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Order Nr. 41140 PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN XII BOOKS WITH PARADISE REGAINED A POEM IN IV BOOKS TO...

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(Doves Press). Milton, John.

PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN XII BOOKS WITH PARADISE REGAINED A POEM IN IV BOOKS TO WHICH ARE ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES & POEMS BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN COMPOS'D ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

Two volumes.
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902, 1905. 8vo. original full limp vellum with title in gilt on spine, each enclosed in modern slipcase with cloth dust jacket. 386,(2); 343+(1) pages. Two volumes. Limited to 325 copies printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson (Marianne Tidcombe, The Doves Press, 37-42, Catalogue Raisonne p.20; Ransom no.5&7). Title and margin notes in red. Initials designed by Edward Johnston. The present work is one of Walker and Cobden-Sanderson's earlier productions, and certainty one..... READ MORE about PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN XII BOOKS WITH PARADISE REGAINED A POEM IN IV BOOKS TO WHICH ARE ADDED...

Price: $9,000.00 Order nr. 41140

Order Nr. 136795 SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY. George Bernard Shaw

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(Gregynog Press). Shaw, George Bernard.

SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY.

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1939. tall 8vo. full green morocco with onlaid designs by Paul Nash incorporating Shaw's initials and having different designs on the front and back in orange morocco - a signed Gregynog binding. [xi] 188, [1] pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Harrop, Zilverdistel no.40). Frontispiece portrait of Shaw by John Farleigh. Head of spine worn, with some scattered wear to spine. General shelfwear. Boards somewhat bowed. As is common with this..... READ MORE about SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 136795

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(Circle Press). Neistein, José.

CANGA.

Surrey: Circle Press, 1976. small 4to. Publisher's printed portfolio, original ties, custom morocco backed clamshell box. Not paginated. Limited to 25 numbered copies sign by the printer / artist. This particular copy is numbered 'A.P.' for Artist Proof. The first of three intended volumes with 10 hand-coloured etchings by Ronald King on the theme of a band of Brazilian cangaçeiros of the 20s and 30s led by the notorious Lampião. Each etching signed by King..... READ MORE about CANGA

Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 136792

Order Nr. 136505 MEMOIRS OF ****. COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PSALMANAZAR; A REPUTED...

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Psalmanazar, George.

MEMOIRS OF ****. COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PSALMANAZAR; A REPUTED NATIVE OF FORMOSA. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN ORDER TO BE PUBLISHED AFTER HIS DEATH.

Containing an Account of his Education, Travels, Adventures, Connections, Literary Productions, and pretended Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity; which last proved the Occasion of his being brought over into this Kingdom, and passing for a Proselyte, and a Member of the Church of England.
London: Printed for R. Davis; J. Newbery; L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1765. large 12mo. full leather, five raised bands, red leather spine label, top edge stained black, fore-edge and bottom edge sprinkled red, gilt ornamentation on fore-edge of leather boards. Frontispiece, (ii), ii, 307 pages. Containing an Account of his Education, Travels, Adventures, Connections, Literary Productions, and pretended Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity; which last proved the Occasion of his being brought over into..... READ MORE about MEMOIRS OF ****. COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PSALMANAZAR; A REPUTED NATIVE OF FORMOSA....

Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 136505

Order Nr. 135673 UIT EEN VINGER VALT MEN NIET. Erwin Mortier

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(De Bezige Bij). Mortier, Erwin.

UIT EEN VINGER VALT MEN NIET.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: De Bezige Bij, 2005. small 8vo. full leather, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, silk page marker, marbled paper and leather slipcase. 104 pages. One of fifty signed and numbered copies. The edition of De Bezige Bij, which appears at the same time as the commercial edition of 'From a finger does not fall', was bound by hand in October 2005 in a whole calfskin binding and placed in a house with hand-marbled paper..... READ MORE about UIT EEN VINGER VALT MEN NIET

Price: $675.00 Order nr. 135673

Order Nr. 134570 OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE. Colin Franklin

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Franklin, Colin.

OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, and Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 296 pages. Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in bookselling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a generation ago..... READ MORE about OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134570

Order Nr. 2497 BOOK COLLECTING, A MODERN GUIDE. Jean Peters

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Peters, Jean (editor).

BOOK COLLECTING, A MODERN GUIDE.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 288 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. An excellent book with 12 articles by well-known bookman on various aspects of book collecting. READ MORE about BOOK COLLECTING, A MODERN GUIDE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2497

Order Nr. 3079 BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES. Paul A. Bennett

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Bennett, Paul A.

BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Exlibrary copy. Lacking the dust jacket. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3079

Order Nr. 7428 PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE...

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Carter, John.

PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. later cloth over paper covered boards. 125 pages and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Rebound in blue cloth. A near fine copy. Contributions by John Carter and P. H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no. 223). Nicely designed. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 7428

Order Nr. 9708 MY LIVES. Francis Meynell

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Meynell, Francis.

MY LIVES.

New York: Random House, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 332 pages. First U.S. edition. The autobiography of the controversial founder of the Nonesuch Press. Jacket lightly soiled, else a fine copy. READ MORE about MY LIVES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9708

Order Nr. 11452 THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS. A. Edward Newton

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Newton, A. Edward.

THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1925. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xviii, 451 pages; colored frontispiece and 78 illustrations. First trade edition, second issue with "The Autograph of Cruikshank" in the list of illustrations placed on page 334. Lacking the dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 11452

Order Nr. 14731 THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS. A. Edward Newton

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Newton, A. Edward.

THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1920). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. (ii), xxii, 373 pages. First edition, third impression. Front hinge cracked. Spine label and corners rubbed. Previous ownership markings and bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 14731

Order Nr. 19624 VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN & COLOUR PRINTING. Ruari McLean

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McLean, Ruari.

VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN & COLOUR PRINTING.

London: Faber & Faber, 1963. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 182 pages. First edition. (S-K 5539 for binding reference). Spine of dust jacket lightly faded. Bookplate of J. R. Abbey on front pastedown. Dust jacket price clipped. With 8 color plates and 64 in black-and-white. First historically precise description of the introduction of color printing. READ MORE about VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN & COLOUR PRINTING

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19624

Order Nr. 19679 THE INVENTION OF LITHOGRAPHY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN BY J.W. MULLER....

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Senefelder, Alios.

THE INVENTION OF LITHOGRAPHY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN BY J.W. MULLER.

New York: The Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co., 1911. 4to. cloth. xii, 229 pages. Translation of the 1821 edition. (See Bigmore & Wyman II, 339 for a 13 page discussion of this work and a biography of Senefelder). A near fine copy. Light age darkening to preliminary pages. A detailed history of the discovery and improvement of the art of lithography by the inventor. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books... READ MORE about THE INVENTION OF LITHOGRAPHY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN BY J.W. MULLER

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19679

Order Nr. 22643 " AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY" Edwin Wolf

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Wolf, Edwin.

" AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY"

Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 55 pages. Illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about " AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY"

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22643

Order Nr. 24053 VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Percy Muir

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Muir, Percy.

VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

New York: Praeger Publishers, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 287 pages. First U.S. edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Five colored illustrations and ninety-one in black-and-white. Chapters on Catnachery, Bewick, Cruikshank, Dalziel, the advent of Color, America, etc. READ MORE about VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 24053

Order Nr. 34422 THE BIBLE IN THE LILLY LIBRARY. Joel Silver

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(Bibles). Silver, Joel.

THE BIBLE IN THE LILLY LIBRARY.

Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library at Indiana University, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 56 pages. Exhibition catalogue of the library's collection of The Bible. Contains 67 annotated descriptions and a selected bibliography. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE BIBLE IN THE LILLY LIBRARY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 34422

Order Nr. 53002 TEMPTING THE PALETTE, A SURVEY OF COLOR PRINTING PROCESSES. David Pankow

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(Color Printing). Pankow, David.

TEMPTING THE PALETTE, A SURVEY OF COLOR PRINTING PROCESSES.

Rochester: Digital Publishing Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 58 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Twenty-five short sections on hand illumination and color printing techniques, from color woodcuts to screen printing. Each section has a page of text, a page of one or more representative prints produced by the method under discussion, and several small detail photos in the margins showing how that method makes a colored image..... READ MORE about TEMPTING THE PALETTE, A SURVEY OF COLOR PRINTING PROCESSES

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 53002

Order Nr. 134751 JABBERWOCKY. Lewis Carroll

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(Solmentes Press). Carroll, Lewis.

JABBERWOCKY.

Decorah, IA: Solmentes Press, 2020. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. pastepaper boards, with a leather spine, presented in a cloth-covered drop-back box. 60 pages. First edition limited to 35 copies (although '40 copies' is stated on the limitation page), of which this is one of thirty regular copies. The book comes with a metallic paper inserted into a paper folder which is used to help read the poem. In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, Alice..... READ MORE about JABBERWOCKY

Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 134751

Order Nr. 69803 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRABHORN PRESS. 1940 - 1956. Dorothy and David Magee

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(Grabhorn Press, The). Magee, Dorothy and David.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRABHORN PRESS. 1940 - 1956.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1957. large 4to. quarter morocco with decorated paper-covered board. xxix, (iii), 119+(1) pages, with reproductions, facsimiles, etc. inserted. Printed in an edition limited to 225 copies (Leaf Book - Chalmers 114). A near fine copy. The second volume of the Grabhorn bibliography which includes a checklist of titles, 1916-1940, bibliography of books, 1940-1956, bibliography of ephemera and Christmas greetings, 1940-1956, and an index of titles, authors, and types. Finely illustrated throughout..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRABHORN PRESS. 1940 - 1956

Price: $600.00 Order nr. 69803

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(Plain Wrapper Press). Gill, Brendan.

WOOINGS.

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, (1980). 4to. paper-covered boards. 7+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 155 numbered and signed copies. (Plain Wrappers Press 29). Foot of spine bumped, else a fine copy with errata sheet inserted apologizing for the error on the colophon page. Five poems in English by Brendan Gill. Two of the poems, "Ferragosto" and "Norfolk," were written especially for this edition. "Easter" was previously published in Harper's magazine, and "In Wicklow"..... READ MORE about WOOINGS

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 136281

Order Nr. 136907 FAUST EINE TRAGOEDIE VON GOETHE (PARTS ONE AND TWO). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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(Doves Press). Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

FAUST EINE TRAGOEDIE VON GOETHE (PARTS ONE AND TWO).

Hammersmith: Doves Press, The, 1906, 1910. 8vo. original limp vellum, custom slipcase. 260, (1); 373, (1) pages. First edition (first part, one of 300 copies on paper; second part, one of 250 copies on paper). From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003). Spine of Part Two lightly age darkened. Some discoloration to vellum, as usual. Housed in a finely-crafted custom cloth slipcase with leather fore-edges to protect both..... READ MORE about FAUST EINE TRAGOEDIE VON GOETHE (PARTS ONE AND TWO

Price: $2,250.00 Order nr. 136907

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