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Books About Books. Gross Gerald ed..
Publishers on Publishing.
London: Secker & Warburg 1961. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Octavo 495 indexed. Secker & Warburg hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7047
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. STEVENS Henry. LENOX James. BOOKPLATE. W. F. Hopson
RECOLLECTIONS OF MR JAMES LENOX OF NEW YORK AND THE FORMATION OF HIS LIBRARY.
BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. STEVENS Henry. RECOLLECTIONS OF MR JAMES LENOX OF NEW YORK AND THE FORMATION OF HIS LIBRARY. By Henry Stevens of Vermont Bibliographer and Lover of Books Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. London:: Henry Stevens & Son 1886. First edition large paper issue printed on heavy stock paper with very wide margins with leaves measuring 23.5 cm. . Early engraved pictorial bookplate of collector Edward S. Marsh dated 1909 and signed in the plate by W. F. Hopson on front pastedown. Early newspaper clipping tipped onto verso of front flyleaf printing an obituary of James Lenox. Moderate wear and foxing to extremities of covers spine is quite tanned and rubbed with foxing front hinge is shaken and just started but secure else a good to very good copy with the text and illustrations quite fresh and clean. . With an autograph letter signed by Henry Stevens tipped onto second front flyleaf. ALS one large octavo page 28 lines on first page of folio sheet folded to make four pages Barnet Vermont December 29th 1848 to a Mr. Ingraham of Philadelphia. The letter to "Dear Sir" with good personal content includes references to Continental money a printing project and his sons stating in part: ". The package of Continental money you speak of I should be very glad to receive. My son Simon is in the office with Hon. Thaddeus Stevens at the City of Lancaster. I will direct him to call on you for the said package. As to the object of your young friend to print the Trials under the Alien and Sedition law there were but two cases in this State Harwell & Lyon. would expect the records of Court are now in Rutland. will make inquiry. Lyon was for a time a distinguished man in the state. Harwell has several sons. I flatter myself that they will willingly furnish all particulars. my son Henry arrived in London. He speaks of being very successful in his business. Your friend Henry Stevens". An early letter with nice content; the letter has two small chips and tears at folds with no loss to writing and it is folded and tipped onto second front flyleaf. Henry Stevens 1791-1867 noted "Bibliographer and Lover of Books" was born in Barnet Vermont where he became a justice of the peace and later served in the state legislature from 1826-1827. An avid book collector he founded the Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society 1n 1838; his sons Henry Stevens Jr. and Benjamin Franklin Stevens were book dealers who resided in London. Large octavo grained ivory cloth spine and corners red morocco spine label stamped in gilt marbled paper-covered boards pp. xii 211 1 illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and two other engraved portraits marbled endpapers; printed at the Chiswick Press. Henry Stevens & Son, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 78739
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Books About Books. Libman Valentina A.
Russian Studies of American Literature.
Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina Press 1969. First printing. Original Blue Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 218 indexed translated by Robert V. Allen edited by Clarence Gohdes. University of North Carolina Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3705
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Books About Books. Sale Jr. William M.
Samuel Richardson: Master Printer.
Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 1950. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. vi 389 indexed. Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3712
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Books About Books.
Sir Edmund Andros: Original Documents from His Papers.
New York:: H.P. Kraus 1978. Cloth. Fine. 4to. 87 pp. With paper dj: wrinkled with tearing and creasing. Catalogue 150. Documents from the papers of Andros 1637-1714 governor of NY governor of the dominion of New England governor of Virginia. Many with signatures of Charles II James II William III and Mary II. H.P. Kraus, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49668
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Books About Books. Evans Hilary and Mary.
Sources of Illustration.
Somerset UK: Adams and Dart 1971. First edition. Cloth over Boards. As New in Fine DJ. Octavo pp. 162 richly illustrated w b/w engravings at least one per page. Becoming scarce in such fine condition Adams and Dart hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6365
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Books About Books. Todd William B.
Suppressed Commentaries on The Wiseian Forgeries.
Austin: University of Texas 1969/1974. Limited Second impression. Original Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library. 12 mo pp. 49 fold-out illustration one of 500 copies printed. University of Texas hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3721
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books about books.
The 1990 New England Book Show.
Bookbuilders of Boston 1990. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. 101 pp. Catalog from 1990 New England Book Show. Bookbuilders of Boston, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32477
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Books About Books. Museum of Fine Arts.
The Artist & the Book in Western Europe and the United States 1860-1960.
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard College Library 1961. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Very Good lacking dj w/ light soiling to ivory cloth covers. Large Octavo pp. 232 richly illustrated in color and b/w. Mild ex-library from a prestigious architectural firm with a small attractive bookplate. Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard College Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6855
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Books About Books ROWLAND Arthur Ray Editor
THE CATALOG AND CATALOGING
Library Cataloging: The Shoe String Press Inc 1969. Fine in Custom Mylar Jacket Mylar. First Edition Thus. Octavo. xvi 344 pages. Notes. Author-title Index. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. A Fine copy. Custom mylar protective jacket. A collection of articles presenting the changes which have taken place in the development of the cataloging Code and cataloging generally. Includes articles by Cutter and Dewey. Contributions to Library Literature #8. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address. <br/><br/> The Shoe String Press, Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 161
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Books About Books. Putnam George Haven.
The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence Upon the Production and Distribution of Literature - Two Volumes complete .
New York: Benjamin Blom 1967. Purple Cloth over Boards. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 375 510. Benjamin Blom hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9168
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Books About Books. Westervelt Leonidas.
The Circus in Literature: An Outline of its Development and a Bibliography with Notes.
New York: Privately Printed 1931. Limited edition of 300. Original Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library spine sunned title page missing. 12 mo 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 pp. 88 copy number says "Complimentary. Privately Printed hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4925
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Books About Books Various
THE COLOPHON New Series A Quarterly for Bookmen Summer 1935
New York: Pynson Printers Inc 1935. New York: Pynson Printers Inc 1935 Boards. Good/Mylar. New Series Volume 1 Number 1. 8vo. 159 1 pages. Advertisement section. Condition: soiled and edgeworn; chipped at spine-ends; in custom mylar protective jacket; G overall. The hardcover "Quarterly for Bookmen" established in 1929. This copy is the first of the "New Series" begining in the summer of 1935. Articles on books and authors including "A Note on Ernest Hemingway" by Louis Henry Cohn. Other articles by Sherwood Anderson F. B. Adams Jr. Burton Stevenson David A. Randall and Oscar Wegelin and more. A nice group of period advertisements by Yale University Press Bertram Rota Charles Scribner's Sons and many others. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address. <br/><br/> Pynson Printers, Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 425
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Books About Books. Fraser James Howard editor.
The Czech Avant-Garde and Czech Book Design: The 1920s and 1930s
Madison NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University n.d. ca 1995. First printing. Wraps. New. Octavo pp. 50 numerous color illustrations preface by James Howard Fraser overview article by Blanka Stehlikova. Cataloguing 89 scarce titles all illustrated. . Scarce reference work documenting a period of intense creativity. The Czech avant-garde has been compared to the German movement of the same period but has been a "well kept secret" in the United States at least until the publication of this groundbreaking exhibition by James Fraser at Fairleigh Dickinson University. A beautiful well researched and documented effort worthy of inclusion in any bookman's collection. Fairleigh Dickinson University paperback
Bookseller reference : 655
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Books About Books. Madan F.
The Daniel Press; Memorials of C.H.O. Daniel.
Pall Mall: Dawsons 1974. Reprint. Original Green Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. iv 198 12 pp xv plates a brief biographical sketch of the founder of the Daniel Press w/a bibliography. Dawsons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3711 ISBN : 0712906029 9780712906029
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books about books.
The Dewey Years at Columbia 1883-1888.
New York:: Book Arts Press 1987. Stapled. Very Good. 8vo. 28 pp. "An Exhibition held in The Rotunda Low Library Columbia University December 1987." Light edgewear and soiling to covers. Book Arts Press, unknown
Bookseller reference : 106752
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Books About Books. Hill Benjamin Thomas.
The Diary of Isaiah Thomas 1805-1828 in Two Volumes.
Worcester MA: American Antiquarian Society 1909. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library cover bumped. Octavo pp. 413 Vol I 381 Vol II indexed frontis of Isaiah Thomas. American Antiquarian Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3756
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
The Dolphin
London 1933. Numbers 1-4. Complete in 7 parts. Number 4 part 1 is in the first issue printed wrappers London ,1933. unknown
Bookseller reference : 1192
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Books About Books. Littlefield George Emery.
The Early Massachusetts Press 1683-1711 Two volumes bound in one complete.
New York: Burt Franklin 1969 1907. Reprint. Cloth over Boards. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. approx. 475 illustrated in b/w w/ several maps and manuscript pages. Burt Franklin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8783
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Books About Books POWELL Lawrence Clark
THE EXAMPLE OF MISS EDITH M. COULTER
Sacramento: California Library Association 1969. First Edition. 17 1 pages. Octavo. Frontis portrait of Miss Coulter from photograph. Prospectus laid in. Blue cloth. One of 150 copies specially bound in cloth 850 copies in wrappers. SIGNED by printer Grant Dahlstrom in ink in the colophon. The 17th Coulter Lecture by Powell a student of Miss Coulter at the library school of the University of California. A Fine copy in a custom mylar protective jacket. <br/><br/> California Library Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1027
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Books About Books. Arndt Karl John Richard Reimer C. Eck eds.; Gerd J. Botte Werner Tannhof compilers; Annelies Muller.
The First Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America: A Bibliography Based on the Studies of Oswald Seidensticker and Wilbur H. Oda 2-Volume Set Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society XXI & XXII.
Gottingen: Pennsylvania German Society 1989. First edition. White Linen Cloth over Boards. Fine. No DJ as Issued. Octavo pp. xxixii1245. Illustrated with b/w plates. An excellent huge work of scholarship on the subject in beautiful condition. Pennsylvania German Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13891
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Books About Books. Austin Gabriel Editor.
The Grolier Club Iter Italicum .
New York: Grolier 1963. First edition Limited to 750 stated. Cloth over Boards. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 298 illustrated w/ b/w photographs. A history of the Grolier Club's founding and a record of a club-sponsored trip to Italy. Grolier hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9170
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Books About Books MacSHANE Frank
THE LIFE OF JOHN O'HARA
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1980. New York: E P Dutton & Co. Inc. 1980. Cloth Backed Boards. First Edition. 8vo. 274 pages. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Frontis portrait. Illustrated from photographs. Blue cloth backed gray boards. Silver spine lettering. Some shelfwear but NF/NF overall with the jacket in a Brodart sleeve. A well-researched biography of O'Hara the hard-drinking author of Butterfield 8 Appontment In Samara From The Terrace and Pal Joey. O'Hara was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. Author MacShane also wrote The Life of Raymond Chandler. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address. <br/><br/> E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 423
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Books About Books POWELL Lawrence Clark
THE LITTLE PACKAGE. Pages on Literature and Landscape from a Traveling Bookman's Life
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1964. First Edition. Cloth First Edition Fine in Near Fine DJ 316 4 pages. Index. About the Author. A FINE copy in a slightly sunned NEAR FINE dustjacket now collected and protected in a clear mylar sleeve. INSCRIBED by Author in ink on a free front endpaper "Inscribed for Charles F. Comman with cordial regards / Lawrence Clark Powell" Dr. Powell's lively essays on books the little package music and travel. A nice copy. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address. <br/><br/> The World Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 521
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books about books
The New England Book Show 1992
Bookbuilders of Boston. Collectible - Acceptable. Very good book. Inquire if you need further information. Bookbuilders of Boston unknown
Bookseller reference : Y02D-00223
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books about books.
The New England Book Show 1989.
Bookbuilders of Boston 1989. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. 129 pp. Catalog from 1989 New England Book Show. Bookbuilders of Boston, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32479
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books about books.
The New England Book Show 1986.
Bookbuilders of Boston 1986. Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. 151 pp. Slight flex creasing to wraps. Catalog from 1986 New England Book Show. Bookbuilders of Boston, paperback
Bookseller reference : 32478
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books about books.
The New England Book Show 1992.
Bookbuilders of Boston 1992. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. 161 pp. Catalog from 1992 New England Book Show. Bookbuilders of Boston, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32484
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books about books.
The New England Book Show 1991.
Bookbuilders of Boston 1991. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. 142 pp. Cover slightly bowed. Catalog from 1991 New England Book Show. Bookbuilders of Boston, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32480
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books about books.
The New England Book Show 1988.
Bookbuilders of Boston 1988. Hard Cover. Fine in Fine dj. 4to. 161 pp. Slight scratching to back of DJ. Catalog from 1988 New England Book Show. Bookbuilders of Boston, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32485
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Books About Books. Barr John.
The Officina Bodoni: Montagnola Verona:--Books Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the Hand Press 1923-1977.
London: The British Library 1978. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 96. The British Library paperback
Bookseller reference : 6057
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Books About Books. Thompson Edgar T.
The Plantation: A Bibliography Social Science Monographs IV.
Washington DC: Pan American Union 1957. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo pp. vii 93 indexed. Pan American Union paperback
Bookseller reference : 4885
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. PRINTERS TWO CONDEMNED TO GALLEYS TWO HANGED & TWO MORE PUT ON THE RACK & THEN HANGED.
The Present State of Europe: or the Historical and Political Monthly Mercury giving an account of all the Publick and Private occurrences Civil Ecclesiastical and Military that are most considerable in every Court: .
London: Printed for Henry Rhodes at the Star the corner of Bride-lane Fleetstreet and John Harris at the Harrow in the Poultry 1694. Quarto. Pp. ii 389-425 ix. Disbound. December 1694 issue. Contains interesting item on how some Booksellers and Printers were seized at Paris by reason of certain libels they had sold. Later two of them were condemned to the galleys two were hanged and the last two put on the rack before they were hanged p. 405. London: Printed for Henry Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride-lane, Fleetstreet, and John Harris at the Harrow in the Poultr unknown
Bookseller reference : 1529
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Books About Books.
The Reverend Thomas Bray: A Selection from His Papers.
New York:: H.P. Kraus 1978. Cloth. Fine. 4to. 87 pp. Hardcover. Catalogue 152. Papers of Bray founder of the American public library system the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Together with a group of American manuscripts. H.P. Kraus, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49667
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Books About Books. Crutchley Brooke.
To Be a Printer.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1980. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo 256 indexed. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6070
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Books About Books. Reynolds Lloyd G. and Charles C. Killingsworth.
Trade Union Publications; The Official Journals Convention Proceedings and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations 1850-1941.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1944. First edition. Original Navy Cloth. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo 3 volumes Volume I = Description and Bibliography Vol II & III =Subject Index each volume about 400 pp. Johns Hopkins Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3707
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Books About Books. Manasek FJ. F. J.
Uncommon Value: A Rare Book Dealer's World.
Ann Arbor: Arbor Libri Press 1995. First edition. Cloth over Boards. As New in Fine DJ. Octavo pp. 146. Arbor Libri Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6853
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Books About Books.
Valuable Hebrew Printed Books.
New York:: Sotheby's 1984. Boards. Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Light bumping and soiling to covers. Gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. With prices realized. Interior very lightly yellowed to edges. "The Property of the Valmadonna Trust. Sale Wednesday December 5 1984." Sotheby's, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110071
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Books About Books. Arntz Wilhelm F. editor.
Werkkataloge zur Kinst des 20. Jahrhunderts; Catalogues raisonn�s; Volume I and II.
Oberbayern: Getrud Arntz-Winter 1984. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good mild ex-library. Octavo 2 volumes pp. 122 158 text in German Volume II covers 1974-1983. Getrud Arntz-Winter paperback
Bookseller reference : 3743
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Books About Books RITCHIE Ward
YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES
Clifton New Jersey: AB Bookman Publications Inc 1992. First Edition. Clifton New Jersey: AB Bookman Publications Inc 1992. Cloth-backed Boards First Edition Very Fine in Mylar DJ 171 pages. Illustrated including vintage photographs and facsimiles. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. The autobiography of California printer and bookman Ward Ritchie and the rich panoply of the Southern California book world. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address. <br/><br/> AB Bookman Publications, Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 514
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
1967. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES on one hundred books famous in English literature. Compiled by Henry W. Kent. New York: Grolier Club 1903. New York: Kraus Reprint edition 1967. 4to. grey cloth. Fine. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 41016
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
Book Prices Current
London: Elliot Stock 1907. . 8vo blue cloth worn. Volumes for the years 1913-1928; plus index volume 1907-1916. Price includes shipping by book rate with the contiguous USA London: Elliot Stock, 1907. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1199
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
EARLY PRINTED BOOKS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES
1958. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. EARLY PRINTED BOOKS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES. From the Ledding J. Rosenwald Collection. An exhibition at the Library of COngress April 2 1958-August 311959. Washington: L.O.C. 1958. 8vo. wrappers; 37 pp. Mild soil. wear to wraps; clean internally. A very good copy. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 73332
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
FRENCH ART OF THE BOOK
1949. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. FRENCH ART OF THE BOOK. San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor 1949. Original printed wrappers. 7 tipped in plates printed on both sides of book illustrations. Errata slip. Wear and soil to wraps internally bright and clean. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 62827
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
IRISH MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION: Catalogue of Publications
1962. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. IRISH MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION: Catalogue of Publications Issued and in Preparation 1928-1962. Dublin: Stationery Office c. 1962. 8vo. wrappers. Sunned with a bump to the crown and some minor pencil underlining; typed list of publications through 1964 taped in at one leaf. About very good. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 66753
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Books About Books
Le Livre et ses amis. Revue mensuelle de l'art du livre. Nos. 2-18. 17 Issues Rebound in Four Volumes
Paris 1947. All copies except that of journal issue no. 2 are #1348 of 1700 on various papers Boucher Lana or Schwindenhammer from a total of either 1900 or 1920. 4to; handsomely rebound in 3/4 black first vol. or ruby red remaining three vols. morocco and marbled paper boards spines with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original wrappers with special front and rear designs bound in. Binding of first vol. is slightly worn; else fine. With numerous plates text illustrations and ornaments the latter usually commissioned especially for the issue all relating to the visual arts of the book typographic and illustrative. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2459
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Rare Books and Special Collections
1992. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Rare Books and Special Collections. An Illustrated Guide. Washington DC: Library of Congress 1992. Oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. Fine. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 60802
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: FALES LIBRARY CHECKLIST
1970. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: FALES LIBRARY CHECKLIST. In two volumes. Revised and edited by Theodore Grieder. New York: AMS Press Inc. 1970. 4to. blue cloth. Slightly rubbed with one opening corner bumped and one volume just skewed. Clean tight copies; very good plus. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 72469
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
PROPOSALS IN THE JOHN JOHNSON COLLECTION
1961. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. PROPOSALS IN THE JOHN JOHNSON COLLECTION. Index to Proposals for English Books up to 1800. Oxford: University Press 1960. Oblong 8vo. stapled wrappers xerox typescript pages 21 with 5 additional stapled leaves laid in "Additions January 1961." Slightly bumped creased with wear to edges of wraps. Very good. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 66803
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
The Dolphin
London 1933. Numbers 1-4. Complete in 7 parts. Number 4 part 1 is in the first issue printed wrappers London ,1933. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1192
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