Austin: Univ. of Texas, (1970). thin 8vo. boards. 29 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. The first annual Lew David Feldman Lecture in Bibliography. READ MORE about THE PERMANENCE OF JOHANN GUTENBERG
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London, New York, Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, (1911). 8vo. rebound in later green cloth. (2), frontis, [4 (1 blank)], vii-ix, [1 (blank)], 296 pages.; 4 plates (including fontis). First edition. Lacks the 16-page catalogue of Hodder & Staughton publications. Rebound in neat green cloth. Occasional faint spots of foxing and minor bumping to several page edges. Frontispiece lacks tissue guard. Overall very good. Contents are otherwise unmarked, tightly bound. 4 color illustrations, including a color..... READ MORE about RED EVE
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New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. 8vo. original red cloth. 335 pages. First American edition. Front gutter cracked. Some minor wear to covers. Soiling to boards. Some occasional foxing and tears to textblock. Exlibris bookplate on front free endpaper. From the Author's Note, "Mr. Allan Quatermain's story of the wicked and fascinating Mameena, a kind of Zulu Helen, has, it should be stated, a broad foundation in historical fact." B&W and color illustrations. From..... READ MORE about CHILD OF STORM
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Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation, n.d. small 8vo. 6 page foldout. Travel guide to the beginning of the du Pont business in America. READ MORE about HAGLEY MUSEUM
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Wilmington: The Middle Atlantic Press, (1987). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 218, (2) pages. First edition. Issued by the Delaware Heritage Commission. Illustrated. Near-fine condition. READ MORE about DELAWARE, TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO: 1780-1800
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Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. 8vo. original light brown cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in dark brown. 262, (2) pages. First edition. A novel placed in Delaware by this Delaware author. Has an advertisement for his ELFLORA as the last leaf. Ownership inscription on front pastedown in pencil. Light soiling to spine, else near fine. READ MORE about THE FATE OF MARCEL
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New York: Vantage Press, (1994). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 223 pages. First edition. Foreword by John A. Munroe. Harrington became chief justice and chancellor of the state of Delaware. He was also a leader in the abolitionist movement during the Civil War. READ MORE about SAMUEL MAXWELL HARRINGTON, A PIONEER JUDGE
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Bruxelles: Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1er, 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 75, (2) pages. First edition. Liebaers, chief librarian of the Royal Library of Belgium, edited this handsome tribute to the work of engraver and type designer Sem Hartz. Friends and colleagues of Hartz contributed eight essays, some in French, some in English, to this collection, well-illustrated throughout with reproductions of his fonts, offsets and engravings. Elegantly printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in Lutetia type..... READ MORE about S.L. HARTZ DANS LE MONDE GRAPHIQUE, PUBLIÉ À L'OCCASION DE L'EXPOSITION DE SON OEUVRE...
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N.P. Historical Society of Delaware, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 247-308 pages. B2-737. Being the entire issue of Delaware History, Volume XII, No.4, October, 1967. With illustrations. Biographical sketches accompanied by lists of references. READ MORE about DELAWARE SILVERSMITHS, 1700-1850
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New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 221 pages. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY
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Wilmington: The Middle Atlantic Press, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 215+(1) pages. First edition. A Delaware Heritage Commission book. Illustrated history of Delaware written for juveniles. READ MORE about DELAWARE, THE FIRST STATE
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Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1980. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83 pages. Italian involvement with the Americas before 1800 was much more extensive than is usually realized. Columbus's voyates were but the first of a long series of interrelationships. 127 items with full descriptions showing the Italian contribution to America from 1492 to 1800. Explorers, superb map makers, political thinkers, travelers, physicians, scientists, translators are among the figures represented here. Many excellent illustrations, especially..... READ MORE about THE ITALIANS AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA; AN EXHIBITION AT THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
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Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn.
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. 8vo. red pictorial cloth. 222 pages. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn. First edition. BAL 9748. Lacking the dust jacket. Near fine. With black & white illustrations. READ MORE about THE FLIGHT OF PONY BAKER: A BOY'S TOWN STORY
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Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. 8vo. brown cloth stamped in gold. 395 pages. First edition. BAL 9624. Light general wear, spine bottom worn with some loss, front and back free endpapers lacking. Hinges cracked. READ MORE about INDIAN SUMMER
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. 401, 464 pages. First edition (BAL 9726). Chipping to the spine ends of the dust jackets, minor shelfwear, else a fine set with near fine jackets. Presumed first state with signature M not marked in volume two. Illustrated edition. READ MORE about THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY
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With a Foreword by Aldous Huxley.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1961. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 150 pages. With a Foreword by Aldous Huxley. First bibliography to contain a list of works about Huxley. Best bibliography to-date. Jacket very rubbed with soiling. READ MORE about ALDOUS HUXLEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1916-1959
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Bloomington: The Lilly Library, (1966). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 94 pages. Introduction by William Cagle and Cecil K. Byrd. Illustrated. Slightly faded. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS, AN EXHIBIT COMMEMORATING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF INDIANA STATEHOOD
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Edited by Geoffrey Crayon.
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1849. 8vo. Illustrated blind-stamped green cloth, decorative leather spine label, gilt spine title. 374, (6) pages. Edited by Geoffrey Crayon. First edition. BAL 10170. Rebacked with part of original spine laid down. Minor soiling to cloth boards. Foxing throughout. With, "Sarah Willis's Book," in ink on front free endpapers. READ MORE about A BOOK OF THE HUDSON: COLLECTED FROM THE VARIOUS WORKS OF DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER
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Philadelphia, London: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1913. small 4to. original blut cloth with onlaid illustrated plate on upper cover. 235 pages. First edition thus. With laid in front panel from the dustjacket. A fine copy. Illustrated in colour with 9 full-page plates by George Hood. READ MORE about TALES FROM WASHINGTON IRVING'S TRAVELLER
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Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1950. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Second, revised edition. The Bibliothèque Nationale sponsored this exhibition of over 450 Italian books from the 4th-16th centuries. Each century is divided according to Italian regions (Lombardy, Toscany, etc). A section is devoted specifically to book bindings as well. Illustrated in black & white. Front cover detached; spine covering worn. READ MORE about TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES D'ITALIE IVe-XVIe SIÈCLES
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Wilmington: Captain Stanislaus Mlotkowski Memorial Brigade Society, (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 172 pages. First edition. Biography of this Civil War soldier. With information on Fort Delaware. Near fine. READ MORE about PILLS, PEN & POLITICS, THE STORY OF GENERAL LEON JASTREMSKI, 1843-1907
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New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and Cedar Tree Books, 1999. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 303+(1) pages. First edition. This long-awaited biography brings to life the remarkable printer, politician and sage, Everett Johnson. Inspired by the work of Elbert Hubbard's Roycrofters, Johnson established the indomitable Press of Kells in Newark, Delaware. The fortress-like stone building that became home to the "Newark Post" still stands, and as of 1999, this lively paper celebrates its..... READ MORE about PRESS, POLITICS AND PERSERVANCE, EVERETT C. JOHNSON AND THE PRESS OF KELLS
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Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 322 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling, reading habits and the impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of cultural history, a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the emphasis on patterns of..... READ MORE about PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA
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New York: The Grolier Club, 1995. 8vo. marbled stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 32, (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A catalogue for the exhibition held at the Grolier Club in 1995 to remind members of the 100th anniversary of the death of John Keats. Exhibited were manuscripts, early editions, portraits, and other memorabilia relating to the poet and his friends. There are 119 entries and is illustrated. READ MORE about JOHN KEATS BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
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(Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press, 1973). small 4to. cloth. 95+(1) pages. First edition. Lacking the slipcase, else a fine copy. Created to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Kingsport Press, this commemorative volume celebrates life and a mountain heritage that is rapidly vanishing from the southern Appalachians. The lovely color photography instantly transports the reader to the mountains of Tennessee by capturing both natural and man-made scenes. The final section is devoted to the history of..... READ MORE about A WAY OF LIFE / OUR HOME IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
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