San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, (1913). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 173 pages. Second printing of first edition. Essays and short bibliographies on leading 19th century English writers. With many tipped-in illustrations. A very good copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3977
London, England: Adrian Harrington, 2013. 4to. paper wrappers. 79 pages. A bookseller's catalogue of Ian Fleming material. A fine copy of this rare catalogue. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about IAN FLEMING: A CATALOGUE
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 138168
(Washington, DC): The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1980. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4), 8, (7) pages. Illustrated. Near fine condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1980
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138451
(Washington, DC): The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24, (6) pages. Near fine condition. Index at rear. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS REPORT EXCERPTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138452
(Washington, DC): The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 23, (4) pages. Near fine condition. Index at rear. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS REPORT EXCERPTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138453
(Washington, DC): The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1975. small 4to. spiral bound stiff paper wrappers. 26, (3) pages. Near fine condition. Index at rear. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS REPORT EXCERPTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138454
(Washington, DC): The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32, (10) pages. Near fine condition. Index at rear. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS REPORT EXCERPTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138455
Bloomington, IN: Lilly Library, The, 1983. 4to. softcover. 111 pages. Softcover, bound in printed wraps titled in red with a black & white illustration on the front cover. Very good. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about UNE AFFAIRE DE GOUT. A SELECTION OF COOKBOOKS: 1475 TO 1873 FROM THE LIBRARY OF DR. AND MRS. JOHN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135507
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1897. 8vo. original quarter leather. xiv, 354 pages. First edition, limited to 475 numbered copies. Printed by The Gilliss Press. Leather spine age-darkened. Hinge cracked along spine. Soiling to boards. Corners bumped. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE NEW-ENGLAND PRIMER, A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT WITH A REPRINT OF THE UNIQUE COPY...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 20437
London: The British Library, 2004. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 178 pages. In the Panizzi Lectures series. Very minor, occasional edgewear and scuffing. Interior is bright. Illustrated. "The second half of the eighteenth century in France was one of the great ages of book illustration, which saw the meeting of top-quality engraving, fine printing and high bibliophily. The chapters of this book explore the interrelationship of these elements. The vogue began with a public..... READ MORE about PRINTS FOR BOOKS: BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN FRANCE, 1760-1800
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138448
London: Studio Vista, (1969). 8vo. cloth. 240 pages. First edition. Discussion of the Daniel Press, Kelmscott Press, Ashendene, Essex House, Vale, Eragny, Doves, etc., with bibliographies. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine slightly soiled, else a very good copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE PRIVATE PRESSES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7995
London: The Book Collector, 1997. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 177 pages. With an introduction, two appendices, and an index, with five black-and-white illustrations. Minor wear at extremities. An account of the life of Fitch, with a focus on his hitherto unknown penchant for larceny. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE POSTMASTER OF IPSWICH, WILLIAM STEVENSON FITCH, ANTIQUARY AND THIEF
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 101212
With a Foreword by Joshua Bloch.
New York: The New York Public Library, 1946. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 86 pages. With a Foreword by Joshua Bloch. Reprinted, with additions and corrections, from the Bulletin. Near fine condition. An alphabetical list of all known places in which Hebrew printing was carried on with a description of the first known item from the press described. 939 places given including many U.S. cities. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts..... READ MORE about A GAZETTEER OF HEBREW PRINTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 29334
2 volumes.
New York: Christie's, 2001. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 449,(3); 230 pages. 2 volumes. With a two page preface by Felix de Marez Oyens. A fine collection of incunabula and other important books. Beautifully illustrated with numerous plates in full color. A fine set. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE HELMUT N. FRIEDLAENDER LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 69035
BSA Occastional Publications, No.1
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 2007. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 202 pages. BSA Occastional Publications, No.1. Fine condition. Reformation pamphlets (or "Flugschriften") were among the first rare book acquisitions of American libraries. Gatch traces the remarkable history of the Leander van Ess collection purchased by the Union Theological Seminary in 1838, the first and largest collection of these religious tracts to arrive in America. He notes how they were originally obtained by..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 99763
2 volumes bound in 1.
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. xlii,496; xvii,185 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. Reprint of the two-volume set which was published by Yale University Press in 1958, 1969. (Besterman 2543; Sheehy BD827). A fine copy. Over 2,300 items are well-described with discussion of illustrated books and books on magic, the Jesuits and other subjects. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about GERMAN BAROQUE LITERATURE, A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 50353
Austin: n.p., (1994). small folio. cloth. 427 pages. A preservation photocopy edition created at BookLab, Inc. A fine copy. Condensed. Bibliographical descriptions of books published up to 1700 (Besterman p.2670). Thousands of books described. The paper is Weyerhaeuser Cougar Opaque Natural. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE McALPIN COLLECTION OF BRITISH HISTORY & THEOLOGY
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 138463
New York: Doubleday, 1994. 8vo. publisher's pictorial glossy boards, slipcase. 105 pages. Prepublication, "Special Booksellers' Preview" edition, and marked "first edition" on verso of titlepage. Fine in fine slipcase. Containing the author's revised proposal for his book about his brother, the executed murderer Gary Gilmore. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SHOT IN THE HEART
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138423
San Francisco, (CA): Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1980. thick 4to. cloth. (iv), viii, 351+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies, of which only 275 were offered for sale. Lacking the dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, light foxing to top edge. Interior is clean. Text discusses the history and genealogy of the Giunti family and firm, publishers in Florence, including period paper prices, the publishing market, and copyright. The text is followed by an extensive bibliography..... READ MORE about GIUNTI OF FLORENCE, MERCHANT PUBLISHERS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 42987
Mexico: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, 1964. small 4to. cloth. 237, (3) pages followed by 139 plates (some folding). Catalogue of the codices held by the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico. Minor soiling to spine, else near fine. Includes an extensive section of illustrations printed on glossy paper. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CATALOGO DE LA COLECCION DE CODICES
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 107165
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 72 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged to include a bibliography of books about Godwin and a chronology of her life. A fine copy. This definitive bibliography includes all of Godwin's early editions, with briefer notes on later editions and translations. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1759-1797
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 57567
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. 8vo. cloth. 52 pages. The second volume of the press's bibliography, published as a separate volume. Much information concerning the biographical aspects of printing each book. Illustrated. Lightly worn along spine, boards lightly dusty. Else a very good copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about PERTELOTE, A SEQUEL TO CHANTICLEER; BEING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, OCTOBER...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16152
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974. 4to. cloth. vi, 250 pages. Another fine bibliography in this series on 17th Century books in the British Museum. Spotting to covers, with uneven soiling along front and rear boards. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SHORT TITLE CATALOGUE OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE BOOKS 1601-1700 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4406
Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2015. 4to. stiff paper portfolio with all the printed pieces loosely inserted. A collection of pamphlets, brochures, emphmera, and a poster. Introduction by Amelia Fontanel. Contributors include Misha Beletsky (Abbeville Press), Pavel Benes & students, J.E. Purkynê University, Judith Berliner & Steve Matteson (Full Circle Press), Ray Czapkowski (The Old Comp), Mitchel Cohen (The Rochester Arts Center), Ken Daley (Old Dominion University), Bill Durand (The..... READ MORE about THE GOUDY KEEPSAKE PORTFOLIO
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 138442
7 volumes.
Dresden: Rudolph Kuntze, 1859-1869. large 4to. cloth. 7 volumes. A landmark bibliography containing bibliographical descriptions of over 10,000 rare books. (Besterman p.911). Volume 6 (R-S, 1865) and 7 (T-Z, 1867) bound together, making this set 7 volumes. Exlibrary with markings. Preliminary pages foxed, else a near fine set of this scarce bibliographical milestone. Complete with the first seven volumes, plus the supplement. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate..... READ MORE about TRESOR DE LIVRES RARES ET PRECIEUX OU NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 16118
