Search Results: my world of bibliophile binding by miura kerstin tini

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +. 216p, quarto. A very good + copy in publisher's slipcase. The purple cloth on rear panel of case and front board of book have small stains, not affecting pages. Text block faintly foxed.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. near fine/. Quarto. 216pp. Profusely illustrrated in color. A lovely copy in slipcase. Slipcase has two paper onlays. Small stain to back cover of slipcase.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1984. [8], ix-xiii, [1], 49pp, [5], 66-216pp. Original cloth, title in gilt to spine, in original cloth slipcase with printed labels to sides. Bottom of lower joint cracked, text block a little loose in binding but holding. Slipcase very slightly rubbed to extremities, otherwise quite bright and clean. Lacks errata slip. The text section is a ‘how to’ guide, the second is full of colour photographic illustrations of bookbindings, with four double page folding. Schmidt-Kunsemuller 6364. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket (as Issued). Folio.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. First American edition, inscribed.. Fine. 35 cm; xiii, 216 pages [i.e. 206]. Original stamped cloth in color pictorial slipcase. Errata slip laid in. Inscribed by the author to fellow bookbinder Ruth Stein. Fine condition. Illustrated with 150 color photographs.

Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1984. Foreword by Bernard C. Middleton. Pp. xiv+216, numerous coloured plates within pagination, plus black & white frontispiece and text figures, index; super roy. 4to; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, a trifle sprung; within matching cloth slipcase with pictorial glazed paper onlays; some light foxing; University of California Press, Berkeley, 1984. First U.S. edition. *The author is a designer-binder based in Japan.

Univ of California Pr, 1984-10-01. Hardcover. New. As new first edition first printing large format hardcover in slipcase as issued. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Univ of California Pr, 1984-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.. Folio. 216. Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and purple cloth slipcase. Good with substantial staining to front of slipcase and marginal staining along spine. 52 full color plates and additional black and white diagrams. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Pink endpapers.

University of California Press. 1984. First Edition, folio, frontis., 52 full-page coloured plates showing selections from Miura's own bindings, orig. cloth, slip-case. "Of all books about modern bindings, this is one of the most spectacular..." - Bernard Middleton, in the preface.

Berkeley: University of California, 1984. hardcover. fine. 150 pages of striking color photographs of Miura's bindings. xiii + 216pp., 4to, purple cloth, purple cloth slipcase. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1984). A fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/>

Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1984.. 216 pp. With full color plates of quality bindings. Small folio. Cloth in slipcase. Text in English.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 216 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout and a large section of colour plates at the back of the book. Errata sheet and note from publisher included at the front of the book. Bound in purple cloth with gilt titles on the spine and blind-stamped designs on the boards. Kept in slipcase in near fine condition covered with purple cloth and an illustrated label. Lightly bumped and worn around the edges. 1ST EDITION. NF/NF-. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine-. Folio: 10 1/2 x 14.

[Tokyo]: Kyuryudo Co. Ltd, 1980. First edition, folio, pp. 195, [5]; text in Japanese; the first 62 pages are a description of bookbinding techniques illustrated by 174 diagrams. The remainder of the book is dedicated to high-quality, full color photographs of fine bindings produced by Miura, some in folding spreads. Original red silk, gilt title direct on spine, gilt designs on cover, fine in original pictorial slipcase; bookplate of John Howll Books. Inscribed by author on half-title page, with the English title provided on title page.

Tokyo: Kyuryudo, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The first survey of the work of one of the great bookbinders of the late 20th century, finely bound in full inlaid goatskin by the artist. This is one of 26 folio-sized, lettered deluxe copies, signed by Miura, and originally published at Y900,000 (about $9,000 at the time). The binding is dark blue calfskin inlaid with colorful small flower designs and whimsical silver foil spots, like pollen in a breeze. The hand-marbled chemise has a matching calf spine and edges and a burgundy suede lining. The inner slipcase is covered in red marbled paper with dark blue calf around the opening. The outer slipcase in plain sky-blue cloth. The outer box is finely crafted from paulownia wood (similar to balsa). The box is enclosed in a paper portfolio case with bone closures. My World of Bibliophile Binding offers of an illustrated introduction to bookbinding techniques in Japanese (translated by Einen Miura), followed by dozens color images of Miura's… Read More

Tokyo: Kyuryudo, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The first survey of the work of one of the great bookbinders of the late 20th century, finely bound in full goatskin by the artist, with a geometrical inlay pattern, a leather chemise with laid down fiery marbled paper on the front and back, a slipcase covered in the same fiery marbled paper, an orange cloth covered slipcase, a paulownia wood (similar to balsa) two-part box, and a paper portfolio case with bone closures. In all, this is a spectacular example of fine binding at the highest level of artisanry. This is one of twenty numbered folio-sized, deluxe copies with velvet endpapers and silvered page edges. The book was originally published at Y900,000 (about $9,000 at the time). My World of Bibliophile Binding offers of an illustrated introduction to bookbinding techniques in Japanese (translated by Einen Miura), followed by dozens color images of Miura's custom bindings, captioned in Japanese, with the books' authors and titles in… Read More