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MACDONALD, James, bindery and CLUB BINDERY. A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2800 19TH-CENTURY BINDING TOOLS OF MACDONALD AND THE CLUB BINDERY, A UNIQUE GROUP OF BINDING TOOLS FROM TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BINDERIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Auction 12.04.2000
12.04.2000
Schätzpreis
25.000 $ - 35.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
391.000 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 207

MACDONALD, James, bindery and CLUB BINDERY. A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2800 19TH-CENTURY BINDING TOOLS OF MACDONALD AND THE CLUB BINDERY, A UNIQUE GROUP OF BINDING TOOLS FROM TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BINDERIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Auction 12.04.2000
12.04.2000
Schätzpreis
25.000 $ - 35.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
391.000 $
Beschreibung:

MACDONALD, James, bindery and CLUB BINDERY. A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2800 19TH-CENTURY BINDING TOOLS OF MACDONALD AND THE CLUB BINDERY, A UNIQUE GROUP OF BINDING TOOLS FROM TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BINDERIES IN THE UNITED STATES. The binding-tools include: HAND-TOOLS. Approx. 1840 finishing hand-tools most with the original wooden handles and an enormous variety of tools, including: gouges, dots, pieces of straight line, florals, roses, tulips, leaves, large floral sprays, vases, arabesque, insects, coat-of-arms, semi-circles, circles, stars, fleurs-de-lys, suns, birds, cupids, dogs, guns, flags, large ornamental tools, corner pieces, lozenge-shaped tools, numerous pairs and oblong tools, blind tools and many others. A group of turn-in signature stamps include: Bound by Macdonald, E.P. Dutton and Co., Charles Scribner's Sons, Brentano's, Moore & Son, Edgar H. Wells and Company, The Brick Row Book Shop, Gotham Book Mart. BINDERS' BRASSES. Approx. 900 binders' brasses including: approx. 90 border frames incuding 56 traditional, 30 floral, and 5 Art Nouveau; 36 full brass plates, including 15 Art Nouveau; 40 central ornaments, including floral, geometric and arabesque designs; 170 single-, double- and triple-rule border frames; 172 corner pieces mostly comprised of sets-of-four including 24 with floral designs, numerous Art Nouveau designs and some composite central ornaments of two or four pieces, including a large spray of fleur-de-lys; 162 pieces for composite borders, including wide Art Nouveau designs, traditional designs and numerous short pieces; 66 composite rule border frames, and numerous other pieces including flags, portraits, crowns, animals, etc. all in various 8 o and 4 o or 2 o sizes. ROLL-TOOLS. Group of 108 roll-tools, most with the original handles including 24 with wide floral or leafy designs; 23 single fillet; 10 double fillet; 7 triple fillet; 12 with doted rule; 3 drawer-handle rolls; 2 with greek key pattern; 2 dog-tooth rolls; 1 wavy tine roll; 1 of stars within a double rule; and 25 others. The manufacturers of the roll- and hand-tools include: DeLacy; R. Gorden, Fl.; H. Griffin & Son, New York; R. Hoe; G.A. Hoffmann, New York; John R. Hoole, New York; Knight, London; Sever, Paris; Sperry, Philadelphia; Timbury, London; P. Souze, Paris. LETTERS. Hundreds of letters for covers and spines in various sizes. FURNITURE. Most tools are housed in contemporary furniture: chest with 10 drawers by Robert Hoe; chest with 2 drawers by Robert Hoe; chest with 16 drawers by The Hamilton MFG Co.; 9 glass-fronted lawyers' cases. [ With ]: 1 sewing frame; 2 finishing presses; gold-beaters hammer and block; 2 polishers; 1 composing stick. JAMES MACDONALD (1850-1920) was born in Scotland and trained as a bookbinder. In 1873 he came to the United States and worked with William Matthews one of the pre-eminent binders. He left Matthews when he had saved enough money to start his own binding business. The Macdonald bindery, established in 1880, soon became one of the most sought-after binderies in this country. In an interview with the New York Herald in November 1910, James Macdonald acknowledged that hand- binding in the industrial age was a dying art, "...the world is moving away from the art of the book lover. The world is swifter now, but it is not so thorough in many things as it once was. The average man has become used to the product of the machine. Today he knows no other standard. He has lost his touch for half-tones - for the cover of a book has its half-tones." After the Club Bindery closed in 1909 "James Macdonald purchased the largest part of the tools" (Thompson). Unaffected by the changing developments of the book and binding industry, the Macdonald bindery produced some of the finest bindings of its time both for themselves and for publishers and bookstores such as: Brentano's, Scribners, E.P. Dutton and Co., Gotham Book Mart and others. The bindery continued to flourish under Ida Macd

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 207
Auktion:
Datum:
12.04.2000
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

MACDONALD, James, bindery and CLUB BINDERY. A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2800 19TH-CENTURY BINDING TOOLS OF MACDONALD AND THE CLUB BINDERY, A UNIQUE GROUP OF BINDING TOOLS FROM TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BINDERIES IN THE UNITED STATES. The binding-tools include: HAND-TOOLS. Approx. 1840 finishing hand-tools most with the original wooden handles and an enormous variety of tools, including: gouges, dots, pieces of straight line, florals, roses, tulips, leaves, large floral sprays, vases, arabesque, insects, coat-of-arms, semi-circles, circles, stars, fleurs-de-lys, suns, birds, cupids, dogs, guns, flags, large ornamental tools, corner pieces, lozenge-shaped tools, numerous pairs and oblong tools, blind tools and many others. A group of turn-in signature stamps include: Bound by Macdonald, E.P. Dutton and Co., Charles Scribner's Sons, Brentano's, Moore & Son, Edgar H. Wells and Company, The Brick Row Book Shop, Gotham Book Mart. BINDERS' BRASSES. Approx. 900 binders' brasses including: approx. 90 border frames incuding 56 traditional, 30 floral, and 5 Art Nouveau; 36 full brass plates, including 15 Art Nouveau; 40 central ornaments, including floral, geometric and arabesque designs; 170 single-, double- and triple-rule border frames; 172 corner pieces mostly comprised of sets-of-four including 24 with floral designs, numerous Art Nouveau designs and some composite central ornaments of two or four pieces, including a large spray of fleur-de-lys; 162 pieces for composite borders, including wide Art Nouveau designs, traditional designs and numerous short pieces; 66 composite rule border frames, and numerous other pieces including flags, portraits, crowns, animals, etc. all in various 8 o and 4 o or 2 o sizes. ROLL-TOOLS. Group of 108 roll-tools, most with the original handles including 24 with wide floral or leafy designs; 23 single fillet; 10 double fillet; 7 triple fillet; 12 with doted rule; 3 drawer-handle rolls; 2 with greek key pattern; 2 dog-tooth rolls; 1 wavy tine roll; 1 of stars within a double rule; and 25 others. The manufacturers of the roll- and hand-tools include: DeLacy; R. Gorden, Fl.; H. Griffin & Son, New York; R. Hoe; G.A. Hoffmann, New York; John R. Hoole, New York; Knight, London; Sever, Paris; Sperry, Philadelphia; Timbury, London; P. Souze, Paris. LETTERS. Hundreds of letters for covers and spines in various sizes. FURNITURE. Most tools are housed in contemporary furniture: chest with 10 drawers by Robert Hoe; chest with 2 drawers by Robert Hoe; chest with 16 drawers by The Hamilton MFG Co.; 9 glass-fronted lawyers' cases. [ With ]: 1 sewing frame; 2 finishing presses; gold-beaters hammer and block; 2 polishers; 1 composing stick. JAMES MACDONALD (1850-1920) was born in Scotland and trained as a bookbinder. In 1873 he came to the United States and worked with William Matthews one of the pre-eminent binders. He left Matthews when he had saved enough money to start his own binding business. The Macdonald bindery, established in 1880, soon became one of the most sought-after binderies in this country. In an interview with the New York Herald in November 1910, James Macdonald acknowledged that hand- binding in the industrial age was a dying art, "...the world is moving away from the art of the book lover. The world is swifter now, but it is not so thorough in many things as it once was. The average man has become used to the product of the machine. Today he knows no other standard. He has lost his touch for half-tones - for the cover of a book has its half-tones." After the Club Bindery closed in 1909 "James Macdonald purchased the largest part of the tools" (Thompson). Unaffected by the changing developments of the book and binding industry, the Macdonald bindery produced some of the finest bindings of its time both for themselves and for publishers and bookstores such as: Brentano's, Scribners, E.P. Dutton and Co., Gotham Book Mart and others. The bindery continued to flourish under Ida Macd

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 207
Auktion:
Datum:
12.04.2000
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, East
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