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The publisher’s cloth-covered case binding is in notably bright condition for a century-old book written for a young-adult audience. It is accompanied by the brass binding die that produced the black-printed text and design elements on the front…

When the Club purchased this example in 1889 it was bound in a disintegrating 18th-century binding. Rebound sympathetically in New York in 1975, it was stamped with a reproduction of Tory’s publisher’s binding die, its shattered vase memorializing…

Famous for its linoleum-cut illustrations by Matisse, this example is renowned for its pictorial Spanish binding by Santiago Brugalla. It features sculptured elements within a Cretan/Minoan overall design, along with white lambswool doublures.

The gilt-outlined blank star on the front of the dustjacket hints at the hidden treatment of the publisher’s case binding. Instead of the expected three-part colored paper cover imitating a cloth spine with paper-covered boards, one is surprised to…

These paired Art Deco bindings, in glazed black calf with white suede inlays representing lightning flashes, were created by Eliseo Tealdi in Florence in 1930. They were commissioned by a young American student of art, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman…

These paired Art Deco bindings, in glazed black calf with white suede inlays representing lightning flashes, were created by Eliseo Tealdi in Florence in 1930. They were commissioned by a young American student of art, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman…

The horizontal or landscape-format binding of magenta goatskin features hologram-like red plastic “window” inserts spelling out the author’s name. It was created in Paris by Georges Leroux in 1993.

The volume of author’s manuscript and artist’s collages was bound by Renaud Vernier and Claude Ribal in gray goatskin. The polychrome design depicts elements of the Paris Métro beneath opened-up buildings depicted in the characteristic limestone of…

These miniature books were bound in France by Sün Evrard in 2002. In dark-blue and black calf, respectively, they feature Mme Evrard’s different styles of spatter and cut-out décor, the covers attached to the bookblocks with her characteristic gold…

These miniature books were bound in France by Sün Evrard in 2002. In dark-blue and black calf, respectively, they feature Mme Evrard’s different styles of spatter and cut-out décor, the covers attached to the bookblocks with her characteristic gold…