(Newark): Broken Turtle Books, (2007). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 67 pages. First edition. "Bannowsky journeys from assembly-line dismemberment to redemption, from student agitator and autoworker to teacher, poet, and activist." READ MORE about AUTOPLANT, A POETIC MONOLOGUE. WITH AUTOPLANT POEMS
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Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.12, DEC., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: J. Fawcett on Thomas Malthus, A.S. Earle on 19th-century illustrated flower books, N.H. Marshall on Clement Moore, and R. Armstrong on the "state of the art book." ALSO: M. Atwood discusses storytelling (excerpt), B. Strubble takes a bibliophile tour of England, and the Bill Gates Library Foundation commits $200 million over the next 5 years to..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1999. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Volume 4, Number 2, Feb., 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: S. Stipes on the slave narratives of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs with a bibliography of other such narratives by C.L. Blockson, N.A. Basbanes on Tom Wolfe, I. Ungar and J.P. Ansell on the illuminator and anti-Nazi caricaturist Arthur Szyk, R. Meador on the Wine and Food Library in Ann Arbor, and MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1999. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Volume 4, Number 4. APRIL 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: Grant Menzies on Luce's Women, women who have inspired one-woman plays from the pen of William Luce; Alice L. Tufel on The New York Public Library Berg Collection, offers remarkable accessibility to booklovers wanting a hands-on experience with rarities; Peter Szatmary on Edward Hirsch's poetry that engages head and heart--and his newest prose book. Lorenzo..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2015. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. The Mechanical Word is an extended essay on the eponymous five volume artwork by the London based artist Karen Bleitz, a founding member of the ARC collaborative that grew out of Ron King's legendary Circle Press. It is illustrated throughout in black, white, and red, and contains four..... READ MORE about THE MECHANICAL WORD
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N.P. The Bibliographical Society, 1992. large 8vo. cloth. 276 pages. Francis Blomefield compiled and published the fascicles of what might have been the most comprehensive topographical history of any English county, when he died at the age of forty-seven. The 294 letters transcribed in this volume were written by, to, or (in a few cases) on behalf of Blomefield, historian and private printer. Indexed. Distributed for the Society. READ MORE about CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REVEREND FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD (1705-52
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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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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of America, (1979). 8vo. cloth. (ix), 225 pages. Second edition. Began as a supplement to the orginal edition published in 1935, Gulick decided to complete the work as a completely revised edition. The reputation of this English 18th-century author, who wrote such works as LETTERS TO HIS SON 1774, was openly abused after the publication of LETTERS. However, after the initial response, the outspoken appreciation of his readers and critics and the..... READ MORE about CHESTERFIELD BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1800
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(Bar Mills, ME): Club of Odd Volumes, The, 2021. 8vo. marbled paper covered boards, paper label on front cover. 14, (5) pages. First edition limited to 50 numbered copies. Printed by Scott Vile of the Ascensius Press. Typeset in Linotype Janson. With a foreword and afterword by Scott J. Vile. READ MORE about THIRTY YEARS OF PRINTING FOR THE CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES
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With a foreword by James Dickey.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. 8vo. cloth. xxii, 423 pages. With a foreword by James Dickey. A very extensive and thorough bibliography. Covers Separate Publications, First-Appearance Contributions to Books and Pamphlets, First Appearances in Journals and Newspapers, and Later Collections of Dickey's Poems. The Appendices contain the compiler's notes and list major works about Dickey. Very well-illustrated and with a good index. READ MORE about JAMES DICKEY, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 2004. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 + (2). Edition limited to 535 copies of which this is one of 35 specially printed on blue paper, numbered in Roman numerals and signed by the author. Printed as a benefit publication for the Antiquarian Booksellers' Benevolent Fund; a non-profit charity. This is a recollection of Dunning's friendship with Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels) over one summer and, simultaneously, a meditation on..... READ MORE about THAT SUMMER WITH MICHAEL
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Volume II.
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, (1984). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 334 pages, with 44 illustrations. Volume II. First edition. Volume two in the series. This volume prints almost five hundred letters written by and to William Faulkner, filling in some of the missing pieces in Joseph Blottner's Selected Letters of William Faulkner and significantly illuminating the period 1951-1957. READ MORE about FAULKNER: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BRODSKY COLLECTION
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Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. Quarto (30 x 22cm). cloth. 292 pages. A comprehensive account of the Ian Fleming/James Bond material held at The Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, compiled by Jon Gilbert, with an introduction by Dr. Martin Schøyen and a foreword by Fergus Fleming. Signed by the author. Printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite..... READ MORE about IAN FLEMING AND JAMES BOND. MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION
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London, England: Queen Anne Press, 2017. 4to. cloth. 692 pages. Second edition featuring some textual revisions and a handsome new binding of 'racing green' cloth, as used for the publisher's limited edition 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Signed by the author on the title page. A comprehensive 736-page guide to the work of Ian Fleming, this bibliography is not only an indispensable source of information for collectors, enthusiasts, libraries and booksellers alike, but an entertaining and..... READ MORE about IAN FLEMING: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Sydney: Hordern House, 2008. 9.5" x 6.5" hardcover. 327 pages. First edition. This book traces the genesis of the Barrington books in rich and evocative detail, offering a compelling account of publishing history in England and on the continent, and displaying the subtle machinations of the book trade in a world without copyright laws. Throughout, The Celebrated George Barrington combines the rigour of book history and bibliographical research with a fresh and engaging style. Of..... READ MORE about THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON: A SPURIOUS AUTHOR; THE BOOK TRADE, AND BOTANY BAY
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Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller..... READ MORE about BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
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Gottingen: Wallstein Verlag, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 109 pages. First edition. catalogue of an exhibition of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. This writer and teacher was also a great bibliophile who was fascinated with English life and letters. He was also obsessed with John Baskerville and this catalogue includes several books printed by Baskerville. Illustrated. READ MORE about LICHTENBERGS BUCHERWELT, EIN BUCHERFREUND UND BENUTZER DER GOTTINGER BIBLIOTHEK. KATALOG DER...
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Naarden: Anton W. Van Bekhoven, 1969. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 241, (5) pages. Reprint of the 1832 Paris edition. READ MORE about BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE VICTOR HUGO DE 1802 A 1825
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With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley.
Winchester and New Castle, Delaware: St Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 8vo. cloth. xx, 187+(1) pages. With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley. First edition. The fifth volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. Mrs. Huxley's writing life began at the age of fourteen when she sent anonymous articles, often with her own photographs, to the EAST AFRICAN STANDARD and other periodicals. By the age of seventeen she had written ninety-six..... READ MORE about ELSPETH HUXLEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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New York: The Johnsonians and Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 42 pages. Limited to 750 copies printed by The Stinehour Press. Facsimile and transcription of the surviving portion of Johnson's 1783 translation of Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline. This is the first publication of this manuscript. READ MORE about SAMUEL JOHNSON'S TRANSLATION OF SALLUST, A FACSIMILE AND TRANSCRIPTION OF THE HYDE MANUSCRIPT
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Berkeley, California: Editions Koch and Stanford University Libraries, 2017. 9 x 12 inches. smythe sewn, soft cover (letter press printed) and slipcased. 3 volumes, 492 pages. "Overall, this is the best work in our own field towards an ecological bibliography, a restatement of the book as art, and the boundless ambition of a printer who aspires to elevate his craft into a universally perceived and embraced art form for all advocates of the printed page."..... READ MORE about PETER KOCH, PRINTER: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY (1975-2016
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With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes.
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1988. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 119 pages. With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes. A fascinating census of the limericks in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense,which was first published in 1846 as two separate volumes with seventy-three limericks. A "new" (i.e. second) edition came out in 1855, and a third edition with forty-three additional verses was published in 1861. This third edition provides the first full text and also identifies Lear..... READ MORE about NONSENSUS: CROSS-REFERENCING EDWARD LEAR'S ORIGINAL 116 LIMERICKS WITH EIGHT HOLOGRAPH...
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(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2000). small 4to. cloth. Frontispiece; iii-xii, 498 pages. Reprint of the 1960 first edition published by the Library of Congress. The Chicago businessman and collector of Civil War publications and Lincolniana, Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960), donated his collection of Lincolniana (about 7,000 individual pieces) along with an endowment to the Library of Congress in 1950, making additional donations in the years before his death. There are 266 entries for "works by..... READ MORE about A CATALOG OF THE ALFRED WHITTAL STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA IN TH
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UK: LOGOS, 2005. 6" x 9" stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. First edition. This 120-page book was created and published by Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community. Fifteen corresponding contributors helped to cast a useful descriptive bibliography, which would inform the book professions about the best books written by, about and for them. This book becomes the overall critical guide for the world of Books About Books. This guide is an overall collection..... READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF THE BOOK
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Malvern East, Australia: Verso Magazine, 2016. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. self cover, saddle stitched. 24 pages. Verso, a magazine for the Book as a Work of Art, is based on the idea that a book may reach the level of art from any origin, impulse, technology, or cultural location. Largely based in Australia and New Zealand, every issue also featured works from the international scene. Number 2 includes essays by Marian Crawford on Sabine Golde..... READ MORE about VERSO 2: A MAGAZINE FOR THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART
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