Bookbinding from Attic Books

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very good +. 112 p. 31 cm. B&w and colour illustrations. Quarter blue cloth with pictorial boards. Light edge wear. Glassine jacket has slightly worn corners and spine ends. Old price label residue on front flap. Discussion of French Romantic bindings, papier-mâché, children's books, fin-de-siècle and art nouveau. Index.

The Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, 1991. Softcover. Near fine. 69 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Softcover.

Toronto: The Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, 2003. Softcover. Near fine. ix, 150 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback.

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1981. Hardcover. Good +. xiii, 271 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Hardcover. Paper covering wrinkled, spine ends softened. Appendix, bibliography and index.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Search Press, 1996. Softcover. Near fine. 80 p. 26 cm. Colour illustrations. Owner's label on first page.

Bryn Mawr, PA; New Castle, DE: Bryn Mawk College Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Softcover. New. 206 p. 28 cm. Book examples pictured in colour plates. Many ticket examples illustrated in text in b&w. List of binders by location. Index of printers, publishers and booksellers. Index of authors and titles. Index of binders. List of additional tickets… Read more

La Reliure", 1937-1940. Disbound. Good. No. 500-502, 504-506, 508, 512-520, 522-526, 528-529. 19 x 28 cm. Most somewhat yellowed with a few tiny tears. Top photo has stain at bottom centre. The last two (from 1940) have a 1939 date crossed out. In torn and chipped envelope from "La Reliure", Paris, directed to a resident of Toronto. Enclosed… Read more

New Castle, Delaware; Bryn Mawr, PA: Oak Knoll Press; Bryn Mawr College Library, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. 299 p. 29 cm. Examples pictured. Blue cloth hardcover. Still wrapped in cellophane (our picture is of an opened copy). An extensive resource.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine. xiv, 216 p. 35.5 cm magenta cloth hardcover in matching pictorial slipcase. Over 180 b&w illustrations and over 180 colour.Light stain and a little wear to top of case. Some wrinkling to page 108. The author outlines the steps required in putting together a magnificent craft binding.

Lunenburg, Vt: Stinehour Press, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 28 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Softcover. Former owner's label on first page.