Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Libraries, 1966. tall 8vo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. pp. (73)-102. Reprinted from Bibliography & Natural History, Essays presented at a Conference convened in June 1964 by Thomas R. Buckman. Signed in pencil by Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOTANY AND ITS SOURCES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99863
Paris: A. Picard et Fils, 1897. thick 8vo. quarter vellum with cloth covered boards, leather spine label with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xx, 895 pages. First edition. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. With a xerox of Taylor's comment on this bibliography of bibliographies (not favorable). Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about MANUEL DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE GÉNÉRALE (BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA NOVA
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 86207
A Select Annotated and Classified Catalogue of Books in the Norwich Public Library.
Norwich: Norwich and District Master Printers' Association, 1921. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33, (3) pages. A Select Annotated and Classified Catalogue of Books in the Norwich Public Library. A catalogue of unnumbered entries. Some soiling and sunning, minor wear. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson on the inside front cover. READ MORE about BOOKS ON PRINTING AND SOME RELATED SUBJECTS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 101453
some aspects of portrait engraving
(Glasgow): (Bell & Bain Ltd.), 1976. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 128 pages. some aspects of portrait engraving. Compiled two years after a 1974 exhibition which stressed the influences operating on an artist and his sitter, this is not intended to be a study of the aesthetics of engraved portraits, but of the unique relationship between painter, engraver and subject, and the social pressures and conventions which affected all three. With 200 black-and-white illustrations of..... READ MORE about A FACE FOR ANY OCCASION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 99941
An inventory of 21 collections in the Netherlands with additioinal and supplementary instructions.
s'Gravenhage: P.A. Tiele Academie-Hogere Beroepsopleiding voor Bibliotheek en Documentatie, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with later marbled dust jacket and paper spine label. 142 pages. An inventory of 21 collections in the Netherlands with additioinal and supplementary instructions. Text in Dutch. Part of the Series Bibliografica of the P.A. Tiele Academy in the Netherlands. Title page in Dutch and English. Foreword. Organized alphabetically by author with entries in language of publication. Indices of titles, first..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIE VAN DE TECHNIEK VAN DE MANUELE DIEPDRUK-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TECHNIQUE OF THE MANUAL...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 108395
(Aldershot): Gower, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 201 pages. Second edition.With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Loosely inserted is a review of this book that had appeared in The Library. READ MORE about THE FUNCTION OF BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 80777
With an Introduction by Martin Hardie.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. 8vo. cloth. x, 218, (12) pages. With an Introduction by Martin Hardie. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B77 - "A detailed treatise on all practical and artistic aspects of the craft"). With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Presentation on free endpaper "To Charles E. Pont with compliments from David Strang, London. Dec. 1937" and with Pont's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE PRINTING OF ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 97967
With an Introduction by Martin Hardie.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. 8vo. cloth. x, 218, (12) pages. With an Introduction by Martin Hardie. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B77 - "A detailed treatise on all practical and artistic aspects of the craft"). With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers slightly faded. READ MORE about THE PRINTING OF ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98363
(Ardmore, PA): Universal Books, 1971. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. An illustrated price guide. READ MORE about BOOKBINDERS' VALUE GUIDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 107977
(London): The British Library, (1996). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 37 pages. First edition. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about HOW TO FIND SOURCE MATERIALS, BRITISH LIBRARY COLLCTIONS ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF SCIENCE,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100140
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 336 pages. First edition. In this unique work, the author surveys almost 500 illustrations created by the Pre-Raphaelites during their graphic revolution, which encompassed the second half of the nineteenth century. Each artist is represented by a short biography, which also illustrates many of his works. Co-published with the British Library. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE PRE-RAPHAELITE ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 98603
London: Clive Bingley, (1969). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 154 pages. First edition. An analytical study of the author concept in codes of Cataloguing rules in the English language. Covering Catalogueuing codes from the 1841 British Museum rules to the Anglo-American code of l967, this is essentially the author's thesis for a master's degree at the University of Strathclyde. With pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about AUTHORS AND TITLES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97975
N.P. n.p., 1968. 8vo. later pamphlet holder. 12 pages. Removed from The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. XXIII, No.1, March 1968. With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about TOLERANCES IN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99859
N.P. MIT Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First U.S. edition. Well-illustrated. Cover lamination peeling along spine. READ MORE about THE ART NOUVEAU BOOK IN BRITAIN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 25380
Zurich: Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, report binder. 165-180 pages. In Librarivm. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, Revue de la Societe Suisse des BibliophilesWritten in French, title page in French and German. With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson on the inside of the report binder. READ MORE about ESSAI BIBLIOPHILIQUE SUR QUELQUES ANCIENS LIVRES SUISSES DE PLANTES VÉNÉNEUSES ET SUR LES...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 100366
The Second Lecture of the Seventeenth Series
N.P. Committee of the Association of the Correctors of the Press, n.d. (circa 1938). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. The Second Lecture of the Seventeenth Series. This lecture was given in Stationers' Hall, Ludgate Hill, E.C. in 1938. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Spine ends worn. A closed tear about a half-inch long on the tail of the back cover with a long horizontal crease from it. Light soiling..... READ MORE about PRINTING TRADE ORGANIZATIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 99744
London: Printing Historical Society, (1972). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxvii, 234 pages. First edition. Anyone who owned a press in England was required to register the fact with the Clerk of the Peace starting in 1799. These records for London, Middlesex and Surrey survived and have been collated by Todd. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Bridson's working copy of this book. Highlighting and pen notations throughout. READ MORE about A DIRECTORY OF PRINTERS AND OTHERS IN ALLIED TRADES, LONDON AND VICINITY, 1800-1840
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87181
London: G. Virtue, 1852-1854. 8vo. modern marbled paper wrappers with paper spine label. 565-620, 355-488 pages. Two volumes bound in one. Vol. I: Electro-metallurgy, Embossing-press, Engraving, Envelope-folding machine; Vol. II: Pantograph, Paper, Photography, Photometry, Printing.) With special title page listing these bound in at the beginning. Many illustrations. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about Excised articles from:) CYCLOPÆDIA OF USEFUL ARTS, MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL, MANUFACTURES, MINING...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98187
Cleveland: Printed for the Author, 1927. 12mo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 42 pages. On William Blake and his books. Vickery (1857-1932) was a lawyer and a judge in Cleveland who formed a superb collection of rare books. His books were sold at auction in 1933. READ MORE about THREE EXCESSIVELY RARE AND SCARCE BOOKS AND SOMETHING OF THEIR AUTHORS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 100033
Toutes les Opérations Lithographiques sur Pierre et sur Zinc, Autographie Reports, Gravure, Chromolithographie, Photolithographie, Phototype et Procédés divers pour Reproduire les Écritures et les Dessins au Moyen de la Pierre, Du Zinc, etc.
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1932. 12 mo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 697 pages followed by 11 folding lithograph plates. Toutes les Opérations Lithographiques sur Pierre et sur Zinc, Autographie Reports, Gravure, Chromolithographie, Photolithographie, Phototype et Procédés divers pour Reproduire les Écritures et les Dessins au Moyen de la Pierre, Du Zinc, etc. Reprint of the first edition (St. Bride Catalogue , p. 930). Five of the eleven plates are supplied in facsimile. READ MORE about DESSINATEUR ET DE IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 97853
Traitant de Toutes les Opérations Lithographiques sur Pierre et sur Zinc de L'Autographie, des Reports, de la Gravure, de la Chromolithographie, de la Photolithographie, de la Phototype et tous les Procédés connus jusqu' à ce jour pour Reproduire les Écritures et les Dessins au Moyen de la Pierre, Du Zinc, etc.
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1891. 12 mo. modern marbled paper with paper spine label and with original paper wrappers bound-in. xx, 360 pages ; (iv), 336, followed by 52 pages of advertisements. Traitant de Toutes les Opérations Lithographiques sur Pierre et sur Zinc de L'Autographie, des Reports, de la Gravure, de la Chromolithographie, de la Photolithographie, de la Phototype et tous les Procédés connus jusqu' à ce jour pour Reproduire les Écritures et les..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DU DESSINATEUR ET DE L'IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 97848
New York: Arno Press, 1979. 8vo. cloth. (iv), viii, 157 pages. A photo-facsimile reprint of the Berlin, R. Oppenheim, 1885 edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 9671). Part of a series entitled The sources of modern photography. 15 text illustrations. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about DIE PHOTOGRAPHIE FARBIGER GEGENSTÄNDE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98721
(New York): Copernicus, an Imprint of Springer-Verlag, (1997). small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xi, 180 pages. First edition. Illustrated throughout. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about VISUAL REVELATIONS, GRAPHICAL TALES OF FATE AND DECEPTION FROM NAPOLEON BONAPARTE TO ROSS PEROT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98762
1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.24-40. Reprinted from Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Number 5, 1969. READ MORE about ANASTATIC PRINTING FOR SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104862
Ninth Edition, Enlarged and Revised With Additional Illustrations, and including the Most Recent Processes
London: Crosby, Lockwood & Son. 1889. small 8vo. cloth. x, 278, 40, 16 pages. Ninth Edition, Enlarged and Revised With Additional Illustrations, and including the Most Recent Processes. Some illustration in the text. Belonged formerly to The Durning Library, Ascot, with their library regulations on the paste-down and some scattered ownership stamps. In surprisingly nice shape. The final 40 and16 pages are publisher's advertisements.With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about ELECTRO-METALLURGY PRACTICALLY TREATED
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 98400
