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See More... Bodmer, Martin. EINE BIBLIOTHEK DER WELTLITERATUR.
Zürich Atlantis 1947 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 168 pages, with 8 additional leaves of illustrations.
First edition. Guide to a Swiss library of world literature; includes plans for the building and reproductions of works in its collection. Indexed. Lacks dust jacket. Covers yellowed.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 49608

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  Bodmer, Martin. EINE BIBLIOTHEK DER WELTLITERATUR.
Zürich Atlantis 1947 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels, dust jacket. 168 pages, with 8 additional leaves of illustrations.
First edition. Guide to a Swiss library of world literature; includes plans for the building and reproductions of works in its collection. Indexed. Jacket chipped at spine ends with small pieces missing. Previous owner has written name in ink on free endpaper and title page.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 49609

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See More... (Bolliger, Hans) DOKUMENTATION-KUNST UND LITERATUR DES 19. + 20. JAHRHUNDERTS.
Zürich Hans Bolliger n.d. 8vo stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Text in German. Three catalogues of works on the art and literature of 19th and 20th century Europe. Main focus on 20th century avant-garde art. Black and white illustrations throughout. Over 2600 items in three volumes. Each volume indexed. Wrappers faded and bent near edges and spine.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 109071

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See More... Bouginé, Carl Joseph HANDBOOK DER ALLGEMEINEN LITTERARGESCHICHTE NACH HEUMANNS GRUNDRIß
4 volumes (of 5). Zürich bey Orell, Geßner, Füßli und Comp. 1789-1791 8vo. half calf, cloth backed boards, leather spine labels, five raised bands, stained paper edges xvi, 632 pages; (ii), 705, (3) pages ; (ii), 717+(1) pages; (ii), 774 pages
First edition. (Vallée, 973; Besterman, 823). An ambitious bibliography of published works from the 15th to the late 18th centuries. All five volumes contain approximately 25,000 entries. Includes a foreword by the author, and biographical information about the writers and publishers. Minor water damage to Volume 1. Pale foxing in all volumes. With the small private booklabel of H.P.K. (Kraus) affixed to the front pastedown.

Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 75826

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  (Children's Books) Hurlimann, Bettina EUROPÄISCHE KINDERBÜCHER IN DREI JAHRHUNDERTEN.
Zürich Atlantis Verlag (1963) 8vo. cloth, leather cover label, dust jacket 247 pages.
Second Swiss edition of Hurlimann's study of European children's books. Jacket rubbed.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 78086

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See More... Herdeg, Walter RECORD COVERS: THE EVOLUTION OF GRAPHICS REFLECTED IN RECORD PACKAGING.
Zürich The Graphis Press (1974) square small 4to. (in facsimile of a record cover) paper-covered boards with red paper label in middle in facsimile of record label. 192 pages
Text in English, German and French. A historical survey of record-cover design through the course of the 20th century, organized by genre of music. Foreword and introduction. Indices of artists, deisgners, art directors and publishers. Boards scuffed at corners.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 108678

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See More... KULTURPOLITIK IN DER SCHWEIZ.
Zürich Schweizer Spiegel Verlag (1954) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge stained yellow. 302, (2) pages.
A project of the Stiftung Pro Helvetia; essays on the promotion of culture in the Swiss cantons. Jacket very slightly torn.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 48391

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See More... Leemann-Van Elck, Paul DIE ZÜRCHERISCHE BUCHILLUSTRATION.
(Zürich) Schweizerische Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft 1952 4to. pictoral paper-covered boards 251+(1) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 850 copies. Chapters arranged chronologically beginning in 1520 and cover a wide range of material printed in Zürich, from book illustrations to maps, emblems to portraits. Very heavily illustrated. Cover and lower corner of pages water damaged. Spine and cover soiled. Base of hinges split. Memorial bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this copy came from the H.P. Kraus reference library and stock.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 77321

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See More... (Müller, J.C.) FÜNFZIG JAHRE J.C. MÜLLER 1908-1958.
Zürich J.C. Müller 1958 4to. stiff paper wrappers 59+(1) pages
First edition. Fifty years of the Swiss printer J.C. Müller. With many examples of posters, labels, and other advertisments. With essays by Wilhelm Sulser, Herbert Stüssi, and Hans Kasser. In German.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 63157

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See More... (Posters) THE SWISS POSTERS, TRAVELLING EXHIBITION OF THE "PRO hELVETIA" FOUNDATION.
Zürich Pro Helvetia 1950 12mo. stiff paper wrappers 48 pages followed by 28 pages of plates
Exhibition catalogue in six languages. Many plates of illustrations.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 76743

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See More... Rudolphi, E. Camillo (compiler) DIE BUCHDRUCKER-FAMILIE FROSCHAUER IN ZÜRICH.
Verzeichniss der aus ihrer Offizin hervorgegangenen Druckwerke. Zürich Orell, Füssli & Co. 1869 8vo. later quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, with part of original front wrapper laid down. vii, 93 pages
Written in German. A catalogue of 865 entries, along with an index. Heavy wear at extremities, with rubbing and tears, most of spine missing or separated from the top joint. Hinges weak, some pages loose. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 101548

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See More... (Schumann, Hellmut) [COLLECTION OF THE REFERENCE COPIES FOR A RUN OF THE CATALOGUES ISSUED BY HELLMUT SCHUMANN OF ZÜRICH].
Zürich Hellmut Schumann AG 8vo. and small 4to. original paper wrappers or later green cloth
The marked up reference copies of a series of 39 catalogues issued by this Swiss bookseller. Most of the catalogues are interleaved and contain handwritten records of what sold and other occasional notes with many buyers' names written in. The first group are not bound but have been taken apart to interleave and then had the spine taped to keep them together. The majority of the catalogues have been bound in green cloth. Includes the following:
472. A Rare Book Miscellany.
477. Helvetica
478. The Illustrated Book
479. General Science
481. Autographs, Documents and Manuscripts
483. Old and Modern Art
484. Deutsche Literatur des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
485. Helvetica
487. Deutshce Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts.
The following are bound mostly in green cloth with original covers bound in.
488. Geography and Travel
490-494, 496-500, 502-504, 507-513, 515, 517, 520-522, 524-525
Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
Price: $ 950.00 other currencies Order nr. 75701

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See More... (Schweizerischen Buchdruckerverein) BEITRAGE ZUR GESCHICHTE DES BUCHDRUCKS IN DER SCHWEIZ.
Zürich Schweizerischen Buchdruckerverein 1944 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket 203+(1) pages
Text in German with some articles in French. Commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Swiss Book Printers' Union. Foreword and preface by Robert Furrer, president of the union. Essays by Paul Leemann-Van Elck discussing the history of printing in Switzerland from the late 1400s. Black and white, and two-toned illustrations. List of illustrations, select bibliography. Small tears in dust jacket at edges. Edges of text lightly tanned.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 116064

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See More... Stemmle, Erwin. DAS DEUTSCHE BUCHGEWERBE IN KONJUNKTUR UND KRISE.
Zürich Polygraphischer Verlag 1958 8vo. paper wrappers. 189 pages.
A study of the German book trade through prosperity and crisis. Pp. 165-189 are fold-out tables.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 50635

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See More... Tschabold, Alfred. BUCHER UND BIBLIOTHEKEN, EINE PRAKTISCHE WEGLEITUNG ZUM BENUTZEN UND A
Zürich Emil Oesch (1946) 8vo. paper wrappers. 64 pages.
A practical guide to books and libraries for borrowers and users.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 50615

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See More... (Vieweg, Friedrich) Frankel, Jonas. GOTTFRIED KELLERS BRIEFE AN VIEWEG.
Zürich Corona 1938 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 191, (3) pages.
Letters from the author Gottfried Keller to the publisher Friedrich Vieweg over three decades, from the 1850s to the 1870s. Cloth foxed. Jacket yellowed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 49403

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See More... Walthard, Friedrich. MIT STICHEL UND STIFT, EINFUHRUNG IN DIE TECHNIKEN DER GRAPHIK.
Zürich Art. Institut Orell Füssli 1924 small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. (ii), 66 pages, with 37 additional plates.
Demonstrates the process by which the printed page, and in particular the printing-block is made. This book is more about the craft of printing rather than the art of printing. Contains sections on "Hochdruck," "Tiefdruck," "Flachdruck," and "Farbendruck." Tear in cloth at head of spine.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 55585

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See More... Zbinden, Hans. VOM BUCHKLIMA UNSERER ZEIT.
Zürich Schweizerische Werbestelle für das Buch (1953) 12mo. paper wrappers. 74 pages.
A speech on the "book climate" of the times, discussing both booksellers and readers.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 50607

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See More... Zeller, Konrad. SCHWEIZER KUNSTLER ILLUSTRIEREN DIE BIBEL.
Zürich Zwingli-Verlag (1939) 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper spine and cover labels. 95+(1) pages.
30 illustrations for a children's bible, by Swiss artists, with biographical notes on the artists. Covers soiled; head of spine bumped.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 48547

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