BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING AS ART.|THE by Wick, Peter A - 1983

John F. Fleming & Priscilla Juvelis, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Approximately 200 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Bibliographical descriptions by Peter A. Wick ; introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey ; photographs by Mark Sexton.

John F.Fleming / Priscilla Juvelis, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Red cloth hardcover, a feast of finely bound livres d'Artistes. Near fine. Nice copy.

New York and Boston: John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis, 1983. Book. Illus. by 39 tipped on color full page plates of illustrations and bindings. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paul Bonet was a master binder, early in the French era of modern painting. His first important patron was Carlos Scherrer of Argentina in the decades before WW Two. This book is a celebration of his collection of great French literature, illustrated by Braque, Chagall, Matisse, Picasso Degas and others in superb bindings by Bonet and others. Original red cloth, a fine copy, with gilt title on front and unfaded spine. No edgewear. As new inside. A splendid book. Indexes of Artists and binders at the rear. 219 books described..

Sexton, Mark. WICK, Peter A. THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING AS ART. New York: John F. Fleming; Boston: Priscilla Juvelis, (1983). 4to. Cloth. Unpaginated. Catalogue of two hundred and nineteen fine examples of modern decorative bookbinding --livres d'Artistes offered for sale by John H. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis. Each with color photograph example tipped-in. With bibliographical descriptions by Peter A. Wick, and introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey. Fine.

Boston: The Nimrod Press, 1983. One of 750 copies. With tipped-in color plates. 1 vols. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering, fine. One of 750 copies. With tipped-in color plates. 1 vols. Offered by John Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis. Bought in toto by Frederick Koch.

New Yyork ? Boston: John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis. F/NONE. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York, NY/Boston, MA: John F. Fleming, Inc. and Priscilla Juvelis, Inc., 1983. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding very bright and clean. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Limited to 750 copies. Illust. w/ tipped-in color and b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Mark Sexton (Photographs). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Boston, MA/New York, NY: Priscilla Juvelis/John F. Fleming, 1983/1985. First Edition. The two volumes represent two complete collection of breathtaking design bindings offered by legendary booksellers John Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis with 219 items in the original catalog and 57 items in the second. Each volume signed by Priscilla Juvelis on title page. Unpag. 4to. Volume I, from 1985 is bound in red cloth with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Volume II is in wraps with an image from item #28, Henri Matisse's "Jazz" reproduced on the cover. Clean crisp copies with tipped in color plates illustrating the volumes offered for sale. Volume II has the original price list laid in at rear.