First English edition. The first major study of this fascinating period in French bookbinding. After giving a general overview this study examines the work of over forty of the finest binders of the period. A brief description of each binder is given along with full color illustrations of their work. Detailed biographies and bibliographies are located at the end of the book. A nicely produced book which will provide inspiration to anyone who executes or appreciates fine, hand bookbinding. 200 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..
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Seller: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Red cloth, gilt title. 200pp. 50 b/w & 202 col. illus. Slight shelf wer to dust jacket. Previous owners' names neatly inscribed to front free end paper. Very minor foxing to leading text block edge, o'wise a lovely clean copy in very good condition. LARGE, HEAVY BOOK - OVERSEAS ORDERS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Seller Inventory # 120351
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy, will incur extra postage outside South Africa. minor shelf wear on jacket.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 12nv
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Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 200p. Ex-library copy of an oversize hardcover book and its dustjacket in fine condition. Apart from the usual library stamps and stickers (including on the exteriors of the book and dustjacket), the book is clean and tight, and the jacket is pristine. Large, captioned color photographs of books bound in France in ornate Art-Deco style. Measures approx. 11.75" x 10.5". Seller Inventory # 145714
Seller: Libro Co. Italia Srl, San Casciano Val di Pesa, FI, Italy
Brossura. Condition: fine. English Text.London, 1989; paperback, pp. 200, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates. Libro. Seller Inventory # 3930381
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Seller: Apeiron Book Service, Sant'Oreste, RM, Italy
Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. New. English. Jacket has some minor shelf wear and might have a price sticker. Fully Illustrated in colour, 200 pp. Seller Inventory # 12267-FF23
Seller: Apeiron Book Service, Sant'Oreste, RM, Italy
Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. Brand New Mint Copies. English. Fully Illustrated in colour, 200 pp. Seller Inventory # 10518-FF36
Seller: Frans Melk Antiquariaat, HILVERSUM, Netherlands
London, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1989. Hardcover (clothbound) with dust jacket. 29,5 x 26,5 cm. With 252 illustrations, 202 in color. 252 pages. * *** Letter "F"on first endpaper else AS NEW [Boeken over Boeken / Books on Books [Boeken over Boeken] ]. Seller Inventory # #132767
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Seller: CHILTON BOOKS, SUDBURY, United Kingdom
First edition. A very good book and illustrated dustwrapper. pp.200 . 29.8cm x 26.7cm x 3.0cm. Well illustrated throughout. VG/VG. Seller Inventory # 52129
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Seller: Trinders' Fine Tools, Clare, Sudbury, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Virtually as New. Dust Jacket Condition: Virtually as New. First Edition. 200 pages, 252 illustrations, 202 in glorious colour, biographies and bibliographies of individual designers, general bibliography. Will fascinate enthusiasts of the period, provide the collector with hitherto unavailable information, and delight any reader who takes pleasure in artistry and craftsmanship. Seller Inventory # 006801
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Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany
(London), Thames and Hudson, (1989). 200 S. Mit 50 s/w u. 202 farbigen, teils ganzseitigen Abb. 4to (29 cm). Goldgepr. rotes OLn. mit farbig illustr. Orig.-SU. "First major study of the sudden flowering of the art of bookbinding in France at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century" (Klappe). Der Band zeigt Arbeiten von ca. 50 französischen Meisterbuchbindern dieser Zeit, darunter Rose Adler, Paul Bonet, Georges Cretté, Henri Creuzevault, Geneviève de Léotard, René Kieffer, Charles Lanoe, Pierre Legrain, Georges Levitsky, Mme. Marot-Rodde, Charles Meunier, Marius-Michel, Henri Noulhac, Francois-Louis Schmied u.v.a. Mit Kurzbiographien der Künstler. - Exlibris u. Widmung aV. - Gutes Exemplar. Seller Inventory # 81761
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