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	CRANE, W.J.E. Bookbinding for Amateurs: Being Descriptions of the Various Tools and Appliances Required and Minute Instructions for Their Effective Use [ Book Binding ] London, L. Upcott Gill [n.d. c1885-1900?]. Cloth. Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 130mm x 190mm tall (5" x 7.5" approx.). Pp vii, 184 with 156 wood-engraved diagrams in the text + (xx] Publisher's adverts, some illustrated. Neat name-stamp of a previous owner, one S.Foster, to title-page blank and endpaper joints cracked, otherwise very good, in the original blind-decorated brown cloth-covered boards/gilt titles, and with a more recent, purpose-made, marbled paper-covered slipcase. Very Good/Slipcase. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 002886 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	DARLEY, LIONEL S. Bookbinding Then and Now. a survey of the first hundred and seventy-eight years of James Burn & Company London, Faber and Faber. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. Hardback, 160mm x 215mm tall (6.25" x 8.5" approx.). 126pp, with illustrations in the text, some full-page, plus a colour-plate frontispiece, a further colour-plate, 16 b/w photo plates and a plate with an example of a green & gold blocked cover. Endpapers toned, otherwise very good, in the original blue cloth-covered boards/gilt-on-red spine title, and with price-clipped but otherwise very good colour-illustrated dust-wrapper. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 \| JP¥ 4109] Book number: 003062 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	FRASER, CLAUDE LOVAT [ INTRODUCED BY SEYMOUR ADELMAN ] A Book of Simple Toys - Traditional and Otherwise Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College Library. 1982, First Edition Thus. Cloth. Limited Edition, Hardback, 162mm x 225mm tall (6.25" x 9" approx.). 18 un-numbered pages of Introduction, with a portrait photo of Fraser circa 1912, followed by the coloured title-leaf of the original 1917 production, 35 leaves [31 printed on one-side only] + 2. Manchester Polytechnic cancellation stamp to front endpapers, otherwise very good, in the original cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title/paper title label to front board. Limited to 1,000 only. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 002792 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	KITSON, EDWARD Bookbinding [ Book Binding ] London, W. & G. Foyle Ltd. 1954, First Edition. Boards. Ill.: Ullyett, Pamela. Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 125mm x 183mm tall (5" x 7.25" approx.). 86 with 30 text figs. Very good, in the original b/w photo-illustrated paper-covered boards/black spine title, and with somewhat chipped and rubbed dust-wrapper. Very Good/Chipped. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002889 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	MACTAGGART, PETER & ANN Practical Gilding Welwyn, Herts. Mac & Me Ltd. (ISBN: 0950778257). Copyright 1984,1985. 142mm x 210mm tall. (5.5" x 8.25" approx). Pp vi, 74, with 31 illustrative text figures and decorated chapter head and tail-pieces. A very good copy, in the original black-printed yellow card covers. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 001299 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	COUTTS, HENRY T. & STEPHEN, GEO. A., WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DOUGLAS COCKERELL. Manual of Library Bookbinding Practical and Historical [ Book Binding ] London, Libraco Limited. 1911, First Edition. Hard Cover. 5.25" x 7.5" tall approx. Pp xi, 251 with 44 illustrations and a multi-folding chart + 8 plates with actual samples of cloths and leathers + 25pp of adverts. Ex-Leeds library, with the usual stamp impressions and short repaired tears to the lower blank margins of the title and four other leaves and rubs to cloth. Recased with new endpapers. Overall, good. GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 \| JP¥ 8071] Book number: 000178 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	ZAEHNSDORF, JOSEPH W. The Art of Bookbinding. A Practical Treatise [ Book Binding ] London, George Bell and Sons. 1890, Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Cloth. Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 115mm x 180mm tall (4.5" x 7.25" approx.). Pp xix, 190 with over 50 wood-engraved diagrams in the text, + a frontispiece and 7 further photo-plates + (xxiv) Publisher's adverts, with 4 further engravings. Neat signature of a previous owner, one A. Hoffmann, to front free endpaper; minor rubs to board edges and corners and prelims foxed, otherwise very good, in the original black-printed, decorated olive-green cloth-covered boards/black title/gilt spine title, and with a more recent, purpose-made, slipcase. Very Good/Slipcase. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 \| JP¥ 9538] Book number: 002885 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.

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	CRANE, W.J.E. Bookbinding for Amateurs: Being Descriptions of the Various Tools and Appliances Required and Minute Instructions for Their Effective Use [ Book Binding ] London, L. Upcott Gill [n.d. c1885-1900?]. Cloth. Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 130mm x 190mm tall (5" x 7.5" approx.). Pp vii, 184 with 156 wood-engraved diagrams in the text + (xx] Publisher's adverts, some illustrated. Neat name-stamp of a previous owner, one S.Foster, to title-page blank and endpaper joints cracked, otherwise very good, in the original blind-decorated brown cloth-covered boards/gilt titles, and with a more recent, purpose-made, marbled paper-covered slipcase. Very Good/Slipcase. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 002886 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	DARLEY, LIONEL S. Bookbinding Then and Now. a survey of the first hundred and seventy-eight years of James Burn & Company London, Faber and Faber. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. Hardback, 160mm x 215mm tall (6.25" x 8.5" approx.). 126pp, with illustrations in the text, some full-page, plus a colour-plate frontispiece, a further colour-plate, 16 b/w photo plates and a plate with an example of a green & gold blocked cover. Endpapers toned, otherwise very good, in the original blue cloth-covered boards/gilt-on-red spine title, and with price-clipped but otherwise very good colour-illustrated dust-wrapper. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 \| JP¥ 4109] Book number: 003062 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	FRASER, CLAUDE LOVAT [ INTRODUCED BY SEYMOUR ADELMAN ] A Book of Simple Toys - Traditional and Otherwise Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College Library. 1982, First Edition Thus. Cloth. Limited Edition, Hardback, 162mm x 225mm tall (6.25" x 9" approx.). 18 un-numbered pages of Introduction, with a portrait photo of Fraser circa 1912, followed by the coloured title-leaf of the original 1917 production, 35 leaves [31 printed on one-side only] + 2. Manchester Polytechnic cancellation stamp to front endpapers, otherwise very good, in the original cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title/paper title label to front board. Limited to 1,000 only. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 002792 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	KITSON, EDWARD Bookbinding [ Book Binding ] London, W. & G. Foyle Ltd. 1954, First Edition. Boards. Ill.: Ullyett, Pamela. Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 125mm x 183mm tall (5" x 7.25" approx.). 86 with 30 text figs. Very good, in the original b/w photo-illustrated paper-covered boards/black spine title, and with somewhat chipped and rubbed dust-wrapper. Very Good/Chipped. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002889 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	MACTAGGART, PETER & ANN Practical Gilding Welwyn, Herts. Mac & Me Ltd. (ISBN: 0950778257). Copyright 1984,1985. 142mm x 210mm tall. (5.5" x 8.25" approx). Pp vi, 74, with 31 illustrative text figures and decorated chapter head and tail-pieces. A very good copy, in the original black-printed yellow card covers. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 001299 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	COUTTS, HENRY T. & STEPHEN, GEO. A., WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DOUGLAS COCKERELL. Manual of Library Bookbinding Practical and Historical [ Book Binding ] London, Libraco Limited. 1911, First Edition. Hard Cover. 5.25" x 7.5" tall approx. Pp xi, 251 with 44 illustrations and a multi-folding chart + 8 plates with actual samples of cloths and leathers + 25pp of adverts. Ex-Leeds library, with the usual stamp impressions and short repaired tears to the lower blank margins of the title and four other leaves and rubs to cloth. Recased with new endpapers. Overall, good. GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 \| JP¥ 8071] Book number: 000178 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	ZAEHNSDORF, JOSEPH W. The Art of Bookbinding. A Practical Treatise [ Book Binding ] London, George Bell and Sons. 1890, Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Cloth. Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 115mm x 180mm tall (4.5" x 7.25" approx.). Pp xix, 190 with over 50 wood-engraved diagrams in the text, + a frontispiece and 7 further photo-plates + (xxiv) Publisher's adverts, with 4 further engravings. Neat signature of a previous owner, one A. Hoffmann, to front free endpaper; minor rubs to board edges and corners and prelims foxed, otherwise very good, in the original black-printed, decorated olive-green cloth-covered boards/black title/gilt spine title, and with a more recent, purpose-made, slipcase. Very Good/Slipcase. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 \| JP¥ 9538] Book number: 002885 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.