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  BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1997 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 2, NO.9, SEPT. 97. In this issue, Nicholas Basbanes hails Oak Knoll Press's reissue of the Pforzheimer catalogue; Andrew Hoyem receives his due as founder and guiding spirit of the Arion Press written by Carol Grossman; a sumptuous facsimile edition of the first Spanish novel appears; and Susann Bishop takes you on a guided tour of the haunts of authors and book artists. Three new departments make their debut: Milestones, saluting landmarks in literature; Biblio University, a tutorial of practical information on the art and history of books; and Anthology, a collection of intriguing and thought-provoking trivia, tips, and tidbits.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49613

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  BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS, AND EPHEMERA.
31 issues, a complete run. Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corp. 1996-1999 small 4to. full-color paper wrappers.
This magazine stopped being published after Volume 4, Number 4. Filled with articles of interest to the book lover. Many color illustrations.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 60411

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  Bidwell, John (editor) A BIBLIOPHILE'S LOS ANGELES, ESSAYS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIBLIOPHILES ON THE OCCASION OF ITS XIVTH CONGRESS.
Los Angeles University of California 1985 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. x, 186, (2) pages.
Limited to 350 copies. Foreword by Robert Vosper followed by eight essays on collecting and books by Robert Rosenthal, Tyrus G. Harmsen, Richard H. Rouse, Charles L. Heiskell, Ward Ritchie, Ruth E. Fine, and Alan Jutzi. Printed by Patrick Reagh.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 41298

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  Bielschowsky, Ludwig. DER BÜCHERSAMMLER, EIN ANLEITUNG.
Darmstadt Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen 1972 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 374, (2) pages.
An introduction to book collecting for amateurs and professionals, based on the author's experience. Indexed. With bookplate of private collector's club stamped "withdrawn."
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 48390

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  Bielschowsky, Ludwig. DER BÜCHERSAMMLER, EIN ANLEITUNG.
Darmstadt Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen 1972 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 374, (2) pages.
An introduction to book collecting for amateurs and professionals, based on the author's experience. Indexed. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 115394

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  Bigler, Rolf. LITERATUR IM ABONNEMENT, DIE ARBEIT DER BUCHGEMEINSCHAFTEN.
Gütersloh Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn (1975) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages.
On the role of book clubs in Germany.
Price: $ 12.50 other currencies Order nr. 50840

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  Billington, James H. BOOKS AND THE WORLD.
Washington Library of Congress 1988 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 12, (2) pages.
Preface by John Y. Cole and foreword by Richard C. Torbert. Center for the Book, Viewpoint Series, No.22.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 33536

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  (Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour HELP FROM HEAVEN
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1984 long scroll inserted in plastic container
Autobiographical sketches of some of the most interesting book collecting "miracles" experienced by this well known collector. Limited to 325 copies and printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Personally glued together in this long scroll form by the wife of the owner of Oak Knoll Books over a long, hot summer.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 14

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  (Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour HELP FROM HEAVEN
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1984 long scroll inserted in plastic container
Autobiographical sketches of some of the most interesting book collecting "miracles" experienced by this well known collector. Limited to 325 copies and printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Personally glued together in this long scroll form by the wife of the owner of Oak Knoll Books over a long, hot summer. This copy was mailed to Jake Chernofsky who was the editor of AB (Antiquarian Bookman) as a review copy. The mailing label is still attached to the plastic container.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 109951

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  (Bird & Bull Press) DELAWARE BIBLIOPHILES, TENTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER AT THE RODNEY SQUARE CLUB, MARCH 20, 1987. MR. HOWELL HEANEY WILL SPEAK ON "DICKENS AS A LETTER WRITER."
N.P. The Delaware Bibliophiles 1987 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (4) pages with printing on two pages only.
"Printed at the Bird & Bull Press in an edition so small as to not be worthy of mention." Beautifully printed menu with some Henry Morris humor concerning the "legendary wines of the Republic of San Serriffe." Held in conjunction with an exhibition of ephemera from members' collections. The menu has an actual first edition of Christopher Morley entitled "Even thinking about God is no excuse for keeping Other people Out of the Bathroom" printed by William Rudge in 1941 which is tipped-into each copy of this menu.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 31457

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  (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry THE PRIVATE PRESS-MAN'S TALE.
With illustrations by Lili Wronker. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1990 4to. paste paper over cloth-backed boards, leather spine label. 61, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies. Letterpress printed with Van Dijck types on Arches mouldmade paper and bound by Barbara Blumenthal. A humorous collection of satire and prose, inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. All the text is related to the book arts - book-collecting, bookselling, printing, papermaking, etc. It includes an imaginary interview with William Morris, a great poem about the attitude of FINE PRINT magazine, Henry's explanation of the Handmade Paper Today incident and a review of the antics in Fine Print's book reviews. There are also two excellent articles by Sidney Berger on Book Fairs and Book Scouts. The illustrations have been very well executed and express all the humour of the text. An essential for anybody who is known in the books about books field, because they are bound to have been mentioned! Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 240.00 other currencies Order nr. 89153

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  (Bird & Bull Press) Spiller, Robert E. THE PHILOBIBLON CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA.
North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1973 8vo. vellum spine, roller-printed paste paper over boards. 41 pages.
Taylor B4. One of 275 numbered copies. The Colophon for the book is a two page, 52 line, original poem by Henry Morris. Fine (the book, not the poem). With information on Rosenbach, Morley, and a bibliography of the books published by the club.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 74429

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  (Bird & Bull Press) Whitehill, Walter Muir THE CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES, BOSTON 1887-1973; AN ADDRESS GIVEN TO THE PHILOBIBLON CLUB ON 19 APRIL, 1973.
Philadelphia The Philobiblon Club 1973 8vo. paste paper wrappers, paper cover label. 14 pages.
Limited to 250 copies; only 50 copies for sale. (Taylor B3). Designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press for the Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia. Scarce.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 454

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  Birrell, Augustine IN THE NAME OF THE BODLEIAN AND OTHER ESSAYS
London Elliot Stock 1906 8vo. green cloth. viii, 214, (2) pages.
Second edition. Excellent book about books with essays on booksellers, first editions and authors. Only minor cover rubbing at spine ends.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 17676

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  Birrell, Augustine THREE ESSAYS I. BOOK-BUYING, II. BOOK-BINDING, III. THE OFFICE OF LITERATURE.
New York The Grolier Club 1924 4to. cloth spine, paper over boards, paper label. (iv), 26 pages.
One of 300 copies. Printed by Frederic and Bertha Goudy at the Village Press on the Albion hand-press formerly owned and used by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. This is the sixth of the "Printers Series" of books commissioned by The Grolier Club. Loosely inserted is the small notice from The Grolier Club concerning this book. Bookplates of Maurice Slevin and Lester Douglas. Beautifully preserved copy in a plain paper dust jacket with a small label with the initials "F.W.G." on it (Goudy) and hand-lettering on spine of this jacket.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 477

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  (Black Cat Press) Forgue, Norman W. POORER RICHARD, AN ALMANACK LONG AFTER FRANKLIN
Chicago Black Cat Press 1954 small 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages.
First edition. Foreword by R. Hunter Middleton. Reminiscences by Forgue on the beginning and early days of his career in printing and publishing. Presentation on free endpaper "To Ben Lieberman, a brother craftsman, Norma W. Forgue."
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 63529

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  (Blanck, Jacob) Stoddard, Roger E. JACOB NATHANIEL BLANCK (CALIBAN BOCK; CONRAD KIMBALL; J.C.L) 1906-1974 A LIST COMPILED BY R...
N.P. n.p. 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, stapled, with addenda slip stapled to back cover. pp.5-12.
Limited to 200 copies. Reprinted from AB Bookman's Yearbook. Bibliography of books, book contributions, pamphlets and offprints for some periodical contributions by J.N. Blanck, an associate of Merle Johnson, bibliographer, writer, and frequent contributor to bibliographic and antiquarian publications.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 54727

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  (Blanck, Jacob) Stoddard, Roger E. JACOB NATHANIEL BLANCK (CALIBAN BOCK; CONRAD KIMBALL; J.C.L) 1906-1974 A LIST COMPILED BY R...
N.P. n.p. 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, stapled, with addenda slip stapled to back cover. pp.5-12.
Limited to 200 copies. Reprinted from AB Bookman's Yearbook. Bibliography of books, book contributions, pamphlets and offprints for some periodical contributions by J.N. Blanck, an associate of Merle Johnson, bibliographer, writer, and frequent contributor to bibliographic and antiquarian publications. Presentation on front cover "For Bill with best regards."
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114904

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  Block, Andrew THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S VADE MECUM.
London Denis Archer 1932 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 376 pages.
First edition. (Webber p.33). Block, a London bookseller, devotes chapters to 24 collecting interests and explains to the reader who and what are important in each specialty. The two appendices are excellent; one is on three famous modern bookbinders and the other is on prominent London booksellers. Small piece of jacket missing at head of spine.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 5289

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  Block, Andrew THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S VADE MECUM.
London Mitre Press n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 302 pages.
Second edition, revised and corrected. Block, a London bookseller, has written 29 chapters (5 more than in first edition) on different aspects of bookcollecting. Includes an appendix describing prominent modern bookbinders. Private book-collector's label on spine of jacket. Minor chipping and tears along edges.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 21930

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  BLOCKSON, Charles L. " DAMN RARE" THE MEMOIRS OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BIBLIOPHILE.
Tracy, CA Quantum Leap Publisher, Inc. (1998) 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xviii, 334 pages.
First edition. Blockson's collection of AFrican-American books and ephemera is now at Temple University. Presentation on front pastedown "To Erestine Brown from from Charles Blockson, peace and freedom always."
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 109946

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  (Bloesch, Hans) Alder, Robert BIBLIOTHEK DR. HANS BLOESCH, DIREKTOR DER BERNER STADT-BIBLIOTHEK, UND ANDERER BESITZ
Versteigerungs-Katalog XLVI Bern Gutekunst & Klipstein 1948 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (ii), 103, (5) pages
The wrappers of this copy have darkened unevenly and show minor soiling and wear. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. The leaves have darkened around the edges and show minor wear.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 91224

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  Blumenthal, Walter Hart BOOKMEN'S BROWSE, MADE THEIR OWN BOOKS, BOGUS BOOKS AND SHAM SHELVES
Philadelphia George S. MacManus Co. 1967 8vo. boards. 51 pages.
First edition, limited to only 100 copies. With the bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 12828

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  Blumenthal, Walter Hart BOOKMEN'S TRIO VENTURES IN LITERARY PHILANDERING.
Worcester Achille J. St. Onge 1961 small 8vo. parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards. 86 pages.
First edition, finely printed in an edition limited to 500 copies by Joh. Enschedé. Three books about books stories.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 512

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  Blumenthal, Walter Hart BOOKMEN'S TRIO VENTURES IN LITERARY PHILANDERING.
Worcester Achille J. St. Onge 1961 small 8vo. parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards. 86 pages.
First edition, finely printed in an edition limited to 500 copies by Joh. Enschedé. Three books about books stories. With the bookplate of the noted miniature book collector, Robert Massmann.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 116145

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