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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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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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

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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. Wear along outer edge of front board. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE

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Fondation Index Aureliensis (Hg.)
Geneve: Baden-Baden, V. Koerner, 1965-2014, 1992. 8vo. Editor's cloth binding with lettering piece on spine. variously paginated. Fondation Index Aureliensis (Hg.). Part I, vols. I - XVII (1965-2014) and Part III/3 (from letter A to Fer, 1992). A complete set of this invaluable resource regarding printers and publishers of the 16th century. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about INDEX AURELIENSIS. CATALOGUS LIBRORUM SEDECIMO SAECULO IMPRESSORUM

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N.P.
(Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, UCLA Library), n.d. (c1982). small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 81 pages. N.P. About 500 entries, more a checklist than a bibliography, with index of printings arranged by printer's name. No date; crudity of typography suggests Early Word Processing--we guess 1982. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY EARLY ITALIAN PRINTING COLLECTION (THROUGH 1550

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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...

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Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff Publishing, 1970. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 296 pages. First edition. Biography of this Philadelphia printer followed by a bibiographical catalogue of Jansen imprints. Fine condition. READ MORE about REYNIER JANSEN OF PHILADELPHIA, EARLY AMERICAN PRINTER. A CHAPTER IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY...

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2 volumes.
Newark: The Public Library, 1925, 1929. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edges gilt. ix,69,(3); x,189,(3) pages. 2 volumes. First editions, limited to 500 copies. 1080 book described. With an introduction in each volume. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Covers faded. Bookplate in each volume. READ MORE about RICHARD C. JENKINSON COLLECTION OF BOOKS, CHOSEN TO SHOW THE WORK OF THE BEST PRINTERS

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New York: New York Public Library, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages. First separate edition. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK AND PRINTING INDUSTRIES IN ANTE-BELLUM NASHVILLE

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Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Volume 117
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 162 pages. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Volume 117. First edition. A near fine copy. The topic of this new book from the American Antiquarian Society is printing in New England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. More specifically, the author focuses on three printers who were active during that period: Nathaniel Coverly, Sr.; Nathaniel Coverly, Jr.; and Joseph..... READ MORE about PRINTERS OF BALLADS, BOOKS, AND NEWSPAPERS: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND CHECKLISTS FOR NATHANIEL...

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London: Chapman & Hall, 1949. 8vo. cloth. 143 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine lightly faded. Minor soiling to boards. Else near fine. With over 800 entries divided both alphabetically and chronologically, including a 6 page index of different dyeing and printing processes, from over a dozen different countries, a practice spanning some 400 years. An incredible reference for an evaporating art form. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DYEING AND TEXTILE PRINTING COMPRISING A LIST OF BOOKS FROM THE SIXTEENTH...

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With an Appreciation of Andrew White Tuer
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2010. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. With an Appreciation of Andrew White Tuer. This book is the first comprehensive (and long-overdue) bibliographic study of the London partnership of Field & Tuer and their publishing imprint, Leadenhall Press (later the Leadenhall Press, Ltd.). Matthew Young makes a convincing argument for Andrew W. Tuer (1838-1900) as one of the most imaginative..... READ MORE about FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST

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