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19th Century French Rust Red Painted Wrought Iron Book Binding Press with Book
Located in Dallas, TX
old days, this kind of "Presses a Papier" were used to press the book's sheets together before
Category
Mid-19th Century French Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
H 17 in W 15.5 in D 13 in
Antique Workshop Book Press Wrought Iron, France, circa 1850
Located in Labrit, Landes
This wrought iron book press was made in the late 19th century in France for a workshop
Patina and
Category
19th Century French Industrial Book Press Used
Materials
Wrought Iron
“Spoon” Industrial Design Steel Covered Book, Phaidon Press – 1st Edition
By Phaidon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
“Spoon” Designed by Mark Diaper, Phaidon Press, 1st Edition 2002
This is the out of print polymer
Category
Early 2000s American Industrial Book Press Used
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Wrought Iron and Gilt Painted Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
of "Presses a Papier" were used to press the book's sheets together before receiving a bookbinding
Category
Mid-19th Century French Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
19th Century, French, Wrought Iron and Gilt Painted Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
of "Presses a Papier" were used to press the book's sheets together before receiving a bookbinding
Category
Mid-19th Century French Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Black Painted and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
accessory in a study or library! In the old days, this kind of "Presses a Papier" were used to press the
Category
Mid-19th Century French Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
H 13 in W 20 in D 10.25 in
19th Century French Patinated Black and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
library! In the old days, this kind of "Presse a Papier" was used to press the book's sheets together
Category
Mid-19th Century French Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Patinated Bronze and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
library! In the old days, this kind of "Presses a Papier" were used to press the book's sheets together
Category
Mid-19th Century French Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
H 14 in W 14 in D 12 in
20th Century Belgian Cast Iron Press
Located in High Point, NC
A cast iron press from 20th Century Belgium. Originally purposed as a book-binding press used in
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20th Century Belgian Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
20th Century Belgian Cast Iron Press
Located in High Point, NC
A cast iron press from 20th Century Belgium. Originally purposed as a book-binding press used in
Category
20th Century Belgian Book Press Used
Materials
Iron
The book club
By Maggie Taylor
Located in Sante Fe, NM
. When the book went to press late last year I breathed a sigh of relief and started to open other images
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
Archival Pigment
Albert Oehlen Book
By Hans Werner Holzwarth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
use of advertising posters whose in-your-face aesthetics he transforms with subtle brushwork. Never
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
19th Century Tennessee American Classical Jackson Press
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce American Classical cherrywood Jackson Press with beautifully aged mellow patina, dating to
Category
19th Century American American Classical Book Press Used
Materials
Cherry, Poplar, Pine
Picasso, Composition, Prints from the Mourlot Press (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964. Published by Fernand
Category
1960s Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Lithograph
Calder, Composition, Prints from the Mourlot Press (after)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964. Published by Fernand
Category
1960s Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Lithograph
Glarner, Tondo, Prints from the Mourlot Press (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964. Published by Fernand
Category
1960s Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Lithograph
James Huniford At Home, 2020, Monacelli Press, Brand New Condition
Located in Chicago, IL
Brand new copy of James Huniford At Home, hard cover by Monacelli Press, 2020. Just bought it at a
Category
2010s American Classical Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
The Rose Book by Maggie Oster
By Maggie Oster
Located in valatie, NY
The Rose Book by Maggie Oster. Emmaus: Rodale Press, 1994. Hardcover with no dust jacket as issued
Category
20th Century American Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Female Volunteers Learning To Use Gas Masks, Teheran – Seba Kurtis, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
first book, Drowned (Here Press, 2011), was selected for the International Photobook Award at the
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
Lambda
Free Shipping
H 24.02 in W 35.99 in
The World of Robert Bateman Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Press (first published August 12th 1985
This is a beautiful large coffee table book.
Category
20th Century American Country Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Guiramand, Le port de New York, Prints from the Mourlot Press (after)
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964. Published by Fernand
Category
1960s Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 10 in W 7.5 in
Brokenbrow - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1926
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
.
Published by Nonesuch Press, London.
Format: Large 8°.
The book includes 50 pages with 6 reproductions of
Category
1920s Expressionist Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
H 9.06 in W 7.29 in D 0.4 in
Femmes, Women by Colette Gouvion Large Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Femmes Hardcover large heavy book – 21 Oct. 2003
Women by Colette Gouvion
French edition French
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Folk Art Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Jamie Drake's New American Glamour, First Edition Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Press, 2005.
Stated first edition hardcover with no dust jacket as issued. 175 pp.
A colorful book by
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21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
The Spiritual in Art Abstract Painting 1890-1985 Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Abbeville Press, 1987 - Art - 435 pages. Paperback.
Traces the use of geometric signs by the Nabis and
Category
20th Century French Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, Compendium of Farriery, English, Georgian, Equestrian, London 1796
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delicate antique book, Compendium of Farriery. An English language, Georgian guide to
Category
Late 18th Century British Georgian Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
H 6.89 in W 3.94 in D 0.79 in
1967 Unknown 'L'Affiche-Musee Cantini' Red, Black Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
)
Framed: No
Condition: C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible marks
Additional Details
Category
1960s Book Press Used
ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION 1962 BRIAN WILDSMITH SiGNED ABC CHILDREN'S BOOK
Located in GB
collectable original 1st Edition signed Brian Wildsmith 1962 children’s A.B.C book
Brian Wildsmith was one of
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
The New Clay Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making, book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
world much further than pictured in the book.
By Nan Roche
Flower Valley Press, 1991 - Crafts
Category
20th Century American American Classical Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. An illustrated book of interiors with
Category
20th Century American Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Great Modern Architecture: the World's Most Spectacular Buildings Hardcover Book
By Frank Gehry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
themselves on the clective consciousness through creativity of design, revutionary use of materials or sheer
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
H 12 in W 12 in D 1 in
1964 After Pablo Picasso 'The Posters of Picasso' Cubism Book
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
condition. Text in English. Rare reference book of Picasso's most famous posters printed in lithography by
Category
1960s Cubist Book Press Used
Materials
Other Medium
Lucian Freud Illustrated Book the Equilibriad by Wm. Samson / Limited Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
THE EQUILIBRIAD by William Samsons with illustrations by Lucian Freud.
London: Hogarth Press
Category
Mid-20th Century English Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
H 8.63 in W 5.63 in D 0.5 in
Raymond Pettibon Marcel Dzama Let Us Compare Mythologies (Pettibon artist book)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Marcel Dzama artist book 2016:
Raymond Pettibon, Marcel Dzama: Let Us Compare
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Book Press Used
Materials
Offset, Paper
"The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale" Book by Christopher Gilbert
By Christoper Gilbert
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale by Christopher Gilbert. New York: Tabard Press, 1978
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20th Century American Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
"The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families" First Edition Book
By Betty C. Monkman
Located in valatie, NY
: Abbeville Press, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A beautiful coffee table
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
H 12.5 in W 10 in D 1.25 in
1991 After Paul Klee 'Paul Klee by Phillipe Comte' Modernism Multicolor Book
By Paul Klee
Located in Brooklyn, NY
cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: New York: Mallard Press, New York, 1991
Category
1990s Book Press Used
H 13 in W 9.75 in D 0.1 in
1001 Afternoons in New York - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1941
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Edition.
Published by The Viking Press, New York.
Format: small 8°.
The book includes 370 pages with
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1940s Expressionist Book Press Used
Materials
Offset, Paper
H 8.67 in W 5.52 in D 0.4 in
Alexander Liberman book, hand signed by both Alexander Liberman and Barbara Rose
By Alexander Liberman
Located in New York, NY
friendship
Alex
Book information:
Publisher: Abbeville Press, 1981.
Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original
Category
1980s Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
H 13.25 in W 12.25 in D 1.75 in
Women And Art Contested Territory by Judy Chicago 1st Ed 1999 Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Press which will also publish Chicago's newest book "Institutional Time: A Critique of Studio Art
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
1993 Jim Dine 'Jim Dine Drawing from the Glyptothek' Pop Art Black & White Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
edition "Jim Dine: Drawing from the Glyptothek" Book, published by Hudson Hills Press, New York in
Category
1990s Book Press Used
H 12 in W 9 in D 0.1 in
Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
the play did not come to fruition, Petersburg Press proposed that he make a book using his annotated
Category
1960s Book Press Used
Materials
Etching
Alexander the Great Breaking the Stallion
Located in Toronto, ON
from Joe Lasker’s book named The Great Alexander the Great, published by Viking Press in 1983.
"This
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
Watercolor
The Compleat Angler + The Lives of Donne.... by Izaak WALTON, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
unusual among private presses as it used a small hand press to design books, but had them printed by
Category
Early 20th Century Book Press Used
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 8.25 in W 5.13 in D 1.13 in
People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Along with a meticuously researched text, the book also explores and illustrates design sources used for
Category
Early 2000s American International Style Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Marchand, Composition, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy (after)
By André Marchand
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
presses. Henri Jadoux was the director in charge of the work. It was taken from this book XXXV examples on
Category
1960s Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Lithograph
JAPAN - Michael Kenna - 1st Edition, 2003
Located in London, GB
Published by Nazraeli Press, 1st edition, 2003. Hardback with English text.
Edition of 4000
Category
Early 2000s Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Yea II
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
normally used to describe post-war abstraction.
The one consistent element in Francis' biography is his
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Book Press Used
Materials
Paint
2.8 X 2.2 METER SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE DRAWERS PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
‘flat pack’ oak book presses, which can be dismantled and moved using the carrying handles fitted to the
Category
1860s English High Victorian Book Press Used
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.8 in W 88.78 in D 21.07 in
2.8 X 1.6 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
presses, which can be dismantled and moved using the carrying handles fitted to the sides, indicate Pepys
Category
1860s English High Victorian Book Press Used
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.41 in W 65.16 in D 23.23 in
2.8 X 2.2 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
radical new design. The freestanding ‘flat pack’ oak book presses, which can be dismantled and moved using
Category
1860s English High Victorian Book Press Used
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 113 in W 88 in D 20.08 in
2.8 X 3.9 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
freestanding ‘flat pack’ oak book presses, which can be dismantled and moved using the carrying handles fitted
Category
1860s English High Victorian Book Press Used
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.01 in W 152.37 in D 27.56 in
Executive Style by Judith Price
Located in valatie, NY
Executive style by Judith Price. Linden Press / Simon Schuster, NY, 1980. Hardcover with dust
Category
1980s American Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Third Floor, South
Located in Miami Beach, FL
fine art photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
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Victoria
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
C Print
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 822
Located in Miami Beach, FL
photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
_____
Victoria Cohen is an American
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
C Print
Hotel Chelsea, New York
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hotel Chelsea, York 2011
Photographs from the photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea (publisher
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
C Print
Hotel Chelsea, New York
Located in Miami Beach, FL
book entitled Hotel Chelsea, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
_____
Victoria Cohen is an American
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
C Print
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Interiors Hall, Third Floor
Located in Miami Beach, FL
renowned fine art photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
_____
Victoria
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
C Print
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 330
Located in Miami Beach, FL
photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
_____
Victoria Cohen is an American
Category
2010s Contemporary Book Press Used
Materials
C Print
Alberto Giacometti 'Annette' Black and White Lithograph, circa 1964
By Alberto Giacometti, Mourlot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
for the book titled "Prints from the Mourlot Press" published in Paris, 1964
The book is printed in
Category
1960s French Modern Book Press Used
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic book press used available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, iron and wood, every book press used was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer book press used, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A book press used, designed in the Industrial, Georgian or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made book press used has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Beaux Arts Press, Yale University Press and Hooper & Sons are consistently popular.
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Prices for a book press used start at $50 and top out at $26,816 with the average selling for $1,200.
Questions About Book Press Used
- How were book presses used?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A book press was used to bind books with pressure. When a book is placed in the center of the press, the platen is lowered to firmly press the book to hold its shape. Today, book presses are a popular home decor choice for collectors and avid book readers alike. Shop a selection of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.
- What is a duck press used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A duck press is used to make the French dish canard à la presse or pressed duck. To prepare the dish, a chef removes the breasts and legs from a whole duck. Then, they place the duck in the press and turn the crank to extract the juices and blood. The liquid becomes a base for a stock used to dress the cooked breasts and thighs. Shop a selection of duck presses on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The weight of a cast iron book press will depend on the make and model. Cast iron is a sturdy material and can be heavy. To prevent damage, display cast iron book presses on a strong surface. Find a variety of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.