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HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING -- Hellmuth HELWIG. Handbuch der Einbandkunde. Hamburg: 1953-1955. 3 volumes, 2 o. Plates. Original blue cloth (spines faded). Limited edition of 900 copies. [ With :] W. Salt BRASSINGTON. A History of the Art of Bookbinding. London: 1894. 4 o. Title in red and black. Plates and illustrations (some colored, some tinted). (Tear into image area of pp.151-152). Original green cloth, covers blocked in dark green, spine blocked in green and gilt, top edge gilt (scuffed). And 22 others (including: H. LOUBIER. Der Bucheinband Leipzig: 1926. 4 o, second edition; H.P. HORNE. The Binding of Books . London: 1894. 8 o, large paper edition limited to 150 copies; E. DEVILLE. La reliure Française . Paris & Brussels: 1930-1931. 2 volumes, small 4 o; S.T. PRIDEAUX. An Historical Sketch of Bookbinding . London: 1893. 8 o; M.J. HUSUNG [editor]. Buch und Bucheinband. Aufsätze und graphische Blätter zum 60. Geburtstage von Hans Loubier . Leipzig: 1923. 4 o; H. PETERSEN. Bucheinbände . Graz: 1991. 4 o, second edition). (24)