Alden, John and Dennis C. Landis (editors).

EUROPEAN AMERICANA. VOLUME V: 1701 - 1725.

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, 1987. small 4to. cloth. 597 pages. A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750. Fifth volume (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..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA. VOLUME V: 1701 - 1725

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(Anderson, Alexander). Pomeroy, Jane R.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, DE and Worcester, MA: Oak Knoll Press and the American Antiquarian Society, 2005. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 2600 pages. First Edition. Lightly soiled. Spines lightly rubbed, else fine in near fine slipcase. This three volume, comprehensive bibliography focuses on the important American wood engraver, Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). The author has selected over 1,000 of Anderson's engravings to illustrate this major bibliography. This work begins with a well written and researched biography..... READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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(Bird & Bull Press). Atkyns, Richards and William Caslon.

A PAIR ON PRINTING.

Introductions by Carey S. Bliss.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 141 pages. Introductions by Carey S. Bliss. One of 500 copies (Heaney A33). This is the first reprinting in facsimile of two important first books on printing in English. The first is Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing(1664) which is the first book devoted to the subject of printing; the second is William Caslon's first type specimen book, also the first English..... READ MORE about A PAIR ON PRINTING

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(Bookbinding). Foot, Mirjam M.

THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. II).

Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings.
London: The British Library, (1983). 8.5 x 10.75 inches. cloth with leather spine label. 368 pages. Volume II: A Catalogue of North-European Bindings. First edition. The Henry Davis Gift, A Collection of Bookbindings, Volume II covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries, arranged by country of origin, as well as chronologically, with excellent bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed..... READ MORE about THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. II

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Boynton, Henry Walcott.

ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING, 1638-1850.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1991. 8vo. cloth. (13), x, 209 pages. Reprint of the first edition, with a new introduction by Joseph Rosenblum. A fine copy. This work first appeared in 1932 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its publisher, John Wiley and Sons. Boynton was interested in the colorful figures that populated the book world of early America and tells their fascinating story in an entertaining manner. His account begins with the establishment..... READ MORE about ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING, 1638-1850

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(Calligraphy). Henning, William E.

AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY.

Edited by Paul Melzer
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, (2012). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. Edited by Paul Melzer. This work chronicles the history of the Golden Age of American penmanship and calligraphy. The author guides the reader through the lives and careers of some of the most important American penmen, including Platt Rogers Spencer, the Father of American Handwriting, and Spencer's gifted student, George A. Gaskell, whose books and periodicals reached hundreds of thousands of students..... READ MORE about AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY

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(Children's books). Alderson, Brian & Felix de Marez Oyens.

BE MERRY AND WISE: ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHING IN ENGLAND, 1650-1850.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. Spine faded, else a good copy. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book..... READ MORE about BE MERRY AND WISE: ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHING IN ENGLAND, 1650-1850

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(Children's Books). Roscoe, S.

JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 1740-1814, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Wormley: Five Owls Press Ltd., (1973). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxi, 461 pages. First edition. A fine copy. John Newbery is famous among 18th-century publishers for the manner in which he exploited the new market for children's books. Both in the creation of a "list" of successful titles and in his very individual approach to the designing, publicizing, and selling of his "little books," he shows himself to be an important forerunner of the..... READ MORE about JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 1740-1814, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Cohn, Don J. (ed.) with text by Ann Herring.

THE DAWN OF WISDOM: SELECTIONS FROM THE JAPANESE COLLECTION OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 8.25 x 11.4 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 136 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded, else a near fine copy. The Cotsen Children's Library is home to one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese books and printed matter for children outside of Japan. At present, this remarkable and constantly expanding corpus consists of over 10,000 items, including not only books and magazines, but also printed..... READ MORE about THE DAWN OF WISDOM: SELECTIONS FROM THE JAPANESE COLLECTION OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

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(Connecticut). Parks, Roger (editor).

CONNECTICUT, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY.

Hanover: University Press of New England for the Committee for a New England Bibliography, 1986. small 4to. cloth. xlii, 591 pages. First edition. Volume Six of the series entitled Bibliographies of New England History. Preface by John Borden Armstrong and Foreword by Roger Parks. 9,778 entries. READ MORE about CONNECTICUT, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY

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(De Vinne, Theodore Low). Tichenor, Irene and Michael Koenig.

THE DEAN OF AMERICAN PRINTERS: THEODORE LOW DE VINNE AND THE ART PRESERVATIVE OF ALL ARTS.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 112 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Foreword by Matthew Carter, followed by a detailed checklist of over 160 items on show at the Grolier Club, February 19 - April 26, 2014. Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914) was one of the most important American figures of the 19th century book world and the exhibition honors him on the centenary of his death. De Vinne..... READ MORE about THE DEAN OF AMERICAN PRINTERS: THEODORE LOW DE VINNE AND THE ART PRESERVATIVE OF ALL ARTS

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Edwards, George (editor).

THE GROLIER CLUB ITER GALLICO-HELVETICUM.

A Bibliophilic Tour of Paris & Alsace & Geneva
New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. 210 pages. A Bibliophilic Tour of Paris & Alsace & Geneva. This book contains thirty essays, about two hundred color photographs, and two poems, all by the travelers on the Grolier Club's Iter Gallico-Helveticum, a seven-day journey through France and Switzerland in 2012. This "Iter" was the latest in a long line of European excursions by the Grolier Club, the first of which occurred..... READ MORE about THE GROLIER CLUB ITER GALLICO-HELVETICUM

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