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This folder contains books and other printed or handwritten materials that inform the practices of bookbinding and trades related to bookbinding (paper-making, marbling, leather working, gilding, etc). The majority of texts are directly related to the process or history of bookbinding, while additional areas of focus include exhibition catalogs focused on rare or design bindings, printed and bound keepsakes from the Hand Bookbinders of California and private presses, and printing.

Catalogue 68 : Charles Dickens: a word in earnest / presented by John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller & Henry Sotheran Limited.
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Catalogue forty seven : Summer miscellany, rare & antiquarian books / Ken Spelman Rare Books.
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Catalogue of valuable printed books and fine bindings from The Celebrated Collection, the property of Major J.R. Abbey.
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Catalogue one thousand : a selection of one hundred books, manuscripts, bindings, autograph letters, &c. remarkable for their interest, beauty and rarity.
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Cent ans de reliures d'art : 1880-1980 : exposition, 23 mai-4 juillet 1981, Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse.
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Chicago Hand Bookbinders : Twelfth Anniversary Exhibition / the Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson-Burnham Library.
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Chicago hand bookbinders : tenth anniversary exhibition / the Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson-Burnham Library, March 13-April 28 ; Northwestern University Library, June 1-July 31.
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Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry, written and illustrated by Edwin Tunis.
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Color printing in England, 1486-1870 : an exhibition, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 20 April to 25 June, 1978
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Color separation photography : for offset lithography with an introduction to masking / by Erwin Jaffe, Edward Brody, Frank Preucil, and Jack W. White.
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Conservation resources catalogue : archival storage and preservation technical equipment and supplies.
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Constitution, By-Laws, General Laws, and Convention Laws of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
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Contemporary Danish book art : the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library : Helge Ernst, illustrator : Poul Kristensen, printer : Ole Olsen, bookbinder : exhibition catalog / by Poul Steen Larsen.
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Contemporary collectors XLIV : The Henry Davis collection II: The Ulster gift / H. A. Feisenberger.
BookContemporary designer bookbinders : an illustrated directory = Relieurs d'art contemporains : un repertoire illustre / Philip Ward.
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Cubist prints/cubist books / Exhibition organized and catalogue edited by Dona Stein with contributions by Ron Padgett and George Peck.
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DB 5 : an illustrated directory of Fellows and Licentiates of Designer Bookbinders published to coincide with exhibitions at Leighton House London in 1989 and Archbishop Marsh's Library Dublin in 1990 / with contributions from Faith Shannon, Jeff Clements, Colin Franklin & Bernard Middleton.
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DB 5 : an illustrated directory of Fellows and Licentiates of Designer Bookbinders published to coincide with exhibitions at Leighton House London in 1989 and Archbishop Marsh's Library Dublin in 1990 / with contributions from Faith Shannon, Jeff Clements, Colin Franklin & Bernard Middleton.
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Dante's Inferno, translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A., from the original of Dante Alighieri, and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Dore
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Das Gesicht der Bücher : Einbände aus eigenem Bestand von der Gotik bis zum Jugendstil : Modellsammlung Heinz Petersen : Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main, Ausstellung vom 26. Februar 1987 bis 8. Juni 1987 / Eva-Maria Hanebutt-Benz.
Book![De la guerre des Gaules a Apollinaire : catalogue a prix marques, de livres précieux, disponibles a la Librairie Sourget, classes par ordre chronologique / [Patrick et Elisabeth Sourget].](
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De la guerre des Gaules a Apollinaire : catalogue a prix marques, de livres précieux, disponibles a la Librairie Sourget, classes par ordre chronologique / [Patrick et Elisabeth Sourget].
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Decorated Book Papers : Being an Account of Their Designs and Fashions / by Rosamond B. Loring.
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Deep roots : the history of Blake, Moffitt & Towne, pioneers in paper since 1855 / edited by Neill C. Wilson ; with decorations by Mallette Dean.
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Der in aller heut zu Tag üblichen Arbeit wohl anweisende accurate Buchbinder und Futteralmacher, welcher lehret, wie nicht nur ein Buch auf das netteste zu verfertigen, sondern auch wie solches seine gebührende Dauer hält ... / alles aufrichtig entdecket, beschrieben, und mit denen nöthigsten Kupffern versehen durch Christoph Ernst Prediger.
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Des Capétiens a nos jours : catalogue a prix marques, de livres précieux, disponibles a la Librairie Sourget, classes par ordre chronlogique.
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Designer Bookbinders 1987 : an exhibition of recent bookbindings at Leighton House ... 10 November - 28 November 1987.
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Development of performance standards for library binding, phase 1 : report of the survey team, April 1961.
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Directory of American Book Workers : A Comprehensive Listing of Hand Workers in the Book Arts within the United States and Canada / compiled by Renée Roff.
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Early Lithographed Books : a study of the design and production of improper books in the age of the hand press, with a catalogue
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Early bookbinding manuals : an annotated list of technical accounts of bookbinding to 1840 / by Graham Pollard, continued by Esther Potter.
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Edward Gordon Craig and the theatre of the imagination : an exhibition from the library of Norman Philbrick, October 6, 1985, through January 7, 1986, Department of Special Collections, Louis R. Lurie Rotunda, Cecil H. Green Library / prepared by Thomas Price.
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Elegant editions : aspects of Victorian book design : an exhibition of books selected from the Ruari McLean Collection of Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing in the Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, 19 January-31 March 1995 / by Marie Elena Korey.
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Etchers and Etching : Chapters in the History of the Art, Together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods
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European bookdealers : a directory of dealers in secondhand and antiquarian books on the continent of Europe = Librairies d'occasion européennes : un répertoire de marchands de livres anciens et d'occasion de l'Europe Continentale = Europäische Antiquariate : ein Adressbuch der Antiquariatsbuchhändler in den europäischen Ländern.
Book![Europäische Einbandkunst aus sechs Jahrhunderten : Beispiele aus der Bibliothek Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt 1992 / [Katalogbearbeitung: Manfred von Arnim ; Fotos: Albert Breiteneicher ... et al.].](
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Europäische Einbandkunst aus sechs Jahrhunderten : Beispiele aus der Bibliothek Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt 1992 / [Katalogbearbeitung: Manfred von Arnim ; Fotos: Albert Breiteneicher ... et al.].
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Exposition de reliures / Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique ... 2 Du XVIIe siècle à la fin du XIXe : 31 mai - 31 août.
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings From the Folger Shakespeare Library / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth.
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Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth.
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Fine binding in America : the story of the Club Bindery / by Elbert A. Thompson and Lawrence S. Thompson.
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Fine bindings, Gothic to modern : European handbound books in the Princeton University Library, together with the William H. Scheide Library and the Robert H. Taylor Collection : Exhibition Gallery, Princeton University Library, April 21-September 4, 1978.
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Fine bookbindings exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco MCMXXXIX.
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Fine printers finely bound : finely made books in exceptional edition bindings / selected by Ken Botnick & Steve Miller of Red Ozier Press for the Guild of Book Workers ; the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2 December 1986-2 January 1987.
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Fine printers finely bound : finely made books in exceptional edition bindings / selected by Ken Botnick & Steve Miller of Red Ozier Press for the Guild of Book Workers ; the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2 December 1986-2 January 1987.
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Fine printers finely bound : finely made books in exceptional edition bindings / selected by Ken Botnick & Steve Miller of Red Ozier Press for the Guild of Book Workers ; the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2 December 1986-2 January 1987.
Book![Fine words, fine books : masterworks of modern calligraphy and bookbinding : an exhibition by Designer Bookbinders and the Society of Scribes and Illuminators / [catalog design and production by Edward Wates].](
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Fine words, fine books : masterworks of modern calligraphy and bookbinding : an exhibition by Designer Bookbinders and the Society of Scribes and Illuminators / [catalog design and production by Edward Wates].
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For instruction and research : a century of library collections at Stanford / edited and with introductions by Edith B. Gelles.
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For the love of the binding : studies in bookbinding history presented to Mirjam Foot / edited by David Pearson.
Book![From Drake to Cook : two centuries of British discovery in the Pacific / [exhibit & catalog produced by Ernest Rook].](
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From Drake to Cook : two centuries of British discovery in the Pacific / [exhibit & catalog produced by Ernest Rook].
Book![Gemini G.E.L : art and collaboration : [exhibition] National Gallery of Art, Washington, [November 18, 1984 - February 24, 1985] / Ruth E. Fine.](
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Gemini G.E.L : art and collaboration : [exhibition] National Gallery of Art, Washington, [November 18, 1984 - February 24, 1985] / Ruth E. Fine.
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Guide to the Library Binding Institute standard for library binding / by Jan Merrill-Oldham and Paul Parisi
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Hand bookbinding in California: a keepsake in twelve parts for the members of the Book Club of California.
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Hand bookbinding today : an international competition and exhibition in memory of Leah Wollenberg / sponsored by the Associates of the Stanford University Libraries and the Stanford University Libraries ; Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, March 1 to April 30, 1992.
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Hand bookbinding today : an international competition and exhibition in memory of Leah Wollenberg / sponsored by the Associates of the Stanford University Libraries and the Stanford University Libraries ; Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, March 1 to April 30, 1992.
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Hand bookbinding today : an international competition and exhibition in memory of Leah Wollenberg / sponsored by the Associates of the Stanford University Libraries and the Stanford University Libraries ; Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, March 1 to April 30, 1992.
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Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (new series) in the Princeton University Library / by Rudolf Mach & Eric L. Ormsby.
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Henry George : printer, bookseller, stationer and bookbinder, Westerham, 1830 - c. 1846 : an essay / by James Moran with ill. by Thomas Streatfeild and George Cruikshank
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Hidden treasures : an exhibit of rarely seen handcrafted endpapers / by Jennifer Woods and Lillian Greenberg.
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Historic & artistic bookbindings from the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana / catalogue by B.H. Breslauer ; introduction by J. Toulet.
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Historic & artistic bookbindings from the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana / catalogue by B.H. Breslauer ; introduction by J. Toulet.
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History of Humboldt County, California : with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churches, etc., from original drawings, including biographical sketches.
Book![Honderd hoogtepunten uit de Koninklijke Bibliotheek = A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek / [red.: Wim van Drimmelen ... et al. ; Engelse vert.: Lysbeth Croiset van Uchelen-Brouwer ; auteurs van de bijdragen: Paul van den Brink ... et al.].](
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