JOHN PIPER IN THE WATKINSON: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST.

Hartford, Connecticut: Watkinson Library, Trinity College, 2011. 10 x 8 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. To honor a gift given to the Watkinson Library by M. William McGill, this catalogue is an illustrated checklist of the works of British architectural and topographical artist John Piper. In the late 1920s, Piper attended both the Richmond School of Art and the Royal College of Art, and by the 1930s he was working steadily as an artist hardly..... READ MORE about JOHN PIPER IN THE WATKINSON: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST

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LIVES ON THE MISSISSIPPI: LITERATURE AND CULTURE ALONG THE GREAT RIVER FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2010. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. paperback. 48 pages. Deluxe edition with a separate portfolio of ephemera and a copy of A Personal Souvenir - Strekfus SteamersForeword by John Neal Hoover. This catalogue contains selections from the St. Louis Mercantile Library, which houses the largest American rail history collection in a North American Library. It contains papers, books, and historic photographs from the collector and rail executive, John W. Barriger III..... READ MORE about LIVES ON THE MISSISSIPPI: LITERATURE AND CULTURE ALONG THE GREAT RIVER FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF...

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NEW CASTLE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

(Charleston, Sc): Arcadia Publishing, (2013). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Part of the Images of America Series. Text and illustrations. Foreword by Thomas P. Gordon. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

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SCOTLAND AND THE AMERICAS, 1600 TO 1800.

With an Introduction by Michael Fry and Contributions. Bibliographical Supplement by Burton van Name Edwards.
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1995. small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. xix, 138, (2) pages. With an Introduction by Michael Fry and Contributions. Bibliographical Supplement by Burton van Name Edwards. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is one of 250 bound thus. Eight individual essays build around an exhibition held at the JCB and Forbes Magazine Galleries in 1995. The topics cover The Darien Venture, Immigration and Settlement, Trade, Scots in Georgia..... READ MORE about SCOTLAND AND THE AMERICAS, 1600 TO 1800

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Adams, Thomas R.

NON-CARTOGRAPHICAL MARITIME WORKS PUBLISHED BY MOUNT AND PAGE, A PRELIMINARY HANDLIST.

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 54 pages. Study of this English publisher and their productions from the 17th century to the later part of the 18th century. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about NON-CARTOGRAPHICAL MARITIME WORKS PUBLISHED BY MOUNT AND PAGE, A PRELIMINARY HANDLIST

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Ahearn, Allen and Patricia.

COLLECTED BOOKS, THE GUIDE TO VALUES, 2002 EDITION.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (2001). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. viii, (iv), 788 pages. Revised edition of the 1998 price handbook with up-to-date values for more than 20,000 first and important collected editions. The largest and most comprehensive single-volume guide to current market values of collectible books in the United States,Collected Books is used by most book dealers and serious collectors in the country. It explains how to identify first editions..... READ MORE about COLLECTED BOOKS, THE GUIDE TO VALUES, 2002 EDITION

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Albert, Neale M.

THE NEALE M. ALBERT COLLECTION OF MINIATURE DESIGNER BINDINGS.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2006. 9 x 11 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 212 pages. With photographs from Tom Grill, this book features miniature designer bindings from the collection of Neal M. Albert. Containing more than 7,000 color illustrations, the book covers all styles of bindings including traditional, variations, geometric, abstract, representational, gems, flora & fauna, lettering, diminutive, and experimental. The designer, year, dimensions, and a small description accompany the photos of each listed binding. Including..... READ MORE about THE NEALE M. ALBERT COLLECTION OF MINIATURE DESIGNER BINDINGS

Price: $75.00 save 20% $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106665

Alden, John and Dennis C. Landis (editors).

EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750.

Providence and New York: The John Carter Brown Library and Readex Books, 1980-1997. small 4to. cloth. 692 pages. Third volume covers the years between 1651 and 1675. (of six volumes). Entirely superseding Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, which appeared between 1868 and 1936, European Americana is now, first of all, the most comprehensive bibliographical guide to the entire printed record of European consciousness of the Americas. With more than 30,000 entries. With number of pages and..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS,...

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Allen, George R.

HISTORY OF WILLIAM H. ALLEN, BOOKSELLER, 1918-1997.

Bethlelem: Special Collections, Lehigh University Information Resources, 1997. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (2) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Three page introduction by Steven Rothman. With six illustrations. To speak of Allen's is to speak of wit, integrity and devotion to the craft of bookselling. This booklet tells its history. READ MORE about HISTORY OF WILLIAM H. ALLEN, BOOKSELLER, 1918-1997

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Alvarez, Pablo.

ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES FOR COMPOSITORS [MADRID: CA. 1680].

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression on..... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...

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Ames, Kenneth L. and Gerald W.R. Ward (editors).

DECORATIVE ARTS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS IN AMERICA 1650-1920: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1989. small 4to. cloth. 392, (6) pages. First edition. This bibliography of the study of household furnishings used in the United States from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century contains twenty-one sections. Each section begins with an essay that outlines the development of scholarship in the field and points toward new directions for research with annotated entries on the most significant works. Three chapters present..... READ MORE about DECORATIVE ARTS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS IN AMERICA 1650-1920: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69489