BEHOLDINGS, POEMS.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 55 pages. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about BEHOLDINGS, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112277
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 55 pages. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about BEHOLDINGS, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112277
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 71 pages. First edition. Blurbs by Mary Oliver, Andrew Hudgins, Dave Smith. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about THE DIFFICULT WHEEL: POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112278
Edited by G. Gregory Smith. Introductory essay by Austin Dobson.
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1897-1898. small 8vo. cloth. variously paginated. Edited by G. Gregory Smith. Introductory essay by Austin Dobson. First edition thus. A near fine set, and very scarce in this condition. Printed by W. H. White & Co., Ltd. and Riverside Press, Edinburgh. Originally published in 635 numbers from March 1, 1711 to December 6, 1712; June 18 to December 20, 1714. Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 17 June 1719) was an English..... READ MORE about THE SPECTATOR
Price: $600.00 Order nr. 137964
Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1947. 8vo. two toned cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 314 pages. First edition. Near fine. Sections on first editions in book, ephemeral and contributed form, reprint editions, books about Ade, periodicals containing first appearances, etc. Contains many fine illustrations of covers, title pages, wrappers, etc. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE ADE 1866-1944
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 195
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, n.d. (circa 1894). 8vo. modern cloth with original stiff paper wrapper bound-in. (viii), x, 379, (3) pages. First edition. A manual of reproduction processes. Includes 140 illustrations within the text and examples of each process reproducing original designs of the author. Techniques discussed in this volume include dry point, lithography, heliogravure, and various color processes. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. A xerox of the entry for Adeline in..... READ MORE about LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 42765
Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1976. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Introduction by Adelman followed by descriptions of some of the collections of this book-collector. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE ADELMAN COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70091
Lititz: Sutter House, 1977. 8vo. cloth. xii, 210, (2) pages. First edition. An excellent series of well written essays by the well known bookcollector, Seymour Adelman. Limited to 650 copies. Signed by the author on the half-title. READ MORE about THE MOVING PAGEANT, A SELECTION OF ESSAYS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115518
Philadelphia: Printed for Seymour Adelman, 1976. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 350 copies. Humorous "letter" written in 1776. A fine copy. READ MORE about REGARDS FROM UNCLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31447
Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1968. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. xx, 344 pages followed by 40 plates. Reprinted from Studies of the Warburg Institute, No. 7, 1939. A study of how examples and influences of Ancient art shaped the development of Medieval art. The first part examines how the classical era and humanism were studied through the fifteenth-century. Part two focus on knowledge of classical art in the Middle Ages and the final section debates..... READ MORE about INFLUENCES ANTIQUES DANS L'ART DU MOYEN AGE FRANCAIS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 77471
New York: The Typophiles, 1964. tall 12mo. cloth. xii, 118 pages. First edition, one of 400 copies printed for The Typophiles out of a total edition of 2100 copies. Essays by Adams, Winterich, Adler and others. READ MORE about ELMER ADLER IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 18204
Rochester: The Press of the Good Mountain, 1964. 12mo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. One of 500 copies. Typophile Monograph no.75. READ MORE about A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ELMER ADLER HELD JANUARY 26, 1962, TEMPLE B'RITH KODESHG, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 22
Frankfurt: Linotype GmbH, (1962). square 8vo. paper-covered boards. 79, (7) pages. A collection of literary excerpts related to books and typography published by Linotype as a New Year's gift. Some wear to the head of spine. Else very good. READ MORE about KLEINES KALEIDOSKOP
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48393
Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Pepper, n.d. broadside (13 3/4 by 9 3/4 inches). Advertisement for a new journal for orchestral and band music. Includes price list for various works. With illustrations of Wm. F. Kretschmer and Maurice Akst, composers and arrangers. Folded. READ MORE about Advertisement for ORCHESTRA
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 130607
New York: Colton Press, 1948. 4to. cloth. 594 pages. Filled with all manners of advertising art, diecuts, full color inserts, etc. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about EIGHTH GRAPHIC ARTS PRODUCTION YEARBOOK
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 31
New York: Colton Press, 1950. 4to. cloth. 594 pages. Filled with all manners of advertising art, diecuts, full color inserts, etc. Near fine condition. READ MORE about NINTH GRAPHIC ARTS PRODUCTION YEARBOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104097
N.P. A.A.A.A. AND N.A.M.P. Joint Committee on Magazine Advertising Reproduction, 1948. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 5+(1) pages. Report No. 1. A report on improving the appearance of magazine advertising. READ MORE about IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL PRESENTATION OF ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133577
New York, NY: American Association of Advertising Agencies, 1951. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 6 pages. Special edition, Revised Report No. 3. List of committee members, introductory note, table of contents. READ MORE about RECOMMENDED STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR ADVERTISING REPRODUCTION MATERIAL IN MAGAZINE LETTERPRESS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133576
Zurich: L'Art Ancien, (1980). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 52 pages. Bookseller's catalogue describing 276 books and pamphlets on flight. Price list loosely inserted. Catalogue no.70 issued by this firm. READ MORE about FLIGHT, ORIGINS & PROGRESS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 14168
N.P. Sotheby's, 1993. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A catalogue to an auction of a collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, models and other artifacts relating to aviation and its history. 211 entries, many of which are large lots. With an interesting biographical sketch of the collector. Well-illustrated, much in color. READ MORE about THE OTTO KALLIR COLLECTION OF AVIATION HISTORY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 47936
A Checklist of Aesopic Fables in the Pierpont Morgan Library
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 38 pages. A Checklist of Aesopic Fables in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Book was a companion to the exhibit The Fox and the Grapes; Aesop Through The Ages at the Pierpont Morgan Library from 24 May - 27 August 1995. Introduction was written by Charles E. Pierce. Items in the checklist are listed by year published from the 3rd century through the year..... READ MORE about THE FOX AND THE GRAPES AESOP THROUGH THE AGES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 91695
Paris: Unesco, (1969). small 4to. paper wrappers. 37, (3) pages. No.56 in Unesco's series of Reports and Papers on Mass Communication; focuses mainly on publishing and distribution. READ MORE about BOOK DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 49520
Nairobi: Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. vi, 54 pages. African librarianship. Presentation to Siefred Taubert thanking him for getting Kenya into the Frankfurt Book Fair. READ MORE about INTRODUCING AND RUNNING CLASS LIBRARIES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 50602
London: William Crofts, 1836. 8vo. half leather over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled, five raised bands, gilt on spine, blue coated pastedowns and endpapers. 412 pages, with 26 lithograph plates (2 of which are in full color and four in two-color), including two large folding maps at rear. First edition. Mendelssohn, I, pp. 587-8; Theal, Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets relating to Africa south of the Zambesi in the Collection of George McCall Theal..... READ MORE about NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY, IN SOUTH AFRICA
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 137913
London: Commonwealth Secretariat, n.d. (circa 1975). small 4to. paper wrappers, fabric spine. (iv), 76 pages, Includes papers on publishing in Africa, on libraries for schools, and on textbooks for Africa. READ MORE about REPORT OF THE COMMONWEALTH AFRICAN BOOK DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, IBADAN, NIGERIA, 2-14 FEBRUARY 1975
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 49516
London: Conference of Missionary Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, 1923. 8vo. later cloth, leather spine label, original wrappers bound in. xvi, 135 pages, folded map. First edition. Minor dampstain effecting the top edge of the textblock throughout, but not effecting the text. Else a lovely copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 138404