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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: $1,250.00 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

(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

(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

(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

Cave, Roderick & Thomas Rae.

PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1959 TO 1993, 33 volumes.

31 volumes, complete run from the first volume of 1959 up through 1993. Some volumes cover more than one year.
Pinner: Private Library Association, 1960-1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 volumes, complete run from the first volume of 1959 up through 1993. 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 1993. Illustrated. A wealth of information. The first volume is the third reprint of the first edition. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1959 TO 1993, 33 volumes

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 7544

Church, A.H., W.Y. Fletcher, J. Starkie Gardner, Albert Hartshorne, and C.H. Reed.

SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND.

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

Clark, Robert Judson (editor).

THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 1876-1916.

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

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 41549

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