Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1928. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 214, (2) pages. Text in German. Includes 16 illustrations of authors and a directory of new books published between 1924 and 1927. Boards and spine soiled and scuffed. Staining on back board. Inscription of previous owner on front free endpaper. Pages tanned at edges. READ MORE about ALMANACH 1928
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. 2 volumes, hardcover, dust jacket. 1028 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. During the years of the Great Depression and the decades that followed, works of American regional writing became increasingly popular. The thirteen series highlighted in this book were published from 1938 to 1980 and contain 163 titles, providing a broad representation of series Americana published during this span. Taken together, the series constitute..... READ MORE about SERIES AMERICANA: POST DEPRESSION-ERA REGIONAL LITERATURE, 1938-1980, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY...
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N.P. Vincent Fitzgerald & Co., 1992. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 1500 copies. Published on the occasion of exhibitions in Munich and New York. Table of contents, essay by Donna Stein, introduction by Eleanor Garvey, forewords by Martha Wilson and Ursula Haeusgen. Selected bibliography. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE FIRST 26 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY VINCENT FITZGERALD & COMPANY FROM...
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardback, dust jacket. 238 pages. Written to mark Oak Knoll Press's thirtieth anniversary, Books about Books is a comprehensive history and bibliography of the press, from its beginning in 1978 through the fall of 2008. Bob Fleck, founder, owner, and president of the Press, tells the story of his adventures in publishing. Bob decided to leave the field of chemical engineering in 1976 to..... READ MORE about BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OAK KNOLL PRESS, 1978-2008
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Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1942. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 96 pages. Third edition. A guide to using books as a way to knowledge; sections on the book trade (publishing and bookselling), libraries, and bibliographies. Wrappers faded. Pages yellowed. Bookplate inside front wrapper. READ MORE about WEGE ZUM WISSEN, BUCH, BUCHHANDEL, BIBLIOTHEKEN, SCHRIFTUMSVERZEICHNUNG
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Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1907. 12mo. cloth. vi, 112, (2), 32 pages. Six speeches on the relationship of the book trade to literature, science, and art, given before the Deutsche Buchgewerbevereins by R. Focke, H. Hermelink, T. Kautzsch, H. Waentig, G. Witkowski, and R. Wuttke. READ MORE about DAS BUCHGEWERBE UND DIE KULTUR
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New York: Collier Books, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 453 pages. Reprint of 1975 first edition. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PUBLISHED IN PARIS, AMERICAN AND BRITISH WRITERS, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS IN PARIS, 1920-1939
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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1954. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition. Foreword by R. Hunter Middleton. Reminiscences by Forgue on the beginning and early days of his career in printing and publishing. READ MORE about POORER RICHARD, AN ALMANAC LONG AFTER FRANKLIN
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Modeno: S.T.E.M.-Mucchi, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxii, 435, (2) pages. First edition. A Catalogue giving descriptions of all works published by A.F. Formiggini between 1908 and 1938. Illustrated with four leaves of title pages reproductions. With an introduction by the authors. Includes bibliographical references and an index. All in Italian. READ MORE about ANNALI DELLE EDIZIONI FORMIGGINI (1908-1938
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Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, (1964). 8vo. cloth. xx, (2), 394 pages. First edition. With a special chapter devoted to the TYPOGRAPHIC ADVERTISER and THE PRINTER. Includes index, bibliography, and illustrations. Jacket chipped and torn at edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BUSINESS PRESS IN AMERICA, 1750-1865
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New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press & Werner Shaw Ltd., 1998. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 277 pages. First edition. Operating from Edinburgh and London, the firm, T. N. Foulis, published more than 400 titles during the period 1904-25. The vast majority of their books were produced to the most exacting of standards. In recent times, the hallmarks of a Foulis book in the form of colored buckram bindings, tipped-in color plates, the..... READ MORE about T.N. FOULIS, THE HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AN EDINBURGH PUBLISHING HOUSE
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New York: New York University Books, (1965). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 70 pages and 13 plates. First edition. First documentation of the inter-relation and introduction into England of the earliest European pornographic writings including notes on Venus in the Clister which was the subject of the case on which the English law of obscene libel was based. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about LIBERTINE LITERATURE IN ENGLAND, 1660-1745
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Lanzac: Le Point, 1986. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48, 16 pages. Reprint under the Pentagram Papers 13. Near fine. Exhibition catalogue with illustrations describing the underground printing and publishing houses in France during the Second World War. Inner hinge has tape repair.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about IMPRIMERIES CLANDESTINES
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In Books, Winter 1975, no.
London: National Book League, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37 pages. In Books, Winter 1975, no. The entire issue is devoted to articles on the French novel, French poetry, publishing in France and more. READ MORE about IN FRANCE
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N.P. (L'Association pour la Diffusion de la Pensee Franciase, 1947). 8vo. bound with the same title but dated 1937, quarter blue morocco over blue cloth with original wrappers bound-in. 248; 144 pages. Interesting look at what books were available to study in a wide variety of fields. The date of publication and current price is given. Boards are rubbed, with some tanning to the top edges. Corners are slightly bumped and worn. READ MORE about LIVRES FRANCAIS CHOISIS A L'INTENTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES ETRANGERES ET DES BIBLIOTHEQUES...
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Bern: Francke, 1981. 4to. paper wrappers. not paginated. Reproductions of documents from the firm's history. A few spots on half-title. READ MORE about 150 JAHRE FRANCKE
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Stuttgart: Franckh, n.d. (circa 1972). oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 4 leaves. A sketch of this German publisher on its 150th anniversary. Illustrated. READ MORE about 150 JAHRE FRANCKH'SCHE VERLAGSHANDLUN STUTTGART
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & Library Company of Philadelphia & The British Library, 2006. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 192 pages. Benjamin Franklin, Writer and Printer begins by focusing on Franklin's career as a printer, from his apprenticeship to his retirement in 1748, by which time he had created the largest printing business in colonial America. His success as a printer was based not only on his newspaper and the popular..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, WRITER AND PRINTER
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Minsk: B'ishzishaia Shkoda, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 187, (19) pages. Text in Belarussian. Skorina (c. 1485-c. 1540) was one of the first publishers in eastern Europe, born in Polotsk, Belarussia, studied in Krakow and Padua, and published in Prague and Vilnius. Many scholars attribute the development of modern Belarussian as a literary language to him. A collection of essays by various scholars focusing of Skorina and his historical context. Black and white illustrations throughout..... READ MORE about FRANTISISK SKARINA: BELORUSSKII GUMANIST PROSVETITEL' PERVOPECHATNIK (FRANTISISK SKARINA:...
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Riga: Neputns, 2014. 9 x 11 inches. paperback. 336 pages. Using over 700 color images of illustrated book covers and wrappers, this book presents a fascinating view of the remarkable, and as yet unheralded, creativity which characterized publishing and book design in Latvia between the World Wars. The majority of covers shown herein were made by artists or designers commissioned by publishers to attract potential buyers. It is through these illustrated covers and wrappers for..... READ MORE about PUBLISHING AND BOOK DESIGN IN LATVIA 1919 - 1940: A RE-DISCOVERY
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(København: Forlaget Fremad), 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. First edition. A history of the Fremad book seller/publisher on its 50th anniversary. Fremad was the first Danish publishing firm to co-operate in printing books on popular science as well as children's book with full color illustrations. In Danish with English summary. Illustrated. READ MORE about BOG OG PAPIRHANDELEN FREMAD A/S OG FORLAGET FREMAD A/S
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London: The Oak Tree Press, (1964). 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 185 pages. Sections on the making of books, the distribution of books and the contents of books. Illustrated. Bookplate. READ MORE about LITERATURE THROUGH THE AGES
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Bielefeld: F. Eilers, (1949). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 119+(1) pages. The story of how a book is produced, from the author's desk to the bookseller's window. Corners bumped. READ MORE about SO ENTSTEHT EIN BUCH
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N.P. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 1961. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 198 pages. A study of bookselling. Covers soiled. READ MORE about BUCH IN DER GEGENWART, EINE EMPIRISCH-SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UNTERSUCH
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. 8vo. boards. vii, 105 pages. Tributes from Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, Hugh Kenner and Frank H. Wardlaw followed by excerpts from Frugé's writing. Presentation to "Tommi" from Frugé on front free endpaper. READ MORE about AF, REFLECTIONS FROM A PUBLISHING CAREER, PREPARED BY HIS STAFF AND FRIENDS FOR AUGUST FRUGÉ ON...
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