Search Results: french bookbinders 1789 1848 by ramsden charles

United Kingdom: B T Batsford Ltd, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Blue cloth hard back with sea foam colored jacket. Jacket, VG+, with light edgewear and price clipping. Book is Near Fine, clean and sharp, with crisp pages and unmarked text. With 40 B&W plates of books. 228 pp. Large 8vo. Cloth.

London: B.T. Batsford LTD, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. fine/fine. Hardcover, illustrated, 228 pp. A fine tight copy with clean contents in a fine price clipped dust jacket with publisher's price sticker. No remainder marks or foxing.

B T Batsford Ltd, 1990-12. Hardcover. Good.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1989. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Lge. 4to; pp. xiv 228; portrait frontispiece, multiple b/w illustrations, bibliographical references, alphabetical index of binders; original blue cloth with title in gilt on spine, price clipped dustjacket;.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1989. Large 8vo, 40 illustrations, fine copy in original blue-green clipped dust-jacket. Review copy giving publication date as August, 1990; American distributer's label mounted to title page.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1989. Hardcover. Near new, fresh unused condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight in a like dust jacket.. 227pp., 40 plates.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1989. reprint. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 7 x 10 in. Paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like near new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; clipped, very clean. Books. Stax.

London, England: Printed for the author by Lund Humphries, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Laid in is a folded page of a leading bookseller's offering of this book, undated, but from perhaps the 1990s, complete with price ($135.00)! Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound handsomely in original publisher's cloth, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Dubbed by some almost a heroic work invoking nearly 2,000 French bookbinders and binderies, and includes a geographical listing of bookbinders working outside Paris, being a fine dictionary of French bookbinders in which are gathered the (often very scant) available data about their activity. Forty lovely plates. xiv + 1-228 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and… Read More

GB: Lund Humphries, 1950. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1100g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1989. Book. Good. Cloth. Dustjacket. 4to. Cloth. 228pp. w. 40 plates. Bibliographical references, alphabetical index of binders. History of French bookbinding between 1789-1848, and information on binders of the period working outside Paris, listed underthe towns where they were active..

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1989. Book. Good. Cloth. Dustjacket. 4to. Cloth. 228pp. w. 40 plates. Bibliographical references, alphabetical index of binders. History of French bookbinding between 1789-1848, and information on binders of the period working outside Paris, listed underthe towns where they were active..

London, B.T. Batsford, reprinted 1989. xiv-228 pp., illustrated. Hard cover, dust jacket. As new.

GB: Lund Humphries, 1950. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Spine slightly dull. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £5. Packed weight 1100g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/No DW.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1989. Reprint Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Simple, attractive blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, though price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. First Reprint edition from the 1950 true First Edition. xiv, 228 pp., plus over 40 full-page black-and-white illustrations of representative bindings and styles. Organized helpfully by first listing the binders alphabetically, and complete with publishers, kinds of partnerships offered, addresses, dates of operation, and details of illustration and correct terminology, e.g. "gauffer." Over 2000 artists and bookbinders represented.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd, 1989. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xiv, 228 pp. 40 illustrations. Reprint edition; first published 1950. Original cloth, dust-jacket (price clipped, a little worn). Ownership inscription on first blank leaf. Indispensable, still unsurpassed. A work of an almost heroic nature that describes approximately 2,000 French bookbinders and binderies, arranged alphabetically, all with locations and dates of operation, most entries containing valuable biographical information, some of which is available nowhere else.

London: Printed for the Author by Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd., 1950. First Edition, 4to, xiv,228pp., frontis., 40 plates, orig. buckram, t.e.g. a fine copy. This book consists of an alphabetical list of about 1,500 French binders who were at work during the period, precede by a dozen pages of introductory matter and illustrated by 40 collotype plates. In his choice of plates Mr Ramsden has avoided examples by binders already well illustrated elsewhere and concentrated on less-known craftsmen or the less-known aspect of the great masters.

London: Printed for the Author by Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd. 1950. First Edition, 4to, xiv, 228pp., frontis., 40 plates, orig. buckram, t.e.g. a fine copy. This book consists of an alphabetical list of about 1,500 French binders who were at work during the period, precede by a dozen pages of introductory matter and illustrated by 40 collotype plates. In his choice of plates Mr Ramsden has avoided examples by binders already well illustrated elsewhere and concentrated on less-known craftsmen or the less-known aspect of the great masters.

London: Lund Humphries & Co. for the Author, 1950 8vo (24.5 cm), front., XIV, 228 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf wear, some pencil marks and additions, few ink stains). The object of the work was to present a complete or a technical picture of French bookbinding between two dates convenient from a political or a cultural point of view. First edition illustrated with 40 plates.

London: Lund Humphries & Co. , 1950. Hardback, gilt titles to spine and front board. xiv, 228pp. 40 plates. 1st edition 1950. Titles to spine faded. Binding a little rubbed. A pleasing copy. (p14). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Batsford 1989, 1950 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 10. (xiv) 228 pp. Blue paper-covered boards. Light remainder mark bottom edge, near fine; dust jacket price clipped, near fine..