Pp. 176, illustrated in colour throughout, notes, appendix, index; med. 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle/London, 2004. First edition. More
Catalogue by B. H. Breslauer, Introduction (in French) by J. Toulet. Pp. 170(last blank), folding coloured frontispiece, coloured and black & white plates, index; narrow med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, French folds; Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 1986. *Exhibition catalogue of 75 bindings from the Breslauer collection. More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. 180 (with pp. 117-134 excised from this edition due to a rearrangement of a portion of the exhibits), text illustrations (several full page); printed papered boards, a trifle soiled, corners lightly rubbed, the spine faded; a little light foxing and offsetting;..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. viii+164(last blank), frontispiece plus 15 plates, text illustrations (some full page); printed papered boards, corners slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and pencilling; The Trustees, British Museum, 1939. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label..... More
A loan exhibition, 23 September-31 October 1965. Pp. xx+78, coloured frontispiece plus 139 black & white plates at end, index; light brown art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; hinge tender at a couple of points, outer leaves and edges a trifle foxed; The Trustees, London, 1965. *From the library..... More
With an appendix showing samples of some of the finest bookcloths manufactured today. Pp. 82(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 6 hand-tipped coloured plates, the title page printed in red & black, listing of book cloth sources; brown textured cloth with gilt lettered brown leather title label on spine; fore-edges uncut; accompanied..... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, the title and headings printed in red, glossary of terms, bibliography; med. 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper wrapper; Crafts Council of Australia, Sydney, 1984. *Exhibition catalogue. More
A study of his work l884-l893, based on his Time Book (British Library Add. MS. 49061), with a biographical introduction. Pp. xii+408(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 1 folding plate, illustrated throughout in black & white, including many examples of his bindings, appendix, bibliography, indices; demy 4to; gilt lettered brown cloth;..... More
Pp. [iv]+xlii+302(last colophon, blank), frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, bibliography, addenda & corrigenda, indices; demy 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; Oak Knoll Press/The Plough Press, New Castle, DE., 2002. First edition. *Lists hundreds of toolcutters and toolcutting firms, with brief biographies, from 1780 to 1965. More
Pp. xiv+490, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white, appendices, bibliography, indices; demy 4to; textured light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; original glassine wrapper, edges torn and back flap creased; The British Library, London, 1991. First edition. *A companion volume to Marianne Tidcombe's The Bookbindings of T. J...... More
Pp. xviii+254(last colophon, verso blank), 42 plates, title page illustration and text figures, appendices, indices; demy 4to; green cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in gilt; Bibliographical Society of America, New York, 1990. Edition limited to 750 copies. *Early Flemish bookbinders were not only..... More
A volume of essays dedicated to the memory of Dr. Phiroze Randeria. Pp. 328, illustrated in colour and black & white, index; roy. 8vo; two tiny bumps to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Bibliographical Society/The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, London, 2004. First edition. *With the minor production fault..... More
Studies in bookbinding history presented to Mirjam Foot. Pp. xiv+378, 16 coloured plates at end, black & white frontispiece portrait and text illustrations, bibliography of the writings of Mirjam Foot, index; demy 4to; qr. navy cloth, light blue papered boards, blocked in red and lettered in gilt; minor production fault..... More
Pp. 36(last blank)+[4](appendix, illustrated)+72 pages of plates, select bibliography, glossary; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, lightly flecked and with a couple of spots of fading, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; original glassine wrapper, the front panel torn; Victoria and Albert Museum/Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London..... More
An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings. Second edition, with an Editorial Note by A. W. Pollard. Pp. xxiv+232, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, title page decoration, index; brown cloth with printed paper title label on spine, the spine extremities lightly bruised; bottom edges uncut; free endpapers slightly offset, light..... More
Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague 1985. Text in English, French and Dutch. Pp. 44, illustrated in colour, index to binders; small f'cap. folio; printed stiff paper wrappers; Designer Bookbinders, London, 1985. *Catalogue of the exhibition. More
A descriptive bibliography. Pp. xxvi+324, 32 coloured plates (within pagination), black & white text illustrations, indices; demy 4to; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, with printed label on lower board; original glassine wrapper; The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, London/New Castle, 2003. First edition. More
Pp. x+92, illustrated in colour and black & white, appendices; patterned stiff paper wrappers, lettered in gilt; Oak Knoll Press/British Library, New Castle, DE., 2008. First edition. *Expanded version of an article first published in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 100:1 (2006), with the illustrations of cloth..... More
Pp. 20, coloured frontispiece, plus 29 black & white plates with loose tissue guards, a few text illustrations (one full page); tall cr. 4to; floral patterned boards with printed paper title label on upper board, fore-corners a trifle worn, edges and spine slightly browned; uncut; a couple of the tissue..... More
Some Considerations of Binding with Reference to The Lakeside Press. Pp. 32, 16 plates with loose tissue guards, numerous text figures; tall cr. 4to; black & gilt patterned cloth, gilt lettered and ruled green leather title label on upper board, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; fore-edges uncut; occasional..... More
A survey and a prospect. With a Foreword by Hugh R. Dent. Pp. 64(last colophon); f'cap. 12mo; half green leather, lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g.; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1935. First edition. *The..... More
With 33 colour and 82 monochrome illustrations. Pp. 152(last blank), 24 coloured plates within pagination, plus numerous black & white illustrations (several full page), glossary, selected bibliography, index; tall post 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; David & Charles, Newton Abbot..... More
Pp. 112, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; narrow med. 4to; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial papered boards; printed clear dust wrapper with UK price sticker on front flap, small piece torn from foot of backstrip; Gordon Fraser, London, l983. First edition. *The standard..... More
A life in bookbinding. With a Foreword by Dr. Marianne Tidcombe. Pp. [ii]+xii+126, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, bibliography; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle, DE., 2000. First edition thus [being a revised and expanded edition]. *'The autobiography of one of..... More
Foreword by Bernard C. Middleton. Pp. xiv+216, numerous coloured plates within pagination, plus black & white frontispiece and text figures, index; super roy. 4to; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, a trifle sprung; within matching cloth slipcase with pictorial glazed paper onlays; some light foxing; University..... More