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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

Price: $2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 15853

(Artists' Books). Turner, Silvie and Ian Tyson.

BRITISH ARTISTS' BOOKS 1970-1983.

London: Atlantis Paper Company, (1984). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 45 pages. Exhibition organized for the Atlantis Gallery by the authors. Acknowledgments, introduction by Michael Heseltine, bibliography. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE

Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 115477

(Barrett, C. Waller).

AN AMERICAN WRITER IN ENGLAND, AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED IN HONOR OF THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

With a Foreword by Gordon N. Ray and an Introduction by C. Waller Barrett.
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1969). tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xxxv, 137 pages. With a Foreword by Gordon N. Ray and an Introduction by C. Waller Barrett. Illustrated. Page 127 devoted to A. Edward Newton; with two of his titles in the exhibition (Fleck G.153). READ MORE

Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 15008

(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

Price: $35.00 other currencies 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

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 120992

(Bewick, Thomas). Roscoe, S.

THOMAS BEWICK, A BIBLIOGRAPHY RAISONNÉ OF EDITIONS OF THE GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, THE HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THE FABLES OF AESOP ISSUED IN HIS LIFETIME.

London: Oxford University Press, 1953. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 198 pages. First edition. Full bibliographical descriptions. Illustrated. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE

Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 64343

(Bibliography). Brack, O. M. & Warner Barnes.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1700 TO THE PRESENT.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 345 pages. First U.S. edition. Seventeen bibliographical essays. READ MORE

Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 586

(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

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 593

(Bibliothèque Nationale). Tesniere, Marie-Helene and Prosser Gifford.

CREATING FRENCH CULTURE, TREASURES FROM THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE.

Introduction by emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.
New Haven: Yale University Press in association with the Library of Congress, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xl, 479+(1) pages. Introduction by emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. First edition. Foreword by James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress and another foreword by Jean Favier, Président de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. An incredibly beautiful book filled with illustrations in color. READ MORE

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 71057

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

Price: $10.00 save 20% $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 33536

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J.

ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper. READ MORE

Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 462

(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

Price: $35.00 other currencies 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

Price: $15.00 other currencies 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

Price: $40.00 other currencies 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

Price: $20.00 other currencies 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

Price: $35.00 other currencies 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

Price: $15.00 other currencies 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

Price: $30.00 other currencies 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

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 121764

Bitting, Katherine.

GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.

London: The Holland Press, (1981). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 718 pages. Reprint of the 1939 first edition that was printed in San Francisco. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Essential reference book on wine and food. Well preserved copy. READ MORE

Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 613

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

Price: $45.00 other currencies 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

Price: $32.50 other currencies Order nr. 62282

BOOKS IN OUR FUTURE, A REPORT FROM THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS TO THE CONGRESS.

Washington: Joint Committee on the Library, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 49+(1) pages. With introductory remarks by Daniel J. Boornstin, Librarian of Congress. READ MORE

Price: $5.00 save 20% $4.00 other currencies Order nr. 95550

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

Price: $10.00 other currencies 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

Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 17340

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