(Cambridge, MA: The Abbey Press, 1925). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, fore-edge uncut, in envelope. xvii+(i) pages. An announcement of the association of Eugene H. Gordon and G. Gehman Taylor as Gordon-Taylor, Inc., operating the Abbey Press. Reproduces the first advertisement printed in English by William Caxton. Envelope tearing along crease. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 130988
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2000). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xii, 250, (2) pages. Table of contents, foreword by Jeffrey Burton Russell, introduction, endnotes, bibliographic essay, acknowledgments. A history of the significance of dust based on modern scientific discoveries. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 130955
Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts in association with Harry N. Abrams, (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 469+(1) pages. Table of contents, foreword, lists of committees and lenders, acknowledgments, introduction, select bibliography, index. With essays by William H. Gerdts, Erica E. Hershler, Fred S. Licht, and William L. Vance. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 131013
N.P. n.p. 2006. broadside (7 by 12 inches). in envelope, bottom edge uncut. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Bates. Three wood engravings from Sabbath, printed by the Larkspur Press. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 130966
Hamburg, Germany: Gala Verlag, (1967). 4to. decorated paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 118, (2) pages. Text in German. Limited to 1300 numbered copies. Edited by Ludwig von Brunn. Brief essay, table of contents. Black and white illustrations of von Bayros's work. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 131028
London: The Rodale Press, (1954). 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 42 pages. Reprint of the first published work of Flaubert, a story written when he was 15 years old. The classic story of Don Vincente, an Italian bookseller - collector, and the lengths that he went to add to his collection. Unusually fine condition with original glassine wrappers. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 2783
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. 8vo. paper wrappers. (20) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press and sent to his standing order customers (Heaney A41). Biographical anecdotes of this antiquarian bookseller. Currie worked for H.P. Kraus. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 9291
By Theodore Bachaus (pseud. of Henry Morris).
San Serriffe: San Serriffte Publishing Co. 1980. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. 41 pages. By Theodore Bachaus (pseud. of Henry Morris). Limited to 350 copies, each numbered "1." (Heaney A25). Mr. Morris introduced us to the mythical country of San Serriffe in his The World's Worst Marbled Papers. He continues his humorous look at the private press movement through the eyes of Dr. Bachaus in this book. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 11875
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 459 pages. Second, revised edition. With over 400 illustrations of which 20 are in color. Besides the historical development of the art of book illustration, Bland discusses the impact of modern methods. Well preserved copy. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 28114
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, (2001). small 4to. quarter cloth with pictorial paper-covered boards. xiii, (iii), 270 pages. First edition. This book presents an important new chapter in the history of paper exploring how its use in Islamic lands during the Middle Ages influenced almost every aspect of medieval life. Focusing on the spread of paper from the early eighth century, when Muslims in West Asia acquired Chinese knowledge of paper and papermaking, to... READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 63231
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961. small 8vo. parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards. 86 pages. First edition, finely printed in an edition limited to 500 copies by Joh. Enschedé. Three books about books stories. Fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 512
(Oxford, England): Oxford University Press by John Johnson, 1926. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 12, (2) pages. A study of plans to expand and refurbish the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, with a brief historical summary. Frontispiece photograph of the library and adjacent buildings. Maps and diagrams. Covers tanned and chipped at edges. Foxing on endpapers. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 130991
(Methuen, MA: [sic] Press, 2006). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label. 36 pages. Acknowledgments, table of contents, list of suppliers. A guide to repairing damaged and worn books. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 130995
(Chicago, IL): Oriental Department, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. List of lenders, introduction by Julie Michelet, catalogue, Black and white illustrations. Catalogue of an exhbition held March-May 1932. Covers chipped and lightly tanned. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 130993
(Valetta Malta): Biblioteca Magistrale, n.d. postcards (4 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches). Text in Italian. Six postcards illustrating bookbindings at the Biblioteca Magistrale, Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 131018
Ankara, Turkey: Bellek Tanitim, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 92 pages. Text in Turkish. Table of contents, preface by the author, bibliography. 53 color illustrations follow text. A study of Turkish bookbinding. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 130994
Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son Ltd. 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 351 pages. First combined edition in which THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A BANKRUPT BOOKSELLER and THE BANKRUPT BOOKSELLER SPEAKS AGAIN are placed in one volume. Minor shelfwear and chipping to head and tail of dustjacket, else fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 3619
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. (1955). 8vo. half cloth, boards. 253, (3) pages. First edition with these illustrations. Given out as a dividend by the Book-of-the-Month Club. Illustrated by Douglass Gorsline. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 2842
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2017. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. Paperback. 20 pages. Number fourteen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series, commissioned for the sixth biennial CODEX Symposium, 6 February 2017. "Historians love pivot points, those times when energies converge and the future can unfold in stikingly different directions. Life seems so unknowable and chaotic on the near side of a shift, and then, ten years on, events seem to have aligned into the only possible outcome... READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 131023
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 195 pages. First edition, second printing. An important book by an expert in the field. With the ownership inscription of Elizabeth Mongan. Fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 14555
2 Volumes.
London, England: J.M. Dent and Company, 1893. 12mo. half leather, cloth boards, gilt stamping and five raised bands on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. xxxii, 237+(1); (viii), 276 pages. 2 Volumes. Limited to 150 numbered copies. List of illustrations. Biographical sketch of the author precedes text in first volume. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Frontispiece in both volumes, illustrations in text. Some very minor spotting to the cloth boards. Minor sunning to the spine. READ MORE
Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 130980
New York, NY: Robert M. McBride & Company, (1928). 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. upaginated. Limited to 3290 copies (Brewer 47). Table of contents, list of illustrations. Black and white illustrations by Robert E. Locher. Front board separated. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 130947
London, England: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37, (3) pages. Reprint. Preface by the author, list of plates. List of related works by the publisher follows text. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations in text. Covers lightly tanned at edges. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 130977
London: Sir Issac Pitmann & Son, Ltd. (1964). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 29+(1) pages. Reprint of the first edition. Fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 63644
Birmingham: British Pens Ltd. (1964). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 29+(1) pages. Reprint of the first edition. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 24563
