New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1993). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 358 pages. Table of contents, statement by the Spanish Minister of Culture, director's foreword, acknowledgments, note to the reader, bibliography, index, photographic credits. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, 1993-4. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130771
Introduction by Samuel C. Chew.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1941). 8vo. paper wrappers. xiv, 46 pages. Introduction by Samuel C. Chew. From the 11th to the 19th century. Not illustrated. READ MORE about THE BRITISH TRADITION ILLUSTRATED IN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, AUTOGRAPH AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1039
Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. 1975. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 109+(1) pages, plates. Text in English, with one essay in French and one in German. Preface, table of contents, lists of illustrations and abbreviations. Sixty five black and white plates. Essays presented at the Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium in 1971 by scholars Nigel G. Wilson, Jean Irigoin, Cyril Mango, Hans-Georg Beck, and Kurt Weitzmann on the book in the Byzantine Empire. READ MORE about BYZANTINE BOOKS AND BOOKMEN: A DUMBARTON OAKS COLLOQUIUM
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 130633
Hartford, CT: Watkinson Library, 2006. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz featuring important works published during the Reformation era. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CATALYSTS FOR RELIGIOUS CHANGE: MONUMENTS OF REFORMATION PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131605
New York: 1932. 4to. boards. Per issue. Number eleven of the 20 original numbers. Dampstaining near the head and tail of the spine. Else fine. READ MORE about COLOPHON, A BOOK-COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY. ORIGINAL SERIES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130622
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, (1939). small folio. cloth. 14+(1) pages, plates. Preface by Paul Claudel, introduction by Marcel Aubert. 19 color plates. Two color plates tipped-in in text. Front cover lightly stained at bottom. Rebound. READ MORE about FRENCH CATHEDRAL WINDOWS OF THE TWELTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130636
Baltimore, MD: Walters Art Gallery, 1936. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 175, (3) pages. Second printing. Foreword. Black and white illustrations throughout. An overview of the collections of the Walters Art Museum. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131528
(Dublin, Ireland: Irish Arts Review, 1999). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xliv, 244 pages. The 1999 yearbook, Volume 15. Includes a variety of articles on the arts scene in Ireland, including an article on 19th century Dublin bookbinder Alexander Kelburn. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Also includes list of subscribers and book reviews. READ MORE about IRISH ARTS REVIEW YEARBOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131414
Paris, France: Librarie Historique Clavreuil-Fabrice Teissèdre, 2007. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 461, (3) pages. Text in French. A catalogue offering a number of manuscripts, many relating to French history, and books on a variety of subjects, mainly historical. Price list laid in. Inside front hinge partly cracked. READ MORE about LIVRES RARES ET MANUSCRITS ANCIENS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 130770
New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1914. small 4to. cloth. variously paginated. Multiple books bound in one volume. Also includes Frank Weitenkampf,The Fifteenth Century: The Cradle of Modern Book Illustration (1938); Edward S. Harkness, Livre du Petit Artus (1928); Seymour de Ricci, A List of Medieval Manuscripts in the New York Public Library (1930); The Mural Painting by Edward Laning in the New York Public Libaray (1942); Walter Allen, The Four Corvinus Manuscripts..... READ MORE about THE SPENCER COLLECTION OF MODERN BOOK BINDINGS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 131375
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, (1949). small folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 31+(1) pages, plates. Introduction by Michael Stettler. Tipped-in frontispiece, sixteen color plates, six black and white illustrations in text. Dust jacket chipped at edges. READ MORE about STAINED GLASS OF THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY FROM THE CHURCH OF KOENIGSFELDEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 130635
(New York, NY): The New York Graphic Society by arrangement with UNESCO, (1961). folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 26, (4) pages, plates. Preface by Richard Ettinghausen, introduction, with bibliography, by M.S. Ipsiroglu and S. Eyuroglu. Table of contents. 32 color plates. Covers rubbed and scuffed, tanned, bumped at corners. Some water staining at bottom of leaves of text. READ MORE about TURKEY: ANCIENT MINIATURES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 130537
Paris, France: Librairie Plon, n.d. small folio. stiff paper wrappers. 19+(1) pages, plates. Text in French. Preface by Paul Claudel, introduction by Marcel Aubert. 19 color plates. Front cover lightly stained at bottom. READ MORE about VITRAUX DES CATHÉDRALES DE FRANCE XII ET XIII SIÈCLES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130634
New York, NY: Harper & Row, (1963). 8vo. half cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (vi), 151+(1) pages. First edition. Recollections of the author's youth. READ MORE about THOSE DAYS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131403
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1976). 8vo. cloth. xxvii, 84 pages. Second printing of second edition. Chapters on inks, paper, storage, deacidification, lamination, etc. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, THEIR DETERIORATION AND RESTORATION
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 28103
(New York: Harper Collins, 2001). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, (ii), 636 pages. First edition. In this sequel to A Gentle Madness Basbanes continues his conversations with a wide variety of kindred spirits, each one a testament to the never-ending relevance of books in our lives. By exploring the transmission and preservation of knowledge, including the changes in the way information is amassed and stored, he reveals a deep and abiding respect for the..... READ MORE about PATIENCE & FORTITUDE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 64474
(London): The British Library, (1990). large 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 124 pages. First edition. The author is a curator in the British Library's department of manuscripts. Illustrated with fourteen color plates and sixty-six black and white figures. Lively commentary that explains the connection of each picture to the text, with chapters on Agriculture and husbandry, Trade and commerce, Industry and crafts, and The professions. Bibliography and index. READ MORE about TRADES AND CRAFTS IN MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62550
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191+(1) pages. Greenwood's Art Reference Collection, Number 1. Table of contents, preface, indices of authors and subjects, biographical sketch of the compiler. A bibliography. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130663
Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library, Indiana University, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 75+(1) pages. Exhibition at the Lilly Library of the development of American short story literature. Acknowledgments, introduction, index of authors and titles. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about 150 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 115671
London: The British Library, 1998. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 501 pages. First edition. Books and Collectors brings together the most recent research of twenty-three distinguished scholars, focusing on four major themes in the history of the book over five centuries- monastic books and medieval learning, humanism and incunabula, the dispersal of monastic libraries, and postmanastic collectors. Contributers include David McKitterick, Mirjam Foot, and Janet Blackhouse among, others. Includes a chronological bibliography of Andrew Watson's principal..... READ MORE about BOOKS AND COLLECTORS 1200-1700 ESSAYS FOR ANDREW WATSON
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 55699
(Winona Lake, IN): American Schools of Oriental Research, (1981). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 45+(1) pages. Number 3 in a series. The author assisted by George Themelis Zervos, foreword by David Noel Freedman. Endnotes and glossary. Seven black and white plates. Covers lightly tanned near edges. READ MORE about THE NEW DISCOVERIES IN ST. CATHERINE'S MONASTERY: A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MANUSCRIPTE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 130710
Foreword by James H. Billington. Afterword by John Y. Cole.
Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, (1996). small 4to. leatherette, dust jacket. x, 150 pages. Foreword by James H. Billington. Afterword by John Y. Cole. First edition. Filled with illustrations of some of the most interesting and important American books of the Library of Congress. Signed by the author on title page. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN AMERICA WITH IMAGES FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 46161
New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 13+(1) pages. First edition. A brief guide to the care of family papers. Includes sections on paper and ink, causes of paper deterioration, proper home storage, organization, display, and bibliography. Published as part of the Preservation Guide Series. READ MORE about FAMILY PAPERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 50299
London: The Bodley Head, (1980). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. A delightful memoir by Crutchley who was University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. Includes anecdotes about Walter Lewis, Stanley Morison, Bruce Rogers, Eric Gill and others. Covers slightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about TO BE A PRINTER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 12138
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1989). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv+(i), 351+(1) pages. First edition. This book discusses the role of printing in the French revolution. The printing press helped shape the events it recorded and was an active force in history, expecially during the decade of 1789-1799, when the struggle for power was a struggle for mastery of public opinion. Illustrated. Name in ink at top of half-title. READ MORE about REVOLUTION IN PRINT. THE PRESS IN FRANCE 1775-1800
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60444
