Edward Bayntun-Coward for George Bayntun (Bath)
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 14] [EBC catalogue 14:] Particular bindings, mostly 19th century, mostly signed, by some 600 different binders, from 185 locations, mostly London…
Bath, George Bayntun, 2006
(21.5 × 14 cm), [208] pp., numerous black & white illustrations. 1029 items; priced. Slip loosely inserted: “The contents of this catalogue has been sold en bloc to the British Library. We are sending out a few copies to friends as a record.” Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - A collection of signed bindings, assembled and catalogued by John Collins. “892 come from the British Isles (271 England provincial, 36 Ireland, 435 London, 73 Scotland, 29 Wales), 98 from the rest of Europe, 29 from the USA and 23 from elsewhere” (from a notice in The Book Collector, Summer 2007, pp.246-247).