San Marino: Henry E. Huntington Library, (1963). 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Revised edition. With illustrations. READ MORE about HENRY EDWARDS HUNTINGTON; THE FOUNDER AND THE LIBRARY

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With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley.
Winchester and New Castle, Delaware: St Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 8vo. cloth. xx, 187+(1) pages. With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley. First edition. The fifth volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. Mrs. Huxley's writing life began at the age of fourteen when she sent anonymous articles, often with her own photographs, to the EAST AFRICAN STANDARD and other periodicals. By the age of seventeen she had written ninety-six..... READ MORE about ELSPETH HUXLEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

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N.P. Incline Press, 1997. tall thin 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 10 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the author. This is the first of occasional series of short stories by modern authors, this one including 14 stories by Robert Graham. It is illustrated with hand-coloured lino-cuts by Peter Allen. READ MORE about PLAYING GERSHWIN

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Toronto: n.p., 1900. small 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. (iv), 78 pages. A collection of early and scarce books relating to America and Canada, historical society publications, old maps, with MSS. autographs and illustrations connected with Francis Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe, etc. Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Title page detached, with some pieces missing on edges, long closed tear on first page, the whole yellowed and fragile. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO CANADA AND AMERICA, BEING...

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New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and Cedar Tree Books, 1999. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 303+(1) pages. First edition. This long-awaited biography brings to life the remarkable printer, politician and sage, Everett Johnson. Inspired by the work of Elbert Hubbard's Roycrofters, Johnson established the indomitable Press of Kells in Newark, Delaware. The fortress-like stone building that became home to the "Newark Post" still stands, and as of 1999, this lively paper celebrates its..... READ MORE about PRESS, POLITICS AND PERSERVANCE, EVERETT C. JOHNSON AND THE PRESS OF KELLS

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London: The Nether Press, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 51+(1) pages. Elizabethan Bibliographies Supplements IX. A bibliography of recent scholarship updating Tannenbaum's Elizabethan Bibliographies. The works of five Elizabethan writers considered "minor" by most scholars. Editor's note, preface, and list of abbreviations. Index. Information on copyright page obliterated by stamped pattern. READ MORE about MINOR ELIZABETHANS: ROGER ASCHAM 1946-1966 GEORGE GASCOIGNE 1941-1966 JOHN HEYWOOD 1944-1966...

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Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, (1965). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 191 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about NEWSPAPERING IN THE OLD WEST, A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF JOURNALISM AND PRINTING ON THE FRONTIER

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A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain, 1762 - 1950
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2013. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 586 pages. A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain, 1762 - 1950. This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. It contains 100 black-and-white illustrations and 16 in color..... READ MORE about FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFULLER

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Bielefeld, Germany: Belhagen & Klasing, 1930. small 4to. half leather, cloth, spine gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. viii, 567+(1) pages. Text in German. Thirty-seventh edition. Foreword by the author, table of contents, index. Frontispiece, color and black and white illustrations throughout, including foldouts. Edges of covers rubbed and scuffed. Bookplate of Alice Orcutt on front pastedown. Inscription by Orcutt on front free endpaper. Alice Orcutt was the grandaughter of William Dana Orcutt. Inside front..... READ MORE about DEUTSCHE LITERATURGESCHICHTE

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Montreal, QC, Canada: L'Arbre, 1943. 8vo. quarter leather, paper-covered boards. 24 pages, plates. Text in French. A volume in the Collection Art Vivant series. List of illustrations. Black and white portrait precedes text. Twenty black and white plates follow text. A study of the works of artist Paul-Émile Bordas. Unsigned binding by Monique Lallier with gilt-stamped leather spine, and decorated paper-covered boards. READ MORE about BORDUAS

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Leipzig: Karl Robert Langewische, 1930. 12mo. cloth, top edge stained red. 121+(1) pages. Third edition. Memoirs of a bookseller and publisher's twenty-five years in the book trade. Cloth foxed. READ MORE about AUS FUNFUNDZWANZIG JAHREN

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New York, NY: Viking Press, The, 1940. small 4to. full cream cloth printed in blue, dust jacket. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded. Two stickers on jacket. Two tears on jacket: one on front and one on rear. Illustrated by the author in black and white throughout, the Caldecott Medalist for 1941. "The Most Distinguished American Picture Book for Children 1940" printed within a circle on front panel. Lighter weight paper than the firstedition..... READ MORE about THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD

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