Books and Manuscripts · Lot 34
[Bookbinding]. Nicholson, J.B. A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: containing full Instruction in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding and Finishing. Also the Art of Marbling Book-edges and Paper (...).
Philadelphia, H. Carey Bird & Co., 1882, 318,(4),30(publ. cat.)p., 7 marbled paper leaves, 12 plates (incl. frontisp.), orig. blindst. cl.
Wheatley, H.B. Bookbinding considered as a fine art, mechanical art, and manufacture. London, Elliot Stock, 1882, (4),27,(1)p., 11 plates, orig. dec. and giltlettered cl.
AND 4 others in 5 vols., i.a. E. DIEHL, Bookbinding, Its Background and Technique (New York/ Toronto, 1946, 2 vols., num. plates and ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. in (sl. worn) matching board slipcase); B.C. MIDDLETON, The Restoration of Leather Bindings (New Castle/ London, 1998, 3rd enl. ed., num. (full-p.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to) and M.T. ROBERTS and D. ETHERINGTON, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books. A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology (Washington, 1982, (col.) plates and ills., orig. giltlettered cl., large 4to).
- Lot
- 34
- Auction
- Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026
- Section
- BIBLIOGRAPHY and TYPOGRAPHY
- Estimate
- €70 – €90
- Result
- €100
- Photos
- 1 photo
Condition
Bookblock broken. Spine-ends dam.
Binding foxed.