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See More... Black, Jeannette D. and William Greene Roelker (editors) A RHODE ISLAND CHAPLAIN IN THE REVOLUTION LETTERS OF EBENEZER DAVID TO NICHOLAS BROWN. 1775-1778.
Providence Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati 1949 tall 8vo. quarter cloth with paper covered boards. xxxi, 82 pages.
First edition, limited to 900 copies. Preface by Lawrence Wroth. Three illustrations. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 480

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See More... (Brown, John Carter) Wroth, Lawrence C. JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORTS
8 volumes. Providence The John Carter Brown Library 1972 8vo. cloth. Averages 250 pages per volume.
Reprint of the actual reports with essays by Lawrence C. Wroth, a preface by Thomas R. Adams and an index by Dorothy G. Watts. Excellent reference set for those interested in the study of Americana because of the articles printed and the collations of books acquired by the library that are given. The index makes the set quite usable. Much of bibliographical interest.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 53783

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See More... (Incunabula) THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY BOOK, AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED FOR THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVENTION OF PRINTING. LIST OF BOOKS EXHIBITED.
With an Introduction by Lawrence C. Wroth. New York The Pierpont Morgan Library 1940 tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages.
No illustrations.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 11004

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See More... (Maryland) Baer, Elizabeth SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MARYLAND, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Introduction by Lawrence C. Wroth. (Mansfield Centre Martino Publishing) n.d. but circa 2000 4to. cloth. xxiv, 219 pages followed by many plates.
Reprint of the first edition which was limited to 300 copies and was published in Baltimore by the John Work Garrett Library in 1949 (Besterman 3705). The bibliographical descriptions are excellent as they include text on the item being described, full collations and measurements. With 200 facsimiles of title pages and important documents.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 58065

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(Maryland) Baer, Elizabeth SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MARYLAND, A BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction by Lawrence C. Wroth.
Baltimore John Work Garrett Library 1949 thick 4to. cloth. xxiv, 219 pages followed by many plates.
First edition, limited to 300 copies. Printed at the Anthoensen Press. The bibliographical descriptions are excellent as they include text on the item being described. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 33819

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See More... McCoy, James C. JESUIT RELATIONS OF CANADA, 1632-1673, A BIBLIOGRAPHY. WITH AN INTRODU CTION BY LAWRENCE C. WROTH.
New York Burt Franklin (1972) 8vo. cloth. xvi, 312, (34) pages.
Reprint of the 1937 first edition which was limited to 350 numbered copies. With over 60 title pages reproduced. A very scarce and desirable bibliography.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 30764

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See More... (Medicine) Guerra, Francisco AMERICAN MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1639-1783.
Preface by Lawrence C. Wroth. New York Lathrop C. Harper 1962 thick 8vo. cloth. 885 pages.
First edition. With facsimile title pages and collations given.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 16049

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See More... (Medicine) Guerra, Francisco AMERICAN MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1639-1783
Preface by Lawrence C. Wroth. New York Lathrop C. Harper 1962 thick 8vo. cloth 885 pages.
First edition. With facsimile title pages and collations given. Front cover scratched with small damaged spot.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 70210

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See More... Peddie, R.A. (editor) PRINTING, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ART
London Grafton & Co. 1927 thick 8vo. later cloth. x, 390 pages.
First edition. (Appleton p.54). With articles on Germany by Ernst Crous, Italy by G. Fumagalli, France by Charles Mortet, Holland and Belgium by Maurits Sabbe, Spanish America by G.P. Winship, North America by Lawrence C. Wroth and others. Ex library copy with markings.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 96725

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See More... (Taylor, Henry C.) Kebabian, John S. (compiler) THE HENRY C. TAYLOR COLLECTION.
New Haven Yale University Library 1971 8vo. cloth xxii, 88 pages
A catalogue with 410 entries relating to navigation. With a foreword by Lawrence C. Wroth.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102885

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See More... Updike, Daniel Berkeley PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS.
2 volumes. Cambridge Harvard University Press 1962 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xlvi,292; xx,326 pages.
Third edition. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. This edition has a preface by Lawrence Wroth. Jackets chipped and spotted.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 75123

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See More... Wright, Lyle H EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION
N.P. n.p. 1951 8vo paper wrappers 457-473 pages
Offprint from Essays Honoring Lawrence C. Wroth.. Brief essay about and bibliography of 18th century American fiction. Front wrapper bent at top edge.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106741

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See More... (Wroth, Lawrence C.) LAWRENCE COUNSELMAN WROTH, 1884-1970 THE MEMORIAL MINUTE READ ... AND A HANDLIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WRITINGS.
Providence The John Carter Brown Library 1971 8vo. paper wrappers. (34) pages.
Slight cover soiling.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 10966

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See More... Wroth, Lawrence C. THE WAY OF A SHIP: AN ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE OF NAVIGATION SCIENCE ALONG WITH SOME AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART OF NAVIGATION 1519-1802.
Foreword by John B. Hattendorf Providence The John Carter Brown Library 2011 6.25 x 10 inches hardcover 204 pages
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its original publication, the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University has issued a new edition of Lawrence C. Wroth's Way of a Ship (1937), the foundational bibliographic essay on the literature of navigation science, along with a reprint of Some American Contributions to the Art of Navigation, 1519-1802 (1947). A prolific writer, well known for his graceful style and extensive historical knowledge, Wroth served as Director and Librarian of the JCB from 1924 to 1957.

The Way of a Ship has been celebrated for its graceful brevity in dealing with the complex history of nautical science. Its origin in an exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library is evident in the arrangement of the chapters, each of which provides a short exposition on topics such as "The Search for an Infallible Method of Determining Longitude," "Prime Meridians of Earlier Days," "Charts of the Ancient World," and "The Mariners Instruments."

Several more recent studies of early modern maritime history, science, and literature owe a great debt to the authority of Way of a Ship, but Wroth's essay has also served as the basis for the development of some of the most significant collections of books on the history and science of navigation, including the Henry C. Taylor Collection, now at the Beinecke Library at Yale.

For many years, Lawrence Wroth worked on a revision to Way of a Ship that never made it to publication. Professor John B. Hattendorf, the Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI, has pieced together Wroth's manuscript notes and corrections to the original text to create this edition. To the revised essay, Hattendorf has added an index, a list of the books on navigation that are cited in the text, and a new Foreword. New reproductions of illustrations and title pages - from the Collection of the John Carter Brown Library -- are distributed throughout the volume, which was designed by Mark Argetsinger (Rochester, NY). Only one thousand copies were printed in the US by Capital Offset (Concord, NH). It is handsomely bound in navy blue cloth with gold stamping.

Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 108376

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