Bibliography and Books about Books: Bookbinding and Papermaking

Bibliography and Books about Books: Bookbinding and Papermaking

If there is something we all share here at James Cummins Bookseller, it’s an appreciation for the art of the book. Our latest list of Books about Books includes titles on bookbinding and papermaking drawn from a large private collection and ranging from the early history of American papermaking to Twentieth Century marbling as well as catalogues of the finest historical bindings. Among the notable titles are Papermaking by Hand in America by Dard Hunter, La Reliure du XIXe Siecle...1895-1897 by Henri Beraldi, and 254 Reproducciones de sus...1977 by Emilio Brugalla.

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Item #323053 American Decorative Papermakers: The Work & Specimens of Twelve Craft Artists

Item 323053American Decorative Papermakers: The Work & Specimens of Twelve Craft Artists.

Price: $375

[Mattapoiset, MA]: Busyhaus Publications, 1983. One of 200 hardbound copies. Essays and specimens by Don Guyot, Faith Harrison, Iris Nevins, Kay Radcliffe, Sage Reynolds & Colman Rutkin, Donna Seim, Peggy Skycraft, Pamela Smith, Jim & Pamela Talin and Christopher Weimann. One thousand two hundred copies printed by Naiman Press, with..... Read More Item Details for American Decorative Papermakers: The Work & Specimens of Twelve Craft Artists Add to Wish List

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Item #323537 Bibliopegy in The United states and Kindred Subjects. William Loring Andrews

Item 323537Bibliopegy in The United states and Kindred Subjects.

Andrews, William Loring.

Price: $350

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1902. First edition, one of 141 copies on Van Gelder paper. One of the most important books on bookbinding in the United states, in which Andrews employed a process of half-tone reproduction for the facsimile plates never before done with any success; that of..... Read More Item Details for Bibliopegy in The United states and Kindred Subjects Add to Wish List

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Item #323623 Estampes et Livres 1872-1892. Henri Beraldi

Item 323623Estampes et Livres 1872-1892.

Beraldi, Henri.

Price: $3,000

Paris: Librarie L. Conquet, 1892. First edition. No. 74 of 390 copies. Historical sketch of book and prints followed by detailed bibliographical descriptions. The plates include chomolithographs finished with gold. Read More Item Details for Estampes et Livres 1872-1892 Add to Wish List

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Item #323622 La Reliure du XIXe Siecle. Henri Beraldi

Item 323622La Reliure du XIXe Siecle.

Beraldi, Henri.

Price: $3,500

Paris: Librarie de L. Conquet, 1895-1897. First edition, no. 142 of 295 numbered sets on papier velin du Marais. "…contains an enormous amount of material on the French nineteenth century binders, many of whom he, himself had still known and employed. Its lively, anecdotal style makes it a splendid read."..... Read More Item Details for La Reliure du XIXe Siecle Add to Wish List

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Item #306772 English Embroidered Bookbindings. Embroidered BINDING, Cyril Davenport

Item 306772English Embroidered Bookbindings.

(BINDING, Embroidered) Davenport, Cyril.

Price: $850

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1899. First edition. An attractive example of a modern embroidered binding, on the definitive work on the subject. Read More Item Details for English Embroidered Bookbindings Add to Wish List

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Item #41010 Omnibus. Instructions for amateur papermakers with notes and observations on private...

Item 41010Omnibus. Instructions for amateur papermakers with notes and observations on private presses, book printing and some people who are involved...

(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry.

Price: $375

N.p: The Bird & Bull Press, 1967. First Edition, one of 500 copies. A fine copy of this beautifully produced work. Read More Item Details for Omnibus. Instructions for amateur papermakers with notes and observations on private presses, book printing and some people who are involved in these activities Add to Wish List

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Item #323057 Awa Gami. Japanese Handmade Papers from Fuji Mills, Tokushima. Claire Bolton

Item 323057Awa Gami. Japanese Handmade Papers from Fuji Mills, Tokushima.

Bolton, Claire.

Price: $500

Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1991. One of fifty de-luxe numbered copies printed on hand made pure kozo paper, boxed and with extra samples. Read More Item Details for Awa Gami. Japanese Handmade Papers from Fuji Mills, Tokushima Add to Wish List

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Item #322358 Historic Bindings of the Bodleian Library, Oxford with Reproductions of Twenty-four...

Item 322358Historic Bindings of the Bodleian Library, Oxford with Reproductions of Twenty-four of the Finest Bindings.

Brassington, W. Salt.

Price: $1,500

London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co, 1891. First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies on Large Paper. ONE OF 50 COPIES, LEON GRUEL'S COPY. Read More Item Details for Historic Bindings of the Bodleian Library, Oxford with Reproductions of Twenty-four of the Finest Bindings Add to Wish List

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Item #322259 Brugalla: 254 reproducciones de sus destacadas encuadernaciones, elegidas entre más...

Item 322259Brugalla: 254 reproducciones de sus destacadas encuadernaciones, elegidas entre más de dos mil, realizadas en el período de cincuenta años...

Brugalla, Emilio.

Price: $1,000

Bilbao: La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, 1977. First edition, limited to 1400 numbered copies signed by Brugalla, this being one of 300 deluxe copies in a full leather binding. A retrospective look at the career of Spanish binder Emilio Brugalla, with 254 reproductions of his work between 1926 and 1976, plus..... Read More Item Details for Brugalla: 254 reproducciones de sus destacadas encuadernaciones, elegidas entre más de dos mil, realizadas en el período de cincuenta años (1926-1976) Add to Wish List

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Item #323402 Reliure Ancienne et Moderne, Recueil de 116 Planches. Gustave Brunet

Item 323402Reliure Ancienne et Moderne, Recueil de 116 Planches.

Brunet, Gustave.

Price: $850

Paris: Paul Daffis, 1878. First edition. Compiled by one of France's most renowned bibliophiles, the plates depict the work of Padeloup, Clovis and Nicolas Eve, le Gascon, and Nicolas Derome, from the libraries of Jean Grolier, Diane de Poitiers, Louis XIII, Cosimo de Medicis and others. Attractvie copy with distinguished..... Read More Item Details for Reliure Ancienne et Moderne, Recueil de 116 Planches Add to Wish List

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Item #215337 [Book of Paper Specimens Manufactured by Canson et Montgolfier.]. Canson et Montgolfier

Item 215337[Book of Paper Specimens Manufactured by Canson et Montgolfier.].

(Canson et Montgolfier).

Price: $400

[New York: Canson et Montgolfier, September, 1925]. Number 90 of 500 copies prepared for the Friends of Canson et Montgolfier. COMPLETE. Read More Item Details for [Book of Paper Specimens Manufactured by Canson et Montgolfier.] Add to Wish List

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Item #322342 Paper. An Historical Account of Its Making by Hand. R. . H. Clapperton, obert, enderson

Item 322342Paper. An Historical Account of Its Making by Hand.

Clapperton, R.[obert]. H.[enderson].

Price: $575

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. First edition. Number 126 of 250 copies printed at the Shakespeare Head Press on paper handmade made at Laverstoke Mills. Read More Item Details for Paper. An Historical Account of Its Making by Hand Add to Wish List

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Item #322405 Limp Vellum Binding and its potential as a conservation type structure for the...

Item 322405Limp Vellum Binding and its potential as a conservation type structure for the rebinding of early printed books.

Clarkson, Christopher.

Price: $225

St. Bridgets Radcliffe Road Hitchin Herts England: Red Gull Press, 1982. Limited to 200 copies. Autograph letter signed by Michael Garrick, sending the book, laid in. Read More Item Details for Limp Vellum Binding and its potential as a conservation type structure for the rebinding of early printed books Add to Wish List

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Item #322718 Bookbinding, and the Care of Books. A Handbook for Amateurs Bookbinders &...

Item 322718Bookbinding, and the Care of Books. A Handbook for Amateurs Bookbinders & Librarians.

Cockerell, Douglas.

Price: $150

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks, No. I, edited by W. R. Lethaby. Read More Item Details for Bookbinding, and the Care of Books. A Handbook for Amateurs Bookbinders & Librarians Add to Wish List

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Item #322729 Thirty Recent Bindings. With an introduction by Sir Harry Barnes. Sydney Morris...

Item 322729Thirty Recent Bindings. With an introduction by Sir Harry Barnes.

Cockerell, Sydney Morris.

Price: $100

Italy: K. Duval, Frenich, Foss. Design and printing by Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, [December 1980]. Read More Item Details for Thirty Recent Bindings. With an introduction by Sir Harry Barnes Add to Wish List

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Item #322726 Paper Mills of Tillingbourne. A History of Paper Making in a Surrey Valley 1704 to...

Item 322726Paper Mills of Tillingbourne. A History of Paper Making in a Surrey Valley 1704 to 1875.

Crocker, Alan.

Price: $500

Oxshott, Surrey: The Tabard Press, 1988. First edition, limited to 195 copies, this being copy VII of XXV printed on hand-made Barcham Green paper and specially bound. Read More Item Details for Paper Mills of Tillingbourne. A History of Paper Making in a Surrey Valley 1704 to 1875 Add to Wish List

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Item #323052 Royal English Bookbindings. Cyril Davenport

Item 323052Royal English Bookbindings.

Davenport, Cyril.

Price: $375

London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1896. First edition. Read More Item Details for Royal English Bookbindings Add to Wish List

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Item #322343 Reliure Française de 1900 à 1925. de Crauzat, rnest

Item 322343Reliure Française de 1900 à 1925.

de Crauzat, E[rnest].

Price: $1,250

Paris: René Kieffer, [1932]. First edition, one of 500 copies. Read More Item Details for Reliure Française de 1900 à 1925 Add to Wish List

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Item #323154 La Reliure de luxe. Le Livre et L'Amateur... Illustraions inédites, reproduction...

Item 323154La Reliure de luxe. Le Livre et L'Amateur... Illustraions inédites, reproduction d'après les types originaux par Aron Frères et Dessins...

Derôme, L[éopold].

Price: $625

Paris: Édouard Rouveye, Éditeur, 12 Rue Jacob, 1888. #7 of 60 copies on Imperial Japan paper, of a total edition of 960 copies. ONE OF 60. Read More Item Details for La Reliure de luxe. Le Livre et L'Amateur... Illustraions inédites, reproduction d'après les types originaux par Aron Frères et Dessins de G. Fairpont, C. Kurner, M. Perret. Frontispiece reliure paine de J. Adeline Add to Wish List

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Item #323401 English Bookbindings in the British Museum. William Younger Fletcher

Item 323401English Bookbindings in the British Museum.

Fletcher, William Younger.

Price: $375

London: Kegan, Paul Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. Number 420 of 500 copies. This volume serves not only as an historical reference, but the chromolithographic facsimiles of some of the most beautiful and historical bindings are often of actual size and texture; they are exquisite. Read More Item Details for English Bookbindings in the British Museum Add to Wish List

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Item #323400 Foreign Bookbinding in the British Museum. Illustrations of 63 Examples Selected On...

Item 323400Foreign Bookbinding in the British Museum. Illustrations of 63 Examples Selected On Account of Their Beauty of Historical Interest.

Fletcher, William Younger.

Price: $450

London: Kegan, Paul Trench, Trübner & Co, 1896. First edition. Number 413 of 500 copies. Read More Item Details for Foreign Bookbinding in the British Museum. Illustrations of 63 Examples Selected On Account of Their Beauty of Historical Interest Add to Wish List

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Item #322414 The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings. Volume I: Studies in the History...

Item 322414The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings. Volume I: Studies in the History of Bookbinding [and:] … Volume II...

Foot, Mirjam.

Price: $750

(London): The British Library, [1978]; 1983; 2010. First editions. Read More Item Details for The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings. Volume I: Studies in the History of Bookbinding [and:] … Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings [and:] … Volume III: A Catalogue of South European Bindings Add to Wish List

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Item #322332 Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de L'Amateur de Reliures. Leon Gruel, Relieur

Item 322332Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de L'Amateur de Reliures.

Gruel, Leon, Relieur.

Price: $1,750

Paris: Gruel and Engleman, 1887-1905. First edition, limited numbered edition on Vélin de Rives, vol I: no. 500 of 700 copies (of 1000 total); vol II: one of 600 copies (of 700 total). One of the most important and useful surveys of bookbinding, containing an annotated alphabeticall listing of the..... Read More Item Details for Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de L'Amateur de Reliures Add to Wish List

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Item #223140 Société de la Reliure Originale. Catalogue de l'exposition. La reliure originale....

Item 223140Société de la Reliure Originale. Catalogue de l'exposition. La reliure originale.

Guignard, Jacques & Erwana BRIN.

Price: $2,000

Paris: Aulard for the Bibliothèque national, 1947. Landmark Exhibition Catalogue. Landmark catalogue of the Society's first exhibition, for which its president André Rodocanachi was mainly responsible, and at which a large number of contemporary bindings were exhibited. Read More Item Details for Société de la Reliure Originale. Catalogue de l'exposition. La reliure originale Add to Wish List

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Item #324225 An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of...

Item 324225An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of the Art of...

Hannett, John.

Price: $350

London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1843. A New Edition. Read More Item Details for An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of the Art of Bookbinding Add to Wish List

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