Fine Binding in America by Thompson, Elbert A - 1956

Urbana IL: Beta Phi Mu, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 45pp. Subtitled: The Story of the Club Bindery."This is the second in a series of chapbooks published by Beta Phi Mu, National Library Science Honorary Fraternity, as a contribution to the art of book design and the literature of books and libraries." Edges very slightly worn, top of spine is separating from the binding 1/2" down.; 6" x 8 1/2

Urbana: Beta Phi Mu, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1956, First Edition. 45 p. + plates. Hardcover. brown cloth, in original wax jacket. Previous owner's gift inscription on the fly leaf; otherwise a Fine, tight, clean copy. The wax jacket has light tearing along the edges. Beta Phi Mu chapbook 2. Printed in black and purple.

Beta Phi Mu, 1956.. 1956.. Good. - Octavo, brown boards stamped in blind. Bumped. Spine perished (lacking). 44 pp. plus 4 leaves of B&W plates. Color frontispiece on tissue. Ex- library with numerous markings & labels. Despite the spine lacking, the book is a good, tight working copy.

Beta Phi Mu. Used - Good. 1956. Decorated cloth. 8vo. 45 pp & 7 plates. Some shelf wear to boards, with small tears along upper and lower joints. Binding cracked near front and rear. Bookplate to front pastedown. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: Books on Books.)

Beta Phi Mu, Urbana. 1956. First Edition, frontis., 7 plates, upper hinge slightly split, orig. boards. This is the second in a series published by Beta Phi Mu, National Library Science Honorary Fraternity, as a contribution to the art of book design and the literature of books and libraries.

Springfield, IL: Beta Mu Phu, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Ralph G. Eckerstrom. Beta Mu Phu Chapbook No. 2. LIMITED TO 1050 COPIES. Out of print.

Urbana, Illinois: Beta Phi Mu, 1956. Near Fine condition in a worn and torn original dust jacket. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1956. First Edition. A group of New York bibliophiles, many associated with the Grolier Club, founded this important bindery in 1895. They wanted to obtain a domestic source of bookbindings comparable to the best European work. In time, masterful bindings were executed for Robert Hoe, J. P. Morgan, William Loring Andrews, Beverly Chew, and others. By 1909, the number of wealthy patrons declined to the extent that the bindery had to close. But to this day, the Club Bindery has influenced the practices of hand binders and the tastes of collectors in America. Bound in the original brown boards, stamped in black and embossded with an ornamental flourish. Complete with the publisher's glassine dust jacket, which is chipped at the edges and separated at the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine… Read More

Beta Phi Mu, 1956. Hardcover. Fine. Eckerstrom, Ralph E.. Designed by Ralph E. Eckerstrom. Brown boards with embossed flower, section of black/white photos of exquisite bindings at Princeton (Rubaiyat), Library of Congress (John Gay's Fables), New York Public Library (Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter), and others, very tiny nick at top of front spine indentation. Fine +.