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
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
Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons Limited, (1960). 8vo. cloth. xv, 55 pages. Reprint of the 1959 first edition. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE LIBRARIES. AIDS FOR RESEARCH STUDENTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 98637
New Castle, DE and Folkestone, England: Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies, (1998). small 8vo. pictorial paper-covered boards. 170 pages. In this most recent volume of the Publishing Pathways Series, leading scholars from different specialties provide fascinating glimpses of the interaction between science, medicine and the culture of print. Booksellers, printers, collectors, readers and the mechanisms of production and distribution across several centuries form the basis of their studies. Michael Harris reveals the medical..... READ MORE about MEDICINE, MORTALITY AND THE BOOK TRADE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 98554
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Masson Et Cie, n.d. (circa 1899). small 8vo. modern marbled paper covers with paper spine label and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 194, (14), 16 pages. Part of the series edited by M. Léauté entitled Encyclopédie Scientifique des Aide-Mémoire. Six illustrations in the text. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Paper repairs along inner margin of original front and back covers. Paper is acidic. READ MORE about APPLICATIONS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE AUX ARTS INDUSTRIELS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98029
Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlags- Gesellschaft, 1951. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. vii,264; (ii),239-324 pages. First edition. Issued in parts, this volume contains the historical first volume plus the index that was present in the second volume. With one leaf in facsimile. The bibliographical parts are lacking from this copy (pages 1-238 of the second volume). With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about BOTANISCHE BUCHILLUSTRATION, IHRE GESCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 98005
1966. 8vo. pamphlet holder. pp.293-299. An article from The Library (5), 21 (4), 1966. A history of this important resource of business locations and names. Inserted in pamphlet holder and with the bookplate and signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 98852
Liverpool: Liverpool Bibliographical Society, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. xv, 85 pages. Historical introduction followed by the directory. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front inside cover. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE IN THE NORTH WEST PROJECT. OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS NO. 3. THE BOOK TRADE IN CHESIRE TO...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 99217
