Berlin: Paul Parey, 1985. small 4to. wrappers. 132 pages. Written in German. Botanical book illustration through out history. Frontispiece, 8 color plates, 44 illustrations. Head of spine bumped. Pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on inside front wrapper. READ MORE about BOTANIK UND GARTENBAU IN PRACHTWERKEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104486
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892. tall 8vo. original blue cloth stamped in gilt. xxx, 79 pages. Authorized edition, translated from the second French edition by S.R. Koehler, with an introductory chapter and notes by the translator. With preface by M. Blanc. (See Bridson & Wakeman B28). Illustrated with plates demonstrating different processes. Includes the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed. Name in ink on half-title. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON ETCHING. TEXT AND PLATES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 97860
London: Walton & Maberly, 1859. small 8vo. modern pamphlet holder with extract bound-in. Extracted from The museum of science and art, volume 11, pp. 1-32. With 13 illustrations including some full-page. With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson. Bridson has added a printed title page. READ MORE about THE PRINTING PRESS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 98499
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. 4to. cloth. xiv, 195 pages followed by 84 plates. First U.S. edition. Contains a history of British and American etching and a 32 page bibliography. Sections on satirical etching and the sporting print, the Old Etching Club, Samuel Palmer, Whistler, Haden, Legros, etc. Illustrated with 84 plates. Spine faded; covers soiled and with front hinge partially split. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ETCHING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46172
London: Philip Allan, 1922. tall 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, leather spine label. (xviii), 125, (7) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 275 copies. Introduction by Campbell Dodgson, Keeper of Prints at the British Museum. Careful study of how Pierre Lombart (1613-1682) lifted the horse and rider from Van Dyck's painting of King Charles I. Under an Archway for his famous engraving of Cromwell on Horseback. Illustrated. With a short summary of the..... READ MORE about THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN, PIERRE LOMBART'S ENGRAVING, CHARLES OR CROMWELL?
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 70039
Brussels: n.p., 1929. 8vo. later pamphlet binding, original self paper wrappers. pp. 205-241. Text in French. Extracts from La Service Sociale, (Brussels: November-December 1929), works on pure and applied botany. Guidelines for non-specialists. From the library of Gavin Bridson with his signature in ink on inside pamphlet binding. READ MORE about DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE BOTANIQUE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107301
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. 8vo. cloth. x, 61+(1) pages. This is a selective bibliography, with omissions of those works already listed in other major bibliographies so as to make it an effective resource but not unreadable. Parts of the dustjacket are present - front and rear flaps affixed to the pastedowns and the front panel tipped-in at the rear. Front free endpaper has some offset. Spine and upper corners bumped. Slightly rubbed. With the..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 99621
Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1974. 8vo. cloth. x, 137+(1) pages. An instructional manual on cataloguing and research in library science. Includes three appendices, a bibliography and a photocopy of the author's obituary laid-in with the table of contents. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about MILESTONES IN CATALOGING: FAMOUS CATALOGERS AND THEIR WRITINGS, 1835-1969
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99355
Préface de H. Le Riche. Suivi d'un appendice concernant l'impression par Ch. Leblanc, Maître-Imprimeur.
Paris: Lefranc, 1923. 8vo. modern cloth with front printed wrapper bound-in. v, 173 pages and 5 plates (in pocket in back). Préface de H. Le Riche. Suivi d'un appendice concernant l'impression par Ch. Leblanc, Maître-Imprimeur. First edition (See Bridson & Wakeman B87 for an English language edition published in 1931). One of the plates in the back is printed in color. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about LA GRAVURE ORIGINALE EN COULEURS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 98137
Stockholm: Bokförlaget Rediviva, 1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers bound in library binding. 20 pages. Text in Latin. 1970 facsimile reprint of original 1759 edition, published in Uppsala, Sweden. A compilation of botanic authors up to the publication date. Listed alphabetically, then categorized by nationality and subject. Inscription of collector Gavin Bridson on front endpaper. READ MORE about AUCTORES BOTANICI, IN DISSERTATIONE PROPOSITI, QUAM SUB PRAESIDIO CAROLI LINNAEI
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108222
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. 4to. later cloth. x, 71+(1) pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA
Price: $155.00 Order nr. 98639
Translated from the Third German Edition, Revised by Dr. Max Lehrs by Martin Hardie.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 8vo. Two-toned cloth, top edge gilt. xvii, 312, 6 pages. Translated from the Third German Edition, Revised by Dr. Max Lehrs by Martin Hardie. First English translation. 131 illustrations in the text. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers soiled. READ MORE about ENGRAVING AND ETCHING, A HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND PRINT COLLECTORS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 100153
London: Chiswick Press, 1960. large 8vo. cloth. (iv), xviii, 315 pages. With a list of illustrations, an introduction, a list of references, index of collated copies, an alphabetical index of booksellers, printers, and publishers, as well as a general index. Contains 40 black-and-white plates. With 419 entries. With a bibliographical excerpt from Bernard Quaritch's Catalogue 1052 laid-in. Minor wear, top of front cover and spine slightly faded. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA, 1608-1799
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 100401
Bibliothèque de l'enseignement des beaux-arts.
Paris: Librairie d'Education Nationale, Alcide Picard & Kaan, n.d. (circa 1900). 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 255+(1) pages. Bibliothèque de l'enseignement des beaux-arts. Contains 111 text illustrations and three plates, one of which is done by chromolithography. Cloth spine worn and a bit soiled. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about LES PROCÉDÉS MODERNES DE LA GRAVURE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98538
Explaining a New Theory of Colour Based Entirely on Experimental Facts with Applications to Scientific and Industrial Investigations. Illustrated by Diagrams and Plates Coloured by Hand
London: E. & F.N. Spon Limited, 1905. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 48, 8 color plates. Explaining a New Theory of Colour Based Entirely on Experimental Facts with Applications to Scientific and Industrial Investigations. Illustrated by Diagrams and Plates Coloured by Hand. Well-illustrated with eight hand-colored plates and several charts and figures in the text. Lovibond's theory and system of color won silver and bronze medals at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. Photographs of these medals..... READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF COLOUR PHENOMENA
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 98392
Marburg: N.G. Elwert Verlag, 1964. 8vo. later cloth with original wrappers bound in. 48 pages. Article in SITZUNGSBERICHTE DER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR BEFÖRDERUNG DER GESAMTEN NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN ZU MARBURG. Medical and natural science book illustration in the 1800's in Germany. Black-and-white and color illustrations. Cloth rubbed. Pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on front pastedown. READ MORE about " MEDIZINISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE BUCHILLUSTRATION IM 18. JAHRHUNDERT IN DEUTSCHLAND."
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106094
A report to Major I. I. Stevens, Assistant in charge of the Coast Survey Office, dated Electrotype Laboratory, Coast Survey Office, Washington, Nov. 29, 1851, and published as Appendix 55 to Senate Document, No.3.
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1851). 8vo. modern marbled paper-covered boards, paper front and spine labels. 16+(1) pages, 1 folding plate. A report to Major I. I. Stevens, Assistant in charge of the Coast Survey Office, dated Electrotype Laboratory, Coast Survey Office, Washington, Nov. 29, 1851, and published as Appendix 55 to Senate Document, No.3. Early short discussion of the electrotyping process. The folding plate shows the layout of the laboratory and also the equipment. Small..... READ MORE about ON THE ELECTROTYPING OPERATIONS OF THE U. S. COAST SURVEY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98140
VII. A Guide to Relevant Scientific Names of Plants
Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000. 4to. cloth. viii, 626 pages. VII. A Guide to Relevant Scientific Names of Plants. Text arranged by plant family, genus, and species. With an index. READ MORE about BOTANICAL RESULTS OF THE SESSE & MOCINO EXPEDITION (1787 - 1803
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 101746
(London): Victoria and Albert Museum, (1987). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. This catalogue describes thirty prints displayed in the exhibit held March 18th to July 5th, 1987 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A color illustration of each item accompanies the text. Also includes a history of printmaking and explanation of the process of hand coloring. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about HAND-COLOURED BRITISH PRINTS
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 97980
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. An in depth look into the divide between the theoretical approaches of deconstruction and the field of cultural studies. Draws from well-known literary sources such as Dickens, Twain, Heidegger. Miller describes cultural studies as a means of contextualizing art. Contains 45 illustrations, including several in color. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Pencil gift note for previous owner on free front endpaper lightly..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98928
(Birmingham: The British Book Trade Press), 2004. 4to. paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 120 pages. With publisher's complimentary slip and a photocopied book review laid-in. Bibliographic references categorized by location in Warwickshire. READ MORE about PRINTING AND PUBLISHING IN WARWICKSHIRE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 99357
Oxford: Printed for the Dugdale Society at the University Press, 1970. 8vo. cloth. xl, 83, (13) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about WARWICKSHIRE PRINTERS' NOTICES, 1799-1866
Price: $415.00 Order nr. 32800
Printed from the files at wwwDOTnlsDOTuk/online/sbti/index dot html as at June 1999. Formatted and occasionally edited by G.D.R. Bridson.
Pittsburgh, PA. n.p., 1999. 4to. loose-leaf binder, paper labels on spine and front. 6, 439+1 pages. Printed from the files at wwwDOTnlsDOTuk/online/sbti/index dot html as at June 1999. Formatted and occasionally edited by G.D.R. Bridson. Gavin Bridson's copy. "The Scottish Book Trade Index is very much a work-in-progress, and a rolling process rather than one that can ever be completed. It is being constantly updated as more material is found." (Introduction) There are sheets laid-in..... READ MORE about SCOTTISH BOOK TRADE INDEX
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98549
New York: Haworth Press, (1985). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 204 pages. Volume 6, Numbers 1/2. This is a description of various libraries containing material about Sci-Tech. Also included are essays on the subject matter. Edges slightly worn. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about SCI-TECH LIBRARIES IN MUSEUMS AND AQUARIUMS
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 99712
New York and London: The Haworth Press, (1988). 8vo. cloth. xiii, 111 pages. First edition. Discusses the National Zoological Park Branch Library, Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens Reference Library, New York Zoological Society Library, Zoological Society of San Diego Library, Minnesota Zoological Garden Library, Cincinnati Zoo Library, and the American Zoological Park Libraries and Archives in addition to other subjects. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about SCI-TECH LIBRARIES SERVING ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 99951
