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Borck, Jim Springer (Editor).

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY n.s. 18 FOR 1992.

New York: AMS Press, 1999. large 8vo. cloth. (viii), 502 pages. First edition. Annual bibliography of "significant books, articles and reviews published during 1992 together with some from preceeding years." Covering all aspects of life in the eighteenth century, the volume is organized into sections, arranged by author, which cover printing and bibliographic studies; historical, social and economic studies; philosophy, science and religion; the fine arts; literary studies and individual authors. Selected entries feature extensive..... READ MORE about EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY n.s. 18 FOR 1992

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Borck, Jim Springer (Editor).

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY n.s. 19 FOR 1993.

Part I, Sect.I-IV.
New York: AMS Press, 2001. large 8vo. cloth. (vii), 307+(1) pages. Part I, Sect.I-IV. First edition. Annual bibliography of "significant books, articles and reviews published during 1993 together with some from preceeding years." Covering all aspects of life in the eighteenth century, the volume is organized into sections, arranged by author, which cover printing and bibliographic studies; historical, social and economic studies; philosophy, science and religion and the fine arts. Selected entries feature extensive annotations..... READ MORE about THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY n.s. 19 FOR 1993

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(Boss Dog Press). Collin, Ernst & Peter Verheyen (translation).

THE BONE FOLDER.

Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2017. 9" x 12" quarter leather with paste-paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, slipcase. 68, (3) pages. Limited to 96 copies, of which this is one of 26 lettered and signed copies bound thus. The Bone Folder is the fifth, and most ambitious, publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collin's Der Pressbengel, translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen, the text is..... READ MORE about THE BONE FOLDER

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(Boss Dog Press). Collin, Ernst & Peter Verheyen (translation).

THE BONE FOLDER.

Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2017. 9" x 12" paste-paper covered boards, paper label on cover and spine, slipcase. 68, (3) pages. Limited to 96 copies, of which this is one of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Bone Folder is the fifth, and most ambitious, publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collins Der Pressbengel, translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen, the text is a dialog between..... READ MORE about THE BONE FOLDER

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(Boss Dog Press). Cooper, Susan.

STARS IN OUR HEADS.

With an Introduction by Margaret K. McElderry. Given at Boys and Girls House, Toronto Public Library, April 21, 1977.
Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2021. 8vo. marbled paper covered boards, title stamped in silver on front board. (ii), (2), 3-15 (2) pages. With an Introduction by Margaret K. McElderry. Given at Boys and Girls House, Toronto Public Library, April 21, 1977. Limited to 80 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, Sarah P. Burda. Lecture by this children's book author. A fine copy with the prospectus loosely inserted. This chapbook was composed by..... READ MORE about STARS IN OUR HEADS

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(Boss Dog Press). Rash, Don.

FRITZ EBERHARDT'S FINISHING TOOLS & TECHNIQUE.

Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2020. 8vo. decorative paper and leather binding. 50, (2) pages. One of 80 copies, of which this is one of 50 numbered copies. The Boss Dog Press is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Fritz Eberhardts Finishing Tools and Technique, the sixth book from the Press and the third volume in the series Eberhardtiana. The goal of this series is to preserve the writings and art of fine hand..... READ MORE about FRITZ EBERHARDT'S FINISHING TOOLS & TECHNIQUE

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(Boswell). Seymour, Terry.

BOSWELL'S BOOKS: FOUR GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING AND COLLECTORS.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 556 pages. "A truly remarkable achievement. ... There is no student of Boswell or Johnson who will not take pleasure and heart in this large and impressive book." - Robert DeMaria, Jr., Johnsonian News Letter, March 2017 "The book is more than a bibliography... it is an example of how to reconstruct a disbursed or lost library or collection from extant..... READ MORE about BOSWELL'S BOOKS: FOUR GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING AND COLLECTORS

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Order Nr. 55610 GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF BOTANY; BEING A CLASSIFIED SELECTION OF BOTANICAL...

(Botany). Jackson, Benjamin Daydon+.

GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF BOTANY; BEING A CLASSIFIED SELECTION OF BOTANICAL WORKS, INCLUDING NEARLY 6000 TITLES NOT GIVEN IN PRITZEL'S `THESAURUS'.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. xl, 626, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1881 first edition published by The Index Society of London (Besterman 948; Sheehy EC72). About 9,000 works described in short-title form classified by type of publication and brought together via a useful index. Jackson originally intended this work to be an update of Pritzel but discovered so many additions that he completed his book in this format. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF BOTANY; BEING A CLASSIFIED SELECTION OF BOTANICAL WORKS, INCLUDING...

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Order Nr. 98770 INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ORGANISMS CITED IN THE LINNAEAN DISSERTATIONS...

(Botany). Kiger, Robert W., Charlotte A. Tancin, Gavin D.R. Bridson.

INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ORGANISMS CITED IN THE LINNAEAN DISSERTATIONS TOGETHER WITH A SYNOPTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE DISSERATIONS AND A CONCORDANCE FOR SELECTED EDITIONS.

Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1999. 4to. cloth. v, 299+(1) pages. First edition. Index describes "over 30,700 occurrences of more than 13,900 different formal names of plant and animal taxa that appear in the original editions of the 186 disserations defended by students of Carolus Linnaeus during the period 1743-1776. " READ MORE about INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ORGANISMS CITED IN THE LINNAEAN DISSERTATIONS TOGETHER WITH A...

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(Botany). Merrill, E.D. and E.H. Walker.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EASTERN ASIATIC BOTANY.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. xlii, 719 pages. Reprint of the first edition published by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in 1938 (Besterman 952; Sheehy EC81). Merrill and Walker's work is a comprehensive, briefly annotated bibliography of books and articles on the taxonomic literature of China, Japan, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet and eastern and southern Siberia through 1936. 35,000 entries. With appendices on older Oriental works, reference lists..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EASTERN ASIATIC BOTANY

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(Botany). Urban, Ignaz.

BIBLIOGRAPHIA INDIA OCCIDENTALIS BOTANICA.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing), 2001). 8vo. cloth. 195+(1), 7+(1), 13+(1), 16 pages. Four volumes in one. Reprinted from Symbolae Antillanae: Seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis, 1898-1908. Citing thousands of books and articles, Urban's work remains the standard bibliography of botany in the West Indies. The critical remarks are in German with numerous references in several other languages. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIA INDIA OCCIDENTALIS BOTANICA

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Boucher, Philip P.

LES NOUVELLES FRANCES, FRANCE IN AMERICA, 1500-1815, AN IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE.

Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxi, 122 pages. Published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Gives a 300 year history of the settlement and relationship of the French in the Western Hemisphere. With a descriptive bibliography of the 133 rare books from the Library's exhibition. Illustrated. READ MORE about LES NOUVELLES FRANCES, FRANCE IN AMERICA, 1500-1815, AN IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE

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Bourcard, Gustave.

A TRAVERS CINQ SIÈCLES DE GRAVURES, 1350-1903.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2009. thick 4to. half leather with five raised bands and marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. l, 638, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1903 edition published in Paris which was printed by the Nantes printer A. Dugas, with his pressmark on the last leaf, in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Organized by country and artist, this volume includes biographical information, names of famous works, descriptions, and sale prices..... READ MORE about A TRAVERS CINQ SIÈCLES DE GRAVURES, 1350-1903

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(Bowers, Fredson). Tanselle, G. Thomas.

THE LIFE AND WORK OF FREDSON BOWERS.

Checklist and Chronology by Martin C. Battestin. Foreword by David L. Vander Meulen.
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2003. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. cloth. viii, 210 pages. Checklist and Chronology by Martin C. Battestin. Foreword by David L. Vander Meulen. First edition, second printing. Widely acclaimed account of the remarkable career of Fredson Bowers, whose life (1905-1991) spanned the twentieth century and who came to symbolize the fields of analytical and descriptive bibliography, textual criticism, and scholarly editing. READ MORE about THE LIFE AND WORK OF FREDSON BOWERS

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Order Nr. 44064 BOWYER LEDGERS, THE PRINTING ACCOUNTS OF WILLIAM BOWYER FATHER AND SON REPRODUCED...

(Bowyer). Maslen, Keith and John Lancaster (editor).

BOWYER LEDGERS, THE PRINTING ACCOUNTS OF WILLIAM BOWYER FATHER AND SON REPRODUCED ON MICROFICHE WITH A CHECKLIST OF BOWYER PRINTING 1699-1777, A COMMENTARY, INDEXES AND APPENDIXES.

London and New York: The Bibliographical Society and The Bibliographical Society of America, 1991. tall 8vo. cloth. lxxv, (1), 616, (4) pages. Accompanied by 70 microfiche enclosed in a separate box. The Bowyer ledgers, kept by William Bowyer, father and son, between 1710 and 1777, offer vast new information concerning authorship, book production and book distribution in eighteenth-century London. They are among the few surviving from this period and for London, the center of the..... READ MORE about BOWYER LEDGERS, THE PRINTING ACCOUNTS OF WILLIAM BOWYER FATHER AND SON REPRODUCED ON MICROFICHE...

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(Boyle, Kay). Chambers, Clark.

KAY BOYLE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 8vo. cloth. 360 pages. First edition. This is the first comprehensive bibliography on American author Kay Boyle. The political active Boyle was one of the so-called "Lost Generation" of American expatriate writers in Europe between the World Wars. She traveled in the literary circles of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. She wrote fourteen novels, nine short-story collections, three children's books, five collections of poetry and two..... READ MORE about KAY BOYLE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

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(Bracaval, Bertrand).

BRACAVAL ET LES ÉDITIONS LE PRÉ NIAN.

Paris, France: Musée Départemental Stéphane Mallarmé, 2012. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 53 pages. Exhibition catalogue of work by famed etcher and fine press printer Bertrand Bracaval and his press Le Pré Nian. Stéphane Mallarmé Museum celebrates Bracaval's work in painting, silkscreen, and wood and metal engraving, as well as his 30 years specializing in the publication of art books. Beautifully illustrated. READ MORE about BRACAVAL ET LES ÉDITIONS LE PRÉ NIAN

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(Bradshaw, Dove). McEvilley, Thomas.

THE ART OF DOVE BRADSHAW.

Nature, Change and Indeterminacy.
(New York): Mark Batty Publisher, (2003). small folio. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. Nature, Change and Indeterminacy. First Edition, limited to 1500 copies signed and numbered by the artist. Includes illustrations and commentary related to the artist's book work. Text is followed by a conversation with John Cage about Dove Bradshaw's work. Illustrated throughout in color. READ MORE about THE ART OF DOVE BRADSHAW

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Bradshaw, Graham.

FIERCE IMAGININGS: THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN TEXT AND IMAGE.

(Toronto, Canada): Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2014. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Introduction, bibliography. Color illustrations throughout. An exhibition of books related to World War I. READ MORE about FIERCE IMAGININGS: THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN TEXT AND IMAGE

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Bradshaw, Graham.

WHERE DUTY LEADS: CANADA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

(Toronto, Canada): Thomas Fisher Rare Book Librry, 2008. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. Preface by Director Richard Landon, introduction, bibliography. Frontispiece, color and black and white illustrations throughout. Exhibition of a variety of posters, books, photographs, and memorabilia of Canada's role in World War I. READ MORE about WHERE DUTY LEADS: CANADA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

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(Bradshaw, Henry). Stokes, Roy.

HENRY BRADSHAW, 1831-1886.

Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1984. 8vo. cloth. v, 272 pages. First edition. Volume Six of the Great Bibliographers Series. Biography of this librarian - bibliographer followed by a bibliography of his writings and excerpts from his works. READ MORE about HENRY BRADSHAW, 1831-1886

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Order Nr. 102011 INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN...

Brandt, William H.

INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD-ENGRAVERS.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 11.75 x 12.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 204 pages. In the late nineteenth century, wood-engraving was the principle medium of illustration employed by publishers. From this beginning, print collector Bill Brandt goes on to recount the story of the Society of American Wood-Engravers. He reveals the medium's intricacies, the controversies sparked between traditional wood-engravers and America's New School, and the international acclaim rightly bestowed on these innovative American..... READ MORE about INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD-ENGRAVERS

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Briggs, Asa.

A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING.

New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 624 pages. First edition. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs's history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING

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Bright, Betty.

LINES OF FORCE: THE HAND, THE BOOK, & THE BODY ELECTRIC.

Number fourteen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2017. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. Paperback. 20 pages. Number fourteen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number fourteen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series, commissioned for the sixth biennial CODEX Symposium, 6 February 2017. "Historians love pivot points, those times when energies converge and the future can unfold in stikingly different directions. Life seems so unknowable and chaotic on the near side of a shift, and then, ten years on, events seem to..... READ MORE about LINES OF FORCE: THE HAND, THE BOOK, & THE BODY ELECTRIC

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Bringhurst, Robert and Peter Rutledge Koch, et al.

CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES.

Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2004. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 138 pages. First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr;..... READ MORE about CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES

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