New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1967. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 241 pages. Reprint of the Grolier Club edition of 1933. A fine copy of a very scarce book. READ MORE about THE STUDY OF INCUNABULA TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY LUCY EUGENIA OSBORNE. WITH A FOREWORD BY...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 18371
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 1999). 4to. cloth. xxxii, 143, (3) pages. Reprint of the 1884 first edition, which was limited to 300 numbered copies and was published in New York by J.W. Bouton (Besterman 5033; St. Bride 5153). Lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. With two frontispieces and 25 plates. A study of the first books printed in various places in Europe and England. Hawkins was a prolific collector of rare books whose goal..... READ MORE about TITLES OF THE FIRST BOOKS FROM THE EARLIEST PRESSES ESTABLISHED IN DIFFERENT CITIES, TOWNS, AND...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 61917
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
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 13857
New York: Diamant Typographic Series, 1947. 16mo. boards. 42, (4) pages. The Fifth item of the "Diamant Classics" series on printing. Limited to 650 copies. Cracked along hinges with tape repair. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 116320
Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 1977. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 234 pages and 89 plates. First edition. A fine copy. An impressive study issued in conjunction with an exhibition of incunables and manuscripts. READ MORE about PEN TO PRESS: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE FIRST C ENTURY OF PRINTING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 22016
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 165 pages with 5 illustrations. Second printing of first edition; with a supplemental annotated bibliographical introduction. A fine copy of this very scarce title. An excellent one volume guide to the literature of the book. Broken down into eight sections including sections on printers and printing, cost of production, selling of books, etc. READ MORE about PRINTING, SELLING AND READING, 1450-1550
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 36646
Tony Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets
Oldham: 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 or..... READ MORE about A PAPER SNOWSTORM
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 133162
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1924. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 192 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Wrapper lightly chipped around edges, else near fine. This is an expansion of the 1919 checklist which listed only 270 editions. This one lists 953 editions from 391 presses, 78 cities and 9 countries. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CHECK LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87635
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
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 76906
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
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 76907
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
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 76908
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. 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
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 96491
2 volumes.
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
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 76167
Wiesbaden: Verlag Otto Harrassowitz, 1971. small folio. cloth. 237+(1) pages. A celebration of the history of printing in Germany during the 15th century. Lacking the dust jacket, else a fine copy. Contains 100 facsimile plates each accompanied by text describing the work of a German printer. Designed by Hermann Zapf. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKER DES FUNFZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15994
Bloomington: Lilly Library, 1967. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 58 pages. Preface by David A. Randall, Librarian. 74 books described. Title page toned, else near fine. READ MORE about THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PRINTING, 1455-1480 AN EXHIBITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6969
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
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 107544
Four Volumes. Volume I - A-C; Volume II - D-O; Volume III - P-Z; and Volume IV - Index of Printers, Concordance, and Bibliography
Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1997. large 8vo. sitff paper wrappers. lxxi, 429,(2); (iii),430-935+ (1); 936-1352+ (1); 1353-1624+(1) pages. Four Volumes. Volume I - A-C; Volume II - D-O; Volume III - P-Z; and Volume IV - Index of Printers, Concordance, and Bibliography. First edition. All four volumes uncut. Near fine condition. These volumes appear as the most recent chapter in the ongoing attempt to catalogue the incunabula contained in the collection of the Biblioteca..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECAE APOSTOLICAE VATICANAE INCUNABULA
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 76905
Provo, UT: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 104 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ITALIAN RENAISSANCE BOOKS, 1478-1587, 100 EXAMPLES FROM THE HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, AN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 35403
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
Chicago: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1929. 4to. blind-stamped boards, heavy blue paper wrapper. 15 pages. Limited edition, designed by Douglas McMurtrie. Minor wear to spine ends of jacket, else a near fine copy. Printed in a trial font of 16 point Nicolas Jenson, a type designed by Ernst Detterer, interpreting Jenson's original roman type. A gift of the Ludlow Typograph Company, through the courtesy of George O. Cromwell and Douglas C. McMurtrie, members of..... READ MORE about LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE LATE NICOLAS JENSON
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 4359
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
London: Ernest Benn, 1926. small 4to. decorated boards, paper cover and spine labels, dust jacket. 50 pages and 50 illustrations. First edition. Edited by Stanley Morison. (Appleton p.36). Jacket has tears and is soiled. Bottom of the spine is worn. READ MORE about THE FIRST CENTURY OF PRINTING AT BASLE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 30546
