New York, NY: Leavitt & Allen, n.d. 8vo. gilt-stamped embossed cloth. unpaginated. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations in text. An album for personal recollections and remembrances. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Some foxing. READ MORE about ALBUM OF REMEMBRANCE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 131424
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...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 104170
Paris, France: Klincksieck, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 52, 216,(6) pages. Text in French. Facsimile of 1551 edition (Lyons: Macé-Bonhomme). See Adams 614 and Graesse I, 62. Preface by Pierre Laurens, Index of emblems. Foldout attached to inside back wrapper. READ MORE about LES EMBLÈMES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 119808
[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
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112288
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
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132629
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
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 130889
2 volumes.
New York: Readex Books, 1980. small 4to. cloth. liii, 467; xlviii, 954 pages. 2 volumes. With number of pages and locations of copies. Also gives bibliographical references to each work. Contains a short history of Americana bibliography and indices by printers, booksellers, geographic location, author, title and subject. An additional four volumes have been published which extend the dates of publication. READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS,...
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 14274
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,...
Price: $1,650.00 Order nr. 88567
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
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97459
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
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 124417
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
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N.P. Wesleyan University Art Laboratory, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages. Second printing, limited to 130 copies.Introduction, Accompanied an exhibition of Aldine works, published between 1494 and 1576, in the library's collections. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF ALDINE EDITIONS IN THE OLIN LIBRARY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 132281
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
London, England: The Poetry Bookshop, n.d., but 1915. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A collection of poetry, with color-illustrated front cover. Wrappers separated from text. READ MORE about IMAGES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 133630
Cambridge: University Press, 1941. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 141+(1) pages and 14 illustrations. Second edition, revised by John Carter and E.A. Crutchley. Excellent short guide to the history of printing. Jacket is tape repaired with red fabric tape at spine ends. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126848
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 6.7 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 312 pages. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators was first published in Greek in 2015, in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Venetian printer. A succinct introduction on the pioneers of Renaissance humanism in Crete is followed by a thorough presentation of the graphic aspect of Aldus's Greek editions, that is, initials... READ MORE about THE GREEK EDITIONS OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS GREEK COLLABORATORS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 127162
Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper over boards. 57+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies. Set in Bembo and printed by letterpress on Hahnemuhle paper by Claire Bolton. Contains a history of the press and then lists all its publications to date. Bibliographical details are given along with comments on how the books were produced, problems encountered, etc. Many original samples are included and it is also illustrated with line blocks. READ MORE about ALEMBIC PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 1978-1988
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 24582
Winchester: The Alembic Press, 1986. small 4to. cloth. (46) pages. Limited to 96 numbered copies, handprinted. Illustrated with Twenty Seven Samples of their Specially hand marbled Papers. The samples of marbled paper are tipped-in. READ MORE about THE COMPTON MARBLING PATTERN BOOK
Price: $190.00 Order nr. 13556
Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1992. small 4to. portfolio tied with ribbon. 18 sections loosely inserted. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies. Contains 17 examples of Compton Marbling's paper, each developed especially for an individual customer, or for themselves for a particular market. Each sample is tipped into a folded leaf with descriptive text. Some of the sheets contain other samples, such as an original that was used by the company for matching. Portfolio is... READ MORE about COMPTON MARBLING PORTFOLIO OF PATTERNS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 35097
Oxford, England: The Alembic Press, n.d., but 2003. broadside (11 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Minor creasing at bottom. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST, TEN YEARS FOSTERING THE FLOWERING OF FINE BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 127074
Marcham: Alembic Press, 2000. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 19, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 120 numbered copies. A reprint of a chapter from Robert Gibbings' book "Till I End my Song," along with his original wood engraving. Included is an introduction describing how Gibbings came to be in Marcham, a history of the Pointer family and Simon Brett's engraving of one of Bill Pointer's benches, who to this day still... READ MORE about A TALE OF TWO BENCHES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 60842
(Prague): Kniha N.P. Antikvariát, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 141, (3) pages. Text in Czech. Catalogue of the works of Czech painter Mikolás Ales (1852-1913). Includes listings of magazines, books and exhibitions featuring Ales's works, and a list of addenda. 1246 entries. Final remarks by the compiler. 16 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at corners. READ MORE about MIKOLÁS ALES A KNIHA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107578
Prague: Dêdictvi Komenskeho, 1927. 4to. quarter leather, cloth boards. 91, (4) pages. Text in Czech. Paintings and illustrations of Czech artist and illustrator Mikolas Ales (1852-1913), whose works decorate the National Theatre in Prague. Black and white illustrations throughout. 52 black and white plates. Illustration of Ales with facsimile signature. Index of illustrations and plates. READ MORE about KNÍZKA O ALSOVI: VÝBOR OBRAZU A KRESEB Z JEHO DÍLA
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 107546
Chicago, IL: The Chucha Press, (1996). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 85 pages. Presentation from author on title page. Table of contents. A collection of poems of various fun and creative topics, "Cleaning out your apartment", and "Butter", for example, and others are touching and reminiscent in manner. READ MORE about BODY OF LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124086
Gainseville, FL: University Press of Florida, (1993). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 288 pages. A study of Alfonsi (1062-1110?), who brought learning from Al-Andalus (Spain) into Europe. Table of contents, list of illustrations and tables, acknowledgments, explanation of apparatus, introduction. Four appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations. Front pastedown torn with damaged spot. READ MORE about PETRUS ALFONSI AND HIS MEDIEVAL READERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119794
