5.

(Bookbinding). Derôme, Léopold.

LA RELIURE DE LUXE LE LIVRE ET L'AMATEUR.

Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1888. large 8vo. half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut. 246, (2), v, (3) pages. First and only edition, limited to 900 numbered copies. (Schmidt-Künsemüller no. 1537). A discussion of luxury bookbinding by the author is accompanied by the designs of J. Adeline, G. Fraipont, C. Kurner, and M. Perret. Each plate is protected by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Original wrappers bound..... READ MORE about LA RELIURE DE LUXE LE LIVRE ET L'AMATEUR

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71467

7.

(Bookbinding). Haebler, Konrad.

ROLLEN-UND PLATTENSTEMPEL DES XVI. JAHRHUNDERTS. UNTER MITWIRKUNG VON DR. ILSE SCHUNKE.

2 volumes in one.
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, 2008). thick 8vo. cloth. xi,518 pages with 2 plates; (vi),480 pages with 8 plates. 2 volumes in one. Reprint of the two-volume first edition published by Otto Harrassowitz in Leipzig in 1928-1929. Study of the binding tools used on various 16th-century books. Thousands of rolls and stamps are described, as are their users and manufacturers. Important book. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate..... READ MORE about ROLLEN-UND PLATTENSTEMPEL DES XVI. JAHRHUNDERTS. UNTER MITWIRKUNG VON DR. ILSE SCHUNKE

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59546

20.

Newton, A. Edward.

THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. xxi, 356 pages. First edition, lacking the errata slip tipped in at page 268 (Fleck A 4.A.1a). Lacking the dust jacket. Minor age-darkening to the spine. A hint of wear to the corners, else near fine. A monumental work on book collecting from perhaps the most well-known American book-collector-turned-author. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA. READ MORE about THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3609

37.

(Keepsake).

Volume containing the 140 steel-plate engravings used for the British Annual entitled The Keepsake.

N.P. n.p., circa 1827. folio. leather, marbled endpapers. unpaginated. A selection of proof engravings. Bookplate of Mr. Chas. T. Tallent Bateman on front pastedown. Written inscription on that bookplate notes that this volume includes 140 steel plate impressions. An apparently later notation notes that this volume is "unique," with "no copy in the British Museum." Consecutive dated engravings range from 1827 to 1835, showing title pages and illustrations of The Keepsake, (1828-1835) an illustrated anthology..... READ MORE about Volume containing the 140 steel-plate engravings used for the British Annual entitled The Keepsake

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118515

57.

(Fournier, Pierre Simon). Mosley, James.

MODELES DES CARACTERES DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DES AUTRES CHOSES NECESSAIRES AUDIT ART. NOUVELLEMENT GRAVES. With an Introduction to Pierre Simon Fournier's MODELES ... by James Mosely.

2 volumes.
London, England: Eugrammia Press, 1965. oblong 4to. cloth, paper wrappers, both volumes enclosed in a slipcase. Facsimile of the 1742 manual accompanied by the 20 page introduction. 2 volumes. Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies. Loosely inserted in this copy is the 12 page publisher's catalogue describing this book and others they published. One joint split about one inch from opening of slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. Else a pristine copy of this..... READ MORE about MODELES DES CARACTERES DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DES AUTRES CHOSES NECESSAIRES AUDIT ART. NOUVELLEMENT...

Price: $425.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4119

61.

Marshall, Harold.

THE FIRST PRESS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.

Wembly: Archibald Rose at The Wembly Press, 1929. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (5) pages. Copy "10" of an unmentioned number of copies printed for private circulation. Presentation page completed by author. An historical account of the introduction of printing in London. Argues that John Lettou with Johannes Bulle, printing in Rome before typography appeared in London. Two appendices, one listing early documents printed in London, and the other showing facsimiles of J. Lettou and..... READ MORE about THE FIRST PRESS IN THE CITY OF LONDON

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116265

86.

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J.

JACOB BIGELOW'S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, 1817-1821, AN EXAMINATION OF THE ORIGIN, PRINTING, BINDING AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICA'S FIRST COLOR PLATE BOOK. WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE MANNER OF MAKING AND PRINTING ITS COLORED PLATES.

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1979. tall 8vo. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. 123 pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies, this work (Taylor A21) is an excellent, scholarly study, finely printed by Henry Morris. A fine copy. With two original plates intended for Bigelow's book, American Medical Botany shows a plate that Bigelow had meant to use in his work but didn't. "The two illustrations mounted into this study comprise original, engraved..... READ MORE about JACOB BIGELOW'S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, 1817-1821, AN EXAMINATION OF THE ORIGIN, PRINTING,...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 23016

111.

(Offhand Press).

Collection of assorted printed works.

Swarthmore, PA: The Offhand Press, 1959-62. 8vo. loose papers. variously paginated. A collection of publications by the Offhand Press of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Includes correspondence from publisher Charles B. Shaw and Ben Liebermann of the Herity Press of White Plains, New York. Included in this collection are: Alphabetic Arrangements I-XII--I and VIII missing, 2 of VII British Americana Series I, II, and III The Cass-Washburn Papers, I-VI Orthographic Oddments I-VI Ripost Series I-IV Typographic Series I-XXV..... READ MORE about Collection of assorted printed works

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119330

129.

(Ascensius, Josse Badius). Renouard, Ph.

BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES IMPRESSIONS ET DES OEUVRES DE JOSSE BADIUS ASCENSIUS, IMPRIMEUR ET HUMANISTE, 1462-1535. Avec une notice biographique et 44 reproductions en fac-simile.

3 volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 8vo. cloth. viii,327; 548; 529 pages. 3 volumes. Reprint of 1908 first edition (See Besterman, 654). A fine study of this 15th and 16th century French printer's works. Badius Ascensius (1462-1535) established his famous press Praelum Ascensianumin Paris in 1499. Includes appendices and table of contents. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES IMPRESSIONS ET DES OEUVRES DE JOSSE BADIUS ASCENSIUS, IMPRIMEUR ET HUMANISTE,...

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 250

142.

(Children's Books).

LES LIVRES DE L'ENFANCE DU XVE AU XIXE SIÈCLE.

Preface by Paul Gavault.
Paris: Gumuchian & Cie. n.d. (1930). 4to. later cloth. xxiv, 446, (4) pages. Preface by Paul Gavault. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. The introduction is in English and French. A landmark bookseller's catalogue devoted to children's books; a total of 6,251 are described. The entries are not restricted to French titles. Lacks the second volume which contains the plates. READ MORE about LES LIVRES DE L'ENFANCE DU XVE AU XIXE SIÈCLE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119448

149.

Dabbs, Jack Autrey.

THE MARIANO RIVA PALACIO ARCHIVES: A GUIDE.

3 volumes.
México, DF: Editorial Jus. 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 427, (3); (vi), 429-837+(1); (vi), 839-1149, (3) pages. 3 volumes. Part of the "Independent Mexico in Documents: Independence, Empire, and Republic" series. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Contain documents, in the Latin American Library at the University of Texas, generated by Don Mariano Riva Palacio (1803-80), a leading political figure in 19th century Mexico. Frontispiece. Introduction. 10,199 entries. Notes and index. Wrappers tanned around edges..... READ MORE about THE MARIANO RIVA PALACIO ARCHIVES: A GUIDE

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119765

158.

(Giunti). Pettas, William A.

GIUNTI OF FLORENCE, MERCHANT PUBLISHERS.

San Francisco, (CA): Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1980. thick 4to. cloth. (iv), viii, 351+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies, of which only 275 were offered for sale. Lacking the dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, light foxing to top edge. Interior is clean. Text discusses the history and genealogy of the Giunti family and firm, publishers in Florence, including period paper prices, the publishing market, and copyright. The text is followed by an extensive bibliography..... READ MORE about GIUNTI OF FLORENCE, MERCHANT PUBLISHERS

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 42987

168.

Ittig, Thomas.

DE BIBLIOTHECIS ET CATENIS PATRUM, VAIISQUE VETERUM SCRIPTORUM ECCLESIASTICORUM COLLECTIONIBUS.

Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England: Gregg Press, 1965. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. unpaginated. Text in Latin. Reprint of orignial edition (Leipzig: Friderici Lankisii, 1707). Original in Graesse III, 439, which notes this work includes all the known--at the time--collections of works of the church fathers. Ittig (1643-1710) was a Lutheran theologian. This reprint has four pages of original text on one. Frontispiece portrait of Ittig. Preface, table of contents. Index and errata. Original pagination clxii, 802..... READ MORE about DE BIBLIOTHECIS ET CATENIS PATRUM, VAIISQUE VETERUM SCRIPTORUM ECCLESIASTICORUM COLLECTIONIBUS

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119855