BOOK ARTS & PRINTING HISTORY. CATALOGUE 82. PART ONE. With PART TWO.

2 volumes. Catalogue 82, Part One: A-L and Part Two: M-Z/Addenda
Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, Inc., 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 87; 96 pages. 2 volumes. Catalogue 82, Part One: A-L and Part Two: M-Z/Addenda. A bookseller's catalogue of antiquarian books about the book and its production. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS & PRINTING HISTORY. CATALOGUE 82. PART ONE. With PART TWO

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CATALOGUE OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS.

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111 pages followed by eight pages of plates each depicting numerous items. No.12 of the 1979/1980 season. Illustrations throughout text. Corner bumped. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS

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Appleton, Tony.

A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.

Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. READ MORE about A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY,...

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Brown, H. Glenn and Maude O. Brown.

DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS

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Danforth, Susan (editor).

A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING.

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2008. 8 x 11 inches. cloth. 86 pages. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library. Curated by Susan Danforth, the exhibition that formed the basis for this catalogue demonstrated how the urge to collect, preserve, and ultimately share books can, however subtly, affect the physical character of the book itself. With a focus on acquisitions made in the nineteenth century - including several..... READ MORE about A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING

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Hart, Horace.

BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPHICA, A LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS.

With an Introduction by George Parker Winship.
Rochester: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1933. 8vo. quarter leather, top edge gilt. xii, 142 pages. With an Introduction by George Parker Winship. First edition, one of 250 numbered and signed copies bound thus. An excellent book as the author comments on many of the books given in his bibliography. Separate sections dealing with writing, papermaking, manuscripts, printing, bookbinding, publishing, bibliography and book collecting periodicals. Fine copy. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPHICA, A LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS

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Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut.

FIFTY BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING.

New York: Columbia University Press, (1933). small 8vo. boards. (38) pages. Later printing. Contains a chapter devoted to books on bookbinding. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING

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Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut.

ONE HUNDRED BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING, A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF PRINTING.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. 12mo. boards. Not paginated. Third and last edition, expanded from his 70 Books About Bookmaking. Each of the 100 books is described in detail. Ink ownership inscription in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED BOOKS ABOUT BOOKMAKING, A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF PRINTING

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Nielsen, Lauritz.

BOGHISTORISKE STUDIER, TIL DANSK BIBLIOGRAFI, 1550-1600.

Kobenhavn: n.p., 1923. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 164 pages followed by 11 plates. Various essays on the bookarts of 16th century Denmark. Includes tables of type specimens and biographies of important printers. Fine, unopened copy. READ MORE about BOGHISTORISKE STUDIER, TIL DANSK BIBLIOGRAFI, 1550-1600

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Roff, Renee.

DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN BOOK WORKERS.

New York: Nicholas T. Smith, (1981). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 117 pages. S-K 8032. First edition. Comprehensive listing of hand workers in the book arts in the United States and Canada. Cross-indexed. With lists of binders. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN BOOK WORKERS

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Silver, Rollo.

THE BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800-1825.

3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948.
tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948. Excellent guide to the publishers, binders, booksellers, etc. active in Boston during this period. Gives addresses at corresponding dates. READ MORE about THE BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800-1825

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(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY PART III.

London: Messrs. Sotheby & Co., 1967. small 4to. boards. (vii), 233, (9) pages. S-K 1184. This catalogue describes Abbey's collection of French bindings and contains a full color frontispiece and 51 full-page plates of bindings. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY PART III

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(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY, THE FOURTH AND FINAL PORTION.

London: Messrs. Sotheby & Co., 1967. small 4to. boards. (iv), 52 pages. S-K 1184. This portion contains Abbey's press books, a large number of 20th century bindings by Cobden-Sanderson, Cockerell, Doves Press, McLeish, Powell, etc. and also a number of color plate books. The un-illustrated version. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY, THE FOURTH AND FINAL PORTION

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