Pollard, A.W. & G.R. Redgrave.

SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND.

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1986. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. liii, 620 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged; begun by W.A. Jackson & F.S. Ferguson. Completed by Katharine F. Pantzer. Volume One only of this three volume set. In print at $350. Jacket chipped and lightly soiled. Else near-fine. READ MORE about SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND

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Pollard, A.W. & G.R. Redgrave.

A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND.

3 volumes.
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1986, 1976, 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket on volumes one and three only. liii,620; xi,494; xix,405 pages. 3 volumes. Second edition, revised and enlarged; begun by W.A. Jackson & F.S. Ferguson. Completed by Katharine F. Pantzer. The third volume is a printers' and publishers' index, other indexes and appendices etc. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND

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Pollard, M.

A DICTIONARY OF MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN BOOK TRADE, 1550-1800, BASED ON RECORDS OF THE GUILD OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST.

London: Bibliographical Society, 2000. 8vo. cloth. xlviii, 675+(1) pages. A listing of 2190 booksellers, printers, peddlers and binders active in Dublin from 1550 to 1800 that provides a chronological account of an individual's working life with documentation for each statement made. A fine copy. With lists of related trades such as auctioneers, cardmakers, engravers, print & map sellers, paper, ink, and tool makers following the text. Illustrated with contemporary maps of Dublin from 1728, 1757..... READ MORE about A DICTIONARY OF MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN BOOK TRADE, 1550-1800, BASED ON RECORDS OF THE GUILD OF ST....

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(Printing).

SOUVENIR OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND.

Leeds: The Electric Press, 1906. 8vo. green cloth stamped in black, light green and gilt, top edge gilt. (xi), 70, (2) pages. Program of the 6th annual meeting held in Leeds, May 25th to 29th, 1906, with essays on printing. With black-and-white illustrations. Inscribed "With the compliments of M. Pritchard (?), 20-11-54, The Campfield Press, St. Calbans (?)". Corners bumped, cover lightly soiled, edges soiled. With bookplate of British Federation of Master Printers, and the..... READ MORE about SOUVENIR OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES OF...

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(Shakespeare, William). Evans, G. Blakemore (editor).

SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Vol. VI. Part i INTRODUCTION TO THE SMOCK ALLEY OTHELLO and Part ii TEXT OF THE SMOCK ALLEY OTHELLO.

2 volumes bound in 1.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1980. 4to. quarter cloth, paper cover and spine labels. (iv),36; (1) page followed by a 23 page facsimile. 2 volumes bound in 1. From the Smock Alley Theatre of Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, and collations. READ MORE about SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Vol. VI. Part i INTRODUCTION TO THE SMOCK...

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Shefrin, Jill.

THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2009. 9.5 x 12.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 522 pages. Winner of the Justin G. Schiller Prize (Bibliographical Society of America) and the F.J. Harvey Darton Award (Children's Books History Society). Nominated for the International Bibliographical Prize (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). Catalogue of alphabets tiles, battledores, block puzzles, cards, jigsaw puzzles, educational aids, board games, maps, map samplers, pictures sheets, scrolls and writing sheets published by the Darton firms..... READ MORE about THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A...

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Shefrin, Jill.

NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY: JOHN SPILSBURY AND EARLY DISSECTED PUZZLES.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...

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Shefrin, Jill.

SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF GEORGE III.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2003. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between..... READ MORE about SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF...

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Sinker, Robert.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE LIBRARIANS OF TRINITY COLLEGE ON SIR EDWARD STANHOPE'S FOUNDATION.

Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1897. 8vo. original paper wrappers. xii, (ii), 86 pages. Biographical notes on the 30 librarians in Trinity College's history starting with William Hicks (1609). Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Octavo Publication XXIX. Light chipping around edges and a spot at the top of the front cover. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE LIBRARIANS OF TRINITY COLLEGE ON SIR EDWARD STANHOPE'S FOUNDATION

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Sproat, Thos. (Compiler).

THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS & AUXILIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND 1880-1930.

Jubilee Souvenir.
(Manchester: Cooperative Printing Society), 1930. 8vo. flexible paper-covered boards, decorated endpapers. ix, 92 pages. Jubilee Souvenir. Commerates the 50th anniversary of the Society, a trade union of employees in the printing industry. Compiler was General Secretary of the union. Letter of congratulations from Prime Minister J. Ramsay McDonald (the first Labour Prime Minister), along with similar letters from other organizations of printers. Foreword by Rt. Hon. C.W. Bowerman, M.P. Historical summary of the Society. Includes..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS & AUXILIARIES OF...

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Sweeney, James Johnson.

MANUSCRITOS IRLANDESES PRIMITIVOS.

Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Hermes, (1965). 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. First printing. Published in collaboration with UNESCO. Index, bibliography. 28 color plates of Irish manuscripts. READ MORE about MANUSCRITOS IRLANDESES PRIMITIVOS

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Todd, James Henthorn.

REMARKS ON ILLUMINATIONS IN SOME IRISH BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS.

N.P. n.p., n.d. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages and 4 separate plates. Vestutal Monumenta, Vol. VI. Part of a series of antiquarian papers published between 1718 and 1906. Plates XLIII-XLVI of medieval Irish manuscripts. Includes color illustrations from the Book of Kells, Garland of Howth and the Psalter of Ricemarth. Author was a Fellow of Trinity College and Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Dublin. Author's essay includes general descriptive information, in..... READ MORE about REMARKS ON ILLUMINATIONS IN SOME IRISH BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS

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Tompkinson, G.S.

A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINCIPAL MODERN PRESSES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

With introduction by B. H. Newdigate.
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1975. 8vo. vinyl covering. xxvi, 238 pages. With introduction by B. H. Newdigate. Reprint of the 1928 first edition. Near fine condition. Bookplate on front pastedown of Robert Wayne Stilwell. With much biographical information. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINCIPAL MODERN PRESSES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND...

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