January 7, 1963. large 8vo. cloth, marbled endpapers. 114, (2) pages. This issue of Publisher's Weekly from January 7, 1963 Vol. 183 No. 1 features articles on the outlook for the new year and as reflections on the year just past, as well as the usual weekly record of books for sale and news. Of special interest is the article on Bookmaking, with sections on bookbinding, book cover design, art books, and a new way..... READ MORE about " BOOKMAKING"
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95270
45 Volumes
London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, J. Nichols and Co., et. al. 1802. 12mo. full leather, gilt rules, gilt title and decorations on spine, 3 raised bands, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled, bookmark ribbon. variously paginated. 45 Volumes. With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers, A.M. Collection of the complete runs of eleven eighteenth-century British newspapers. Contains The Spectator(10 vols), Tatler(5 vols), Guardian(3 vols), Rambler(4 vols), Adventurer(3 vols), (4 vols), Connoisseur(3 vols), (2..... READ MORE about THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 94616
Comédie Héroïque En Cinq Actes, En Vers
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1926. 8vo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt and blind-stamped title and decorations on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. (viii), 215+(1) pages. Comédie Héroïque En Cinq Actes, En Vers. Text in French. This book is the most famous work by nineteenth-century poet Edmond Rostand, originally presented at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on December 28, 1897. Set in the seventeenth century, the play is based on the life and..... READ MORE about CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 94935
Bruxelles: Editions du Musee du Livre, 1926. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 136 pages. First edition. With over 90 illustrations. Chipped at spine ends. READ MORE about LA VIE DES LIVRES A ANVERS AUX XVIe, XVIIe ET XVIIIe SIECLES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 19743
Dayton, VA: Joseph K. Ruebush Company, (1928). 8vo. cloth. 128 pages. First edition. With historical information about the archives followed by the listings. Appears to be a later cloth binding. READ MORE about OLD TENTH LEGION MARRIAGES. MARRIAGES IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA FROM 1778 TO 1816 TAKEN FROM...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 94288
précédé de témoignages amicaux de Maître Etienne Ader, Germaine de Coster, Michel Kieffer, Pierre Lecuire, Alain Nicolas, Henri Paricaud, le Baron Louis de Sadeleer, Lucien Scheler suivi du catalogue des éditions de la Librairie Auguste Blaizot et de la liste des principales ventes publiques qu'elle a organisées.
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1990). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 109, (3) pages. précédé de témoignages amicaux de Maître Etienne Ader, Germaine de Coster, Michel Kieffer, Pierre Lecuire, Alain Nicolas, Henri Paricaud, le Baron Louis de Sadeleer, Lucien Scheler suivi du catalogue des éditions de la Librairie Auguste Blaizot et de la liste des principales ventes publiques qu'elle a organisées. Text in French. Limited to an edition of 250. Contains seven essays about Librairie Auguste..... READ MORE about ELOGE DE LA CONTINUITE: LIBRAIRIE AUGUSTE BLAIZOT, 1840-1990
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95138
Old Books & Bindings Restored. Presentation Bindings. Law Bindings.
Salisbury: H. Bailey, n.d. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. Old Books & Bindings Restored. Presentation Bindings. Law Bindings. This booklet gives general information for people interested in getting their books bound or rebound, including comparisons of materials, how decorations are created, and care of various bindings. Illustrations of bindings in black-and-white throughout. Wrappers soiled, edges tanned and worn. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING SPECIMENS AND NOTES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 94851
3 volumes.
London: T. Rickaby, 1793. large 4to. full leather, gilt turn-ins, gilt design and lettering on the spine, gilt rules on boards, marbled endpapers. (iv), xxxix, (i), 317+(1); (iv), 322-678, (2), 8; (iv), 495, 18+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Lowndes 1, 336. Limited to only two hundred copies, this copy being one of those with the illustrations in black- chiefly Hogarth cuts. Volumes one and three have engraved frontispieces, and all three have engraved title pages. Volume..... READ MORE about HUDIBRAS
Price: $850.00 Order nr. 94543
Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques
Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1937. 4to. loose leaves in stiff paper wrappers. (iv), pp.59-106 followed by plates XXI-XXXVII. Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques. One section of this series devoted to the treasures of the French National Library. This part contains contains six essays about objects of interest in the collections of various libraries in France. The essays are as follows..... READ MORE about LES TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 95398
Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques
Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1934. 4to. loose leaves in stiff paper wrappers. (vi), pp.(59)-114 followed by plates XVIII-XXXV. Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques. One section of this series devoted to the treasures of the French National Library. This part contains six essays about objects of interest in the collections of various libraries in France. The essays are as follows: "La..... READ MORE about LES TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 95400
3 volumes, complete.
Paris: Leopold Carteret and Lille: Émile Raoust-Leleu, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv),vi,98,(4); (iv),203,(7); (iv),vi,247,(7) pages. 3 volumes, complete. (Blogie Volume II, pp.299,300,301) The complete set of this important auction sale. Filled with tipped-in plates showing many of the fine bindings in the collection. The plates for volumes two and three are loosely inserted in separate paper portfolios as issued. Wrappers worn; pages fine. Spine mostly missing on volume one, but complete. Volume three, spine..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. RÉNE DESCAMPS-SCRIVE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 25152
With an Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. Illustrations by Charles Mozley.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1964. small 4to. cloth. x, 285+(1) pages. With an Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. Illustrations by Charles Mozley. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Mozley (LEC 355). Printed at the Press of A. Colish with design by John Dreyfus. Minor rubbing. Lacks slipcase. READ MORE about THE MAN OF PROPERTY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 94286
Livres illustrés modernes, prestigieuses reliures, Editions originales, Manuscrits.
Paris: Loudmer, 1996. small 4to. paper-covered boards. Not paginated. Livres illustrés modernes, prestigieuses reliures, Editions originales, Manuscrits. Auction sale with color illustrations throughout. Three page biographical sketch of this collector by Francois Chapon. 287 lots. One corner bumped. READ MORE about ALEXANDRE LOEWY (1906-1995), UN LIBRAIRE DANS LE SIÈCLE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 90016
Catalogue 518
London: Maggs Bros. 1929. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 320 pages. Catalogue 518. Filled with illustrations. Covers worn with pieces of spine covering chipped away. READ MORE about IMPORTANT & VALUABLE BOOKS ON LITERATURE, ART, BIOGRAPHY HISTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, HERALDRY,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7884
Volume IX. con Recensione de Marcus de Rubris. Raccolta de xilografie, carboncini, sanguigne, bianco e negro, ex-libris, imprese, ecc. Questo IX volume contiene 240 tavole con 486 disegni eseguiti da 123 artisti italiani
(Bologna: Cesare Ratta, 1927). folio. original wrappers housed in a leather, cloth and paper-covered portfolio with a holographic strip on the spine. xii, (42), 237 +(1) pages. Volume IX. con Recensione de Marcus de Rubris. Raccolta de xilografie, carboncini, sanguigne, bianco e negro, ex-libris, imprese, ecc. Questo IX volume contiene 240 tavole con 486 disegni eseguiti da 123 artisti italiani. Text in Italian. Limited to an edition of 500. Forty-two page section devoted to the..... READ MORE about GLI ADORNATORI DEL LIBRO IN ITALIA
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 95140
