Paper Arts

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Japanese Bookbinding

Japanese Bookbinding

by Ikegami- Kojiro

Kojiro Ikegami, third generation in a line of professional bookbinders, is one of the few full-time practitioners of the craft in Japan. He has repaired innumerable antiquarian books, many designated as national treasures or important cultural properties, at his workshop in the Tokyo National Museum. In 1979 he received a distinguished government award—the Sixth Class Order of the Rising Sun—for his contribution to the conservation of significant books in Japan's history. Recently retired, he... Read more about this item
My World Of Bibliophile Binding

My World Of Bibliophile Binding

by Kerstin Tini Miura

Bookbinding In Early America

Bookbinding In Early America

by Hannah D French

Hand Bookbinding

Hand Bookbinding

by Aldren A Watson

Great Prints & Printmakers

Great Prints & Printmakers

by Herman J Wechsler

Bookbinding

Bookbinding

by Edith Diehl

Hand Bookbinding

Hand Bookbinding

by Aldren a Watson

Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding

Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding

by Alastair and De Bartha, Georges Duncan

Bookbinding Made Easy

Bookbinding Made Easy

by Lee M Klinefelter

Zaehnsdorfs

Zaehnsdorfs

by Frank Broomhead

London Book Binders 1780-1840

London Book Binders 1780-1840

by Charles Ramsden

Basic Bookbinding

Basic Bookbinding

by A W Lewis

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Headbands, How To Work Them

by Jane and Jenny Hille Greenfield

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Hand Bookbinding

by Rh Value Publishing

Paper Arts Books & Ephemera

PAPER

PAPER

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. stiff paper wrappers. Papermaking. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111 pages. Catalogue 100. Sales catalogue listing 675 lots of material about papermaking. Illustrated. The catalogue includes a two page introduction by Paul S. Koda and a short essay by Henry Morris entitled "An Ode to the Collectors of My Books" written for this catalogue.
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SGD 14.98
BOOKBINDING IN EARLY AMERICA

BOOKBINDING IN EARLY AMERICA

by French, Hannah D

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1986. cloth. Bookbinding. 4to. cloth. xxiv, 230 pages. First edition. Contains previously published and unpublished works by Hannah French. Articles on Andrew Barclay, an early Boston binder, Henry B. Legg, Caleb Buglass, a Philadelphia binder, John Roulstone's Harvard bindings, and Thomas Jefferson's last binder, Frederick August Mayo. Also contains catalogues of bookbinding tools by Willman Spawn. Foreword by Marcus A. McCorison. Many illustrations.
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SGD 40.85
EUROPEAN HAND PAPERMAKING: TRADITIONS, TOOLS, AND TECHNIQUES

EUROPEAN HAND PAPERMAKING: TRADITIONS, TOOLS, AND TECHNIQUES

by Barrett, Timothy D

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2018. softcover. Papermaking. 8vo. softcover. 352 pages. In this important and long-awaited book, Timothy Barrett, internationally known authority in hand papermaking and Director of the University of Iowa Center for the Book, offers the first comprehensive how-to book about traditional European hand papermaking since Dard Hunters renowned reference, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft. This book, which includes an appendix on mould and deckle... Read more about this item
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SGD 74.89
Kittens and Puppies Coloring Book

Kittens and Puppies Coloring Book

by Hart, Dick

Whitman Publishing Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1955. Softcover. Pages clean, stapled binding tight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages .
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SGD 20.42
REPAIR OF CLOTH BINDINGS.|THE

REPAIR OF CLOTH BINDINGS.|THE

by Johnson, Arthur W

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2013. paperback. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 140 pages. One of the leading designer bookbinders in Great Britain, Arthur Johnson has used his extensive knowledge of book construction to provide a reference manual for the repair and reconstruction of cloth bindings. Each process is explained in precise detail with clear text in order to give the worker confidence in this exacting skill. Using more than 90 illustrations, drawn by the author himself, Johnson explains his... Read more about this item
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SGD 34.04
PAPER AND COLOUR: DYES AND DYEING AROUND THE WORLD

PAPER AND COLOUR: DYES AND DYEING AROUND THE WORLD

by Pandey, Radha (editor)

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022. paper wrappers. Paper. 8vo. paper wrappers. 292 pages. First edition, 1st printing. 356 illustrations in full color. Essays include: Mary Hark, Peter Boakye, Adinkra-Stamped Handmade Paper in Ntonso, Ghana; Nicholas Cladis, Uchigumo: A Choreography of Clouds; Tran Hong Nhung, Dó Paper: Breathing New Life into an Art Form Endangered by Extinction; Tatiana Ginsberg, People Were Remarkably Elegant in Those Days; Radha Pandey, Adding Colour; Asao Shimura, Konnyaku-e;... Read more about this item
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SGD 61.27
A Collection of 18th Century laid paper watermarked "H. Blum with shield"  and "Basel."

A Collection of 18th Century laid paper watermarked "H. Blum with shield" and "Basel."

by Blum, Hieronymus

Basel: 18th Century. 12 sheets of laid paper. 48.5 x 34cm.watermarked H. Blum with shield or Basel. Similar to Heawood no. 1819 (circa 1727). These were support sheets for 18th Century impressions of Hogarth....Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg: Archivalieneinheit Basel, 1708 Oktober 19 Vergleich zwischen Hieronymus und Paulus Blum von Basel und der Burgvogtei Sausenberg wegen der Papiermühle zu Kandern. ....Basel, 1709 Juni 17 Hieronymus Blum und sein Sohn ersteigern bei einer Gant die Papiermühle... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,633.92
EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL PAPANTONIO

EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL PAPANTONIO

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1985. paperback. Bookbinding. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. paperback. 140 pages. Revised edition. An excellent exhibition catalogue and one of the best guides to the subject. Identification of binding tools is provided when known. With contributions by Nicolas Barker and Marcus McCorison.
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SGD 27.23
Handmade Paper and Collage with Reed Stalks.

Handmade Paper and Collage with Reed Stalks.

by Welch, Nancy

Menlo Park, Calif.: 2008. 11 x 17 inches. Signed and dated in ink by the artist, verso.
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SGD 136.16
Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century.

Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century.

by Lewis, Roy Harley

New York: Arco, 1984.. 4to. 151 pp., illus. Ex-library, with taped spine label and other internal markings on endpapers, else very good in gray boards, no dust jacket.
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SGD 47.66
Handmade Paper and Collage with Dyed Tissue Shreds.

Handmade Paper and Collage with Dyed Tissue Shreds.

by Welch, Nancy

Menlo Park, Calif.: 2008. 9 x 14 inches. Signed and dated in ink by the artist, verso.
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SGD 136.16
Handmade Paper and Collage with Stars.

Handmade Paper and Collage with Stars.

by Welch, Nancy

Menlo Park, Calif.: 2008. 11 x 17 inches. Signed and dated in ink by the artist.
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SGD 136.16
Dolly Dingloe Paper Doll "A Page for the Kiddies" From Pictorial Review

Dolly Dingloe Paper Doll "A Page for the Kiddies" From Pictorial Review

by Drayton, Grace

`: Pictorial Review. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1931. Pgs. Not bound. Very nice; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages .
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SGD 47.66
THEY MADE THE PAPER AT TUCKENHAY MILL

THEY MADE THE PAPER AT TUCKENHAY MILL

by Thomas, Peter and Donna

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2016. stiff paper wrappers. Papermaking. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. Eight retired papermakers who worked in the Tuckenhay Mill in Devon, England, were interviewed about their daily activities working in the Mill in the late 1990s. The interviews present fascinating accounts about the materials and techniques that went into making paper by hand, a craft that was rarely practiced in England in the 20th c., a craft that changed little from past centuries.
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SGD 27.23
A large sheet of blank watermarked 18th Century Italian paper. Heawood, no 1590. First edition.

A large sheet of blank watermarked 18th Century Italian paper. Heawood, no 1590. First edition.

by Italian 18th Century papermaker

Rome: Papermaker AN, circa 1717 . 53 x 38cm thick laid paper. Some sheets with a watermark: Fleur-de lis surmounted by letter "A" and surmounting letter 'N" below. Heawood, no 1590, as Roma 1717... The leaf was a support sheet in a collection of Baroque engravings. A given sheet may not have the watemark, but they are from the same batch.
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SGD 204.24
CINDERELLA OF THE ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFF, A LONDON BOOKBINDING FIRM ESTABLISHED IN 1901.|THE

CINDERELLA OF THE ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFF, A LONDON BOOKBINDING FIRM ESTABLISHED IN 1901.|THE

by Shepherd, Rob

London and New Castle, DE: Shepherds and Oak Knoll Press, 2015. paperback. Bookbinding. 275 x 210 mm. paperback. 200pp + 8pp. Including a story of the Great Omar, a jewelled binding of the Rub'iyat of Omar Kahyyam lost on the Titanic in 1912. This book charts the history of one of the most important craft bookbinding workshops of the twentieth century. Sangorski & Sutcliffe was founded in 1901. The founding partners, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, established a business specialising in only the... Read more about this item
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SGD 115.74
A Collection of blank watermarked 18th Century French paper.  First edition.

A Collection of blank watermarked 18th Century French paper. First edition.

by Bretagne; Couriau ?]

Bretagne: 1768 . 19.5 x 30.5 cm. 83 blank leaves and 5 with writing. Laid paper, some leaves watermarked "Bretagne," Couriau[?], 1768. Watermark of a pot surmounted by a Chandelier with clubs or a basket of fruit. The pictorial watermark similar to those in W.A. Churchill,"Watermarks in Paper," nos. 458-473... Original limp vellum binding, with partial loss... Experise by M. Michel CONVERT. Salies de Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.... Un cahier XVIIIe de papier blanc. In folio (30,5x18,5 cm), 83... Read more about this item
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SGD 953.12
TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.|A

TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.|A

by Appleton, Tony

Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. A fine copy. Prospectus loosely inserted.
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SGD 39.49
Handmade Paper and Collage with Dried Maple Seeds and Scraps of Hanzi.

Handmade Paper and Collage with Dried Maple Seeds and Scraps of Hanzi.

by Welch, Nancy

Menlo Park, Calif.: 2008. 6.5 x 15 inches. Signed and dated in ink by the artist, verso.
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SGD 136.16
LIBER LIBRORUM, 5,000 JAHRE BUCHKUNST

LIBER LIBRORUM, 5,000 JAHRE BUCHKUNST

by Vervliet, Hendrik D.L

Geneva: Weber Verlag, 1973. cloth, dust jacket, cloth-covered slipcase. square 4to. cloth, dust jacket, cloth-covered slipcase. 545, (3) pages. Eine geschichtliche Übersicht. German translation of this work, first published in 1972. Twenty-four contributions or chapters by 24 scholars and experts: P. Culot, K. Gardner, A. Gaur, R. McLean, H.D.L. Vervliet et al., with 264 illustrations, color or black-and-white. In four sections: early history of books and writing, books in the orient, western... Read more about this item
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SGD 196.07
Great Prints & Printmakers.

Great Prints & Printmakers.

by Wechsler, Herman J

Bentveld, The Netherlands: Harry N. Abrams, 1977. . Folio. 244 pp. Hardcover with plastic dust cover. Very Good. Black & white plates throughout, color plates pasted in. Heavy edition, may require extra shipping charges. From the Library of Pasquale Iannetti with book loan card.
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SGD 102.12
GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

by Wolfe, Richard J

Boston: Richard J. Wolfe, 1991. marbled paper over cloth-backed boards. Bookbinding. 8vo. marbled paper over cloth-backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages, one folded plate. Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original Dutch text with translation on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather, paper, and silk, velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Four tipped in specimens of gilt stamping and four tipped in... Read more about this item
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SGD 196.07
DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.|THE

DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.|THE

by Miers, Earl Schenck

Newark, DE: The Curtis Paper Company, 1967. stiff paper wrappers. Curtis Paper Company. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Printed at the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Illustrated.
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SGD 16.34
EXPOSED SPINE SEWINGS

EXPOSED SPINE SEWINGS

by Smith, Keith A

Rochester: Keith Smith Books, 2018. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 319+(1) pages. Non-Adhesive Binding Volume III. Reprint of the first edition. Volume III of Smith's series on Non-Adhesive Binding describes a variety of techniques for sewing across the spine including Greek Binding, Celtic Weave and Caterpillar as well as nine various Coptic sewings. Illustrated with photographs by contemporary binders.
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SGD 47.66
Jonathan James #05404 Stand-Up Doll, Five Costumes, Hats and Accessories

Jonathan James #05404 Stand-Up Doll, Five Costumes, Hats and Accessories

by Victorianna

Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1987. Softcover. Very nice; .
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SGD 34.04