Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 1981. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. A festscrift in honor of C. Waller Barrett, donor to the University of Virginia Library. Includes words from Fredson Bowers, Erskine Caldwell, Frederick Goff and others. Designed by Warren Chappell. READ MORE about A SALUTE TO CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT ON HIS EIGHTIETH FROM FRIENDS & ADMIRERS
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N.P. n.p., June 1886. 8vo. three-quarter cloth over embossed boards. (viii), 41 pages. Limited to 250 copies; this copy is not numbered. With three engravings. Beautifully printed with colored initial letters for the different chapters. With information on Dickens. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about RICHARD BENTLEY & SON REPRINTED FROM `LE LIVRE' OF OCTOBER 1885 WITH SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES
Price: $67.50 Order nr. 413
New York: NY Public Library, 1965. large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Exhibition catalogue for the 25th anniversary of the Berg collection at the NYPL. Entries are not bibliographic but rather biographical-literary notes. Reprint from the Bulletin of the NYPL, Oct. 1965. Ink marks on front cover. READ MORE about AN ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, THE HENRY W. AND ALBERT A. BERG COLLECTION, 1940-1965
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With an Annotated Bibliography
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1983. 8vo. cloth. 84, (4) pages. With an Annotated Bibliography. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. With a well-annotated 57-item bibliography of Doxey's publications. Illustrated. With errata slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK
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New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 211 pages. Lists of bibliographies followed by directory and chronological index of names and newspapers and magazines by city. Lists marblers. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING & ALLIED TRADES IN RHODE ISLAND TO 1865
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New York: Grolier Club, 1894. 12mo. original paper wrappers. 33 pages. Asaf handlist 25. Bruce and his father were typefounders. Annotated descriptions of the incunables. Chipped along edge. Spot on cover. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS PRESENTED TO THE GROLIER CLUB BY DAVID WOLFE BRUCE
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Bentley House: Cambridge University Press, 1938. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of the press. Covers soiled with chipping along edge. READ MORE about BENTLEY HOUSE AND THE EVOLUTION OF CAMBRIDGE PUBLISHING
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Pasadena, CA: Ampersand Press, 1947. tall 8vo. stiff marbled paper wrappers, paper cover label. (ii), 8, (2) pages. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at his Castle Press. A history of imaginary libraries. With two tipped-in facsimile plates showing books in the Fortsas catalogue. READ MORE about SOME LIBRARIES WE HAVE NOT VISITED, A PAPER READ AT THE ROUNCE & COFFINS CLUB, AUGUST 26, 1947
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Series III.
Merchantville, NJ: Between the Covers, 2002. 32mo. plastic case with card loosely inserted. unpaginated. Series III. A set of cards depicting rare and classic books. Joint project by Between the Covers and Biblioctopus of Beverly Hills, California. READ MORE about CLASSIC BOOK CARDS.3
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1979. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 98 pages. Non-statistical discussion. Appended are results of an ALA survey. READ MORE about READING IN AMERICA 1978. Selected Findings of the Book Industry Study Group's 1978 Study of...
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(Rome): Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 329+(1) pages. Text in Italian, with articles in French, German, and English. Volume II, Transmission of Printed Texts in the Modern Era. 2nd International Seminar, Rome and Viterbo, June 1985. No XLIV in the Lessico Intellettuale Europeo series. Scholarly articles on publishing and bibliographical studies. Table of contents, list of contributors. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about TRASMISSIONE DEI TESTI A STAMPA NEL PERIODO MODERNO
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Ann Arbor: William L. Clements Library, 1955. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated boards. 48 pages. Limited to 750 copies. A history and bibliography of this early 19th century printer's work. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FATHER RICHARD'S PRESS IN DETROIT
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London: The Bibliographical Society, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 42 pages. Occasional Papers Number 4. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about THE LOAN BOOK OF THE STATIONERS' COMPANY, WITH A LIST OF TRANSACTIONS 1592 - 1692
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San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1953. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 445 pages. First edition. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about FIELDS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, LETTERS TO AN EDITOR 1861 - 1870
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New York: Christie's, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 185 pages. Auction catalogue describing 373 items in this bookseller's collection of books and manuscripts. With biographical information by Nicolas Barker. READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN F. FLEMING
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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1954. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition. Foreword by R. Hunter Middleton. Reminiscences by Forgue on the beginning and early days of his career in printing and publishing. READ MORE about POORER RICHARD, AN ALMANAC LONG AFTER FRANKLIN
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University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (2002). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 296 pages. First edition. Covers and spine lightly soiled, else near fine. A collection of fourteen essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes Matt Cohen's "Morton's Maypole and the Indians: Publishing in Early New England", M.O. Grenby's "Adults Only? Children and Children's Books in British Circulating Libraries, 1748-1848". etc. . From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare..... READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 5
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Washington: Spartan Books, (1965). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 206 pages. The American University Technology of Management Series Volume 3, under the gereral editorship of Paul W. Howerton. Abstract, foreword by Howerton, preface by the editors. Essays by a number of scholars. Bibliography and index. An early look at this subject. Dust jacket scuffed and slightly torn at edges. Some underlining in ink in text. READ MORE about AUTOMATION AND ELECTRONICS IN PUBLISHING
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Stockholm: Svenska Bokförläggareföreningen, 1987. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 240 pages. With a two page biographical foreword by A. Sjögren. Annotations are in English. Illustrated. READ MORE about ADAM HELMS, BOKBRANSCHHISTORISKA, THE ADAM HELMS COLLECTION OF BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLISHING...
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Cambridge: Harvard College Library, (1968). small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 64, (2) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. A fine copy. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Ray Nash followed by the bibliography. Most of the title pages are illustrated. READ MORE about PHILIP HOFER AS AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER
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London: Gerald Howe, (1934). small 8vo. parchment-backed boards, paper spine label. 80 pages. Gives a history of the firm along with historical comments on the production of each book. Spine darkened. READ MORE about OF THE MAKING OF CXXV BOOKS, A PUBLISHER'S BIBLIOGRAPHY
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The Hague: Mouton, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 341, (3) pages. First edition. Study of The Dial (1920-1929), The Hound & Horn (1927-1934), The Symposium (1930-1933), The Southern Review (1935-1942), The Kenyon Review (1939- ) and others. READ MORE about THE AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW, A CRITICAL HISTORY 1920-1950
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New York: H.P. Kraus, (1978). 4to. boards, paper cover label. 87 pages. With illustrations. READ MORE about SIR EDMUND ANDROS, 1637-1714, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, GOVERNOR OF THE DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND,...
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New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 76, (2) pages. 201 items. Illustrated. READ MORE about CONTINENTAL BOOKS FROM THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES MOSTLY FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS
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New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 123 pages. Illustrated. Acquisition date stamped in ink at top of first leaf. READ MORE about BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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