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Beerbohm, Max.

ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY.

London, England: William Heinemann, 1911. 8vo. cloth. 350, (2) pages. A novel. This copy belonged to Clement King Shorter (1857-1926), journalist and author, serving as editor of the English Illustrated Magazine and Illustrated London News. He also founded the Tatler in 1901. Shorter's bookplate is on the front pastedown. Covers bumped at fore-edge corners, and some wear along spine. Inside hinges cracked. Tanning on endpapers and edges of text. READ MORE about ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 131181

(Bookbinding). Mairet, F.

(NOTICE SUR LA LITHOGRAPHIE, SUIVIE D'UN) ESSAI SUR LA RELIURE ET LE BLANCHIMENT DES LIVRES ET GRAVURES.

(Chatillon-sur-Seine): n.p., 1824. 8vo. later cloth. pp.68-228. Mairet's Essai sur la Reliure was the major portion of Notice sur la Lithographie. The lithographic portion occupied the first 67 pages and had 5 plates (lacking in this copy). The essay on bookbinding is very early for the subject (SK-7284; Pollard 52). It was added to this second edition of the lithography title and was first printed here. Our copy is excised from this book. A handwritten..... READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LA LITHOGRAPHIE, SUIVIE D'UN) ESSAI SUR LA RELIURE ET LE BLANCHIMENT DES LIVRES ET...

Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 102967

Brussel, I. R.

ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS EAST TO WEST. with ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS WEST TO EAST.

2 Volumes.
London, England: Constable & Co., 1935-6. 8vo. quarter parchment, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. xvi, 170; xxxii, 131+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Nos. IX and X in the Bibliographia series, edited by Michael Sadleir. No. IX with introduction by Graham Pollard; No. X with introduction by Lord Esher. Each volume with editor's note, table of contents, and index. "West to East" and "East to West." Discussions of actual first editions..... READ MORE about ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS EAST TO WEST. with ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS WEST TO EAST

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 128112

Chevalier, Ulysse.

RÉPERTOIRE DES SOURCES HISTORIQUES DU MOYEN ÂGE.

2 volumes.
Paris: Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1905-1907. Small 4to. half leather, recased with original spine laid down, five raised bands and gilt lettering, paste paper boards. (iv),2294+(1); (viii),2298-4832 columns, two per page. 2 volumes. New edition, corrected and augmented, printed in conjunction with the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Printed in an edition limited to 2200 copies. Biography and bibliography of sources and personages of the middle ages. Although published in France, this is a source..... READ MORE about RÉPERTOIRE DES SOURCES HISTORIQUES DU MOYEN ÂGE

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 76146

(Color Printing).

A CATALOGUE OF EARLY COLOUR PRINTING FROM CHIAROSCURO TO AQUATINT.

Culham, Oxford: Colin & Charlotte Franklin, 1977. 4to. cloth. (viii), 73 pages. A bookseller's catalogue which is more a reference tool in studying the different processes of color printing than a sales catalogue. With a number of full color plates. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF EARLY COLOUR PRINTING FROM CHIAROSCURO TO AQUATINT

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 25344

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND GEOGRAPHICAL CHART OF THE U. STATES OF AMERICA.

Philadelphia: Thomas Morrison, n.d. (c1832). Broadside, 27 by 20 inches in modern tiger maple molded frame. Broadside of the Declaration. Published by Morrison and printed by C.A. Elliott of Philadelphia. Copyright December 8, 1832. Central medallion bust of George Washington flanked by spread-wing eagles with printed text of the Declaration, printed facsimile signatures of the original signers. Within an architectural border with the title forming an arch around Washington's portrait. Information about the 27 states..... READ MORE about DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND GEOGRAPHICAL CHART OF THE U. STATES OF AMERICA

Price: $6,500.00 Order nr. 109824

DEUTSCHES BÜCHERVERZEICHNIS: EINE ZUSAMMENSTELLUNG DER IM DEUTXHEN BUCHHANDEL ERFCHIENENEN BÜCHER, ZEITSCHRIFTEN UND LANDKARTEN.

19 volumes.
Leipzig, Germany: Verlag des Borsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhandler, 1916-1937. 4to. quarter leather, cloth. variously paginated. 19 volumes. Volume 3 in two parts. Volume 6 missing from this set. A directory of German booksellers published by the Association of German Booksellers. First volume with foreword and list of abbreviations. Ex-library with markings. Most volumes have normal wear associated with age. READ MORE about DEUTSCHES BÜCHERVERZEICHNIS: EINE ZUSAMMENSTELLUNG DER IM DEUTXHEN BUCHHANDEL ERFCHIENENEN...

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 121092

Fowles, John.

NATURE WRITTEN AND NATURE REAL.

N.P. n.p., (1981). broadside (14 by 20 inches). A quote from Fowles on a watercolor by Kathryn Clark, dated 1981. Quotation about Fowles' concern with the threat to the rural countryside in an increasingly urbanized society. Small tear at right edge. READ MORE about NATURE WRITTEN AND NATURE REAL

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 129064

(France). Furstenberg, Hans.

FRANZÖSISCHE BUCH IM ACHTZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT UND IN DER EMPIREZEIT.

Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1929. 4to. contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. x, 431 pages. First edition. (Besterman p.3010). History of the 18th-century French illustrated book followed by a bibliography giving 750 entries. The bibliography is a check list of books with the appropriate page number given to tie the book into the lengthy historical text. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE about FRANZÖSISCHE BUCH IM ACHTZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT UND IN DER EMPIREZEIT

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 42163

Gerstner, Karl.

COMPENDIUM FOR LITERATES, A SYSTEM OF WRITING.

N.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974. square 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 180 pages printed French-fold. First U.S. edition. "Not a history of the origin and development of writing." The book concerns "a system of writing" with chapters on language and writing, craft, picture, function and expression. Filled with examples including some color. Light shelfwear to dust jacket, else fine. READ MORE about COMPENDIUM FOR LITERATES, A SYSTEM OF WRITING

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 49704

Hargrave, Catherine Perry.

A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. tall 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxvi, 468 pages. First edition. Discussion of the history of the playing card in all countries; profusely illustrated with some in full color. In addition to the large bibliography of books on the subject, the author also includes lists of decks in the collection of the United States Playing Card Company. Half of the spine of the jacket is missing. With various newspaper and magazine..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING

Price: $234.00 Order nr. 26521

Johnson, Kevin R.

THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.5.x 11 inches. Hardcover, printed paper-covered boards. 232 pages. "Now Johnson has authored a deeper, more descriptive guide to film script identification. It's jam-packed with 130 examples of easily recognized American and British films in nearly every genre, documenting phase after phase of script development. ... landmark research and organization." - Kurt Brokaw, The Independent Foreword by Tony Bill, Academy Award-winning producer (The Sting), director and actor. The..... READ MORE about THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 130880

Loxley, Simon.

EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. This book is an attempt to give a comprehensive sense of Emery Walker as a person, along with his career and achievements, in part through correspondence with important people in his life. The letters are accompanied by brief biographies of the correspondents and essays that examine some of the key stages and achievements of Walker's career. Walker was a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133470

Mathews, Richard and Joseph Rosenblum (editors).

PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN BIBLIOGRAPHY, DELIVERED AT CAMBRIDGE, NOVEMBER 6, 13 & 20, 1924.

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...

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 131955

McCabe, Anne.

A BYZANTINE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MEDICINE: THE SOURCES, COMPILATION, AND TRANSMISSION OF THE HIPPIATRICA.

(Oxford, England): Oxford University Press, (2007). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 347+(1) pages. Preface by the author, table of contents, lists of plates and abbreviations, bibliography, index. Footnotes throughout text. A volume in the Oxford Studies in Byzantium series. A study of the transmission of Greek texts on the care and medical treatment of horses from antiquity to the present. 24 color plates. READ MORE about A BYZANTINE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MEDICINE: THE SOURCES, COMPILATION, AND TRANSMISSION OF THE HIPPIATRICA

Price: $185.00 Order nr. 128352

(Miniature Book). Van Dyke, Henry.

THE TRAGEDY OF LITTLE RED TOM: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT ABOUT NATURE-BOOKS.

(San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1988). miniature book (5.1 x 6.6 cm). leather, title and author gilt-stamped on spine, edges uncut; cloth slipcase, title and author gilt-stamped on spine. 78, (2) pages. Limited to 26 numbered copies and 26 lettered and signed by the printer. This copy is lettered and signed. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 9). An essay from Days Off and Other Digressions (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907). Colophon includes a biographical sketch of the..... READ MORE about THE TRAGEDY OF LITTLE RED TOM: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT ABOUT NATURE-BOOKS

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 116620

Pearson, David.

PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY: A HANDBOOK.

New Castle, DE and Oxford, England: Oak Knoll Press and The Bodleian Library, 2019. 6.14 x 9.2 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 448 pages. "Anyone interested in the provenance of books would be well advised to obtain a copy of the new edition, even if they own the previous one... what has changed the most are the increased awareness of its importance as a field of study, and the research tools available, especially online ones. The..... READ MORE about PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY: A HANDBOOK

Price: $86.00 Order nr. 130824

Poggendorff, J.C.

BIOGRAPHISCH-LITERARISCHES HANDWÖRTERBUCH ZUR GESCHICHTE DER EXAKTEN WISSENSCHAFTEN ... MATHEMATIKERN, ASTRONOMEN, PHYSIKERN, CHEMIKERN, MINERALOGEN, GEOLOGEN.

2 volumes.
Amsterdam: B.M. Israel, 1970. thick 8vo. cloth. viii,1584 columns; (ii),1468 columns. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1863 Leipzig edition. Still a useful biographical source book for writers in the sciences. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHISCH-LITERARISCHES HANDWÖRTERBUCH ZUR GESCHICHTE DER EXAKTEN WISSENSCHAFTEN ......

Price: $135.00 Order nr. 36307

Prang, Louis and Co.

ALPHABETS PLAIN, ORNAMENTED AND ILLUMINATED, A SELECTION FROM THE BEST ANCIENT AND MODERN STYLES, PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS, MARBLEWORKERS AND ILLUMINATORS.

Boston: L. Prang & Co., n.d. (before July 1870). oblong 8vo. original green cloth stamped in gilt. (16) leaves. Preface, color title page followed by 15 plates of alphabets (some colored), and a leaf of advertising. Publishing date comes from title in ad in the back. Former owner has added pencil addresses and comments on front pastedown, free endpaper and verso of free endpaper. Shaken with pages detached. Covers are well preserved. READ MORE about ALPHABETS PLAIN, ORNAMENTED AND ILLUMINATED, A SELECTION FROM THE BEST ANCIENT AND MODERN STYLES,...

Price: $700.00 Order nr. 121470

(Printing).

CATÁLOGO MUESTRARIO DE CARTELES CARTELITOS CABECERAS PROSPECTOS BILLETES DE PROPAGANDA TAURINA FERIAS Y FIESTAS.

Valencia, Spain: Imprenta Litografia Ortega, (1952). oblong 12mo. illustrated stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Spanish. A Spanish printer's annual catalogue featuring samples of posters, tickets, advertisements, and tickets. Numerous items tipped-in throughout text. Many items in color. The Ortega firm was founded on 1871. Covers chipped at bottom edges, stained at lower front fore-edge corner. Scattered foxing, mainly at edges of text. READ MORE about CATÁLOGO MUESTRARIO DE CARTELES CARTELITOS CABECERAS PROSPECTOS BILLETES DE PROPAGANDA TAURINA...

Price: $700.00 Order nr. 129769

(Private Press).

MINIATURE FOLIO OF PRIVATE PRESSES, 1960.

N.P. n.p., (1960). tall 12mo. pictorial paper-covered covers with material loosely inserted, slipcase. No limitation given but one contribution states that 110 copies were produced for this keepsake. Consists of a one leaf description of this small booklet in which it is stated that the cover has been printed by Tinlings of Liverpool with the binding done by Benham and Co. This leaf is followed by 27 four page contributions by various private presses including..... READ MORE about MINIATURE FOLIO OF PRIVATE PRESSES, 1960

Price: $750.00 Order nr. 128408

Romano, Frank (with Miranda Mitrano).

HISTORY OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. printed paper-covered boards. 400 pages. History of Desktop Publishing is a personal and encyclopedic story of how the personal computer, unique applications, and many colorful people changed the creative and print communities. Author Frank Romano has documented the histories of hot metal and phototypesetting and continues the tale of document production in this book. This installment ends as the Internet becomes a primary focus..... READ MORE about HISTORY OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 133473

(Salient Seedling Press). Olson, Toby.

TWO STANDARDS.

(Madison, WI): Salient Seedling Press, 1982. 12mo. stiff paper wrapper, dust jacket, title stamped on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 175 copies. With graph paper illustrations, including pop-up on title. Also with one foldout page. Dedicated to Morris Smith. Printed on hand made paper. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about TWO STANDARDS

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 123609

Schwetschke, Gustav.

CODEX NUNDINARIUS GERMANIAE LITERATAE BISECULARIS.

Mess-Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels von dem Erscheinen des ersten Mess-Kataloges im Jahre 1564 bis zu der Gründung des ersten Buchhändler-Vereins im Jahre 1765. (With:) - - Codex Nundinarius Germaniae literatae continuatus. Der Mess- Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels Fortsetzung, die Jahre 1766 bis einschliesslich 1846 umfassend.
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1963. tall folio. unlettered two toned cloth. xxxvi, 440 in quadruple columns. Mess-Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels von dem Erscheinen des ersten Mess-Kataloges im Jahre 1564 bis zu der Gründung des ersten Buchhändler-Vereins im Jahre 1765. (With:) - - Codex Nundinarius Germaniae literatae continuatus. Der Mess- Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels Fortsetzung, die Jahre 1766 bis einschliesslich 1846 umfassend. Reprint of the Halle 1850-77 edition. The essential bibliography of the term catalogues issued for..... READ MORE about CODEX NUNDINARIUS GERMANIAE LITERATAE BISECULARIS

Price: $455.00 Order nr. 80728

Smith, Walter E.

CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED SECONDARY WORKS.

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...

Price: $64.00 save 20% $51.20 Order nr. 133475

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