OAK KNOLL BOOKS

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
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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]