[Rarebooks] FS: 3 by Howard M. Nixon, noted bookbinding specialist

[Nina W. Matheson]

You may order any of these and find other books to which Howard M. Nixon 
has made contributions by visiting our website at http://www.mathesonbooks.com.

Nixon, Howard M.   Roger Powell & Peter Waters.  [The Slade, Froxfield, 
Alfred Page and Harry Greenaway, 1965]. Original quarter black calf and 
green decorated paper boards. Fine. Not paginated. Introductory text, 
followed by photographs of bindings with facing descriptions. One of 450 
copies. Designed by John Tomlinson. This copy signed in the colophon in 
pencil by Peter Waters and his wife, calligrapher Sheila Waters.  $125.

Nixon, Howard.   British bookbindings presented by Kenneth H. Oldaker to 
the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey.  London, Maggs Bros., 1982. 
Original orange cloth lettered in gold. Fine, without printed dust jacket, 
as issued. 159 pp. 71 bindings described with an accompanying full-page 
plate. A few of the plates in color. Introduction by Kenneth H. Oldaker. 
One of 1000 copies (not so indicated in the book). In his article on Nixon 
in Grolier 2000 Anthony Hobson says of the book:. "[Nixon's] expert 
knowledge attracted a notable gift, o f Kenneth H. Oldaker's small but 
fastidiously selected group of bindings commemorated by Nixon in a handsome 
catalogue".  $60.

Nixon, Howard M.   Royal English bookbindings in the British 
Museum.  London, British Museum, 1957. Original printed wrappers. Sale 
price altered in ink on front wrapper, otherwise fine. 8 p., plus 16 pages 
of plates of bindings.  $25.

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