LETTRES D'UN BIBLIOGRAPHE. DEUXIÈME SÉRIE. ORNÉES DE FAC-SIMILE.

Versailles: Imprimerie de E. Aubert, 1873. tall 8vo. contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, spine compartments decorated in gilt, top edge marbled. xv, 133 pages. The first series was issued in 1868. Preface followed by 15 articles on bibliography: William Caxton a-t-il imprimé le De Proprietatibus rerum? Témoinage de Wynkyn de Worde; De l'édition du De Remediis utriusque fortunae, de Pétraque, imprimeé par H. Eggestein. Ellse est la première, car..... READ MORE about LETTRES D'UN BIBLIOGRAPHE. DEUXIÈME SÉRIE. ORNÉES DE FAC-SIMILE

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Burke, John and John Bernard Burke.

GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE EXTINCT AND DORMANT BARONETCIES OF ENGLAND, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

London: John Russell Smith, 1844. large 8vo. three-quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, gilt rules, elaborate gilt design on spine, five raised bands, top edge gilt. (x), 603+(1) pages. Second Edition. Illustrated throughout with coats-of-arms. The frontis is an engraving of a portrait of James I. Between the frontispiece and the actual title page is a lovely color (chromolithography?) title page from the 1838 edition published by Scott Webster and Geary. It is the..... READ MORE about GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE EXTINCT AND DORMANT BARONETCIES OF ENGLAND, IRELAND AND...

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Medioni, Gilbert and Marie-Therese Pinto (editors).

ART IN ANCIENT MEXICO SELECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIEGO RIVERA.

New York: Oxford University Press, (1941). 4to. quarter leather with gilt decorated spine and covers. xxvi, 259 illustrations. First edition. Two hundred and fifty nine black-and-white plates of pre-Cortesian sculpture from the collection of Diego Rivera (1886-1957), with an introduction and the essay "Religion and the Gods of Anahuac" by the editors. The figures, many of them of baked clay, stone, jade, petrified wood, sandstone or lava stone, are primarily Tarascan, Toltec, Aztec, Totonac, and..... READ MORE about ART IN ANCIENT MEXICO SELECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIEGO RIVERA

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72143

Ward, H. Snowden (editor).

THE PROCESS ENGRAVER'S MONTHLY, THE PROCESS PHOTOGRAM. VOLUME XIII.

London: Dawbarn & Ward, 1906. small 4to. modern cloth. (iv),192; 380 pages. Complete set Vol. 13, No. 145 (Jan 1906) to No. 156 (Dec 1906) of this important periodical which started in 1894. Bound with THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MONTHLY. Color frontispiece, plates, text illustrations. The St Bride Catalogue of Periodicals (p. 28) notes: "A useful set for history and development of process work during the past 50 years. Vols. 1 to 12, 1894 to 1905, were..... READ MORE about THE PROCESS ENGRAVER'S MONTHLY, THE PROCESS PHOTOGRAM. VOLUME XIII

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(Bookbinding). Hobson, G.D.

ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1929. folio. cloth, top edge gilt. (xii), 60 pages followed by 55 full-page plates of bindings. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies for sale by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. (Appleton p.81, S-K 2194). This book is divided into two sections, the Early Bindings, before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500. Given as the Sandars Lecture for 1927. A scarce book. Covers faded. With the Randeria bookplate..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500

Price: $375.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71367

(Colt Press). Goodman, Paul.

GRAND PIANO OR, THE ALMANAC OF ALIENATION.

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1942. square 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. xiv, 218 pages. First edition. (Bender no.26 for the Colt Press; Nicely no.50 for Goodman). Jacket spine rubbed with a small hole. READ MORE about GRAND PIANO OR, THE ALMANAC OF ALIENATION

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Gehl, Paul F.

CHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK.

Australia: Opifex, 2020. 6 × 9 inches. Paperback. 144 pages. "At the core of Gehl's fascinating account of a most improbable yet successful typographic partnership is America's tentative steps toward Modernism at a time when revivalism remained prevalent and the modern spirit was considered to be culturally of dubious intent. Gehl chronicles in engrossing detail and with admirable clarity the subversive energies of McMurtrie, a modernist who would tell anyone willing to listen, and Middleton..... READ MORE about CHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135039

(Granary Books). Williams, Jonathan.

APOSIOPESES (ODDS & ENDS).

Minneapolis, MN: Granary Books, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, label on spine, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 165 numbered copies of which this is one of the 100 bound in wrappers, signed by author on colophon (Granary's Books 168-9). Note by the author precedes text. Frontispiece drawing by R.B. Kitaj. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about APOSIOPESES (ODDS & ENDS

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(Limited Editions Club). Dickens, Charles.

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. tall 4to. bound in full yellow cloth with the Golden Cockerel Press emblem printed in green on the front cover, title on spine in green, slipcase. (x), 71, (i) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1500 numbered copies. (LEC 51). Designed by Robert Gibbings and printed at the Golden Cockerel Press with seven posthumous water color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Introduction by Walter de la Mare. Slipcase..... READ MORE about THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48099

Lomazow, Steven.

MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D.

New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover with jacket. 325 pages. "...if you want to understand magazines erstwhile power, schedule a visit to the Grolier Club by April 24 to see Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights From the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D.... Dr. Lomazow describes the exhibition (which he curated with a librarian, Julie Carlsen, while also creating a richly detailed catalog) as an "epitaph" for the printed magazine."..... READ MORE about MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135333

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. "The texts of the three lectures are given with a plethora of well-reproduced visual aids: almost every manuscript, piece of printed matter or artefact that Walker referred to is illustrated close to the reference, from a wide variety of sources." - Sebastian Carter, Journal of the Printing Historical Society Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN...

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(Paper Specimens).

ORIENTAL PRINTING, FANTASY AND ART PAPERS.

New York: Nelson-Whitehead Paper Corp. n.d. oblong 12mo. hand-made paper covers. 132 specimen leaves. Specimen book showing the imported Japanese papers handled by Nelson-Whitehead. A catalogue of 132 paper specimens offered for sale. Informational page precedes specimens. Contains examples of some of the most decorative of the Japanese papers. Fine condition. READ MORE about ORIENTAL PRINTING, FANTASY AND ART PAPERS

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5649

Tanselle, G. Thomas.

DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2020. 6.125 x 9.25 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 630 pages plus 8 pages of illustrations. "A masterwork. ...Tanselle has gathered his own fact-rich essays from a lifetime's worth of reflection on the physical nature of books. The result is a true summa of bibliographical insight, information and guidance. There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets. Throughout..... READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134700