N.P. A.A.A.A. AND N.A.M.P. Joint Committee on Magazine Advertising Reproduction, 1948. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 5+(1) pages. Report No. 1. A report on improving the appearance of magazine advertising. READ MORE about IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL PRESENTATION OF ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133577
New York, NY: American Association of Advertising Agencies, 1951. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 6 pages. Special edition, Revised Report No. 3. List of committee members, introductory note, table of contents. READ MORE about RECOMMENDED STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR ADVERTISING REPRODUCTION MATERIAL IN MAGAZINE LETTERPRESS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133576
Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. Limited to 450 copies. READ MORE about RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRANK G. HARRINGTON COLLECTION OF RICHARD...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 6836
New York, NY: Guy Mayer Gallery, 1939. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Checklist of works at the exhibition, with biographical sketch of Baldridge. Illustration on front cover. READ MORE about CYRUS LEROY BALDRIDGE: WOOD-BLOCKS AND DRY-POINTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133634
2 volumes.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x,377; x,294 pages. 2 volumes. Volumes I and II of 3 part series of guides to the Bancroft Library's collection of more than four million manuscripts related to the history of western North America and early Latin America. Volume one lacking dust jacket. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 101856
London, England: J.M. Dent and Company, 1893. 32mo. paper-covered boards, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 192 pages. Edited by Walter Jerrold, "grotesques" by Aubrey Beardsley. Introduction. A collection of witticisms and words of wisdom. Covers lightly soiled. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; previous owner's bookplate on verso free endpaper. READ MORE about BON-MOTS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 133525
Philadelphia, PA: Collins, 1877. 4to. stiff paper wrappers bound in paper-covered boards. 33+(1) pages. Second edition. Preface. A discussion of industry in Philadelphia, with charts and tables. READ MORE about THE INDUSTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA AS SHOWN IN THE MANUFACTURING CENSUS OF 1870
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133639
London, England: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1897. 12mo. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xii, 308, (2), 11+(1) pages. Eighth edition. Table of contents. Advertisement of other works by the publisher follows text. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GIRL
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 133524
New York, NY: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1938. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition of American bookmaking with descriptive information and illustration of each item. Lists of designers, printers, and binders. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133628
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. (xii), vi, 169 pages. First edition. With 25 Pennsylvania German bookplates reproduced in full color. Covers, for the most part, the period 1790 to 1840. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES, A STUDY
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 24367
(Philadelphia, PA): The Philadelphia Book Clinic, 1960. 8vo. cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. unpaginated. Welcome comments by Chair Tom Belvedere. Lists of committee members, chairpeople, jurors. Indices of publishers and book classifications. A catalogue of the 1960 Philadelphia Book Show. 94 entries. READ MORE about 15TH ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA BOOK SHOW
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133496
London, England: Tho. Cotes, 1640. folio. later half leather, cloth, five raised bands on spine. (xxxvi), 1755+(1) pages. Pollard and Redgrave 19302; Lowndes 1780. Dedication, note to the reader, tributes to the author (some in Latin), list of "classes, or tribes, contained in this worke," index of Latin names, table of English names, "table of the vertues." Elaborately engraved title, 2,700 woodcut illustrations in text.. John Parkinson (1567-1650) was botanist for King Charles I. Ex-library..... READ MORE about THEATRUM BOTANICUM: THE THEATER OF PLANTS, OR, AN HERBALL OF LARGE EXTENT
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 133803
New York, NY: R.H. Russell, 1898. 8vo. silver-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (iv), 125+(1) pages. Author's note precedes text. Frontispiece and black and white plates in text. Typography and decoration by Will Bradley (Bambace A38). Covers partly sunned. Title separated from text. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. READ MORE about THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY URSALA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133656
(Bryn Mawr, PA: Friends of the Library, Bryn Mawr College, 1974). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Exhibition of art on title pages, Bryn Mawr College, 1974. Introductory essay with descriptive information including title, author, publisher, artist, and provenance. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE ARTIST & THE TITLE PAGE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122950
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 12mo. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 155+(1) pages. List of illustrations. Color frontispiece and illustrations in text by F.C. Yohn. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Text tanned. READ MORE about A DAWN OF A TO-MORROW
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 133527
Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Company, 1905. 12mo. illustrated, gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xvi, 258 pages. Author's preface, table of contents. Frontispiece, black and white portrait of the author. A work on poetry. Rubbed and scuffed along spine. READ MORE about THE POETRY OF LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133513
Camden: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1939. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. (vi), viii, 90, (2) pages. Limited to 1100 copies printed under the direction of Richard Ellis. Near fine. READ MORE about THREE ESSAYS. With An Appreciation by Van Wyck Brooks
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26056
Camden: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1939. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. (vi), viii, 90, (2) pages. Limited to 1100 copies printed under the direction of Richard Ellis. Spine lightly faded. READ MORE about THREE ESSAYS. With An Appreciation by Van Wyck Brooks
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133532
Embellished by C. LeRoy Baldridge.
Camden, NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1937. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. (28) pages. Embellished by C. LeRoy Baldridge. Limited to 1000 copies designed and printed by Richard Ellis. The illustrations are in color. One of the Christmas books issued by the Haddon Craftsmen. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE. AFFAIR AT THE INN, AS SEEN BY PHILO THE INNKEEPER & TAXGATHERER OF ROME
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 31893
(Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Gazette Democrat, 1933). 4to. cloth. unpaginated. A study of the German-American population in Philadelphia, funded by the WPA. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about A CITY WITHIN A CITY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133571
(Philadelphia, PA): Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1917. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. A history of Carpenters' Hall, site of the First Continental Congress and home of the Carpenters' Company. Covers stained. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF CARPENTERS HALL PHILADELPHIA WITH INCIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133640
London: Maggs Bros. (1951). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 144 pages. Catalogue no.802. Many plates. Near fine. READ MORE about SEVEN CENTURIES OF COLOUR, 14TH TO 20TH CENTURY, A CATALOGUE OF ILLUMINATED MSS., MINIATURES AND...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 11753
Philadelphia, PA: INA Corporation, (1972). 4to. stiff paper wrppers. (4) pages. Limited edition. A reproduction of the original printing of "Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, first published in 1946 as the first keepsake of The Brayers Club of Madison, New Jersey, the founders and only members of which were Arthur W. Rushmore and Richard Ellis. This edition arranged and printed by Ellis. Reproduction of a wood engraving by Fritz Eichenberg. READ MORE about COMMUNICATIONS AND THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129539
N.P. The Curtis Publishing Company, 1949. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. An overview of the pension plan offered by the Curtis Publishing Company in 1949. Foreword, questions and answers, text of the plan. READ MORE about THE CURTIS PENSION PLAN & WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133568
New York, NY: (The Davidson Press), 1934. 8vo. quarter paper, cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (vi), 46, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Table of contents. Printed by Richard Ellis. Fore-edge of covers stained. READ MORE about THE TOWER AND THE STAR & OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133515
