Here offered are a number of duplicates. There are only a few "must haves" if just starting out, but all are useful.
Jane Greenfield: Headbands, How to Work Them. Oak Knoll, 1990. oop (Hardcover, still in shrinkwrap) $25
Jane Greenfield: ABC of Bookbinding. Oak Knoll, 1998. oop. (Hardcover, dj, fine) $30
Einen Miura: The Art of Marbled Paper. Zaehnsdorf, 1990. (Hardcover, dj in mylar, vg) This edition has a tab between the bibliography and the Index in English with a tipped in sheet of handmarbled paper. $30
Laurence Town: Bookbinding by Hand for Students and Craftsmen. London: Faber & Faber, no date. (hardcover, ex-library stamps, no card pocket, very good) $20
A. W. Lewis: Basic Bookbinding. NY: Dover, 1957. (paper, very good) $5
Kenneth Perry and Clarence Baab: The Binding of Books. Meriden, CT: Kelsey Company, 1940. (Hardcover in mylar, very good, name on front flyleaf) $10
Shereen LaPlantz: Cover to Cover. Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1995. (Paperback, very good) $10
Aldren A. Watson: Hand Bookbinding. NY: Bell Publishing, 1963. (Hardcover, dustjacket in mylar, very good) $12
John Mitchell: An Introduction to Gold Finishing. A Craftsman's Guide. West Sussex: Standing Press, 1995. (Paperback, very good but for rumpling to bottom corner of rear cover, not affecting text.) $75
John Mitchell: A Craftsman's Guide to Edge Decoration. West Sussex: Standing Press, 1993. (Paperback, very good.) $75
Philip Smith: New Directions in Bookbinding. NY: Van Nostrund Reinhold, 1974. (Hardcover, dustjacket in mylar, very good) $180
Faith Shannon: Paper Pleasures. The Creative Guide to Papercraft. NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 1987. (Hardcover, dustjacket in mylar, fine) $10
Adrian Wilson: The Design of Books. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. (paperback, very good) $10
Roy Harley Lewis: Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century. NY: Arco, 1985. (Hardcover, dustjacket in mylar, very good.) $20
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Hand Bookbinding Tools for Sale
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Self-centering Typeholder. Bright brass and varnished wood by W.O. Hickok, Harrisburg. Accepts type up to 3/4" high, 5" line. $300
Self-centering Typeholder #1. Old brass, wooden handled, smooth operation. No name found. Accepts type up to 5/8" high, 5" long. $220
Self-centering Typeholder #2. Old brass, wooden handled, smooth operation. No name found. Accepts type up to 5/8" high, 5" long. $220
Flat Polisher, 2" wide. No handle. $50
Self-centering Typeholder #1. Old brass, wooden handled, smooth operation. No name found. Accepts type up to 5/8" high, 5" long. $220
Self-centering Typeholder #2. Old brass, wooden handled, smooth operation. No name found. Accepts type up to 5/8" high, 5" long. $220
Flat Polisher, 2" wide. No handle. $50
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