Fine Bindings
Part of what makes antiquarian books so collectible are their fine and delicate bindings, and the tradition of book binding has come a long way since the clay tablets and palm fronds of the ancient world. After binders moved from clay and palm leaves, they began binding sheets of vellum, or calf skin. The sheets were bound with wooden boards and then connected with strips of leather. As the art of bookbinding became much more accepted, certain binders began to attach precious gemstones and metals in the bindings themselves. Although many of these books were destroyed because looters wanted to steal the gems, there are still a few books that remain with these rare and unique bindings. Of course, there are other types of fine bindings as well. Long-stitch bookbinding can still be found today in many types of journals. Long-stitch bindings feature the sewing together of sections of a book. It originated in Germany in the medieval era and has been used ever since. Similarly, Ethiopian bookbinding features a chain-stitch sewing method that uses two needles. Interestingly, though the covers were the typical wooden boards, they were left uncovered and often unadorned. Books with fine bindings are themselves works of art, and they bring added value and color to any collection. Whether book collectors choose to focus on one type of binding or whether they wish to embrace the wide diversity of bindings, any of these books would greatly enhance their collection.
QUALITY STREET. A comedy in four acts
by THOMSON, HUGH. Illustrates. ; BARRIE. J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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London, Greater London
- Item Price
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$315.38$18.00 shipping to USA
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MANSFIELD PARK. With an introduction by Austin Dobson
by AUSTEN. JANE. ; Thomson. Hugh. Illustrates
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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London, Greater London
- Item Price
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$409.99$18.00 shipping to USA
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La Chasse de Kaa
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Seller
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Sydney, New South Wales
- Item Price
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$5,107.21$19.50 shipping to USA
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La Vie Litteraire, in Three Volumes
by France, Anatole
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$500.00FREE shipping to USA
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Binding, Fine - J. Larkins ) Le Premier Texte de La Bruyère ( One of Only 12 Copies on Papier Du Chine )
by La Bruyere
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$500.00FREE shipping to USA
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Caricature and Other Comic Art in All Times and Many Lands
by Parton, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$500.00FREE shipping to USA
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The History of Court Fools
by Doran, Dr. ( John)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$300.00FREE shipping to USA
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A History of the Protestant Reformation, in England and Ireland . in a series of letters, Addressed to all sensible and just Englishmen, in Two Volumes
by Cobbett, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Royal 8vo Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$600.00FREE shipping to USA
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A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius; with Copious Explanatory Notes, By Which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader. A New Edition, in Two Volumes ( Bound Two Volumes in One )
by The Rev. M. Madan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$350.00FREE shipping to USA
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Voltairiana. In Four Volumes ( Four Bound in Two )
by Voltaire; Selected and Translated from the French by Mary Julia Young
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$600.00FREE shipping to USA
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Theologia naturalis; sive, Liber creaturarum specialiter de homine et de natura ejus in quantum homo: et de his que sunt ei necessaria ad cognoscendum seipsum et Deum, et omne debitum ad quod homo tenetur et obligatur tam Deo quam proximo.
by De Sabunde, Raymundus (Raimundus Sabundus, Raymond of Sebonde or Ramon Sibiuda, Catalan scholar, c.1385-1436)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Worcester, United Kingdom
- Item Price
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$4,982.92$17.95 shipping to USA
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Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Complete). From the Twelfth London Edition. Illustrated
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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$250.00FREE shipping to USA
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PETER AND WENDY.
by BARRIE. J. M; BEDFORD. F. D. Illustrates
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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London, Greater London
- Item Price
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$756.90$18.00 shipping to USA
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L'ingegnoso cittadino Don Chisciotte della Mancia. […] Hora nuovamente tradotto con fedeltà e chiarezza di spagnuolo in italiano. Da Lorenzo Franciosini fiorentino. Opera gustosissima e di grandissimo trattenimento
by Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de (Alcalá de Henares, 1547 – Madrid, 1616)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Seller
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Milan, Italy
- Item Price
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$48,478.50$25.00 shipping to USA
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. And what Alice found there.
by CARROLL. LEWIS. ; Tenniel. John. Illustrates
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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London, Greater London
- Item Price
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$662.29$18.00 shipping to USA