Fine Bindings (19 results)

Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art was a pioneering British art periodical published in London from 1893 to 1964. Founded by Charles Holme, a former silk merchant with a deep interest in international aesthetics, the magazine became a vital platform for the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and later Modernist movements. Size: 18 x 24 cms. Category: The Studio Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 2 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Quarto. Category: Apollo Arts Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. With over 80 illustrations of fine antiquarian bindings - a collection of plates - bound in red cloth - very good - no publisher - circa 1920 ?? 2 VOLUMES, HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKET, NO MARKINGS, VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE . NUMEROUS FULL PAGE PLATES IF FINE ANTIQUARIAN BINDINGS. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. blue cloth, 52 plates, a splendid catalogue of important bindings exhibited at the Bodleian in 1968. Valuable reference book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Eight Large Format Catalogs, Scholarly And Containing Only Unique Or Rare Antiquarian Material Of Exceptional Quality, Particularly Fine Bindings. Undated Catalogs But Circa Late 1980'S-2000. Fine Illustrations Of Rare Books, Title Pages, Bindings. (illustrator). …

circa 25,5 x 20 cm. 146 pp., 2 ff., with many illustrations Original softcover With 288 lots, many in colour - 2. The Chevalier Collection of English Twentieth-Century Bookbindings and a selection of modern continental / Euripean bookbindings. New York, November 9, 1990. 125 pp., 3 ff., with 149 lots. - 3. Fine Historical and Modern Decorated Bookbindings Christie's, London, 1. May 1996. 137 pp., with 174 lots. - Minor traces of use, one wrapper with notes outside, else clean - 3 catalogues together.…

8°. XVII, 584; VIII pp., 1 f., 563 pp. Polished full calf bindings amply gilt, marbled endpapers and fore-edge New edition, first published in 1908 with the structure of the government, administration, the parties, law courts, the Empire etc. - Nice set of two elegant prize bindings for the student of history Foster Franklin, awarded in 1913 by the University of Glasgow, endpaper with bookplate, covers with coat of arms and motto: via - veritas - vita. - Just slightly rubbed, inside clean, nice and very decorative.…

circa 23 x 16 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 408 pp.; frontispiece, XI, 435 pp. Red full morocco, spines gilt, upper fore-edge gilt, marbled endpapers (signed Whitman-Bennett) Beau Brummel edition, one of 1999 numbered copies (here nr. 1110), printed on nice paper, uncut, bound by the Bennett Book Studios in New York City. Whitman Bennett (1884-1968) was a bookseller as well as bookbinder. - A little rubbed especially at the front hinges which are not cracked but a little weak. Else nice, clean inside, decorative.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (AUCTION CATALOGUE) Pichon, Jérôme, Baron). Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de feu M. le Baron Jérôme Pichon. Président honoraire de la Sociétié des Bibliophiles français. Paris: Librairie Techener, 1897. Large 8vo. [2] f + xlvi + [2] + 459 + [1] p. Title in red & black with Pichon's arms. Illustrations in the text. Morocco-backed marbled boards; spine gilt with gilt-lettered title morocco label; marbled endpapers; front hinge & corners lightly worn. First volume of the posthumous sale of the second library of illuminated manuscripts, illustrated books and fine bindings formed by Jérôme Pichon (1812-96), one of the most passionate French 19th century collectors and bibliographers. A first sale had already taken place in 1869. The preface contains George Vicaire's Life of Pichon and a chronological list of his publications. A very good copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Three volumes. (5.7 x 3.4 inches. - 4.9 x 3.1 inches. - 4.4 x 2.6 inches). Larger book: Holy Bible, Translated from the original tongues, Oxford, Clarendon press by Samuel Collingwood and co. 1823. -- Middle size book: New Testament, Translated from the original Greek, Oxford, Clarendon press by Samuel Collingwood and co. 1824. -- Smaller book: Psalms of David imitated in the language of the new testament by I. Watts DD, London C. Corrall 1818. Attractive contemporary full red straight grained morocco bindings. Each volume with a gilt stamped view of St. Paul's Cathedral to both thr front and rear boards, all within decorative gilt and blind tooled borders. Spines fully gilt. All edges gilt. A one inch split to the bottom lower hinge of the Bible and some minor rubbing to the edges but overall they are in very good condition. The bindings are not signed. A very attractive little set.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Nine volumes, in matching full gilt olive green morocco fine bindings by H. Sotheran & Co. London. Published 1855 (Seven Lamps) and 1873 (remainder). Some scattered foxing to paper. Otherwise all clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a fine, handsome set.

Robert Hoe III (1839-1909) was an American businessman, and a producer of printing equipment. He was one of the foremost collectors of his time and served as the first president of the Grolier Club. At the time of his death, his extensive collections of rare books and manuscripts, as well as silver, miniatures, and other art objects, were valued at several million dollars. His rare book collection was sold at auction in 1911 and 1912, with almost half of it going to Henry E. Huntington, including a Gutenberg Bible. Octavo. 40, [4] pp. Frontisportrait and eight etchings, plus etched headbands and tail-pieces. Printed on Imperial Japan Vellum. In a superb contemporary embroidered binding on silk, consisting of elaborate floral motifs, ribbon patterns, and buds, all in colored silk embroidery on cream-colored silk padded covers. Gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers with leather bookplate of Robert Hoe. Tear along front joint, a little fraying at foot of spine. A very good copy. The Robert Hoe Copy, specially made for him and so stated on the limitation page in ink: "Exemplaire offert/ Monsieur Robert Hoe/ L. Conquet." Limited to 150 copies, of which this is number 68.This copy is distinguished as having two separate (and identical) suites of illustrations, interspersed within the text. Of the thousands of books in the Robert Hoe collection, this is one of only a few in which he commissioned a special product from the publisher. …

Full Period Morocco. Condition: Very Good Plus. Complete in 6 volumes. Books measure 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Circa 5,500 pages, illustrated. Bound in full period black crushed moracco, raised bands, gilt tooling, blind rulled lines, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Calf very slightly faded, very minor marking. All bindings in excellent condition. Internally, previous owners bookplate, spotting to titles and frontispieces, very occasional minor spotting or browning. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. A near fine set, in very attractive period bindings. Size: Quarto.…

Hardcover. Limited Edition. Large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") attractively bound by A. Cuzin in full mustard morocco leather, the boards with leather inlays of lily pads, flowers, and butterflies; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Of a total of 350 copies, this is #31 of 80 printed on "papier du Japan ou grand velin d'Arches," with lovely color illustrations by Henri Caruchet interleaved with an additional suite of the illustrations on chine before letters. Gautier's translation of THE WATER PAVILION from Chinese to French in 1846 was, while not the first, one of the earliest. Gautier wrote plays, poetry, novels, short stories, and theater criticism. His most famous work is MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN, an historical romance based on the life of French opera star Mlle Maupin, who was a first-rate swordswoman and often went about disguised as a man. Another well-known work is his short story "La Morte Amoureuse," the story of a priest who falls in love with a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire. Armorial bookplate of Mexborough on the front pastedown. A few scuffs to the spine and edges. Near Fine.…

3 volumes. 8vo, luxuriously bound in full tan morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, lettered and decorated with skillfully accomplished borders of gilt and black in panels of spines enclosing small gilt ornament, covers decorated with a frame of a black enclosed within gilt fillet border, with gilt ornaments at corners, gilt ruled turn-ins, a.e.g. xviii, 726; viii, 611; ix, 582 pp. A fine set. An exquisite and handsomely bound set of this excellent collection of post-Elizabethan verse. Volume I contains Chamberlayne's "Pharonnida" and "England's Jubilee"; Benlowe's "Theophila"; and the poems of Katherine Phillips and Patrick Hannay. The second volume includes Marmion's "Cupid and Psyche"; Kynaston's "Leoline and Sydanis" and his "Cynthiades"; the poems of John Hall, Sidney Godolphin and Philip Ayres; Chalkhill's "Thealma and Clearchus"; the poems of Patrick Carey and William Hammond; Bosworth's "Arcadius and Sepha"; and others. Volume III contains the work of John Cleveland, Thomas Stanley, Henry King, Thomas Flatman, and Nathaniel Whiting. Includes facsimile title-pages for the various works.…

circa 22 x 14,3 cm. Portrait, VIII, 1026 pp:, VIII, 948 pp Polished with ample gilding to spines, edges, covers, inner edges etc, marbled endpaper Large monograph on the politician and classicist, volume 1: 1809 - 1872 - volume 2: 1872 - 1898. - Some browning due to the quality of the paper, else clean and fine. Very elegant bindings, both signed in inner front cover: Howell, Liverpool.…

Condition: Light wear, else fine. Book of Remembrance / St. John's Church / Gloucester / 1943. Quarto. Unpaginated. Beautifully bound blank remembrance in red crushed-morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, five raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt dentelle turn-ins over marbled paper boards, all pages blank. .…

Condition: ottimo. A MAGNIFICENT GILT-TOOLED RED MOROCCO BINDING, WHICH WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN MORAZZONI'S IMPORTANT MONOGRAPH WORK ON 18TH-C. PIEDMONTESE FINE BINDINGS (MILAN 1929) AND THEN DISPLAYED DURING THE CELEBRATED 1937 EXHIBITION OF PIEDMONTESE BAROQUE IN TURIN (CURATED BY VITTORIO VIALE), WHOSE AIM WAS TO GATHER AND EXHIBIT THE MOST INTERESTING ART OBJECTS CRAFTED IN PIEDMONT DURING THE BAROQUE PERIOD Folio (37x26cm). xxxv [1], 428, cxvi, [8] pp. Printed in red and black, double-column text, abundant music notations. Title within decorative woodcut border, large copperplate vignette signed "Quarra del. Taurini" and "Gio. Batt. Betti incise Firenze" on t-p and full-page copper engravings throughout signed "Franc. Ant Gilodi sc.". Large woodcut historiated and floriated initials, woodcut tailpiece. Bound in a splendid contemporary 18th-c. Baroque folio binding: sumptuously, richly gilt-tooled and decorated red Morocco, with embossed floral patterns to the centre of the covers within dark green oval-shaped frames intertwined with a gold shield-shaped borders - rather uncommon and inventive motifs which follow the most original creations of the Baroque taste of Piedmontese origin. This beautiful binding was exhibited at the celebrated "Mostra del Barocco Piemontese" in 1937. All edges gilt and gauffered, original marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Giovanni Chevalley and the exhibition label of "Mostra del Barocco Piemontese" glued right beneath it on the recto of the front free flyleaf. This binding is full-page illustrated as item no. 29 in a crucial 1929 study on Piedmontese Baroque bindings by Giuseppe Morazzoni. The binding was painstakingly described by Morazzoni as follows: "29. MAROCCHINO ROSSO. A piccoli ferri; sul bordo un fregio a canestri di fiori, conchiglie, ramoscelli e insetti racchiude un intreccio di nastri seghettati, costituenti un grande ovale con zone a reticolato, sul quale posa una grande cartella rettangolare sagomata ornata da rami di fiori dominati da grosso fiore centrale. Dorso a sei cordoni ; piccoli ferri ad ornati." (English: 29. RED MOROCCO. Small tools; a border featuring baskets of flowers, shells, sprigs, and insects encloses an interlacing pattern of serrated ribbons forming a large oval with latticework sections, upon which rests a large, shaped rectangular panel decorated with floral sprays dominated by a large central flower. Spine with six raised bands; small decorative tools.) A few years later, in 1937, the binding was displayed during the important "Exhibition of Piedmontese Baroque", which was held at Palazzo Carignano and Palazzo Madama in Turin, and at the Hunting Lodge of Stupinigi; a landmark cultural event that shaped the Italian art-historical and exhibition culture of the twentieth century, extending well beyond the city of Turin itself. "The 1937 Exhibition of Piedmontese Baroque project originated within the Program of Studies on the Age and Culture of the Baroque—run by the Fondazione 1563 per l'Arte e la Cultura of the Compagnia di San Paolo—and forms part of the broader research project *Antico/Moderno. Parigi, Roma, Torino 1680-1750*, curated by Michela di Macco and Giuseppe Dardanello. In its various facets, the *Antico/Moderno* project chose to dedicate a specific line of inquiry—titled "Baroque in Piedmont - Baroque in Europe"—to the major exhibitions that, during the twentieth century, contributed to a critical re-evaluation of the long era labeled "Baroque." This initiative gave rise to the conference *Fortuna del Barocco in Italia. Le grandi mostre del Novecento* (Turin, National University Library, November 28-29, 2016) and its published proceedings." (Fondazione1563, Mostra del Barocco 1937.) REFERENCES: - Giuseppe Morazzoni, La rilegatura piemontese nel '700, Milan 1929, no. 29. - Mostra del Barocco Piemontese 1937. - ICCU (OPAC SBN): IT\ICCU\TO0E\075003. …

163 x 96 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 3/4"). Seven volumes. Edited by J. N. Lallemand; preface by Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier. EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY GREEN ARMORIAL MOROCCO, perhaps by Derome, covers with triple gilt rule border, central gilt coat of arms of the Blanche family featuring a seated fox with one paw raised, above it a row of three five-pointed stars, smooth spine divided into compartments containing a gilt lyre surrounded by stars and dots, floral sprigs at corners, volume number within a laurel wreath, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With printer's two-swans device on title pages, volume I with frontispiece portrait engraved by L. J. Cathelin after J. C. Philips. With pencilled note on front flyleaf attributing the binding to Derome. Brunet III, 1108 ("Edition estimée"); Dibdin II, 171. For the binding: Olivier, Pl. 2279. âSpines slightly (and uniformly) sunned, very light shelf wear to bindings, occasional faint foxing in volume IV, but A SUPERB SET, almost entirely absent of any signs of use. This is a fine-paper copy in a binding both charming and handsome of what Dibdin deems "a truly beautiful and accurate edition" of Livy's Roman history. Brunet called it an "esteemed edition," and notes that fine paper copies like the present set sold for twice what regular copies cost. First printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz in 1469, the "Histories" of Titius Livius Patavani (59 B.C. - 17 A.D.) follow the rise of Rome from the founding of the city through its triumphs in the Punic Wars and up through the reign of the author's contemporary emperor Augustus. His account is notable for its emphasis on the glorious triumphs and accounts of heroism of the Romans, stemming in his eyes from their virtue; his history is intended not just to inform, but also to elevate the reader. The present edition, according to Dibdin, builds on the fine editions edited by Crevier and Drakenborch, incorporating their useful notes and additions. It was beautifully printed by Joseph-Gérard Barbou (1723-90?), scion of a family that had begun printing in Lyon in 1529, moving to Paris in 1540. Joseph apparently specialized in Latin classics, producing editions of Cicero, Lucretius, Pliny, Caesar, and Martial, among others. The fine binding here does not have Derome's ticket, but is well executed enough to make the attribution written in at front plausible. There were no fewer than 18 members of the Derome family (not to mention workshop associates) who made their livings as binders in Paris from the middle of the 17th century until the first quarter of the 19th. Our binding is tasteful--perfect for a scholarly edition of a classic--and conceivably the work of one of the Deromes or of an extremely competent associate. Olivier attributes our armorial stamp to the 18th century Blanche family of Burgundy, and he finds it on a copy of Barbou's 1771 Sallust in the library of Madame la Comtesse de Cossé. The "country house" condition of the present set suggests an aristocratic owner more concerned with owning fine books than with reading them.…