(Philadelphia): Port of History Museum, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 75+(1) pages. Exhibition sponsored by the Clay Studio in cooperation with the Port of History Museum. Introduction, catalogue listing, acknowledgments. Black and white illustrations throughout. Postal card laid in. READ MORE about AMERICAN CLAY ARTISTS 1989
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 116052
New York, NY: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 192, (2) pages. Table of contents, preface, foreword, acknowledgments, list of plates, select bibliography, index. Essay by Joseph Blumenthal. Black and white plates including one foldout. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
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Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard College Library, (1961). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. Introduction by Philip Hofer, bibliography, indices of authors, publishers, and printers. Entries arranged alphabetically by author. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket chipped at edges, torn at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Gift inscription on page following title. READ MORE about THE ARTIST & THE BOOK 1860-1960
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(New York, NY: The Bettmann Archive, 1963). square 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Bettmann Archive. Conceived as a "forum where young designers could express their views, unhampered by commercial strictures." Black and white illustrations throughout. Introductory comments by the publisher. READ MORE about BETTMANN PANOPTICON
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 119234
Manhasset, NY: Manhasset Public Library, (1986). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 33+(1) pages. A bibliography of the library's Books on Books collection. Table of contents, introduction, indices of authors and titles. READ MORE about BOOKS ON BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129975
Founded to serve scholarship in the history of science and technology-a report made on the occasion of occupying its permanent building in April 1964.
(Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, Inc., 1964). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58+(1) pages. Founded to serve scholarship in the history of science and technology-a report made on the occasion of occupying its permanent building in April 1964. Catalogue and history of the Burndy Library collection. Faded along spine. READ MORE about BURNDY LIBRARY
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1868. 4to. contemporary quarter leather, paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (iv), 323+(1) pages. Note precedes text. An alphabetical catalogue of items added to the Library's collections. Law books listed separately. Covers scuffed and rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Foxing and stains, mainly on endpapers and title. Library of Congress stamp on front free endpaper. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FROM DECEMBER 1, 1866 TO DECEMBER 1, 1867
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 122021
Boston, MA: Geo. E. Littlefield, (1883). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Littlefield Catalogue No. 10. 611 items related to Native American history and culture. Engraved illustration on front cover. Covers lightly tanned, chipped at edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN INDIANS
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New York, NY: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1935. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Preface by the Fifty Books Committee, introduction by Carl Purington Rollins, acknowledgments. Illustrations of titles of the fifty works. Pencil notes on back endpaper. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR FOR 1935
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Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1994. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. Frontispiece drawing by David Moyer; 19, (3) pages. First edition. This is one of 150 numbered copies containing a signed print by David Moyer inserted in a pocket in the back of the catalogue. Acknowledgements by Susan Brynteson, "The Artist and the Author" by Martha Carothers, "A Note on the Exhibition" by Gary E. Yela and the exhibition descriptions. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' PRINTS IN BOOKS
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New York: Duttons, Inc., 1938. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 152 items for sale. Includes a section of illustrations. READ MORE about DUTTONS, INC. PRESENTS A CATALOGUE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, FIRST EDITIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106371
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Library, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue prepared for exhibition "Typography and the Private Press," prepared by Russell Maylone, Special Collections Department at Northwestern. Foreword and essay by Adrian Frutiger. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXHIBIT OF 84 BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 115546
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, (1992). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 30 pages. Includes a checklist of books produced in Taylor's printing office, 1976 to 1991. 218 entries. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FINE BOOKS, OLD AND NEW
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131504
Washington DC: Union Panamericana, 1949. 4to. cloth. variously paginated by issue. Twelve issues bound together. Written primarily in Spanish, there are some sections in English and Portugese. LEA stands for Librarians Editors Authors ; Libros Edtores Autores; Livres Editeurs Auteurs and Livros Editores Autores. Former library book wit usual markings. First issue has a tape repair to the front cover. Lightly scuffed boards. READ MORE about LEA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 91621
Various places: various publishers, 1961-1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. various. Lot of 35 Naval and Military History Book Catalogs, 1961-1989. Includes 11 catalogues from Francis Edwards (London), 4-Maggs Bros., 4- Naval Book Co. (Bristol), 3-John Lewcock (London), 8-Military History Bookshop (Maine), 1-Aerophilia (Boston), and 3-N.Flayderman (Connecticut). A wealth of information. READ MORE about Lot of naval and military book catalogues
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 69681
(New York: Columbia University Libraries, 1955). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 29+(1) pages. Exhibition of works related to Western perceptions of the Orient. Introduction by John R. Turner Ettinger. Descriptive information about each item in the exhibition. One black and white illustration. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about MARCO POLO TO PERRY: AN EXHIBITION PORTRAYING WESTERN KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAR EAST DURING SIX CENTURIES
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A guide to an exhibition of rare books and maps in the William L. Clements Library arranged in commemoration of the Tercentenary of the Swedish Settlements on the Delaware.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1938. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. A guide to an exhibition of rare books and maps in the William L. Clements Library arranged in commemoration of the Tercentenary of the Swedish Settlements on the Delaware. Bulletin XXVIII of the Library. 34 items described which relate to the colony of New Sweden. Tear along top of front cover. READ MORE about NEW SWEDEN, 1638-1938
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New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 173, (3) pages. With a two page history of the firm and a photograph of the staff. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS CATALOGUE 250
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New York, NY: R.R. Bowker Company, (1981). 4to. cloth. xviii, 1656 pages. Foreword by Peter J. Fay, preface, guide to using this work, keys to abbreviations and country of publication, subject area directory. Also includes serial publications. An international index of both books and serials. Foxing on edges. READ MORE about PERFORMING ARTS BOOKS 1876-1981
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Edited by Joseph Katz.
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 429+(1) pages. Edited by Joseph Katz. This volume contains numerous articles including one on the colonial South Carolina book trade by Calhoun Winton and a study of Mark Twain's contracts by Frederick Anderson and Hamlin Hill. READ MORE about PROOF, THE YEARBOOK OF AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TEXTUAL STUDIES. VOLUME 2
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Sandy Hook, CT: Chiswick Book Shop, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Extract from the Fall 1962 newsletter of the Chiswick Book Shop (XXVII:4). Includes a checklist of the publications of the Hammer Creek Press. Black and white photograph of John S. Fass of the Hammer Creek Press. READ MORE about QUARTERLY NEWS LETTER
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(Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Library), 1960. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Essays by A. McKinley Terhune and Wayne S. Yenawine. Lists of "distinguished acquisitions" and benefactors. Pamphlet honoring Georg3e Arents on his 85th birthday laid in. READ MORE about RARE BOOKS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134001
Albany: University of the State of New York, 1895. 8vo. Three-quarter leather, paper-covered boards. various. This book contains bibliographies complied by students of the New York state library school on subject of their own choice, as a condition of graduation. Some subjects include travel in North America, the best books of 1897, fairy tales for children and house decoration and furnishing. Bookplate from the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on back free end paper. Ink stamp..... READ MORE about STATE LIBRARY BULLETIN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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London: Obadiah Rich, 1841. 8vo. later cloth. 423-517 pages. Supplement to Rich's Bibliotheca Americana Nova, first published 1835 (Besterman 308). Organized chronologically. Entries from 1701 to 1800. Publications related to British North America, including many important Revolutionary-era publications. Ex library with library name perforated on title page and markings. Some pages loose from text block. READ MORE about SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA NOVA
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Minneapolis: Vermillion Publications, (1983). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (52) pages. Full color catalogue of the prints they had for sale. READ MORE about VERMILLION PUBLICATIONS, 1978-1983
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 94947
