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Aiken, Conrad.

THE CLERK'S JOURNAL.

Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. three-quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300, this being one of the 300 copies handbound and signed by the author. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile... READ MORE

Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 96841

Aiken, Conrad.

THE CLERK'S JOURNAL.

Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. cloth. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300 copies, this being one of the 2000 printed on Andorra Text. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile of the original manuscript with comments by Dean Briggs. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 96842

Aiken, Conrad.

THE CLERK'S JOURNAL.

Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300 copies, this being one of the 2000 printed on Andorra Text. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile of the original manuscript with comments by Dean Briggs. READ MORE

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 128784

Alciat, André.

LES EMBLÈMES.

Paris, France: Klincksieck, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 52, 216,(6) pages. Text in French. Facsimile of 1551 edition (Lyons: Macé-Bonhomme). See Adams 614 and Graesse I, 62. Preface by Pierre Laurens, Index of emblems. Foldout attached to inside back wrapper. READ MORE

Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 119808

Altamirano, Ignacio.

REFRANERO.

Mexico City: Libreria de Manuel Porrua, (1972). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies. This facsimile reproduces Ignacio Manuel Altamirano's handwritten Proverbs. Altamirano (1861-1863) was a respected Mexican novelist, poet and journalist. Printed in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Libreria de Manuel Porrúa. Reproduced on heavy, red onion skin style paper. Unopened pages. In Spanish. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE

Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 62495

Amman, Jost.

IM FRAUWENZIMMER WIRT VERMELDT VON ALLERLEY SCHÖNEN KLEIDUNGEN UNND TRACHTEN DER WEIBER, HOHES UND NIDERS STANDS: WIE MAN FAST AN ALLEN ORTEN GESCHMÜCKT UNND GEZIERET IST ALS TEUTSCHE, WELSCHE, FRANTZÖSISCHE, ENGELLÄNDISCHE, NIDERLÄNDISCHE, BÖHEMISCHE, UNGERISCHE, UND ALLE ANSTOSSENDE LÄNDER: DURCH AUSS MIT NEUWEN FIGUREN GEZIERET DERGLEICHEN NIE IST AUSSGANGEN.

(Darmstadt: Freunde der Fotokop GmbH, 1956). 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper title label on front board. unpaginated. Text in German. Facsimile of original edition, published by Sigmund Feyerabend, Frankfurt am Main, 1586. Illustrations of 16th century European women's costumes. Each page features a woman in her native garb with poetic comments. Title page in red and black. Black and white woodcut illustrations throughout. Boards soiled. Tanning. READ MORE

Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 108178

(Autographs).

QUINZE DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES CURIEUX ET RARES.

(Paris: M. Devriès, 1943). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. First edition. A collection of autograph letters in facsimile. Each letter has been tipped-in, printed on various papers, and cut or otherwise modified to match its original. Among those represented are Racine, Chateaubriand, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Spine rubbed and corners bumped. Some letters loose from their mounts. READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 63315

(Bach, Johann Christian). Derr, Elwood (editor).

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH (1735-1782) SEI CANZONETTE A DUE, OP., 4.

Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, (1982). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 49+(1) pages. Limited to 1500 copies. Table of contents, introduction by the editor. A facsimile of this work produced for the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory in 1982. READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 123012

(Barrett, W.P.). Barrett, W.P.

THE VIEW OF FRAUNCE 1604.

Shakespeare Association Facsimile No. 13
N.P. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1936. 8vo. vellum-like paper-covered boards. x, followed by the unpaginated facsimile. Shakespeare Association Facsimile No. 13. With an introduction by W.P. Barrett. Published for the Shakespeare Association. One of a series of rare text illustrating life and thought in Shakespeare's England, under the general editorship of Dr. G.B. Harrison. Slight shelfwear with bumped corners. READ MORE

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 95117

Behrend, Fritz.

EHRENBRIEF DES PUTERICH VON REICHERTSHAUSEN.DER.

2 volumes.
Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1920. 4to. paper wrappers, portfolio with paper cover label. 36; 29 pages. 2 volumes. Volume one consists of essays on Jacob Pütrich and his manuscript by the editors, with a transcription of the manuscript. Volume two consists of facsimiles of the complete manuscript. Wear to portfolio. Fore edge of vol. 1 bumped. READ MORE

Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 48723

Behrend, Fritz.

EHRENBRIEF DES PUTERICH VON REICHERTSHAUSEN.DER.

2 volumes.
Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1920. 4to. paper wrappers, portfolio with paper cover label. 36; 29 pages. 2 volumes. Volume one consists of essays on Jacob Pütrich and his manuscript by the editors, with a transcription of the manuscript. Volume two consists of facsimiles of the complete manuscript. Wear to portfolio. Fore edge of vol. 1 has small tear and water stains. READ MORE

Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 48724

(Bell, Robert).

ROBERT BELL'S BOOK AUCTION CATALOG, AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN BROADSIDE.

A facsimile from the Library of Congress.
(Washington, DC: Library of Congress), n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages with broadside facsimile loosely inserted. A facsimile from the Library of Congress. One page of text by James Gilreath. Facsimile is one of two known copies of this broadside. Broadside is loosely inserted in a pocket in folder. READ MORE

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107497

(Ben Jonson). Hudson, Hoyt H.

EPIGRAMS, THE FOREST, UNDERWOODS.

New York: Columbia University, 1936. 8vo. cloth boards. 285 pages. Reproduced from the first editions and published for the Facsimile Text Society. Epigrams and The Forrest(1616), New York Public Library copy.The Underwoods (1640-41), Columbia University copy. Printed by Acme Photo-Offset, New York. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE

Price: $22.50 other currencies Order nr. 64967

Berthiau et Boitard, MM.

NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE.

Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of... READ MORE

Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 98707

(Bibliothèque Nationale).

TROIS CENTS CHEFS-D'OEUVRE EN FAC-SIMILÉ.

Manuscrits, Enluminures, Incunables, Livres Précieux Estampes, Dessins, Cartes Portulans, Médailles et Antiques
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with color illustration tipped-in on front cover. (iv), iv, 52, (2) pages. Manuscrits, Enluminures, Incunables, Livres Précieux Estampes, Dessins, Cartes Portulans, Médailles et Antiques. Text in French. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. Kraus' bookplate also on inside front wrapper. Bibliography of the facsimiles in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Small notes written in pencil on back... READ MORE

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 92149

BIBLIOTHECA ANNUA.

2 volumes.
London: The Gregg Press, 1964. large 8vo. cloth. Variously paginated. 2 volumes. This is a reprint of the English Bibliotheca Annua from the years 1699-1703. Reproduced here in facsimile form, this bibliography lists all English and Latin language books printed in England during the years indicated. Index at end of second volume. READ MORE

Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 61723

Bingham, Robert J.

PHOTOGENIC MANIPULATION. PART 1 AND II.

New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. silver cloth. (iv), 87, 60, 8, (4) pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1852 EDITION (the 9th edition of Part I and the 5th edition of Part II) (See Roosens & Luc Salu 6367). Part of the Literature of Photography series. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE

Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 98709

Bitterkraut, Johann.

WEHMUHTIGE KLAG-THRANEN DER LOBLICHEN HOCHST-BETRANGTEN ARTZNEY-KUNST.

Nuremberg: Michael and Johann Friderich, 1677 (but Lindau: Antiqua-Verlag, 1979). small thick 8vo. paper-covered boards. (xxxvi), 660, (42) pages. This facsimile of Bitterkraut's medical treatise includes an engraved frontispiece and dedication to Kaiser Leopold I. The book is prefaced by a table of contents and index of authors referenced in the text. The publishers have added an afterword which provides a biography of Bitterkraut and comments on the text. READ MORE

Price: $70.00 other currencies Order nr. 59328

(Blackwell).

CATALOGUE OF SECOND-HAND BOOKS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE.

Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, Jan., 1879 (but 1973). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Reprint of catalogue number one issued by this bookseller. With a one page note on this reproduction by the firm. READ MORE

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 69382

Bland, Edward.

THE DISCOVERY OF NEW BRITAIN LONDON 1651.

N.P. University of Michigan, 1954. small 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. (iii), 16 pages. A facsimile of the original printing; limited to 800 copies printed for the Clements Library Associates. With an introduction by Howard H. Peckham, Director. READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 2144

Bleitz, Karen.

THE MECHANICAL WORD.

Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2015. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. The Mechanical Word is an extended essay on the eponymous five volume artwork by the London based artist Karen Bleitz, a founding member of the ARC collaborative that grew out of Ron King's legendary Circle Press. It is illustrated throughout in black, white, and red, and contains four pages of full color photographs. "Whenever asked... READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 123402

Bodoni, Giambattista.

MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO DEL CAVALIERE GIAMBATTISTA BODONI.

2 volumes.
London: The Holland Press, 1960. 4to. decorated paper cover boards, paper spine labels. lxxii, 267; (iv), 279 pages. 2 volumes. One of 500 copies. An exact facsimile of the famous Bodoni specimen book - manual originally printed in Parma by the Presso la Vedova in 1818. While lacking the slipcase, this two volume set is in near-pristine condition. READ MORE

Price: $350.00 other currencies Order nr. 126922

(Bookbinding). Wolfe, Richard J.

GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.

Boston: Richard J. Wolfe, 1991. 8vo. decorated paper over cloth-backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages. Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original Dutch text with translation on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather; paper; silk; velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Tipped-in are 8 samples of some of the processes explained in the book... READ MORE

Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 34250

(Bovet, Alfred). Charavay, Étienne.

LETTRES AUTOGRAPHES, COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE M. ALFRED BOVET.

Paris, France: La Librarie "Les Neuf Muses" (1982). 4to. cloth. lvi, 880, plates. Text in French. Reprint of this 19th century auction catalogue. In 1885, the autograph collector A. Bovet put up for sale all of his autograph collection excepting autographs of composers and singers. This auction catalogue by É. Charavay lists 2,137 lots in ten sections: heads of governments, statesmen and political personnages, French Revolution, military figures, scientists and explorers, writers, dramatic artists, painters-sculptors-architects... READ MORE

Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 121257

Brégeaut, R.L.

NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, DU DESSINATEUR ET DE L'IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE.

Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), xxxvi, 304 pages. Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies. Photo-facsimile re-publication in 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1839 edition (See Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p.264; Bigmore & Wyman I,80). Six plates. Issued as part of the series entitled Encyclopédie-Roret. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE

Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 98706

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