View Your Cart Find something quickly using the site map Oak Knoll on Facebook Oak Knoll on Twitter Oak Knoll on WordPress
Back HomeOur InventoryAbout Oak KnollContact InformationSign In to Your Account


       Bibliography
       Book Collecting
       Book Design
       Book Illustration
       Book Selling
       Bookbinding
       Bookplates
       Cartography
       Children's Books
       Delaware Books
       Fine Press Books
       Forgery
       Graphic Design
       Images & Broadsides
       Libraries
       Literary Criticism
       Papermaking
       Printing History
       Publishing
       Typography
       Writing & Calligraphy

Search Result
 
Displaying 1-25 of 371

City=Philadelphia
 
   
Sort By :
 
Jump to page: 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  10  11  12  13  14  15   Next PageLast Page
Page 1 of 15

See More... Adams, Thomas TYPOGRAPHIA; OR, THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR: A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN, RISE, AND PROGRESS OF THE TYPOGRAPHIC ART, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE, HINTS TO AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, &C..
Philadelphia L. Johnson & Co. 1858 8vo. contemporary half calf over patterned paper covered boards, five raised bands, leather spine label, a signed binding by Calvin S. Hartley (signature at bottom of spine), all edges gilt. viii, 7-286 pages.
Sixth edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,3). The first edition was issued in 1837. This was the second practical printing manual issued by an American author; it was compiled from many of the facts given by Hansard and Johnson. This edition contains work on Gold, Bronze, Card and Xylographic printing and the printing of wood engravings. Illustrated. It also contains a four page section at the end showing L. Johnson type faces and other material which isn't in the earlier editions. Rubbed along edges with corner of leather spine label chipped off. With a note in pencil on verso of free endpaper "This book was bound complete (forwarded & finished) by C.S. Hartley in December 1859." With a pencil note in another hand below the first commenting on this Philadelphia bindery. Rebacked with original leather laid down. Fabric tape repair of front inner hinge.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 34091

READ MORE...
See More... (Allingham, William) Lasner, Mark Samuels WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY.
Philadelphia Holmes Publishing Co. 1993 8vo. unbound signatures. 88 pages.
First edition, a set of unbound signatures. This book is the revised and illustrated bibliographical study of this English poet and man of letters. Included is a lengthy introductory comment on Allingham and his works, along with full collations of his first editions, a section of illustrations, and an index. Distributed for Holmes Publishing Co.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 54057

READ MORE...
See More... (Americana) A RISING PEOPLE, THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES 1765 TO 1789, A CELEBRATION FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia 1976 1976 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 292 pages.
First edition. Well illustrated.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 15769

READ MORE...
See More... (Americana) THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY 1493-1793
Philadelphia Free Library of Philadelphia (1944) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 62 pages.
Exhibition of books on American history held at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 77158

READ MORE...
  (Americana) Wemyss, Stanley THE GENERAL GUIDE TO RARE AMERICANA, 1493-1699 WITH AUCTION RECORDS AND PRICES.
Philadelphia Printed for the Author 1944 8vo. cloth. 117, (9) pages.
First edition. Includes indices of printers, a check list of books printed west of the Mississippi River, etc.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 26086

READ MORE...
See More... Andersen, Jennifer and Elizabeth Sauer (editors) BOOKS AND READERS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, MATERIAL STUDIES.
With an Afterword by Stephen Orgel. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press (2002) 8vo. cloth. vi, 305 pages.
First edition. Divided into major sections: Social Contexts for Writing (4 chapters); Traces of Reading: Margins, Libraries, Prefaces, and Bindings (4 chapters); and Print, Publishing, and Public Opinion (5 chapters). Illustrated.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 90372

READ MORE...
  Andrade, Mario FROM DEEP WITHIN ME
Philadelphia Dorrance & Company circa 1978
"Fine in dust jacket with faded spine. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ""March 2nd, 1979 / For Mrs B. Dick / warm wishes: / Mario"". The author was born in Buenos Aires of Italian-Spanish parents"
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 112302

READ MORE...
See More... (Aristotle) ARISTOTLE ON THE SOUL.
Texts & Traditions Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Libraries 1994 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 24 pages
Exhibition catalogue. Introduction by Jon McGinnis. Black-and-white illustrations.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 105159

READ MORE...
See More... Arthurs, Stanley THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SCENE AS DEPICTED BY STANLEY ARTHURS AND INTERPRETED BY FIFTY AUTHORS.
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1935 4to. quarter red leather over woven cloth. xix, 151, (3) pages.
B1-4604. The National Edition. Filled with reproductions of historical American art depicting famous events in American history by 20th century artists including Arthurs and Wyeth. With a foreword by A. Felix du Pont.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 40229

READ MORE...
See More... (Autographs) Gratz, Simon A BOOK ABOUT AUTOGRAPHS.
Philadelphia William J. Campbell 1920 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. 394 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. With 18 illustrations. With chapters on qualities which determine the value of autographs, false autographs, market value, European collections, etc. The appendix gives 18 lists to aid the collector in developing sets of various important U. S. figures. Book is slightly shaken.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 55741

READ MORE...
See More... Baird, Henry Carey (editor) THE PAINTER, GILDER AND VARNISHER'S COMPANION.
Containing Rules and Regulations in Everything Relating to the Arts of Painting, Gilding, Varnishing, Glass-Staining, Graining, Marbling, Sign-Writing, Gilding on Glass, and Coach Painting and Varnishing; Tests for the Detection of Adulterations in Oils, Colors, Etc. Philadelphia Henry Carey Baird 1870 12mo. original cloth 6, iii-viii, 356, 24 pages
Thirteenth edition. Manual for all forms of decorative painting and sign writing. With an appendix and an index. Cloth is soiled, foxing to the edges of the text block. Some wear to the head and tail of the spine. Corners bumped.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104879

READ MORE...
See More... Baker, W.S. ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF ENGRAVING: WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE UTILITY AN D PLEASURES OF PRINTS.
Philadelphia George Gebbie 1872 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. 62 pages.
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,32; Levis p.68). A second edition was issued in 1875. Chipped at spine ends and rubbed at corners.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 31842

READ MORE...
See More... Baker, W.S. THE ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF ENGRAVING: WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE UTILITY AND PLEASURES OF PRINTS.
Philadelphia George Gebbie 1876 4to. original cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. 62 pages.
Second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,32; Levis p.68). Cloth, worn and spine torn at head and foot. Ex "Library of Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA." with bookplate and ownership stamps. Lacks one plate of 23 (Plate 5).
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 31551

READ MORE...
See More... (Beckley, John) Berkeley, Edmund and Dorothy Smith Berkeley JOHN BECKLEY, ZEALOUS PARTISAN IN A NATION DIVIDED.
Philadelphia American Philosophical Society 1973 thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 312 pages.
First edition. Biography of the first Librarian of Congress. Minor jacket wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 418

READ MORE...
See More... Bell, Whitfield J., Jr and Murphy D. Smith. GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Philadelphia The American Philosophical Society 1966 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 182 pages.
A catalogue raisonné. This guide presents brief but useful descriptions of every collection and group of manuscripts or other papers in the Library at the end of 1965, with an index of subjects and names to make it easy to identify related collections. Jacket internally tape repaired.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 46956

READ MORE...
See More... (Bibliography) Bühler, Curt F. STANDARDS OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
Philadelphia Univ. of Pennsylvania Press 1949 8vo. cloth. viii, 120 pages.
First edition. Part of the Rosenbach Fellowship Lectures series.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 601

READ MORE...
See More... (Bibliography) Bühler, Curt F. STANDARDS OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
Philadelphia Univ. of Pennsylvania Press 1949 8vo. cloth. viii, 120 pages.
First edition. Part of the Rosenbach Fellowship Lectures series.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 98377

READ MORE...
See More... (Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE FUNCTION OF TRAVEL AGENCIES.
Philadelphia Taylor & Hessey 1981 8vo. paper wrappers. 31 pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 400 numbered copies. Printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Text is based on a speech by the noted collector, Seymour Adelman, about an imaginary trip to London in 1817 when it would have been possible to meet William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Shelley, Keats and Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Morris has illustrated the book with his own typographical whimsey including a "to let" classified ad for Keat's apartment printed on type hammered dull by Mr. Morris to add to its realism.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 452

READ MORE...
See More... (Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE FUNCTION OF TRAVEL AGENCIES
Philadelphia Taylor & Hessey (1977) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23, (3) pages.
Limited to 400 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. A humorous trip to England where the author meets many of the famous authors of the 19th century. Presentation from the author on the first blank page.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 3564

READ MORE...
See More... (Bird & Bull Press) EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.
Philadelphia The Free Library of Philadelphia 1968 large 8vo. double salmon colored paper wrappers. 24 pages.
Taylor B1. One of 300 copies. This was the first commissioned work done for another institution by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The printed cover design is repeated on a second sheet of salmon colored paper as a watermark. The catalogue describes 75 landmark books on papermaking and is an excellent "high spot" bibliography of the field. Signed by Henry Morris and presentation from Leonard Schlosser to Ellen Shaffer, librarian of the Free Library.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 39894

READ MORE...
See More... (Bird & Bull Press) AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.
Philadelphia The Free Library of Philadelphia 1968 large 8vo. double salmon colored paper wrappers. 24 pages.
Taylor B1. One of 300 copies. This was the first commissioned work done for another institution by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The printed cover design is repeated on a second sheet of salmon colored paper as a watermark. The catalogue describes 75 landmark books on papermaking and is an excellent "high spot" bibliography of the field. Loosely inserted in this copy is a section of a book printed by Henry Morris showing "Old Watermark Designs." Scarce.
Price: $ 90.00 other currencies Order nr. 6133

READ MORE...
See More... (Bird & Bull Press) Schulz, Ernst THE STUDY OF INCUNABLES, PROBLEMS AND AIMS.
Philadelphia The Philobiblon Club 1977 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. vii, 29 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 4239

READ MORE...
See More... (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

READ MORE...
See More... Bjorkbom, Carl NEW SWEDEN HISTORICAL EXHIBIT, 1638-1938.
Philadelphia American Swedish Historical Museum 1938 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages.
B1-1629. Illustrated. Editorial assistance from Dr. Amandus Johnson and preface by J. Sigfrid Edstrom. Spots on front cover.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 66152

READ MORE...
See More... (Black History) NEGRO HISTORY, 1553-1903.
Philadelphia Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1969 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. v, 83 pages.
Introduction by Edwin Wolf. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 42847

READ MORE...

E-mail/Export ?
Jump to page: 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  10  11  12  13  14  15   Next PageLast Page
Page 1 of 15

Refine Result
Within This List:
Include   Exclude
Author
Author
Title
Title
Keyword
Keyword
   
Clear all entries and click "Go" button to return to original search result.

Association of American Publishers Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Copyright © 2009 Oak Knoll. All rights reserved.
Back to Oak Knoll Home Back to Oak Knoll Home Back to Oak Knoll Home