OAK KNOLL BOOKS

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]