Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., 1954. 8vo. parchment-backed boards. (ii), 64 pages. Introduction by Lin Yutang. Information on Mergenthaler and his development of the Linotype machine. Illustrated. READ MORE about OTTMAR MERGENTHALER AND THE PRINTING REVOLUTION
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N.P. Low Memorial Library, 1952. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Four full page illustrations. READ MORE about QUALITY IN BOOK-PRODUCTION; AN EXHIBITION OF FINE BOOKS OF ALL PERIODS SELECTED FROM THE COLUMBIA...
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London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1961. small 8vo. cloth. 33 pages of text followed by 72 pages illustrating a selection of the Museum's holdings. S-K 1042. Revised edition. Rubbed along edge. READ MORE about BOOKBINDINGS
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New York: The Grolier Club, 1984. 8vo. cloth. xii, 146 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Twelve essays printed from the papers given at the Grolier Club Centennial Convocation in 1984. Includes essays by G. Thomas Tanselle, Mary Hyde and Robert Darnton. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTS, PAST AND FUTURE
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London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. tall 8vo. green boards. 199, (3) pages. A collection of important English historical documents dating from the 12th century. With colored frontispiece and many illustrations. Prices realized inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LYTTELTON PAPERS, THE PROPERTY OF THE VISCOUNT COBHAM
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Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. 33 pages. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about SOME ASPECTS OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH PRINTING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JOSEPH MOXON....
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Pittsburgh: Beta Phi Mu, 1979. 8vo. cloth. xv, 75 pages. First edition. The 13th Chapbook issued. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF A HOAX, EDMUND LESTER PEARSON, JOHN COTTON DANA AND THE OLD LIBRARIAN'S ALMANACK
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Waltham: Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis University, 1971. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Short history of papermaking. READ MORE about PAPER: BEARER OF IDEAS AND IMAGES, A LOAN EXHIBITION FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER
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Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel, 1953. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages printed French fold. A keepsake printed by this German typefoundry. READ MORE about ILLUSTRIERTE ZWIEBELFISCHE, ZUBEREITET VON WILLI MENGEL, BILDHAFT GARNIERT VON FRITZ FISCHER
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London: Thames and Hudson, (1979). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 100 pages. With 133 illustrations including 6 in color. READ MORE about CHARLES RICKETTS, SUBTLE AND FANTASTIC DECORATOR
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N.P. n.p., n.d. (but various dates). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Per issue. B1-638. With illustrations of the various historic buildings and advertisements of merchants. Have the following: 1940 small six page foldout; 1951; 1960 34 pages (2). 1961 36 pages. (2) 1963 36 pages; 1964 34 pages; 1968 44 pages; 1970 44 pages.; 1972 44 pages; 1973 44 pages; 1977 48 pages; 1982 52,(2) pages - The Rededication Issue for the rebuilding of Immanuel Church..... READ MORE about A DAY IN OLD NEW CASTLE
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London: The Bibliographical Society, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vii), 111 pages. A history of Periodical Publications in the late seventeenth century. Illustrated. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS 1641-1700, A SURVEY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
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N.P. Essener Verlagsanstalt, (1944). 8vo. cloth boards. vi, 162 pages. Front cover spotted along bottom. READ MORE about MENSCHHEITSGESCHICHTLICHE BEDEUTUNG DES BUCHDRUCKS, EIN BEITRAG ZUR ENTWICKLUNGSGANZHEITLICHEN...
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Chicago: American Book Mart, 1936. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iii, 120 pages. New and enlarged edition. Contains the prices that the bookseller would pay for books. Examples are Hemingway's IN OUR TIME for $12.50, Poe's TAMERLINEfor $5,000, etc. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED PRICE CATALOG OF OLD BOOKS WANTED
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Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck no.83 issued by this printing museum. READ MORE about EIN BEISPIELHAFTES LEBENSWERK, LAUDATIO AUF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1939). 8vo. cloth. 229 pages. Combined volume giving prices asked for a four year period. Covers spotted. READ MORE about TRADE PRICES CURRENT OF AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS 1936-1939
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Leipzig: VEB Verlag für Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, 1969. 8vo. cloth. 529 pages. Fundamental instruction for librarians. Library stamp on p.4; library label on spine. READ MORE about GRUNDZUGE DER BIBLIOTHEKSLEHRE
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Stuttgart: Ernst Klett, 1971. 8vo. cloth. 417, (3) pages. An almanac of selections from works published by Ernst Klett, celebrating 25 years of publishing. Includes a listing of the firm's publications. READ MORE about AUFRISSE, ALMANACH DES ERNST KLETT VERLAGES 1946-1971
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Nürnberg: Sebaldus, 1969. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 29 pages. Speech given to the Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen on art versus the ready-made in journalism. READ MORE about KUNST UND KONFEKTION IM BEREICH DER PUBLIZISTIK
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Stuttgart: J.Engelhorns, (1943). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, top edge stained red. 314 pages, with 16 additional leaves of illustrations. First edition. On the nineteenth-century German publisher Wilhelm Spemann. Indexed. Corners bumped. Some wear to spine. READ MORE about WILHELM SPEMANN, EIN BAUMEISTER UNTER DEN VERLEGERN
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New York: New York University Libraries, 1968. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. With a foreword by Charles F. Gosnell and preface by David Kirschenbaum. Illustrated overview of the collection. READ MORE about SIR WALTER SCOTT IN THE FALES LIBRARY
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N.P. n.p., n.d. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. An exhibition catalogue of a selection of books from the library of Abel E. Berland held at the Grolier Club. Includes an introduction by Berland. READ MORE about ` THIS POWERFULL RIME', A SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF ABEL E. BERLAND
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New York: The Grolier Club, 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Printed in an edition limited 1500 copies. A checklist of an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, December 18, 1991 to March 12, 1992, on German printing. It was printed by letterpress from Joseph Blumenthal's Emerson and Hermann Zapf's Hunt roman types at The Stinehour Press. Includes 130 entries and is illustrated. READ MORE about GERMAN FINE PRINTING 1948-1988
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Dover: Dover Garden Club, various years. various sizes. various bindings. 1934. small 8vo., self paper wrappers. (12) page foldout. 1953. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 8 page foldout. With admitance tickets inserted. 1964. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Price is per item. READ MORE about OLD DOVER DAYS, FIRST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ANNUALLY IN MAY
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Wilmington: Junior Board, 1965. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 100 pages. With articles by John A. Munroe on Delaware as an Antique, Walter Heacock on Eleutherian Mills, Mae Schulze on "A Ship Called Wilmington" and Patricia C. Fleming on porcelain brought back by Samuel Du Pont from the orient. Covers soiled. READ MORE about DELAWARE ANTIQUES SHOW
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Rochester: Leo Hart, 1949. 8vo. cloth. 115 pages. First edition. With facsimile title pages. History of this early U.S. printer. READ MORE about GREGORY DEXTER OF LONDON AND NEW ENGLAND, 1610-1700
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Dover: Delaware State Development Department, n.d. small 8vo. 8 page foldout. Discussion of the State Flag, State Tree, State Flower, State Bird, State House, State Song and Great Seal. Variant issue with name of Harris B. MacDowell Jr as Secretary of State on last page. READ MORE about DELAWARE'S OFFICIAL INSIGNIA
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N.P. (Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation, 1957). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 50 pages. B1-26. Illustrated history of the museum associated with the beginning of the du Pont Company on the Brandywine. Ownership stamp on corner of front cover. Tear along hinge. READ MORE about THE HAGLEY MUSEUM, A STORY OF EARLY INDUSTRY ON THE BRANDYWINE
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Wilmington: The New Century Club, n.d. (circa 1964). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Issued on the 75th anniversary of the Club. This Club was founded in Wilmington on January 14, 1889 with Mrs. Augusta L. Conant as President and Mrs. Alfred D. Warner as President pro-tem. READ MORE about THE NEW CENTURY CLUB, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
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Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12 pages followed by 25 plates. Bodleian Picture Book No. 1. Cover slightly soiled. Minor wear and soiling. Very small black ink mark (?) on title page which leached through the text, but not the plates. READ MORE about ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATION
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(Southhampton, PA: James River), n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 2 pages of text followed by five specimens printed in color. Paper specimen booklet issued by one of the premier paper companies in America. Printed in color throughout. READ MORE about JAMES RIVER PRESENTS THE COLORS AND TEXTURES OF RETREEVE, RECYCLED PAPERS
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Washington: The Library of Congress, (1993). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. Descriptive essays on the Library's collection of manuscripts. Chapters on the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. Topics also include African American and women's history. Color illustrations throughout, including Jefferson's first draft of the Declatation of Independence. Introductory essay by James T. Hutson, Chief of the Manuscripts Divsion. Endnotes. READ MORE about LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MANUSCRIPTS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
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(Chicago): The Art Institute of Chicago, (1958). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 1000 copies. Catalogue of the Carl O. Schniewind (1900-1957) Memorial Exhibition of Prints and Drawings. Foreword by Daniel Catton Rich. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about CARL O. SCHNIEWIND 1900-1957
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Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse.
Wilmington: The Greenwood Bookshop, (1951). small 8vo. boards, paper cover label. (36) pages. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse. Reprint of the first edition, hand-set in foundry Bulmer type and printed under the direction of John Anderson for the New Castle Tercentenary. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 356, (2) pages. First edition. Prefatory comments by the author. Black and white illustrations. Biographical sketch of author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about AN INVOLUNTARY GENIUS IN AMERICA'S SHOEW (AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWORDS
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(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. October 1972. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press, Covers printed in red and black. READ MORE about THE PASTORALS. SPARROW 1
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(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. September 1974. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about THE CARDS. SPARROW 24
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(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. January 1975. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about MAHLER. SPARROW 28
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(Santa Barbara, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1977. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. July 1977. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about THREE EARLY STORIES. SPARROW 58
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1999). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. A Walter Lorraine book. Examines the use of newspaper illustrations in conveying news of the American Civil War. READ MORE about CIVIL WAR ARTIST
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(Claremong, CA: Scripps College), 1996. broadside (8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches). Announcement of the Frederic W. Goudy lecture on the Book Arts, October 5, 1996 by papermaker Cal Ling. READ MORE about Announcement of Frederic W. Goudy Lecture
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1969). small 8vo. half-cloth over boards. 36 pages. Issued on the 50th anniversary of the founding of this publisher. Gives a short company history. Introduction by William Jovanovich. READ MORE about IN ART OR INSTRUCTION
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New York: School of Library Service, Columbia University, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 121 pages. With four major sections; Paper, Bookbinding, Ink and Type. Illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINE PRINTING CONFERENCE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HELD MAY 19-22, 1982
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Frankfurt am Main: Polygraph Verlag, (1976). square 8vo. cloth. (viii), 144, (4) pages. Discussion of the advances in printing that had occurred during the period. With two samples of gold leaf printing, one of raised printing and a foldout example of color work. Text in German. READ MORE about BEITRÄGE ZUR TECHNIKGESCHICHTE DES BUCHWESENS, KLEINE SCHRIFTEN 1969-1976
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New York: Privately printed, 1958. small 8vo. boards. vii, 44 pages. Limited to 1200 copies. Joachim founded many important printing magazines including Production Yearbook. Illustrated. READ MORE about A TRIBUTE TO LEO H. JOACHIM
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New York: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (xii), 97 pages. First trade edition. Miers takes comments from Updike, Goudy, Rollins and many others to help describe the process of designing a book. READ MORE about COMPOSING STICKS & MORTAR BOARDS
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Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. Limited to 450 copies. READ MORE about RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRANK G. HARRINGTON COLLECTION OF RICHARD...
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Bloomingdale: Indiana University, 1964. 4to. paper wrappers. 84 pages. 107 items, with 20 full-page illustrations. Americana. READ MORE about BERNARDO MENDEL COLLECTION; AN EXHIBIT
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Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, (1949). 8vo. cloth. 31 pages. First edition. Some illustrations. READ MORE about PLANNING, DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC BOOK
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Columbus: Ohio State University Press, (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 311 pages. First U.S. edition. READ MORE about AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND POLITICIANS THE QUEST FOR AN ANGLO-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT, 1815-1854
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Baltimore: Proof Press, 1935. 8vo. cloth. (62) pages. First edition. A two page introductory note on the different types of booksellers followed by a list of desirable first editions, with retail prices and issue points. With facsimile title pages. Very good copy. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS WITH A FUTURE
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, (1979). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 172 pages. First edition. Freeman was a publisher in many different parts of the West after the Civil War. Small private ownership label in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about MOVABLE TYPE, BIOGRAPHY OF LEGH R. FREEMAN
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 159 pages. First edition. 218 annotated descriptions. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED BATTLE PLANS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1795
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New York: Atheneum, 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 296 pages. First edition. Jacket spine faded and is price clipped. READ MORE about DR. BOWDLER'S LEGACY, A HISTORY OF EXPURGATED BOOKS IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Seventh Bowker Memorial Lectures, New Series. READ MORE about RESEARCH LIBRARIES ENTER THE INFORMATION AGE
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New York: The New York Public Library, 1943. 12mo. paper wrappers. 12 pages. Monograph 7. Letter written by a private to his wife in 1943. READ MORE about LETTER FROM SALERNO
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Godesberg: Inter Nationes, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. History of the technical changes in the printing industry and the people who caused them. Illustrated with plates in color and others. READ MORE about JOHANNES GUTENBERG, VOM BLEIBUCHSTABEN ZUM COMPUTER
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Kent State: Kent State University Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xxiv, 83 pages. First edition. Spine faded, boards rubbed. READ MORE about EDWARD TAYLOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1668-1970
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Frankfurt: Mergenthaler Verlag der Linotype GMBH, n.d. 8vo. paper over boards, cloth spine label. 91, (3) pages. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about WOHLTEMPERIERTE LESER ZEHN PLAUDEREIEN ÜBER DIE KUNST DES LESENS
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London: Portman Books, (1989). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 262 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Well-illustrated history of this type of book production. Some plates in color. Extended bibliographies after each chapter. READ MORE about NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH, 1600-1900
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Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (42) pages. Illustrated. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about HENRY FRANCIS DU PONT, OBSERVATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH, MAY...
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1930. tall 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 21, (3) pages. Kleiner Druck 14. Some cover wear. READ MORE about ERFINDUNG DER DRUCKKUNST UND IHRE ERSTE AUSBREITUNG IN DEN LÄNDERN EUROPAS
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Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, n.d. (1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck 76. Study of Schiller's printer in Jena. READ MORE about JOHANN CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED GOEPFERDT, SEIN LEBEN UND SCHAFFEN
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Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 134 pages. First edition. Talks about the William Morris effect on Scandinavia during the turn of the century. READ MORE about SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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Newark: Curtis Paper Company, 1959. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32, (2) pages. The Sixth of these publications from Curtis. Letters and speeches of Richard Lingard, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Theodore Roosevelt with illustrations. Introduction and notes by Earl Schench Miers. Woodcuts by Jacob Landau. READ MORE about IN BEHALF OF PARENTS
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1928. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (ii), 21+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck nr.8 issued by this printing club. READ MORE about MAINZ ALS GUTENBERGSTADT
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New York: The New York Public Library, 1967. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Reprinted from the Proceedings. Biographical sketches of 42 authors and editors including Edmund Gosse, Hugh Walpole and D.H. Lawrence. The letters in this exhibition were all written to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. READ MORE about LETTERS TO AN EDITOR, GEORGIAN POETRY, 1912-1922. AN EXHIBITION FROM THE BERG COLLECTION
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1967. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 461 pages. Thousands of entries. Back inside hinge cracked. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF STUDIES IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE FOR THE TEN YEARS 1955-1964
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New York: David Lewis, 1968. 8vo. two-tone cloth, dust jacket. xii, 171 pages. First edition. Includes all work by Warren and the most significant about him. Arranged in eight sections: Books, Translations of books, Short stories, Poems, Essays and articles, Book reviews, Miscellanea, Biographical and critical material. Bottom of spine bumped, dust jacket rubbed at edges. READ MORE about ROBERT PENN WARREN, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, n.d. (circa 1976). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 22 pages, with frontispiece. Memorial essays for Hans Widmann, by Konrad Fuchs, Severin Corsten, Anton Maria Keim, Gotthold Rhode, and Susanne Beßlich. READ MORE about HANS WIDMANN 1908-1975
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Munich: Winkler-Verlag, 1970. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 39+(1) pages. On beautiful books; the New Year's gift of the publisher Winkler-Verlag. Top corners slightly bumped. READ MORE about DIE SCHONEN BUCHER
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Mainz: Druckhaus Schmidt & Co., n.d. (circa 1948). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 19+(1) pages. Commentary on an exhibition of the masterworks of printing. Wrappers faded near spine. READ MORE about DIE KUNST GUTENBERGS IN IHREN MEISTERLEISTUNGEN. AUSTELLUNG DES GUTENBERG MUSEUMS IN MAINZ
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Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1979. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Speeches honoring Aloys Ruppel, former director of the Gutenberg Museum. READ MORE about ALOYS RUPPEL 1882-1977
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München und Berlin: C.H. Beck, 1966. 8vo. paper wrappers. xvi, 99 pages. A primer on price controls for booksellers. Corners bumped. READ MORE about PREISBINDUNGSFIBEL FUR DEN BUCHHANDEL
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London and New Castle, Delaware: Primrose Hill Press and Oak Knoll Press, (1998). large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (6), 41, (1) pages. This trade edition is based on the private press edition printed from the original blocks by Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lions Press for Primrose Academy in a limited edition of 135 copies signed by the artist. This book includes an autobiographical note on the artists and 26 wood engravings chosen by the..... READ MORE about ENGRAVER'S CUT, DIANA BLOOMFIELD, TWENTY-SIX WOOD ENGRAVINGS CHOSEN BY THE ARTIST WITH AN...
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Library, 1984. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 130, (1) pages. This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition, held at the University of Chicago in 1984. The exhibition itself has been shaped by an interplay between themes and materials. Particular collections of rare books and manuscripts in the University of Chicago Library invited exploration of themes appropriate to those collections. Illustrated. Includes bibliography and index. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about SPLENDID ENCOUNTERS, THE THOUGHT AND CONDUCT OF DIPLOMACY
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Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. Exhibtion catalogue of books donated to the Lilly Library from the collection of Bernardo Mendel (1895-1967), which features extensive holdings on Latin America, Incunabula, German literature, music, and other personal items. READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PRESENTED TO THE LILLY LIBRARY BY MRS. BERNARDO MENDEL
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Peoria: The Spoon River Press, (1997). small 4to. cloth. 800 pages. First edition of the seventh in what is a series of prices guides. Descriptions, with prices, of nearly 32,000 titles selected from antiquarian bookseller's catalogues throughout the United States. Most of the items listed are in the $20 to $300 price range. Oak Knoll is included. READ MORE about BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE. 1997
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(Mainz): Gutenberg Gesellschaft, (1993). 8vo. paper boards. 77+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck no.110. With contributions by Dr. Anton M. Keim, Don Vicente González Lizondo, and others. Texts reproduced both in German and in Spanish. READ MORE about GUTENBERG-PREIS DER STADT MAINZ UND DER GUTENBERG-GESELLSCHAFT VERLIEHEN AN RICARDO J. VICENT...
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. 4to. cloth. xiv, 236 pages. First edition. William Alexander Jackson was considered by his colleagues to be an unrivaled bibliographical scholar. He served as the founding librarian of the famed Houghton Library at Harvard. During his tenure Jackson more than doubled the quality and quantity of the Library's collection of rare books and manuscripts. This handsome illustrated work gathers articles on Thomas Frognall Dibdin, A Dibdinian Tour and 16 other..... READ MORE about RECORDS OF A BIBLIOGRAPHER, SELECTED PAPERS OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER JACKSON
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Stillwater, MN: James Cummings, Bookseller - Publisher, (1973). 8vo. faux leather. (iv), 285 pages. Presented in alphabetical order by author with descriptions of each limited edition following the author's name. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LIMITED AND SIGNED EDITIONS IN LITERATURE, TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN AUTHORS
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Bronxville: Nicholas T. Smith, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xi), 96, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition, originally printed in 1927 and limited to 390 copies. The history of this press with bibliographical information on the first twenty books issued. With much on book production. Dust jacket is faded. READ MORE about THE FIRST SCORE
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New York: The Ark 15, 1981. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (3) pages. First edition. Grey printed wrappers unevenly faded, otherwise near fine. READ MORE about FROM DOWN TO THE VILLAGE. DRAWINGS BY LOIS EBY. INTRODUCTION BY JOHN HAINES
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1980. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 119 pages. First edition. Part of the National Poetry Series. Dust jacket with a short closed tear on the back panel and spine faded. READ MORE about ANY BODY'S SONG
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 162 pages. A conference held at the Library of Congress, October 20-21, 1975. Introductory remarks by the Acting Librarian of Congress. Includes discussions of trade publications, publication by university and small presses, and publication in magazines. Larry McMurtry was among the participants. READ MORE about THE PUBLICATION OF POETRY AND FICTION A CONFERENCE
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Berkeley, CA: Miniature Book Society, 1990-2000. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. The quarterly publication of the Miniature Book Society. Many with black and white illustrations. Available are New Series 3, 4 (2), 5 (2), 7 (2), 8 (3), 9 (4), 10 (3), 11 (5), 12 (4), 13 (4), 14 (4), 15 (3), 16 (5), 17 (3), 18 (3), 19 (4), 20 (4), 21 (4), 22 (2), 23 (4), 24 (4), 25 (3), 26 (3)..... READ MORE about THE MINIATURE BOOK SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
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Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 81, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney 152a). Table of contents. READ MORE about HERE IS EINBAUM
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(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Second printing. October 1973. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Black ink only on cover. READ MORE about SHAPE SHADOW ELEMENTS MOVE. SPARROW 13
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(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. November 1974. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about TIGER LILIES. SPARROW 26
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Greenville: Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation, (1961). 4to. paper wrappers, paper cover label. iv, 62 pages. B2-1481. With exhibition catalogue of DuPont documents; illustrated. Chipped at the corners with tears along edges. READ MORE about ELEUTHERIAN MILLS HISTORICAL LIBRARY A RECORD OF ITS DEDICATION ON 7 OCTOBER 1961
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European Handbound Books in the Princeton University Library Together with the William H. Scheide Library and the Robert H. Taylor Collection.
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1978. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. European Handbound Books in the Princeton University Library Together with the William H. Scheide Library and the Robert H. Taylor Collection. S-K 1125. Introduction by Jamie Shalleck (Kamph). One hundred books are listed with eight illustrations, four in color. READ MORE about FINE BINDINGS GOTHIC TO MODERN
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1973. 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. First of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures, New Series. READ MORE about OBSCENITY AND THE CONSTITUTION
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New York: The L.F. White Company, 1951. 12mo. paper wrappers. 20 pages. Typophiles Mongraph XXXI. A talk given by White to the Type Directors Club. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK
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Philadelphia: Charles Sessler, 1934. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Not in Fleck. Useful check-list of Newton's works put together by Newton and Mabel Zahn to celebrate the publication of DERBY DAY. READ MORE about ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLICATION OF A NEW BOOK BY A. EDWARD NEWTON, DERBY DAY AND OTHER ADVENTURES
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N.P. n.p., 1897. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. With two pages of text as pages 2 and 3 with printed signatures of Edward D. Hearne, William A. Cannon, E.W. Cooper, W.T. Smithers, A.L. Johnson, and W.C. Spruance. READ MORE about STATE OF DELAWARE 1897. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, SECOND REPORT OF TH E COMMITTEE ON THE...
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Republic of San Serriffe: 1986. 4.5"x 6" Single small broadside sheet. Another piece of printing ephemera from the Bird & Bull Press of Henry Morris. This is a banknote printed by hand on both sides by Morris for his mythical kingdom of San Serriffe. Printed in two colors with a very interesting calligraphic border. READ MORE about REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TWENTY-FIVE CORONAS
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1963. 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.295-320. Offprint from Delaware HistoryVol. X, No. 4 . B2-1828. Also describes 18th century Delaware societies devoted to abolition. READ MORE about ABOLITION SOCIETY OF DELAWARE, 1801-1807
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1961. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.303-325. Offprint from Delaware History, Vol. IX, No. 4 (October, 1961). B2-1921. Discussion of the various plans for canals and turnpikes proposed in the 19th century. With a frontispiece showing the Lea Mills. READ MORE about TRANSPORTATION AND BRANDYWINE INDUSTRIES, 1800-1840
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Dover: Division of Economic Development, n.d. (between 1972-1976). square small 4to. self paper wrappers. (24) pages. Illustrated history of the state. With a notice from the Governor, Sherman W. Tirbbitt, on the last leaf. READ MORE about DELAWARE, THE FIRST STATE
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N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. sheet 7 x 10 inches. Announcement of the Pickering Press's new address and phone number, finely printed. READ MORE about IF YOUR HOBBY IS COLLECTING STAMPS
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