Collection of 100 articles on English book bindings written by Howard Nixon for The Book Collector. The 100 bindings are illustrated and discussed in chronological progression from the fifteenth century to the twentieth. The text has been revised and expanded where necessary to take into account recent scholarship on the subject. 

Caxton binder, c 1483 -- Caxton binder, c 1490 -- Fishtail binder, Oxford, c 1498 -- Panel-stamped binding, c 1500-10 -- John Reynes, c 1521-4 -- WG and IG, c 1520-5 -- Nicholas Spierinck, Cambridge, c 1520-5 -- Garrett Godfrey, Cambridge, c 1522 -- Panel-stamped binding, c 1530, rebacked for James West, c 1755 -- Greenwich bindery for Henry VIII, c 1540 -- Flamboyant binder for Henry VIII, c 1540-5 -- Medallion binder, c 1550 -- King Edward and Queen Mary binder for Edward VI, c 1550 -- For Edward VI, c 1552 -- Medallion binder for the Earl of Arundel, c 1555 -- Frame Group for Lord Dudley, c 1560 -- Dudley binder, c 1560 -- Morocco binder, c 1563 -- Initial binder for Elizabeth I, 1563 -- Initial binder for William Bullein, 1562 -- MacDurnan gospels binder, c 1570 -- John de Planche for Archbishop Parker, c 1572 -- Lambeth bindery for Archbishop Parker, c 1574 -- For Lord Burghley, 1591 -- Pyramus and Thisbe binding, c 1616 -- Pierced panel binding, c 1619 -- Squirrel binder, c 1620 -- Supplied by John Bill to James I, c 1621 -- Daniel Boyse, Cambridge, c 1627 -- Lord Herbert's binder, c 1633 -- Little Gidding binding, c 1635-40 -- Lewis for Oliver Cromwell, 1656 -- Fletcher for Charles II, 1660 -- Fletcher, c 1662 -- Henry Evanas, c 1665 -- Royal Heads binder, c 1665 -- Samuel Mearne, c 1666 -- Roger Bartlett, Oxford, c 1670 -- For Samuel Pepys, c 1670 -- Queens' binder A for Charles II, c 1675 -- Naval binder, c 1675 -- Queens' binder B, c 1675 -- Titus Tillet, Cambridge, 1677 -- Perhaps William Not, c 1680 -- Samuel Mearne, c 1680 -- Small carnation binder, c 1680 -- Elizabeth Dickinson's binder, c 1681 -- Charles Mearne for james II, c 1685 -- Spaniel binder, c 1690 -- Alexander Cleeve, c 1690 -- Centre-rectangle binder, c 1690 -- Barlow's Aesop binder, c 1690 -- Robert Steele, c 1697 -- Richard Sedgley, Oxford, 1699 -- Richard Balley, c1700 -- Geometrical compartment binder, c 1703 -- Settle bindery, 1704 -- Jane Steel for the Harleian Library, 1717 -- Thomas Sedgley for Lord Kingsale, Oxford, 1720 -- Thomas Elliott for the Harleian Library, 1721 -- Christopher Chapman for the Harleian Library, 1721 -- William Bonnor, Cambridge, 1736 -- For John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 1741 -- John Brindley, 1743 -- Ed. Moor, Cambridge, c 1748 -- Andreas Linde, c 1751 -- Richard Montagu for Thomas Hollis, 1758 -- Richard Montagu, 1761 -- James Stuart (Designer), 1762 -- Robert Adam (Designer), 1764 -- Neo-classical binding, 1764 -- Robert Payne, Eton, 1764 -- J. P. Coghlan, c 1766 -- Matthewman for Thomas Hollis, c 1768 -- Masonic binding, c 1770 -- Embalematic Rococo binding, 1781 -- Edwards of Halifax binding, c 1782 -- For Jonas Hanway, 1783 -- Stained calf binding, c 1785 -- Henry Walther, c 1791 -- Staggemeier & Welcher, 1805 -- John John, 1806 -- John Mackinlay, c 1810 -- George III's bindery, c 1810-20 -- Charles Lewis, 1812 -- From Southey's 'Cottonian' Library -- William Lubbock, Newcastle, c 1820 -- Thomas Gosden, c 1825 -- Illuminated vellum binding for the Prince Consort, 1843 -- James Hayday, c 1845 -- Francis Bedford, 1866 -- William Morris (Designer), 1872 -- Gift from the Maidens of the United Kingdom, 1874 -- T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, 1888 -- S. T. Prideaux, 1901 -- Guild of Women-Binders, c 1903 -- Alfrey de Sauty, c 1904 -- Riviere & Son, c 1905 -- Katharine Adams, c 1925 -- Cosway binding, c 1928.  

Donated from the collection of Keith Turnell.