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See More... Fielding, T. H ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PAINTING IN OIL AND WATER COLOURS ... WITH A MANUAL OF LITHOGRAPHY
Illustrated with Plain and Coloured Plates. Fourth Edition, Much Enlarged London Ackermann & Co. 1846 8vo. modern cloth xii, 236, (2), 12 plates of illustration and 6 plates of mixed tint samples, 4 pages
The manual occupies pp. 201-228.The frontis is a color plate, as are some of the 12 plates that follow the text. A four page catalogue of Ackermann's artists' supplies at the end. Pages clean and nice, but with some scattered offset among the plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 225.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 180.00] other currencies Order nr. 98553

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See More... Fisch, A. NOUVEAUX PROCÉDÉS DE REPRODUCTIONS INDUSTRIELLES AVEC OU SANS TEINTES MODÉLÉES AU MOYEN DES SELS D'ARGENT, DE PLATINE, D'URANE, DE CUIVRE, DE DESSINS, DE PLANS, GRAVURES, PORTRAITS, VUES, MONUMENTS, PAYSAGES, ETC. A L'USAGE DES INGÉNIEURS, CHEFS D'ATELIERS, DESSINATEURS, ARTISTES ET AMATEURS PHOTOGRAPHES, DES ÉCOLES PROFESSIONELLES ET DES ÉCOLES DE DESSIN, ETC.
Paris Librairie Centrale des Sciences; J. Michelet 1887 small 8vo. modern marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 140, (4) pages.
First edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 10429). Part of the series entitled "Encyclopédie photographique." With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 225.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 180.00] other currencies Order nr. 98566

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See More... (Forgery) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, &C, TOGETHER WITH THE APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AND EVIDENCE UPON THE SAME, RELATIVE TO THE MODE OF PREVENTING THE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.
London Society of Arts 1819 8vo. modern paper wrappers with paper cover and spine labels. (iv), 72 pages.
First edition (Levis, p. 468; Bridson & Wakeman B48; Goldsmith 22503; Kress C. 414). All six plates present. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. An important comment on the prevention of forgery. Contains a number of articles including: one by T.C. Hansard who proposed the use of Diamond type arranged in patterns (including an example plate); by T. Ransom recommending copper plate engraving (including a sample bank note showing the work of three different engravers); by R.H. Sully also recommending copper plate engraving (with a sample bank note and an engraved plate showing the design for a new copper plate printing machine); and by Richard Williamson recommending steel engraving (with two fine steel engraved plates). Old ink stamp of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on a number of the pages and all the plates. The plates are faintly water-stained.
Price: $ 1,250.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 1,000.00] other currencies Order nr. 37893

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See More... Frank, John C. AMERICAN INTEROCEANIC CANALS, A LIST OF REFERENCES IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
New York New York Public Library 1916 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in. iii, 90 pages
With a bibliography and index. A list of works regarding canals. Minor wear, paper wrappers have some writing in pencil on them at head.
Price: $ 25.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 20.00] other currencies Order nr. 100965

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See More... Fritz, Georg PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY
Translated by E. J. Wall London Dawbarn & Ward Ltd. 1895 8vo. cloth [i],92 pages
Contains six plates which are actually specimens & a page with 8 mounted samples of Angerer's scraper boards. The 12 pages of advertisements for printing supplies are between the text and the plates. Boards worn and soiled. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 125.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 100.00] other currencies Order nr. 98697

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See More... (Frost & Reed) THE " HOMELOVERS" BOOK OF ETCHINGS ENGRAVINGS AND COLOR PRINTS.
Bristol Frost & Reed 1934 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, color cover label. 168 pages.
The 22nd edition. A priced trade catalogue of prints for sale. Full of illustrations including many in color. Covers rubbed and worn along edges. Ink ownership inscription on front cover. Light foxing. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 20.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 16.00] other currencies Order nr. 100078

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See More... Furst, Herbert ORIGINAL ENGRAVING AND ETCHING, AN APPRECIATION.
London T. Nelson & Sons 1931 small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. vii, 409 pages.
First edition. Contains 175 plates. Jacket chipped with small tears at head of spine.
Price: $ 40.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 32.00] other currencies Order nr. 41876

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See More... (Goulding, Frederick) Hardie, Martin FREDERICK GOULDING: MASTER PRINTER OF COPPER PLATES.
Stirling Eneas MacKay 1910 small 4to. quarter parchment with paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. 167 pages and 7 plates.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. Goulding (1842-1909) was an important figure in his day. A well-produced book printed on fine paper. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed and abraded along bottom of front cover. Parchment soiled.
Price: $ 185.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 148.00] other currencies Order nr. 98143

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See More... Gregory, Winifred (editor) INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES 1840-1937
A Union list of Their Publications Available in Libraries of the United States and Canada. New York The H.W. Wilson company 1938 folio cloth 230 pages
Former library copy with markings. Some hand-written notations in pencil throughout the text. corners bumped and edges rubbed. Partial paper library label on spine. Spine rubbed. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 25.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 20.00] other currencies Order nr. 101793

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See More... Greg, W.W. SOME ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF LONDON PUBLISHING BETWEEN 1550 AND 1650.
Oxford Clarendon Press 1956 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 131 pages.
First edition. One of the Lyell Lectures in Bibliography. With the ink ownership inscription of the bibliographer, Roy Stokes, on the free endpaper.
Price: $ 67.50 [SALE PRICE: $ 54.00] other currencies Order nr. 98349

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See More... Hamerton, Philip Gilbert DRAWING & ENGRAVING, A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE.
London Adam and Charles Black 1892 tall 8vo. original polished cloth, top edge gilt. xxii, 172 pages.
First edition. (Bridson & Wakeman A47). With illustrations in the text and twenty-three separate plates demonstrating different illustrations methods. Includes original etchings by Manesse, Frank Short, Flameng & Gaillard, etc. With the bookplate and signature in pencil of Gavin Bridson. Well-preserved copy.
Price: $ 65.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 52.00] other currencies Order nr. 97781

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See More... Hamerton, Philip Gilbert THE ETCHER'S HANDBOOK.
Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered. London Charles Roberson & Co. 1871 small 8vo. original cloth, gilt lettering, viii, 88, (2) followed by 32 pages of advertisements
First edition of a long popular manual. Illustrated with 5 etchings and 1 dry point (with the notation 'Pure Dry Point, the scraper used very sparingly') by the author. Each plate with tissue guard. (Bridson/Wakeman B25: "Hamertons manual is essentially a technical guide, more concerned with materials than with the grammar of etching, and includes some of his own developments, such as positive (white) etching ground.") The plates are very interesting as they give technical notes including immersion times and thermometer readings. As with all 19th- century etchers' manuals, this example was directed not at amateurs and artists aspiring to produce works of art. Not in Levis. Bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Covers lightly rubbed. Foxing.
Price: $ 100.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 80.00] other currencies Order nr. 89881

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See More... Hamerton, Philip Gilbert THE ETCHER'S HANDBOOK.
Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered. London Charles Roberson & Co. 1881 small 8vo. original cloth, gilt lettering, xi, 88 pages followed by iv, (ii), ii, 32 pages of ads
Third edition of a long popular manual (Bridson/Wakeman B29 for this edition): "Hamerton's manual is essentially a technical guide, more concerned with materials than with the grammar of etching, and includes some of his own developments, such as positive ( white ) etching ground." The six plates are very interesting as they give technical notes including immersion times and thermometer readings. As were all the 19th century etcher's manuals this was directed not at the trade engraver but at amateurs and artists aspiring to produce works of art. Not in Levis. Bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Also contains the bookplate of A.F. Wallis and with a presentation on verso of free endpaper "C. Wallis to A.F. Wallis, Jan 22/04." Spine faded and worn at head.
Price: $ 85.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 68.00] other currencies Order nr. 97808

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See More... Hardwich, T. F. A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL.
London J. & A. Churchill 1861 12mo. original cloth xvi, 571 pages
Sixth edition. A revison of the standard textbook. (Bridson & Wakeman, E27). Cloth worn and corners worn, re-cased, signature torn from head of titlepage, pages xv-xvi wanting. Signature of H. G. Mandel on page one. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 125.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 100.00] other currencies Order nr. 97994

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See More... Hardwich, T. Frederick A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY, INCLUDING THE PRACTICE OF THE COLLODION PROCESS.
London John Churchill 1859 8vo. stamped cloth, with gilt lettering on spine vi, [iii]-xii, 13-300 pages
Fifth edition. Greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1855. This manual quickly became the standard for its time. Several plates are included with illustrations of the chemical processes, a complete index and useful information. The introduction to the second edition is included and concludes with "In conclusion, a hope is expressed that this 'Manual of Photographic Chemistry' may be found to be a complete and trustworthy guide on every point connected with the theory and practice of the Collodion process." With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Interior and exterior hinges are cracked, light foxing throughout, edges of covers are worn with bumped corners. Back cover detached.
Price: $ 250.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 200.00] other currencies Order nr. 97837

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See More... Haslam, G.E. (editor). MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES: REFERENCE LIBRARY SUBJECT CATALOGUE SECTION 655, PRINTING, PART 1, HISTORY OF PRINTING. PART II. TYPE & TYPESETTING, PRINTING PROCESSES.
Manchester, England Manchester Libraries Committee 1961, 1963 8vo. paper wrappers. not paginated.
Edition limited to 550 copies. This catalogue deals primarily with general books on printing, with some books of a more specific interest added because of their value to students of printing. 2524 items listed; author, printers and presses, and analytical indices. Bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson in each volume.
Price: $ 45.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 36.00] other currencies Order nr. 97938

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Hellinga, Wytze and Lottie COPY AND PRINT IN THE NETHERLANDS, AN ATLAS OF HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY With Introductory Essays by H. de la Fontaine Verwey and G.W. Ovink.
2 volumes bound in 1 as issued. Amsterdam North-Holland Publishing Co. 1962 4to. cloth. xxvii, 253 pages.
A study of the book in the Netherlands from the 15th century to the 20th century. Includes information on the book and culture, the book trade and the form of the book. With 219 plates showing pages of books followed by long descriptions of all the items pictured. Presentation from the author on verso of half-title. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Prospectus loosely inserted. Covers faded. Inner hinges tape repaired.
Price: $ 325.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 260.00] other currencies Order nr. 30735

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See More... Héritier de Brutelle, Charles-Louis.|L' SERTUM ANGLICUM 1788
Pittsburgh The Hunt Botanical Library 1963 4to. parchment spine with marbled paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine xcviii, (4), 36, 38 leaves of plates, (12) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 2000 copies. Facsimile of the 1788 herbal Sertum Anglicum. With critical studies and a translation. Essays about the author, L'Héritier de Brutelle, the plants in his book and the illustrators by F.A. Stafleu, J.S.L. Gilmour, C.J. King, L.H.J. Williams and Wilfred Blunt. A complete translation of the Sertum Anglicum follows. The illustrations are typical of eighteenth-century botanical studies, showing the root systems, stalks and leaves with details of the blossoms and seeds. Color frontispiece.
Price: $ 65.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 52.00] other currencies Order nr. 79490

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See More... (Holland, J.) THE CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA. USEFUL ARTS. A TREATISE ON THE PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESENT STATE OF THE MANUFACTURES IN METAL. ED. BY D. LARDNER. VOL. III. TIN, LEAD, COPPER,BRASS, GOLD, SILVER, AND VARIOUS ALLOYS.
London Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, and J. Taylor 1834 small 8vo. original brown cloth, modern paper spine label. x, 414 pages.
Part of a series entitled The cabinet cyclopaedia. Useful arts, volume 54. Chapter VIII: Type foundry (incl. Stereotyping). With 96 illustrations. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Cloth on front hinge split; wear at bottom of spine.
Price: $ 75.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 60.00] other currencies Order nr. 98561

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See More... (Illinois) Scott, Franklin William. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS OF ILLINOIS 1814-1879.
Springfield (IL) Illinois State Historical Library 1910 small 8vo. cloth. (viii), cvi, 610 pages, with 3 additional leaves of plates.
Revised and enlarged version of an 1899 publication by E.J. James. Besterman 4712. After a lengthy historical introduction, there are about 2,750 entries, arranged by county, locality, and date of first publication. Entries give publishing histories, name changes, and note holdings for 15 major libraries in Illinois or elsewhere. No notices of individual issues. With indexes of holdings in Illinois libraries, of newspapers, and of personal names. Four illustrations. Vol. VI of "Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library." Covers soiled. Inside hinges cracked; shaken. One leaf detached.
Price: $ 25.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 20.00] other currencies Order nr. 54553

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See More... (Incunabula) Bobrova, E.I. (compiler) KATALOG INKUNABULOV (CATALOGUE OF INCUNABULA).
Moscow Nauka 1963 8vo quarter cloth, paper-covered boards 278, (2) pages
Text in Russian. Verso of title page in English. Catalog entries in language written or published. A catalogue of 15th century printed books in the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Introductory article by V.S. Lublinskii. 814 entries. Listing of works by location of publication. 31 black and white plates. Indices of names of repositories and commentators/translators.Errata sheet tipped in. Boards scuffed. Previous owner's name written in pencil on front free endpaper. Light tanning.
Price: $ 45.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 36.00] other currencies Order nr. 108130

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  (Incunabula) Klebs, Arnold C. DESIDERATA IN THE CATALOGUING OF INCUNABULA, WITH A GUIDE FOR CATALOGUE ENTRIES.
1916 8vo. later pamphlet holder with original paper wrappers bound-in. pp.143-163.
Reprinted from Bibliographical Society of America - Papers, Vol. X, No.3, July 1916. With the ink and pencil signatures of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 20.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 16.00] other currencies Order nr. 99822

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See More... Jackson, B. Daydon THE HISTORY OF THE COMPILATION OF THE "INDEX KEWENSIS.".
London Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. 1924 8vo. stiff paper wrappers bound in pamphlet holder p. 224-229
Reprint from the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, XLIX, Part 2, 1924. Also includes R.D. Meikle, "The History of the Index Kewensis", from Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 3, 295-299. Inside front wrapper inscribed by Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 25.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 20.00] other currencies Order nr. 101492

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See More... Jamieson, Alexander A DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, ARTS, MANUFACTURERS AND MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE. COMPRISING THE PURE SCIENCES OF MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC, ALGEBRA, & THE MIXED SCIENCES OF MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS AND ASTRONOMY; EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY; THE FINE ARTS, AGRICULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTS; MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR VARIOUS PROCESSES; COMMERCE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY; NATURAL HISTORY; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT MEN, WHO HAVE ADORNED SCIENCE BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.
London Henry Fisher, Son & Co. 1830 small 4to. contemporary half calf. iv, 1066 pages
Seventh edition. Over 70 plates. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Bridson has inserted a printed slip describing the sections of this book which concern the important topics of aquatint, engraving, etching, ink making, mezzotint, bank note printing, printing, tereotype and wood engraving. Binding very worn, front joint repaired with cloth, title page and two other preliminary leaves repaired with yellowed cellulose adhesive tape, some plates foxed or spotted, textblock otherwise sound and generally clean. Old leather bookplate of J. Dove, 1831 on front pastedown.
Price: $ 250.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 200.00] other currencies Order nr. 98271

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See More... Kerrich, G. J. and R. D. Meikle and Norman Tebble (editors) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KEY WORKS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE BRITISH FAUNA AND FLORA
London Systematics Association 1967 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, all edges speckled red vii,186; 467-476; 3-22; 64-85
Third Edition. Five works are bound together here. The first is the bibliography, which contains 2363 entries. No. 2 is "Appendix III, Some Key Works on the Taxonomy of Micro-Organisms". No. 3 is "Bestimmungsliteratur für Wasserorganismen im mitteleuropäischen Gebiet" by Dr. E. Mauch, written in German. No. 4 is "V. Verzeichnis neuerer Monographien und Revisionen rezenter Insektengruppen", written in English and German, which appears to be a part of "Kritische Bemerkungen zum phylogenetischen System der Insekten Beiträge zur Entomologie", Band 3, 1953, Sonderheft, by W. Hennig. No. 5 is "Indicateur des Principaux Ouvrages de Floristique Européenne (Plantes Vasculaires)" by André Lawalrée, written in French, which is from "Natura Mosana", Vol. 13, No. 2-3, Avril-Septembre 1960. Some soiling, wear, and binding flaws. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front endpaper.
Price: $ 45.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 36.00] other currencies Order nr. 102176

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