Our catalogues
George Bayntun CATALOGUES
We regularly issue catalogues of our fine bindings and rare books. Below is a list of our catalogues, which are downloadable as PDF files. EBC Catalogue 14, featuring over a thousand “Particular Bindings,” was bought in its entirety by the British Library.
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2019-2024
A selection of highlights for “Firsts Online – London’s Rare Book Fair”, held between 27th November - 2nd December 2020.
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Issued 27 November 2020.
A selection of 20 highlights for “Firsts Online – London’s Rare Book Fair”, held between 10th-14th September 2020.
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Issued 10 September 2020.
A list of interesting and unusual editions.
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Issued 23 January 2019.
2015-2018
A list of interesting and unusual editions.
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Issued 18 December 2018.
A list of interesting and unusual editions.
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Issued 23 November 2018.
From Gallows to Palaces: A Social History of 50 Books. EBC e-catalogue 23.
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Issued 8 June 2018.
25 Books for Christmas. EBC e-catalogue 21.
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Issued 1 December 2017.
Quite a Traditional Catalogue - From Ainsworth to Whitman. EBC e-catalogue 14.
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Issued 1 September 2016.
17 Frabjous Snippets from Wonderland - some finely bound, one in vellum, one in Russian, one in Italian, some ephemeral, some in colour, some in black and white, one is yellow, some are expensive, some are not so expensive, some Rackham, lots of Tenniel, all of them are utterly Alice.
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Issued 14 September 2015.
50 books and single sheets printed and in manuscript, on paper, vellum and silk, bound in goat, calf, sheep and pigskin, vellum, velvet, silk, cloth, canvas (or linen), printed boards and wrappers, hand-coloured and gilt embossed paper, cork and rosewood, with onyx cabochons and a plastic straw. EBC e-catalogue 10.
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Issued 6 August 2015.
45 Books, Many In Fine Bindings, Some With Fancy Doublures, Others Quite Plain But Notable For Their Contents And Connections. EBC e-catalogue 8.
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Issued 7 April 2015.
2011-2014
Our Christmas e-catalogue of new Bayntun-Riviere bindings.
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Issued 8 December 2014.
The year 2014 marks 120 years since George Bayntun founded his bindery here in Bath. To celebrate this we are issuing a catalogue of 100 beautiful books bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Highlights include first editions of The Lord of the Rings, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Wind in the Willows, plus rare archive photographs of the bindery and shop.
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Issued 8 March 2014.
60 Diverse, Distinguished, Divine, Didactic, Discursive, Diminutive and Dirty Books (and Divisions Thereof). EBC e-catalogue 5.
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Issued 15 January 2014.
75 Special, Superior & Super-Extra Books (and related items). EBC e-catalogue 4.
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Issued 13 September 2013.
A catalogue of new Bayntun-Riviere bindings.
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Issued 1 December 2012.
110 Titles Selected by Castaways on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs.
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Issued 1 July 2012.
Particular, Personalised, Privately Printed and Presentation Copies. EBC e-catalogue 3.
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Issued 6 January 2012.
A Collection of 200 Bindings Dating from 1510 to 2010. EBC e-catalogue 2.
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Issued 16 September 2011.