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- Keyword = Fine Bookbinding
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FORE-EDGE PAINTING. BALFOUR, Clara L, editor.
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A Whisper to a Newly Married Pair from a Widowed Wife.
London
printed for Houlston and Stoneman
1850
The fore-edge painting was probably done in the second half of the 20th century and compliments the subject matter of the book perfectly, if rather…More details Price: £950.00
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THE AQUILA PRESS. RODKER, John.
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Adolphe 1920.
London
printed by Geo. W. Jones for the Aquila Press
1929
Together with: List of Books to be Published by The Aquila Press, Printers & PUblishers of 15a Lenthall Place, Gloucester Road, London SW& during the…More details Price: £950.00 -
PETER JONES, designer bookbinder. PETER PAUPER PRESS.
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Aesop's Fables for modern readers.
New York
Peter Pauper Press
1955
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NIETZSCHE, Frederic. POWILEWICZ, Andre-Jean
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Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra.
Paris
Georges Cres et Cie
1919
On the verso of his hand-painted and written colophon Powilewicz writes in ink that the designs have been inspired by Persian miniatures and rugs from…More details Price: £750.00 -
KIEFFER, René, bookbinder. LOUŸS, Pierre. CALBET, Antoine.
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Aphrodite Moeurs Antique.
Paris
Albin Michel, Les Grands Livres du XXe Siecle
n.d. [1923]
René Kieffer (1876-1963) was a Parisian bookbinder, publisher and bookseller who trained with Marius Michel and began as a finisher at the Chambolle-Duru bindery. In…More details Price: £2,500.00 -
JAEGLE, Martin. HOFFMANN, E.T.A.
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Das Ode Haus.
Hamburg
Maximilian-Gesellschaft
1964
The Legatoria Artistica Ascona in Switzerland produced many of the best European binders of this period including Martin Jaegle. The design is very much of…More details Price: £1,400.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. MAUROIS, Andre. BRULLER, Jean.
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Deux Fragments D’Une Histoire Universelle, 1992.
Paris
Paul Hartmann
1929
An important work of speculative fiction by Maurois, whose real name was Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog. Lévy has responded to it splendidly, producing an unusual…More details Price: £1,800.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. NODIER, Charles.
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Écrin d’un Conteur, Choix de Contes.
Paris
G. Charpentier
1887
In the 1920s many women were drawn to the medium of bookbinding, perhaps influenced by the new modernist designs forged by Pierre Legrain. The women…More details Price: £1,600.00 -
CRESSET PRESS. WARNER, Sylvia Townsend.
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Elinor Barley.
London
Cresset Press
1930
The Cresset Press was an imprint founded by Dennis Cohen who published several finely printed and illustrated books over a 4 year period between 1927…More details Price: £1,250.00
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RICHARD ZAUFT EDITIONS. BASHO, Matsuo.
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Enso. Four Haiku for the Seasons.
Massachusetts
Richard Zauft Editions.
2023
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is considered by many Japanese to be their country’s greatest poet, almost single handedly being responsible for the raising the esteem of…More details Price: £650.00 -
RICHARD ZAUFT. BASHO, Matsuo.
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Enso. Four Haiku for the Seasons.
Massachusetts
Richard Zauft Editions.
2023
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is considered by many Japanese to be their country’s greatest poet, almost single handedly being responsible for the raising the esteem of…More details Price: £700.00 -
ERI FUNAZAKI & DANNY FLYNN, book artists.
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Finger Prints.
ff [Flynn & Funazaki]
2011
“The book is about a pointing finger, which you may commonly find in old posters and signposts. The whole design was inspired by this particular…More details Price: £1,300.00 -
LECLERC, Marc, binder. CARANTEC, Guillaume.
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Gestes et Dires du Bon Roi René.
Paris
George Crès & Cie
1914
The binder has inscribed the verso of of the front endleaf “Reliure et Papiers de Garde spécialement composée et executée pour a volume par Marc…More details Price: £950.00 -
YOUL, Jean-Noel Criner. HERACLITUS. BLIN, Marion & GAUDUCHON, Yannick, binders.
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Heraclite. Fragments.
Cardenet (Vaucluse)]
L’Imagine
[1989]
Youl (1947-) made his first artist’s book in 1987 and he has worked iwth several poets, particularly with the famous Michel Butor. He is inspired…More details Price: £1,500.00 -
JEFF CLEMENTS, designer bookbinder. DREYFUS, John. STAMPERIA VALDONEGA.
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Into Print. Selected Writings on Printing History, Typography and Book Production.
London
Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega for The British Library
1994
A superb example of a Jeff Clements binding responding to the book in his way with an original Cranach Press prospectus peeping through the doublures…More details Price: £3,400.00 -
HAEIN SONG, designer bookbinder. KIPLING, Rudyard.
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Just-So Stories.
London
Folio Society
1991
Haein Song, originally from Seoul in South Korea, is a fellow of Designer Bookbinders and a remarkable book artist. Her bindings and artist’s books are…More details Price: £1,400.00 -
HUBBARD, Elbert and Alice.
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Justinian and Theodora. A Drama Being a Chapter of History and the One Gleam of Light During the Dark Ages.
East Aurora
The Roycrofters
1906
Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915) was a successful soap salesman for J.D. Larkin & Co. in Buffalo, whose life was changed on a visit to England…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
DUBOUCHET, Prof. G.
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L'Art de L'Etain grave, repousse, modele, cisele, mosaique et patine
Paris
Bourgeois Aine
[1912]
The box is illustrated on p.19 of the booklet where it is advertised for sale at 16 francs. Our box includes a set square which…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. KESSEL, Joseph. LE BRETON, Constant.
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L’Équipage.
Paris
Librairie Gallimard
1925
A WWI novel by Joseph Kessel focussed on a the crew of a two-man reconnaissance plane, inscribed in memory of the author it would seem…More details Price: £1,700.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. COLETTE.
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La Maison de Claudine.
Paris
Arabesque, Édition Rouffé
1927
Andre Deslignières’ colour woodcuts are extremely charming and set off this printing perfectly. Levy has responded to them with an masterful reproduction of one of…More details Price: £1,700.00












































