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See More... Lewis, Wilmarth S. ONE MAN'S EDUCATION
New York Alfred Knopf 1968 thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 488, (2), xx pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Autobiography of this book collector whose special interest was Horace Walpole and his circle. This copy has had numerous reviews pasted in along with other related ephemera.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 96688

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See More... (Lewis, Wyndham) Morrow, Bradford & Bernard Lafourcade BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WYNDHAM LEWIS
2 volumes. Santa Barbara Black Sparrow Press 1978 8vo. brocaded cloth backed boards, slipcase. 373; (16) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies, being the special edition of this definitive bibliography, signed by the authors. The special edition is bound in two volumes; the second volume contains a previously unpublished story by Lewis. With the booklabel of George Sims.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 64203

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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: $ 269.99 other currencies Order nr. 59008

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See More... (Libraries) Brown, Zaidee THE LIBRARY KEY, AN AID IN USING BOOKS AND LIBRARIES.
With an appendix containing practice work from "Find it Yourself" by Elizabeth Scripture and Margaret R. Greer. New York H.W. Wilson Company 1931 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. v, (iii), 84 pages.
Third printing, with revisions. Name and date in ink at top of first blank page. Some notes in pencil in the margin.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 104642

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See More... (Libraries) Nelson Associates PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES, A SURVEY OF MULTIJURISDICTIONAL SYSTEMS
Chicago American Library Association 1969 8vo. cloth xvi, 368 pages
First edition. Covers all the different public library systems in the United States. Ex-library copy with markings.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 77686

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See More... (Libraries) PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES: THEIR HISTORY, CONDITION, AND MANAGEMENT.
3 volumes. Totowa, NJ Rowman and Littlefield n.d. (circa 1971) 8vo. cloth xxxv,1187; 89, 173 pages.
Reprint of the 1876 first edition. A through documentation of our library system undertaken in the year 1874. Covers every type of library from School, College and Law libraries to those in prisons and reformatories. Illustrated. The third volume contains Cutter's Rules for a Printed DictionaryCatalogue. Ex-library set with markings. This reprint is very scarce.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 76477

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See More... (Libraries) YOUR CHURCH LIBRARY, A MANUAL AND RECOMMENDED BOOKLIST.
Various places The Methodist Publishing House n.d. (circa 1955) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 70 pages.
A guide to organizing the library followed by an annotated publisher's list of books available. Faded along spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 95329

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See More... (Library of Congress) THE CIRCLE OF KNOWLEDGE, AN EXHIBITION IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Washington Library of Congress 1979 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 48 pages.
Bibliography by Ruth Freitag and Introduction by James M. Wells. Spot on spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 23084

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See More... (Library of Congress) Cole, John Y. JEFFERSON'S LEGACY A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Washington Library of Congress 1993 8vo stiff paper wrappers 103 pages
Brief History of the Library of Congress. Color illustrations. Includes history of the Library, its collections, buildings, and biographical sketches of the Librarians of Congress.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 106316

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See More... (Library of Congress) LIBRARIANS OF CONGRESS.
Washington Library of Congress 1977 small 4to. two-toned cloth. ix, 273 pages.
First edition. Introduction by Daniel Boorstin followed by biographies of eleven Librarians of Congress. Illustrated. Loosely inserted is an obituary of L. Quincy Mumford.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 36651

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  THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF CURRENT ACQUISTIONS.
30 volumes bound in 14 Washington The Library of Congress 1945- thick 8vo. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in
A run of this periodical. Many interesting articles with illustrations. Includes volumes 3 -22, 25-26, 29-34, and 37-38. Unfortunately part of this set has been exposed to water damage which has left some pages with spots and wrinkling. 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: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 75707

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See More... (Library of Congress) RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.
Washington Library of Congress 1992 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages.
A list of special collections acquired by the Library of Congress which amount to approximately 650,000 books, broadsides, pamphlets, prints photographs, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, etc. Includes several illustrations.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 56018

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  Lieberman, J. Ben PRINTING AS A HOBBY
New York Signet Key Book (1969) 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages.
Paperback edition. Well illustrated. Paper yellowed.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 47037

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See More... Lieberman, J. Ben PRINTING AS A HOBBY
New York Sterling Publishing Co. (1966) square 8vo. pictorial cloth. 128 pages.
Revised edition. Well illustrated. This revised edition appears to be uncommon.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 108367

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See More... (Lieberman, J. Ben) THIS PACKET BEING ITEMS FROM THE PAUL A. BENNETT TYPOPHILES MEMORIAL KEEPSAKE, 1968, PRESENTED BY CHARLES ANTIN, PROP., THE SERENDIPITY PRESS, PAB COORDINATOR, AS A KEEPSAKE FOR THE LECTURE BY J. BEN LIEBERMAN, PRINTING FOR FUN.
N.P. Charles Antin 1972 12mo. printed envelope containing various private press keepsakes.
Twelve keepsakes by different presses. Envelope soiled.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 44500

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See More... (Lieberman, J. Ben) THIS PACKET BEING ITEMS FROM THE PAUL A. BENNETT TYPOPHILES MEMORIAL KEEPSAKE, 1968, PRESENTED BY CHARLES ANTIN, PROP., THE SERENDIPITY PRESS, PAB COORDINATOR, AS A KEEPSAKE FOR THE LECTURE BY J. BEN LIEBERMAN, PRINTING FOR FUN.
N.P. Charles Antin 1972 12mo. printed envelope containing various private press keepsakes.
Three keepsakes by different presses. Envelope wrinkled and torn.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 95936

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See More... Liebert, Herman W. THE BRITISH LOOK AT AMERICA DURING THE AGE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON AN EXHIBITION.
Providence The John Carter Brown Library 1971 small 4to. paper wrappers. vi, 55 pages.
Includes a selection of books, cartoons, prints, and maps published in England depicting events in the United States in the 1700's. Plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 6799

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See More... Lietze, Ernst MODERN HELIOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF REPRODUCING DRAWINGS, ENGRAVINGS, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC., BY THE ACTION OF LIGHT ... WITH 32 ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND 10 SPECIMEN HELIOGRAMS.
New York D. Van Nostrand Co. 1888 tall 8vo. cloth. viii, 143 pages.
First edition. A technical discussion of this "new art" of reproducing mechanical drawings, etc., by the use of chemicals and light based on the author's practical experiences. He gives formulas and methods of each of the contemporary patents. Of added interest are 10 actual tipped-in samples of illustrations reproduced by the different methods. Samples of Silver Print on Citro-Chloride of Silver Paper-negative, Silver Print on Citro-Chloride of Silver Paper-positive, Ordinary Blue Print - negative, Ordinary Blue Print - Positive, Red Prussiate of Potash Print, Direct Cyanotype, Ink Picture, Carbon Print, Uranium Print developed with Nitrate of Silver, and Uranium Print developed with Red Prussiate of Potash. Ink ownership inscription at top of title page and on free endpaper from J.C. Lewore of Cincinnati dated 1890. Ex-library copy with markings. Perforated library stamp affects all tipped-in samples (not as bad as it sounds).
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 100466

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See More... (Limited Editions Club) Kafka, Franz IN THE PENAL COLONY
Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. With Lithographs by Michael Hafftka. N.P. The Limited Editions Club (1987) small 4to. limp paper wrappers, cord-tied, folding box lined in velvet, paper spine label. (ii), 53, (5) pages.
Limited to 800 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Text set in Monotype Walbaum at the Out of Sort Letter Foundery and printed on mould-made Magnani paper at the Shagbark Press in South Portland, Maine. The lithographs were printed on hand-made Japanese paper at Trestle Edtions with design by Benjamin Shiff and bound by Carol Joyce.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 95587

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See More... (Limited Editions Club) Meredith, George THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
With a Preface by Sir Francis Meredith Meynell and Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Designed and Decorated by W.A. Dwiggins. New York The Limited Editions Club 1955 8vo. quarter leather over marbled boards, slipcase XIV, 314, (2) pages.
Limited to 1500 copies signed by Guilbeau. Minor wear along edge of slipcase. Bookplate on front pastedown.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 53888

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See More... (Limited Editions Club) Stevenson, Robert Louis TWO MEDIAEVAL TALES.
New York The Limited Editions Club 1930 square 8vo. full leather stamped in blind, slipcase. xviii, 67, (5) pages.
Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator, C.B. Falls. With an introduction by Clayton Hamilton. The sixth production of the LEC. Printed by the Marchbanks Press and filled with color illustrations and initials. Crack along front hinge. Slipcase worn along edges with piece missing along top.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 23006

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See More... (Lincoln, Abraham) ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
New York Swann Galleries, Inc. 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Sale 1373 held by Swann. Illustrated. 438 lots.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107148

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See More... (Lincoln, Abraham) ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, BEGUN ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1864, AND ENDED ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1865.
Washington Government Printing Office 1865 8vo. modern half leather with marbled paper covered boards. 203 pages.
Scarce compilation of the laws passed by the second session of the 38th Congress. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution passed on January 31, 1865, and is present in this document on page 168, thus marking the official announcement of the ending of slavery and the beginning of gathering three-fourths of the state legislatures to make the amendment law. The process took until December 1865, months after Lincoln's assassination.
Price: $ 1,525.00 other currencies Order nr. 105617

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See More... (Lincoln, Abraham) THE IMMORTAL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS, PORTRAITS, PERSONAL RELICS AND OTHER LINCOLNIANA.
New York Parke-Bernet 1952 8vo. boards. 264 pages.
With facsimiles, portraits and other illustrations. 842 items.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 6804

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  (Lincoln, Abraham) THE IMMORTAL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS, PORTRAITS, PERSONAL RELICS AND OTHER LINCOLNIANA.
New York Parke-Bernet 1952 8vo. boards. 264 pages.
With facsimiles, portraits and other illustrations. 842 items. Chipped at spine ends.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 116200

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