Berkeley, CA: Archetype Press, 1939. folio. cloth with printed design on front cover. 19+(1) pages. Limited to 105 copies, set up and printed on a handpress by Wilder Bentley ("and his faithful spouse, Ellen") on dampened Strathmore Wayside Text for at The Archetype Press in Euclid Court, Berkeley, Ca and issued for private distribution among members of The Arts Club & their friends. Printed in "a bastard version" of Caslon Oldface italic and Goudy Modern..... READ MORE about N'EN PARLONS PLUS!, EXCERPTS FROM DIVERS PAPERS & CHRONICLES OF THE ARTS CLUB, 1937-1938

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Before C.J. Stewart, Esq;, The Artitrator appointed by the Board of Trade, February-March, 1903.
London: The Bookbinding Trade Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, 1903. thick 8vo. contemporary half green calf with green cloth covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf). (ii), 732, (8) pages. Before C.J. Stewart, Esq;, The Artitrator appointed by the Board of Trade, February-March, 1903. With a prefatory note by Charles W. Forward and Thomas E. Powell explaining the history of this labor dispute. In a signed binding..... READ MORE about BOOKBINDING TRADE SECTION OF THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. REPORT OF ARBITRATION BETWEEN THE...

Price: $375.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102357

Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1888. large 8vo. half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut. 246, (2), v, (3) pages. First and only edition, limited to 900 numbered copies. (Schmidt-Künsemüller no. 1537). A discussion of luxury bookbinding by the author is accompanied by the designs of J. Adeline, G. Fraipont, C. Kurner, and M. Perret. Each plate is protected by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Original wrappers bound..... READ MORE about LA RELIURE DE LUXE LE LIVRE ET L'AMATEUR

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1929. folio. cloth, top edge gilt. (xii), 60 pages followed by 55 full-page plates of bindings. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies for sale by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. (Appleton p.81, S-K 2194). This book is divided into two sections, the Early Bindings, before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500. Given as the Sandars Lecture for 1927. A scarce book. Covers faded. With the Randeria bookplate..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500

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Madrid: Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte, 1934. small folio. cloth, dust jacket. 249, 61 full-page plates, (7) pages. Text in Spanish. S-K 2022. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies. A scarce history of bookbinding in Spain from the 12th to the 19th century. Some of the 61 full-page plates of bindings are in color; each is protected by a tissue guard. Each of the color plates are tipped-in. These special copies are printed..... READ MORE about EXPOSICIÓN DE ENCUADERNACIONES ESPAÑOLAS, SIGLOS XII AL XIX

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4 volumes (of 5).
Zürich: bey Orell, Geßner, Füßli und Comp. 1789-1791. 8vo. half calf, cloth backed boards, leather spine labels, five raised bands, stained paper edges. xvi, 632 pages; (ii), 705, (3) pages ; (ii), 717+(1) pages; (ii), 774 pages. 4 volumes (of 5). First edition. (Vallée, 973; Besterman, 823). An ambitious bibliography of published works from the 15th to the late 18th centuries. All five volumes contain approximately 25,000 entries. Includes a foreword by the author, and..... READ MORE about HANDBOOK DER ALLGEMEINEN LITTERARGESCHICHTE NACH HEUMANNS GRUNDRIß

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3 volumes.
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1834-1840. Folio. disbound. (iv),viii,168 pages and 8 leaves of plates; (ii),vi,(ii),159+(1) followed by (4) leaves of plates; (iv),234 pages. 3 volumes. First editions. A catalogue of the illuminated manuscripts from the Arundel and Burney collections in the British Museum. Antiquary Thomas, Earl of Arundel (1592-1646), collected more than 500 manuscript volumes, many of which relate to English History. He was an early supporter of Inigo Jones and friend..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NEW SERIES

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3 volumes.
London: T. Rickaby, 1793. large 4to. full leather, gilt turn-ins, gilt design and lettering on the spine, gilt rules on boards, marbled endpapers. (iv), xxxix, (i), 317+(1); (iv), 322-678, (2), 8; (iv), 495, 18+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Lowndes 1, 336. Limited to only two hundred copies, this copy being one of those with the illustrations in black- chiefly Hogarth cuts. Volumes one and three have engraved frontispieces, and all three have engraved title pages. Volume..... READ MORE about HUDIBRAS

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3 volumes. Avant-Propos de Joseph Guibert.
Paris: Maurice le Garrec, 1927-1928. thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 435; 551; (iv), 201 pages. 3 volumes. Avant-Propos de Joseph Guibert. Limited to 525 numbered copies. (Besterman p.2029). 12,500 illustrated French books are described under different subject headings. With an index to the whole work in the third volume. With the Randeria bookplate. Some chipping and tearing to the heads and tails of spines on all three volumes. READ MORE about LA GRAVURE FRANCAISE, ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE

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Aberdeen: J. and J.P. Edmond and Spark, 1885. small 4to. original blue polished cloth, beveled edges, top edge cut, others uncut. xvi, 98 pages. First edition limited to 550 copies, of which this is one of 50 numbered large paper copies printed on better paper. (6729 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 440). Covers soiled and rubbed with spotting at top of spine. Some yellowing of front endpaper. Overall a lovely copy of this scarce book..... READ MORE about INTRODUCTION OF THE ART OF PRINTING INTO SCOTLAND

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Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2019. 17.5 x 24.5 cm. Hardcover, cloth. 175 pages. "This volume focuses on three distinct cartographical domains: the production of charts and atlases in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany at the time of Ferdinando II de' Medici (r. 1621- 1670), the quality of the information delivered by Ottoman charts, and finally the later improvement by an anonymous French traveller of the map first published by the Scottish consul and travel author..... READ MORE about MEDITERRANEAN CARTOGRAPHIC STORIES: SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MASTERPIECES FROM THE...

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Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1904. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper spine label. (vi), 88, (xiv) pages. One of five hundred copies printed at the Elston Press of New Rochelle, New York. (Ransom 20). Some age darkening of covers around edges. Small ink ownership stamp on front pastedown. Title page decorated with an arabesque bar and a small cherub. Initials of scene openings elaborately wood-engraved. Unopened, spine paper label soiled slightly, paper sides slightly soiled, slight foxing..... READ MORE about A MASQUE OF LOVE

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San Francisco: (Johnck & Seeger), 1928. large 12mo. paper covered boards, paper cover label. (9) pages. Printed in an edition of 50 copies to distribute to friends. Book designed and type hand set by Samuel T. Farquhar, his first work of type composition. Presswork done by well-known printer Lawton Kennedy, and the work completed in the shop of Johnck & Seeger in San Francisco. Bacon's famous brief essay on study and learning, with his famous..... READ MORE about OF STUDIES

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Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1929. 4to. contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. x, 431 pages. First edition. (Besterman p.3010). History of the 18th-century French illustrated book followed by a bibliography giving 750 entries. The bibliography is a check list of books with the appropriate page number given to tie the book into the lengthy historical text. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE about FRANZÖSISCHE BUCH IM ACHTZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT UND IN DER EMPIREZEIT

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Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2014. 7 x 9.6 inches. hardcover, cloth. 260 pages. This volume (Athens 2014, in English) features 13 select papers from the 1st International Scientific Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation (Athens, October 2012), with an Introduction by the editors, Gilles Grivaud and George Tolias. Being a key geographic, strategic, commercial and cultural crossroad, Cyprus attracted the interest of travellers, pilgrims, scholars, scientists and men of action, who contributed to the production..... READ MORE about CYPRUS AT THE CROSSROADS: GEOGRAPHICAL PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. tall 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxvi, 468 pages. First edition. Discussion of the history of the playing card in all countries; profusely illustrated with some in full color. In addition to the large bibliography of books on the subject, the author also includes lists of decks in the collection of the United States Playing Card Company. Half of the spine of the jacket is missing. With various newspaper and magazine..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING

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2 volumes bound in 1 as issued.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1962. 4to. cloth. xxvii, 253 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1 as issued. A study of the book in the Netherlands from the 15th century to the 20th century. Includes information on the book and culture, the book trade and the form of the book. With 219 plates showing pages of books followed by long descriptions of all the items pictured. Presentation from the author on verso of half-title. With the..... READ MORE about COPY AND PRINT IN THE NETHERLANDS, AN ATLAS OF HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY With Introductory Essays...

Price: $162.50  other currencies  Order nr. 30735

Five boxed sets
Paris: Unesco, 1963. 8vo. plastic boxes. Five boxed sets. Five plastic boxes containing 150 color slides from the former collection of H.P. Kraus. Each box with 30 color slides and a descriptive pamphlet in French, English, and Spanish with historical background and description of each slide in each series. With Unesco, Series 4, which contains Iranian illuminated manuscripts from circa 1410-1596; Series 14, which contains slides of 12 Czech illuminated manuscripts from c. 1085-1364; Series..... READ MORE about DISPOSITIVES D'OEUVRES D'ART

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St. Paul: Rulon-Miller Books, 1990. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, slipcase. 61 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Kemble was the foremost philologist of his day, and this text is taken from the recently discovered eight-page manuscript which was dated 1830, three years before his edition of Beowulf. No trace of the actual dictionary itself is known, but this specimen is a fitting tribute to Kemble's work in etymology. Printed by hand under the direction of..... READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE

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Explaining a New Theory of Colour Based Entirely on Experimental Facts with Applications to Scientific and Industrial Investigations. Illustrated by Diagrams and Plates Coloured by Hand
London: E. & F.N. Spon Limited, 1905. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 48, 8 color plates. Explaining a New Theory of Colour Based Entirely on Experimental Facts with Applications to Scientific and Industrial Investigations. Illustrated by Diagrams and Plates Coloured by Hand. Well-illustrated with eight hand-colored plates and several charts and figures in the text. Lovibond's theory and system of color won silver and bronze medals at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. Photographs of these medals..... READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF COLOUR PHENOMENA

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Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2016. 10 x 13.4 inches. hardcover, cloth. "Altogether, forty-four maps have been listed in chronological order. The final pages contain four Appendixes--one a highly original graphic key to the Shapes of Cyprus arranged in families--bibliographies and indexes. Everything has been done to ensure the reader gets the maximum benefit from the book. This is a comprehensive reference work for anyone interested in the history of cartography, for it places that island..... READ MORE about CYPRUS: THE BOOK OF MAPS, VOLUME 1: 15th-16th CENTURIES

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4 volumes in 5.
Wien: Georg Prachner Verlag, 1965, 1963, 1963, 1967, 1975. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. (xii),317,(3); xv,510; (iv),293; (xii),599; xvi,572 pages. 4 volumes in 5. Jackets with tears and wear at spine ends. 4,800 items described. READ MORE about KATALOG DER ABENDLANDISCHEN HANDSCHRIFTEN DER OSTERREICHISCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK

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2 volumes.
Leipzig: Verlag des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1885, 1902. 8vo. later quarter cloth with paper covered boards. xxxvi, 708; xx, 655-1406 pages. 2 volumes. Second edition (Besterman, 5270). A description of books about books in the library of this German bookseller's organization. Includes 7,564 entries. With the second volume expanding the listing through 1901. Scarce catalogue of this pre-eminent collection of books relating to all aspects of book production. READ MORE about KATALOG DER BIBLIOTHECK DES BÖRSENVEREINS DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHÄNDLER

Price: $162.50  other currencies  Order nr. 103034

Ein wirkliches Hilfsbuch für den Farbendruck und die Farbenmischung im Buchdruck nach jahrelangen praktischen Erfahrungen und Versuchen bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J... [Practical Guide for Color Book Printing...]
Berlin: Verlag von J. Müller, 1900. 4to. original cloth, boards with rounded edges, decorated endpapers. x, 48, (38), with 3 additional leaves. Ein wirkliches Hilfsbuch für den Farbendruck und die Farbenmischung im Buchdruck nach jahrelangen praktischen Erfahrungen und Versuchen bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J... [Practical Guide for Color Book Printing...]. A book meant to give "those printers and pressmen who have little opportunity for on-the-job training in this branch [i.e. color printing] a way of..... READ MORE about PRAKTISCHER LEITFADEN FÜR BUNTBUCHDRUCK

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London: Netherclift and Durlacher, Lithographic Artists and Printers, 1855. folio. original cloth. (102) sheets (each as a leaf or as two pages). Facsimiles of several lines to several pages of autograph letters and other examples of writing by sixty-one historical figures, mostly copied from documents in the British Museum. Transcriptions on lighter paper alternate with facsimiles on heavier stock, with the transcription(s) on the left-hand side and the facsimile(s) on the right. Printing is generally..... READ MORE about THE AUTOGRAPH MISCELLANY OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, INTERESTING DOCUMENTS, ETC., EXECUTED IN...

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Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1914. 4to. quarter cloth with paste paper-covered boards. (viii), 46, (2) pages plus 24 leaves of plates in black and white. First edition. The German Renaissance painter and engraver, Georg Pencz (c.1500-1550) was active in Nuremberg and was probably part of Dürer's workshop. Pencz's style was heavily influenced by his two trips to Italy, the first coming early in his career. The fine, crisp style of his paintings in particular reflect..... READ MORE about DIE HOLZSCHNITTE DES GEORG PENCZ

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(Plymouth, Minnesota: Hadley House, 1987). large 4to. full leather, gilt lettering, leather slipcase. 132 pages. First edition, one of the limited numbered and signed versions. Text gives Redlin's biographical information, thoughts about his creative process, and commentary on his work. Contains 117 reproductions of Redlin's work, most in color. Printed at Watt/Peterson and bound by Nicholstone Book Bindery. Light wear to slipcase's corners and edges. Also has a few minor scratches. READ MORE about THE ART OF TERRY REDLIN, OPENING WINDOWS TO THE WILD

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London: The Autotype Company, 1898. small 8vo. original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 104, 11+(1) pages. Fourth edition, revised (See Bridson & Wakeman E360). Contains two plates including one folding plate showing workers in action. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Front cover has a scrape mark across it. READ MORE about THE "A.B.C." GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF AUTOTYPE PRINTS IN PERMANENT PIGMENTS

Price: $110.00  other currencies  Order nr. 97830

Wien: Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, 1925. small 4to. cloth. (ii), 408, (2) pages, with illustrations. First edition. Volume 5 from the important series: Geschichte und Kritischer Katalogue des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. Martin Schongauer (1450-1491), is thought to be one of the most important and innovative early printmakers. Includes a biography of the artist and a detailed catalogue of the printmaker's work, and later copies. With illustrations of the various watermarks..... READ MORE about KATALOG DER KUPFERSTICHE MARTIN SCHONGAURERS

Price: $122.50 save 50% $61.25  other currencies  Order nr. 76037

Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2007. 7.3 x 11 inches. hardcover. 357 pages. Manon, Aix en Provence, year 1785: Antonio Mondaini (alias Namindio or Namindiù) writes, in the Italian language, 14 significant letters on Cyprus. Travelling philosopher, keen observer, naturalist, geologist, antiquarian, scholar and poet, Namindiù thoroughly describes archaeological sites and presents the history of Cyprus as well as his experiences with the locals. The Cypriot countryside, its people and their habits are depicted in the..... READ MORE about LETTERS HISTORIC AND ENTERTAINING ON THE PAST AND PRESENT CONDITIONS OF THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS...

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XV
Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1994. 4to. cloth. ii,396; 70 pages and 436 plates showing many watermarks. XV. Two volumes. First edition. The last publication of the Paper Publications Society. The original of this monumental work was issued in Russian in only 150 copies. This English language edition has been edited and includes information not in the original edition. 98% of the watermarks described are not Russian watermarks but rather are European watermarks. A number..... READ MORE about LIKHACHEV'S WATERMARKS, AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION

Price: $250.00 save 50% $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70707

2 volumes.
Cambridge(MA): Harvard University Press, 1960. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xlii,278; (vi),281-677 pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 600 copies for each vol. Besterman 6067. Third and final part in two volumes of the five-volume bibliography of early Texas by Thomas Winthrop Streeter (1885-1965), the well-known collector of Americana. One may be surprised to learn that the major class of imprint up to the establishment of the Texas Republic seems to be the publications of land..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS 1795-1845, PART III, UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN IMPRINTS RELATING TO TEXAS,...

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54519

France: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation through Trianon Press, (1959). folio. cardboard slipcase. variously paginated. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. The Tsisab Ravine in the Brandberg Mountain range of South-West Africa, which is the site of the famous 'White Lady of the Brandberg," is also the site of a great number of painted rock shelters clustered together nearby. This volume is the outcome of the labors of Abbe Breuil and his companions who camped in..... READ MORE about THE TSISAB RAVINE AND OTHER BRANDBERG SITES

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London: Gresham Press, n.d. (ca. 1890’s). oblong 4to. original front cover present but worn; back cover lacking. (24) pages. Comprises priced specimens of labels, both blank and filled, and reversed for transfer, along with vignette specimens of pianos, piano stools, organs, musical cases, etc. Specimens printed in orange or black. No other copy traced. Front cover detached and heavily chipped around edges, contents very good. Back cover lacking. An incredible survival. READ MORE about UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF...

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Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives; and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, With the Number of Editions Printed; including Notices of some Foreign Writers whose Works have occasionally been published in England. Illustrated by a Variety of Communications from Persons of the first Eminence in the World of Letters.
London: Henry Colburn, 1816. 8vo. Full calf, re-backed with cloth. viii, 449 pages. Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives; and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, With the Number of Editions Printed; including Notices of some Foreign Writers whose Works have occasionally been published in England. Illustrated by a Variety of Communications from Persons of the first Eminence in the World of Letters. "Mr. [Frederic] Shoberl proceeded to assure me, in the presence..... READ MORE about A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE LIVING AUTHORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

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London: Hampton, Judd & Co., 1892. 8vo. original green cloth stamped in black and gilt. (iv), 148, (2) pages. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman E64). With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed with some fading. READ MORE about PHOTO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, AND COLLOTYPE

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From the Sylvia Ioannou Collection
Athens: Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, 2003. 9.75 x 12.5 inches. paperback. 240 pages. From the Sylvia Ioannou Collection. This book contains five units comprising the whole of the Sylvia Ioannou's collection of maps about her homeland, Cyprus. Each unit displays the development of cartography and the history of the island. The first three units encompass Frankish and Venetian rule. Maps and rare loose sheets illustrate the Frankish walls of Nicosia, the philosophical concept of the world..... READ MORE about SWEET LAND OF CYPRUS: THE EUROPEAN CARTOGRAPHY OF CYPRUS (15TH-19TH CENTURY

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104503