Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Co., 1974. small 4to. cloth. xx, 738 pages. Preface, lists of references and abbreviations, map with explanatory notes, index. Spine soiled, else very good. Arranged alphabetically. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ALASKA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1570-1970
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Cordova, Alaska: Alaska Agricultural College, 1927. thick. 8vo., cloth. xxviii, 635 pages. Volume One of the Miscellaneous Publications. Over 10,000 items described. Very good copy of this essential bibliography. Spine lightly faded, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALASKAN LITERATURE, 1724-1924
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2 volumes.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994. thick 4to. cloth. xc, 719; vii, 720-1456 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Introduction by John B. Hench followed by bibliography, chronological listing of titles by years of founding, geographical list of titles, and titles by major religious interests. Also includes an index of editors, publishers, printers, illustrators and engravers. READ MORE about HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED...
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2 volumes.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994. thick 4to. cloth. xc,719; vii,720-1456 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Introduction by John B. Hench followed by bibliography, chronological listing of titles by years of founding, geographical list of titles, and titles by major religious interests. Also includes an index of editors, publishers, printers, illustrators and engravers. Corner bumped. READ MORE about HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED...
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Wilmington: Nopoly Press, (1987). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 177 pages. The 32 page supplement in the back contains a history of New Sweden. Hardback version. READ MORE about LENAPE, A HISTORICAL NOVEL & THE COLONY OF NEW SWEDEN, A GENERAL FACTUAL OVERVIEW
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Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Co., (1896). 8vo. pictorial cloth. 325, (4) pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Covers lightly soiled. Head and tail of spine worn. READ MORE about THE YOUNGE BANK MESSENGER
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Oxford: Dolphin Book Co., The, 1978. 8vo. cloth. 197 pages. Useful and interesting bibliography of books and pamphlets printed in England relating to Spain and Spanish America. Includes scarce exile literature and propaganda. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFÍA ANGLO-HISPÁNICA 1801-1850: ENSAYO BIBLIOGRÁFICO DE LIBROS Y FOLLETOS RELATIVOS A...
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(Charleston, SC): Arcadia Publishing, (2002). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. First edition. Part of Arcadia's Postcard History Series. With a number of Delaware scenes, especially of resort areas. READ MORE about ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER
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London, England: Coptic Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 48 pages. "Nineteenth Century Initials, Ornaments, and Borders: Part Two." Note on contents by the editor, Black and white illustrations of numerous initials and title pages. READ MORE about TITLE PAGES AND INITIALS
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2 volumes
n.p. N.P., (1964). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), viii, 437, (ii); (iv), 526, (iii) pages. 2 volumes. Introduction by Jorge A. Garces G. Volume XXXII of the publications Del Museo Municipal De Arte E Historia. Catalogue of authors writing about the Americas, compiled in 1807. Including more than one thousand authors and their works. Volume I covers authors A-L, Volume II authors M-Z, with various indices. Color title pages on both volumes. Darkening to spines..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA CATALOGO DE LOS AUTORES QUE HAN ESCRITO DE LA AMERICA EN DIFERENTES...
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[St.Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1990. tall 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 72, (2) pages. First edition. Winner of the 1998 James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about EXCEPT BY NATURE
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London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. small 4to. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed by the Alcuin Press on handmade paper. Small dampstain on outer margin of first few pages. Spine lightly faded. Slipcase slightly cracked. Else a lovely copy in a lovely signed binding..... READ MORE about TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER...
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Portland, OR: The Alcuin Press, n.d. broadside (12 1/4 by 8 inches). Prospectus announcing publication of Seven Psalms of Praise. A collection of seven selections from the Psalter. Italics by Charles Lehman. Folded. READ MORE about Prospectus for SEVEN PSALMS OF PRAISE
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Campden, Gloucestershire, England: The Alcuin Press, n.d., but circa 1933. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. xvi, 38 pages. Inscriptioin by the author on front free endpaper states that this edition for kin and friends only, that "no trade edition will ensue, nor one for sale, nor any for review." Table of contents, brief comments on "The Approach." A collection of poetry. Paper spine label tanned and chipped..... READ MORE about RHYMES OF LURID INNOCENCE
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A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750.
Providence and New York: The John Carter Brown Library and Readex Books, 1980-1997. small 4to. cloth. 692 pages. A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750. Third volume covers the years between 1651 and 1675. (of six volumes). Entirely superseding Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, which appeared between 1868 and 1936, European Americana is now, first of all, the most comprehensive bibliographical guide to the entire printed record of European consciousness..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA. VOLUME III: 1651 - 1675
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A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750.
Providence and New York: The John Carter Brown Library and Readex Books, 1980-1997. small 4to. cloth. liii, 467 pages. A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750. First volume (of six volumes) covering 1493-1600. Entirely superseding Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, which appeared between 1868 and 1936, European Americana is now, first of all, the most comprehensive bibliographical guide to the entire printed record of European consciousness of the Americas. With..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA. VOLUME ONE 1493 - 1600
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6 volumes.
Providence and New York: The John Carter Brown Library and Readex Books, 1980-1997. 8 x 10 inches. cloth. liii,467; xlviii,954; 682; 711; 597; 852 pages. 6 volumes. Complete set of six volumes. Entirely superseding Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, which appeared between 1868 and 1936, European Americana is now, first of all, the most comprehensive bibliographical guide to the entire printed record of European consciousness of the Americas. With more than 30,000 entries. With number of..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS,...
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The Keepsake of an Exhibition Stettinius Gallery-Division of Archives and Manuscripts, 1 March-31 August 1988
n.p. (University of Virginia, 1988). oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. The Keepsake of an Exhibition Stettinius Gallery-Division of Archives and Manuscripts, 1 March-31 August 1988. A commemoration of the semicentennial of Alderman Library's beginning by reviewing some major events that led to the Library's international stature as a major housing of academic research collections. READ MORE about ALDERMAN LIBRARY: 50 YEARS
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London, England: The Lambourn Press, (1990). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. Presentation by the author on half title. Dedication, table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction. Frontispiece portrait of Aldin. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A study of a British artist known for his drawings of dogs and hounds. READ MORE about A LOOK AT CECIL ALDIN'S DOGS AND HOUNDS
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Los Angeles: UCLA Research Library, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 27, (2) pages. Describes 92 items. Illustrated. Near fine. Errata slip laid in.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE AHMANSON-MURPHY ALDINE COLLECTION, A CHECKLIST OF THE BOOKS FROM THE PRESS OF ALDO PIO...
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New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1994. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 83, (3) pages. Nicely illustrated catalogue of books relating to one of the earliest presses to publish Greek texts. Fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LEARNING FROM THE GREEKS, AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE...
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Venetiis (Venice), Italy: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, 1522 (1521). 8vo. vellum. (4), 230 leaves. Second Aldine edition. Text in Latin. Octavo volume bound in contemporary vellum, with a brown numbered label on spine. An early 18th century ownership inscription written in ink on front free endpaper. Wear and soiling to vellum. Mild bookworm damage throughout, primarily to the margins. Large tear, with loss, on leaf 136 not affecting the text. Moderate stain affecting..... READ MORE about INSTITUTIOINUM ORATORIARUM LIBER XII
Price: $1,300.00 Order nr. 135288
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. thick 8vo. cloth. 688 pages. Reprint of the third edition which was originally published in Paris in 1834 in only 350 copies. (Besterman p.5153; Breslauer and Folter no.115 for first edition). This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1500 entries given..... READ MORE about ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE DES ALDE OU HISTOIRE DES TROIS MANUCE ET DE LEURS ÉDITIONS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 32240
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1991. thick 8vo. cloth. 688 pages. Third edition, originally published in Paris in 1834 in only 350 copies. (Besterman p.5153; Breslauer and Folter no.115 for first edition). This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1500 entries given. READ MORE about ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE DES ALDE OU HISTOIRE DES TROIS MANUCE ET DE LEURS ÉDITIONS
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Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. Limited to 450 copies. READ MORE about RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRANK G. HARRINGTON COLLECTION OF RICHARD...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 6836
