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See More... (Aldine Press) BIBLIOTHECA ALDINA.
Roma Fiammetta Soave 1991 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 94, (2) pages.
A collection of one hundred publications of Aldus Pius Manutius and the Aldine Press, including some valuable Aldine conterfeits. This collection includes a series of valuable editions of Greek Classics of which many are 'editiones principes', all in folio size, with titles and colophons characterized by Aldus's wonderful type setting technique, and a large number of the famous 'pocket' classics printed in his italic type. Illustrated and indexed. Covers slightly soiled.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 58853

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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... (Aldine Press) Kallendorf, Craig W. and Maria X. Wells. ALDINE PRESS BOOKS AT THE HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
(Mansfield Centre, MA Martino Publishing 2010 small 4to. paper covered boards. (vi), 415 pages.
Reprint of the scarce 1998 first edition now issued by Martino Publishing with the permission of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas. Contains 33 pages of plates depicting bindings, inscriptions, and shelf marks. A total of 526 entries containing information on author, title, illustrations, full collation, colophon, author index, binder index, provenance index, bibliography of Aldine Quincentenary Catalogues. One page foreword by H. George Fletcher.
Price: $ 110.00 other currencies Order nr. 104989

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See More... Arber, Edward (editor) A TRANSCRIPT OF THE REGISTERS OF THE COMPANY OF STATIONERS OF LONDON; 1554-1640, A.D.
5 volumes bound in 3. Mansfield Centre, MA Martino Publishing 2007 8vo. and 4to. cloth. approximately 3100 pages.
Reprint of the first edition published in Birmingham during the period 1875-1894. The Stationers' Company has in its possession copyright registers from 1554 to 1842. The entries up to 1640 have been published in A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London 1554-1660 ed. E Arber The Stationers' Company, which was founded in the fifteenth century to protect and regulate the London book trade, contains Court Book registers, records of the English Stock Company, and pension and apprentice register books, as well as "Entry Books of Copies." The Entry Books are of especial interest to scholars, since they record the names of authors and titles of books presented to the Company for printing.
Price: $ 395.00 other currencies Order nr. 94371

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See More... Barker, Nicolas THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE SPREAD OF LEARNING, 1478-1978, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.
With a Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Oxford Clarendon Press 1978 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 69 pages followed by many full page plates.
First edition. Beautifully illustrated history.
Price: $ 13.00 other currencies Order nr. 19369

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See More... (Benedicht, Lorentz) LORENTZ BENEDICHT, BOGTRYKKER OG XYLOGRAF I KOBENHAVN, I SIDSTE HALVDE LAF DET XVI. AARHUNDREDE.
Kobenhavn Bibliografi med Indledning af R. Paulli 1920 square 8vo. later cloth with original front wrapper mounted on a page in the back, paper spine label. xlviii, 130, (2) pages.
Limited to 800 copies. History followed by bibliography of the books printed and published by this 16th century Copenhagen printer. With text by H.U. Ramsing, O. Andrup and Lauritz Nielsen.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 32907

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See More... Bennett, H.S. ENGLISH BOOKS & READERS 1475-1557
Cambridge University Press 1952 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 337 pages.
First edition. Jacket foxed with chipping around edges. Ex library copy with markings though very clean.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 404

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See More... (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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See More... Black, Michael A SHORT HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
(Cambridge) Cambridge University Press (2000) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers viii, 84 pages
Revised second edition. This short, illustrated account of the world's oldest publishing house emphasizes the constitutional basis of the Press as an essential part of its parent university from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It highlights key moments of crisis and change including Richard Bentley's revival in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance, the rise of modern university publishing, two world wars, the crisis of the 1970s which was resolved by Geoffrey Cass' bold reconstruction and the enterprising printing and publishing developments of the 1990s. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs.
Price: $ 17.95 other currencies Order nr. 62796

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See More... Bond, Richmond P. GROWTH & CHANGE IN THE EARLY ENGLISH PRESS.
Lawrence University of Kansas Libraries 1969 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 18, (2) pages.
The 15th Annual Public Lecture on Books and Bibliography sponsored by Kansas.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 56477

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See More... 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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See More... Breugelmans, R. LEIDEN IMPRINTS 1483-1600 IN LEIDEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND BIBLIOTHECA THYSIANA. A SHORT- TITLE CATALOGUE.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1974 24.5x16.5 cm cloth (vi), 127 pages.
First edition. "Printed catalogues like the present one are very useful to scholars" (Robert M. Kingdom in Bibliothéque de l`Humanisme et Renaissance 37, 1975).

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.

Price: $ 70.00 other currencies Order nr. 103293

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See More... Briels, J.G.C.A. ZUIDNEDERLANDSE BOEKDRUKKERS EN BOEKVERKOPERS IN DE REPUBLIEK DER VERENIGDE NEDERLANDEN OMSTREEKS 1570-1630. EEN BIJDRAGE TOT DE KENNIS VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET BOEK. 
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1974 24.5x16.5 cm cloth xvi, 649 pages.
This bio-bibliographical study concentrates on printers, publishers and booksellers, who originated in the Southern Netherlands and who were active in the Dutch Republic c. 1570-1630. It is largely based on archive materials and numerous new data are brought to light. By far the greater part of this book (pp. 16-554) is occupied by a bio- bibliographical Dictionary of printers, publishers, booksellers, active in the Republic of the United Netherlands c. 1570-1630. With 38 illustrations and 160 facsimiles of printer's marks.

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Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 103307

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See More... Brun, Robert LE LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ EN FRANCE AU XVIe SIECLE.
Mansfield Centre, CT Martino Publishing 2005 large 8vo. cloth (iv), 336 pages followed by 32 plates.
Reprint of the 1930 first edition (Besterman 3010). Brun provides ten chapters followed by an annotated bibliographical catalogue of the principal books illustrated in France during the sixteenth century. Illustrated and indexed. In all, 1250 books are described. Never reprinted, this remains a difficult title to find. Includes 32 illustrations, mostly of title pages.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 87551

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See More... (California) Cowan, Robert E. THE SPANISH PRESS OF CALIFORNIA, 1833 TO 1844.
Reprinted from the California Historic-Genealogical Society Publication III. N.P. n.p. n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 10-20 pages
California was one of the latest Spanish colonies to utilize the printing-press. One of the reasons may have been that California was settled by Franciscan padres, while other Spanish colonies had Jesuit pioneers. Article from a periodical. Cover detached, many areas of loss around edges, FRAGILE; rear cover missing. Pages are beginning to separate at binding.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 91911

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See More... (California) Cowan, Robert E. THE SPANISH PRESS OF CALIFORNIA, 1833 TO 1844.
Reprinted from the California Historic-Genealogical Society Publication III. N.P. n.p. n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 10-20 pages
California was one of the latest Spanish colonies to utilize the printing-press. One of the reasons may have been that California was settled by Franciscan padres, while other Spanish colonies has Jesuit pioneers. Article from a periodical. Head & heel of spine cracked, edges worn, faint tanning along top edge of pages, covers slightly discolored around edges.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 91912

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See More... (Cambridge University Press) Black, M.H. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1584-1984.
Cambridge Cambridge University Press (1984) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 343 pages.
First edition. Written to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the press. Much on Stanley Morison.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 46886

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See More... (Cambridge University Press) Roberts, S.C. A HISTORY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1521-1921.
Cambridge At the University Press 1921 8vo. two-toned cloth, cloth spine label. xv, 190 pages.
First edition. Well-printed history of this important press.With the booklabel of Ward Ritchie in corner of front pastedown. Minor cover wear.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 13458

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See More... (Cambridge University Press) Roberts, S.C. A HISTORY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1521-1921.
Cambridge At the University Press 1921 8vo. two toned cloth, cloth spine label, dust jacket. xv, 190 pages.
First edition. Well printed history of this important press. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Also has the ink signature of the bibliographer, Roy Stokes. Small chip out of head of jacket.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 55677

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See More... Clutton, George "' ABEL CLÉMENCE' OF 'ROUEN': A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SECRET PRESS."
1939 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp. 136-153
An article in "The Library", Fourth Series, Vol. XX, No. 2, September 1939. Wear at extremities with tanning, creasing, and tears. Pages uncut at head.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101898

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See More... Dubiez, F.J. OP DE GRENS VAN HUMANISME EN HERVORMING. DE BETEKENIS VAN DE BOEKDRUKKUNST TE AMSTERDAM IN EEN BEWOGEN TIJD, 1506-1578. TEN GELEIDE DOOR H.F. WIJNMAN.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1962 8vo cloth xii, 255 pages.
A history of printing and publishing at Amsterdam from the beginnings (1506) up to the "Alteration" (1578). At the end of each chapter devoted to a printer, publisher or bookseller a short-title list of his production, with references to existing bibliographies and location of copies." Extensive summary in English. With 32 plates.

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Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 103381

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See More... (Du Pré, Galliot) Delalain, Paul NOTICE COMPLEMENTAIRE SUR GALLIOT DU PRE, LIBRAIRE PARISIEN DE 1512 A
Paris Cercle de la Librairie 1891 8vo. original paper wrappers. 24 pages.
Extracted from the Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie. (St. Bride catalogue p.239). Tear in front cover. Unopened copy.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 44907

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See More... Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. THE PRINTING REVOLUTION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE.
Cambridge Cambridge University Press (1983) tall 8vo. cloth. xiv, 297 pages.
First edition. Many illustrations. This is an abridgement of Eisenstein's important book, THE PRINTING PRESS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE. Divided into two parts; the shift from script to print in Western Europe and the relationship between this shift in communications and other changes occuring in Europe at the same time. Minor cover rubbing.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 2540

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See More... Falk, Franz GÖRRES-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR PFLEGE DER WISSENSCHAFT IM KATHOLISCHEN DEUTSCHLAND
Köln Druck und Commissions-Verlag von J. P. Bachem 1879 8vo. original half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label (iii). 107+(1) pages
Written in German. Contains the essay "Die Druckkunst im Dienste der Kirche zunächst in Deutschland bis zum Jahre 1520." by Franz Falk. Spine tanned. With the bookplate of H. P. Kraus, as well as the laid-in bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 101547

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