Munchen: G.J. Manz, 1902. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 98 pages. A careful study of Gutenberg's first printing. Illustrated. Damage to edge of cover and outer margin of pages. READ MORE about GUTENBERGS ERSTE DRUCKE, EIN WEITERER BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER ALTES TEN DRUCKWERKE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 31120
Munich: Nationale Verlagsanstalt, 1898. 4to. quarter leather with paste paper-covered boards and leather spine label, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 30; 98; 142 pages. Three volumes bound together. The second and third volumes are entitled Gutenbergs ersten Drucke and Zum Streit um das Missale speciale Constantiense, respectively. Three monographs of Hupp's analysis of the Missale Speciale, which he discovered in 1880. Each subsequent volume corrects the conjectures set forth in earlier issues and offers new..... READ MORE about EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 77014
Paris: Henri Babou, (1929). large 8vo. unbound as issued, portfolio, cloth ties. (ii), 36, (4) pages, with 40 additional leaves of illustrations. Printed in an edition limited to 1140 numbered copies. Forty reproductions from fine books of the 15th century, with an introduction. Portfolio partially cracked along hinge. READ MORE about LES BEAUX LIVRES D'AUTREFOIS, LE XVème SIÈCLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51532
London: British Museum, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 274 pages. First edition. With index of printers and publishers. READ MORE about SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM AND OF DUTCH AND FLEMISH...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24295
Kopenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper bound in paper-covered boards. (viii), v-x, 37, 3 fold out plates, 1 plate, (iv), 65-90 pages. Several articles from two issues of this publication bound together. Articles include budget planning for the Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague in the year 1907, a summary of the work of the Académie over the past year, a study of the oldest printers in the..... READ MORE about OVERSIGT OVER DET KONGELIGE DANSKE VIDENSKABERNES SELSKABS FORHANDLINGER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 76995
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1932. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label, program for Gutenbergfest loosely inserted. 24, (2) pages. A play about Gutenberg, written for the 1932 Gutenberg festival. Wrapper partially detached. READ MORE about JOHANNISWUNDER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48432
(Leipzig, Germany): Edition Leipzig, (1981). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 275+(1) pages. Text in German. Manuscripts and early printed material in the libraries of the DDR (formerly East Germany). Photographs by Joachim Petri. Table of contents, foreword, Four appendices. Dust jacket torn along top. READ MORE about HANDSCHRIFTEN UND ALTE DRUCKE: KOSTBARKEITEN AUS BIBLIOTHEKEN DER DDR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 119905
Two volumes bound in one.
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970). small 8vo. cloth. xvi,(iv),160; (viii),161 pages. Two volumes bound in one. Text in Latin. Reprint of the 1717 first edition. (See Bigmore & Wyman II,14). With two plates showing seven printer's marks. Bibliographical and biographical accounts of the lives and works of the Parisian printers Simon de Colines, Michel Vascosan, G. Morel, A. Turnebo, F. Morel and Jean Bienne. Contains about 1500 titles printed by these printers. READ MORE about HISTORIA TYPOGRAPHORUM ALIQUOT PARISIENSIUM VITAS ET LIBROS COMPLECTENS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4464
(Torino (Turin), Italy): n.p., (1863). 8vo. modern plain paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 241-357, (35) pages. Besterman 5151. Preface. An excerpt from Tomo IV of Miscellanea di Storia Italiana. Detailed bibliographic entries on works published in Turin in the 15th century. With eight illustrations of printers' watermarks, with descriptive text. Unopened. Very light foxing near end of text. READ MORE about ANNALI TIPOGRAFICI DEL SECOLO XV
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 127410
Wembly: Archibald Rose at The Wembly Press, 1929. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (5) pages. Copy "10" of an unmentioned number of copies printed for private circulation. Presentation page completed by author. An historical account of the introduction of printing in London. Argues that John Lettou with Johannes Bulle, printing in Rome before typography appeared in London. Two appendices, one listing early documents printed in London, and the other showing facsimiles of J. Lettou and..... READ MORE about THE FIRST PRESS IN THE CITY OF LONDON
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 116265
An offprint from The Biblographical Society.
N.P. n.p., 1936. smal 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 36-61, (2) pages. An offprint from The Biblographical Society. Reprinted by Oxford University in June 1936. A comprehensive survey of Andreas Brentius's reprint of Caesar's address to his men (circa 1481) giving information about the author, printer and layout of the book. Four black-and-white illustrations and diagrams. Inscription on front cover reads, "with compliments from Irvine Masson." Tanned at the edges. Front corners creased. READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 77003
An offprint from The Biblographical Society.
N.P. n.p., 1936. smal 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 36-61, (2) pages. An offprint from The Biblographical Society. Reprinted by Oxford University in June 1936. A comprehensive survey of Andreas Brentius's reprint of Caesar's address to his men (circa 1481) giving information about the author, printer and layout of the book. Four black-and-white illustrations and diagrams.Presentation on front cover reads, "To the John Rylands's librarian with thanks, Irvine Masson." Tanned at the edges. Chipped around..... READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 114600
New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1949. 16mo. (11 x 7.4 cm.). boards. 75, (3) pages. First edition thus, thoroughly revised from an earlier work. Limited to 650 copies. The Seventh book in the Diamant Series on printing. READ MORE about CREATING TYPE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 16154
New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1949. 16mo. (11 x 7.4 cm.). boards. 75, (3) pages. First edition thus, thoroughly revised from an earlier work. Limited to 650 copies. The Seventh book in the Diamant Series on printing. Worn along hinge. READ MORE about CREATING TYPE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116401
New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1945. 32mo. decorated boards. viii, 126 pages and 28 plates. Limited to 650 copies. (Appleton 148a). Appleton states that there are some additions to the appendix in this edition. The Third Diamant Classics. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 18316
Kovenhavn: Glydendalske Bognahdel, 1934. folio. parchment-backed boards. 26 pages of text followed by 100 plates. With facsimile plates reproducing pages from books printed by famous Danish printers. READ MORE about DANSK TYPOGRAFISK ATLAS, 1482-1600
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 4580
Kovenhavn: Glydendalske Bognahdel, 1934. folio. parchment-backed boards. 26 pages of text followed by 100 plates. With facsimile plates reproducing pages from books printed by famous Danish printers. Wear along edges of covers. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. READ MORE about DANSK TYPOGRAFISK ATLAS, 1482-1600
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 75427
London: George G. Harrop & Co., (1928). 4to. vellum-backed boards, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First English edition, one of 750 numbered copies printed for England. A beautifully produced book showing some of the highlights of Italian book production. Has 128 plates including a number in color. Dust jacket lightly soiled and chipped at edges. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 11426
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First edition, limited to 750 copies. With three mounted color plates and 125 facsimile plates. Covers soiled with some rubbing and age darkening. Book description pasted in as well as a newspaper account of the Grolier Club's trip to Italy. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 75448
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First edition, limited to 750 copies. With three mounted color plates and 125 facsimile plates. Covers soiled with spotting along edge of back cover. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 126938
1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.21-31. An article in the Harvard Library Bulletin, Volume XVIII, Number 1, January 1970. READ MORE about " ENGLISH PRINTING AT ANTWERP IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 107967
(Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1950). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. not paginated. Written in German. For the 500th anniversary of the invention of the printing press with movable type by Gutenberg. Contains four facsimiles of Gutenberg's works. I. "Das Fragment Vom Weltgericht", II. "Mahnung Wider die Türken", III. "Der Mainzer Psalter Von 1457", IV. "Die Meditationen des Turrecremata". Laid-in is an advertisement for a modern printing press with a facsimile of Gutenberg's work on the cover. Minor..... READ MORE about MAINZER FRÜHDRUCKE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 100969
Mainz: Eggebrecht-Presse, 1951. small 4to. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. 59, (5) pages. Alphabetical listing of 27 famous printers. Each entry has a one-page biographical sketch of the printer followed by a full-page reproduction from a book printed by that printer. Initials by Aldus Manutius and Zainer ("A" and "Z") gilt-stamped on front and back covers respectively. Printed on special paper stock. Dust jacket worn at head of spine, else fine. READ MORE about ABC DER GROSSEN DRUCKER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 50011
2 volumes.
New York: Hillary House, 1962. 8vo. red cloth, slipcase. xviii,459,(5); x,538,(4) pages. 2 volumes. Reprint edition. Minor spotting to slipcase. Ink stamp on slipcase. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRODUCTION AND...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 48638
2 volumes.
New York: Hillary House, 1962. 8vo. blue cloth, slipcase. xviii,459,(5); x,538,(4) pages. 2 volumes. Reprint edition. Wear to slipcase. Spines are faded. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRODUCTION AND...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 115252
