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Armao, Ermanno.

IN GIRO PER IL MAR EGEO CON VINCENZO CORONELLI.

Note Di Topologia, Toponmastica E Storia Medievali Dinasti E Famiglie Italiane In Levante
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1951. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 426, (6) pages with 40 plates. Note Di Topologia, Toponmastica E Storia Medievali Dinasti E Famiglie Italiane In Levante. This volume deals with topology, topography, medieval history, dynasty and Italian families in the Eastern Mediterranean. The work also includes an appendix, bibliography, and indices, as well as 40 black-and-white plates. Wrappers show some soiling and the spine is creased, with a small closed tear at..... READ MORE about IN GIRO PER IL MAR EGEO CON VINCENZO CORONELLI

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 104192

Berthiau et Boitard, MM.

NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE.

Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98707

(Bird & Bull Press). Nevins, Iris.

VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

N.P. Bird & Bull Press and Iris Nevins, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, Spanish marbled sides, leather spine label. 79 pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies (Berger A49). Composed in Cochin types and printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. Nevins notes that of all the marbled patterns, the Spanish is the most difficult to achieve. This book contains detailed instructions for making twelve different patterns, as well as original 5 x 8 inch specimens. Prior..... READ MORE about VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED...

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 31962

(Burns, Robert). Wilson, Professor and Robert Chambers (editors).

LAND OF BURNS, A SERIES OF LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE SCOTTISH POET.

Two volumes bound in one.
Glasgow, Scotland: Blackie & Son, 1840. 4to. contemporary gilt-tooled and stamped leather, all edges gilt. vi, 105, clviii, 72 pages. Two volumes bound in one. First edition. Table of contents which includes list of plates. With engraved landscapes by D.O. Hill (House 340). Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing and tanning on plates. READ MORE about LAND OF BURNS, A SERIES OF LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE...

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 127465

Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. Please note: This is a Pre-Order listing for the first edition, third printing with corrections. As of 5/5/2022, the third printing is expected to ship in early-June. As soon as the books arrive to Oak Knoll from the printer, we will immediately begin packaging and shipping pre-orders in the order in which they were received. Featured in..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 134228

A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 2021. 12.375 x 9 inches. light gray Japanese cloth with front covers stamped in gold, with illustrated endpapers. 2 vol.: [xiii], 622, [2]; [6], 623-1252, [2]. The Comprehensive Index volumes cover all 20,082 descriptive entries published in the previous six volumes, all well illustrated: Twentieth Century (2 vol.: 12,403 entries, v.1 issued in 2000 and v.2 issued in 2003), Nineteenth Century (2 vol.: 6,370 entries, issued in 2019) and..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

Price: $125.00 save 50% $62.50 Order nr. 136109

Cloud, Gerald W. and Peter Rutledge Koch, (eds.).

THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 2.

Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2020. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, letterpress printed wrapper. 144 pages. This issue features reviews of books and exhibitions, a profile on the French bookbinder Louise Bescond, a photo essay on the Bixler Typefoundry, book shopping in Paris, an artists insights to her own process, a curators favorite artists books, and a booksellers perspective on book collecting. With contributions from: Megan Adie, Tatjana Bergelt, Michael Bixler, Deirdre Brollo, Carolee..... READ MORE about THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 2

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 134848

(Delaware).

LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT AN ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER, ON TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1871, AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE NINETIETH-FIFTH. VOL. 14. -- PART 1. With PART 2. ... LAWS... A.D. 1873.

2 volumes
Dover: Printed at the Delawarean Office, 1871, 1873. thick 8vo. library buckram, red and black leather spine labels. 314,(2),82; (317)-723,(2),84 pages. 2 volumes. B1-2526. Being volume 14 of the Laws of Delaware covering the sessions of 1871 and 1873 respectively, Parts 1 and 2 complete. Indices bound in after each part. With bookplate of the Social Law Library, Boston. Spine labels partially chipped off. READ MORE about LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT AN ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, COMMENCED...

Price: $105.00 Order nr. 117922

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. "Chicago Modernism and the Ludlow Typograph is copiously illustrated... Gehl's writing is lucid and jargon-free. His fluent and engaging manner makes the book a pleasure to read." - Paul Shaw, Journal of Design History, Vol. XX No. XX "...there is not a misplaced phrase here and [Gehl's] research is excellent... Gehl's masterful distillation is particularly welcome. It is also both readable and enjoyable." - Steven..... READ MORE about CHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 135039

Holm, Thomas Campanius.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW SWEDEN. NOW CALLED, BY THE ENGLISH, PENNSYLVANIA, IN AMERICA. COMPILED FROM THE RELATIONS AND WRITINGS OF PERSONS WORTHY OF CREDIT, AND ADORNED WITH MAPS AND PLATES. Translated from the Swedish ... with Notes by Peter S. du Ponceau.

Removed from Volume III of the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
(Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1834). 8vo. later cardboard covers with crude paper spine covering. 166 pages. Removed from Volume III of the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. First edition in English (Howes C-84). Translated from the 1702 first edition published in Sweden. With all five plates present including one showing Fort Trinity in New Castle, Delaware. READ MORE about SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW SWEDEN. NOW CALLED, BY THE ENGLISH, PENNSYLVANIA, IN...

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 29428

(Ink Fish Press). O'Brien, Tara.

THE STORY OF LITTLE GOOSE.

Philadelphia, PA: Ink Fish Press, 2003-2004. oblong 8vo. gray cloth, debossed goose on the front panel. unpaginated. First edition of 100 numbered copies signed by O'Brien. Humorous story of a renter's woes: "The Story of Little Goose was inspired by my first landlord experience when moving to Philadelphia from Los Angeles. I had a rough time finding a place to live, and then the apartment I did rent leaked when it rained. The leaking could..... READ MORE about THE STORY OF LITTLE GOOSE

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 133695

(Lapis Press). Everson, William.

MEXICAN STANDOFF.

(Emeryville, CA): The Lapis Press, 1989. 8vo. cloth, glassine dust jacket. (10) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed and numbered by artist Robin Eschner on frontispiece. Signed by the author on colophon. Woodcut frontispiece. READ MORE about MEXICAN STANDOFF

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 123986

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 new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine, Spring 2020 "Correspondence forms forms the backbone of Loxley's recent book Emery Walker: Arts, crafts and a world in motion, and builds a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133470

Marchmont, Frederick (compiler).

SALE RECORDS: A PRICED AND ANNOTATED RECORD OF LONDON BOOK AUCTIONS.

London, England: Karslake & Co., 1903. 8vo. cloth. vi, 716, cix+(i) pages. Volume I, June 2, 1902-June 27, 1903. "Personalia" sections precede main text. A compilation of 19,594 items sold at book auctions in London. Index. Black and white frontispiece of a photographic engraving of J. W. Bouton and Francis (Frank) Karslake. An additional photographic engraving of The Guild of Women-Binders distributing tobacco to the crew of the H. M. S. "Terrible". Edges of covers..... READ MORE about SALE RECORDS: A PRICED AND ANNOTATED RECORD OF LONDON BOOK AUCTIONS

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 134301

(Marcks, Gerhard).

VON DEM FISCHER UN SYNER FRU.

(Hamburg, Germany: Grillen-Presse, 1955). 8vo. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 21, (3) pages. Text in German. Fifth printing, for Kurt Londenberg. Signed by illustrator Gerhard Marcks on colophon. Woodcut illustrations by Marcks. READ MORE about VON DEM FISCHER UN SYNER FRU

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 126493

(Martin, H. Bradley).

THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN.

9 volumes.
New York: Sotheby's, 1989-1990. small 4to. cloth, paper cover labels. 9 volumes. The complete set of this magnificent sale including the more elusive fourth volume which describes the sale held in Monaco. Sales devoted to Audubon, ornithology, Selby, French literature, American literature, Americana, English literature and illuminated manuscripts. Filled with illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 35357

(Mason, William Shaw).

BIBLIOTHECA HIBERNICANA: OR A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF A SELECT IRISH LIBRARY, COLLECTED FOR THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL.

Dublin: Printed by W. Fold and Son, 1823. 8vo. original boards. (iv), v, (iii), 51+(1) pages. Limited to only fifty copies. An annotated catalogue of 125 books relating to Ireland printed from 1584 to 1820 under the broad headings of Antiquities, History, Biography, Topography, Statistical Surveys, Tourists, and Finance. Inscribed by the author on the half-title to the legal writer and antiquary Henry Joseph Monck Mason Esq., dated December 1825. Boards soiled and worn, back..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA HIBERNICANA: OR A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF A SELECT IRISH LIBRARY, COLLECTED FOR THE...

Price: $2,200.00 Order nr. 96420

(NdA Press). d'Arbeloff, Natalie.

LOVE.

(London: NdA Press, 1992). oblong 16mo. concertina binding by Jan Ascoli with cover papers by NdA over boards, title on front cover, red slipcase with title in black on spine. 16 leaves. Limited to 16 numbered copies, plus 2 Artists Proofs.Text and illustrations by Natalie dArbeloff. 34 color etchings, with aquatint, printed intaglio and relief on Zerkall. Printed by Steve Jordan. READ MORE about LOVE

Price: $700.00 Order nr. 124178

Nolan, J. Bennett.

PRINTER STRAHAN'S BOOK ACCOUNT, A COLONIAL CONTROVERSY.

Reading (Pa.): The Bar of Berks County, 1939. tall 8vo. cloth. xiv, 143 pages. One of 50 numbered copies inscribed (by the author) for The International Benjamin Franklin Society. "Recently a happy chance has resurrected some letters of James Read, the Pennsylvania lawyer ... These missives, neglected for nearly two centuries ... chiefly concern a debt owing by Read to Franklin's friend and correspondent William Strahan, the Scottish printer and bookseller, long resident in London..... READ MORE about PRINTER STRAHAN'S BOOK ACCOUNT, A COLONIAL CONTROVERSY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 80534

(Printery). Tibbits, Randolph K.

BY A VOTE OF CONGRESS.

Being the Text of a Letter dated June 18, 1775, from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry containing a facsimile of the original letter in the collection of Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and An Account of those Events preceding the Letter.
Kirkwood: Printery, 1976. large 8vo. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. 37, (5) pages. Being the Text of a Letter dated June 18, 1775, from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry containing a facsimile of the original letter in the collection of Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and An Account of those Events preceding the Letter. Limited to an edition of 145 copies handset in Caslon and Janson types, hand-printed damp on Arches Text Laid paper..... READ MORE about BY A VOTE OF CONGRESS

Price: $135.00 Order nr. 99491

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 Order nr. 134700

Weslager, C.A.

BRANDYWINE SPRINGS, THE RISE AND FALL OF A DELAWARE RESORT.

Wilmington: Hambleton Company, 1949. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 124 pages. B1-4704. First edition. Illustrated history of this resort area from its beginning history as part of Letitia Manor in William Penn's day. Twenty-one illustrations. Signed by the author on the half-title. Jacket chipped at spine ends. Ink inscription on front pastedown. READ MORE about BRANDYWINE SPRINGS, THE RISE AND FALL OF A DELAWARE RESORT

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 29687

(Whittington Press).

MATRIX 15: A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES.

Risbury, Herefordshire, England: The Whittington Press, 1995. 4to. limp boards, dust jacket, custom clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. (vi), 234, (2) pages. Limited to 950 copies. Filled with tipped-in plates, photographs and samples of private press items. Some of the articles in this issue are "Letters are Things: The Wood-engraved Initials of Eric Gill" by Sebastian Carter, "Typography and Parsons" by Ruari McLean, "Paul Landacre and the Ward Ritchie Press" by Ward Ritchie..... READ MORE about MATRIX 15: A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 129296

Wilkinson, W.T.

PHOTO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, AND COLLOTYPE.

London: Hampton, Judd & Co., 1892. 8vo. original green cloth stamped in black and gilt. (iv), 148, (2) pages. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman E64). With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed with some fading. READ MORE about PHOTO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, AND COLLOTYPE

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 86681

Willême, G.

Drawing.

N.P. n.p., n.d., but circa 1882. broadside (19 by 13 inches). Drawing of an urban scene. In the upper right corner is the name "G. Willême" and the dates October 5, 1881 and October 22, 1881. READ MORE about Drawing

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 133447

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