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All of the classic motifs of bookbinding are displayed in our British and Traditional Gallery. We have also included Irish, Scottish, and Welsh bindings among the titles in this Gallery. Traditional motifs still account for a large percentage of both new and restorational bookbinding. |
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Gold tooled lion stamp creates 17th century motif. |
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Victorian retrospective lbum made to hold stills from the film |
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Inlaid & hand-painted interpretation of Cruickshank illustration circa 1820. |
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Gold tooled lines on covers create classical 18th century motif See "before and after" restoration by clicking on small image |
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Large gold "cathedral" stamp & gold tooling on covers of a restored family bible. |
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Mottled calf bliind tooled spine with triple hand tooled corner lozenges on restored family bible |
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Gravely tooled in blind with some gold accent create 16th century motif on this restored family bible. |
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We can cover any mechanical binding device in any period style with any logo! |
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Pearl inlays on front & rear covers, ornate gold stamps & tools at every turn. |
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Encyclopedia set tooled & inlaid in Victorian motif. |
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Traditional tooling in 19th century motif. |
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Traditional tooling in 19th century motif. |
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Classic leather binding features exceptional grain complemented by raised bands on spine. |
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Gold tooled lines and stamps in eccliastical motif for Fiftieth Anniversary Album. |
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Hand tooled in manner of Arts & Crafts movement. |
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Gold tooled album for K-Mart executive's retirement. |
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Gold tooled neoclassical design featured in "Southern Accents" magazine. |
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Gold tooled moderne binding of Lewis Carroll Collected Verse. |
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What a difference a dot makes. |
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Variously inlaid, onlaid & gold tooled |
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Gold tooled, inlaid & onlaid 19th century motifs. |
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Gold tooled 18th century with inlaid spine in 18th century motif. |
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Bow of frigate on spine, map motif on cover. |
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Gold tooled oval border in Federal style; gold inkwell on cover & gold stamps on spine. |
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Tooled Late 19th century motif |
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Tooled 19th century motif with corner tools & decorated spine. |
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Free hand gold tooled constellation border with neoclassical center stamp. |
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Fancifully tooled 16th century motif. |
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Inlaid & onlaid w/gold tooling & stamps on covers & spine. |
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Gold & blind tooling on cover, inlaid labels and elaborate decorations on spine in 19th century motif. |
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Cottage style English restoration. Apocrophiles will swear to its invention by Samuel Mearne (1624-1683), Bookbinder to Charles II. |
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Stamped in blind ith antique corner hardware. |
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Basic "A" binding with addition of inlaid dragon shield. |
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Hand drawn and tooled elephant design in a 19th century motif. |
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| King Arthur $565 |
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2-foot-tall parrot from an interior illustration. |
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Basic Jansenist ("plain" in bookspeak), binding untooled except for gold above & below raised bands. |
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Gold tooled in floral motif on corners & spine. |
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Ornately gold and blind tooled, elaborate borders, highly decorated spine in 15th century motif. |
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Multihued inlays, gold tooled lines, gold stamps on spine in 18th century motif. |
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Multiple lines as borders, gold tooling on covers in 17th century motif. |
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Cleopatra's Needle in bas relief with hieroglyphic tooling. |
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Skull & crossbones and anchor stamps on covers & spine & inlaid label on spine. |
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Flambeaux surrounding spray of gold in recessed frame decorated with 4 sets of tools; naturally aged in sevice as Weitz's press kit. |
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Massed concentric borders of gold tooled roses on pink calf. |
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Gold tooled with blind border, colored label on spine in 18th century motif. |
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Gold tooled and decorated in various motifs |
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Tooled 19th century motif. |
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Forest green golden quivers and jumping hare. |
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Tooled & inlaid in 19th century motif |
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Gold tooled & decorated on covers & spine in 19th century motif |
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Gold tooling on covers w/gold decoration & onlaid colored label on spine. |
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Gold decoration & name stamped on covers & spine in 19th century motif. |
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Hunting scene in gold tooling on covers w/colored label on spine. |
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Basic binding with colored inlaid labels on spines |
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Gold tooled, raised bands on spine in basic quarter binding. |
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Traditionally- designed album |
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Gold tooled photographer's album. |
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Two teenagers on a boat . . . a bottle of wine and a gorgeous inlaid gold goblet. |
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Creels at corners, casting angler at center, and a spineful of trout. |
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Intricate yet simple15th century motif. |
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The Secret Garden with hand tooled golden bower. |
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Elaborately tooled cover & spine in the manner of Zaehnsdorf. |
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