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London and New York: Constable & Co., And R.R. Bowker, 1936. Book. Illus. by Frontispiece & 14 Pages Book Illustrations. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very useful reference, updating and improving on previous books on questions of edition precedence. Pages xxxi, 132. Original binding with nice marbled boards, no edgewear. Spine is browned one and 1/2 inches at the top, with a bright gilt title. Inside, very clean and tight with no prior owner marks. American author books published in England before the USA. Limited edition of only 500..

Cambridge, Mass: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1985. Book. Illus. by color frontispiece and about 100 in black & white. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Fine grey soft cover, impeccable condition inside and out. No wear, no rubs, no smudges, no prior owner marks. mIncludes a list of the artists' monograms. Boston arts, including book arts, were flourishing at this time..

Bruge (Brugge), Belgium: Uitgeverij Van de Wiele, 2011. Book. Illus. by 1022 pages of design bindings in color, with descriptions. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A superb collection of fine, artistic bindings, a juried selection of the best binders in the world. Includes two prefaces in Flemish , French and English, and a 16 page article on book binding in Bruges over ten centuries. A sentence of description of each binding in Flemish, French and English. .

Merstham, Redfield, Englan: Merstham, 1982. Book. Illus. by profuse color illustrations, plus line drawings. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is the ordinary, soft back version. Fine, no wear inside or not. ISBN is 095614052X Smith was the most innovative ,experimental design binder of his generation in England. He was respected by his peers, who elected him President of their Design Binders Association..

London: Sotheby's, 1995. Book. Illus. by Profuse Color Photos. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Both volumes in fine condition, clean and tight inside and out, with no prior owner marks. A superb collection of design, artistic bindings, mostly in full leather, some with elaborate onlays, or inlays, or gilt. Also a fair number of book illustrations by renowned artists. Two auction catalogs of Sothey's from June 2, 1995 in NYC, and November 21 in London, both with prices realized enclosed. A fine reference..

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..

New York: Employing Bookbinders of Ameica, 1927. Book. Illus. by drawings by Seldon Irwin, including 5 folding (all fine) & a page of tipped on paper samples. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Only a hint of edgewear at corners. Inside, clean and tight. Surprisingly useful for binders now, given its age and commercial binding intent. With a long glossary of technical terms at the end. .

London: Designer Bookbinders Publicatrions, 2000. Book. Illus. by 47 color photos of bindings. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A superb catalog of a traveling exhibition, clebrating the design bindings of the best UK artist/binders. A fine copy with no defects, no prior owner marks. Includes a short statement by each of 24 binders about his designs..

New York: Arco, 1985. Book. Illus. by 33 Bindings in Color, 82 Monochrome. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine grey cloth with bright gilt title on spine, fine dustjacket, no fading or tears. Inside, as new. A splendid book on design leather bookbinding, following its evolution through the 20th Century. Pages 151 with index and a short bibliography. Illustrations include some of the most beautiful or innovative bindings of the past Century. Very readable overview..

Nwq Yoek: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. Book. Illus. by fine design binding photographs. Near Fine. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An exhibition catalog from November-December 1982 at the Thomas J. Watson library, at the Met. Original white wraps, unblemished. Inside fine, with no prior owner marks. Abstract art bindings, much influenced by French design binding are bold , imaginative and American. Now SCARCE. .

Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1884. Book. Illus. by 46 Plates of Book Bindings. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 8 Vo. Text in French. Subtitle is "Description Bibliographique et Anecdotique de deux cent vingt ouvrages rares, cuieux or singuliers". A fine binding in 3/4 red morocoo with marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A bit of edgewear at the corners and hinges. Raised bands on the spine and bright gilt title. the spine has been rebacked, with the old back strip laid onto the new leather, professionally executed. Inside, clean and tight with no foxing or browning. A very pretty binding on the esteemed French art of fine book binding. .

New York: MacMillan and Co., 1896. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Original burgundy cloth with bright gilt titles on front board and the spine. Hint of wear at the corners, but very clean and tight. Inside a prior owner signature on the endpaper dated 1898. Very clean and tight inside. Scarce, no copies listed in the USA as of this writing. Top edge gilt..

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. Book. Illus. by Kenny Meadows. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First U.S. EDITION. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Witty portraits of the English, by a popular woodcut illustrator for the Illustrated London News. Wm. Thackeray is the author for the sketch, The Fashionable Authoress, and another Captain Rood and Mr. Pigeon. Douglass Jerrold authors five, including The Cockney, Debtor and creditor, and The Printer's Devil. Nimrod does two, Henry Brownning authors three, and Wm. Howitt contributes The Young Squire. The humorous was a new direction for popular, inexpensive illustrations. This copy is in the original green , blindstamped cloth, with a new cloth spine and the old backstrip laid down. Frontispiece, an extra title illustrated with The Creditor, and 30 other full page woodcut sketches. Pages 370 plus 2 pages publisher ads. Inside, very clean and tight with new endpapers. The plates came from a different paper stock and are some… Read More

Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2000. Book. Illus. by color and black/white binding illustrations. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. "Together with Selected Essays by Middleton on the history and Practice of Bookbinding". Plus a paperback copy of Twenty-Five Gold-Tooled Bookbindings, in fine condition, an international tribute to Middleton by 25 of the world's finest design binders, all of the bindings of Middleton's Recollections. Highlights is in red cloth with gilt title on front and unfaded spine. No edge wear no rubs or bumps. Inside, as new , with Middleton's bold signature on the title page, dates 3-6-00. This was the date of a bookbinding conference in Rochester, NY, attended and in honor of Middleton and his gift to the Rochester Institute of Technology..

Baltimore: The Walter Gallery, 1957. Book. Illus. by 106 photo plates of bindings historic and comtemporary. Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited to 3000 copies, this is the best survey of binding styles with 184 bindings on 106 photo plates. Binding descriptions are largely by Howard Nixon. Pages xi (1) 275 plus CVI pages of plates. This copy in its original slipcase in fine condition. An important book..

Dijon: Art and Metiers Du Livre, Editions Faton, 2007. Book. Illus. by 124 pages of fine design bindings in color photos. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A superb celebration of the innovative French binders who changed artistic bindings forever. Rose Adler, Jacques Anthoine-Legrain, Paul Bonet, Rovert Bonfils, Georges Crette, and Henri Creuzevault. As new copy inside and outs, with no prior owner marks. n.

New York: Guild of Book Workers, 2013. Book. Illus. by color photos of design bindings. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In 2012 to 2014 this exhibition of artistic fine book bindings traveled to Kentucky, Utah, Illinois, ColoradoLouisiana and Washington. The 53 design bindings were selected by a jury of binding colleagues. It is a fine celebration of this art form in the U.S. and Canada. .

Bryn Mawr , PA: Bryn Mawr College, 1998. Book. Illus. by color reproductions of fine bindings. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An exhibition catalog from September 1998, in a folding stiff sheet that has 8 color repruductions of British and American leather and cloth bindings. No wear, no prior owner marks. Plus a sixteen page pamphlet, loose in the stiff covers, that describes ticketed bindings in the exhibition. .

London and new Castle : The British library & Oak Knoll, 2001. Book. Illus. by profuse Bewick wood engravings and other illustrations. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine red cloth with a fine dust jacket with the slightest wrinkle along the top. This is the American first edition, but it was printed in England and is identical to the UK first. The less famous brother, jJohn apprenticed with Thomas Bewick , then moved to London. The book includes a thorough, annotated catalogue of John's illustrations and designs. The Bewick brothers remain an inspiration to wood engravers. .

London: Designer Bookbinders, 2008. Book. Illus. by color photos of fine design bindings. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A fine copy in white card covers, immaculate inside and out. This is a celebration of the Welsh painter, Kyffin Williams. A book of his watercolors was bound by 13 leading binders of the Design Binders, 2 bindings each. All of them are illustrated and explained. r.