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BRUCE ROGERS, A LIFE IN LETTERS 1870-1957.
Blumenthal, Joseph
With a foreword by John Dreyfus.
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- Austin : W. Thomas Taylor (1989)
- small 4to.
- quarter black leather with patterned paper-covered boards, red leather spine label
- xvii, 215 pages.
- Order Nr. 54494
- Price: $ 350.00
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First edition, limited to 2125 copies, of which this is one the 125 specially bound copies signed by the author. A biography of Rogers by an acknowledged expert in the field. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor with plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. Has 57 plates printed with a number in two colors. Prospectus loosely inserted as is the invitation to subscribers for the special edition and a letter of apology from the printer.
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MODONESE NOTIZIE BIOGRAFICHE E LETTERRARIE, CON PROSE E V...
by Cerretti, Luigi and Girolamo Tiraboschi
First edition, only two other copies listed on OCLC. Part of the series Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Bibliographical notes, letters, and unpublished poems of Professore Luigi Cerretti (1738-1808) from the collection of the Biblioteca Modenese, along with other authors of the Stati Estensi. Biographies of authors and selected published works. Early ink inscription and name on front end paper. On verso of title page there are two stamps, one being the stamp of the Stati Estensi. Slight rubbing on boards. Slight damage to top edge of spine on volume five. In all a very well-preserved set. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
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