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 about HISTORIC & ARTISTIC BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA: BRESLAUERINANA

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 about A GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY:

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 about CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER BOOKBINDINGS, EUROPE & AUSTRALIA

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 about BOOKBINDERS' FINISHING TOOL MAKERS, 1780-1965

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 the... More about FLEMISH AND RELATED PANEL-STAMPED BINDINGS, EVIDENCE AND PRINCIPLES

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 about FOR THE LOVE OF THE BINDING

Pp. 28, plus 64 pages of plates, select bibliography, glossary; stiff paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, top fore-corner of lower wrapper creased, the backstrip splitting at extremities; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1950. First edition. Victoria & Albert Museum Illustrated Booklet No. 2. More about BOOKBINDINGS

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 about MODERN BRITISH BOOKBINDING

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 about A ROD FOR THE BACK OF THE BINDER

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 about VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS BOOK-BINDINGS IN PAPER

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 about RECOLLECTIONS

Pp. [iv]+20+26 plates; fore-edge of plates slightly foxed; Nicholas T. Smith, New York, 1979. Edition limited to 300 copies; this copy not numbered. *Originally published by S.T. Prideaux and K. Adams, London, 1900. More about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BOUND BY S. T. PRIDEAUX BETWEEN MDCCCXC AND MDCCCC

Pp. 68, illustrated in colour and black & white; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, light traces of sticker removal near bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of first (blank) page; the author, Merstham, Surrey, 1982. First trade edition. *With loosely inserted ephemera. More about THE BOOK: ART & OBJECT