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  other currencies  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  other currencies  Order nr. 99763

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  other currencies  Order nr. 138463

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  other currencies  Order nr. 42987

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  other currencies  Order nr. 57567

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  other currencies  Order nr. 4406

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  other currencies  Order nr. 16118

4 volumes.
Bruxelles: Culture et Civilisation, (1963). 8vo. cloth. (vii),ccxxxi,320; lxxix,456; xi,520; xliii,395 pages. 4 volumes. Reprint of series of volumes on Greek bibliography serving as standard sources for the Hellenistic period that were published in Paris by Ernest Leroux in 1885. (Besterman 2749; Sheehy AA842). A fine set. Emile Legrand published a number of works on modern Greek grammar, but he is best known for these classic volumes on Greek bibliography. This work is devoted to..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE HELLÉNIQUE, OU DESCRIPTION RAISONNÉE DES OUVRAGES PUBLIÉS EN GREC PAR DES GRECS...

Price: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138298

University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (2002). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 296 pages. First edition. Covers and spine lightly soiled, else near fine. A collection of fourteen essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes Matt Cohen's "Morton's Maypole and the Indians: Publishing in Early New England", M.O. Grenby's "Adults Only? Children and Children's Books in British Circulating Libraries, 1748-1848". etc. . From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare..... READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 5

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 73726

Austin: University of Texas Press, (1971). thick tall 8vo. cloth. xxx, 700 pages. First edition. Front hinge worn, along with spine ends. Lacking the dust jacket. 7,087 bibliographies are described in detail with cross indices. Spine of jacket is faded. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about LATIN AMERICA, A GUIDE TO THE HISTORICAL LITERATURE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138324

New York: Burt Franklin, (1972). small 8vo. cloth. (ii), 85 pages. Reprint of 1875 edition. A near fine copy. This was the first of a course of lectures in the Jefferson Medical College, and traces the history of medical literature in America from the tracts written by Benjamin Rush, a surgeon in the Continental Army and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Medical libraries, and publishers of medical works are also discussed. From the reference..... READ MORE about HISTORY OF AMERICAN MEDICAL LITERATURE FROM 1776 TO THE PRESENT TIME

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46570

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1986. 8vo. cloth. 181 pages. First edition. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA GUADALULPANA (1531-1984); GUADALUPAN BIBLIOGRAPHY (1531-1984

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138186

Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1999). small 4to. paper covered boards, dust jacket. xv, (v), 256, (2) pages. First edition. A near fine copy in near fine jacket. An examination of how many different constituencies fought to keep the Bible the preeminent text in the United States as the country's print marketplace experienced explosive growth. The author shows how heated battles had profound consequences for many American cultural practices and forms of printed material. By exploring..... READ MORE about AN AMERICAN BIBLE, A HISTORY OF THE GOOD BOOK IN THE UNITED STATES, 1777-1880

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99932

Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1911. tall 8vo. cloth backed decorated boards. ix, 245 pages. First edition printed in an edition of 700 copies by D.B Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston. Minor wear to spine ends. Minor foxing to gutters, else near fine. A very scarce book. Includes chapters on The Play-Book in England, Newbery's Books in America, the American Newbery, etc. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with..... READ MORE about FORGOTTEN BOOKS OF THE AMERICAN NURSERY, A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN STORY-BOOK

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20066

New York: Oxford University Press, (1944). thick 8vo. cloth. viii, 888 pages. First edition, second printing with corrections. Minor rubbing to spine and boards, else a near fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138390

London: Oxford University Press, 1951. 8vo. cloth. xi, (i), 888 pages. This book deals with the theatre in all ages and in all countries. Areas covered are theatre, music, dancing, and design, from countries such as China, India, Japan, Malay, Greece, Rome, England, France and many more. Includes a bibliography. Spine faded. Else very good condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about OXFORD COMPANION TO THE THEATRE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58309

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. xii, 468 pages and 16 plates. First edition. Spine lightly worn. Rear hinge worn through. Minor toning to pastedowns and endpapers. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about OXFORD COMPANION TO CLASSICAL LITERATURE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6902

Honolulu: The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society and The University Press of Hawaii, (1978). 8vo. cloth. xxix, 247 pages. Describes 654 known items published in the Hawaiian Languages. A fine copy. Also contains historical notes, a selected historical bibliography, explanatory notes, libraries and collections and sources of information. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMPRINTS, 1822-1899, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36359

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Botanical Library, 1963. 4to. parchment spine with marbled paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. xcviii, (4), 36, 38 leaves of plates, (12) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 2000 copies. Very good condition. Facsimile of the 1788 herbal Sertum Anglicum. With critical studies and a translation. Essays about the author, L'Héritier de Brutelle, the plants in his book and the illustrators by F.A. Stafleu, J.S.L. Gilmour, C.J. King, L.H.J. Williams and..... READ MORE about SERTUM ANGLICUM, 1788

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79490

New Haven and Sydney: William Reese Company and Hordern House, Ltd., 2004. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 792 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. A fine copy. Describes 1937 items that "remains the most extensive gathering of books that document early voyages of exploration and discovery in the Pacific" (introduction). New introduction on Kenneth Even Hill as a book collector by Jonathan Hill. Extensive chronological and general index. Annotated entries. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare..... READ MORE about THE HILL COLLECTION OF PACIFIC VOYAGES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76621

London: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. thick 8vo. cloth. xx, 473 pages. Second American edition, revised. Partially unopened. Minor wear at spine ends. Minor shelfwear. Small bookplate on front free endpaper. Durer frontispiece. The appendices are of special interest as they give bibliographical and biographical information of use to the collector. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SHORT HISTORY OF ENGRAVING & ETCHING FOR THE USE OF COLLECTORS AND STUDENTS. WITH FULL...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138372

New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1965. thick 8vo. cloth. xlii, 614 pages. Revised from the 1929 and 1938 editions. Foreword by A. Hyatt Mayor followed by lengthy catalogue. A near fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS, 1468-1700, IN THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 43582

With an introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 218 pages. With an introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey. First edition. A near fine copy. A very informative and well illustrated catalogue. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE PHILIP HOFER BEQUEST IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING AND GRAPHIC...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31049

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1994. square 4to. paper wrappers. 168 pages. First edition. Near fine condition. Black & white illustrations throughout. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about WENCESLAUS HOLLAR: A BOHEMIAN ARTIST IN ENGLAND

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138401

QVINTVS HORATIVS FLACCVS
N.P. Mills College, 1938. 4to. cloth. xx, 240 pages. QVINTVS HORATIVS FLACCVS. First edition. 2733 entries described. Lacking dust jacket. Covers and spine soiled, else near fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, EDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AS THEY APPEAR IN THE UNION...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 21521

New York: R. R. Bowker, (1988). 8vo. cloth. 652 pages. Reprint of the Revised and Enlarged Second edition of 1962. An essential reference book of Americana. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about U.S. IANA (1650-1950) A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN WHICH ARE DESCRIBED 11,620 UNCOMMON AND...

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53844

Boston: David R. Godine, (1999). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 274, (2) pages. First edition, later printing. Spine faded, covers rubbed. Spine separating from textblock. A study tracing the origins of the Roman alphabet letter by letter to ancient times. Name in ink on half-title. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A. B. C. ET CETERA, THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41499

Two volumes.
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 8vo. publisher's textured cloth, covers blind-stamped, spines with gilt-stamped title, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. xi,324; ix,358 pages. Two volumes. First U.S. edition. (Brewer p.221; NSTC 2H37392). Bindings slightly cocked, cloth rubbed and discolored. Ex-social club library: paper shelving labels at spine heads, 19th-century bookplates, title-pages pressure-stamped. Vol. II lacking front free endpaper. Intermittent spotting and staining. Entertaining essays on literature, history, and culture, many written to great comic..... READ MORE about MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS; A SELECTION OF SKETCHES, ESSAYS, AND CRITICAL MEMOIRS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3557

Oaxaca: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, & Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa, 2011. square 4to. softcover. 387 pages. First paperback edition. Near fine condition. The first full history and bibliography of Oaxaca's Independence- and early Republic-era printerJosé María Idiáquez, with considerable background information on colonial-era printing not found in Medina or Nicolás León. Pascoe, a practicing and highly skilled hand-press printer and printing historian, worked here "en colaboración con Carolina Ballesteros..... READ MORE about JOSÉ MARÍA IDIÁQUEZ, IMPRESOR EN EL ORATORIO DE LA CONGREGACIÓN DE SAN FELIPE NERI DE OAXACA...

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138329

Chicago: The Historical Records Survey, 1938. 4to. spiral bound stiff paper wrappers. xxvii, 727 pages. Describes 1,880 items. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY. NO.4 CHECK LIST OF CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS, 1851-1871

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54713

Collection Guy du Boisrouvray.
Paris: n.p., 1961. 4to. publisher's cloth. 146, (1) pages; 98 plates (10 in color). Collection Guy du Boisrouvray. Limited to 1,025 copies, of which is is one of 1,000 numbered copies (this copy is unnumbered). Cloth boards sunned where exposed. Some pages unopened. With silk ribbon place-marker. Very good condition. Catalogue of 30 illuminated books and manuscripts from the Département des Manuscrits, Bibliothéque Nationale de France. Preface by Jean Porcher, Conservateur en chef du Cabinet..... READ MORE about MANUSCRITS Á PEINTURES OFFERTS Á LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE NATIONALE PAR LE COMTE GUY DU BOISROUVRAY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138466

(Akron, OH; Paris, France): Bruce Ferrini; Les Enluminures, Ltd., (2000). 4to. cloth with title in gilt, dust jacket. 158 pages. Catalogue for exhibition of 25 illuminated manuscripts held in 2000. Price list laid-in. A fine copy in fine jacket. Contains several color photographs of each manuscript as well as information on its provenance, text, decorations, and general commentary about the work's history. Includes an introductory essay by Jonathan J. G. Alexander called "The Author as..... READ MORE about IMPORTANT ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93383

With essays by Lawrence R. Poos, Virginia Reinberg, John Plummer.
(New York): George Braziller in association with the Walters Art Museum, (1988). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 230 pages. With essays by Lawrence R. Poos, Virginia Reinberg, John Plummer. First paperback edition. Designed by Vincent Torre. A fine copy. Prayer books designed for the lay men and women of the Middle Ages, the Book of Hours was considered the medieval best-seller for nearly 250 years. Some of the most beautiful pictures ever created grace the..... READ MORE about TIME SANCTIFIED, THE BOOK OF HOURS IN MEDIEVAL ART AND LIFE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62612

Millwood: Kraus Reprint Co., 1973. thick tall 4to. cloth. lxiii, 798 pages. Reproduced from the annotated copy maintained by Goff. A near fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about INCUNABULA IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES, A THIRD CENSUS OF FIFTEENTH-CENTURY BOOKS RECORDED IN NORTH...

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6606

Four volumes bound in two as issued.
Berlin: Josef Altmann, 1826-1838. thick 8vo. half-cloth over marbled paper covered boards, all edges marbled. iv,594,(22); (vi),563+(1); (iv),558, (2); iv,548,(2) pages. Four volumes bound in two as issued. First edition. Spines repaired with library cloth. Exlibrary with markings. Mild shelfwear. Contents extremely clean. Descriptions of thousands of books printed in the 15th century. Split along hinges. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about REPERTORIUM BIBLIOGRAPHICUM, IN QUO LIBRI OMNES AB ARTE TYPOGRAPHICA INVENTA USQUE AD ANNUM MD

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69925

Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1940. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. Illustrated. Age darkening along edges. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE FIRST PRINTERS AND THEIR BOOKS, A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE FIVE HUNDREDTH...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36846

Fondation Index Aureliensis (Hg.)
Geneve: Baden-Baden, V. Koerner, 1965-2014, 1992. 8vo. Editor's cloth binding with lettering piece on spine. variously paginated. Fondation Index Aureliensis (Hg.). Part I, vols. I - XVII (1965-2014) and Part III/3 (from letter A to Fer, 1992). A complete set of this invaluable resource regarding printers and publishers of the 16th century. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about INDEX AURELIENSIS. CATALOGUS LIBRORUM SEDECIMO SAECULO IMPRESSORUM

Price: $700.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138191

Bassano: Giuseppe Remondini, 1794. 8vo. paper wrappers. xxi, 243 pages. First edition. Spinehead peeling and faded, else a very good copy. After the list of books making up the library, there are 10 unpublished short stories by Luigi Alamanni, Giovanni Battista Amalteo, Giulia Bigolina, Pietro Fortini, Vincenzo Rota, Gentile Sermini and Girolamo Morlini are added. Papanti, 1. Vedovata, "Biografia degli scrittori padovani", I, 146. Gamba, "Delle novelle in prosa", 59. From the reference library of..... READ MORE about NOTIZIA DE' NOVELLIERI ITALIANI POSSEDUTI DAL CONTE ANTON-MRIA BORROMEO GENTILUOMO PADOVANO CON...

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138456

Nouvelle édition par Carlos Sommervogel. Bruxelles-Paris 1890-1900. Réimpression anastatique augmentée de références en manchette (de l'édition de Paris-Bruxelles, 1895).
Héverlé-Louvain, Belgium: Editions de la Bibliothèque, (1960). 8vo. cloth. Thousands of pages. Nouvelle édition par Carlos Sommervogel. Bruxelles-Paris 1890-1900. Réimpression anastatique augmentée de références en manchette (de l'édition de Paris-Bruxelles, 1895). Reprint of the first edition, which was produced over the period 1890-1916 (Besterman 3261). Exlibrary with markings, else a near fine set. This massive bibliography is without a doubt the most comprehensive bibliography of the Jesuit order. It is absolutely indispensable for antiquarian booksellers..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS. 9 VOLUMES, PLUS 3 SUPPLEMENT VOLUMES

Price: $1,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138173

Kent: The Kent State University Press, (1992). thick tall 8vo. cloth. xviii, 1012 pages. First edition. A fine copy. A total of 975 books and 27 manuscripts described in great bibliographical detail with annotations. Illustrated including a full color frontispiece. Has indices of authors, titles, printers, publishers, booksellers, illustrators, portraits and non-botanical illustrations. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CLEVELAND HERBAL, BOTANICAL, AND HORTICULTURAL COLLECTIONS A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRE-1830...

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37354

New York: Christie's, 1999. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 269, (5) pages. Auction catalogue, Christie's, New York, 23 June 1999, 148 lots. A fine copy. Sold by order of the Trustees of the United Synagogue. The nucleus of this collection is from the library of Solomon Hirschell (1761-1842), acquired from his estate in 1845, and includes more than twenty medieval manuscripts, eight incunables and one post-incunable. Illustrated in color throughout. From the reference library of..... READ MORE about IMPORTANT HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LONDON BETH DIN

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72970

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 224 pages and 18 illustrations. Reprint of the first edition. In 1938, after three years of sharing a house in London with a moody, elderly Russian who translated Chekhov, Barbara Kaye and her husband, Percy Muir, move to a Tudor cottage in northwest Essex, in joyful anticipation of having a home to themselves at last. As she handles a young daughter, domestic crises..... READ MORE about THE COMPANY WE KEPT

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London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co., 1866. 8vo. original full red cloth stamped in black and gilt, beveled edges, all edges gilt. xx, 190, (10) pages. Glimpse into Victorian womanhood. Spine and edges of covers faded and rubbed. Internally fine condition. Illustrated by Charles Keene, and referred to by Forrest Reid as "Keene's masterpiece in book illustration." Color frontispiece. With 60 illustrations in the text, first illustrated edition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books..... READ MORE about MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107121

New York: H. P. Kraus, Inc., 1997. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 84, (6) pages. A catalogue from the exhibition of Greek printing and the book arts from the 15th to the 20th centuries from the collection of H.P. Kraus. A fine copy. It includes 52 entries, an index of authors, editors, and anonymous works. Illustrated in black and white. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included..... READ MORE about THE GREEK BOOK

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70307

New York, NY: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 50 pages. Kraus catalogue 54. Edges of wrappers chipped; wrappers lightly soiled. A collection of 127 early printed books and manuscripts. Black and white illustrations on inside of wrappers. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SPAIN, ITALY, FRANCE CHOICE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130917

Leipzig: HES & DE GRAAF, (1969). 8vo. Cloth. IV, 262 + 79 pp. Second reprint of the first edition published in 1870 limited to 200 copies. Boards slightly soiled, else a near fine copy. Two parts in one. Main work and supplement together describe 3.690 pamphlets by Luther and his contemporaries, with transcriptions of titles and collations. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THESAURUS LIBELLORUM HISTORIAM REFORMATIONIS ILLUSTRANTIUM. VERZEICHNIS EINER SAMMLUNG VON NAHEZU...

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103267

(Toronto, Canada): Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. Produced to celebrate and honour the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Pre-Conference held in Toronto 17 to 20 June 2003, on the theme "TRUE/FALSE: Facsimiles, Fakes, Forgeries, and Issues of Authenticity in Special Collections" the exhibition covers various aspects of literary forgery (and one 'real' forgery) from Richard Bentley and the Epistles of Phalaris to the inventions of..... READ MORE about LITERARY FORGERIES AND MYSTIFICATIONS: AN EXHIBITION

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138459

Netherlands: Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert Utrecht, (1976). small 4to. cloth. xviii, 230 pages. Covers with uneven soiling, else a near fine copy. This bibliography gives an account of emblem and device books which were published in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal in any language. Noteworthy emblem books precedes a chronological list of editions from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Authors names are in alphabetical order, and are followed by dates of birth and death..... READ MORE about FRENCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH, AND PORTUGUESE BOOKS OF DEVICES AND EMBLEMS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57555

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2009. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. lvi, 159+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition at Princeton of the collection of Lapidus, including many of the important printed works relating to the American Revolution. Wrappers lightly soiled, else a fine copy. Frontispiece illustration of the title page of Paine's Common Sense. Preface. Foreword by Lapidus. Introduction by noted historian Sean Wilentz. Index. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their..... READ MORE about LIBERTY & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF SID LAPIDUS, CLASS OF 1959

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115071

Books and Broadsides from the Dr. Bernardo Mendel Collection.
New York: Phillips, 1979. 8vo. cloth, paper wrappers bound in. unpaginated. Books and Broadsides from the Dr. Bernardo Mendel Collection. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday October 17, 18 & 19, 1979 at 1 p.m. 978 lots. Cloth boards lightly age-darkened along fore-edge, else near fine. Contents in fine condition. Black and white photos. Prices realized annotated in ink throughout. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about LATIN AMERICANA. BOOKS AND BROADSIDES FROM THE DR. BERNARDO MENDEL COLLECTION

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138346