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AL'MANAKH BIBLIOFILA (THE BIBLIOPHILE'S ALMANACH).

21 volumes.
Moscow: n.p., 1975-1993. 8vo. cloth. 21 volumes. Twenty-one of the twenty-eight volumes published to-date in this periodical devoted to book collecting, printing, miniature books, bookplates, publishing, and bookselling. Illustrated. The former owner of this set knows of no complete sets in the West. Includes the following volumes: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15-20, 22-28. READ MORE about AL'MANAKH BIBLIOFILA (THE BIBLIOPHILE'S ALMANACH

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 39558

(Allen Press). Robbe-Grillet, Alain.

JEALOUSY.

(Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1971). 4to. decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Introduction by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Originally published in 1957 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris. Designed, hand printed, and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about JEALOUSY

Price: $375.00 Order nr. 131194

(Bookbinding).

CATALOGUE DE RELIURES DU XVE AU XIXE SIÈCLE, EN VENTE A LA LIBRAIRIE GUMUCHIAN & CIE.

Paris: Gumuchian & Cie, n.d. (circa 1930s). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 182 pages and 135 plates of bindings including some in full color. Catalogue no.12 issued by this bookselling firm. (Brenni no.288). The catalogue has descriptions of 398 bindings with well over one-third of them illustrated. The descriptions are detailed and the text is aided by indices to provenance and authors. Crease through middle of dust jacket; chipping along edges of jacket being more..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DE RELIURES DU XVE AU XIXE SIÈCLE, EN VENTE A LA LIBRAIRIE GUMUCHIAN & CIE

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 5713

(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

DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. With SUPPLEMENTS 1-7.

22 volumes in 11. With 4 volumes containing supplements.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1964)-(1981). small 4to. cloth. thousands of pages. 22 volumes in 11. With 4 volumes containing supplements. A monumental work financed by the American Council of Learned Societies. It remains the definitive work on American biography to date. Contains the twenty original volumes and the first seven supplements covering through 1965. Ex library set with markings. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. With SUPPLEMENTS 1-7

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 126834

Diringer, David.

THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

2 volumes.
New York: Funk and Wagnall, (1968). 4to. cloth, slipcase. xii,473; 452 pages. 2 volumes. Third edition, completely revised with the assistance of Reinhold Regensburger. The second volume contains nothing but illustrations to the text. An essential reference book. Ownership inscription on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Markings in ink throughout. Aside from that, near fine. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 31217

EXPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE BARCELLONA 1929.

Barcelona, Spain: A. Lopez Llausas, 1929. 8vo. brochure. Text in Italian. A foldout brochure showing the design and plan of the Palazzo constructed for exhibits related to the graphic arts including typography, lithography, printing, publishing, book design, and cartography. The diagram shows the arrangement of and location of each exhibition booth. Two color illustrations of the Palazzo. Brochure folds out to a 47 by 64 cm. poster. READ MORE about EXPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE BARCELLONA 1929

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 130848

THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Front hinge split and part of back hinge cracked. Rubbed on spine. READ MORE about THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 69906

(Germany). Holzmann, Michael Und Dr. Hanns Bohatta.

DEUTSCHES ANONYMEN-LEXIKON, 1501-1850.

7 volumes bound in 3.
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. xvi,422; (iii),381; (iii),400; (v),446; vi,352; vi,335; viii,504 pages. 7 volumes bound in 3. Reprint of the first edition published by the Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen of Weimer during the period 1902 to 1928. (Besterman 404; Sheehy AA197). Extremely important reference work for anyone working on German books that do not cite the author. It includes about 83,000 entries arranged alphabetically by title with author's name supplied..... READ MORE about DEUTSCHES ANONYMEN-LEXIKON, 1501-1850

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 55608

Goedeke, Karl.

GRUNDRISZ ZUR GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN DICHTUNG AUS DEN QUELLEN.

12 volumes (bound in 15) of 18.
Dresden: Ls. Ehlermann, 1884-1938. 8vo. Varied bindings: vols. 1-4.3, 6-9 half calf, pastepaper backed boards, vols. 4.4, 10, 12 cloth. varied pagination. 12 volumes (bound in 15) of 18. Second edition. A significant run of this monumental work containing biographical and bibliographical information on innumerable authors in German literature, beginning with the Middle Ages. Included are extensive lists of each author's known writings. Lacking volumes 11, 14-18. Volume 4 bound in 4 separate parts. Although..... READ MORE about GRUNDRISZ ZUR GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN DICHTUNG AUS DEN QUELLEN

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 75930

(Hachette, L.). Lesieur, A.

NOTICE SUR LA VIE DE M.L. HACHETTE.

Paris: Imprimerie Générale de Ch. Lahure, 1864. 8vo. original paper wrappers. viii, xxiv, 83+(1) pages. Commemorates the publisher Louis Hachette with a biographical essay and tributes from contemporary periodicals. Wrappers chipped along spine and shaken. READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LA VIE DE M.L. HACHETTE

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 48925

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ORE MEDICI ROTHSCHILD.

Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2011. small 8vo. full velvet, all edges gilt, metal book casing, enamel designs, leather slipcase. 235, 223 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. Towards 1485, Lorenzo de 'Medici commissioned the most successful miniature painters of Florence for which they were to create three luxurious Books of Hours to be allocated to his daughters as wedding presents. Of these little books, the first, now housed in Monaco, was given to Lucretia, who..... READ MORE about ORE MEDICI ROTHSCHILD

Price: $11,500.00 Order nr. 108859

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

Kent, Rockwell.

N BY E.

New York: Random House, 1930. 4to. cloth, silver-stamped. 245, (3) pages. Limited to 900 numbered and signed copies (See Dan Burne Jones, xiv, xvi). Illustrated by the author with electrotypes made from the original woodcuts. Preface by the author. Story of a voyage to Greenland, a shipwreck and "what, if anything, happened afterwards." Printed on special watermarked paper under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Boards and pastedowns stained. Spine soiled. READ MORE about N BY E

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 110123

(Limited Editions Club). Pushkin, Alexander.

EUGENE ONEGIN, A NOVEL IN VERSE.

A New Translation by Babette Deutsch; Edited, with a Special Introduction, by Avrahm Yarmolinsky; illustrated with Lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. 8vo. leather spine and leather along outer edge, outer board jacket, slipcase. xvi, 176, (4) pages. A New Translation by Babette Deutsch; Edited, with a Special Introduction, by Avrahm Yarmolinsky; illustrated with Lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Fritz Eichenberg (LEC 147); this copy is not numbered and has "office copy" written in and has an embossed stamp on the colophon page indicating..... READ MORE about EUGENE ONEGIN, A NOVEL IN VERSE

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 126024

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 This book is an attempt to give a comprehensive sense of Emery Walker as a person, along with his career and achievements, in..... 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

(Paper Specimens). Fairbanks.

A SERIES OF HAND MADE PAPERS FROM ENGLAND AND ITALY.

New York, NY: Thomas N. Fairbanks Company, Import Division, (1930). 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. unpaginated. A collection of imported paper specimens offered by Fairbanks. Arranged by weight, the lightest first in the text. Includes the name of the product with information on its origin, colors, and sizes available. Portions of text unopened. Covers soiled. Some portions of text lightly tanned. READ MORE about A SERIES OF HAND MADE PAPERS FROM ENGLAND AND ITALY

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 131134

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

Petzholdt, Julius.

HANDBUCH DEUTSCHER BIBLIOTHEKEN [HANDBOOK OF GERMAN LIBRARIES].

Halle: H.W. Schmidt, 1853. large 12mo. modern cloth, leather spine label. iii-xii, 444 pages, with 7 additional leaves of plates. Per author's preface, this work takes the place of a fourth edition of his Address Book of German Libraries (first published 1844). One might prefer simply to call this the fourth edition of a variously titled (the title changed again later) guide to German-language libraries. Julius Petzholdt (1812-1891) was the librarian of the then Royal..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH DEUTSCHER BIBLIOTHEKEN [HANDBOOK OF GERMAN LIBRARIES

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 52756

(Philately).

CATALOGUE OF THE CRAWFORD LIBRARY OF PHILATELIC LITERATURE AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY.

(Fishkill, NY): The Printer's Stone, 1991. small folio. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped. variously paginated. Revised edition, limited to 500 copies. Published in association with the British Library. Preface to the revised edition. Includes "Bibliotheca Lindesiana Vol. VII: A Bibliography of the Writings General Special and Periodical forming the Literature of Philately," "Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford," "Supplement to the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford," and "Addenda..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CRAWFORD LIBRARY OF PHILATELIC LITERATURE AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY

Price: $350.00 Order nr. 124055

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

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 Order nr. 133475

(Solmentes Press).

TAXI DRIVER CURRY.

(Decorah, IA): Solmentes Press, 2014. oblong 8vo. printed cloth, decorated gilt-stamped endpapers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, slipcase. 21, (3) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Hand printed from original woodblocks. The transcript of a conversation with a taxi driver travelling between terminals at Heathrow Airport, London. Woodcut illustrations based on Indian Kolam design. READ MORE about TAXI DRIVER CURRY

Price: $475.00 Order nr. 129182

(Yellow Barn Press). Garland, Hamlin.

THE RETURN OF A PRIVATE.

Council Bluffs (IA): Yellow Barn Press, 1998. large 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, later dust jacket. viii, 23, (2) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies, with three 2-color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. One of the stories from Garland's Main-Travelled Road (first publ. 1891), with a title supplied by the publisher. Bitter, very understated satire: a penniless, ill Civil War veteran returns home to his impoverished farm and family to discover that..... READ MORE about THE RETURN OF A PRIVATE

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 53172

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