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RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, EARLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & INCUNABULA, AMERICAN & ENGLISH LITERATURE, SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR ... WILLIAM M. IVINS, JR.
Auction sale Number 2155 of the books belonging to the estates of the late William M. Ivins Jr., Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, and Dwight L. Smith (from the title pages). With an introduction, page of conditions of sale, and a page entitled "Some Noteworthy Items in this Sale", including works from the Kelmscott Press, Aldine Press, Bruce Rogers, etc. With 492 entries. Laid-in is a sheet for bidding by mail. Extremities worn with some chips, wear, long thin vertical stain on front cover, large vertical crease near spine, spine faded. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
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CATALOGUE DE LIVRES FRANÇAIS, ANGLAIS, ALLEMANDS, ESPAGNO...
by Bossange, Hector
A massive catalogue of 984 pages, the vast bulk of which (pp.1-802) is devoted to books as noted in the title. Some of this is very interesting, especially the section on the arts and architecture, which includes some rare and expensive books. The second part is of even more interest as it contains sections on maps, globes and spheres, astronomical instruments, and "machines typographiques" (with lithographic illustrations of the Stanhope Press, the Columbian Press, the Presse Française and the Machine à Glacier). This is followed by eight leaves of type specimens and "Les Articles pour la Reliure" which includes four folding plates of shiny glazed black paper printed in gold showing 'Fers a Doreur.' The two final plates are more fers a doreur and include two fully blocked spines, a fully blocked cover and other stamps, rolls and lines. These are in perfect condition and have great appeal as well as obvious documentary value for historians of 1840s binding. The letterpress lists also include skins for binding with prices. The final leaf of this section is Daguerreotypes, both full apparatus and plates. Contemporary bookplates of the Franklin Library of Boston and the later 19th century bookplate of the Lawrence Public Library. Rubbed, hinges rubbed but sound.
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