LEATHER - TYPES < Back to Terminology List LEATHER - TYPES Feature Leather, the hide of an animal, has long been a preferred material for binding books. When properly cared for, leather has proven to be durable and stable, often retaining its desirable qualities for centuries. Commonly used types include: Cow - Strong, smooth, may have more grain than calf, durable. Calf - Strong, smooth, little or no grain, readily toolable, durable, used in fine bindings. Goat - Supple, pronounced grain, durable, used in fine bindings. Pig - Stiff, shows graining, durable for bindings to be heavily used. Sheep - Soft, pliable, little grain, not as durable as calf, used by the legal profession and in inexpensive bindings. Lamb - Soft, pliable, not durable. Suede - Soft, pliable, split typically from goat, lamb, or sheep, not durable, used for decorative gift books and other inexpensive bindings. Less commonly, books have been bound using alligator, deer, fish, kangaroo, lizard, ostrich, or other skins and hides. Previous Next

1603 Quarto Illustrated Geneva Bible by the Squirrel Binder PRICE 20000 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile The Bible: That is, The holy scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable Annotations upon all hard places, and other things of great importance. SUMMARY A 1603 quarto Geneva Bible with an elaborate gilt-tooled binding by the famous Squirrel Binder. Original silver centerpieces and heavy silver closing clasps. The text is intricately ruled in red throughout with a complete Book of Common Prayer, Bible text, and Psalter. Provenance of John Suckling, James Stopford, and Richard Bruce Stopford. DESCRIPTION Printed title page of the Book of Common Prayer (1633) by Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill. The Prayer Book is complete and the whole is meticulously ruled in red. General title page (1603) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text is presented in two column Roman font, containing the entire set of Geneva woodcut illustrations and maps. The Bible text is again meticulously ruled in red throughout. Contains the Apocrypha as issued. The Old Testament concludes with “The end of the Apocrypha” in italics. Similar New Testament heart shaped title within woodcut border (1603). With fourteen contemporary copperplate engravings bound into the gospels; a few are one quarter size but most cover seventy five percent of the full page. These engravings are dated 1618 and 1619, contain some Latin text, and are bound in with their corresponding Bible passages. Some are by the Flemish engraver Theodoor Galle while others appear to be done by Nicolaes de Bruyn. Concludes with A briefe table and ends on colophon (1603.) Bound with The Booke of Psalmes (1619) which is red-ruled and complete, ending on colophon. First chapter floriated initials, colophons, and head- and tailpieces throughout. COLLATION [par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6, Aa-Zz^8, &&^8, **^4 (Old Testament); Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4 (New Testament). Lacks H8 (Numbers 34) and L4 (Joshua 15). BINDING Dark brown morocco, sometime rebacked. Elaborate and particularly attractive gilt tooled covers with all-over design by the Squirrel Binder. Features include squirrels, caterpillars, butterflies, and flowers. There are a number of initials on the front board ("G", "EO", "RG", "HV", MB", "LE") and the rear board ("G", "EO", "RG", "HV", "M", "B", "L", "E"), with the front board containing the additional date of "1620." This Bible appears to have been bound specifically for Georg [George] Humble (1603 fl - 1640), a wealthy London printer, map dealer, and Master of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. Two silver centerpieces and two functioning original and heavy silver clasps. The centerpieces feature a crane on the rear board and the family crest of the Suckling family on the front board. Plain endpapers. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles. CONDITION General title with ½” tear to fore-edge margin; small marginal stain to tail in places; LACKS H8, L4. Wide, untrimmed margins throughout. Red ruling is very detailed. Pages generally crisp and clean on thick paper. Some of the gilt to the boards slightly faded, corners lightly bumped. PROVENANCE Armorial bookplate of James Stopford, Earl of Courtown. The first four blank leaves and the final four contain family history of the Stopford family. James Stopford (1731-1810) was elected to the Irish House of Commons, and he later became a member of the British House of Commons. His fourth son, Richard Bruce Stopford, served as chaplain to Queen Victoria. The front silver centerpiece contains the family crest of the Suckling family. Sir John Suckling (1569-1627) served as secretary of state to James I and privy councilor to Charles I. His son (also named John) was a famous poet who invented the game of cribbage. NOTE While the binder’s name is unknown, the distinctive squirrel found on this Bible links the work to the “Squirrel Binder” as named by H.M. Nixon in 1970 ("English Bookbindings 62: A London Binding by the Squirrel Binder, c. 1620", The Book Collector , Spring 1970). The binder was active from 1610-1635 and worked for English nobles and members of the royal court, including James I and Charles I. The binder produced marvelous bindings in the style of sixteenth-century French bindings “à la fanfare.” In addition to the sixteen bindings recorded by Nixon, Mirjam Foot records another 37 examples from the same shop, of which at least sixteen were made for the royal family ("Lord Herbert and the Squirrel Binder", The Henry Davis Gift , i, pp.51-58). We trace only two books from the Squirrel Binder sold at auction since 1970. The binding, provenance, and condition of this book unite to offer something truly unique to the serious collector. In our many years of selling antique Bibles, this has to be one of the most attractive Geneva Bibles we have ever handled. REFERENCES Herbert 274; STC 2190. PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from 1603 Quarto Illustrated Geneva Bible by the Squirrel Binder See Item 1582 Rhemes NT and 1609-10 Doway OT – First Edition Roman Catholic Bible See Item 1660 Octavo King James Bible with 176 Hand-Colored Plates by the Naval Binder See Item 1717 Red-Ruled First Edition John Baskett Vinegar Bible See Item 1550 John Marbeck First Bible Concordance in English See Item

PANEL < Back to Terminology List PANEL Feature Refers to borders in binding. Can also be used in connection with the main surfaces of a dust jacket, as front or rear panel. Previous Next

Continue VISIT WEBSITE The Alta Collection OWNER: Eric Rasmussen Member since: 2023 (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: % COUPON CODE (if applicable): erasmussen@unr.edu 9252124132 9252124132 975 Lovers Leap, Alta, CA, 95701, United States More about this bookseller 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Terms of Sale

Continue VISIT WEBSITE Rare Collections OWNER: Christo Snyman Member since: 2022 Rare Collections formed as a celebration of passion. A passion for the printed word, for history, for rare finds and new adventures. We're a two-person company with a focus in Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror), Fine Press, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, and Signed Books. (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: 20 % COUPON CODE (if applicable): RCIOBA COD christo@rarecollections.co.za +27 82 7758439 10 Gateway Close, Capricorn Park, Muizenburg, Western Cape, 7945, South Africa More about this bookseller Rare Collections is a specialist book dealer based in Cape Town. We predominantly focus on collectable, signed and investment books that cover a wide range of genres, including Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror), Modern First Editions, Fine Press Books, Signed Books and more. We do try and cater for the full spectrum of collectors and bibliophiles and you will find items ranging from US$50 too over US$10000. We make a concerted effort to source books in collectable condition and the majority of our stock is obtained from the USA and UK. We also strive to provide detailed descriptions and photos of each of our books to make sure you have all the buying information you might require. We use internationally accepted ratings of book and jacket condition. Our focus is books in collectable condition and we will generally not sell books with ratings lower than Very Good (unless they are exceptionally rare). 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Amphigorey Also (Extremely Rare Signed Association Copy - 1 of 6 First State Copies) VIEW DETAILS Psycho VIEW DETAILS Pheasant Drawings VIEW DETAILS Lady and the Tramp VIEW DETAILS The Little Lady of the Big House (Signed Association Copy) VIEW DETAILS The God Emperor of Dune (Signed Copy) VIEW DETAILS Nohow On VIEW DETAILS Twice Told Tales VIEW DETAILS Poems by Frank O'Hara VIEW DETAILS Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa VIEW DETAILS The Listener and Other Stories - Custom Clamshell VIEW DETAILS Strange Stories VIEW DETAILS Terms of Sale Terms of Sale Feel free to contact us with any and all requests, questions or wants. More images and/or details are available for any of our items by request. All items are guaranteed as described. All items remain the property of Rare Collections until fully paid for. We accept payment by credit card, debit card, paypal, Square and wire transfer/EFT. Return Policy We pride ourselves in giving you all the details and clear photographs in order for you to make an informed decision on the condition(s) of the item(s) you are buying. If you are not happy with your purchase you are able to return the item(s) within 30 days of receiving it. If we made a mistake, we will pay for the shipping back to us, if you simply changed your mind you are still able to return it, but at your cost and in the same condition it was received. If the item is damaged, we reserve the right to charge an appropriate amount for the loss of value on the item. Refunds are limited to the original price paid. Courier and Shipping Expedited Rates Our expedited shipping is a TRACKED courier service. The amount is for a package of 1kg or less and larger books / parcel may attract additional cost. Delivery is typically in 4-10 days, depending on available flights and Covid restrictions. Our shipments are routed via the UK. We always offer consolidated options for multiple orders and some items do have free shipping or special conditions, which will be noted in our description. If you are charged the wrong shipping rate in these cases, we will process a refund. All international packages will be shipped via Tracked Mail/Couier. All local (South African) packages will be couriered via tracked mail. All international and local purchases are packed for shipping/courier to a very high standard. Shipping and delivery dates are estimates only and cannot be guaranteed. We are not liable for any delays in shipments. 15% discount for IOBA members on our website. Use coupon coed RCIOBA. For some items we might well be able to give larger discounts so feel free to contact me directly if there is something of interest.

CLARKE, Arthur Charles - Interplanetary Flight: An introduction to astronautics PRICE $ 700 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile Publisher: L. Harper & Brothers (1951), New York. 8vo., hardcover. illustrated with frontispiece & 15 full-page plates by Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley et; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Luis Marden, National Geographic explorer who invented underwater photography. The book includes an "A" on the title and half-title page, light blue cloth boards with blue-lettered spine, illustrated very good dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front flap, sixteen inserted photographs including the frontispiece, and fourteen diagrammatic line drawings within the text, 164pp., with index. Some light around edges of jacket. Blue cloth boards in excellent condition. This book came from Luis Marden s Frank Lloyd Wright House. First edition, U.S. issue (UK sheets). Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries). PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from Reginald C Williams Rare Books LLC NIETZSCHE, Friedrich -The Case of Wagner. Nietzsche contra Wagner, Twilight of the idols, The Antich See Item VIRCHOW, Rudolf - Cellular Pathology as based upon Physiological and Pathological Histology See Item BUDGE, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis - From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt See Item POE, Edgar Allan - THE WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE, WITH A MEMOIR AND NOTICES OF HIS LIFE.. See Item HUBBLE, Edwin - The Realm of the Nebulæ See Item PASTERNAK, Boris - Doctor Zhivago. Russian edition (Cyrillic). PUBLISHERS ARCHIVAL COPY with stamp. See Item MAYNARD, Nettie Colburn - Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist? or, Curious Revelations from the Life See Item BUDGE, Ernest Alfred THOMPSON WALLIS - Amulets and Superstitions See Item CLARKE, Arthur Charles - Interplanetary Flight: An introduction to astronautics See Item GODWIN, William - Lives of the Necromancers. or, an Account of the Most Eminent Persons...... See Item FLEMING, Ian - From Russia With Love See Item ELLIS, Havelock - Studies in the Psychology of Sex See Item

John Muir's Unpublished Journals on the Sierra Mountains, Yosemite, and Nature PRICE $ 625 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile John of the Mountains The Unpublished Journals of John Muir Muir, John [Linnie Marsh Wolfe, ed.] [8.75x6in], xxii, 459 pp., Eight plates with nine black and white images including frontispiece image of Muir in 1908, index; light gray linen cloth covers with stamped blue lines and red lettering on front and spine, fore-edgBostone untrimmed; Pictorial toned dust jacket with image of John Muir and black lettering on front and spine, reviews of John Muir on rear; Minimal shelf wear to covers edges and corners, slight bleeding of blue ink from printing process on front cover, very light age-toning to text; Dust jacket has small chips and closed tears to top and bottom of spine and corners, spine lightly faded, light age-toning and soiling to rear and edges, not priced clipped. [Kimes 379] Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881-1945) was a librarian and closely associated with the John Muir Association. Wolfe was asked by William Frederic Bade, Literary Executor of John Muir's works, to edit John Muir's unpublished journals. Wolfe worked with Wanda Muir Hanna, Muir's daughter, to review and arrange Muir's archives and select portions for this book. John Muir (1838-1914) was a well-known naturalist, preservationist, author, founder of the Sierra Club. His writings and advocacy to Congress led to establish Yosemite as a National Park in 1890, but, unlike Yellowstone, under California State control. Over the next decade, Muir founded the Sierra Club to promote environmental protections to wilderness areas, wrote several books on his travels and developed influence with government and business leaders. PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA First Ascent of Highest Mountain in Africa See Item John Muir's Unpublished Journals on the Sierra Mountains, Yosemite, and Nature See Item Colorado River Exploration See Item Signed Thomas Russell's Edition of Life In California by Alfred Robinson See Item Thomas Russell's annotated copy See Item A British account of the California Gold Rush See Item

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U of Kentucky Fine Press PRICE $ 250.00 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from Thorn Books WIth an Original Illustration See Item U of Kentucky Fine Press See Item

SHAKEN < Back to Terminology List SHAKEN Defect The text block is loose in its binding; no longer tight, but not detached. As seen in the illustration, the looseness of the signatures can be detected from examining the top or bottom of the book. Previous Next

1548 Aldine Press edition of Cicero's Epistolae Familiares PRICE $ 2000 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile Title: M. Tullij [Tvllii; Tullii] Ciceronis Epistolae Familiares. Pauli [Pavli] Manutij [Manvtii; Manutii] scholia, quibus harum epistolarum locos complures, ab alijs propter obscuritatem aut omissos, aut minus recte explanatos, partim interpretatur, partim corrigit Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius Publication: Venetiis [Venice]: Paulus Manutius Aldi f. [filios], 1548. Description: Aldine Press edition of Cicero's "Epistolae Familiares," including commentary by printer and Cicero scholar Paulus Manutius, who was the third son of Aldus Manutius. Separate title page for the commentary "Pauli Manutii Scholia." Aldine device on each title page and at end of each part. In Latin with some Greek, printed in italic type with headlines in roman type. Bound in later full parchment over boards with blind-tooling and gilt lettering on the spine, marbled paper pastedowns, and text edges stained blue. Octavo; CCLXVII leaves, [90] pages; A-2L^8 3A-3E^8; 6.25 x 4 inches. From the library of Roberto Severino, a book collector and professor of Italian at Georgetown University. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "Ex libris Aemiliani De Advocatis comitis Collobiani, Mottalciatae ecc. Vercellis MCMXXVII". The binding moderately soiled and edgeworn with slight bowing to the boards; the text lightly toned, with small area of marginal dampstaining in the first few gatherings. A Very Good, attractive copy. EDIT 16, CNCE 12281. Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, 142:2. PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from Head to Tail Books 1548 Aldine Press edition of Cicero's Epistolae Familiares See Item Letter from a father to his son, with a charming illustration of dog driving a car, dated 1959 See Item Tauchnitz 1926 "Copyright edition" of "The Forsyte Saga" in custom block-printed paper bindings See Item Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Swineherd," hand-colored miniature book See Item Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union cookbook, annotated with recipe for dandelion wine See Item Advertising card for Dandy, a high-diving King Charles Cavalier and Cocker Spaniel mix, circa 1900 See Item Collection of books from the personal library of author Erica Jong See Item Soviet-era miniature book about Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels See Item Maya Angelou's The Aristocrat, miniature book by Tamazunchale Press See Item 1904 autograph letter signed from bloodhound breeder C.A. Appley to prospective buyer See Item Master's Violin, by Myrtle Reed, in binding designed by Margaret Armstrong, 1910 See Item Patricio Tricasso's "Epitoma chyromantico," 1535 treatise on palmistry, with 78 woodcuts See Item

Continue VISIT WEBSITE Structure, Verses, Agency Books OWNER: Lawrence Hammar Member since: 2021 Occasionally Rare, Frequently Scarce, Always Fine. (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: 20 % COUPON CODE (if applicable): None needed All purchases on my own web-site are already 20% discounted svafinebooks@gmail.com 937-502-5062 937-502-5062 604 Thorn Street P.O. Box #100, Spray, OR, 97874, United States More about this bookseller Thanks for looking. Structure, Verses, Agency Books: fine works about art, culture & history will eventually maintain an inventory of about 9,500 items. Based in beautiful, downtown Spray, Oregon, selling out of my own home, but fresh after a long stint in Ohio as Blue Jacket Books and a short stint in Sacramento, California living in while buying out and selling down Richard Press Fine Art Books. I specialize in the social sciences and humanities, in the fine arts and in kindred, mildly related genres, law and human rights to Africana, gender and sexuality to European history. Modern First Editions, in erotica, Judaica, Ireland, Americana, Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece, and Africana. I also do premium book searches, advise as regards libraries and their sell-down, and operate a premium book-of-the-month club called Once Upon a Tome. If you can't find what you're looking for on my website, I invite you to contact me directly. In 2020 I returned to the Oregon of my youth (if not birth) and am making a stand near the river John Day in Spray, Oregon. My undergraduate and graduate school trainings took me to New York for graduate school and then overseas to Papua New Guinea and to Fiji, where I conducted ethnographic fieldwork on sexual networking and sexual violence, HIV and AIDS, for many years, both as a solo ethnographer and as a consulting qualitative research methods expert. I've been selling books since 2009, first as Log Cabin Books (in Yellow Springs, Ohio), then for a decade as Blue Jacket Books (in Xenia, Ohio), and now and for the duration as Structure, Verses, Agency Books (in Spray, Oregon). As to my business name, only 13 people have "gotten" it on the first try (they all being social scientists themselves). The first phrase characterizes huge debates in the social sciences: does “Structure” (kinship rules and class relations, economics and politics) determine History, or is "Structure" the net result of, the sum total of the “Agency” of fully conscious, independently acting individuals? 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Charles Blanc, Editeur en Chef, Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Courrier Europeen de L'art et de la Curiosit VIEW DETAILS Terms of Sale I've done my best to state clearly and truthfully the condition of each and every book I have listed on-line. Sometimes, however, books change condition insofar as they sit on the shelf for a long time, get moved by customers, get taken to and from book fairs, and so on. If for some reason you don't like your purchase or it arrives somehow damaged, or if it doesn't get to you at all, you might be eligible for a refund within 30 days of the estimated delivery date. If you've changed your mind about a book that you've ordered, please contact me and I'll respond within two business days. Lawrence Hammar, Owner and Proprietor Member, I.O.B.A. (Independent On-lline Booksellers Association) Structure, Verses, Agency Books: fine works about art, culture & history 1831 F Street, Sacramento, California 95811 937-502-5062 svafinebooks@gmail.com