Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1972. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. Text in German. Current State of Gutenberg Research, No. 1 in a series of monographs. A study of Gutenberg's work in the decade after 1453. Inscribed by the author in pencil. READ MORE about DER GEGENWÄRTIGE STAND DER GUTENBERG-FORSCHUNG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115343
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1930. 8vo. paper wrappers. 19, (3) pages. A short story about Gutenberg's creative vision. Wrappers chipped, discolored, and detached. READ MORE about GUTENBERGS SCHOPFERTRAUM
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 50594
New York: MJF Books, (2002). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 312 pages. Reprint of the first edition. This is a biography about the well-known inventor of the movable type and printing press, Johann Gutenberg. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine. READ MORE about GUTENBERG, HOW ONE MAN REMADE THE WORLD WITH WORDS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114333
N.P. privately printed, 1926. 4to. cloth spine, boards, slipcase. (ii), 8, (2) pages. First edition in English, limited to 190 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Tail of spine missing. Top corner of front board bumped. Slipcase worn around the edges in places, however it is overall a beautiful copy. READ MORE about JEAN GUTTEMBERG, INVENTOR OF PRINTING, A TRANSLATION OF THE ESSAY IN ANDRE THEVET'S "VIES...
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London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages and 16 plates. First edition. Some of the plates are in full color. Bookseller ticket inside front cover. Near fine. READ MORE about JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE INVENTOR OF PRINTING
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Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1972. 8vo. cloth. xii, 302, (2) pages. With contributions by Goodrich, Corsten, Geck, Geldner, Friederichs, Hellinga, Swierk, Widmann and others. With a bookplate that indicates that this copy came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. READ MORE about DER GEGENWARTIGE STAND DER GUTENBERG-FORSCHUNG
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(Aldershot): Scholar Press, (1996). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 331+(1) pages. First edition in English. A biography of Johannes Gutenberg, covering both his personal life and his achievements. Well illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings and facsimile pages, many in full color. With end notes, chronology, suggested readings, glossary, indexed by name and subject. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, else fine. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE MAN AND HIS INVENTION
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Berlin: Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1947. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 230 pages. Second edition, revised. Study of Gutenberg. Spine shows some spotting. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE about JOHANNES GUTENBERG, SEIN LEBEN UND SEIN WERK
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London: British Museum, 1970. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 32 pages and 18 plates. Second edition, revised. Some of the plates are in full color. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE INVENTOR OF PRINTING
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Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2012. 4to. paper covered boards. (iv), 315 pages and 26 plates. Reprint of the 1924 first edition. Includes chapters devoted to incunabula printed in England, France, Spain, and Italy with extensive reference to works printed in Rome. A special chapter is devoted to Judaica. Indexed. Includes 26 plates of printing specimens. READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHEN BUCHDRUCKER DES XV. JAHRHUNDERTS IM AUSLANDE
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1930. tall 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 21, (3) pages. Kleiner Druck 14. Some cover wear. READ MORE about ERFINDUNG DER DRUCKKUNST UND IHRE ERSTE AUSBREITUNG IN DEN LÄNDERN EUROPAS
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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, (1967). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 105 pages. First edition. Well-annotated guide to the literature on the subject. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE BOOK IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
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Tony Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets
Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2005. folio. cloth spine, paper-covered boards, stiff paper portfolio, slipcase. (v), 73, (2) pages. Tony Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets. Limited to an edition of 200 copies. The ten sheets in the folder are genuine. However, the tipped-in sheets (as explained in the Acknowledgements) were all forged at the Incline Press. All of the forgeries differ from the original is some major respect: typeface, paper and use of color in paper..... READ MORE about A PAPER SNOWSTORM
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 91306
Oldham, England, and St. Johns, NL, Canada: Incline Press and Running the Goat, 2007-2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 16, (4) pages. Limited to 250 copies. Introduction, poem by James Logie Robinson, essay by Douglas Graham. Frontispiece illustration of Androw Myllar's device. Illustration from Robert Dickson, The Introduction of the Art of Printing into Scotland (1885) on colophon. READ MORE about TO CELEBRATE FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF SCOTTISH PRINTING 1507-1509
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Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1933. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. xxiv, 362 pages. Limited to 850 copies printed by the Lakeside Press. 1794 entries. Spine label rubbed. Bookplate. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY BOOKS IN THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY AND IN OTHER LIBRARIES OF CHICAGO
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La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1889. 8vo. original paper wrappers. iv, 29 pages. Third supplement to expand the bibliography of fifteenth century books printed in the Netherlands (Besterman 5160). Entries accompanied by brief commentaries. Laid paper, uncut pages. Spine rubbed. Edges of cover slightly discolored and occasionally chipped. READ MORE about ANNALES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE NEERLANDAISE AU XVe SIECLE, 3rd SUPPLEMENT
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La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1890. 8vo. original paper wrappers. vi, 5 pages. Fourth supplement to expand the bibliography of fifteenth century books printed in the Netherlands (Besterman 5160). Entries accompanied by brief commentaries. Laid paper, uncut pages. Covers detached and chipped. Edges slightly discolored. READ MORE about ANNALES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE NEERLANDAISE AU XVe SIECLE, 4th SUPPLEMENT
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Stockholm: (Almqvist & Wiksells), 1914. folio. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 88 pages. First edition. The plate volume of part I (of three), each volume self contained.This volume contains illustrations from 150 examples of early printing. Wear along edges. Unopened copy. READ MORE about KATALOG DER INKUNABELN DER KGL BIBLIOTHEK IN STOCKHOLM. TIEL 1, TAFELN 1-150
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 123612
Leipzig: Rudolf Haupt, (1907). large 8vo. stiff paper wrapper, unopened pages. xxxviii, 507 pages. First edition (Besterman 5073). Introduction by the author. A brief list of reference material followed by the extensive bibliography of incunabula in the university library of Uppsala, Sweden. With cross references to other incunabula listings, use of type, provenance, etc. READ MORE about KATALOG DER INKUNABELN DER KGL. UNIVERSITÄTS-BIBLIOTHEK ZU UPPSALA
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Leipzig: Rudolf Haupt, (1907). large 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt. xxxviii, 507 pages. First edition (Besterman 5073). Introduction by the author. A brief list of reference material followed by the extensive bibliography of incunabula in the university library of Uppsala, Sweden. With cross references to other incunabula listings, use of type, provenance, etc. Spine faded. READ MORE about KATALOG DER INKUNABELN DER KGL. UNIVERSITÄTS-BIBLIOTHEK ZU UPPSALA
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Caen: H. Delesques, 1903-1904. 8vo. later full cloth, leather spine labels, original paper wrappers bound in. xiv, 354+(2); cxxxii, 178+(2) pages, plates. 2 volumes. First edition. (Besterman, 5094). A two-volume catalogue of the printing and incunabula in Caen, followed by discussions of printers, booksellers, and noteworthy libraries. Includes 403 bibliographical references. Delisle (1826-1910) was a curator of the manuscripts collection in the Bibliothèque Impériale, and is admired for his scholarship in illuminated manuscripts and early..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DES LIVRES IMPRIMÉS OU PUBLIÉS À CAEN AVANT LE MILIEU DU XVIe SIÈCLE
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Klagenfurt: Ferd. Kleinmayr, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. x, 148 pages and 12 plates. An essay on incunabula including an annotated bibliography describing 132 items. Illustrated with plates of early book illustrations and one period binding. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 43541
Klagenfurt: Ferd. Kleinmayr, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. x, 148 pages and 12 plates. An essay on incunabula including an annotated bibliography describing 132 items. Illustrated with plates of early book illustrations and one period binding. Wear along outer edge of front board. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126249
Prague: Státni Pedagogické Nakladatelství, (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 478, (2) pages. Text in Czech. Summary in Russian, English, French and German. Describes incunabula held in libraries, "public property," in southern Bohemia "with reference to the situation after 1945." 1026 entries. Index of published works, alphabetical list of printers of the incunabula, Listing of provenances, and other indices. 33 black and white plates. List of abbreviations attached to rear pastedown. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed..... READ MORE about KATALOG PRVOTISKU JIHOCESKÝCH KNIHOVEN
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La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1884. 8vo. original paper wrappers. viii, 44 pages. Second supplement to expand the bibliography of fifteenth century books printed in the Netherlands (Besterman 5160). Entries accompanied by brief commentaries. Laid paper, uncut pages. Spine rubbed. Edges of cover slightly discolored and occasionally chipped. READ MORE about ANNALES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE NEERLANDAISE AU XVe SIECLE, 2nd SUPPLEMENT
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