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Forbes, Malcolm MORE THAN I DREAMED.
Edited by Tony Clark. New York Simon and Schuster (1989) 4to. two-toned cloth, dust jacket. 253, (3) pages.
First edition. Forbes "gives us an insider's tour of his incredible collections of art, autographs, toys, and curios..." Illustrated in color. Ink stamp of former owner.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 100107

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(Forgery) Bozeman, Pat (editor) FORGED DOCUMENTS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1989 HOUSTON CONFERENCE.
With a preface by Robin N. Downes. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Books 1990 8vo. cloth. xvi, 162 pages.
First edition. Contains 13 papers and 4 floor discussions from this conference which covered all aspects of forgery and its impact on collectors, libraries and bookdealers. Includes important information on the Texas forgeries, methods of handling appraisals and tax donations, legal implications, and forgery detection.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 29906

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(Forgery) Nickell, Joe. PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND DOCUMENT DETECTIVE.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 2000 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 228 pages.
First edition, second printing with corrections. An excellent study of writing and writing materials for the penman, collector, and document detective. The author traces the development of writing and writing materials from the ancient cuneiform tablet to today's historical documents. This work is essential for all calligraphers, archivists, literary historians and document examiners. Over a hundred illustrations.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 75139

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(Forgery) Nickell, Joe. PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND DOCUMENT DETECTIVE.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 2003 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers x, 228 pages.
First edition, second printing with corrections. An excellent study of writing and writing materials for the penman, collector, and document detective. The author traces the development of writing and writing materials from the ancient cuneiform tablet to today's historical documents. This work is essential for all calligraphers, archivists, literary historians and document examiners. Over one hundred illustrations.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 71215

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Forgue, Norman W. POORER RICHARD, AN ALMANAC LONG AFTER FRANKLIN
Chicago The 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.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 4010

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Fowler, Arthur (editor) THE GOLDEN GALLEON.
First seven issues. Kansas City, MO Alfred Fowler 1924-1925 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 1-30; 31-62; 63-94; 95-126; 1-32; 33-64; 65-96 pages.
Volume 1, number 1 (January 1924) through Volume 2, number 3 (Summer 1925) of this interesting literary magazine that includes original essays, stories, poems, and woodcuts by artists such as A. Edward Newton, Vincent Starrett, George Sterling, Arthur Symons, and William Rose Benet among many others. Illustrated with woodcuts. First issue has corner of back cover chipped off.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 61050

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Fracchia, Charles A. RACKS, RASCALS AND RECUSANTS, THE SEARCH FOR THE HUNTED BOOK
N.P. n.p. 1967 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Limited to 500 copies. "Reprinted from the Fall, 1967 issue of The Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter for friends of Charles and Ann Fracchia of which 100 are for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club" (from the last page). Minor wear at extremities, with a presentation to David Belch, the previous owner, on the inside front cover.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 101182

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Fracchia, Charles A. RACKS, RASCALS AND RECUSANTS, THE SEARCH FOR THE HUNTED BOOK
N.P. n.p. 1967 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Limited to 500 copies. "Reprinted from the Fall, 1967 issue of The Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter for friends of Charles and Ann Fracchia of which 100 are for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club" (from the last page). Minor wear at extremities, with a presentation to David Belch, the previous owner, on the inside front cover.
Price: $ 13.00 other currencies Order nr. 114984

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France, Anatole BOKVÄNNERNA.
Stockholm Wahlström & Widstrand (1945) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 60 pages
First Swedish edition of Anatole France's Bibliophilie orginally printed in French (1926). A treatise on book collectiong and bibliophiles. The introduction and notes are by Grete Jacobsen and have been taken from the Danish Bogvennerne(1929). Illustrations by Karen Jacobsen. Pages unopened.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 63330

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(Fränkischen Bibliophilengesellschaft) Sendner, Hans. 25 JAHRE FRANKISCHE BIBLIOPHILENGESELLSCHAFT.
tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.91-110.
Offprint from Imprimatur, Neue Folge Band VIII, 1976. An article on the 25th anniversary of the bibliophile society Frankische Bibliophilengesellschaft. Illustrated.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49356

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(Franklin, Benjamin) Blumenthal, Walter Hart FRANKLIN SAMPLER, A GARNER FOR THE MIND'S DELIGHT.
Philadelphia Free Library of Philadelphia (1964) 8vo. parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards. 105 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies.
Price: $ 14.00 other currencies Order nr. 514

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Franklin, Colin BOOK COLLECTING AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS AND OTHER ESSAYS.
(Aldershot) Scolar (1996) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 138 pages.
First edition. Twelve chapters of interest to the book collector including ones on "Type Under the Water," John Baptist Jackson and his Chiaroscuro method, D.G. Rossetti, and "Hume, Sludge & I: A Study in Techniques of Dishonesty."
Price: $ 64.95 other currencies Order nr. 61988

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Franklin, Colin OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, and Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. 2012 6 x 9 inches hardcover, dust jacket 296 pages
Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in bookselling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a generation ago. During his numerous trips to Paris, Japan, South Africa, and many universities in the United States, Franklin kept diaries of his accounts which have helped him to put together this new publication. The chapters represent a type of memoir recalling his various book interests developed during his life of publishing and bookselling.

Including serious essays on diverse characters who have fascinated him, the book discusses the Bowdlers and their 'Family Shakespeare'; William Fowler of Winterton, who neglected his humble calling and privately produced books of the greatest magnificence on Roman Mosaic Floors (when these were being discovered under England's green and pleasant land); a little-known Oxford antiquary and print-maker Joseph Skelton; the once-so-popular Robert Surtees and John Leech (much admired by Ruskin), who illustrated his novels; on the neglected theme of Binders' Lettering; and on his lifelong hero William Morris. There is also a new assessment of the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni, whom Franklin considers to have been finest of them all. A satirical essay called 'Expert', in addition to the anecdotal and narrative style of text, make this an entirely enjoyable work, rich in illustrations and photographs.

Because of Franklin's exhaustive love for books, he has been able to handle some of the most outstanding examples of work he could ever desire. His passion for private presses, early color printings, early editions of Shakespeare, and beautiful Japanese scrolls, has led him to believe that most booksellers, collectors, and even librarians are guided by his or her taste rather than by calculation, just as he has been.

After wartime service in the British Navy, Colin Franklin graduated in English from St. John's College, Oxford and entered the publishing firm of Routledge and Kegan Paul. In middle life the decision was abruptly taken (with his wife's blessing) to quit publishing and turn bookseller. Franklin and his wife Charlotte had five sons and now live near Oxford where they recently celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.

Available in Australia from Books of Kells; available in the UK from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 108511

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Freis, Wilhelm. DER KATALOG DES BUCHLIEBHABERS.
Leipzig H. Haessel 1925 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 36, (4) pages.
Offers guidance to book-lovers on compiling a Catalogue. Spine covering partially missing with the rest detached.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 48645

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(French, Frederick W.) LIBRARY OF FREDERICK W. FRENCH.
Boston C.F. Libbie & Co. (1901) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers bound in half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards x, 237+(1); 158; 118 pages
McKay 5275 and 5283. Three catalogues bound in one volume. Auction sale of collector Frederick William French (1842-1900) of Boston, held April 23-25, 1901. Biographical sketch of French with notes about his collection (1718 lots) which included first editions, complete sets of book club publications, private presses, 18th century French vignette books, bindings, watercolor books, and other rarities. Frontispiece illustration of French. Also included are the auction catalogues of French's autograph collection (1446 lots) and his etchings and mezzotints collection (1297 lots), held May 2-3 and May 10, 1901, respectively. Illustrations, including foldouts. Some realized prices pencilled in the autograph and etching/mezzotint catalogues. Price list for auction of books and newspaper clippings tipped in. Spine slightly faded and with some wear along edges and top of front hinge. Bookplate on front pastdown.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 115086

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(Frick) Knox, Katharine McCook THE STORY OF THE FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY: THE EARLY YEARS.
New York The Frick Art Reference Library 1979 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 149, (3) pages.
Limited to 2000 copies and printed at the Harbor Press. Foreword by Everett Fahy. Illustrated. Describes how Helen C. Frick established the library. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 31262

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FUND OG FORSKNING I DET KONGELIGE BIBLIOTEKS SAMLINGER.
23 issues Kobenhavn Det Kongelige Bibliotek 1955-1980 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jackets.
23 issues, volumes II (1955)-XXIV (1980). This periodical features articles stemming from or relating to the collections of the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Article topics range from early Danish Printers' and publishers' marks to silver filigree bindings. While many articles center on specifically Danish topics, an equal amount address subjects of a more international scope. For example, volume XXIII includes an article on a picture book from colonial Georgia, USA. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white. In Danish with English summaries of each article at rear of journal. Volume XX features an index of all prior issues. A rare yet important 20th century journal.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 61534

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Funke, Claudia (editor) GROLIER 2000: A FURTHER GROLIER CLUB BIOGRAPHICAL RETROSPECTIVE IN CELEBRATION OF THE MILLENNIUM.
New York The Grolier Club 2000 6.75 x 10.5 inches hardcover, slipcase 424 pages
In 1959 at the Grolier Club's 75th anniversary, Grolier 75, a volume of biographical sketches of seventy-five former members written by seventy-five current members, was published. This book proved to be very valuable to the literature of the book world through its presented facts and life stories. Grolier 2000 was published as a sequel to Grolier 75, extending the biographical records begun forty-one years ago. This book presents informative and expressive stories of past Grolier Club members, now deceased, who were distinguished lovers of manuscripts, prints, drawings, and photographs.

The Grolier Club has always welcomed membership to anyone interested in all aspects of the book including design, illustration, printing, binding, publishing or selling. This book covers all of these areas, including biographies of designers and printers such as Altschul and Grabhorn, and Heckscher and Hugo, illustrators such as Pennell, Ruzicka, and Oenslager, and publishers such as Kennerley, Knopf, and Sadleir. Overall, the book contains biographies of 119 Grolier Club members. It is beautifully designed and kept in a slipcase. The book was printed under the direction of Jerry Kelly by E.H. Roberts.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 106632

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(Fürstenberg, Hans) DAS BUCH ALS KUNSTWERK. FRANZÖSISCHE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS DER BIBLIOTHEK HANS FÜRSTENBERG.
(Stuttgart Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei) 1965 8vo. later cloth, leather spine label xv, (i), 161, (9) pages
First edition. This exhibition of illustrated 18th century French books was held at Schloß Ludwigsburg in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. An essay about Hans Fürstenberg as a book collector prefaces the Catalogue. Over 270 books are described. Many book bindings and illustrations are reproduced in black-and-white. Indexed by author at rear. In German. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 71305

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Furstenberg, Jean LES SOURCES DE LA CRÉATION ARTISTIQUE JEU ET RÉALITÉ DES ARTS MODERNES.
Monaco Éditions du Rocher 1962 large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, unopened pages 297, (5) pages
First edition. An investigation into the sources of creative inspiration. Discussion of the aesthetics of modern art in relation to science and spirituality. Furstenberg was an avid book collector and part of his collection now resides in the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 74169

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Galerie Gerd Rosen (Four special issues bound in one)
Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge Berlin Galerie Gerd Rosen (1957); (1958); 1959; 1960 4to. stiff paper wrappers 12; 11(+1); (ii),39(+1); (ii),54 pages
This volume contains four special issues from Galerie Gerd Rosen in Berlin. The first commemorated the lawyer and book collector Otto Deneke, who had died the previous year, and includes original contributions from Rudolf Alexander Schröder (memories of Deneke and Rudolf Borchardt) and from Alfred von Klement, recently deceased senator of the Halkyonischen Akademie, as well as material taken from the gallery's auction catalogue number 29. The second commemorated the author Dr. Kurt Messow and contained primarily material taken from auction catalogue 30. The articles in the third came mostly from auction catalogues 31 and 32. The fourth expands on material from auction catalogues 33 and 34. The colophons indicate that all were issued in limited editions (200; 200; 150; and 150 copies) for friends of the gallery and, in the first two cases, for members of the "Berlin Bibliophiles' Evening" group. Printed on hand-made paper (parts 2-4 on Gravis-Bütten) at the Druckerei Max Lichtwitz. Includes black-and-white illustrations, some tipped-in. Wrapper shows modest soiling and wear. There is evidence of a one quarter cloth (or tape) spine covering, which is now missing.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 88263

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Garnett, Richard ESSAYS OF AN EX-LIBRARIAN
Freeport Books for Libraries Press (1970) 8vo. cloth. x, 359 pages.
Reprint of the 1901 first edition. Twelve essays by Garnett including ones on Translating Homer, the Poetry of Coleridge, Matthew Arnold, Ralph Waldo Emerson, etc.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 61113

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(Garrett, Robert) Issue of The Princeton University Library Gazette devoted to the donation of the Robert Garrett collection of manuscripts
1942 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.113-160.
Chapters on the collection in general and five separate chapters on the Arabic and Islamic manuscripts, The Western European Manuscripts, The Greek Manuscripts, the Papyri and the Indic Manuscripts. Chipped around edges.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107956

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Gatch, Milton McC. THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS.
BSA Occastional Publications, No.1 New York The Bibliographical Society of America 2007 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 202 pages.
Reformation pamphlets (or "Flugschriften") were among the first rare book acquisitions of American libraries. Gatch traces the remarkable history of the Leander van Ess collection purchased by the Union Theological Seminary in 1838, the first and largest collection of these religious tracts to arrive in America. He notes how they were originally obtained by van Ess, a Catholic priest, translator of the Bible, and a former Benedictine monk, who built an impressive personal collection of books and manuscripts when monastic libraries were being dispersed during the Napoleonic wars. Gatch has also identified a significant group of pamphlets assembled at Wittenberg during the 1520s, Luther's most creative period. Never before accurately described, the surviving pamphlets from this collection are listed here in the order of van Ess's own catalogue, with a set of indexes to authors and printers, and with concordances to major bibliographical resources. Gatch reviews the history Reformation pamphlet collecting in the United States from these earliest efforts up to the beginning of the twentieth century, and reflects on how these primary resources were used (or neglected) by American church historians. An extensive bibliography and a detailed index of the introductory essays are included. Illustrated. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society of America.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 93560

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Gauz, Valeria (editor) PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN BOOKS IN THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY 1537-1839.
With a Selection of Braziliana Printed in Countries Other than Portugal and Brazil Providence The John Carter Brown Library 2009 7.5 x 11.25 inches hardcover 792 pages
Compiled by the rare book cataloguer Valeria Gauz, this work describes in detail, item by item, the finest collection in North America of books relating to Brazil before the country declared its independence from Portugal in 1822.

Nearly 650 of the titles in this catalogue antedate 1800. For the period from 1800 through 1822, some 500 titles are described, including 165 printed in Brazil itself after the Impressão Regia opened a branch in Rio de Janeiro in 1808 and presses began operating in Bahia.

Each of the approximately 1,300 titles catalogued in the book is annotated, some extensively, with historical and biographical information, and the major bibliographies of Luso-Brazilian printing, such as those by Rubens Borba de Moraes, are regularly cited. For libraries with significant colonial Braziliana holdings, this book is an essential reference work. Historians and other scholars, librarians, collectors, and booksellers will find it to be an invaluable aid to research in the field.

The arrangement of entries in the volume is chronological, from 1537 to 1839, and within each year the titles are listed alphabetically. The work is completely indexed by author and title, and there is a special index to government laws and decrees, a provenance list, and helpful bibliographical guides, including a general bibliography at the end that offers readers suggestions of other related works of interest. There are forty-six illustrations throughout the text.

Valeria Gauz has been a cataloguer at the National Library in Rio de Janeiro and was employed at the John Carter Brown Library from 1998 to 2005. The John Carter Brown Library is an independently funded and administered institution for advanced research in history and the humanities founded in 1846 and located on the campus of Brown University since 1901. The Library has unparalleled strength in primary sources relating to the history of North and South America between 1492 and ca. 1825.

Distributed in North America only for the John Carter Brown Library.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 108377

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