London, England: The Poetry Bookshop, n.d., but 1915. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A collection of poetry, with color-illustrated front cover. Wrappers separated from text. READ MORE
Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 133630
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression... READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 133686
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2017. large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. his is an exhibition catalogue featuring the early history of Western medicine, held at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Library from 10 February through 30 April 2017. The catalogue explores twenty centuries of medical history as illustrated by a broad selection of archaeological artifacts; Graeco-Roman, Islamic, and Medieval manuscripts; and early printed books. It includes five... READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 133687
Cambridge, MA: Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, 1918-28. 4to. half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. 205+(1) pages. Volume 79, Part 1, 2 (1926), and 3 (1928). Observations of 323 variable stars from 1911 to 1916. Each part with a preface by directors Edward C. Pickering and Harlow Shapley. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133620
London, England: Strangeways and Walden, 1871. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 54 pages. A general index to Vols. 1-38. Covers slightly chipped at edges, and tanned. Final page of text torn at top fore-edge corner. READ MORE
Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 133591
London, England: The Royal Astronomical Society, 1915. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 14 pages. A general index, errata. Covers slightly tanned near edges. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 133593
Worcester, MA: Dorr, Howland & Co., 1835. 16mo. marbled paper-covered boards. 144 pages. Rinderknecht 35408. Fifth edition. Dedication, preface, table of contents, introduction, glossary of astronomical terms, appendices. This edition "improved" by the addition of problems in practical astronomy by E. Davis. Foldout frontispiece illustration of the solar system. Charts and illustrations in text. Front cover separated. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Foxing. READ MORE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 133617
New York, NY: Guy Mayer Gallery, 1939. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Checklist of works at the exhibition, with biographical sketch of Baldridge. Illustration on front cover. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133634
Philadelphia, PA: Collins, 1877. 4to. stiff paper wrappers bound in paper-covered boards. 33+(1) pages. Second edition. Preface. A discussion of industry in Philadelphia, with charts and tables. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 133639
New York, NY: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1938. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition of American bookmaking with descriptive information and illustration of each item. Lists of designers, printers, and binders. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133628
(Joppe, Netherlands: K. Frigge, 1997). tall large 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 3-90, (2) pages. Limited to 415 copies, including 370 in this binding. In this illustrated handbook expert bookbinder Karli Frigge explains two methods of binding in leather based on sewing the gatherings onto leather thongs, which are in turn drawn through boards. With 75 drawings; "intended for advanced bookbinders." Some of the processes illustrated (making a headcap, backing a spine, making a hollow... READ MORE
Price: $58.00 other currencies Order nr. 53163
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2015. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 442 pages. Six authors writing on seven topics. This collection of essays, published as the second volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship in the history of the book. Fully illustrated in color, with additional images on accompanying DVD. The essays included are: Cathleen A. Baker - Examination and Image-Capturing Techniques Thomas... READ MORE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 125274
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 707 pages. Research into the history of the book and bookbinding makes our historical bindings relevant again and makes them better company. Studying and understanding and identifying and describing give us more information to consider when we must make decisions about our historical books. Accumulating this information most affects our great institutional collections, and to an extent, private collections, because the custodians of those... READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 132198
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2018. 8vo. softcover. 707 pages. Research into the history of the book and bookbinding makes our historical bindings relevant again and makes them better company. Studying and understanding and identifying and describing give us more information to consider when we must make decisions about our historical books. Accumulating this information most affects our great institutional collections, and to an extent, private collections, because the custodians of those collections have... READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 132335
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2016. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 350 pages. This collection of essays, published as the third volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship in the history of books. Erin Albritton & Christina Amato, A Study of Two Semi-Limp Parchment Binding Styles in the Rare Book Collection at The New York Academy of Medicine Library Ruth Bardenstein, Historical... READ MORE
Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 132197
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 350 pages. The six essays in this volume are: Ashley Cataldo: Catalog of the Finishing Tools of the Eighteenth-Century Binder Henry Bilson Legge Jana Dambrogio: Tricketts Tickets Gary Frost: Book Interventions: Books Remade by Use Marieka Kaye: Diamond in the Rough: A Study of Kelmscott Quarter-Holland Bindings Emily Martin and Alice Austin: Book Theater: The History of the Tunnel Book Roger Williams: Scaleboard Wood... READ MORE
Price: $80.00 other currencies Order nr. 132192
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2017. 4to. paper wrappers. 350 pages. The six essays in this volume are: Ashley Cataldo: Catalog of the Finishing Tools of the Eighteenth-Century Binder Henry Bilson Legge Jana Dambrogio: Tricketts Tickets Gary Frost: Book Interventions: Books Remade by Use Marieka Kaye: Diamond in the Rough: A Study of Kelmscott Quarter-Holland Bindings Emily Martin and Alice Austin: Book Theater: The History of the Tunnel Book Roger Williams: Scaleboard Wood and... READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 132193
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 464 pages. The eight authors in this volume are: Lydia Aitkenhead; Ruth Bardenstein; Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson; Bexx Caswell and Patrick Olson; Peter Geraty; Kathleen Kiefer, Barbara Korbel, and Eva-Maria Schuchardt; Todd Pattison and Graham Patten; and Karin Scheper. Two canvas samples are also included. READ MORE
Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 133683
(London, England: The Royal Society, 1748). 8vo. disbound, all edges uncut. 48 pages. DNB IOI, 1074-9. First printing of Bradley's "great discovery" of the oscillation of the earth's axis due to the gravitational pull of the moon. Bradley (1693-1762) held the title of Astronomer Royal. In 1748, he presented his findings in a long letter to his patron, the Earl of Macclesfield, which was read at a meeting of the Royal Society on February 14... READ MORE
Price: $1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 133622
New York, NY: R.H. Russell, 1898. 8vo. silver-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (iv), 125+(1) pages. Author's note precedes text. Frontispiece and black and white plates in text. Typography and decoration by Will Bradley (Bambace A38). Edges of covers slightly rubbed and scuffed.. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 133655
New York, NY: R.H. Russell, 1898. 8vo. silver-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (iv), 125+(1) pages. Author's note precedes text. Frontispiece and black and white plates in text. Typography and decoration by Will Bradley (Bambace A38). Covers partly sunned. Title separated from text. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 133656
Philadelphia, PA: George W. Childs, 1862. 8vo. embossed cloth. 458, (8) pages. Preface, table of contents. Advertisements of other works by the publisher follow text. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Engraved black and white illustrations. Spine sunned. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 133642
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2019. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spines. 2 vol.: xi, 610 pages; xxxviii, 565 pages. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. With the publication in 2019 of The Nineteenth Century volumes... READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 133665
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000-2019. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper covers, title labels on spines. 656, 818, 620, 606 pages. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. In May 2000, volume I, The Twentieth Century A-L, was published, and in... READ MORE
Price: $430.00 other currencies Order nr. 133666
London, England: Sotheby's, 2011. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Auction, July 14, 2011. 159 lots. Table of contents, index. Mainly children's books and illustrations. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133648
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