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Job Name: -- /310036t Introduction The history of the Zaehnsdorf Company up to 1947 has been covered by Frank Broomhead in his books, The Zoehnsdorfs (1842–1947), Craft Bookbinders that was published in 1986 by the Private Libraries Association. The year 1947 was chosen as the end date for this book as that is the date that the company passed out of the hands of the family. The company became Zaehnsdorf Limited in 1957. In 1998 the firms of Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf joined forces and became the SSZ Ltd. Company. These companies along with Falkiners Fine Papers were purchased by Shepherds which continues the tradition of fine binding to this day. Five years ago, Shepherds sold the remnants of Zaehnsdorf’s own collection of bookbinding books to a dealer in England who kindly sold them to me earlier this year. In this collection you will find many books bound by the Zaehnsdorf Company for their own use. In some cases, titles are present in more than one copy. A number of the books contain presentations to various Zaehnsdorf family members. Some are interleaved with notes in pen; some are unique to the company such as the 20th century wage book, the bound volume of letters to the company and the sample book showing their skills at illumination. You will also find numerous books on design and heraldry. Each book has a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted stating that it is from the Zaehnsdorf reference collection. Bob Fleck Oak Knoll Books References referred to in this catalogue Blogie: Blogie, Jeanne. REPERTOIRE DES CATALOGUES DE VENTES DE LIVRES IMPRIMES. Brenni: Brenni, Vito. BOOKBINDING, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE Mejer: Mejer, Wolfgang. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BUCHBINDERI-LITERATUR With BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BUCHBINDEREI-LITERATUR, 1924–1932 BY HERMANN HERBST Pollard: Pollard, Graham. EARLY BOOKBINDING MANUALS, AN ANNOTATED LIST S-K: - Schmidt-Ku¨nsemu¨ller, Friedrich-Adolf. BIBLIOGRAPHIE ZUR GESCHICHTE DER EINBANDKUNST VON DEN ANFANGEN BIS 1985 Ulrich & Kup: Ulrich, Carolyn F. and Karl Kup. BOOKS AND PRINTING, A SELECTED LIST OF PERIODICALS 1800–1942. Webber: Webber, Winslow L. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR COLLECTORS. ͕ iii ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t Job Name: -- /310036t ZAEHNSDORF 1. Adam, Paul. DER BUCHEINBAND, SEINE TECHNIK UND SEINE GESCHICHTE. Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1890, 8vo., contemporary half leather with marbled paper-covered boards, original wrappers bound-in. (viii), 280 pages. $500.00 First edition (S-K 1817). An important bookbinding manual written by this famous German binder. Separate sections on techniques, gold tooling, different styles of binding, etc. Accompanied by 194 illustrations some in a separate color. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Tipped into this copy is an A.L.s. from Paul Adam on his decorative stationery dated 1889 to ‘‘My Dear Sir’’ and thanking the recipient for sending along a reference book. Rubbed along hinges. [102109] 2. Adam, Paul. DER BUCHEINBAND, SEINE TECHNIK UND SEINE GESCHICHTE. Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1890, 8vo., contemporary half leather with marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, all edges marbled with original paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), 280, (2) pages. $425.00 First edition (S-K 1817). An important bookbinding manual written by this famous German binder. Separate sections on techniques, gold tooling, different styles of binding, etc. Accompanied by 194 illustrations some in a separate color. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Rubbed along hinges and raised bands. [72484] 3. Adam, Paul. ‘‘DER ORIENTALISCHE BUCHEINBAND.’’ 1888, 4to., contemporary half red calf with pastepaper covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. pp.63–75. $125.00 An article in Kunstgewerbeblatt 4, 1888 (S-K 3275). Seven bindings are illustrated. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. An interleaved copy. Rubbed along hinges. [102480] 4. Adam, Paul. DIE PRAKTISCHEN ARBEITEN DES BUCHBINDERS. Wien, Pest, Leipzig: A. Hartleben’s Verlag, 1898, 8vo., half brown calf with marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf). (viii), 128 pages. $250.00 First edition (Mejer 1579). With 129 illustrations. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. [102258] ͕ 1 ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t Item 3 ͕ 2 ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t 5. Adam, Paul. SYSTEMATISCHES LEHR-UND HANDBUCH DER BUCHBINDEREI. Three volumes bound in one. Dresden-Blasewitz: Loewenstein, (1886), thick tall 8vo., contemporary half green calf with marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt. 999ϩ(1) pages. $950.00 First edition (Mejer 1587). This practical volume was a bible for the bookbinder in its day. It contains 775 illustrations in the text and nine separate plates including one plate devoted to marbled paper that has eight specimens mounted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Rubbed along edges and hinges. [102360] Item 5 ͕ 3 ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t Item 5 ͕ 4 ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t 6. Adam, Paul. SYSTEMATISCHES LEHR-UND HANDBUCH DER BUCHBINDEREI. Three volumes bound in one. Dresden-Blasewitz: Loewenstein, (1886), thick tall 8vo., contemporary half brown calf with marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt. 999ϩ(1) pages. $925.00 First edition (Mejer 1587). This practical volume was a bible for the bookbinder in its day. It contains 775 illustrations in the text and nine separate plates including one plate devoted to marbled paper that has eight specimens mounted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Rubbed along edges and hinges. [102366] Item 6 ͕ 5 ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t 7. Adam, Paul. UEBER GESCHNITTENES LEDER, MIT LICHTDRUCK (TAFEL XIII) UND 4 ABBILDUNGEN. 1889, small 4to., contemporary half red calf with pastepaper covered boards. pp.274–283. $95.00 An article removed from Zeitschrift fu¨r Christliche Kunst, No. 9, 1889. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. [102481] 8. THE AMERICAN BOOKMAKER: A JOURNAL OF TECHNICAL ART AND INFORMATION. New York: Howard Lockwood & Co., 1887– 1895, 4to., Quarter-leather over paper covered boards, marbled paste down end papers, top edge gilt (signed Zaehnsdorf binding). variously paginated. $350.00 The former owner gathered into one volume the most important articles on bookmaking (and especially bookbinding) that were published in this magazine. Extracts from various volumes and Numbers (1887– 1895) bound in a single volume. This important magazine continued through many name changes: under this title until 1897, then Printer and Bookmaker (1897–1899), and later American Printer and Bookmaker (1900– ?). (Ulrich & Kup p.13) Various black and white illustrations, a few in full color. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Spine slightly faded. Corners rubbed, top corners bumped. Spine edges rubbed. [102108] 9. Andrews, William Loring and William Matthews. A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF PROMINENT STYLES BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS. N.P.: William L. Andrews and William Matthews, 1895, 12mo., later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in. 45 pages. $300.00 S-K 1820. The trade edition of this pamphlet which was also issued as one of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Five illustrations of bindings. With the bookplate of Zaehnsdorf Company. [71478] 10. Andrews, William Loring. OF THE EXTRA ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS. London: Zaehnsdorf, 1900, 12mo., cloth. 14, (2) pages. $55.00 Printed by the Chiswick Press. (Duschnes 62). Scarce Andrews item. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. [102068] 11. ARTS & CRAFTS. PORTFOLIO. VOLUME TWO. 12 broadsides. N.P.: n.p., 1904–, 4to., cloth portfolio with cloth ties. $100.00 Cloth portfolio containing a number of large foldout broadsides: Supplement B, December, 1904; Supplement A, January, 1905; Supplement B, January, 1905; Supplement A, February 1905; Supplement B, February 1905; Supplement A, March 1905; Supplement B, March 1905; Supplement A, April 1905; Supplement B, April 1905; Supplement A, May 1905; Supplement B, May 1905, February, 1906. Each broadside contains design ideas. Tears along some folds. Portfolio spine is age darkened. [102477] ͕ 6 ͖ Job Name: -- /310036t 12. Aveling, S.T. HERALDRY, ANCIENT AND MODERN, INCLUDING BOUTELL’S HERALDRY, EDITED AND REVISED, WITH ADDITIONS. London: W.W. Gibbings, 1892, 8vo., later cloth, top edge gilt. xx, 428 pages. $75.00 Second edition. With 488 illustrations. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Covers faded. [102347] 13. Ballhorn, Friedrich (compiler). ALPHABETE ORIENTALISCHER UND OCCIDENTALISCHER SPRACHEN. Achte Vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, large 8vo., contemporary half red calf, marbled paper covered boards with original paper wrappers bound-in. 48 pages. $150.00 Written in German. With an index. Contains writing systems, complete with descriptions, pronunciations, etc. A useful linguistic resource, covering the languages of western and northern Asia, Scandinavia and northern Europe, and some Mediterranean languages. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Wear along hinges and spine ends. [101996] 14. (Barlow, Francis) Hodnett, Edward. FRANCIS BARLOW, FIRST MASTER OF ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATION. London: Scolar Press, 1978, small 4to., cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. 237 pages. $75.00 First edition. Study of this seventeenth century English book illustrator. Contains over 100 reproductions of his illustrations. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. [53035] 15. Batho, Edith C. and Bonamy Dobree. THE VICTORIANS AND AFTER, 1830–1914. With a Chapter on the Economic Background by Guy Chapman. London: The Cresset Press, (1950), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 360 pages. $65.00 Second edition, revised. A study of the literature of the period. Jacket chipped. [43671] 16. Bauer, Hans (editor). KATECHISMUS DER BUCHBINDEREI. Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von S.S. Weber, 1899, 12mo., half red calf with marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf). xii, 340, 16 pages. $225.00 Not in S-K or Meyer though Meyer mentions the second editon of 1911. Contains 97 illustrations in the text. A practical encyclopedia of all aspects of bookbinding. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.