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1. Burlington Fine Arts Club. Duff, E. Gordon; 
Prideaux, Sarah Treverbian. EXHIBITION OF 
BOOKBINDINGS. London: Printed for the Burlington 
Fine Arts Club, 1891. lxi pp., 1 lv., 132 pp. 
Illus. with color folding frontis & CXIII (i.e. 
114) plates. (111 colored), each plate with guard 
sheet with descriptive letterpress. Folio. Modern 
brown cloth with original titles from front board 
laid down. First edition. A scarce, sumptuous 
book. A near fine copy.  [35046] $1250.00

  2. French, Hannah Dustin; Rogers, Joseph W.; 
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut. BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA. 
THREE ESSAYS: EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDING BY HAND; 
THE RISE OF AMERICAN EDITION BINDING; ON THE 
REBINDING OF OLD BOOKS. New York: R. R. Bowker 
Co., 1967. xix, 293 pp. Illus. with 73 b/w 
plates. 8vo. Black and blue-green cloth 
(hardback). First edition thus. Reprint with 
supplements to the original 1941 edition. A 
bright near fine copy with a tiny bit of faint 
soiling to the edges.  [26224] $50.00

  3. Harthan, John P. BOOKBINDINGS. London: Her 
Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961. 33 pp., [1], 
Plates [79]. Bibliography. Index. Glossary. 
Illus. with b/w plates. 8vo. Cloth (hardback). 
Revised edition. Victoria and Albert Museum 
Illustrated Booklet No. 2 first printed in 1950. 
Boards lightly rubbed else a near fine copy. 
[26223] $20.00

  4. Maggs Bros. CATALOGUE 893: BOOKBINDING IN 
GREAT BRITAIN SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 
London: Maggs Bros. 1964. 193 pp. Illus. with 63 
b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers (paperback). 
First edition. 225 items described. A very good 
copy, spine worn, wrappers soiled.  [34706] $25.00

  5. New York Public Library. THE ART DECO 
BOOKBINDINGS OF PIERRE LEGRAIN AND ROSE ADLER. 
FEBRUARY 27-JUNE 12, 2004. New York: New York 
Public Library, 2004. [12 pp]. Illus. with b/w 
photos. 8vo. Paper wrappers (paperback). First 
edition. Brochure for the exhibit with 
biographies and descriptions of 45 items. A fine 
copy. As new.  [29042] $10.00

  6. Thomas, Henry. EARLY SPANISH BOOKBINDINGS. 
XI-XV CENTURIES. London: Printed for the 
Bibliographical Society at the University Press, 
Oxford, 1939. xlv, 65, [2] pp., 100 lvs. of 
plates. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 4to. Half 
linen over paper covered boards (hardback). First 
edition. Bibliographical Society (Great Britain): 
Illustrated monographs no. xxiii. A classic and 
important work. Provenance: Library of Alberto 
Parreño (bookplate). A very good or better copy, 
lower fore corner bumped, some wear to 
extremities, minor soiling. Palau 331751. Parreño 
Sale 990. [34090] $175.00


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Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
P. O. Box 122
East Jewett, NY 12424
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