Philadelphia: Lea & Feibiger, 1985. 8vo. boards. ix, 126 pages. Interesting book on this American publishing firm. With a number of excellent illustrations. A near fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF PUBLISHING, A HISTORY OF THE OLDEST PUBLISHING COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES,...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11649

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. 4to. quarter black calf over red cloth, red leather spine label, black leather cameo device in front cover, slipcase. 295 pages. Limited to 2250 numbered copies (LEC 294). Many illustrations, including quite a few in color. Order form loosely inserted. Two-page T.L.s. by Helen Macy loosely inserted. Spine faded and lightly rubbed. Slipcase worn. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included..... READ MORE about QUARTO-MILLENARY, THE FIRST 250 PUBLICATIONS AND THE FIRST 25 YEARS 1929 - 1954 OF THE LIMITED...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120731

New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). 8vo. cloth. 256 pages. Reprint of the very scarce first edition of 1900. Near fine condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about EARLY BOSTON BOOKSELLERS, 1642-1711

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Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press, 1985. 8vo. cloth. 492 pages. First edition. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CHICANO LITERATURE: A REFERENCE GUIDE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138332

New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 4to. cloth. xvi, 280 col., (2) pages. Reprint of the 1903 first edition. (Besterman 3627). Limited to 150 copies. Near fine. With indices of authors, towns of printers, printers and a selected index to woodcuts. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED TRACTS BY MARTIN LUTHER A ND HIS CONTEMPORARIES,...

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37085

London: Maggs Bros. 1921. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 182, (10) pages. Catalogue no.403. Rebound in quarter leather over boards. Original wrappers bound in. Head of spine lightly worn, else very good. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about AMERICA AND THE EAST, EARLY GEOGRAPHIES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11757

London: Maggs Bros. 1928. square 8vo. original wrappers. (ii), 425, (37) pages. S-K 33. Many illustrations. Complete index to the whole catalogue at the end. Covers separating from spine. Covers foxed, light wear to edges. A good copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPHICA. PART I BOOKS ON PRINTING, BIBLIOGRAPHY, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND...

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Mexico: Instituto Bibliograpfico Mexicano, 1959. 8vo. later green cloth, leather spine label, original stiff paper wrappers with yapp edges bound-in. 173+(1) pages. Contains a number of copies of engravings and other art, as well as the bibliography. Near fine, internally fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about LA LITERATURA JURÍDICA ESPAÑOLA DEL SIGLO DE ORO EN LA NUEVA ESPAÑA

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94950

Bloomington: The Lilly Library, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. A catalogue for the exhibition held at the Lilly Library in 1994, that celebrated the centenary of the lecture Mallarme gave at the English universities in 1894, together with the centenary of the first performance in 1894 of Claude Debussy's 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.' Near fine copy. It includes 132 entries and is illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia..... READ MORE about MALLARME AND HIS CIRCLE

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(St. Louis, MO): St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, 2005. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 32 pages. The new edition. A fine copy. Handlist prepared for an exhibition of the marbled and other decorated papers used in the binding of the books in the St. Louis Mercantile Llibrary. Original specimen tipped in. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A SNAIL, A PEACOCK, AND A TIGER'S EYE, HISTORICAL MARBLED PAPERS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ST....

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Philadelphia, PA: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51+(1) pages. Preface by librarian John C. Van Horne, bibliography, biographical sketches of the curators. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine. Based on an exhibition at the Library Company of Philadelphia, 2003, curated by Matson and Wendy Woloson. Illustrations from the LCP collections. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about RISKY BUSINESS: WINNING AND LOSING IN THE EARLY AMERICAN ECONOMY 1780-1850

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Hartford: McBride Publisher, 1985. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Third edition, revised. A handy guide to the way different publishers identify their first editions. Wrappers lightly soiled, else a fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about POCKET GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF FIRST EDITIONS

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With a foreword by Leslie W. Dunlap.
Iowa: Friends of the University of Iowa libraries, 1980. 4to. cloth. xiv, 474 pages. With a foreword by Leslie W. Dunlap. First edition. A fine copy. Describes in detail 1,196 of the 1,600 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room in the University of Iowa. Provides an excellent survey of the history of medicine. The annotations contain useful information as to the importance of each title. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare..... READ MORE about THE HEIRS OF HIPPOCRATES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN A CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC BOOKS IN THE...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25217

N.P. Lilly Library, n.d. 4to. paper wrappers. 100 pages. Limited to 1150 copies. with a long introduction by David Randall. Textblock starting to pull away from the binding. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about MEDICINE, AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS RELATING TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY FROM THE COLLECTION FORMED BY...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7144

N.P. Privately printed, n.d. (circa 1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A brief biography of the well-known businessman/book collector Bernardo Mendel, who bequeathed his valuable library to Indiana University. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BERNARDO MENDEL, BOOKMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE 1985-1967

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 47662

Philadelphia: Mercantile Library, 1870. small 4to. original cloth stamped in blind and gilt. (viii). 707+(1) pages. The eleventh and final catalogue for the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia (Singerman 2882). The preface describes this as more of an index than a catalogue, "because by necessity the greater part of the labor of transcribing titles has been performed by assistants who had no previous experience." Every book is entered and may be found by author or the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78309

New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). 8vo. cloth. (viii), 312, 41 pages. Reprint of the 1869 auction catalogue issued by Puttick and Simpson of London. Bookplate on front pastedown. Prices realized are given. Important. Near fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA MEJICANA. A CATALOGUE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS,...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7163

Washington: GPO, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. Exhibition catalogue commemorating the 400th anniversary of the beginning of printing in the New World. Covers detached at spine, yet present. Covers soiled. 85 items with lengthy annotations accompaning each. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about COLONIAL PRINTING IN MEXICO

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16708

Two volumes.
Ciudad Universitaria: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1990. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi,652, (2); xii,653-1347,(3) pages. Two volumes. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies in paperback and 1,000 in boards / dustjacket, of which this set is thus. Minor wear to edges of dust jackets, else a fine set. A bibliography of imprints (books, pamphlets, periodicals, etc.) related to the struggle for Mexican Independence, 1808-1821. With 5,505 numbered, relatively brief entries. The second volume..... READ MORE about IMPRESOS NOVOHISPANOS, 1808-1821, TOMO I /...TOMO II

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53248

Mexico: Cultura Economica, 1954 (1981). thick 4to. two-toned cloth. 591, (3) pages. Reprint of the second edition, revised by Agustin Millares Carlo with additional revisions and additions for the 1981 edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Minor rubbing to extreminties. Full bibliographical descriptions of 16th century books printed in Mexico accompanied by biographies of the authors. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA MEXICANA DEL SIGLO XVI, CATALOGO RAZONADO DE LIBROS IMPRESOS EN MEXICO DE 1539 A...

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31149

Being the entire issue of Artes de Mexico, No.131, 1970,
4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 114 pages. Being the entire issue of Artes de Mexico, No.131, 1970, Text in Spanish, French and English. Illustrated history of the Mexican book. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about LIBROS MEXICANOS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138337

Santiago: Imprenta Elzeviriana, 1905. large 8vo. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands, leather spine label, original wrappers bound in. viii, 574 pages. First edition of this very scarce book. Bookplates of G.R.G. Conway, H.P. Kraus, and Manuel Romero de Terreros on front pastedown. Head of spine worn, with minor chipping to marbled paper board edges. . A history of the inquisition in Mexico. Chilean historian and bibliographer José Toribio Medina (1852-1930)..... READ MORE about HISTORIA DEL TRIBUNAL DEL SANTO OFICIO DE LA INQUISICION EN MEXICO

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138184

Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1987. 8vo. original publisher's pictorial wrappers. 73 pages. Exhibition catalogue. A near fine copy. First edition limited to 1,000 copies. The collection of Nahuatl manuscripts held by the Newberry Library in Chicago, while not the largest of its kind in the United States, certainly contains some of the most important individual works. The collection of Nahuatl manuscripts held in the Latin American Library of Tulane University, New Orleans..... READ MORE about GUIAS DE MANUSCRITOS EN NAHUATL (GUIDES TO NAHUATL MANUSCRIPTS): THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, CHICAGO,...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138183

Mexico: Imprenta Universitaria, 1935. 4to. later quarter red leather over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt on spine, leather tips. xxxii, 244, (6) pages. First edition, limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of the 650 printed on "Arte" paper. (Besterman III, 5158). Spine age-darkened and rubbed. Light wear to spine ends. A lovely copy. Full bibliographical descriptions of the books accompanied by many illustrations of 16th century Mexican publications, "the incunabula of America"..... READ MORE about IMPRESOS MEXICANOS DEL SIGLO XVI (INCUNABLES AMERICANOS) ESTUDIO BIBLIOGRAPFICO, CON UNA...

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16891

New York: AMS Press, (1945). small 8vo. cloth. xiv, 101 pages. Volume 12 in the Northwestern University Humanities Series. Gilt on spine darkened. Near fine condition of this extremely scarce bibliography. A catalogue raisonné. John Stuart Mill kept a notebook, listing all of his works published from 1822 to 1873. This notebook was found in a mixed group of manuscripts bought at auction in 1935, and here edited and annotated for publication. The editors have..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF JOHN STUART MILL, EDITED FROM HIS MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 45871

2 volumes.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964. 4to. cloth. xx,358; (vi),359-728 pages. 2 volumes. Lacking the slipcase. Minor soiling and rubbing to boards and spines, else a near fine set. Well annotated descriptions of 557 books. Illustrated and with all the appropriate indices. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. PART I: FRENCH 16TH CENTURY BOOKS

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71412

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1998. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 552 pages. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy in near fine jacket. This groundbreaking bibliography and biography describes the books published by American publisher, Thomas Bird Mosher, whose editions helped to convey England's literature and design to the American public. "The Mosher Books" include works by authors such as William Morris, Oscar Wilde, Fiona Macleod, Robert..... READ MORE about THOMAS BIRD MOSHER, PIRATE PRINCE OF PUBLISHERS

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50308

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2000). tall 8vo. cloth. 401 pages. Reprint of the 1899 first edition, which was printed in only 100 copies in London (not in Besterman). A fine copy. This extremely rare catalogue of early printed books is the most elusive of the catalogues of the Fairfax-Murray Collection. Contains many books pertaining to Italy. Descriptions of 2382 books. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included... READ MORE about CATALOGO DEI LIBRI POSSEDUTI DA CHARLES FAIRFAX-MURRAY

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138468

(Washington, DC): The Library of Congress, 1945. 8vo. cloth. x, 616, (2) pages. Revised and enlarged by William Treat Upton. Front gutter tender, else a near fine copy. A bibliography, arranged alphabetically by title, of eighteenth-century secular music published in America. Many of the entries are annotated concerning first performances, facts about composers, performers, etc. Several lists follow the bibliography; the topics include articles and essays, composers, songsters, patriotic music and more. General index and..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EARLY SECULAR AMERICAN MUSIC (18TH CENTURY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64268

New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1873. 8vo. later library buckram. iv, 430 pages. First edition. Exlibris with markings. Contains 1708 entries. Ex library copy with markings including the library name embossed on the title page. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about ESSAY TOWARDS AN INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY BEING A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE HISTORY,...

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107757

Princeton: Morven Museum & Garden, 2012. 4to. paper wrappers. 75 pages. Exhibition catalogue. Designed by Jerry Kelly. A fine copy. Fully illustrated in color. Wrappers. New. The most comprehensive illustrated catalogue to date of pre-1900 views of New Jersey. One hundred and nineteen paintings, drawings, and separately issued prints of New Jersey, each of which is illustrated in color and described in considerable detail. Included are eighteenth-century English aquatints and engravings, early nineteenth-century watercolors, mid-nineteenth-century..... READ MORE about PORTRAIT OF PLACE: PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS OF NEW JERSEY, 1761

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138420

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1993. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 300 pages. Near fine condition. This register collects, from annual city directories, about 5,000 names and 50,000 addresses of individuals and firms working in New York in the book trades and graphic arts areas during the period 1821-1842. It continues George L. McKay's similar work, published by the New York Public Library in 1942, which collected the names of craftsmen and artisans..... READ MORE about A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138366

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1994. small 8vo. decorated cloth. xviii, 173, (3) pages. A compilation of articles by and about John Newbery, one of the first author-publishers to write books for the pleasure as well as the edification of children. A fine copy. A short biography by the editor, a short story by Samuel Johnson, and some works by Newbery himself make up some of the chapters. Bibliography, index, and appendix listing the winners..... READ MORE about JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS BOOKS, TRADE AND PLUMB-CAKE FOR EVER, HUZZA!

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 45251

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1918). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. xxi, 373+(1) pages. First edition, second impression. Spine lightly age darkened and rubbed, corner bumped. A good copy. Contains the following changes: blank page after endpaper is now half-title; date dropped from title page; 24 line preface to the "second edition" has been added as a separate page placed before the introduction; a 15 page index has been added after the..... READ MORE about AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14727

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1925. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. xvii, 451 pages. First edition, second issue with the location of the Cruikshank signature listed as being on page 334 in the list of illustrations. Minor bumps to corners. Lacking the dust jacket. Minor shelfwear, else a near fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3862

Bloomington: The Lilly Library, 1987. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages. A catalogue for an exhibition prepared and described by Richard S. Westfall, held at the Lilly Library in 1987 held for the 300 year anniversary of the publication of The Mathematical Principle of Natural Philosophy, a book universally known as the Principia, by Isaac Newton. A fine copy. There are 84 entries which are accompanied by a few illustrations. Includes a bibliography and..... READ MORE about NEWTON AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59070

3 volumes in 1.
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1966. 4to. cloth. xii,264; (iv),164; 97 pages. 3 volumes in 1. Revised edition. A near fine copy. Divided into two sections, a history of the field of botanical illustration and a bibliography with descriptions of over 2000 books. This edition contains the supplemental third volume at the end. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about DIE BOTANISCHE BUCHILLUSTRATION, IHRE GESCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25166

3 volumes.
New York: Christie's, 1998. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 263,(3); 475,(3); 411,(3) pages. 3 volumes. Three-volume catalogue for the sale of 1,384 items from the collection of H.F. Norman (1915-1996). Prices realized loosely inserted for PART III. Light soiling, else a near fine set. Among items offered were an Aldine printing of the works of Aristotle, a first-edition Vesalius with Vesalius' own annotations, a copy of M. Curie's doctoral dissertation with a presentation to Ernest Rutherford..... READ MORE about THE HASKELL F. NORMAN LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, PART I: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE...

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54054

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 581 pages. Describes 1368 items from Spain and 43 from Portugal in detail in this massive bibliography. Near fine condition. Lacking the dust jacket. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PRINTING IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 1501-1520

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105721

London: Christie's, 1999. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 82, (4) pages. Auction catalogue for a sale held on Wednesday, June 2, 1999. Heavily illustrated with color plates. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about FINE ORNITHOLOGICAL BOOKS: THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE SIR GILES LODER BT

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79871

Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc, (1976). large 4to. cloth. 265 pages. First edition. Uneven soiling to boards, else near fine. Reproduces the Library's library card descriptions of books from the Gimbel collection of items related to Thomas Paine. Contains hundreds of entries. Frontispiece illustrated with a portrait of Paine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THOMAS PAINE COLLECTION OF RICHARD GIMBEL IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERIC AN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35659

Dutch papermakers, papermakers, French paper-makers, French, Dutch, British paper-makers, British, paper mill, watermarks.
Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1990. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. cloth. 96 pages text, 432 pages with plates. Dutch papermakers, papermakers, French paper-makers, French, Dutch, British paper-makers, British, paper mill, watermarks. Reprint of the 1935 edition. Near fine condition. The extensive introduction contains inter alia an alphabetical list of Dutch papermakers, a list of French paper-makers who worked for the Dutch market, and a list of British paper-makers and mills. At the end, a survey..... READ MORE about WATERMARKS IN PAPER IN HOLLAND, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ETC. IN THE XVII AND XVIII CENTURIES AND THEIR...

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103407

New York: The MacMillan Co., 1939. 8vo. cloth. xxv, 282 pages. First edition. Exlibrary with markings. Spine lightly faded. Boards lightly rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Written to complete the work of Father Joseph Finotti who published "Bibliographia Catholica Americana." Includes any book written by a Catholic. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about EARLY CATHOLIC AMERICANA, A LIST OF BOOKS AND OTHER WORKS BY CATHOLIC AUTHORS IN THE UNITED...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20055

(London): The British Library, 1994. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 326 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket faded, else a near fine copy. "This handbook will provide a basic reference source for anyone who is concerned with the provenance of printed books and manuscripts." Discusses bookplates, inscriptions, binding stamps, library catalogues, etc. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY

Price: $47.50  other currencies  Order nr. 87175

(Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1984). 4to. cloth. 128 pages and 32 illustrations. With a preface by Hamady. Rebound in cloth with the original cover bound on the front board. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about TWO DECADES OF HAMADY AND THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED AN ANECDOTALLY ANNOTATED CHECK LIST FOR AN...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138364

Paris: Maison Quantin, 1888. thick small 4to. later half-leather, marbled paper covered boards, vellum tips. viii, 583 pages. First edition. Rebound in library buckram. Exlibrary with markings. Contents in fine condition. Bibliographical descriptions of the most important French books from the 15th to the 18th century. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES PRINCIPALES EDITIONS ORIGINALES D'ECRIVAINS FRANCAIS DU XVe AU XVIIIe SIECLE....

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 42148

With Chronological List of Maps in the Library of Congress by P. Lee Phillips.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1903. 4to. cloth. xv, 397 pages. With Chronological List of Maps in the Library of Congress by P. Lee Phillips. First edition published by the Library of Congress (Besterman 4786). Front hinge cracked. Exlibrary label at head of spine. Covers and spine lightly soiled and worn. This work contains two titles, the first is a List of all the books in the Library of Congress on the Philippine Islands, giving..... READ MORE about A LIST OF BOOKS (WITH REFERENCES TO PERIODICALS) ON THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE LIBRARY OF...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138450

Madrid: Libreria General de Victoriano Suarez, 1911. small 4to. original paper wrappers. 204 pages. Limited to 157 copies. (Besterman p.5171). Uneven age-darkening to spine and edges of front and rear covers. Some light wear to spine. Very minor browning to the textblock. Else a near fine copy. Detailed bibliographical descriptions of 108 pieces of early Philippine printing including numerous illustrations. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about ORIGENES DE LA IMPRENTA FILIPINA, INVESTIGACIONES HISTORICAS, BIBLIOGR AFICAS Y TIPOGRAFICAS

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36665

Twenty one volumes.
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1965-1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Complete set in twenty parts. Twenty one volumes. The illustrated version of these catalogues. Difficult to find as a set as Part V concerned the Americana sale and was issued in America. Covers lightly worn among all 20 volumes. Many parts include either the estimated price list or prices realized / buyers' names. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA, NEW SERIES

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41828