Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1971. 4to. paper wrappers. 96 pages. On profitability, structural changes, and audiovisual media in bookselling. Wrappers creased and yellowed. READ MORE about RENTABILITAT, STRUKTURWANDEL, AUDIOVISION IM BUCHHANDEL
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Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1974. square 12mo. paper wrappers. 68 pages, with 8 additional leaves of illustrations. Fifth edition. On the organization, publications, and activities of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. READ MORE about BORSENVEREIN DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS, ORGANISATION--AUFGABEN--TATIGK
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Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxi, 122 pages. Published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Gives a 300 year history of the settlement and relationship of the French in the Western Hemisphere. With a descriptive bibliography of the 133 rare books from the Library's exhibition. Illustrated. READ MORE about LES NOUVELLES FRANCES, FRANCE IN AMERICA, 1500-1815, AN IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE
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Charlottesville: University of Virginia Library, 1974. square 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. Printed in an edition of 750 copies. A exhibition and keepsake which was part of a tribute from the University and his colleagues offered to Fredson Bowers on the eve of his graduation to emeritus activities after 37 years of teaching. Includes an Academic Chronology, a collection of photographs of his life and two title pages of books he published. READ MORE about A KEEPSAKE TO HONOR FREDSON BOWERS
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New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 624 pages. First edition. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs's history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING
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München: F. Bruckmann, 1958. tall 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 157, (3) pages. A look back at 100 years of this German publisher (1858-1958). With many illustrations, some in color, of books and people from the firm's history. Jacket slightly torn at top edge. READ MORE about 100 JAHRE BRUCKMANN
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Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2011. 7 x 9 inches. cloth, in slipcase. 266 pages. This book by papyrologist Scott Bucking is about a 7th century Sahidic Coptic manuscript including a syllabary and simple text indicating its use for elementary instruction in a monastery. The text provides a papyrological description of the manuscript, with historical and social context, and discusses current issues in papyrology relating to papyri as archaeological objects. With a 61-page color facsimile..... READ MORE about PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT
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Venezia: n.p., n.d. (circa 1967). 8vo. paper wrappers. pp. 11-17. Offprint from the proceedings of the 5th Congress of the International Bibliophiles. A lecture given by Herbert Cahoon on the American collectors of autograph manuscripts. READ MORE about SOME NOTES ON AMERICAN COLLECTORS OF AUTOGRAPH MAUSCRIPTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY
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Cambridge: The Harvard College Library, 1997. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxiii, (i), 127+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 2500 copies at The Stinehour Press. A fine copy. This catalogue describes the collection of printed manuals for the teaching of lettering and handwriting acquired by Philip Hofer for the Harvard College Library. Included are all of the pre-1800 printed writing manuals given or bequeathed by Hofer to the Department and all of those..... READ MORE about THE PRACTICE OF LETTERS
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Norman, OK: Calligraphy Review Editions, 1990. 8vo. paper wrappers. 118, (2) pages. Illustrated exhibition catalogue; reproduces at least one work from each participating artist. READ MORE about LETTERS, LINES, IMAGES, INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHY
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An Exhibition of Fifteen Canadian Rarities in the Clements Library.
Ann Arbor: Clements Library, 1949. small 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. Frontispiece; 11 pages. An Exhibition of Fifteen Canadian Rarities in the Clements Library. Limited to 425 copies. Non-print items or collections, mostly manuscripts. Annotated. Somewhat soiled. READ MORE about UNIQUE CANADIANA
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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 2021. 12.375 x 9 inches. light gray Japanese cloth with front covers stamped in gold, with illustrated endpapers. 2 vol.: [xiii], 622, [2]; [6], 623-1252, [2]. The Comprehensive Index volumes cover all 20,082 descriptive entries published in the previous six volumes, all well illustrated: Twentieth Century (2 vol.: 12,403 entries, v.1 issued in 2000 and v.2 issued in 2003), Nineteenth Century (2 vol.: 6,370 entries, issued in 2019) and..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX
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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. "Turn to any page of the recently published, two-volume, folio-size Catalog of the Cotsen Children's Library: The Nineteenth Century -- say, page 24 of volume II -- and the bibliographical detail accompanying each entry and illustration are case studies in thoroughness. In my case, page 24 reveals..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II
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Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2020. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. Blue Japanese cloth with gilt-stamping, spine labels. 2 vols: xli, 258; xxxvii, 2, [260]. 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 2020 of The Pre-1801 volumes I (A-K) and II (L-Z), the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE PRE-1801 IMPRINTS, (VOLS. I & II
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Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000-2003. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper covers, title labels on spines. 656, 818 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. Complete, this catalogue describes that portion of the non-circulating collection of printed books which the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS I & II
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Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spine. 656 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. Four volumes of the catalogue have been completed thus far. In May 2000, volume I, The..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, A-L (VOL. I
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Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2003. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spine. 818 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. Four volumes of the catalogue have been completed thus far. In May 2000, volume I, The..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, M-Z (VOL. II
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Three volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. 8vo. cloth. viii,402,(1); (iv),380,(3); xvi,561,(1),ix pages. Three volumes. Reprint of the original edition published in three volumes between 1895 and 1904. (Besterman 1197). Minor soiling to covers and spines, else a very good set. These books serve as a complete critical bibliography of the works of Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. Included are references to essays and criticism on Cervantes, along with iconography and other books in honor of the author..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA CRITICA DE LAS OBRAS DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
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Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about A CHRONICLE OF BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE AND A SELECTED LIST OF RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE OSBORNE...
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N.P. American Antiquarian Society, 1972. tall 8vo. cloth. lxvi, 516 pages. First edition. Full descriptions of over 1000 books. Excellent reference tool. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821
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(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino, n.d. but circa 1997). thick 8vo. cloth. xxvi, 1247 pages. Reprint of the sixth and best edition of this bibliography of French eighteenth-century illustrated books which was revised and enlarged by Seymour Dericci. A near fine copy. Originally published in Paris by Librairie A. Rouquette in 1912. READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A GRAVURES DU XVIII SIECLE
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Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. The Chinese holdings of the Cotsen Children's Library consist of more than 35,000 items from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The collection comprises the entire range of printed matter a child might encounter in his or her daily life. Primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks, dictionaries, supplementary readers, wall posters and slides from the school classroom, comic..... READ MORE about VIRTUE BY DESIGN: ILLUSTRATED CHINESE CHILDRENS BOOKS FROM THE COTSEN CHILDRENS LIBRARY
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1979. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 98 pages. Non-statistical discussion. Appended are results of an ALA survey. READ MORE about READING IN AMERICA 1978. Selected Findings of the Book Industry Study Group's 1978 Study of...
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New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 13+(1) pages. First edition. A brief guide to the care of family papers. Includes sections on paper and ink, causes of paper deterioration, proper home storage, organization, display, and bibliography. Published as part of the Preservation Guide Series. READ MORE about FAMILY PAPERS
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Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1962. 8vo. cloth. vii, 516, (4) pages. Reprint of the first edition (Besterman p.5102). A near fine copy. Bibliography of the books printed by this early Paris printer. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES EDITIONS DE SIMON DE COLINES, 1520-1546
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