Barker, Nicolas.

BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA THE LIVES AND COLLECTIONS OF ALEXANDER WILLIAM, 25TH EARL OF CRAWFORD AND 8TH EARL OF BALCARRES, AND JAMES LUDOVIC, 26TH EARL OF CRAWFORD AND 9TH EARL OF BALCARRES.

London: Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club and published by Bernard Quaritch, 1977. thick tall 8vo. blue cloth, top edge gilt. xviii, 415 pages. First edition. Spine faded. With 24 plates. Fascinating book on a book collecting family. The lives and collections of Alexander William and James Ludovic, the 25th and 26th Earl of Crawford. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA THE LIVES AND COLLECTIONS OF ALEXANDER WILLIAM, 25TH EARL OF CRAWFORD AND...

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 347

Barker, Nicolas.

THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA.

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

Price: $150.00 save 50% $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130138

(Burns, Robert). Barker, Nicolas.

ROBERT BURNS, THE POET'S PROGRESS.

Philadelphia, PA: Rosenbach Museum & Library, (1995). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, tipped paper cover illustration. 59 pages. First edition. catalogue for the Rosenbach Museum & Library exhibition. Presents an annotated list of 68 items from the life and work of Robert Burns. Includes some facsimiles of manuscripts and a brief chronology of the poet's life. READ MORE about ROBERT BURNS, THE POET'S PROGRESS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 55996

Carter, John, Nicolas Barker & Simran Thadani.

ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. "Not to be missed, both because it is a beautiful material object but also because it holds important new information. The ninth edition of ABC for Book Collectors is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of images: some beautiful full-color photographs, others clearly labeled black-and-white reference drawings. I know I will be turning to this reference work for years to..... READ MORE about ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED

Price: $29.95  other currencies  Order nr. 120362

(Morison, Stanley). Barker, Nicolas.

STANLEY MORISON.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. 566 pages and many illustrations. First U.S. edition. (Appleton no.380). The best biography of Morison. Lacking the dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11197