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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1969). 8vo. half-cloth over boards. x, 73 pages. First edition. A fine copy. The A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship Lecture for 1968. Much on the publisher Harper & Row and their authors. READ MORE about THE PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12655
29 volumes, complete run from the first volume of 1959 up through 1991. Some volumes cover more than one year.
Pinner: Private Library Association, 1960-1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29 volumes, complete run from the first volume of 1959 up through 1991. Some volumes cover more than one year. Various limitations ranging from 750 to 1200 copies. Descriptions of modern private press books issued each of the years between 1959 and 1991. Illustrated. A wealth of information. The first volume is the third reprint of the first edition. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1959 TO 1991, 29 volumes
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 7544
London: Seeley and Co., 1894. folio. original green cloth with gilt-stamping on front board and spine, all edges gilt. viii, 82, (2) pages. A study of English "minor arts" which includes a section on bookbinding. Illustrates bound works from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, and discussing the art of bookbinding to the late 19th century. Table of contents, list of illustrations, and list of other works by the publisher. Tissue-guarded color plates with..... READ MORE about SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 114196
N.P. Princeton University and the Art Institute of Chicago, (1972). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 190, (2) pages. With texts by the editor, Martin Eidelberg, David A. Hanks, Susan Otis Thompson and others. Illustrated. Rubbed around edges. READ MORE about THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 1876-1916
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 75+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1500 copies. Papers presented at the symposium held at the Library of Congress in 1983 in which biographers, publishers, critics and readers gathered together to discuss the biography. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs of the event. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHY & BOOKS
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Dollar, Scotland: Ruari McLean Assoc. 1976. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. First edition. Much on color printing. READ MORE about JOSEPH CUNDALL, A VICTORIAN PUBLISHER. NOTES ON HIS LIFE AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS BOOKS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 7060
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1975. 8vo. cloth. v, 379 pages. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. READ MORE about A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES, 1810-1820
Price: $38.00 Order nr. 32320
London: Fanfrolico, 1928. 8vo. limp boards. 36 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Contains a bibliography. Covers show light toning, else near fine. READ MORE about FANFROLICANA, BEING A STATEMENT OF THE AIMS OF THE FANFROLICO PRESS BOTH TYPOGRAPHICAL AND AESTHETIC
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 6395
New York: Apollo, (1986). 4to. thick 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xv, 1081 pages. First printing of enlarged and updated second edition. Contains 2,500 names not included in the last revision of 1983 and virtually 60% of the existing entries have been expanded or updated. An essential refernce work to American Art, which now totals over 12,000 names. Minor wear to jacket. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & ENGRAVERS FROM COLONIAL TIMES THROUGH 1926
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105431
Bethesda: Quill & Brush, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 1035 entries. The Ahearn's personal collection of first books offered for sale. With annotations and many illustrations. Reproduced from typed copy. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF FIRST BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2682
London, England: Faber & Faber, 1933. 8vo. cloth. 182 pages. Acknowledgments, list of illustrations, preface by the author. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Gaudier-Brzeska. Two appendices: letters of Gaudier-Brzeska and list of exhibitions. Unopened. Spine and covers lightly soiled. Foxing on endpapers. READ MORE about HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA 1891-1915
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 121212
Translated by George Bisset.
London: Faber, (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 211 pages. Translated by George Bisset. First edition in English; translated from the 1975 first Swedish edition. A look at where publishing was heading by this Swedish publisher. Name in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about LITERATURE IN THE MARKETPLACE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 89752
Cambridge, England: n.p., 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Exhibition at Cambridge. With brief bibliography and acknowledgments. READ MORE about ERIC GILL 1882-1940: A HANDLIST OF AN EXHIBITIOIN AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MARCH TO MAY 1982
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Chichester, Sussex, England: West Suxxex County Council, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 37+(1) pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Table of contents, description, corrigenda, post script. An inventory of Gill material at the West Sussex Record Office published on the centennary of his birth..Introductory comments by Walter Shewring and John Skelton. READ MORE about THE ERIC GILL COLLECTION AT CHICHESTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121035
