New York: Burt Franklin, (1974). 8vo. cloth. 116 pages. Reprint of the 1890 first edition. Covers art, architecture, ceramics, etc. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF AESTHETICS
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Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1976. small 8vo. cloth. viii, 124 pages. A catalogue raisonné. A bibliography of titles by or about contemporary North American poets and poetry. Covers reference works, literature on contemporary American poetry, anthologies and textbooks. With a topical guide, author and title indices. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY 1970-1975
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Manchester: The University Press, 1928. 8vo. cloth, paper cover and spine labels. 45 pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 14 facsimiles. On the Block Book. Covers faded with bottom 2 inches of spine chipped away. READ MORE about STEPPING-STONES TO THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1930. 8vo. paper wrappers. 19, (3) pages. A short story about Gutenberg's creative vision. Wrappers chipped, discolored, and detached. READ MORE about GUTENBERGS SCHOPFERTRAUM
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New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 350 pages. Reprint of the 1913 first edition (Besterman 1807). 3,199 entries. READ MORE about SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STUDY, SOURCES, AND LITERATURE OF ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL ECONOMIC HISTORY
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New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1970. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 132 pages. Reprint of the 1931 first edition. A bibliographic study of the literature of realism over the 30 year period at the beginning of the twentieth century. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY AND GENETIC STUDY OF AMERICAN REALISM
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. Contains book projects, quizzes, short plays, etc. Jacket spotted. READ MORE about WHAT BOOK IS THAT? FUN WITH BOOKS AT HOME-AT SCHOOL
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New York: Argonaut Press, 1966. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 243-577. Reprint of the original appearance of 1908. With index. READ MORE about MATERIALS FOR A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES COVERING THE...
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1931. 8vo. paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages and (8) pages of plates. An account of the birth and spread of newspapers with special reference to the AVISA first printed in Augsburg in 1609. Illustrated. Printed as the 16th Kleiner Druck of the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft. READ MORE about DIE ALTESTE GEDRUCKTE ZEITUNG
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Berlin: Tiedemann und Uzielli, 1924. 12mo. cloth on limp boards, with broschure (stapled, stiff paper wrappers) in slipcase. vi,815,(45); (vi),3-44 pages. 2 volumes. Roughly 25,000 entries for German literature, other literatures in translation, illustrators, musicology, philosophy, etc. Besterman 2536. Arranged by name (usually author), with title, date of first edition, place, sometimes publisher. With appendices, many advertisements for German antiquarian booksellers of the 1920's. The brochure contains corrections and various supplementary listings. Slipcase soiled, worn;..... READ MORE about DER TASCHENGOEDECKE
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La Salle: Open Court, (1973). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 294 pages. Second printing of the first U.S. edition. Includes essays by Benjamin Spock among many others. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about THE CASE AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY
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Washington Square: New York University Press, 1953. thick 4to. cloth. xiv, 707 pages. Definitive work on Holmes. Edited by Eleanor M. Tilton. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1926. 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. In praise of the printer's art. Text in French and German. Wrapper worn along spine. READ MORE about CECI TUERA CELA/HYMNUS AUF DIE DRUCKKUNST
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New York: Joseph Lawren, (1925). 8vo. parchment-backed boards, paper cover label. 62 pages. First edition. Two articles about Huneker followed by a bibliography by Lawren. Covers soiled. READ MORE about JAMES GIBBONS HUNEKER
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Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, n.d. 12mo. decorated paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 47+(1) pages. No.450 of the gift books issued by this German publisher. Text by Hans Naumann and many reproductions in full color of scenes from illuminated manuscripts Indentation mark on first two pages. Spine covering pulled away at head of spine. READ MORE about MINNESINGER, IN BILDERN DER MANESSISCHEN HANDSCHRIFT
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Milan: Associazione Editoriale Libraria Italiana, (1928). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, fore and bottom edges uncut. xxiv, 396+(1) pages. First edition. A catalogue of the exhibition of Italian publishers at the Casa di Cultura Italiana at Columbia University in 1928. Includes a brief history of each publisher; with a preface by Antonio Vallardi, head of one of the oldest Italian publishing houses. Paper watermarked "Associazione Editoriale Libraria Italiana Milano." Text in English and Italian. Wrappers discolored..... READ MORE about THE ITALIAN PUBLISHERS AT THE NEW YORK BOOK EXHIBITION
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N.P. Bibliographical Society, 1929. 4to. half-cloth over boards. vii, 20 pages followed by 85 plates. First edition. Facsimiles and Illustrations, No.1, issued by the Society. Johnson explains in his introduction that he has chosen the most interesting borders from several hundred books. Has index of printers and books. Damaged spot along bottom of covers where book was dropped. Wear along hinge with part of spine covering detached at top. READ MORE about GERMAN RENAISSANCE TITLE-BORDERS
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 160 pages. A general introduction to graphic arts in industry, and a practical first course in printing, engraving, papermaking, bookmaking and photography. Suggests practical projects to enable students to become familiar with various tools and materials. Well-illustrated. Small tear in dust jacket, also price clipped. READ MORE about THE GRAPHIC ARTS
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Baltimore: The Hispanic American Historical Review, 1922. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 200 pages. 1,281 entries. Medina's article was translated from the Spanish by Jones. Covers worn. Chipping to the edges, paper loss to the top edges and at the head and tail of the spine. Bottom corners missing on the front and rear of the wrappers. Top corner bumped. READ MORE about HISPANIC AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHIES INCLUDING COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORIES OF LITERATURE AND...
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N.P. n.p., (1951). 4to. cloth. 86, (6) pages. Festschrift celebrating fifty years of the publisher Knaur-Buches and five years of Droemersche Verlagsanstalt. Illustrated. Covers rubbed and bumped spine top. READ MORE about 50 JAHRE KNAUER BUCHER
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Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1973. 8vo. cloth. 284 pages. First edition. Looks at the literature of the development of Symbolist aesthetics during the period 1950 to 1970. Covers spotted. READ MORE about A POST-SYMBOLIST BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Fribourg: Éditions de l'Imprimerie St-Paul, 1943. 8vo. paper wrappers. xvi, 342, (6) pages. Describes over 1700 items by Père Albert Lagrange, with a study of his work. Indexed. Wrappers soiled, chipped, and detached. Corners bumped. Some pages unopened. READ MORE about L' OEUVRE DU PERE LAGRANGE
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Tübingen: H.Laupp, (1948). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Short essay celebrating 100 years of this German printer. READ MORE about HUNDERT JAHRE H. LAUPP JR. BUCHDRUCKEREI TUBINGEN
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Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1924. 8vo. cloth. 305, xxiii pages. With 105 illustrations. Study of prints and their artists including information on signature methods. Covers soiled with a small tear along front hinge at top. READ MORE about KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER EIN HAND- UND NACHSCHLAGEBUCH SAMT KÜNSTLERVERZEICHNIS FÜR DEN SAMMLER...
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Paris: Librairie Léopold Cerf, 1893. 8vo. original front paper wrapper, rear wrapper lacking. 16 pages. Includes a suggested outline for a course in the history of the book. Bookseller's tag on front wrapper. Front wrapper detached, chipped, and yellowed. READ MORE about L' ENSEIGNEMENT DE L'HISTOIRE DU LIVRE ET SON UTITLITE
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