Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, (1994). 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) page. Italian Book-Illustrations and Early Printing: A Catalogue of the Early Italian Books in the Library of C.W. Dyson Perrins. Spine faded, else a near fine copy. Perrins was an English collector of early printed books and illuminated manuscripts. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about ITALIAN BOOK-ILLUSTRATIONS AND EARLY PRINTING

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138296

2 Volumes.
Bogota, Columbia: Imprenta Nacional, 1917, 1925. 8vo. cloth. xxii, 501, (5); xii, 591, (3) pages. 2 Volumes. Text in Spanish. First edition. Covers in near fine condition. Textblock shows some age-darkening and light scattered moisture staining effecting mostly the preliminary pages. . A bibliography of literature about Bogota, Columbia, from 1738 to 1831, arranged chronlogically. Prologue to Vol. 1, preface to Vol. 2. Author and subject indices, both alphabetical and by date. Table of contents..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA BOGOTANA

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138323

New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). 8vo. cloth, spine label. xlviii, 243 pages. Reprint of the 1905 first edition. A fine copy. Proctor, librarian and scholar, was an authority on early printing. Contains reprints of 13 of his articles. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 10033

Kassel: Thiele & Schwarz, Edition Reichenberger, 1979, 1999, 2003, 1981. 4to. cloth. 831; 604; 605-1148; 838 pages. Volume I and III are first editions, Volume II, 1 and II, 2 are reprint editions. Exlibrary with markings. Else near fine condition. A scarce reference. The definitive bibliography of Calderon research. Indexed.The Calderon texts and their transmission. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHISCHES HANDBUCH DER CALDERÓN-FORSCHUNG. FOUR VOLUMES

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138382

Millwood, New York: Kraus International Publications, (1981). small 4to. cloth. xxvii, 776 pages. First edition. Exlibris stamp on front pastedown, else a near fine copy. Rink has compiled a checklist of more than 6,000 individually published works on aspects of technology in america. The works are listed with their locations in some 600 U.S. libraries. Entries are arranged by subject and listed chronologically within each field. An index of names, anonymous titles, and subjects is..... READ MORE about TECHNICAL AMERICANA; A CHECKLIST OF TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS PRINTED BEFORE 1831

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Madrid: Diputacion Prov De Badajoz, 1945. 8vo. paper wrappers. 124, (3) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. A near fine copy. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about LA IMPRENTA EN EXTREMADURA (1489 - 1800

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138185

London: The Minerva Press, 1974. small 4to. cloth. xii, 243 pages. Reprint of the 1972 edition. Fine in fine jacket. Study of herbals through the late 17th century. Includes a bibliography. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE OLD ENGLISH HERBALS

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Philadelphia: Rosenbach Foundation, 1973. 4to. cloth, paper cover label on both front and back covers. Not paginated. Limited to 2000 copies of which this is one of 150 bound thus. This copy has been inscribed by the author to David Szewczyk of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts. Minor soiling to boards, else a near fine copy. Illustrated exhibition catalogue describing 210 of the rarities in this noted collection. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare..... READ MORE about A SELECTION FROM OUR SHELVES: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE PHILIP H. & A.S.W....

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Williamstown, MA: Chapin Library, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 307 pages. Describes 52 title pages. Illustrated. Minor cover toning, else near fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about RUBENS AND THE BOOK, TITLE PAGES BY PETER PAUL REUBENS, PREPARED BY TH E STUDENTS IN THE WILLIAMS...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36063

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1988. tall 8vo. cloth. xii, 269+(1) pages. First edition. A history of medical book publishing. Illustrated. Near fine condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about INFORMAL HISTORY OF W.B. SAUNDERS COMPANY ON THE OCCASION OF ITS HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

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Saint Paul, MN: Rulon-Miller Books, 2011. 8vo. cloth. (8), 134, (1) pages. Edition limited to 450 copies, this one of 400 copies constituting the trade edition (there is also an edition of 50 special copies which are numbered and contained a signed wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec, plus a suite of 12 trial sheets and proofs). Bumped corner, else a fine copy. Original midnight blue cloth, printed paper label on the spine. Design and typography..... READ MORE about QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT. GAYLORD SCHANILEC & MIDNIGHT PAPER SALES. A DISCURSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1966. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 302 pages. First edition. Very minor foxing to fore-edge. Dust jacket edgeworn and age-toned. Else a near fine copy. A collection of 50 of Scholderer's most outstanding essays on early bibliography. Also has a list of his writings. Especially strong in essays on incunables. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about VICTOR SCHOLDERER, FIFTY ESSAYS IN FIFTEENTH- AND SIXTEENTH -CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15468

With Notes by Bern Dibner.
Norwalk: Burndy Library, 1955. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. With Notes by Bern Dibner. First edition. Illustrated. Covers soiled. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about HERALDS OF SCIENCE AS REPRESENTED BY TWO HUNDRED EPOCHAL BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS SELECTED FROM THE...

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Saco, ME: Custom Communications, 2001. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 16-187+(1) pages. Revised and expanded edition of Works of Maurice Sendak, 1947-2001. Spine of dust jacket faded, else fine condition. Presentation by the author on the front free endpaper. A longtime collector of Sendak's work, Hanrahan has updated her compilation of first printings of the works illustrated or written by the noted American children's book author and illustrator. There is also a collection of articles..... READ MORE about WORKS OF MAURICE SENDAK REVISED AND EXPANDED TO 2001, A COLLECTION WITH COMMENTS

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N.P. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976. tall 8vo. cloth. (vi), 664 pages. Rubbing to joints and corners, light foxing to top, bottom, and fore-edge. A very good copy. From the preface: "This listing of the sixteenth-century books and other printed material in the university's libraries is published as a means of facilitating access to them by isolating them from the many other books with which they are catalogued and by indicating as much of their..... READ MORE about SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IMPRINTS IN THE LIBRARIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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The James Ford Bell Library Essays, Number 1, 1992.
Minneapolis, MN: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library/ University of Minnesota. square 8vo. paper wrappers. 34 pages. The James Ford Bell Library Essays, Number 1, 1992. Near fine condition of this first in the series of essays. Includes the letter from the author that accompanied each copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE HORRIBLE COMBATS: A DOCUMENT ON THE REVOLUTION IN SAINT-DOMINGUE, 1790

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138409

New York: Sotheby's, 1999. small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 370,(2); 394,(2) pages. 1,080 lots described with the greatest of detail. Very minor soiling to boards, else near fine set. Textblock shaken. Author index in the back of volume two. Illustrated throughout including many in color. Contains a two page biography of Siebert by Bailey Bishop. This sale is a must for any reference collection on Americana and will take its place with the Streeter..... READ MORE about FRANK T. SIEBERT LIBRARY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. TWO VOLUMES

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57832

Charlottesville: Univ. Press of Virginia, (1965). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 139, (3) pages. First edition. Lightly worn along edges. Illustrated. Excellent guide to early printing and production of type in America. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about TYPEFOUNDING IN AMERICA, 1787-1825

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Two volumes in one.
New York: Kraus Reprint, 1968. 8vo. cloth. (vi),474; (ii),32 pages. Two volumes in one. Besterman 5301 for both. A fine copy. Reprint of the 1873/1883 originals. Most entries include biographical accounts of the authors; Smith, a Quaker and London bookseller, states in the preface that he wished to be fair to the authors and so took the biographical material "mostly from sources furnished by their own bodies or from sources favorable to them." From the..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA ANTI-ANTIQUAKERIANA. Or, a Catalogue of Books adverse to the Society of Friends,...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54427

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1998). 8vo. cloth-backed paper-covered boards, dust jacket. viii, 354+(2) pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. A splendid account of the world's oldest and richest art auction house. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SOTHEBY'S--BIDDING FOR CLASS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98527

London: Maggs Bros. 1927. thick tall 8vo. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound on later boards. xv, 869, (7) pages. Maggs catalogue 495. An incredible collection of Spanish books. Illustrated, foreword and index. A nice rebinding. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BOOKS PRINTED IN SPAIN AND SPANISH BOOKS PRINTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119720

Madrid, Spain: Tipografia de los Huérfanos. small 4to. full Spanish sheep leather, red and green leather spine labels, five raised bands. 326 pages. First edition of this rare Spanish bibliography on Sardinia. Minor wear to leather at spine ends and hinges / corners. Light chipping to free endpapers. Minor toning to textblock throughout. A well-preserved copy. Contains appendices to the sources of the bibliography, with index. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books &..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA ESPAÑOLA DE CERDEÑA

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138443

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 298, (21) pages. Catalogue of 1979 exhibition at the Morgan Library and three other venues. Spine lightly faded, else a very good copy. Introduction by the author. 130 halftone plates. Index of artists. Illustrations of 57 watermarks. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about RUBENS AND REMBRANDT IN THEIR CENTURY: FLEMISH AND DUTCH DRAWINGS OF THE 17TH CENTURY FROM THE...

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New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). small 8vo. cloth. (2), 106 pages. A reprint of the 1943 edition. Covers with uneven soiling, else a near fine copy. A bibliography of material concerning the history of the Spanish Borderlands-from Florida westward along the Gulf Coast and the Mexican border to the Pacific slopes of California and Oregon northward as far as Alaska. Most entries annotated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their..... READ MORE about A TENTATIVE GUIDE TO HISTORICAL MATERIALS ON THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46270

Edited by Cynthia Davis Buffington.
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company, 1989. 8vo. publisher's cloth. ix, 135, (4) pages. Edited by Cynthia Davis Buffington. Limited to 250 numbered copies. As-new condition. Printing in North America began not in 1640 in Massachusetts, but in 1539, in Mexico, at a point in printing history when technique, typography, and aesthetic norms were widely first-rate. The European printers who came to the New World to produce the "incunables" and other "early printed" works..... READ MORE about 39 BOOKS AND BROADSIDES PRINTED IN AMERICA BEFORE THE BAY PSALM BOOK

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106190

New York: Weathervane Books, (1970). thick 8vo. cloth. xxi, 650 pages. Edited reprint of the second edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Else a very good copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA; WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS & AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5225

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 2002. 8vo. cloth. xii, 252 pages. A facsimile of the edition originally published by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1952, Princeton, NJ (Besterman 574, Sheehy D50). A fine copy. The first in the series of Gennadius bibliographies on travels to Greece and the Near East. Describes 1206 travel books, voyages, topographic works and guide books. The works of the travelers are arranged chronologically by date of publication and..... READ MORE about VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN THE NEAR EAST MADE DURING THE XIX CENTURY, BEING A PART OF A LARGER...

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Dallas, TX: The Bridwell Library, 1991. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Exhibition catalogue. Minor soiling to covers, else a fine copy. With an actual sample of vellum mounted on title page as issued. Loosely inserted is an invitation to the exhibition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about ONE TEXT, TWO RESULTS: PRINTING ON PAPER AND VELLUM

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95518

Leiden: University Library Leiden, 1997. small 8vo. original grey wrappers. 64 pages. Contains also a chapter on four sixteenth century Arabic alphabets. Uneven soiling to covers. These are reproduced here in an attempt to reconstruct what Raphelengius may have seen and built upon. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE ARABIC TYPE SPECIMEN OF FRANCISCUS RAPHELENGIUS'S PLANTINIAN PRINTING OFFICE (1595). A...

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New York: Van Rees Press, (1930). 8vo. decorated cloth. 320 pages. Limited to 500 copies printed on all rag paper and designed by Werner Helmer. A fine copy. With an 11 page history of the firm. Includes specimens of baskerville, Bodoni, caslon, Elzevier, garamond, Granjon, Janson, and many others. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about VAN REES PRESS, BOOK MANUFACTURERS. SPECIMENS OF TYPES

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25588

Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1936. 8vo. later library buckram with original stiff paper wrappers bound in. 36 pages. (Besterman, 5707). Bibliography of election-day sermons from the colonial era to the 1850s. Chipping to spine end, else a very good copy. Listed chronologically by colony/state. Listing of abbreviations of repositories owning the manuscript or printed text. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF NEW ENGLAND ELECTION SERMONS

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Caracas: Banco Central de Venezuela, 1969-1979. 8vo. Gray paper wrappers. thousands of pages. First edition. Spines soiled, else a very good set. An extensive annotated bibliography of books and pamphlets by (1) Venezuelans living in Venezuela and abroad and (2) works published in Venezuela by foreigners. Includes works of history, literature, politics, and other nontechnical or scientific subjects. Number 8 of the series Coleccion Cuatricentenario de Caracas. I: A-Björkmann. II: Blanco-Churion. III: D-Gornés. IV: Gorrochotegui-Llovera..... READ MORE about ENSAYO DE UN REPERTORIO BIBLIOGRAFICO VENEZOLANO ANOS 1808-1950

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138310

London: Bibliographical Society, 1900. 4to. later buckram, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xxxi, 143 pages. First edition. (Besterman p.5102). A history of this early French printer followed by bibliographical descriptions of books printed. Illustrated. Boards with light wear to hinges, else near fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about ANTOINE VERARD

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 42065

Geneva: Institut et Musée Voltaire, 1953. 8vo. original printed wrappers. 127 pages. First edition. Wrappers lightly soiled at edges, else a very good copy. A scarce book. Preface by Theodore Besterman. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about TABLE DE A BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE VOLTAIRE PAR BENGESCO

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Two volumes.
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1966. 8vo. cloth. xcvi,208; (iv),209-518 pages. Two volumes. Very good condition. From the introduction: "Humfrey Wanley's Diary or Journal, here printed for the first time in its entirety, was kept by him while Library-Keeper in the service of Robert Harley ... It records the visits of, or to, booksellers and dealers, and negotiations with them; lists of manuscripts and printed books offered for sale, purchased, or received by gift; conversations with..... READ MORE about THE DIARY OF HUMFREY WANLEY, 1715-1726

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(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. xxxiii, 381 pages. Reprint of the 1928 edition published in London by Bernard Quaritch, which included new material collected by Hanns Bohatta. A near fine copy. A bibliography of church missals printed from the 15th century up to the 19th century. With cross reference to listings in other important bibliographies. Describes 1,939 missals in all, with thorough collations. Cross-referenced with Hain, Frere, Grasesse, etc. From..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIA LITURGICA, CATALOGUS MISSALIUM RITUS LATINI

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Eingeleitet und Beschrieben von C.F. Foerster.
Berlin: Hermann Ball & Paul Graupe, 1931. 4to. blue paper over light boards. 162 pages, followed by 85 plates. Eingeleitet und Beschrieben von C.F. Foerster. First edition. Paper slightly torn at edges, else a very good copy. Highly illustrated auction catalogue of a notable private collection of art, silver, antiques, sculputre, etc. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about DIE SAMMLUNG DR. HANS WENDLAND LUGANO MIT EINIGEN BEITRAEGEN AUS ANDEREM BESITZ

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Cambridge: Houghton Library, 1970. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 124 pages profusely illustrated. With a seven page introduction to the catalogue by Wick followed by the exhibition. Near fine condition. Information on the artists of the period including Morris and Bradley. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE TURN OF A CENTURY, 1885-1910 ART NOUVEAU - JUGENDSTIL BOOKS

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Six volumes, complete.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888. thick small 4to. publisher's red cloth-covered boards. Over 4000 pages. Six volumes, complete. A well-preserved set of this very important biographical dictionary which supplements the DAB. Exlibrary with markings. Gutters tender for all volumes. Minor loss to the top of the spines for all six volumes. Minor shelfwear. The thousands of biographies given are often by portraits or other illustrations. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books..... READ MORE about APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138333

Five volumes in two.
Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher, n.d. (1993). thick 8vo. cloth. Over 1,400 pages. Five volumes in two. Reprint of the first edition. An important supplement to Sadleir's XIX Century Fiction. Four times its length with emphasis on minor writers of the time, Wolff's collection also contains manuscript material herein transcribed. With illustrations of bindings. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE BASED ON THE C OLLECTION FORMED BY ROBERT...

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39423

(Los Angeles, CA): Zamorano Club, 2010. 8vo. cloth. 169 pages. First edition limited to 350 unnumbered copies. Tipped-in frontispiece. Printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. New copy in publisher's black cloth with tipped-in color facsimiles of many of the works selected; index. Introduction by Gary F. Kurutz, Principal Librarian, Special Collections, California State Library; Forward by Larry E. Burgess, Chairman of the Zamorano Select Book Committee. The companion list to the Club's revered 'Zamorano Eighty', 'Zamorano..... READ MORE about ZAMORANO SELECT

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136698