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London: The Soncino Press, 1932.. 3rd edition, revised. First one volume edition. "A fair analysis of books and their meaning for all kinds of men and women, with a particular relation of the madness engendered by them." Pp.xv/854, ownership notation to front free endpaper. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, boards slightly rubbed with wear to top of… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, 2005.. Unabridged facsimile reprint. Considered "the clearest and most valuable exposition of the technique of hand bookbinding in English. The text covers concisely every aspect of the craft - from folding and collating pages, trimming and gilding edges, and cutting and attaching boards, to preparing covers, mitrring corners, designing and inlaying on leather, and pasting… Read more about this item

London: Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe And Zaehnsdorf, 2001 .. First edition. Later full brown leather binding. pp.ix/pp.60/[8pp.] .Tipped-in color frontispiece and tipped-in color illustrations in text. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Lacks poster which accompanied this book.

London: Co-published by The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 1996 .. Fourth revised edition. A very clean book, with illustrated dustwrapper. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Glossy dutwrapper in very good condition, just light rubbing to edges. pp.xiii/pp.372 + 14 plates. VG/VG . ** Colophon to verso of the title-page: "Originally published… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Random House UK, 2018.. This book is intended as a reader's companion to the best books ever written...Geographically and chronologically the Penguin Classics form the largest library of classic literature in the world today." 25cms x 19.5cms x 4cms. Pp.xx/460, colour illustrations featuring the originally penguin covers. Orange illustrated cloth. A heavy book which may require… Read more about this item

York: William K. Sessions, 1984.. Contents include: A. Ipswich:Anthony Scoloker amd his Printed Works, Anthony Scoloker's Ipswich Imprints, John Overton and his Imprints, John Oswen and his Ipswich-Printed Works, John Oswen's Ipswich Imprints; B. Worcestor: John Oswen's Worcester-Printed Books, John Oswen''s Worcester Imprints; C. The Types used by Scoloker and Oswen; D. John Tisdale of London : User of… Read more about this item

Published by The British Library & Oak Knoll, 1996.. 1st edition. A short general survey giving a brief account of the lives and work of women who started bookbinding before the First World War. Chapters: I.Historical Introduction; II.Women Trade Binders at the End of the 19th Century; III.Embroidered Bookbindings; Painted Vellum Bindings; Vernis sans Odeur; Vellucent Bindings; Sutherland Bindings;… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Robert Maclehose & Co. Ltd, 1924.. 1st edition. Two Chapters in the History of the Book Trade, including a Narrative of the Dispute between The Times Book Club and The Publishers' Association by Edward Bell, M.A., President of the Association 1906-1908. Pp.82, minor spotting to endpapers. Brown paper-covered boards, original paper label to spine, minor wear to… Read more about this item

Thurley: The Book Collector, 2008.. Contents include artiicles on: The Folio Society; Pictures at an Exhibition by Alan Bennett; Words as Well as Music by Sue Bradbury; The Designer as Impressario by Neal Street; Artists as Illustrators by Geoffrey Beare; My Tutankhamen Moment by Bryan Forbess; A Patron of Bookbinding by Miiriam M. Foot; An Edition Bindding by George… Read more about this item

1982.. Jarrow Lecture 1982. "The starting point for any investigation of the scriptorium of Wearmouth-Jarrow is the anonymous 'Life' of Abbot Ceolfrid (690-716) which tells us that he ordered 'tres pandectes novae translationis' - three complete Bibles of the 'new translation' - to be copied in the house...." Pp.32, 8 black & white plates. Green card cover. VG.

New York: Grove Press Inc., 1964.. 1st edition. The Great Encyclopedia of the Western World - Reputation and Reality. "A once great and respected vehicle of learning has largely decayed and lost its essential purpose by becoming a commercial enterprise."...The discussion of the faulty as well as the valuable in the Britannica's contents, ranging through the arts, sciences, and… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1966.. Originally published in 1946. "This book is a reprint of a work pursued in collaboration over many years which adds to the story of Oxford printing and, indeed, to the history of printing in general, an important chapter. Its subject is the University as a producer, and not only a user of books."… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1956.. Brief account of the development of Penguin Books, published to mark its twenty-first birthday in July 1956, written by Sir William Emrys Williams, C.B.E., - associated with the firm for twenty years. The book is designed by the Penguin typographer, Hans Schmoller. Contents: 1.From Reprints to Originals; 2.The Penguin Look; 3.Handling the Job; 4.Marketing the Books;… Read more about this item

New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press Inc, 1971.. Second edition. Volume 1 only. "Accepted practices for the examination and treatment of deteriorating library materials...for librarians and archivists in establishing comprehensive conservation programs.." This volume contains a commentary on the information available. (The bibliographical material is in volume 2). Pp.xviii/406. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887.. 1st edition. Essays and verses. Contents: 1.Elzevirs; 2.Ballade of the Real and Ideal; 3.Curiosities of Parish Registers; 4.The Rowfant Books; 5.To F.L.; 6.Some Japanese Bogie-Books; 7.Ghosts in the Library; 8.Bibliomania in France; 9.Old French Title Pages; 10.A Bookman's Purgatory; 11.Ballade of the Unattainable; 12.Lady Book-Lovers. Pp.148, 18 illustrations, minor spotting to half-title… Read more about this item

London: 1961.. Limited editionof 850 copies of which this is No.574, compiled and edited by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor (Bibliographer to H.M.the Queen's Poet Laureate) and signed by him. "This first issue represents a selection of publications(wholly or in part) relating to some aspect of the Principality or the family which has for nearly seven hundred years enriched its history." Pp.35,… Read more about this item

Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1938.. Limited edition, one of five hundred copies printed by Messrs. Hughes and Son, Principality Press, Wrexham, 1938. "This Collection is small and miscellaneous in its scope. It contains, however, some features of special interest, notably in the numerous Book Plates of poets, authors, artists, doctors, lawyers and clerics, many of them being… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1912.. 2nd impression of the author's 'Books and Bookmen'. Pp.64, portrait photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard. Cream spine over grey cloth, original leather label to spine, gilt author's name to front board. VG.

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1912.. 1st ed. Pp.64, portrait photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard. Cream spine over grey cloth, original leather title label to spine, gilt author's name to front. VG.

Manchester: John Rylands Library, 1956.. Reprinted from the 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' Vol.39, No.1. September, 1956. Pp.16, 2 plates illustrating Naples printings. Wraps. VG.