUCTS. New York: Printing
Industries of America, (1967), thick 8vo., cloth, dust
jacket. xvi, 814, (2) pages. $ 45.00
First edition. A massive book covering all aspects of the printing
industry. Includes sections on illustration and binding methods.
Jacket chipped. [8091]
289. (Printing) THE THIRTEENTH YEAR
BOOK, 1934–1935. London: School of Printing, 1934–
1935, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. Specimens followed by
124 pages. $ 45.00
Articles and examples of fine printing including tipped-in color work.
Also has an article by G. Macdougall on “Some Research Problems
on Bookbinding.” Light cover wear. [102761]
290. Thomas, Alan. GREAT BOOKS AND BOOK
COLLECTORS. New York: Excalibur Books, (1983),
4to., cloth, dust jacket. 280 pages. $ 47.50
Reprint of first edition. With 40 color and 250 black-and-white
illustrations. A survey of book production and collecting that should
be in the library of all book collectors. With a 16-page chapter on
bookbinding which includes 32 illustrations of bindings (Brenni
no.346). [11194]

291. (Bookbinding) Thompson, Lawrence S. KURZE
GE SCHICHTE DER HANDBUCHBINDEREI
IN DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON
AMERIKA. Stuttgart: Max Hettler, (1955), tall 8vo.,
stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages followed by 32 full­page
plates. $ 55.00
S-K 3611. First edition. (Brenni no.1221). A study of American binding
during the 20th century with emphasis on the Club Bindery (8
plates), Robert Lunow, Harold Tribolet, Peter Franck, Hope Weil,
George Baer and others. Minor chipping. [38703]
292. (Bookbinding) Toldo, Vittorio De. L’ ARTE
ITALIANA DELLA LEGATURA DEL LIBRO.
(Milano): Piantanida—Valcarenghi, 1923, small 8vo.,
paper­covered boards. 29 pages followed by the plates.
$ 65.00
First edition. S-K 3530. 29 illustrations in text and 37 plates showing
Italian bindings. Ink inscription on free endpaper “To J.C. Thompson
esq. in return for many pleasant and profitable afternoons. George
Ray. December 1944”. Covers spotted with wear at spine ends. With
the Randeria bookplate. [72452]
293. (Bookbinding) Town, Laurence. BOOKBIND­
ING BY HAND FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTS ­
MEN. New York: Pitman Publishing Corp., n.d. (circa
1951), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 281 pages. $ 75.00
First U.S. edition. (Appleton p.85). An excellent manual. Ownership
inscription in pencil. Well-preserved copy. [18856]
[ 36 ]
294. (Bookbinding) TWO
EARLY NINETEENTH­
CENTURY BOOKBIND­
ING MANUALS. New York
& London: Garland Publishing,
1990, 8vo., cloth. 40; 124,
(2) pages. $ 95.00
Facsimile reprints of The Bookbinder’s
Complete Instructor by G. Martin (not
in Brenni) and The Bookbinder’s Manual
by George Cowie (Brenni no. 36).
Part of The History of Bookbinding
Technique and Design Series edited
by Sidney F. Huttner. Ownership
inscription in pencil. [30906]
295. (Bookbinding) TWO HUNDRED EX­
TRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT BOOKS, AU­
TOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS. London:
G. Michelmore, n.d., 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 200
pages. $ 65.00
A magnificent catalogue filled with illustrations including foldout
plates. Many bindings are described and illustrated. Covers chipped
around edges with part of spine covering missing. Pages wrinkled.
[35225]
296. (Bookbinding) Vaughan, Alex J. MODERN
BOOKBINDING, A TREATISE COVERING
BOTH LET TERPRE SS AND STATIONERY
BRANCHE S OF THE TRADE, WITH A SEC­
TION ON FINISHING AND DE SIGN. Leicester,
England: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., 1946, 8vo., later half
green calf with green cloth covered boards, five raised
bands, gilt designs in compartments, top edge gilt. viii,
216 pages. $ 95.00
Reprint of the 1929 first edition. A text written for bookbinding
apprentices and journeymen by an instructor in the trade. From
the reference library of the
Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel
loosely inserted. With the
bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf
Company. Rubbed along
hinges and wear along edges.
[71964]

297. (Bookbinding) VERY CHOICE BOOKS, IN­
CLUDING AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SE­
RIE S OF HISTORICAL BINDINGS TOGETH­
ER WITH ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, AUTO ­
GRAPH LET TERS, ETC. PART I and II. Two
volumes bound in one. London: J. Pearson & Co., n.d.
(circa 1905), square 8vo., later cloth, leather spine label.
(iv),103+(1); (iv), 105–218 pages. $ 95.00
Mejer no. 504; Brenni no. 302. With 74 plates, some foldout, of which
most are plates of bindings. Magnificent catalogue showing books
from the libraries of Charles I, DeThou, Grolier, etc. With original
front wrappers of the two volumes loosely inserted in the back. Wellpreserved
set. [12031]
298. VIJF EEUWEN BOEK IN NEDERLAND.
Haarlem: Uitgeverij “De Librije”, 1940, large 8vo.,
cloth. 322 pages. $ 60.00
First edition. A collection of essays which discusses five centuries
of bookmaking in the Netherlands. Among the six essays, Dr. J.D.
Bierens de Haan provides an essay on “the book” while F.L. Van der
Bom discusses bookbindings and C. Pels outlines papermaking.
Illustrated in color and black-and-white, with numerous images of
book illustration and book bindings. Spine faded with some irregular
fading to front board. Front cover rubbed. [60270]
299. Weale, W.H. James. BOOKBINDINGS AND
RUBBINGS OF BINDINGS IN THE NATION­
AL ART LIBRARY SOUTH KENSINGTON MU­
SEUM. Volume two only. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary
Office, 1894, 8vo., original stiff paper wrappers.
(iv), 329 pages. $ 65.00
First edition. (Mejer 1563; Appleton p.85). The catalogue of
rubbings was issued four years before the introduction. Hundreds
of reproductions of binding marks, bindings, and tooling. Still very
useful as a reference book. Includes only the second volume which
is the catalogue. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted.
Wrappers worn with stitching broken. [75054]
300. Weiss, Harry B. &
Ralph H. Carruthers. IN­
SECT ENEMIE S OF
BOOKS. New York: The New
York Public Library, 1937, tall
8vo., stiff paper wrappers.
Frontispiece; 63 pages. $ 65.00
Reprinted from the Bulletin.
Illustrated. Includes a bibliography
of 493 books and pamphlets on the
subject. Covers yellowed by age.
[44490]
[ 37 ]
301. (Bookbinding) WERKSTAT T FÜR HAND­
BINDEKUNST. Leipzig: Leipziger Buchbinderei­Actien­Gesellschaft,
1911, 8vo., limp boards, dust jacket. 11
leaves. $ 65.00
An overview of the work of the Werkstatt für Handbindekunst, a
division of the Leipziger Buchbinderei-Actien-Gesellschaft devoted
to hand binding. 14 tipped-in illustrations of the workshop’s fine
bindings, with an introduction by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Jacket slightly
rubbed. Two bookplates including the Randeria bookplate. [49387]
302. (Bookbinding) Wheat ley, Henry B. THE PRIN­
CIPLE S OF DE SIGN AS APPLIED TO BOOK­
BINDING. 1888, tall 8vo.,
contemporary half red calf
with pastepaper covered
boards. pp. 359–376. $ 65.00
An article removed from Journal of
the Society of Arts, Volume XXXVI,
No. 1, 839, February 24, 1888 (S-K
712). From the reference library of
the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. With the bookplate of the
Zaehnsdorf Company (in back).
Minor cover wear. [102410]
303. (Bookbinding) Wiese, Fritz. SONDERAR BEI­
TEN DE S BUCHBIN DERS, EINE AR BEIT S ­
KUNDE MIT WERK ZEICHNUNGEN. Stuttgart:
Buchbinder­Verlag, 1948, tall 8vo., signatures loosely
inserted in wrapper. 176 pages. $ 65.00
Second edition, corrected. (Brenni
no. 92 for 3rd and 4th editions ). Wellillustrated
practical manual for the
bookbinder. Outer wrapper chipped
with tears. [5989]

304. Wilkinson, Marguerite. NEW VOICE S, AN
INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY PO ­
ETRY. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926, thick
8vo., half blue calf with blue cloth­covered boards, 5
raised bands, spine gilt, top edge gilt. xxii, (ii), 454
pages. $ 55.00
Reprint of the new edition, revised and enlarged. Rubbed along
hinges. [94193]
305. Willberg, Hans Peter.
BUCHKUNST IN
WANDEL. Frankfurt
am Main: Stiftung Buchkunst,
(1984), 4to., stiff
paper wrappers. (vi), 207
pages. $ 65.00
First edition. Hans Peter looks
at the book arts in Germany
in this illustrated volume.
Topics include bookbinding,
paper, printing, typography,
etc. Each page features at least
one illustration of the topic in
black-and-white. In German.
[61588]
306. Williamson, Hugh. METHODS OF BOOK
DE SIGN, THE PRACTICE OF AN INDUSTRI­
AL CRAFT. London: Oxford University Press, 1966,
tall 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 433 pages. $ 75.00
S-K 641. Second edition. Excellent
book with many illustrations. Includes
a chapter on bookbinding (29 pages)
and a chapter on the dust jacket (9
pages, Brenni no. 34). [10859]
[ 38 ]
307. Williamson, Hugh.
METHODS OF BOOK
DE SIGN, THE PRAC­
TICE OF AN INDUS ­
TRIAL CRAFT. New Haven:
Yale University Press,
1983, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket.
xv, 392 pages. $ 75.00
S-K 641. Third edition. Excellent
book with many illustrations.
Includes a chapter on bookbinding
(26 pages) and a chapter on the
dust jacket (9 pages). (Brenni no.
34). With the pencil signature of
Gavin Bridson. [24696]
308. Williamson, Hugh. METHODS OF BOOK
DE SIGN, THE PRACTICE OF AN INDUSTRI­
AL CRAFT. London: Oxford University Press, 1956,
tall 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 430, (2) pages. $ 75.00
S-K 641. First edition. Excellent book covering all facets of the book
including the dust jacket, bookbinding, paper and color work. Jacket
chipped at spine ends. Bookplate. [26860]

309. (Bookbinding) Wolfe, Richard J. GEHEIMEN
DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOK­
BINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY
DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRO ­
DUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLA­
TION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTE S. Boston:
Richard J. Wolfe, 1991, 8vo., decorated paper over clothbacked
boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages. $ 95.00
Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original
German text with translation on facing page. Gives information on
gilding of leather; paper; silk; velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges
of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Tipped-in are
8 samples of some of the processes explained in the book. Marbled
paper samples and cover paper were made by Mr. Wolfe who also
executed the binding. [34250]
310. (Marbling) Wolfe, Richard
J. THE ROLE OF THE
MANN FAMILY OF DED­
HAM, MASSACHUSET TS
IN THE MARBLING OF
PAPER IN NINE­
T E E N T H ­ C E N T U R Y
AMERICA AND IN THE
PRINTING OF MUSIC,
THE MAKING OF
CARDS, AND OTHER
BOOKTRADE ACTIVI­
TIE S. (Chestnut Hill, MA.:
Privately printed, 1981), tall
8vo., quarter cloth with marbled
paper­covered boards.
145–(1) pages. $ 100.00
First edition, limited to 500 copies. Contains tipped-in illustrations
of sixteen examples of marbled paper. [13403]
[ 39 ]
311. (Bookbinding) WOLFGANG STOCK BUCH­
EINBANDE. Salzburg: Werkstätte für Buchkunst,
1982, small oblong 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. (69)
pages. $ 45.00
Limited to 500 numbered copies, initialed by Mr. Stock. Catalogue
for an exhibition listing twenty-one art bindings and two “book
walls” (holders for sets of small paperbacks). Eleven black-and-white
illustrations and twelve color illustrations. Stock’s bindings represent
a generally conservative approach to the book as art, in which
the book has a more-or-less conventional structure and retains its
function as a book. Some of the bindings depicted here use elements
from older binding styles: straps, flaps, metal fittings, etc. With two
photos of Mr. Stock. [53855]
312. Wroth, Lawrence
C. THE COLONIAL
PRINTER. Portland,
ME: The Southworth­
Anthoensen Press,
1938, tall 8vo., cloth,
top edge gilt. xxiv, 368
pages. $ 75.00
Second edition, revised,
limited to 1500 copies. With
chapters on the first presses,
the Colonial printing house,
ink, type, bookbinding, etc.
With illustrations. Rubbed
along hinges with small split
in front hinge at top. [5135]
313. (Bookbinding) Young, Belle McMurtry. BOOK­
BINDING NOTE S, 1875–1943 With Notes added
by Mrs. Young and by Leah Wollenberg, who was
a Student of Mrs. Young. San Francisco: Hand
Bookbinders of California, 1976, 4to., typescript enclosed
in pamphlet holder. (1), 37, 7 leaves. $ 45.00
Ownership inscription in pencil. [14018]
314. (Bookbinding) Zaehnsdorf,
J. A SHORT HISTORY
OF BOOKBINDING AND
A GLOSSARY OF STYLE S
AND TERMS USED IN
BINDING WITH A BRIEF
ACCOUNT OF THE CELE­
BRATED BINDERS AND
PATRONS OF BOOK­
BINDING FROM WHOM
VARIOUS STYLE S ARE
NAMED, DE SCRIPTION
OF LEATHERS, ETC. London:
Printed at the Chiswick
Press for J. Zaehnsdorf Ltd.,
1895, square 8vo., original stiff paper wrappers. 38
pages $ 75.00
S-K 310. Three holes (very small) punched along spine. [38822]

315. Zaehnsdorf, Joseph.
THE ART OF BOOK­
BINDING, A PRACTI­
CAL TREATISE. London:
George Bell and Sons,
1920, small 8vo., cloth. xx,
190 pages. $ 95.00
Ninth edition. With eight plates
and additional material not in the
first edition. From the reference
library of the Zaehnsdorf
Company with a commemorative
booklabel loosely inserted. Name
in ink on half-title and title page.
[35749]
[ 40 ]
316. Z E N T R A L B L AT T
FÜR BIBLIOTHEKS ­
WE SEN VOLUME 63–
65. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz,
1968, thick 8vo.,
cloth. $80.00
Reprint of the 1931–1932 first
editions. Includes the following: 63.
Zedler, G. Die Handschriften der
Nassauischen Landesbibliothek z.
Wiesbaden. 135 pages. 64. Christ,
Karl. Die Bibliothek des Klosters
Fulda im 16. Jh. xiv, 343 pages. 65.
Schunke, Ilse. Krause-Studien. 71
pages. [45968]

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