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BROOMHEAD, Frank : THE ZAEHNSDORFS (1842-1947) : CRAFT BOOKBINDERS. Pinner : Private Libraries Association, 1986. First edition : the trade issue, limited to 2,250 copies. The well-illustrated story of one the best-known and most impressive of the London binderies, with biographical material, examination of the work, etc. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 21110 – or simply click on the button
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JAMIESON, Eleanore : ENGLISH EMBOSSED BINDINGS 1825-1850. London : Cambridge University Press, 1972. First edition. A study of this distinctive style, with material on the gothic background, the social setting, origins, styles, embossing machines, materials, etc, with an illustrated catalogue of sixty-two examples, with indices of names, publishers, etc. Cambridge Bibliographical Society Monograph No.7. £15 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 27277 – or simply click on the button
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KER, Neil R. (Neil Ripley), 1908-1982 : FRAGMENTS OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS USED AS PASTEDOWNS IN OXFORD BINDINGS WITH A SURVEY OF OXFORD BINDING c.1515-1620. Oxford : Oxford Bibliographical Society, 2004. Second edition. Reprints the rare original 1954 publication with the addition of extensive corrigenda and addenda, now forming a companion to David Pearson’s “Oxford Bookbinding 1500-1640” (2000). Edited by David Rundle and Scott Mandelbrote. Oxford Bibliographical Society Third Series, Volume IV, published in 2004 as the year 2000 publication. £40 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 43417 – or simply click on the button
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[NIXON, Howard M. (Howard Millar), 1909-1983] : BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN GROLIER. London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1965. First edition. A full-scale catalogue of the 1965 loan exhibition, which apparently incorporated every known and genuine Grolier binding to be found in the British Isles. The 138 fully described and illustrated books are grouped under the headings of Italian bindings; the single velvet binding; early French bindings; Claude de Picques; bindings with no significant tools; the Cupid’s Bow binder; other binderies, etc. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 20791 – or simply click on the button
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PEARSON, David, 1955- : DURHAM BOOKBINDERS AND BOOKSELLERS 1660-1760. Oxford : Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1986. First edition. A study of a dozen Durham bookbinders and booksellers, including John Aisley, Abraham Ashworth, James Dansken, Catherine Waghorn, John Waghorn, William Werdon, and the Durham Insect-Roll Binder. With the separately printed errata slip, explaining the transposition of certain of the plates. Oxford Bibliographical Society Occasional Publication No.19. £15 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 21413 – or simply click on the button
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RAMSDEN, Charles (Charles Frederick Ingram), 1888-1958 : BOOKBINDERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON) : 1780-1840. London : B. T. Batsford, (1987). The 1987 reprint of the original 1954 edition of this extensive directory of the known bookbinders of the period working in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. With an introductory essay on the evaluation of the source materials, etc. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 21052 – or simply click on the button
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RAMSDEN, Charles (Charles Frederick Ingram), 1888-1958 : LONDON BOOK BINDERS 1780-1840. London : B. T. Batsford, (1987). The 1987 reprint of the original 1956 edition of this extensive directory of the some 2,000 known London bookbinders of the period. With an introductory essay on the evolution of London binding styles. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 20361 – or simply click on the button
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