New York: The Grolier Club, 1953. 4to. cloth. xix, 124, (4) pages. First edition, limited to 400 copies (Asaf 123). Covers slightly spotted. Some foxing of pastedowns and endpapers. Printed at Cambridge University Press under the direction of Brooke Crutchley. Eight full-page illustrations. Well annotated bibliography with illustrations. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE'S ILLUMINATED BOOKS, A CENSUS
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(Wilmington: John Dickinson Mansion, Inc, n.d. (circa 1968). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. B2-278. Lecture given on the 235th anniversary of Dickinson's birth. READ MORE about JOHN DICKINSON, FORGOTTEN PATRIOT
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 67236
Philadelphia: n.p., 1951. small 8vo. quarter cloth over paste paper. 20, (4) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed and dated by Rossiter on colophon page. Keepsake designed by Harry S. Rossiter for the Philadelphia Book Clinic. Subtle fading along the top edge of the covers, very minor wear to spine ends. An excellent copy. READ MORE about FRANKLIN'S WAY TO WEALTH AS A PRINTER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 19675
Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages. Describes about one hundred books. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHESAURI, OR, JEWELS FROM THE SHELVES OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, BEING A...
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With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Philadelphia: (Free Library of Philadelphia), 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. (xviii), 219, (19) pages. With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Limited to 1000 copies. A near fine copy. Three page introduction by Rosenbach. Well-illustrated. Edwin Wolf was an important member of the Rosenbach staff. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 96265
With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Philadelphia: n.p., 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. (xviii), 219, (19) pages. With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Limited to 1000 copies. Exlibrary with markings. Spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. Three page introduction by Rosenbach. Well-illustrated. Edwin Wolf was an important member of the Rosenbach staff. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17229
Philadelphia: Drexel Institute of Technology, 1959. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Number Two in Drexel's Library School Series "on the occasion of Cornerstone Ceremonies for Drexel's new Library Center." Presentation inscription is spurious (Mike Halpern of Drexel). READ MORE about LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS
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N.P. n.p., 1949. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, stapled. 24 pages. Ann address presented to the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia on January 14, 1949. With endnotes. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about THE TEXTUAL IMPORTANCE OF MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE BOOKS OF 1620-1660
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Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 55 pages. Illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about " AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY"
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22643
With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. (xviii), 219, (19) pages. With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine rubbed. Exlibris with markings. Some rubbing to the covers. Else near fine. Three page introduction by Rosenbach. Well-illustrated. Edwin Wolf was an important member of the Rosenbach staff. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE...
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With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937. 8vo. red cloth. 42 plates. With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine faded. Some rubbing to the covers. Else near fine. Three page introduction by Rosenbach. Well-illustrated. Edwin Wolf was an important member of the Rosenbach staff. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7880
Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, Grolier Club Dinner, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 26 pages. Reprinted from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, (1954). Near fine condition. A scarce book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE FIRST BOOKS AND PRINTED CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
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Philadelphia: The William Penn Foundation, 1983. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. Illustrated. Bookplate. A near fine copy. An exhibition catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and photographs from the collections of The Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania which featured the history, culture, and people of Germantown. READ MORE about GERMANTOWN AND THE GERMANS
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Philadelphia: Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, 1988. thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 266, (2) pages. Lengthy descriptions of 219 items. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about LEGACIES OF GENIUS, A CELEBRATION OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES, A SELECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS,...
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