(Aldine Press). Barker, Nicolas, Sue A. Kaplan, Paul Naiditch, Gerald Lange.

THE ALDINE PRESS, A CATALOGUE OF THE AHMANSON-MURPHY COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY OR RELATING TO THE PRESS IN THE LIBRARY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, INCORPORATING WORKS RECORDED ELSEWHERE.

Berkeley: University of California Press, (2001). small 4to. cloth, paper cover and spine labels, slipcase. 671, (3) pages. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. This catalogue provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. Handsomely produced, slipcased, and carefully annotated, this volume should become a major resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book..... READ MORE about THE ALDINE PRESS, A CATALOGUE OF THE AHMANSON-MURPHY COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY OR RELATING TO THE...

Price: $550.00  other currencies  Order nr. 91507

Barker, Nicolas.

THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA.

2 VOLUMES
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 10.6 x 13.75 inches. cloth, regular and oblong quarto, in custom slipcase. 141 pp. (text); 231 pp. (facsimile). 231 color plates. 2 VOLUMES. This work unites the Rothschild Alunno, now in the Cotsen Children's Library, with Alunno's remaining work from four European collections and reconstructs the original appearance of the cartoni by the preeminent 15th century Italian writing master. The cartoni are presented in full color facsimile, with a...... READ MORE about THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA

Price: $150.00 save 50% $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130138

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. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 69 pages followed by many full page plates. With a Preface by Charles Ryskamp. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Beautifully illustrated history. READ MORE about THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE SPREAD OF LEARNING, 1478-1978, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141983

Carter, John, Nicolas Barker & Simran Thadani.

ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, (2024). 5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. "Not to be missed, both because it is a beautiful material object but also because it holds important new information. The ninth edition of ABC for Book Collectors is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of images: some beautiful full-color photographs, others clearly labeled black-and-white reference drawings. I know I will be turning to this reference work for years to..... READ MORE about ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141655