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• The Binding of Books: An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings (second edition), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at CMU)
• A History of the Art of Bookbinding: With Some Account of the Books of the Ancients (London: E. Stock, 1894), ed. by William Salt Brassington, contrib. by John Hannett (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Curiosités de l'histoire des arts (A. Delahays, 1858), by P. L. Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical essay on the art of bookbinding (Bradstreet Press, 1883), by Henri Pène du Bois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le livre; l'illustration--la reliure; étude historique sommaire (Maison Quantin, 1886), by Henri Bouchot (page images at HathiTrust)
• The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time. (Scribner, 1887), by Henri Bouchot and E. C. Bigmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical sketch of bookbinding as an art (Holliston Mills, 1926), by Meiric K. Dutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An inquiry into the nature and form of the books of the ancients; with a history of the art of bookbinding, from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the present day interspersed with bibliographical references to men and books of all ages and countries. (R. Groombridge, 1837), by John Hannett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The binding of books : an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., ltd., 1894), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai historique et archéologique sur la reliure des livres, et sur l'état de la librairie chez les anciens. (V. Lagier, 1834), by Gabriel Peignot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of library bookbinding practical and historical (Libraco limited, 1911), by Henry Thomas Coutts and George A. Stephen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of the art of bookbinding : with some account of the books of the ancients : illustrated with numerous engravings, and photographic reproductions of ancient bindings in colour and monotints (E. Stock, 1894), by William Salt Brassington and John Hannett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The binding of books, an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings (Empire state book company, 1927), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der bucheinband von seinen anfängen bis zum ende des 18. jahrhunderts. (Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1926), by Hans Loubier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guide manuel théorique et pratique de l'ouvrier ou particien doreur sur cuir et sur tissus à la main et au balancier : contenant dans toutes leur parties la dorure sur cuirs et sur tissus de tous genres, la dorure sur tranches, la ciselure et l'ornementation des tranches, la marbrure sur cuir et sur tranches : suivi d'une notice sur l'art, la théorie et la pratique du cuir ciselé : précédé d'une notice historique sur l'art de la reliure depuis l'origine jusqu'à nos jours (Librairie polytechnique Ch. Béranger éditeur ..., 1903), by Em. Bosquet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bokbandets historia. (P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1922), by Ernst Felix Fischer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Bucheinband (S., W. Knapp, 1913), by G. A. E. Bogeng (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bokbandsdekorens stilutveckling. ([Göteborgs litografiska aktiebolag], 1922), by Axel Rudolf Nilsson and Sweden. Röhsska konstsl)eojdmuseet Gothenburg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The binding of books : an essay in the history of goldtooled bindings (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1915), by Herbert Percy Horne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book : its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time (H. Grevel & Co., 1890), by Henri Bouchot, Anton Einsle, H. Grevel, and E. C. Bigmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schrift en schrijfkunst : het boekdrukken; hout-, koper- en staalgraveerkunst; het steendrukken en het boekbinden ... (A.W. Sijthoff, 1874), by A.W. Sijthoff (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la décoration extérieure des livres et de l'histoire de la reliure depuis le XVme siécle. (C. Schuchardt, 1885), by Alfred Cartier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Bucheinband in Alter und neuer Zeit (H. Seemann, 1903), by Hans Loubier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manuel historique et bibliographique de l'amateur de reliures (Gruel & Engelmann,ʹediteurs ..., 1887), by Léon Gruel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The binding of books (Empire StateBook Company, 1927), by Herbert P. Horne and Alfred W. Pollard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The binding of books, an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings. (K. Paul, Trübner & Co., 1915), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Bucheinband: Seine Technik und seine Geschichte (in German), by Paul Adam (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment: From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time, by Henri Bouchot, trans. by E. C. Bigmore (Gutenberg ebook)

• Reliure du dix-neuvième siècle (Art & Métiers du Livre Editions, 1998), by Henri Béraldi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Reliure du dix-neuvième siècle (Art & Métiers du Livre Editions, 1998), by Henri Béraldi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les papillons. Metamorphoses terrestres des peuples de l'air. (Gabriel de Gonet, éditeur, 1852), by Eugène Nus, L. Deghouy, V. Corbay, Raban, Amédée Varin, and Antony Méray (page images at HathiTrust)

• Der Buchbinder : ein Buch für den Schul- und Selfstunterricht (A. Hufeland, 1911), by Max Eschner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The market-place [a novel] (Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899), by Harold Frederic, Harrison Fisher, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of our war with Spain, including battles on sea and land...to which is added a full account of the conquest of Spain in America, naval battles of the United States, etc., etc. (National publishing co., 1898), by James Rankin Young and J. H. Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Thirty years' war, 1618-1648. (C. Scribner's Sons, 1897), by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust)

• The woodman's Nannette (American Tract Society, 1862), by Sarah S. Baker, Robert S. Bross, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, and American Tract Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Silver skates (J.H. Sears, 1926), by Mary Mapes Dodge and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)

• The woodman's Nannette (American Tract Society, 1862), by Sarah S. Baker, Robert S. Bross, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, and American Tract Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Silver skates (J.H. Sears, 1926), by Mary Mapes Dodge and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)

• Metropolitan Museum of Art ([Metropolitan Museum of Art], 1924), by William Mills Ivins, Bruce Rogers, William Edwin Rudge (Firm), and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Of the decorative illustration of books old and new (G. Bell, 1896), by Walter Crane (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bokbindare, bokförare, i Sverige 1500-1630. (Stockholm, 1914), by Arvid Hedberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Knizhnyĭ pereplet : kratkiĭ konspekt po istorii i tekhnike perepletnogo dela, s risunkami na otdelʹnykh listakh (Gos. izd-vo, 1921), by V. I. Anisimov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Di Demetrio Canevari, medico e bibliofilo genovese, e delle preziose legature che si dicono a lui appartenute (Leo S. Olschki, 1903), by Giuseppe Fumagalli and H.P. Kraus (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• American bookbindings in the library of Henry William Poor (Printed at the Marion Press ;, 1903), by Henri Pène du Bois, Edward Bierstadt, Marion Press, and George D. Smith Book Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Commercial bookbindings; an historical sketch with some mention of an exhibition of drawings, covers, and books, at the Grolier club, April 5 to April 28, 1894. ([The Grolier club], 1894), by Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jewels from Whittier (Berger, 1907), by John Greenleaf Whittier (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dějiny českého knihařství, po stránce umělecké a technické. (Společenstvo knihařů, 1899), by Karel Chytil (page images at HathiTrust)

• Danmarks bogbindere gennem 400 aar (Bogbinderlauget i Kjøbenhavn, 1926), by Carl P. Nielsen, R. Berg, and Bogbinderlauget i Kjøbenhavn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The binding of books : an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., ltd., 1894), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at HathiTrust)

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