OAK KNOLL BOOKS

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]
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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]