THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING 525-1900 A.D.
Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1957. First edition. xi, 275p. 718 entries. 106 plates. 4to. In publisher's printed cloth. 718 entries with full collations and bibliographical citations. More
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THE TRAIL: A Bibliography of the Travelers on the Overland Trail to California, Oregon, Salt Lake City, and Montana during the Years 1841-1864.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1987). First edition. xxv, (i), 201p. Illustrated. Describes 627 items. Publisher's green cloth with silver spine titles. More
THE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS.
New York: Oriole Editions, (1973). First American Edition. Two volumes. [xii], 384p; [x], 385-761p. Illustrated. Tan cloth with titles in blue and red. More
A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1960. First edition. xv, 1193p. 4to. Gray cloth with titles in gilt blue and red. More
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTIN DOBSON.
New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). Reprint of the 1900 edition. xiii, 174p. Gilt-titled green cloth. More
THE EARLY NINETIES, A VIEW FROM THE BODLEY HEAD.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. First edition. xiv, 387p. Illustrated. Silver cloth. Includes checklist of Bodley Head books. More
THE PENNY HISTORIES:
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1969). First American edition. "Milestones in Children's Literature" Small 8vo. (viii), 227p. Profusely illustrated with facsimiles. In publisher's gilt-titled quarter red cloth over printed cream boards. More
DIE BOTANISCHE BUCHILLUSTRATION:
Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1951. First edition. Quarto. vii, 264p, [viii], 324p. Green cloth with titles in darker green on spine and upper cover. Essential reference. More
JEFFERSON'S FINE ARTS LIBRARY:
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, (1976). First edition. Quarto. xviii, (iv), 409p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled blue cloth. 130+ entries, indexed. More
PRINTING, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ART.
London: Grafton, 1927. First edition. x, 390p. Gilt-titled dark blue cloth. A survey by country by ten authorities. More
DICTIONARY OF BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
London: John Murray, (1983). First edition. Quarto. 336p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled black cloth. Quite a useful reference. More
PHISCKE AGAINST FORTUNE, AS WELL PROSPEROUS AS ADVERSE.
Berkeley: Foolscap Press, 1993. No. 6 of 40 specially bound copies. Folio. xx, 138p, colophon. Illustrated throughout. Extra-Illustrated with 5 original woodcuts from the 16th century book: 3 leaves containing 5 hand-colored cuts loosely laid in. Quarter bound in tan goatskin over rust-colored silk boards, spine titles in blind. Housed..... More
THE NEW BOOK-ILLUSTRATION IN FRANCE.
London: The Studio, 1924. vii, 168p. Illustrated, including some in color. 4to. Embossed green cloth over beveled boards, gilt spine and cover titles. More
THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN FARLEIGH.
Oxfordshire: Gresham Books, (1985). First edition. Folio. 122p. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Farleigh's wood engravings, a few in color. Bound in gilt-titled maroon cloth. The engravings are presented in chronological order with appendices listing individual works, commissions, &c. More
THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN FARLEIGH.
Oxfordshire: Gresham Books, (1985). No. 21 of 110 copies signed by Monica Poole. Folio. 122p. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Farleigh's wood engravings, a few in color. Bound in gilt-titled brown morocco over mustard cloth and housed in cloth slipcase. The..... More
LITHOGRAPHY, 200 YEARS OF ART, HISTORY & TECHNIQUE.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1983). First American edition. Quarto. 280p. Extensively illustrated in color and black & white. In publisher's binding of black cloth with white spine titles. Includes brief biographies: Essential information on artists of major importance. More
THE HEBREW BOOK, AN HISTORICAL STUDY.
New York: Leon Amiel; Keter Publishing House Jerusalem, (1975). First edition. Tall quarto. [viii], 225p, [iv, appendices]. Illustrated. Foreword by Dr. Jacob Rothschild. Gilt-titled black cloth. More
BOOKBINDERS AND THEIR CRAFT.
New York: Scribner's, 1903. First edition, limited to 500 copies. xii, 299p. Illustrated. Original parchment vellum spine gilt over blue Holland boards, t.e.g. More
THESAURUS LITERATURAE BOTANICAE.
Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino, [1995]. Limited to 150 copies. Reprint of the 1872 edition. Quarto. (vi), 576p. Printed in double columns. Bound in gilt-titled blue cloth. "A bibliography attempting to include all separately published books which appeared through the third quarter of the 19th century. Arranged alphabetically by author, with..... More
COSWAY BINDINGS, Catalogues With Notes.
United Kingdom: Stephen Ratcliffe, 2009. No. 20 of 21 copies. Two volumes. 4to bound in gilt-titled black cloth. Fully illustrated with many in color, reproducing bookseller's catalogues. Color prospectus laid in. Includes Sotheran catalogues A - V, featuring Ms. C. B. Currie. More
THE ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 1700 TO 1914.
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library and Cornell University Press, (1982). First edition. Clothbound. Quarto. xxxii, 245p (iii); (vii), 246-557p (v). Describes 396 books with complete bibliographic detail, illustrations, and extensive annotations. Also illustrated examples of fine bindings. Bound in gilt-titled red cloth with gilt figural device on the upper..... More
PARENTHESIS 17. THE JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION. Number 17, Autumn 2009.
Deluxe edition limited to 90 copies (total edition 900). Quarto. 64p. Illustrated. Bound with red cloth spine with pattern paste paper sides and paper spine label. Along with a portfolio: "Parenthesis 17: The Portfolio" containing 13 pieces from various presses. All contained in a slipcase with the paste paper sides..... More
PARENTHESIS. THE JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION. Number 11, Autumn 2005.
Quarto. 60p. Illustrated. Bound in repeating pattern paper-covered boards with paper spine label. Along with a portfolio: "Parenthesis 11: Deluxe Ephemera" containing 13 pieces from various presses. All contained in a slipcase matching the cover of the issue. More
BRITISH MODERN PRESS BOOKS, A DESCRIPTIVE CHECK LIST OF UNRECORDED ITEMS.
London: Covent Garden Press, 1971. 306p + addenda. Gilt-titled green cloth. More
JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 1740-1814, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Hertfordshire: Five Owls Press, (1973). First edition. xxxi, 461p. Illustrated. Tan cloth with gilt titles on a red ground. More