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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.

Illustrated catalogue of ruling machines, ruling pens, sawing machines, press boards, table shears, standing presses &c and book binders' machinery in general.
BookImportants manuscrits et correspondances autographes relatifs à l'histoire, à la science et à la littérature ... : vente aux enchères à Paris le 11 décembre 1998, Drouot-Richelieu ... / [commissaires priseurs, PIASA: Picard, Audap, Solanet & associés ... ; établissement du catalogue, Pierre Berès].
Book![In pursuit of a vision : two centuries of collecting at the American Antiquarian Society : [Catalog of an exhibition drawn from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Grolier Club in New York from September 12 through November 17, 2012] / American antiquarian society.](
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In pursuit of a vision : two centuries of collecting at the American Antiquarian Society : [Catalog of an exhibition drawn from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Grolier Club in New York from September 12 through November 17, 2012] / American antiquarian society.
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Japanese Papermaking : Traditions, Tools, and Techniques / by Timothy Barrett ; with an appendix on alternative fibers by Winifred Lutz.
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Japanese bookbinding : instructions from a master craftsman / Kojiro Ikegami ; adapted by Barbara B. Stephan.
Book![Legature bizantine vaticane e marciane : storia dei materiali e delle tecniche di manifattura : mostra organizzata dallʹIstituto centrale per la patologia del libro, Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, 16 novembre-22 dicembre 1989 / guida alla mostra a cura di Assunta Di Febo ... [et al.].](
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Legature bizantine vaticane e marciane : storia dei materiali e delle tecniche di manifattura : mostra organizzata dallʹIstituto centrale per la patologia del libro, Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, 16 novembre-22 dicembre 1989 / guida alla mostra a cura di Assunta Di Febo ... [et al.].
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Lettrisme : les debuts 1944/1966 / Isidore Isou, Gabriel Pomerand, Maurice Lemaitre, Roland Sabatier, Alain Satie.
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Lettrisme : les debuts 1944/1966 / Isidore Isou, Gabriel Pomerand, Maurice Lemaitre, Roland Sabatier, Alain Satie.
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Lettrisme : les debuts 1944/1966 / Isidore Isou, Gabriel Pomerand, Maurice Lemaitre, Roland Sabatier, Alain Satie.
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Librairie Jean-Claude Vrain : catalogue année 2000 : livres anciens, atlas, histoire naturelle, littérature, belles reliures, illustrés modernes.
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Library Binding Institute standard for library binding / Paul A. Parisi, Jan Merrill-Oldham, editors.
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Library binding : a collaborative process, a shared responsibility / a production of Peter Vogt & Associates.
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Library binding manual: a handbook of useful procedures for the maintenance of library volumes / Edited by Maurice F. Tauber.
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Lithography, 1800-1850: the techniques of drawing on stone in England and France and their application in works of topography
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Littérature du XVIeme au XXeme siècle, autographes, manuscrits, voyages, reliures précieuses anciennes et modernes, portraits d'écrivains, livres d'artistes, livres illustres Librairie Jean-Claude Vrain.
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Livres Illustres Modernes, Reliures de XXeme Siecle, Importantes Reliures de Marius Michel
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Livres du dix-huitième siècle, les plus beaux livres illustrés, ..., suites d'estampes, belles reliures, ..., provenances prestigieuses : vente publique du 5 juin 1993, Galerie Simonson, Bruxelles / Librairie Simonson S.A. ; libraire-expert : Raymond Degreef.
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Livres en broderie : reliures françaises du Moyen Âge à nos jours / sous la direction de Sabine Coron et Martine Lefèvre.
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Livres et manuscrits anciens, rares et précieux : catalogue publie a l'occasion du centenaire de notre librairie, 1890-1990
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Manuscript inks : being a personal exploration of the materials and modes of production / by Jack C. Thompson ; with an appendix on ink sticks by Claes G. Lindblad.
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Manuscrits et livres precieux : de Saint-Augustin a Marcel Proust / Patrick et Elisabeth Sourget.
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Manuscrits et livres précieux : cinq siècles de patrimoine bibliophilique / Patrick et Elisabeth Sourget.
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Mediaeval Arabic bookmaking and its relation to early chemistry and pharmacology / Martin Levey.
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Michel Gallavardin: A propos des premieres editions de la Castramentation de Guillaume Du Choul publiees a Lyon par Guillaume Rouille au milieu du xvi siecle.
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Milton's Paradise lost, illustrated by Gustave Dore, Edited with notes and a life of Milton by Robert Vaughan, D.D.
Book![Miwaku no Māburu Pēpā = Fascinating marble paper / [text, Einen Miura ; photography, Katsuhiko Ushiro ; cover design, Tini Miura].](
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Miwaku no Māburu Pēpā = Fascinating marble paper / [text, Einen Miura ; photography, Katsuhiko Ushiro ; cover design, Tini Miura].
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Modern British Bookbindings; an exhibition of modern British bookbinding / by members of Designer Bookbinders.
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Modern British bookbinding : Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1985.
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Modern British bookbindings; an exhibition of modern British bookbinding by members of Designer Bookbinders.
BookModern design in bookbinding : the work of Edgar Mansfield / 76 full page plates with notes and illustrations on design and the technique of fine binding by Edgar Mansfield and an illustrated introduction by Howard M. Nixon.
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Mrs. John G. Carlisle's Kentucky cook book, containing original recipes never before published. By Mrs. John G. Carlisle, Mrs. Walter Q. Gresham, Mrs. General Crook, Mrs. W.A. Dudley, and others.
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Notice sur la lithographie : d'un Essai sur la reliure et le blanchiment des livres et gravures / par F. Mairet.
Book![Paper--Art & Technology : Based on Presentations Given at the International Paper Conference held in San Francisco, March 1978 / Paulette Long, editor, Robert Levering, associate editor ; [cover art, Charles Hilger].](
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Paper--Art & Technology : Based on Presentations Given at the International Paper Conference held in San Francisco, March 1978 / Paulette Long, editor, Robert Levering, associate editor ; [cover art, Charles Hilger].
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Paper--art & technology : based on presentations given at the International Paper Conference held in San Francisco, March 1978.
BookPapermaking : art and craft ; an account derived from the exhibition presented in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and opened on April 21, 1968.
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Papiers marbrés français, reliures princières et créations contemporaines / Geneviève Guilleminot-Chrétien.
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Papiers marbrés français, reliures princières et créations contemporaines / Geneviève Guilleminot-Chrétien.
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Phillip J. Pirages ... catalogue 71: historically significant and decorative bindings, from the 15th century to the present.
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Premier forum international de la Reliure d'Art : exposition - colloques : Monaco Sporting d'Hiver Place du Casino 3 au 10 Février 1988.
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Preservation planning program : an assisted self-study manual for libraries / prepared by Pamela W. Darling with Duane E. Webster.
BookPreserving our printed heritage : the Long Room project at Trinity College Dublin / [text Anthony Cains & Katherine Swift].
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Preziosi in biblioteca : mostra di legature in raccolte private piemontesi : centro congressi Torino Incontra, 7-10 ottobre 1994 / catalogo a cura di Francesco Malaguzzi.
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Printed Books and Manuscripts, including a collection of The Doves Press on Vellum, Fine Bindings
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Printing and the mind of man : assembled at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27 July 1963.
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Printing and the mind of man: the impact of print on five centuries of western civilization/ compiled and edited by John Carter & Percy H. Muir ; assisted by Nicolas Barker, H.A. Feisenberger, Howard Nixon and S.H. Steinberg ; with an introductory essay by Denys Hay.
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Printing with the Handpress. Herewith a definitive manual by Lewis M. Allen to encourage fine printing through hand-craftsmanship.
BookPrinting with the handpress : herewith a definitive manual by Lewis M. Allen to encourage fine printing through hand-craftsmanship.
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Printing, illustration, binding & illumination : a classified catalogue of books and manuscripts, XIVth to XIXth centuries. No. 830.
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Proposals for research into the manufacture and evaluation of more durable bookbinding leathers / prepared by the British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association.
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Pulp and paper manufacture : bibliography and United States patents 1959 / compiled by Jack Weiner.
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Quatre siècles de patrimoine bibliophilique, 1476-1922 : catalogue de vente a prix marques de manuscrits et livres précieux disponibles a la Librairie Sourget, classes par ordre chronologique.
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Relieurs contemporains : Claude Honnelaître, Alain et Paule Lobstein, Renaud Vernier, École Estienne.
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