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STUART, Gloria. RITCHIE, Ward. [JEFFERS, Robinson and Una] ~ The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower. [Los Angeles] Imprenta Glorias 1988
The imprint of Gloria Stuart, possibly best known for her role as the elderly Rose in the film Titanic. She began printing late in life,…More details Price: £1,250.00 -
[MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole. ~ Rabelais. Paris Calmann-Lévy 1929
Lucie Meyer, later Edgar-Faure, (1908-1977) was from Alsace. On the guidance of her uncle, Julien Cain, she studied History of Art at the Sorbonne and…More details Price: £2,200.00 -
LIMOUSIN, Hélène, bookbinder. SCHELER, Lucien. BALTAZAR, Julius. ~ Le Voyant à Raoul Ubac. Paris Édition chez J. Matarasso 1985
With a unique painted presentation page inscribed to the French bookbinder Claude Honnelaitre from the author and illustrator “en souvenir d’Ubac’, dated 1986. Baltazar is…More details Price: £2,900.00 -
LIMOUSIN, Hélène, bookbinder. LOUYS, Pierre. ~ La Pluie [The Rain]. Paris Édition du Capricorne 2008
Hélène Limousin graduated with honours from the Ecole Estienne in 1999. She then set up in Cholet in 2003 as a bookbinder and gilder. She…More details Price: £2,000.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. NODIER, Charles. ~ 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 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. MAUROIS, Andre. BRULLER, Jean. ~ 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: £2,000.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. KESSEL, Joseph. LE BRETON, Constant. ~ 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. FLAUBERT, Gustave. ~ Madame Bovary. Paris Henri Cyral 1927
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LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. DUHAMEL, Georges. ~ Confession de Minuit. Paris Henri Jonquières 1926
A splendid art deco binding by Lucette Levy, very much in the same style as the bindings of Genevieve de Leotard (see the work in…More details Price: £2,700.00 -
[LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder]. DORGELÈS, Roland. ~ Le Chateau des Brouillards. Paris Albin Michel 1932
Although this book is not signed, it came with the others in the group and by its style and accuracy of tooling must have been…More details Price: £1,500.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. DE BONDY, Comte de. MARTY, A.-E. ~ Constance dans les Cieux. Paris Georges Servant aux Éditions de la Lampe d’Argile. 1925
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LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. COLETTE. ~ 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 -
GREENHILL, Elizabeth. CORONATION SERVICE. ~ The Music with the Form and Order of the Service to be performed at the Coronation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the Abbey Church of Westminster on Tuesday the 2nd Day of June, 1953. London Novello & Company 1953
Elizabeth Greenhill’s training was without parallel. She was first introduced to bookbinding by the great Roger Powell’s father, whilst she was at school at Bedales.…More details Price: £3,600.00 -
DE LÉOTARD, Geneviève, bookbinder. COLETTE. ~ Sept Dialogues de Bêtes. Paris Les Arts et le livre 1927
Geneviève de Léotard 1899 was a precocious book artist. She began studying bookbinding at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1912 when she…More details Price: £2,500.00 -
KIEFFER, René, bookbinder. LOUŸS, Pierre. CALBET, Antoine. ~ Aphrodite Moeurs Antique. Paris Albin Michel, Les Grands Livres du XXe Siecle n.d. [1923]
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GAVIN DOVEY, designer bookbinder. MONGIN, Morina. MOUCHA, Miroslav. ~ Touchez Voir. Paris 2018
The binder writes that “the design reflects the modest and minimal nature of the illustrations, with the cover in white and the inside mirrored in…More details Price: £3,500.00 -
DOVEY, Gaven. BASKIN, Leonard. HECHT, Anthony. ~ The Gehenna Florilegium. Maine Gehenna Press 1998
A remarkably fine binding by Gavin Dovey who, after training the UK, set up shop in the US in 2004 and now works as a…More details Price: £8,500.00 -
C & C McLeish, bookbinders. DOBSON, Austin. ~ At the Sign of the Lyre. London Kegan, Paul 1885
Charles McLeish, the Elder, was born in 1859 and, after working for Riviere, joined the Doves Bindery when it was first formed as finisher. He…More details Price: £950.00 -
BIRD AND BULL PRESS. FAVRE, Maurice. ~ La Relieuse. Charles Meunier's Plaquette, 1900: A rare and beautiful depiction of The Bookbinder in medallic art. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press [1996]
The text, written with the help of Marianne Tidcombe, relates that the French bookbinder Charles Meunier (1865-1940) had the original plaquette of a woman sewing…More details Price: £120.00 -
STEPHEN CONWAY, designer bookbinder. DUNNING, John & POE, Edgar Allan. ~ The Bookman's Wake; with the Raven. New York & London Scribner & Folio Society 1995
The Bookman’s Wake is a murder mystery set in the world of Private Presses and printers. The story revolves around the search for a very…More details Price: £2,500.00