London: Butterworths, 1966. 8vo. paper-covered boards. ix, 286 pages. First edition. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL LITERATURE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 98631
Macon: Protat Frères, Imprimeurs, 1940. small 4to. later cloth. ix, 368+(1) pages, 2 inserted covers. Written in French. Bibliography of natural history with two supplements and 6357 entries. Two covers of Elements d'un Guide Bibliographique du Naturaliste inserted along with one page of notes. Laid-in is a sheet with Bridson's markings. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Fading on spine and covers, small stain on second bound-in paper wrapper. READ MORE about ÉLEMENTS D'UN GUDE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DU NATURALISTE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 102531
1969. 8vo. later pamphlet holder with article bound-in. pp. (89)-128. An article removed from The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. XXIV, No.2, June 1969. Inside front cover signed in ink by Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about " BIBLIOGRAPHY REVISITED."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99915
Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), xxxvi, 304 pages. Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies. Photo-facsimile re-publication in 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1839 edition (See Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p.264; Bigmore & Wyman I,80). Six plates. Issued as part of the series entitled Encyclopédie-Roret. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, DU DESSINATEUR ET DE L'IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98706
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191 pages. First edition. Over 2,000 references to books, pamphlets, essays, periodical articles, and theses on the subject. Only concerned with illustration periods and countries. The subjects include Manuals of Illustration and other Writings on Technique, History of Methods of Illustration, Science and Technology, Medicine, Music, and Illustration and Decoration in Children's Books. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION, A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 26721
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1979. 8vo. cloth. vii, 210 pages. First edition. Chapters on the Cambridge History of American Literature, the Literary History of the United States, the Bibliography of American Literature and with sections on "the Golden Years, 1960-1975" and various appendices.With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1920-1975
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99957
N.P. n.p., (1975). 8vo. pamphlet binder, paper cover label. unpaginated. Bridson also wrote a preface before the index begins, in which he says "Upcott's remarkable bibliography unfortunately appeared without an index to the engravers listed in his collations. This is a rough attempt to fill that need. All engravers are listed, whether of topographyical prints, maps, portraits or title-page vignettes." READ MORE about INDEX OF ENGRAVERS IN "BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS RELATING TO BRITISH...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 101425
Paris: Libr. Garnier, n.d. 8vo. cloth. vii, 367+(1) pages. New edition - probably late 19th or early 20th century. Includes an historical introduction. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Spot on front cover. READ MORE about MANUEL COMPLET DE L’IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE A LA PRESSE A BRAS ET LA MACHINE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 97787
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.31-62. Removed from the Journal of the Printing Historical Society Number 17 (1982/1983). With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about BRITISH WOOD-ENGRAVERS C. 1820- C. 1860: A CHECKLIST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100081
London: Harrison & Sons Ltd., 1928. 8vo. printed paper wrapper bound in cloth-backed pamphlet binder. pages 59-66. Reprinted from "The Photographic Journal', Volume LXVIII, February 1928. Illustrated with six figures showing examples of different types of printing on different types of paper apparently under a microscope. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE PRINCIPLES OF PHOTO-ENGRAVING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98436
New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii,129; 55; 96 (and 4 plates); (ii),63 pages. Facsimile reprints of four important publications. Part of the Literature of photography series. Includes C. N. Bennett, Elements of photogravure, 1927 (Roosens & Luc Salu 8249) A. Maskell & R. Demachy, Photo-aquatint or the gumbichromate process, 1897 (Roosens & Luc Salu 7915) F. J. Mortimer & S. L. Coulthurst, The oil and bromoil process, 1909 (Roosens & Luc..... READ MORE about NONSILVER PRINTING PROCESSES: FOUR SELECTIONS, 1886-1927
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 98717
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Limited, (1976. 8vo. Leather. 256 pages. Divided in two sections, the first is concerned with the oldest and largest businesses of various kinds in different parts of the world, and the second with the UK financial system and the economy. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE GUINNESS BOOK OF THE BUSINESS WORLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99643
London, Canada: University of Western Ontario, 1970. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 165 pages. With chapters on "Principles of Short-Title Cataloging", "Computerizing a Short-Title Catalog", "Using the Computerized Short-Title Catalog", and "Research and Development". Contains variously numbered entries. Laid-in is a letter to Bridson by William J. Cameron, asking him for his comments and criticism of the book. Minor wear. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front cover. READ MORE about THE HPB PROJECT: PHASE II, DESCRIBING AN EXPERIMENT IN CREATING A COMPUTERIZED CUMULATIVE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 102154
British History Painting: 1750-1830
London: Heim, 1991. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (2), 139+(1) pages. British History Painting: 1750-1830. A catalogue to an exhibition at the Heim Gallery in London shown in 1991 from May 1st to june 11th. Illustrated with contributions from scholars such as, Martin Butlin, David Alexander, Geoffrey Ashton, Martin Postle, and Michael Bellamy. With the signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE THE PAINTED WORLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 98983
New & Improved Edition. Volume II
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1842. large 8vo. half-calf. cloth, protective modern dust jacket with paper spine label. [ii], 800 pages. New & Improved Edition. Volume II. Volume two only.Contains No. 90: Printing-Engraving-Lithography, pp. 625-640. Illustrated. Worn and boards faded, pages tanning, scattered foxing. Signature "Sedgwick," on front pastedown. HInges reparied. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98569
Nottingham: Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd., 1953. large 8vo. paper-covered boards, modern paper spine label. ix, 71 pages. Second edition, limited to 200 numbered copies. Newspapers and their publishers in Nottingham up through the 1860s, a brief account of 18th-century Nottingham book printers with a bibliography of the imprints of fifteen 18th-century printers, and brief sections on chapbooks and broadsides. Eleven facsimiles. With a "chronological list of Nottingham Newspapers-1710 to 1864." With the bookplate and..... READ MORE about EARLY NOTTINGHAM PRINTERS AND PRINTING
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 98000
Chicago: n.p., 1920. 8vo. later pamphlet holder with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (ii), 19 pages. Limited to 200 copies. Reprinted for Private Distribution from Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume XIV, Part 1. Presentation on front cover "To Mr. William Roberts with the compliments of Geo. Watson Cole." Inside cover of pamphlet holder signed in ink by Gavin Bridson and his bookplate tipped-in. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY - A FORECAST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99916
London: Mansell Information, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 184 pages. First edition. Guide to specialized catalogues in Book Auctions, The Book Industries, Philosophy, Literature, etc. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about PUBLISHED LIBRARY CATALOGUES, AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR CONTENTS AND USE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 20560
(London): Frederic T. Corkett, n.d. (20th century). 4to. folder with paper cover label containing loosely inserted material. Heavy board folder containing a four page introductory signature followed by 11 broadsides of varying sizes demonstrating this printing technique. Covers lightly foxed as are contents.With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about MACHINE INTAGLIO PRINTING BY THE "CORKETT" PHOTOGRAVURE ART PROCESS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 102973
Paris: Bibliothèque Larousse, n.d. (circa 1907). 12mo. printed stiff paper wrapper. 95, (17) pages. Troisième mille. 22 text illusustrations. Text in French. Lower margin of the first few pages waterstained, but not affecting text. Wrappers soiled with some creases and chips. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98247
3 volumes.
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cloth, cloth. 453; 237; 345 pages. 3 volumes. First printed in 1961. Volume I is "General Geology Report 34". Pages 14-267 are the bibliography, while the rest is a copious index by county, subject, and geologic age. Spine ends worn, spine faded. Evidence of repair at hinges. Volume II is "Bulletin G 42", published in 1965, and it is entitled "Annotated Bibliography of Pennsylvania Geology--Supplement to..... READ MORE about ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY TO 1949
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 100588
Bradford and London: Percy Lund & Co., 1896. small 8vo. original red cloth decorated in black and gilt. 164, (24) pages. First English edition. (Bridson & Wakeman E188). Chapters on photo-engraving in America and the technical process of making a half-tone. The last part of the book consists of plates containing illustrations produced by this method. Cronenberg was the proprietor and conductor of the Practical Institute for Photography and Mechanical Reproduction at Schloss Gronenbach, Bavarian-Algan..... READ MORE about THE HALF-TONE ON THE AMERICAN BASIS FROM THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF WILHELM CRONENBERG......
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 38085
London: Methuen and Co., 1904. small 4to. full vellum with top edge gilt. xlv, 208 pages. First edition, one of 50 bound thus and printed on Japanese paper. Davenport provides notes on techniques for creating mezzotints, as well as a wealth of information on the engravers who are noted for this art form. Illustrated with plates, many of which are portraits of well known figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, that are examples of..... READ MORE about MEZZOTINTS
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 75555
London: R. Ackermann, n.d. (1821). 4to. new cloth spine with paper spine label with original paper covered boards. Frontispiece; engraved title page, iii, (v), 384 pages. Second edition with additions. This is the text volume only and does not include the plate volume with 130 engravings. Bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Wear along edges of covers. Inner hinges reinforced with archival paper repair. READ MORE about CABINENT OF THE ARTS: BEING A NEW AND UNIVERSAL DRAWING BOOK FORMING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 102974
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.223-236. Removed from The Library, Sioth Series, Volume V, No.3, September 1983. With ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about "THE ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OF THE `HOLBEIN HEADS'."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100072
