£40 - £60
James B. Nicholson: 'A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing; Also, the Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper; The Whole Designed for the Practical Workman, the Amateur, and the Book-Collector', Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird, 1882, a/f, 3 (of 7) full page marble paper samples (others supplied in b/w facsimile), 11 (of 12) b/w plates of bookbindings (plate 12 repaired top right corner) + illustrations in text, original blindstamped cloth, rebacked retaining author/title element of original backstrip
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:
22% inc VAT*
Online and Autobids:
25.6% inc VAT*