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Adomeit, Ruth Elizabeth THREE CENTURIES OF THUMB BIBLES; A CHECKLIST.
New York Garland Publishing 1980 8vo. cloth. xl, 390 pages.
First edition. This excellent bibliography gives much information about miniature Bibles printed from the 17th to the 19th century in America, England, and Europe. The book is the work of a collector who has brought together much information not available elsewhere. Descriptions are extensive and include size, binding, contents, illustrations, other notes, references to other bibliographies where they exist, and locations for known copies. An essential reference book for collectors of children's books (children were the primary audience for these works), miniature books, and publishing history.
Price: $ 152.00 other currencies Order nr. 24398

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Albaugh, Gaylord P. HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED FROM 1730 THROUGH 1830, WITH LIBRARY LOCATIONS AND MICROFORM SOURCES.
2 volumes. Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1994 thick 4to. cloth. xc,719; vii,720-1456 pages.
First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Introduction by John B. Hench followed by bibliography, chronological listing of titles by years of founding, geographical list of titles, and titles by major religious interests. Also includes an index of editors, publishers, printers, illustrators and engravers. Corner bumped
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 72190

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AL'MANAKH BIBLIOFILA (THE BIBLIOPHILE'S ALMANACH)
21 volumes. Moscow n.p. 1975-1993 8vo. cloth.
Twenty-one of the twenty-eight volumes published to-date in this periodical devoted to book collecting, printing, miniature books, bookplates, publishing and bookselling. Illustrated. The former owner of this set knows of no complete sets in the West. Includes the following volumes: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15-20, 22-28.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 39558

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Arber, Edward THE TERM CATALOGUES, 1668-1709 A.D., WITH A NUMBER FOR EASTER TERM, 1711 AD., A CONTEMPORARY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE REIGNS OF CHARLES II, JAMES II, WILLIAM AND MARY, AND ANNE.
3 volumes. London Edward Arber 1903-1906 4to. cloth. xvi,576; x,664; x,742 pages.
First edition, one of the 1000 numbered small paper copies signed by Arber. (Besterman p.2011). Edited reprint of the original catalogues which were issued by English booksellers and publishers to show what books were available to students. A wealth of information for the student of the book during this period. Covers unevenly faded and lightly marked and rubbed. Hinges solid.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 40571

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AUTHOR'S PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSISTANT
London Saunders and Otley n.d. 12mo. original cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on cover, edges gilt (vi), 67, (36) pages plus 2 fold-out plates
Fifth edition (Bigmore & Wyman I,24). Subtitle continues, "Comprising Explanations of the Process of Printing, Preparation & Calculation of Manuscripts, Punctuation, Choice of Paper, Type, Binding, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, &c, with an Exemplification and Description of the Typographical Marks unused in the Correction of the Press." One fold-out displays specimens and names of the different sizes of type, the other shows a page properly annotated with corrections and the revised version. Section at the back listing works published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley. Covers blind stamped with border design. Front cover blind stamped with the words Mercantile Library Company with so much force that the indentation is visible through the cover and the endpapers. Library marks throughout. Spine missing, pages are loose, covers detached. Paper catalogue label on lower left corner of front cover. Mercantile Library Company stamp less forceful on the rear cover. Corners rubbed. Pages darkened. Front endpapers missing.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 79400

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Bauer, Friedrich HANDBUCH FÜR BUCHDRUCKER.
Frankfurt Klimsch & Co. 1909 large 8vo. cloth. xii, 612 pages
First edition. Text in German. Published as volume 9 of the Klimschs Graphische Bibliothek. Includes a brief history of printing followed by an extensive account of printing in the early twentieth century. Includes many illustrations. Wear along edges.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 100111

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BIBLIOGRAPHER, A JOURNAL OF BOOK-LORE (THE)
6 volumes bound in 3 London Elliot Stock 1881-1884 4to. later cloth.
Ulrich & Kup p.146. The complete set of this periodical under this title. Hundreds of articles on bookselling, printing, collecting, and bibliography. This magazine was continued as Book Lore. Pages 95 - 160 are detached and loosely inserted. Some tears in pages as the paper is fragile.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 104670

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(Bird & Bull Press) Feather, John ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Newtown Bird & Bull Press and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press 1984 8vo. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio. 109 pages.
Limited to 325 copies. The history of this important piece of publishing ephemera from its beginning in 1610 up through the 19th century and accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses from 2 to 10 pages in length. As the exact size was maintained, it was necessary to place 4 of the facsimiles in a separate portfolio. All but one of the prospectuses done in facsimile come from the Bodleian Library. This book is the kind of private press book that Oak Knoll likes to handle; an important new text presented in a superb format. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 165.00 other currencies Order nr. 2685

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Bravo, Francisco OPERA MEDICINALIA. PRINTED IN MEXICO, 1570. WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY FRANCISCO GUERRA.
2 volumes. Folkestone Dawsons 1970 small 8vo. full parchment, slipcase. (vi),77; facsimile of over 300 leaves.
Limited to 250 numbered copies. The first volume contains the text by Guerra in English. The second is a facsimile reprint of the first medical book to be published in the New World taken from the only known complete copy. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 36790

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BUCHHANDELSGESCHICHTE
Frankfurt am Main Buchhändler-Vereinigung 1979-2001 4to. full cloth (1979-1996); original paper wrappers (1997-2001) varied pagination
A complete run in sequence from 1979-2001 of this important quarterly German periodical with articles by various scholars on booksellers, bibliography, collecting, book arts, and publishing and printing history. All in German. 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: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 76180

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Collingridge, W.H. & L. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO PRINTING AND PUBLISHING A MANUAL OF INFORMATION ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH PRINTING PUBLISHING, ETC, ETC..
London W.H. and L. Collingridge 1877 8vo. later cloth with original pink heavy paper wrappers bound in. 52 pages followed by 13 different sized pages demonstrating different type sizes and 8 pages demonstrating different methods of illustration. Also tipped-in is a very large foldout plate showing different typographical arrangements and a heavy board sheet containing "Directions for Correcting the Press.".
Tenth edition. Issued by the printer, Collingridge. (St. Bride Catalogue p.230). From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 2198

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(Conkwright, P.J.) Argetsinger, Mark HARMONY DISCOVERED, P.J. CONKWRIGHT IN THE TRADITION OF CLASSICAL TYPOGRAPHY
Princeton Princeton University Library 1995 8vo. cloth (x), 131 pages
Limited to 200 copies. An in-depth study of the typographic work of P.J. Conkwright, including a portfolio of designs. Black-and-white and color illustrations.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 105583

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Corser, Thomas. COLLECTANEA ANGLO-POETICA: OR, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF A PORTION OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY ENGLISH POETRY, WITH OCCASIONAL EXTRACTS AND REMARKS BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL...[PARTS I-VI, VIII-XI].
10 volumes. Manchester Printed for the Chetham Society 1860-1883 8vo. [Vol.XI: 4to.] original blind panel-stamped cloth. 208; 209-456; 282; 283-542; 250; 251-472; 209-430; 208; 209-342; 20,343-477 pages [omitting repetitious matter such as membership lists, list of Society publications, series title pages, etc.].
All but Part VII of the eleven-part catalogue of the Corser collection. Thomas Corser (1793-1876) collected mostly English literature of the 16th and 17th centuries. His collection was sold off by Sotheby's from 1868 to 1873, with a later sale in Manchester in 1876; some of his collection was acquired by Henry Huth. Corser began publishing the catalogue of his collection in 1860, through the Chetham Society, and finished 6 parts before his death. The President of the Society, James Crossley (1800-1883), himself the owner of a large library, finished the 7th part (lacking here), and compiled parts 8 to 11. There are 681 entries in these ten parts. With about 15 text illustrations and a portrait engraving of Corser. Part XI contains a general index, a biography of Corser, and a list of prices realized in sales of his library. Bindings are identical except that XI is large paper. Several volumes have bookplates, several others are ex-library. All have internal stamps. Covers generally show moderate wear, particularly the earlier volumes (first two also faded), with occasional bumping. Two backings severely worn at head and tail. Torn erratum slip, hinge splitting in IX. Front edge of front cover of I broken.
Price: $ 212.00 other currencies Order nr. 54213

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DENT MEMORIAL LECTURES.
London Dent 1932-1939 small 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards, dust jackets. approx. 40-60 pages each.
The complete set of nine volumes, comprising: [1] BLACKWELL, Basil. The World of Books; [2] SADLEIR, Michael. Authors & Publishers; [3] JOHNSON, John. The Printer: his customers and his men; [4] CLAPPERTON, R. H. Paper and its relationship to Books; [5] LEIGHTON, Douglas. Bookbinding: a survey and a prospect; [6] DE LA MARE, Richard. A Publisher on Book Production; [7] GOSSOP, R. P. Book Illustration ... ; [8] RAYMOND, Harold. Publishing & Bookselling ... ; [9] SWINNERTON, F. The Reviewing and Criticism of Books. All in dust jackets. Some tape repair of jackets. Series number written in ink at top of spine.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 82621

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Dziatzko, Karl. SAMMLUNG BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFTLICHER ARBEITEN
24 (bound in 10, of 38). Berlin A. Asher & Co. 1887-1919 8vo. cloth varied pagination
A significant collection of first editions from the important series begun by Karl Dziatzko (1842-1903), who was the first professor of library science in Göttingen University, Germany. This set includes volumes 1-17, 21, 24-25, 28, 31, and 37/38. Contains texts on various issues pertaining to printing, illuminated manuscripts, publishers, printers, etc. Some volumes with illustrations. Includes indexes. Many editions with original paper wrappers loosely inserted or bound in. Signed by W. Eames (American bibliographer, 1855-1937) on the front pastedown. 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: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 76148

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(Fawcett, Benjamin) McLean, Ruari and Antonia. BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES.
Hampshire, England Scolar Press 1988 small 4to. quarter leather, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 196 pages.
First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this is one of 25 special copies with three actual plates demonstrating Fawcett's work loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. In special binding and with limitation page bound in and with McLean's signature. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus 9 color plates. Spine of jacket faded.
Price: $ 315.00 other currencies Order nr. 23192

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(Hooker, Herman) AN APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
on the Evil and Impolicy of the Church Engaging in Merchandise; and Setting Forth the Wrong Done to Booksellers, and the Extravagance, Inutulity, and Evil-Working, of Charity Publication Societies. Philadelphia King & Baird, Printers 1849 8vo. self paper wrappers 24 pages
Listed in Sabin no. 32818 with twenty entries on OCLC. A pamphlet protesting charity publication societies, such as the American Tract Society, which published religious works at or below cost. Hooker was a retired Episcopalian minister and bookseller who thought that the church "engaging in merchandise" would taint its divinity and have a secularizing influence, while at the same time, producing books at or below cost and running off charity took those charitable contributions away from other "needful objects". Hooker encouraged people to withhold their contributions to the societies to "force them to live by the economical management of their business" through cost-saving measures, such as removing illustrations and only producing expository texts for the betterment of the Christian readers. Despite these protests, The American Tract Society, which was established in 1825, is still active today. Signed by previous owner with his address on front wrapper, wrappers uniformly darkened except on front where another text used to sit, stitching on spine gone so leaves loose, some staining and wear on wrappers.
Price: $ 325.00 other currencies Order nr. 92750

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Kurian, George Thomas THE DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN BOOK PUBLISHING FROM FOUNDING FATHERS TO TODAY'S CONGLOMERATES.
New York Simon and Schuster (1975) small 4to. faux leather. (xii), 386 pages.
First edition. With short histories of American publishers. Some illustrations.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 103004

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Leypoldt, F. AMERICAN CATALOGUE. AUTHOR AND TITLE ENTRIES OF BOOKS IN PRINT
8 volumes. With the seven other volumes taking the work through 1910. First volume, New York A.C. Armstrong & Son, New York: The Office of Publishers' Weekly 1881; other volumes 1885-19, thick tall 4to. Through 1900 and then thick 8vo. contemporary half leather with cloth-covered boards. Thousands of pages.
First edition of this massive "Books-in-Print" for this entire period from when Kelly ended his work up to 1910. The work was started under the direction of F. Leypoldt with the first volume compiled by Lynds E. Jones, the second volume covers 1876 to 1884 and was compiled by R.R. Bowker and Miss A.I. Appleton. Bowker continued his work up to 1900. Ex-library set with markings. Covers rubbed. Hinges cracked, with a few covers detached. Five volumes have spines partially detached. Volume 1890-1895 is missing title page and Volume 1900-1905 is missing front cover and title page.
Price: $ 273.00 other currencies Order nr. 59008

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Meyer, Fredrich Hermann KATALOG DER BIBLIOTHECK DES BÖRSENVEREINS DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHÄNDLER.
2 volumes. Leipzig Verlag des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler 1885, 1902. 8vo. later quarter cloth with paper covered boards. xxxvi, 708; xx, 655-1406 pages
Second edition (Besterman, 5270). A description of books about books in the library of this German bookseller's organization. Includes 7,564 entries. With the second volume expanding the listing through 1901. Scarce catalogue of this pre-eminent collection of books relating to all aspects of book production.
Price: $ 325.00 other currencies Order nr. 103034

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(Mosher, Thomas Bird) Hatch, Benton L. CHECK LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THOMAS BIRD MOSHER OF PORTLAND MAINE.
Northampton The Gehenna Press 1966 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, slipcase. 213 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Biographical essay on Mosher by Ray Nash followed by the bibliography. Beautifully printed by the Gehenna Press. With information on William Morris. Bookplate indicates that this copy is from the referenc library of the bookseller, William Wreden.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 72101

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(Pickering, William) Birnie, William. THE BLAME OF KIRK-BURIALL, TENDING TO PERSWADE CEMITERIALL CIVILITIE. EDITED BY W.B.D.D. TURNBULL.
London W. Pickering; and G.A. Douglas, Edinburgh 1833 small 4to. full leather stamped in blind, top edge gilt xii, (44) pages.
Limited to 100 copies printed. Inscribed by Editor to Thos. Sharp. Nicely executed facsimile of this rare pamphlet, with an informative introduction by Turnbull. Covers a little faded and rubbed at extremities. Bookplate of Philip Sperling.Signed binding by R. Nelson.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 80639

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Complete run of a very rare journal

LA PRESSE UNIVERSELLE. ORGANE OFFICIEL DE L'UNION DE LA PRESSE PÉRIODIQUE BELGE. RÉVUE MENSUELLE [D'HISTOIRE & DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA PRESSE PÉRIODIQUE].
Anvers & Bruxelles Bureau de la Revue, January 1897 - July 1905. Years 1-1X. 8vo. original paper wrappers 262; 200+; 229; 172; 204; 208; 211; 164; 84 pages.
74 issues. Annual cumulative. Facsimiles., illustrated. Not in BUCOP. NUC lists 2 runs, detailing the NYPL run which concludes "no more published" after 1904, i.e. does not have the numbers issued in 1905. The journal was under the general editorship of J. B. Vervliet. One or two wrappers loose but on the whole remarkably well preserved set.
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 80650

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Roden, Robert F. AUCTION PRICES OF AMERICAN BOOK-CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1857-1901.
Cleveland The Rowfant Club 1904 small 8vo. quarter leather, paper-covered boards, fore and bottom edges uncut. (vi), 70, (2) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 120 numbered copies; this copy does not have a number but is inscribed in ink "Sample Copy." A record of some book club publications and the prices realized at various auctions. Book clubs listed include the Caxton Club, the Grolier Club, and the Rowfant Club, among others. Well-preserved copy of this scarce book. Unopened copy.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 51622

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Savigny de Moncorps, Vicomte de ALMANACHS ILLUSTRÉS DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE.
Paris Librairie Henri Leclerc 1909 4to. full red polished calf with original covers bound in including original paper spine, five raised bands on spine, gilt-stamping on spine, edges gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge uncut, marbled endpapers with gilt edges viii,(ii),283,(5) pages
Text in French. Limited to 125 numbered copies. (Besterman I, 293). Author was a member of the Société des Bibliophiles François. Foreword by Georges Vicaire. Frontispiece. Description of almanacs published in France from the beginning of the 18th century into the early 19th. Introductory chapter gives an overview of almanac publication. Subsequent chapters look at almanacs through the 18th century, the Revolutionary era and the era of the Bourbon Restoration to 1830. Contains detailed descriptive information about all entries, organized by year of publication. Numerous attached illustrations throughout text. Alphabetic table of almanacs and index. Also a study of bookbinding as the original covers were often excellent examples of the craft. A well excecuted signed binding by E. Carayon. Small crack in front hinge along top.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 109649

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