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Abbey, J.R.

SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND. With TRAVEL.

4 volumes, complete set.
London: Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957. 4to. cloth, spine labels, top edges gilt, leather spine labels, dust jackets. xx,399; xxi,428; xiii,300; xiii,301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. The great reference set of the subject. Jacket of volume one is..... READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 15853

(Beerbohm, Max). Hart-Davis, Rupert.

A CATALOGUE OF THE CARICATURES OF MAX BEERBOHM.

(London): Macmillan, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 258 pages. First printing. A listing of more than 2000 of Beerbohm's caricatures, during the first quarter of the twentieth century, with their captions and a brief description of where the work was exhibited and its ownership as of 1972. The editor has also added explanatory notes for jokes which are now forgotten or obscure. With indexes of titles, books and periodicals, and owners. Self-caricature as frontispiece and..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE CARICATURES OF MAX BEERBOHM

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 64271

Bennett, Mary.

ARTISTS OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITE CIRCLE: THE FIRST GENERATION.

London: Lund Humphries for the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, (1988). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 207+(1) pages. Frist edition. Includes works in the Walker Art Gallery, Lady Lever Art Gallery, and Sudley Art Gallery. Table of contents, preface, introduction, list of abbreviations, acquisition chronology, index. 32 color plates, black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ARTISTS OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITE CIRCLE: THE FIRST GENERATION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 120992

(Bibliography).

HANDLIST OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

N.P. Bibliographical Society, 1935. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (vi), 67 pages. List of bibliographical tools in the library. READ MORE about HANDLIST OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 593

Billington, James H.

BOOKS AND THE WORLD.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 12, (2) pages. Preface by John Y. Cole and foreword by Richard C. Torbert. Center for the Book, Viewpoint Series, No.22. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THE WORLD

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33536

(Birmingham School of Printing). Alexander, S.A.

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN FROM THE BICENTENARY MEMORIAL VOLUME PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.

(Birmingham, England): City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1935. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 7, (3) pages. Originally published to commemorate the Wren bicentennial. With illustration of Wren's masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Wrappers lightly tanned and bent at edges. READ MORE about SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN FROM THE BICENTENARY MEMORIAL VOLUME PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121756

(Birmingham School of Printing). Batey, Chalres.

IN PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN.

(Birmingham, England): City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15, (3) pages. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Address delivered by the author at the school, November 9, 1949. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about IN PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121759

(Birmingham School of Printing). Browning, Robert.

RABBI BEN EZRA.

(Birmingham, England): Birmingham School of Printing, 1930. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, blue cord-tied. 9+(1) pages. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Compositors work by G. Pym. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. READ MORE about RABBI BEN EZRA

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 121753

(Birmingham School of Printing). Green, T.

POEMS.

(Birmingham, England): Birmingham School of Printing, 1935. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, red cord-tied. 7, (3) pages. Produced under the direction of Leonard Jay. A collection of five poems by Green. READ MORE about POEMS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121763

(Birmingham School of Printing). Jay, Leonard (editor).

ELIZABETHAN SONNETS.

(Brimingham, England): Birmingham School of Printing, 1932. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 13+(1) pages. Dedicated to and designed by George W. Jones. A selection of sonnets by Robert Greene, William Browne, Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and Sir Philip Sydney. Wrappers lightly tanned at edges. READ MORE about ELIZABETHAN SONNETS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121767

(Birmingham School of Printing). Rhodes, R. Crompton (translator).

ANCHIENT CHARTERS OF BIRMINGHAM.

(Brimingham, England): City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1934. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 26, (2) pages. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Foreword by Jay, introduction by Rhodes. Charters in Latin with modern English translations. Five charters, the earliest 1185. READ MORE about ANCHIENT CHARTERS OF BIRMINGHAM

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121758

(Birmingham School of Printing). Rudland, E.M.

MRS. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN AND OTHER POEMS.

(Birmingham, England: Birmingham School of Printing), 1938. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 8, (2) pages. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Poetry dedicated to the wife of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940). Geofroy Tory border on title from the George Jones Collection. Wrappers bent near edges and lightly tanned. READ MORE about MRS. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN AND OTHER POEMS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 121757

(Birmingham School of Printing). Stone, John.

PLEA FOR THE PEN.

(Birmingham, England): City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1935. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, green cord-tied. 13, (3) pages. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Originally a presentation to members of the Birmingham Jewish Literary Association, October 28, 1934. Cover design by Olga Garner. Wrappers lightly tanned, bent at bottom edge. READ MORE about PLEA FOR THE PEN

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121764

Blumenthal, Joseph.

ART OF THE PRINTED BOOKS 1455-1955.

London: The Bodley Head, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First English edition. Profusely illustrated. Jacket spine slightly faded. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOKS 1455-1955

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 15638

(Bookbinding).

GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING, MUSIC-PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING.

London: British Museum, 1901. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 149 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 7 illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...

Price: $32.50 Order nr. 62282

Boorstin, Daniel J.

THE INDIVISIBLE WORLD: LIBRARIES AND THE MYTH OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1985. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. The author's remarks at the IFLA General Conference, 1985. Introductory comments by John Y. Cole, Director of the Center for the Book. Center for the Book Viewpoint Series No. 15. READ MORE about THE INDIVISIBLE WORLD: LIBRARIES AND THE MYTH OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120899

(Botany). Lawrence, George H.M.

THE HUNT BOTANICAL LIBRARY, A DECENNIAL REPORT.

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Botanical Library, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 45, (3) pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE HUNT BOTANICAL LIBRARY, A DECENNIAL REPORT

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 17340

(Boyd, Julian).

JULIAN P. BOYD, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD COMPILED AND OFFERED BY HIS FRIENDS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS TENTH ANNIVERSARY AS LIBRARIAN OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

Princeton: Princeton University, 1950. 12mo. cloth-backed decorated boards, glassine dust jacket. xv pages. Limited to 750 copies. Some illustrations.Well preserved copy. READ MORE about JULIAN P. BOYD, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD COMPILED AND OFFERED BY HIS FRIENDS ON THE OCCASION OF...

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1026

Boyle-Turner, Caroline.

THE PRINTS OF THE PONT-AVEN SCHOOL: GAUGUIN & HIS CIRCLE IN BRITTANY.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. 4to. cloth with gilt lettering on spine, pictoral dust jacket. 142, (2) pages. Exhibition catalogue for a show that traveled around the United States and Europe between 1986 and 1989. Forword by Douglas Druick. Profusely illustrated with 5 plates in color. READ MORE about THE PRINTS OF THE PONT-AVEN SCHOOL: GAUGUIN & HIS CIRCLE IN BRITTANY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 79836

(Burne-Jones). Harrison, Martin and Bill Waters.

BURNE-JONES.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 209 pages. Reprint of the revised impression of 1977. A biographical study of this important member of the Pre-Raphelite Brotherhood. Richly illustrated with 280 black and white plates and 50 color plates. Includes a select bibliography, a list of stained-glass windows designed by Burne-Jones, and a list of public collections containing his work. READ MORE about BURNE-JONES

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120874

(Butler, Samuel).

CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF SAMUEL BUTLER IN THE CHAPIN LIBRARY WILLIAMS COLLEGE.

Foreword by Carroll A. Wilson.
Portland, ME: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 35 pages. Foreword by Carroll A. Wilson. Frontispiece portrait by Charles Gogin. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF SAMUEL BUTLER IN THE CHAPIN LIBRARY WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 1073

(Calligraphy). Holme, C.G. (editor).

LETTERING OF TO-DAY.

London: The Studio Limited, (1937). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First edition. Eberhard Holscher on the Principles of hand- lettering, Calligraphy by Alfred Fairbank, Lettering in Book Production by Anna Simons, Lettering in Association with Architecture by Percy J. Smith and others. Jacket chipped with closed tears. Free endpapers show toning. READ MORE about LETTERING OF TO-DAY

Price: $35.00 save 20% $28.00 Order nr. 22837

(Cambridge University Press). Black, M.H.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1584-1984.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 343 pages. First edition. Written to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the press. Much on Stanley Morison. Spine lightly sunned. READ MORE about CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1584-1984

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 46886

Canfield, Cass.

THE PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1969). 8vo. half-cloth over boards. x, 73 pages. First edition. The A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship Lecture for 1968. Much on the publisher Harper & Row and their authors. Presentation from the author dated 1969 on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 11932

Canfield, Cass.

THE PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1969). 8vo. half-cloth over boards. x, 73 pages. First edition. The A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship Lecture for 1968. Much on the publisher Harper & Row and their authors. Bookplate. READ MORE about THE PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 12655

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