OAK KNOLL BOOKS

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]