Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Collection Netherlands Decorated Books Collection: London College of Communication Author Holst, R. N. Roland. Contributors Hofman, P. A. H. (Pieter Adriaan Hendrik), 1885-1965.Rodger, David.Meulenhoff Nederland bv. Publisher J. M. Meulenhoff Publication Date 1923 Description Gilt binding design on black cloth. Unsigned. Attributed to Hofman by Faasen/Quaerendo on stylistic grounds (LO/C32).Publisher’s device on title-page.Including essays on Frank Brangwyn, Berlage, Walter Crane and Dutch postage stamp design.
Heer Halewijn, Nico Rost, design: P. A. H. Hofman © University of the Arts London, London College of Communication Pieter Adriaan Hendrik Hofman (1885-1965) was a Dutch book binder and designer of many medias. His work represents a seminal period in book art, combining the sensibilities of the Art Nouveau movement with those of the Bauhaus.(via)
Netherlands Decorated Books Collection: London College of Communication Publisher J. M. Meulenhoff Publication Date 1922 Description Black and gilt binding design on biege wrapper over plain boards. Signed: P.A.H. [Hofman] P.A.H. Hofman was an important designer of stained glass and posters as well as book bindings. Hofman produced striking and accomplished binding designs which are characteristic of his own style. His works used decorative cloth bindings, a medium that had not survived the First World War in the UK. via
Rose Adler, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with spaced horizontal and slanting lines (1948), on Paul Jean Toulet, Les contrerimes, illustrated by Jean-Émile Laboureur (Paris: H.-M. Petiet, 1930). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Geneviéve de LéotardLe Poéte Assassine c1928 Paris
Manders : a tale of Paris [binding] Date 1899 Binding designer Sacker, Amy M. (Amy Maria), 1872-1965 Author Barron, Elwyn Alfred, 1885-
German prayer book of the Margravine of Brandenburg 16th Century - Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe, Durlach 2 Hs This prayer book in the German language was created in 1520 by order of the Countess Susanna, the niece of Emperor Maximilian, of Narcissus Renner in Augsburg. The manuscript, an explosion of color and gold, impresses with its very own charm.
Black & Gold Series - Solar System
Martin Luther, “Von den Jüden und jren Lügen” (On the Jews and their Lies) Wittemberg, 1543. This beautifully crafted book with a woodcut border by Lucas Cranach belonged to the collection of texts written by Christian Hebraists donated to the LBI by Mr. Norman Blaustein, a book dealer. http://www.lbi.org/2011/02/the-art-of-the-book-at-the-german-ambassadors-residence/
The Lays of Ancient Rome  By Thomas Babington Macaulay  1849 - London - Longman, Brown, Green and Longman Bound by Hayday link
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