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See More... Alden, John (editor) EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1650.
2 volumes. New York Readex Books 1980 small 4to. cloth. liii,467; xlviii,954 pages.
With number of pages and locations of copies. Also gives bibliographical references to each work. Contains a short history of Americana bibliography and indices by printers, booksellers, geographic location, author, title and subject. An additional four volumes have been published which extend the dates of publication.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 14274

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See More... (Aldine Press) 953. 15TH & 16TH CENTURY PRINTING MAINLY FROM THE ALDINE PRESS
Catalogue 953. London Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1973 8vo stiff paper wrappers 23 + (1) pages
Catalogue lists ninety-three items from the London Antiquarian Book Fair which took place in June 1973.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 91776

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See More... (Aldine Press) THE AHMANSON-MURPHY ALDINE COLLECTION, A CHECKLIST OF THE BOOKS FROM THE PRESS OF ALDO PIO MANUZIO, 1494-1515, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LIBRARY.
Los Angeles UCLA Research Library 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 40, (2) pages.
Describes 106 items. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 35392

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See More... (Aldine Press) BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY ALDINE COLLECTION.
Los Angeles UCLA Library n.d. small 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers 117 pages.
Reproduced from typescript. Front cover detached.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 69316

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See More... (Aldine Press) A FINE COLLECTION OF BOOKS PRINTED BY ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS SUCCESSORS AT VENICE.
London Christies's 1995 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 119, (19) pages.
A catalogue for the auction at Christie's in 1995, which offered a fine collection of books printed by Aldus Manutius and his successor at Venice including many in contemporary bindings and with important provenances. It list 86 entries and is illustrated in color and black and white. Prices realized loosely inserted.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 58895

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See More... Ashbee, Henry Spencer INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM BEING NOTES BIO- BIBLIO- ICONO- GRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ON CURIOUS AND UNCOMMON BOOKS. By Pisanus Fraxi. With CENTURIA LIBRORUM ABSCONDITORUM. With CATENA LIBRORUM TACENDORUM.
3 volumes. (London Charles Skilton Ltd 1960) tall 8vo. blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edges blue. lxxvi,542,(4); lx,593,(3); lx,593,(3) pages.
Facsimile reprint of the extremely scarce first edition; this facsimile is limited to only 395 sets. Reprints of the first editions of 1877, 1879 and 1885; the complete set of this bibliography of erotic books. (Besterman p. 2055).
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 91320

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See More... (Bavaria) AUSSTELLUNG VON ARBEITEN DER VERVIELFÄLTIGENDEN KÜNSTE IM BAYRISCHEN GEWERBEMUSEUM
Nürnberg n.p. 1877 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards with stiff paper wrapper bound in vii, 214+(1) plus 11 leaves of illustration
Catalogues objects relating to a variety of topics connected to the book arts in Bavarian collections. Chapters on prominent publishers, seventeenth century book decoration, woodcuts, metalcutting, lithography, photography and different types of presses and printing technology. All chapters divided in two sections: a general overview followed by a bibliography usually arranged chronologically, sometimes arranged by topography. Engraved illustrations throughout. Ten illustrations grouped at the back. One page in color. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. Most of the text printed in gothic typeface. Title page printed in red and black. Decorative initial letters printed in red. A variety of head and tail pieces. Loose bookplate indicates that this copy was purchased from the collection of H.P. Kraus. Foxed throughout, including covers. Edges and corners of cover rubbed. Bottom of front hinge slightly split.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 77520

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See More... (Belin, Théophile) MANUSCRITS AVEC MINIATURES, LIVRES A FIGURES SUR BOIS DES XVe ET XVIe SIÈCLES
Paris Librairie Théophile Belin 1909 8vo. later cloth, with original stiff paper wrapper bound in, leather spine label (iv), 152 pages
A sale catalogue from the Librairie Théophile Belin, Paris, containing fifteenth- and sixteenth-century manuscripts with miniatures made from woodblock printing. Illustrated in black-and-white. Marbled paper end papers. Slightly rubbed, with a few puncture holes on the fore edge of the front cover. A few pages in the center torn. From the H.P. Kraus reference library with commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 76935

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See More... Bersano Begey, Marina LE CINQUECENTINE PIEMONTESI.
Torino Tipografia torinese editrice 1961 4to. contemporary cloth binding. 549+(1) pages.
First edition, printed in an edition limited to 990 numbered copies. Includes bibliographies, with copious facsimile reproductions of 16th century book illustrations, woodcuts and engravings. One volume of a three volume set, this volume being dedicated to books printed in the city of Torino, Italy. With the small private book label of H.P.K. (Kraus) affixed to the front pastedown. 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.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 76039

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See More... Bersano Begey, Marina LE CINQUECENTINE PIEMONTESI.
Torino Tipografia torinese editrice 1961 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 549+(1) pages.
First edition, printed in an edition limited to 990 numbered copies. Includes bibliographies, with copious facsimile reproductions of 16th century book illustrations, woodcuts and engravings. One volume of a three volume set, this volume being dedicated to books printed in the city of Torino, Italy.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 115410

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See More... (Bibles) Prime, Wendell FIFTEENTH CENTURY BIBLES, A STUDY IN BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New York Anson D.F. Randolph and Company 1888 tall 8vo. original cloth. (ii), 96, viii pages.
First edition. Ex library copy with markings including the library name perforated on the title page. Cloth chipped away at spine ends. Old library label on front cover.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 107721

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See More... (Bibliography) BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE BOOKS
New York Lathrop C. Harper, Inc. n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 112 pages
"European, English and American Literature - The Fine Arts, including Painting, Engraving and Architecture - Genealogy & Heraldry - Incunabula - Manuscripts - Dictionaries and Vocabularies - The Arts of teh Book, including formation of libraries, the Book Trade, Typography, Illustration and Binding - mainly from the library of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, the noted 19th century historian and collector, co-founder of the Philobiblon Society, and authority on Spanish art INCLUDING a large selection of priced auction catalogues of many of the most important late 18th and early 19th century libraries AND a separate section of Americana, including an extensive group of bibliographies and special studies by José Toribio Medina, as well as auction, dealer and private catalogues of great Americana collections." (from the title page). Contains 898 entries and an author index.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101336

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See More... (Bibliothèque Nationale) TROIS CENTS CHEFS-D'OEUVRE EN FAC-SIMILÉ
Manuscrits, Enluminures, Incunables, Livres Précieux Estampes, Dessins, Cartes Portulans, Médailles et Antiques Paris Bibliothèque Nationale 1940 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with color illustration tipped-in on front cover (iv), iv, 52, (2) pages
Text in French. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. Kraus' bookplate also on inside front wrapper. Bibliography of the facsimiles in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Small notes written in pencil on back of front wrapper and front free endpaper. First signature coming loose at top, spine split at head and heel, three small scratches on front wrapper, spine torn at head and heel, lightly soiled.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 92149

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See More... Bigmore, F.C. and C.W.H. Wyman A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
3 volumes bound in one. London Holland Press (1969) thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii,499+(1); viii,412; (ii),115 pages.
Reprint taken from the original edition of 1880. The definitive work on printing history. Includes illustrations and many biographical notes. Ink ownership inscription along top edge of free endpaper.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 42236

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See More... Bishop, William Warner A CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN COPIES OF "SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE" BOOKS.
Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press 1950 4to. cloth xi, 203 pages.
Second edition. This cloth bound variant is much scarcer than the paper bound version.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 114810

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See More... Bishop, William Warner CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN COPIES OF STC BOOKS
Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press 1944 4to. paper wrappers. 250 pages.
First edition. Covers worn.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 611

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See More... (Bookbinding) Rahir, Edouard. LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FEU ÉDOUARD RAHIR, ANCIEN LIBRAIRE. SIXIÈME ET DERNIÈRE PARTIE.
Paris Francisque Lefrançois 1938 small 4to. quarter red calf stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. (iv), 113, (3) pages.
The sixth and last part of this famous sale (Blogie 341). Édouard Rahir (1862-1924) was a well-known antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, and publisher in Paris (for a time the publisher for the Société des Bibliophiles François). He had a long-standing business relationship with Quaritch in London and was the author of La Bibliothèque de l'amateur (1909 & 1924), a guide to book collecting, along with many catalogues, etc. Some items from his library were sold shortly after his death, but the majority were sold between 1930 and 1938. See Arthur Rau, "Edouard Rahir...," pp. 169-177 in the Summer 1967 (vol.16 no.2) issue of the Book Collector. This volume contained many of his examples of bookbinding. Many plates including a number in full color. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Spine ends damaged.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 102020

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See More... Bosanquet, Eustace F. ENGLISH PRINTED ALMANACKS AND PROGNOSTICATIONS. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL HIST ORY TO THE YEAR 1600.
London Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press 1917 4to. cloth-covered boards. xii, 204, (2), pages. Followed by 35 facsimiles.
First edition. Illustrated Monographs, No. XVII issued by the Bibliographical Society. 72 page introduction by the author, a 130 page bibliography, followed by facsimiles. Description of the almanack, for three and a half centuries the most popular book in the English language. Along with the Bible, it was the basis for every household library. Endpapers foxed as usual.
Price: $ 115.00 other currencies Order nr. 24408

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See More... (Botfield, Beriah) HIGHLY IMPORTANT INCUNABULA, BIBLES, EARLY GREEK PRINTING AND COLOUR-PLATE BOOKS FROM BERIAH BOTFIELD'S LIBRARY.
London Christie's 1994 4to. stiff paper wrappers 214, (14) pages
Catalogue for a sale at Christie's in London on March 30, 1994 of selections from the renowned bibliophile's library; Bibles; Early Printing; Greek Printing; Colour-Plate Books. Describes in depth 93 entries. Lavish illustrations, in color and black and white, several fold-out, many from natural history volumes. Loosely inserted is a separate printing of the selection from this library with a two page introduction.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 69129

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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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See More... (Breslauer, Martin) MISCELLANY OF BOOKS AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
List XXXIX. London Martin Breslauer (1971) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 88 pages followed by 28 pages of plates.
A bookseller's catalogue including many examples of seventeenth and eighteenth century bookbinding. Also includes autograph letters, incunabula, and type specimens. Works by William Shakespeare and Richard Weir, among others, are offered. Illustrated by twenty-eight pages of plates, many showing notable bindings. Index of authors and titles.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 77695

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See More... (Bristol) A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN THE BRISTOL REFERENCE LIBRARY WHICH WERE PRINTED ABROAD IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH DURING THE YEARS 1473 TO 1700.
Bristol Corporation of Bristol 1956 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 194+(1) pages
Contains an introduction, index, and 935 unnumbered entries. Title written on spine in ink.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 101731

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See More... (Bristol) A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN THE BRISTOL REFERENCE LIBRARY WHICH WERE PRINTED ABROAD IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH DURING THE YEARS 1473 TO 1700.
Bristol Corporation of Bristol 1956 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 194+(1) pages
Contains an introduction, index, and 935 unnumbered entries. Signed by Roy Stokes on the front endpaper. Minor cover wear.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 101732

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See More... (Brown, John Carter) BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY IN BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.
7 volumes. Millwood Kraus Reprint Co. 1975 tall 8vo. cloth.
Seven volumes. An invaluable Americana reference set. The complete set of this bibliography is composed of the following volumes. Thousands of collations are given. 1).EARLIEST BOOKS TO THOSE DATED 1674. x,511; (viii),552; (iv),310 pages. Reprint of the third and last edition originally printed over the period 1919 to 1931. 2).BOOKS PRINTED 1675-1700. Providence: Brown University Library, 1973, 4to., cloth. xxxi, 484 pages. Third and best edition adding to the material published in the period 1875-1882. 3).PART III. 1701-1800. Two volumes. N.P.: Kraus Reprint Co., 1963, tall 8vo., cloth. (iv),iv,446; (vi),554 pages. Reprint of the first edition first published in 1870 and 1871. 4).SHORT TITLE LIST OF ADDITIONS, BOOKS PRINTED 1471-1700. (vi),67 pages. Providence: Brown University Press, 1973.
Price: $ 700.00 other currencies Order nr. 1046

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See More... (Bruce, David Wolfe) CATALOGUE OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS PRESENTED TO THE GROLIER CLUB BY DAVID WOLFE BRUCE.
New York Grolier Club 1894 12mo. original paper wrappers. 33 pages.
Asaf handlist 25. Bruce and his father were typefounders. Annotated descriptions of the incunables. Chipped along edge. Spot on cover.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 6442

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