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(Adagio Press). Ruskin, John.

THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31 AUGUST 1857. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY NORMAN H. STROUSE AND FIVE PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADELE BICHAN. CONTEMPTIBLE HORSE.

Harper Woods, MI: Adagio: the Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr, 1962. 8vo. quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards. xix, 23-43, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 365 copies of which this is one of the 280 copies printed by hand on handmade Fabriano paper. Second production of this private press. The text of John Ruskin's letter to `My Dear Tinie'. Sharp satire on British industrialization. Presentation from Norman Strouse on front free endpaper. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31...

Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 20288

Aldington, Richard.

IMAGES.

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 about IMAGES.

Price: $40.00 save 50% $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 133630

Alvarez, Pablo.

ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES FOR COMPOSITORS [MADRID: CA. 1680].

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 on... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...

Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 133686

Alvarez, Pablo.

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HEALING: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 essays... READ MORE about THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HEALING: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE.

Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 133687

(Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy).

CYRUS LEROY BALDRIDGE: WOOD-BLOCKS AND DRY-POINTS.

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 about CYRUS LEROY BALDRIDGE: WOOD-BLOCKS AND DRY-POINTS.

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133634

Bigelow, Charles, Paul Hayden, and Linnea Gentry (Editors).

FINE PRINT ON TYPE. THE BEST OF FINE PRINT MAGAZINE ON TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY.

San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust-jacket. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. Review copy with material inserted. READ MORE about FINE PRINT ON TYPE. THE BEST OF FINE PRINT MAGAZINE ON TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY.

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 23196

Blodget, Lorin.

THE INDUSTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA AS SHOWN IN THE MANUFACTURING CENSUS OF 1870.

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 about THE INDUSTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA AS SHOWN IN THE MANUFACTURING CENSUS OF 1870.

Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 133639

(Book Design).

FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR.

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 about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR.

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133628

(Bookbinding). Frigge, Karli.

LEATHER BOOKS, AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK.

(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 about LEATHER BOOKS, AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK.

Price: $58.00 other currencies Order nr. 53163

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia (editor).

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 2.

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 about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 2

Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 125274

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2010. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 528 pages, 374 illustrations. Books Will Speak Plain is published at a time when the historical book is at risk of being ignored, put away, and forgotten. This handbook combines an overview of the history of the codex with basic information about many of the materials and structures found on historical bindings. The book also includes description-survey guidelines and is supported by a variety of... READ MORE about BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS

Price: $80.00 other currencies Order nr. 106900

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 collections... READ MORE about MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 132198

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 often... READ MORE about MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 132335

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 3.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 Bindings... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 3.

Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 132197

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 4.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 and... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 4.

Price: $80.00 other currencies Order nr. 132192

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 4.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 Potential Loss Replacement. READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 4.

Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 132193

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 5.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 5.

Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 133683

(Bookbinding). Thompson, Lawrence S.

KURZE GESCHICHTE DER HANDBUCHBINDEREI IN DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON AMERIKA.

Stuttgart: Max Hettler, (1955). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages followed by 32 full-page plates. S-K 3611. First edition. (Brenni no.1221). A study of American binding during the 20th century with emphasis on the Club Bindery (8 plates), Robert Lunow, Harold Tribolet, Peter Franck, Hope Weil, George Baer and others. READ MORE about KURZE GESCHICHTE DER HANDBUCHBINDEREI IN DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON AMERIKA.

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 38703

(Bradley, Will). Hope, Anthony.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY URSALA.

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 about THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY URSALA.

Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 133655

(Bradley, Will). Hope, Anthony.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY URSALA.

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 about THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY URSALA.

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 133656

Brownlow, W.G.

SKETCHES OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND DECLINE OF SECESSION; WITH A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURES AMONG THE REBELS.

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 about SKETCHES OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND DECLINE OF SECESSION; WITH A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURES...

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 133642

CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II).

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 about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II)

Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 133665

CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS. I & II) AND THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (VOLS I & II).

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 about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS. I & II) AND THE...

Price: $430.00 other currencies Order nr. 133666

(Children's Books).

ENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

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 about ENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133648

Cohen, Charles J.

THE ORIGINS OF CARPENTERS HALL PHILADELPHIA WITH INCIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

(Philadelphia, PA): Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1917. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. A history of Carpenters' Hall, site of the First Continental Congress and home of the Carpenters' Company. Covers stained. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF CARPENTERS HALL PHILADELPHIA WITH INCIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 133640

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