Genève: Librairie Droz S.A., 1983, 1994. 8vo. Cloth. xvii, 548, [2]; 938 pages. First edition of this valuable reference set. A fine set. From the introduction: "The 554 entries in the present work include van Eys's 362 separate entries [in his Bibliographie des Bibles et des Nouveaux Testaments en langue française des XVme et XVIme siècles], plus other editions, issues, or states mentioned in notes to entries or in his tables. In addition, there are..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRENCH BIBLES, FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITIONS OF THE...

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First edition, third printing with corrections
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Books About Books Book of the Year Award winner, 2023 "From the get-go, two things are obvious: one, Reid Byers has done his research, and two, Reid Byers loves books and having books in the home... the book is never a dry read. Its contents are sliced and chunked so nicely..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

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n.p. (but Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, 2004. folio. broadside. Privately designed and printed by hand on handmade paper for the joint meeting of the Zamorano Roxburghe Clubs, October 2004. READ MORE about THE WRITTEN WORD

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told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke, with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole.
(Huddersfield, England): The Fleece Press, 2010. oblong 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 198, (4) pages. told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke, with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole. Limited to 500 copies. In fine condition. Table of contents, acknowledgments, two appendices, index. The life of a artist of World War II. One appendix a narrative of the life of Leslie Cole's wife Brenda. Color frontispiece and over 130 illustrations throughout..... READ MORE about THE ARTISTRY OF LESLIE COLE: TODAY I WORKED WELL-THE PICTURE FELL OFF THE BRUSH

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Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1939. tall 8vo. full green morocco with onlaid designs by Paul Nash incorporating Shaw's initials and having different designs on the front and back in orange morocco - a signed Gregynog binding. [xi] 188, [1] pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Harrop, Zilverdistel no.40). Frontispiece portrait of Shaw by John Farleigh. Head of spine worn, with some scattered wear to spine. General shelfwear. Boards somewhat bowed. As is common with this..... READ MORE about SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY

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Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. folio. red velvet binding (silver ferrules, clasp strips and coat of arms), clamshell case. 64, 183 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 550 copies. Fine in fine clamshell box. The majestic liturgical book known as the Lezionario Farnese, produced in Rome shortly after the mid-sixteenth century for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, represents a high point for the art of illumination. Given its size the work is of monumental proportions..... READ MORE about IL LEZIONARIO FARNESE

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3 volumes bound in 1.
(Staten Island: Maurizio Martino, 1998). 8vo. cloth. v-xi, 743, iii-xiii,37; 41-202,205-225; 229-276; 279-286; 287-289; 291-293; 295-325 pages. 3 volumes bound in 1. Reprint of the Rome edition published by Alla Sede Della Societa in 1882 and containing 717 entries chronologically arranged. (Besterman 6464 and 1153). Color map insert. Covers Italian explorers and the period of 1120 to 1881. This definitive bibliography includes Amat and Uzielli's studies of maps of Italian exploration from the 13th to..... READ MORE about STUDI BIOGRAFICI E BIBLIOGRAFICI SULLA STORIA DELLA GEOGRAFIA IN ITALIA

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Pittsburgh: The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, (1984). thick 4to. full brown leather stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, and enclosed in the publisher's clamshell box bound in matching leather which is felt lined. Each of the 20 sections is separately paginated. Special 60th Anniversary edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy. This special edition has a limitation page at the beginning which is numbered. Also signed by the general editor..... READ MORE about THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL

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Wellington, New Zealand: P. D. Hasselberg, Government Printer, 1980. 8vo. cloth, gilt. Volume 1 (in two parts) published 1980, others, earlier - six books in set (volume 1 is in two parts, and is up to 1889; volumes 2, 3 and 4 are from 1890 to 1960, 5 is the supplement). Numerous plates. All volumes are in very good condition. Some scuffing and aging to the spines. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan..... READ MORE about NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY TO THE YEAR 1960

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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2021. 6.125 x 9.25 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xiii, 367 pages. "Books in My Life is a testament to an important scholarly career and a life well lived in the republic of books, but it also advocates for the book as a physical object that reveals so much about our shared past, as well as the joy of acquiring, accumulating, organizing, and studying them." - Geoffrey..... READ MORE about BOOKS IN MY LIFE

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An address delivered to a meeting of booksellers' assistants, in the hall of the Protestant Institute, Edinburgh, October 1904.
Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation by Oliver & Boyd, 1905. slim square 8vo. original quarter cloth, paper over boards, lettered on upper cover. b&w frontispiece, 46 pages. An address delivered to a meeting of booksellers' assistants, in the hall of the Protestant Institute, Edinburgh, October 1904. First edition privately printed in an edition of 250 copies. Spine age-darkened, front free endpaper starting, else a very good copy. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF BOOKSELLERS AND BOOKSELLING IN EDINBURGH IN THE TIME OF WILLIAM IV

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London: Humphrey Milford, 1937. large 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 300 pages. 500 copies printed at the University Press, Oxford, by John Johnson, printer to the university, issued as part of The Hesperides Series. Spine slightly faded of the dust jacket, else near fine in near fine jacket. First published in the year 1789. Sixteen black and white illustrations in text by Edmund H. New. Gilbert White (1720-1793) was an English clergyman and naturalist and..... READ MORE about THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBOURNE IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON

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Coffeyville, Kansas: Zauberberg Press, The, 1990. small 4to. quarter linen over cloth-covered boards, paper spine label. unpaginated. Limited to 20 copies. Evidence of spotted dampstaining to the front and rear boards, else a near fine copy. Printed by American printer and poet Donald von Ruysdael Drenner (b. 1915) on an Albion handpress built by R. Drenner in 1988. Hand-set in Lutetia 14 Didot type with Ransom initials, printed on Rives paper, printed damp at the..... READ MORE about COPLAS: POR LA MUERTA DE SU PADRE

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