(Printing).

FITTING TYPE TO COPY BY THE CHARACTER COUNT METHOD.

Brooklyn: Intertype Co., n.d. (c.1940). large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper covers. (16) pages. Tables for calculating characters/line in a given size of 70 Intertype faces for a line length from 10-30 picas. Cover title: The Intertype Ready Reckoner. With a general table for other faces where alphabet length is known. Undated, late 30's to around 1940. READ MORE about FITTING TYPE TO COPY BY THE CHARACTER COUNT METHOD

Price: $14.00 save 50% $7.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50898

(Printing).

THE MAKE-UP & CORRECTION OF FILMSET MATTER PREPARATORY TO PRINTING.

Salfords: Monotype Corporation, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. A brief manual. Includes glossary. A near fine copy. READ MORE about THE MAKE-UP & CORRECTION OF FILMSET MATTER PREPARATORY TO PRINTING

Price: $12.00 save 50% $6.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51039

(Private Press).

STAMPATORI TORCHI LIBRI, 1895-1996.

Verona, Italy: Biblioteca Civica di Verona, 1996. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First edition. An exhibition catalogue devoted to the history of fine printing with a large number of English and American examples. Annotated descriptions describe 31 items. Lists works by Plain Wrapper Press and Doves Press. Illustrated. READ MORE about STAMPATORI TORCHI LIBRI, 1895-1996

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(Ransome, Arthur). Hammond, Wayne G.

ARTHUR RANSOME: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 388 pages. First edition. The first comprehensive bibliography on the famous twentieth-century author. It details all titles he wrote and to which he contributed. It also cites more than 1500 contributions by Ransome to newspapers and magazines, including his controversial reports from Russia during the first World War and the rise of the Bolsheviks. This work has been eagerly awaited by Ransome's many fans and..... READ MORE about ARTHUR RANSOME: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Rendle, Ellen.

GHOSTS OF MARKET STREET: MERCHANTS OF YESTERYEAR.

Wilmington: The Cedar Tree Press, (1998). 8vo. cloth. x, 78 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. This copy is out of series. Filled with illustrations of the merchants of Wilmington, Delaware. READ MORE about GHOSTS OF MARKET STREET: MERCHANTS OF YESTERYEAR

Price: $12.00 save 50% $6.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57932

Roberts, Warren.

TWENTIETH CENTURY RESEARCH MATERIALS, A DECADE OF LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION.

Austin: Humanities Research Center, (1972). 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 19+(1) pages. I.e. at the University of Texas at Austin. Illustrations. A near fine copy. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY RESEARCH MATERIALS, A DECADE OF LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION

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(Rosenthal, Bernard). Rosenthal, Bernard M.

THE ROSENTHAL COLLECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS WITH MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS.

New Haven: Yale University, 1997. 4to. cloth. 392 pages. A catalog of the remarkable collection formed by Bernard M. Rosenthal, acquired by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University in 1995. In fine condition. This is a collection of 160 volumes containing 242 editions, mainly 15th and 16th century, that bear manuscript annotations. Illustrated. Includes index of owners and annotators and a bibliography. READ MORE about THE ROSENTHAL COLLECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS WITH MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS

Price: $76.00 save 50% $38.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56617

Sans, Don Francisco De Bofarull Y.

ANIMALS IN WATERMARKS.

Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1959. 4to. quarter leatherette, patterned paper. 66 pages followed by reproductions of 800 watermarks. First edition in English, limited to 600 copies. An extra publication of the Society. READ MORE about ANIMALS IN WATERMARKS

Price: $20.00 save 50% $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70703

(Schongauer, Martin). Lehrs, Max.

KATALOG DER KUPFERSTICHE MARTIN SCHONGAURERS.

Wien: Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, 1925. small 4to. cloth. (ii), 408, (2) pages, with illustrations. First edition. Volume 5 from the important series: Geschichte und Kritischer Katalogue des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. Martin Schongauer (1450-1491), is thought to be one of the most important and innovative early printmakers. Includes a biography of the artist and a detailed catalogue of the printmaker's work, and later copies. With illustrations of the various watermarks..... READ MORE about KATALOG DER KUPFERSTICHE MARTIN SCHONGAURERS

Price: $98.00 save 50% $49.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76037

(Shakespeare, William). Schoenbaum, S.

SHAKESPEARE, THE GLOBE AND THE WORLD.

New York: Oxford University Press / Folger Shakespeare Library, 1979. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 208 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition: Life, times and works of Shakespeare, with contemporary woodcuts and engravings, photos of early editions, pictures of famous Shakespearean actors, etc. Index. A fine copy. READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE, THE GLOBE AND THE WORLD

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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). cloth. 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. paperback. 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 Lady Charlotte..... READ MORE about SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF...

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(Siebert, Frank T.).

FRANK T. SIEBERT LIBRARY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. PART I & II.

2 volumes.
New York: Sotheby's, 1999. small 4to. cloth, paper cover labels. 370,(2); 394,(2) pages. 2 volumes. 1,080 lots described with the greatest of detail. A near fine set. Textblock shaken. Author index in the back of volume two. Illustrated throughout including many in color. Contains a two page biography of Siebert by Bailey Bishop. This sale is a must for any reference collection on Americana and will take its place with the Streeter sale as in..... READ MORE about FRANK T. SIEBERT LIBRARY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. PART I & II

Price: $28.00 save 50% $14.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57781