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New York, NY/Boston, MA: John F. Fleming, Inc. and Priscilla Juvelis, Inc., 1983. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding very bright and clean. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Limited to 750 copies. Illust. w/ tipped-in color and b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Mark Sexton (Photographs). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
The Book Beautiful and The Binding as Art by Garvey, Eleanor (introduction) and Peter A. Wick (bibliographical descriptions - 1983
by Garvey, Eleanor (introduction) and Peter A. Wick (bibliographical descriptions
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The Book Beautiful and The Binding as Art
by Garvey, Eleanor (introduction) and Peter A. Wick (bibliographical descriptions
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New York and Boston: John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis, 1983. Book. Illus. by 39 tipped on color full page plates of illustrations and bindings. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paul Bonet was a master binder, early in the French era of modern painting. His first important patron was Carlos Scherrer of Argentina in the decades before WW Two. This book is a celebration of his collection of great French literature, illustrated by Braque, Chagall, Matisse, Picasso Degas and others in superb bindings by Bonet and others. Original red cloth, a fine copy, with gilt title on front and unfaded spine. No edgewear. As new inside. A splendid book. Indexes of Artists and binders at the rear. 219 books described..
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Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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- Illustrator 39 tipped on color full page plates of illustrations and bindings
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis
- Place of Publication New York and Boston
- Date Published 1983
- Size 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords book art, books on books, design bindings
- Size 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
We have 2 copies available starting at CA$216.14.
BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING AS ART
by Wick, Peter A. (Bibliographical Descriptions)/Garvey, Eleanor M. (Introduction)
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- No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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CA$216.14
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The Book Beautiful and The Binding as Art (Volumes I & II -- 2 Volumes)
by Wick, Peter A.; Juvelis, Priscilla (Preface); Fleming, John F. (Preface); Garvey, Eleanor (Introduction)
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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Boston, MA/New York, NY: Priscilla Juvelis/John F. Fleming, 1983/1985. First Edition. The two volumes represent two complete collection of breathtaking design bindings offered by legendary booksellers John Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis with 219 items in the original catalog and 57 items in the second. Each volume signed by Priscilla Juvelis on title page. Unpag. 4to. Volume I, from 1985 is bound in red cloth with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Volume II is in wraps with an image from item #28, Henri Matisse's "Jazz" reproduced on the cover. Clean crisp copies with tipped in color plates illustrating the volumes offered for sale. Volume II has the original price list laid in at rear.
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