Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1958. tall 8vo. cloth, slipcase. (vi), 77, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AN ACCOUNT, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
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Chicago: American Library Assoc. 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 128 pages. Articles by Wynne, Wolf, Peckham, Baughman, Alden, Storm, French and others. Near fine. READ MORE about RARE BOOK COLLECTIONS, SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR USE BY LIBRARIANS AND STUDENTS
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Chapel Hill, NC: Hanes Foundation, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 28, (2) pages. First edition. Printing of a lecture given by Nicolas Barker in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. The lecture was tenth in the Hanes Lecture Series. Presented by the Hanes Foundation for the study and the origin and development of the book. READ MORE about THE FUTURE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
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Devon, PA: Wm. T. Cooke Publishing Co., 1982. 8vo. cloth. viii, 323 pages. Foreword by John Tracy Ellis. READ MORE about CUTTING EDGE: LIFE OF THOMAS A. BECKER, FIRST CATHOLIC BISHOP OF WILMIN
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Marina del Rey, California: Bieler Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, sewn. 37 pages, A technical guide written and designed by Gerald Lange. Digitally set in Stone Print and laser-printed on recycled acid-free Crescent Crest Writing paper. READ MORE about PRINTING DIGITAL TYPE ON THE HAND-OPERATED FLATBED CYLINDER PRESS
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London: Monotype Corp. 1964. 8vo. paper wrappers. 29 pages plus a frontispiece and eight plates. First edition. (Appleton 346 for Morison). Prefatory note by Frank Francis, Stanley Morison and John Carter. Bound in archival boards. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about PRINTING AND DEMOCRACY
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London: Elliot Stock, 1898. small 8vo. original cloth. xliv, 244 pages. First edition. History followed by bibliographical list of known auctions. Still a very useful book. Part of the spine has chipped away. Else very good. READ MORE about BOOK AUCTIONS IN ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (1676-1700), WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE...
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Cincinnati: Ye Olde Printery, (1978). oblong 8vo. plastic fabric. 272 pages. S-K 7413. First edition. (Brenni no.175). Pictorial review of binding equipment including blank book equipment, edition binding equipment, etc. Index. Near fine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BINDERY EQUIPMENT
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 144 pages. First edition. With a foreword by Thorsten Sellin. Jacket lightly rubbed with a small crude tape repair. READ MORE about RED HANNAH, DELAWARE'S WHIPPING POST
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Tulsa, OK: The University of Tulsa, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Foreword by Sidney F. Huttner. Modern calligraphers. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about BEAUTIFUL WRITING, AN EXHIBITION IN THE JACK H. & TYBIE DAVIS SATIN RARE BOOK ROOM
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New York: National Assoc. of Book Publishers, 1931. thick 8vo. cloth. xiv, 337 pages. First edition. With 31 illustrations and charts. READ MORE about ECONOMIC SURVEY OF THE BOOK INDUSTRY, 1930-1931. FINAL REPORT
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Foreword by A. Edward Newton.
New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1966. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. lx, 355 pages. Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Reprint of the 1933 first edition (Fleck D.31.C.1b). Many illustrations. Plates in black and white. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOOKS IN HIS PRIVATE...
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Sandy Hook, CT: Chiswick Book Shop, n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue published by the Chiswick Book Shop of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Features works about the Typophiles.181 entries. Ownership name in ink on front cover. Near fine. READ MORE about CHISWICK BOOK SHOP
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(Wilmington: Delaware State Bar Association, 2008). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 341, (3) pages. Foreword by Helen L Winslow, Chair, History Commission and three page note by Rodman Ward, Jr. READ MORE about THE BENCH AND BAR OF DELAWARE, AS I KNEW THEM, FIFTY YEARS AGO
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New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, (1952). oblong small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound. 125, (17) pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about DESIGN WITH TYPE
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The1986 James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in American Culture at the American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. The1986 James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in American Culture at the American Antiquarian Society. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 96, Part 2, October 1986. Lecture on the history of the book, focusing on American literary history. READ MORE about IDEOLOGY AND GENRE: THE RISE OF THE NOVEL IN AMERICA
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Ottawa: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 162 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated history beginning with 1751 to the present. Number 3 in the Transformation Series. Fine condition. READ MORE about TECHNOLOGY AND CANADIAN PRINTING: A HISTORY FROM LEAD TYPE TO LASERS
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2 volumes.
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1989. thick 8vo. cloth. xliv,739; (vi),740-1413 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. A wonderful asset in the study of genealogy in Delaware. READ MORE about SOULS IN HEAVEN, NAMES IN STONE, KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, CEMETERY RECORDS
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Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1923. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xxi, iv, 161 pages. B1-3375. With information on Pierre Samuel du Pont's friendship with Thomas Jefferson including reprints of letters between them. Printed by "Craftsmen at Kells." READ MORE about NATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY DU PONT DE NEMOURS, TRANSLATED FROM THE...
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N.P. Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 332 pages. First edition. Lammot was partners with Henry du Pont and helped shape the du Pont company's growth. Fine condition. READ MORE about LAMMOT DU PONT AND THE AMERICAN EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY, 1850-1884
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(Wilmington: Brandywine Publishing Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth. (x), 392 pages. "Translated from the French with some additional paragraphs concerning the historical personages and the happenings mentioned therein, composed by the translator, Elise du Pont Elrick." Originally published in France by the Presses Universitaires de France under the title Du Pont de Nemours, Soldat de la Liberte.Fine condition. READ MORE about DU PONT DE NEMOURS, APOSTLE OF LIBERTY AND THE PROMISED LAND
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 316 pages. First edition. Biography of this Civil War admiral. READ MORE about DU PONT, THE MAKING OF AN ADMIRAL, A BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT
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Wilmington: E.E. du Pont de Nemours & Co., (1954). 8vo. cloth. (xii), 479 pages. Sesquicentennial edition, revised. Illustrated. READ MORE about BLASTERS' HANDBOOK, A MANUAL DESCRIBING EXPLOSIVES AND PRACTICAL METHO DS OF USING THEM
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Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc., (1978). thick 8vo. cloth. xvii, 574 pages. Reprint of the fourth edition. Excellent book. Near-fine. READ MORE about THE PRESS AND AMERICA, AN INTERPRETATIVE HISTORY OF THE MASS MEDIA
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1902. square 8vo. green cloth, top edge gilt. 448 pages. First edition. (Webber p.70). This particular copy is Daniel Updike's copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Part of the English Bookman's Library edited by Alfred Pollard. Information on over 70 English collectors. Illustrated. Covers rubbed and spine faded. Bookseller's ticket at bottom of front free endpaper. Exlibrary markings on spine. READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOK COLLECTORS
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