Stimmen 54-58.
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Hartel, n.d. (circa 1850s). 4to. contemporary red calf with marbled paper covered boards, all edges gilt. Individually paginated with title page. Stimmen 54-58. Includes the first four trios and his Serenade of Series 7 played by the violin. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Wear along hinges. READ MORE about LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN'S WERKE. VOLLSTÄNDIGE KRITISCH DURCHGESEHENE ÜBERALL BERECHTIGTE...

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Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, (1982). folio. cloth, slipcase. 184 pages. First published as a limited edition in 1976. Text in English, with descriptions of plates in Chinese and English. Volume 2 in a series, features collections of the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. 100 color, 327 monochrome plates. Table of contents, list of color plates, introduction by the author, notes to the plates. Includes mainly Korean ceramics. Advertising brochure laid in. READ MORE about THE WORLD'S GREAT COLLECTIONS: ORIENTAL CERAMICS. VOLUME 2

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London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (Privately Printed), 1846. 4to. original cloth. (iv), xi, (ii), 216 pages. This history--or collection of "notes" as Mr. Thomas modestly labels it--reconstructs the stories of the Public Departments of England's government from their (sometimes obscure) origins to the 1840s. Francis Thomas (1794?-1857), Secretary of the Public Record Office, made extensive use of historical documents to compile this work, which was privately printed by W. Clowes & Sons for Her Majesty's..... READ MORE about NOTES OF MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS

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(Greenbrae, CA): The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. NOTE: This is for Volume One only. Limited to 140 copies. Volume One, Drama One, Agamemnon. The first drama of The Orestian Trilogy, the author's masterpiece. The first of a two volume set, the second published in 1983. A comprehensive introduction by Mark Livingston. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about THE ORESTIAN TRILOGY

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Stockholm, Sweden: Föreningen för Bokhantverk, 1925. 4to. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, spine gilt-stamped with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 110, (2) pages. Text in Swedish. Introduction, bibliography. 39 color and black and white plates. Noteworthy samples of bookbinding from Swedish collections. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about BRODERADE BOKBAND FRÅN ÄLDRE TID I SVENSKA SAMLINGAR

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Bradford and London: Percy Lund & Co., 1896. small 8vo. original red cloth decorated in black and gilt. 164, (24) pages. First English edition. (Bridson & Wakeman E188). Chapters on photo-engraving in America and the technical process of making a half-tone. The last part of the book consists of plates containing illustrations produced by this method. Cronenberg was the proprietor and conductor of the Practical Institute for Photography and Mechanical Reproduction at Schloss Gronenbach, Bavarian-Algan..... READ MORE about THE HALF-TONE ON THE AMERICAN BASIS FROM THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF WILHELM CRONENBERG......

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9 volumes
Kjobenhavn: Gyldendal, 1877-1948. small 4to. five volumes quarter-leather with marbled paper-covered boards; four volumes in stiff paper wrappers, unopened pages. variously paginated, numbered as double columns on each entry page. 9 volumes. First editions. A reference for Danish imprints, which also includes Danish colonies, Schleswig-Holstein, Iceland, Norway (to 1814) and books written in foreign countries about Denmark. Regarded as one of the fundamental works on Danish literature from the late 15th through the early 19th..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA DANICA. SYSTEMATISK FORTEGNELSE OVER DEN DANSKE LITERATUR FRA 1482 TIL 1830, EFTER...

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Numbers 1-4, a total of 6 volumes (all published).
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1940-41. 4to. cloth. (viii),363,(18); 329,(20); xvi,507,(34); 104,(20); 109-232,(16); 233-312,(14) pages. Numbers 1-4, a total of 6 volumes (all published). Limitations vary from 1200 to 2000 copies. An extremely important series of books devoted to all aspects of fine book production. The first part of volume four is bound in cloth, not in paper wrappers. Covers soiled. Volume 1 has a stain on front cover; volume 2..... READ MORE about DOLPHIN, A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS

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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement and the inspiration for the revival of fine printing in Britain, the Continent, and America. His November 1888 address to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (summarized in Appendix 1 of this book; the original text of the speech is lost) prompted William Morris to..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN...

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Beltsville, MD: Hand Papermaking, 2016. 4to. booklet handsewn in stiff paper wrapper, loose prints each in a protective folder, all housed in a custom-made clamshell box. 45 pages, followed by 15 paper handmade paper samples each loosely inserted into its own paper folder. In 2016 Hand Papermaking celebrated its 30th anniversary. Throughout the year, 15 collaborations were underway in studios worldwide. Established paper artists who were active in the field around the time Hand Papermaking..... READ MORE about INTERGENERATIONALITY: COLLABORATIONS IN HANDMADE PAPER

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4 volumes.
Millwood: Kraus Reprint, 1980. 4to. cloth. 4 volumes. First edition. Introduction by Kenneth A. Lohf. Monumental work reproducing nearly 45,000 cards from the Catalogue of the American Type Founders Company Library, the largest library in this subject area in the country. With over 2000 subject headings, this is an essential reference book for anyone interested in the book arts. It describes the excellent type specimen collection that was created by merging the ATF collection and..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF PRINTING FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO 1930; THE SUBJECT CATALOGUE OF THE AMERICAN TYPE...

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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.125 x 10.75 inches. Hardback with dust jacket. 160 pages. "This meticulously researched volume untangles the complicated and confusing history of American first editions of Dickens. It will be of interest to all students of Dickens, and invaluable for specialists. ... Highly recommended." - J. D. Vann, Choice This bibliography traces the history of Charles Dickens's Christmas books and other works published in America during his lifetime. Meticulously..... READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED...

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Portland: The Anthoensen Press, 1951. tall 8vo. blue cloth, top edge gilt. xxii, 515 pages. First edition, limited to 360 copies. (See prospectus for limitation; this copy does not have the prospectus). Contains a checklist of Wroth's work and essays by many well-known bibligraphers including an introduction by Wilmarth Lewis. Essays by Clarence S. Brigham, Frederick R. Goff, Curt F. Buhler, E.P. Goldschmidt, William A. Jackson, Rollo G. Silver, Henry R. Wagner and others. Four..... READ MORE about ESSAYS HONORING LAWRENCE C. WROTH

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