Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by..... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."

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2 VOLUMES
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 10.6 x 13.75 inches. cloth, regular and oblong quarto, in custom slipcase. 141 pp. (text); 231 pp. (facsimile). 231 color plates. 2 VOLUMES. This work unites the Rothschild Alunno, now in the Cotsen Children's Library, with Alunno's remaining work from four European collections and reconstructs the original appearance of the cartoni by the preeminent 15th century Italian writing master. The cartoni are presented in full color facsimile, with a...... READ MORE about THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA

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Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, (2013). tall 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable..... READ MORE about ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS

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Sandy Hook: Chiswick Book Shop, 1985. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. xiv, 115, [4] pages. Limited to 200 copies. With Original Leaves from the First Aldine editions of Aristotle, 1497; Crastonus' Dictionarium Graecum, 1497; Euripides, 1503; and the Septuagint, 1518. With new text by Barker, fifty illustrations and four leaves showing four different Greek Aldine types. Printed and bound at Meriden-Stinehour. Prospectus loosely inserted. Slipcase lightly spotted, else fine. READ MORE about ALDUS MANUTIUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK SCRIPT & TYPE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

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London: Bertram Rota, 1987. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 283 pages. First edition, limited to 400 copies. A fascinating look at Frederic Prokosch and the collection of printed books of famous 20th century authors that were produced under his name. Barker's detective work, along the lines of the famous Wise affair, used type founts, paper and textual study to reveal a series of forgeries that had passed through Sotheby's hands during the 1960s and 1970s. With a...... READ MORE about THE BUTTERFLY BOOKS, AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN TWENTIETH CENTURY PAMPHLETS

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