1 - 169 BIBLIOGRAPHY and TYPOGRAPHY
- Frontwr. sl. frayed; backstrip strengthened. = Rare.
AND 4 others, i.a. C. DELON, Histoire d'un livre (Paris, 1870, (full-p.) woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt calf w. green mor. letterpiece, a.e.g. Sl. foxed; covers trifle rubbed); P. ADAM, Das Vergolden und Dekorieren an Halbfranzband-Rücken (Stuttg., n.d. (±1900), ills., contemp. hcl.) and P. KERSTEN, Das Goldschnittmachen. Lehrbuch für Buchbinder (...) (Halle a.S., 1936, 2nd corr. ed., ills., later hcl.).
= The major work on the bookbindings of Georges Cretté.
= Facs. reprint of the edition London etc., 1928. Schmidt-Künsemüller 2766.
- Sl. foxed copy (plates sl. worse). Binding rubbed along extremities and stain on frontcover.
Liekens, J. La reliure. Technique et rigueur. Passé-carton. Chemise. Étui. Coffret. Dijon, Éd. Faton, 2010, 407p., num. col. ills., orig. wr., 4to. Bosquet, E. Traité théorique et pratique de l'art du relieur. Paris, Baudry et Cie, 1890, (2),VIII,323,(1)p., 16 plates and 17 ills., contemp. plain mor., orig. wr. pres., t.e.g., large 8vo. - AND 2 others, i.a. G. DE RÉCY, Décoration du Cuir (...) (Paris, n.d. (1903), num. plates and ills., orig. cl.).
- Title-p. sl. stained and soiled. = Rare early edition. Cf. Schmidt-Künsemüller 7264.
AND 5 other bookbinders' manuals in 6 vols., all French, i.a. C. CHANAT, Manuel pratique de l'ouvrier relieur (ibid., n.d. (±1930), 2 vols., (col.) ills., orig. unif. wr.).
- Top of spine sl. worn.
Hess, W. Die Kartonnagen-Fabrikation (...). Berlin, M. Krayn, 1926, (8),475,XVI(advert.)p., num. ills., 2 col. samples, orig. giltlettered blindst. cl. (spine-ends and lower joint worn). - AND 1 other: P. KERSTEN, Der exakte Bucheinband (...) (Halle a.d. Saale, 1909, 48 tipped-in (marbled) paper samples on 6 plates, num. monochr. plates and ills., orig. giltlettered dec. cl.).
- Binding partly sl. foxed. = Elemente des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens. Band 16.
Der Buchbinderlehrling. Monatsbeilage zum Allgemeinen Anzeiger für Buchbindereien./ [from year 4, no.3 onwards:] Monatsschrift für die dt.-schweizerischen u. österreichischen Buchbinderlehrlinge. Year 3-6. Stuttg., Allgemeinen Anzeiger für Buchbindereien, 1929-1932, num. plates w. paper/ cloth samples, num. ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor.
- Lacks 4 samples. Binding sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
Helwig, H. Das deutsche Buchbinder-Handwerk. Handwerks- und Kulturgeschichte. Ibid., A. Hiersemann, 1962-1963, 2 vols., XX,351,(1); 428p., 17/ 24 plates, orig. unif. cl.
- A few leaves w. underlining in pencil.
AND 5 others, i.a. TH. HENNINGSEN, Das Handbuch für den Buchbinder (St. Gallen, ±1950, num. plates and ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor.); P. ADAM, Leitfaden für die Gesellen- und Meister-Prüfung im Buchbindergewerbe (Hann., 1904, ills., orig. gilt cl., large 8vo. Fine copy) and H. BAUER, L. Brade's Illustriertes Buchbinderbuch (...) (Halle a.S., 1909, 5 plates w. 4 marbled paper samples each, num. ills., contemp. giltlettered hcl. Occas. annot. in pen and ink).
Handeinbände. Internationale Beispiele aus den Jahren 1970 bis 2000 vorgestellt von der Vereinigung 'Meister der Einbandkunst'. Hamb., Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 2004, 193,(3)p., num. full-p. col. ills., orig. cl., folio. - AND 2 others publ. by the Maximilian-Gesellschaft.
- Bookblock broken. Spine-ends dam.
Wheatley, H.B. Bookbinding considered as a fine art, mechanical art, and manufacture. London, Elliot Stock, 1882, (4),27,(1)p., 11 plates, orig. dec. and giltlettered cl.
- Binding foxed.
AND 4 others in 5 vols., i.a. E. DIEHL, Bookbinding, Its Background and Technique (New York/ Toronto, 1946, 2 vols., num. plates and ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. in (sl. worn) matching board slipcase); B.C. MIDDLETON, The Restoration of Leather Bindings (New Castle/ London, 1998, 3rd enl. ed., num. (full-p.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to) and M.T. ROBERTS and D. ETHERINGTON, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books. A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology (Washington, 1982, (col.) plates and ills., orig. giltlettered cl., large 4to).
- Remnants of mounted clipping on first free endpaper; two bookplates on upper pastedown. Covers sl. chafed. Otherwise fine.
- Joints split(ting); covers dustsoiled.
= Limited ed. printed especially for the members of the Roxburghe Club (38 members). Schmidt-Künsemüller 1300.
- Prelim. (index) lvs. reattached in reverse order; plate partly doubled and w. some restorations. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.
= Considered to be the first handbook on bookbinding translated into German. First published London, 1817 (Schmidt-Künsemüller 7259). Rare.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine-ends sl. rubbed.






















