London: William Crofts, 1836. 8vo. half leather over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled, five raised bands, gilt on spine, blue coated pastedowns and endpapers. 412 pages, with 26 lithograph plates (2 of which are in full color and four in two-color), including two large folding maps at rear. First edition. Mendelssohn, I, pp. 587-8; Theal, Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets relating to Africa south of the Zambesi in the Collection of George McCall Theal..... READ MORE about NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY, IN SOUTH AFRICA

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137913

Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd., 2000. small 4to. quarter cloth, with printed boards, dust jacket. 127 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. A catalogue about the beautiful and innovative bindings of books exhibited at the Grolier Club of 254 publisher's bookbindings, each described in detail and all illustrated in color. They represent the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the First..... READ MORE about THE ART OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1815-1915

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58869

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. Featured in The New York Times, alongside an interview with author Reid Byers, in the article "How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?" "... a profusely illustrated, detail-crammed, Latin-strewn and yet remarkably unstuffy book ... goes to the heart of why physical books continue to..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134228

Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2021. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, Letterpress printed wrapper. 120 pages. This issue features: - An Interview With In Cahoots Director Macy Chadwick. - Mastery and Making: craft in support of concept the third stream, with essays by Veronika Schäpers, Russell Maret, Tobias Lange, and Didier Mutel [Transcripts from the talks at the CODEX Effect Symposium panel] - Excavation, Metamorphosis, and Eternity: Artists as Global Ambassadors of the Book..... READ MORE about THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 3

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136782

Sieben Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Graphik von Eckhard Froeschlin.
(Frankfurt, Germany): Edition Schwarze Seite, (2006). 38 x 29 cm. cloth boards, illustrated paper label on front panel. unpaginated (but 78 pages). Sieben Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Graphik von Eckhard Froeschlin. Limited to 30 numbered copies signed by the artist. A fine copy. Seven fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers, with seven two- or three-page color etchings and seven vignette etchings by Eckhard Froeschlin. Linotype-set in Helvetica 16p and printed by Eckhard Froeschlin on Velin..... READ MORE about SIEBEN AUF EINEN STREICH

Price: $1,200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138517

Windham, CT: Hawthorn House, 1934. small 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (iv), 27, (3) pages. Limited to an edition of 260 (Hawthorn House: A Record of the First Five Years #6). A Discovery of the Rare & Singular Disturbances of an Historic Night; With Other Considerations of Moment Comprising The Epic of Windham. Written for the occasion of Windham's Bicentennial by Theron, who was a native of the town, and first published in 1892. Interesting..... READ MORE about BATTLE OF THE FROGS

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94783

A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800.
(Potts Point, NSW, Australia): Hordern House Rare Books Pty. Ltd, (2003). 4to. cloth, color dust jacket. xv, 1168 pages. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800. First edition. Reference for the history of world exploration, travel and colonization until the year 1800. Combines historical, biographical and bibliographical information. Contains a catalogue of all known expeditions, including biographical information about the..... READ MORE about ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION TO 1800

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72393

30 volumes composing 118 (of 120) issues.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969 - 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 volumes composing 118 (of 120) issues. Filled with excellent articles on publishing and its history. Lacks only volume 25, 4 and volume 30, 2. READ MORE about SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, A JOURNAL FOR AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105216

Nappanee, IN: (Press of the Indiana Kid), 1990. miniature book (7.0 x 4.8 cm). illustrated paper-covered boards, title stamped on spine, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (vi), 15, (3) pages. Limited to 40 copies (Bradbury, Indiana Kid 19). Frontispiece Knut Rockne United States postage stamp tipped in. Drawings hand tinted by Joy Weygand. Recollections of the life of the legendary football coach. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. READ MORE about ROCKNE!

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 117370

N.P. Fine Press Book Association, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket, cloth portfolio, slipcase. 64 pages. Spring 2014 / Number 26 / Sebastian Carter, Editor NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE DELUXE EDITION which is printed in an edition of 95 deluxe copies, hardbound, and accompanied with a portfolio containing nine pieces of ephemera. Editorial | Sebastian Carter Chairmans Letter | Martyn Ould Book Fair report Printing Historical Society | Ian Bain and David Chambers Private press..... READ MORE about PARENTHESIS 26

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135831

n.p. (but Portland, OR): Douglas Shafer, 2000. square 8vo. two wooden panels to make a box, held with leather strips with two brass rods, text inside. (8) pages, accordion fold. Unique Artist's Book. A fine copy. Hand painted with calligraphy by hand by the artist, Douglas Shafer. Two initial letters in gilt. Three full page polychrome rondels finished in gilt, hand-painted floral and insects, title page and colophon page. Bound by the artist: lacquered wood..... READ MORE about TERRA ELEMENTA

Price: $2,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136232

(Winona, MN): Sutton Hoo Press, (2000). square 12mo. cloth. unpaginated. Limited to 126 copies, signed by the author on colophon. With a woodcut illustration by the author. READ MORE about THE BODY'S LOGIC

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123625

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2022. 7 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 360 pages. The founding, growth, organization, and expansion of a major American university library is revealed over three and a half centuries of its history. First edition. The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, has been recorded occasionally in..... READ MORE about I GIVE THESE BOOKS: THE HISTORY OF YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 1656-2022

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134767