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Robert Clarke & Co.'s Catalogue of American and British Medical and Surgical Books Periodicals Transactions Reports Etc.
Cincinnati Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co. 1873. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 100 pages in original pale green printed wrappers Very Good slight curl to corners front wrapper slight paper loss at bottom of spine rear wrapper 3" closed tear at bottom edge of spine. This 1873 Robert Clarke medical catalogue not found at OCLC. Robert Clarke & Co. Paperback
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Translated & Illustrated by Fredric Brewer
A Blessing of the Plants
Bloomington Indiana: The Raintree Press 1975. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE copy 19 of only 29 copies printed. Hand-set in Garamond with Lombardie and Cloister initials and printed by letterpress. Near Fine small stain bottom edge front wrapper. 24 unnumbered pages. "A Blessing of the Plants" was set down more than a thousand years ago in the LACNUNGA or leech-book and Anglo-Saxon collection of medicinal recipes." A masterful example of Brewer's skill with illustration and the letterpress. Not recorded at OCLC. The Raintree Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009698
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Gundolf, Friedrich
Fur Natzel und Dizel ein bilderbuch drin Gott und Welt nach laeng- und querschnitt Dargestellt
Berlin: Berliner Handpresse 1968. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. The 20th edition of the Berliner Handpresse published in an edition of 350 copies this copy #247 signed in pencil by Wolfgang Jörg and Erich Schönig at the colophon page. Near Fine 3 small tears at edges front wrappers slight toning to wrappers. 20 unnumbered sheets with 11 lovely original linocuts by Erich Schonig and Wolfgang Jorg. Berliner Handpresse Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009699
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[Anonymous]; Anderson, Victor (Illustrator)
A Christmas Poem with Publisher's ALS and related ephemera
Berkeley: The Hart Press 1975. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. String Tied Printed Wrappers. Limited First Edition Thus. Tall 8vo. Fine in string tied green wrappers illustrated by Victor Anderson and printed by Ruth and James D. Hart. With ALS on Hart's stationery dated Feb. 2 1976 " Dear Mr. Glick In reply to your request I send a copy of the latest work from The Hart Press. None of our publications is for sale. A list of them is in the current News Letter of the Book Club of California. Sincerely James D. Hart". Also laid in a printed with illustration Christmas Greeting from Ruth and Jim Hart. Hart's signature appears to be quite uncommon in commerce. The Hart Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009738
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Bissinger, Mildred Sherrod
Eight This Time
Kentfield California: The Upstairs Press 1979. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Folded Wrappers. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE. #13 of only 29 copies printed by the author in the upstairs room of her home. Hand printed and handset from Centaur and Goudy fonts. Eoght sheets with a poem each page plus title page and colophon page. Each of the poetry sheets has the author's name and address printed verso. The sheets are unbound and laid in a plain beige paper folder. The folder has small corner creases the contents are Fine. The Upstairs Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009749
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Brother Antoninus (William Everson); Designed and Printed by Graham Mackintosh
The Last Crusade ; with a Note to the Poem by the Author
No Place Berkeley: Oyez 1969. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. #129 of 165 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR as Brother Antoninus. The binding is Jack Gray. Text type is Van Djck with Albertus for display; the heraldric device on the title page is eraly 14th c. The paper is Arches and was printed on a demi-royal Colts. Fine no jacket. A lovely copy. Oyez Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009768
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Everson, William; Illustrations by Patrick Kennedy
River-Root: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of These States
Berkeley: Oyez Press 1976. Book. Fine. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. #32 of 250 copies 200 of which were for sale. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at colophon page. Book desoigned by Thomas Whitridge has been printed at The Watsonville Press. Types used are Goudy Modern and Spectrum Italis cast by Mackenzie & Harris of San Francisco. Binding by Cardoza-James of the same city. Fine in original paper covered boards with gilt stamped leather spine. Oyez Press Hardcover
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Burns, Robert
Bruce Brough Press Epistle to Davie A Brother Poet
San Francisco: The Bruce Brough Press 1929. Book. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. #147 of 400 copie printed 390 of which were for sale. With Bruce Brough Printer business card laid in with "Compliments of " in ink at top edge of card. Near Fine slight toning to boards. 11 pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait. OCLC locates 18 institutions with copies. SCARCE in current commerce. The Bruce Brough Press Hardcover
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Introduction by Edmund Blunden , Illustrations by H Charles Tomlinson
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
New York: Cheshire House 1931. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. #374 of 1200 copies printed by Richard W. Ellis for Cheshire House on hand-made paper. Near Fine small rubs at corners. in a Very Good slipcase 2" tear top edge at opening some fading. A lovely copy and uncommon thus. Cheshire House Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009767
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Cheever, John; Foreword, Malcolm Cowley; Afterword, John Updike; Designer, Warren Chappell
Miniature Book Expelled
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos 1987. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY Contributors. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 2 1/8" h x 2 7/8" W. # 62 0f 150 numbered copies there were also 26 lettered copies and 9 copies "bearing the printed name of a recipient".SIGNED BY all four Contributors. Fine in Fine slipcase as issued. xxxvii 70 pages : illustrations. "First appeared in 'The New Republic' October 1 1930"--Title page verso. John Cheever's first story published in The New Republic when he was just seventeen years old. A delightfully produced miniature book. Uncommon in commerce OCLC locates 17 copies. Sylvester & Orphanos Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009903
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Cheever, John
Homage to Shakespeare
Stevenson Connecticutt: Country Squires Books 1968. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. # 106/150 copies printed by the Brewer-Borg Corp. and SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Country Squires Books Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009910
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Cheever, John
The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well
Santa Barbara CA: Lord John Press 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. # 29 of 275 copies handbound by Vance Gerry and SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page. In quarter brown cloth and decorated boards Fine. Lord John Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009912
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Cheever, John
The National Pastime
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. # 95 of 330 copies printed by Patrick Reagh and SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page. Near Fine scattered foxing at end pages. Sylvester & Orphanos Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009911
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Cheever, John
The Leaves the Lion Fish and the Bear
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos 1980. Book. Fine as Issued. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. # 181 of 330 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press and SIGNED BY AUTHOR at the Limitation Page. Fine. Sylvester & Orphanos Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009909
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Cheever, John; Foreword By Susan Cheever
Atlantic Crossing Excerpts from the Journals of John Cheever
Cottondale AL: Ex Ophidia 1986. Book. Fine. Niger Morocco. Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. # 63 of only 90 copies on hand-made paper and bound in full rust-colored niger morocco with a single small gilt square on spine. In publisher's cloth box with Ex Ophidia Books In Print catalogue laid in. Fine in Fine box a few minor spots to lower front cover of box. 21 pages. A gorgeous production published after Cheever's death with his daughter Susan's approval. Ex Ophidia Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009914
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Lincoln, Abraham
Miniature Book Addresses of Abraham Lincoln
Kingsport Tenn.: Training Division Kingsport Press 1929. Book. Fine. Leather. First Edition. SCARCE with a custom handmade walnut two-piece case and with original glassine unprinted jacket. 7/8" x 5 /8" 3-139 pages 1 colophon page "These miniature editions of Lincoln's addresses originated with the students of the Training Division of the Kingsport Press. The initial edition won a first prize at the 1928 convention of the E.B.A. at Boston." I. Gettysburg Address. -- II. Second Inaugural. -- III. "A House Divided." -- IV. Equality in a Republic. Bound in red leather with gilt lettering front cover and spine all edges gilt a Fine copy in Good dust jacket the jacket in 3 large pieces. Bradbury 2. p. 115 although Bradbury cites 160 pages. A lovely copy in a unique handmade case. Training Division, Kingsport Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009917
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Miniature Book Friendship
Worcester MA: Achille J. St. Onge 1939. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. Limited Edition. 2 7/8" x 1 5/8". One of 950 copies and one of only four St. Onge titles printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. Bound in full black crushed morocco with gilt rules and lettering marbled end papers all edges gilt ribbon marker. Frontispiece portrait of Emerson 82 pp. Near Fine slight rubbing to gilt. "An exhibit of Updike's books in England in 1941 sponsored by the Monotype Corporation Ltd. featured 'Friendship'. The exhibit catalogue referred to this book as 'One of the smallest almost certainly the most legible and attractive miniature books ever printed from actual type not photographically reduced." The second book published by Achille J. St. Onge. Bradbury 2 pages 249-252. The last copy seen at auction was in 2007 according to RBH. Achille J. St. Onge Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009919
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Kennedy, John F
Miniature Book Sir Winston S. Churchill Honorary Citizen of the United States of America by Act of Congress April 9 1963
Worcester MA: Achille J. St. Onge 1964. Book. Fine. Morocco. Second Edition. 2 7/16" x 1 11/16". Second Edition one of 1500 copies done in 1964 after the First Edition of 1963 printed in 1000 copies. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in red morocco gilt decorative end papers all edges gilt. Printed from Bembo type on "Old Kentucky Linen" paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem Holland. Fine with Churchill 5 cent US stamp pasted to rear paste down.Bradbury 23 pp. 253. Achille J. St. Onge Hardcover
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Sandburg, Carl
Miniature Book Abraham Lincoln 1809-1859 The Address by Carl Sandburg Before the United States Congress
Worcester MA: Achille J. St. Onge 1959. Book. Fine. Leather. Limited Edition. 2 5/8" x 1 7/8". 38 pp. Letterpress by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem Holland and binding by Proost en Brandt Amsterdam. Gilt leather decorative end papers all edges gilt one of 2000 copies with Lincoln 1 cent stamp. A Fine copy. Bradbury 16 p. 253. Achille J. St. Onge Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009921
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Miniature Book The Form and Order of the Service that is to be Performed and the Ceremonies that are to be Observed in the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In the Abbey Church of St. Peter Westminster on Tuesday the Second Day of June 1953
Worcester MA: Achille J. St. Onge 1953. Book. Fine. Morocco. First Edition. 2 3/4" x 1 15/16". 77 pp. Letterpress by the Chiswick Press bound by Sangorski & Sutliffe in full red morocco gilt decorative end papers all edges gilt with clear plastic custom fitted case. One of 2000 copies printed. Fine as issued. Bradbury 10 pp.252. Achille J. St. Onge Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009923
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Rather, Lois
Little Red House
Oakland CA: Rather Press Addenda 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One of only 40 unnumbered copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page -"Compliments of Lois Rather". 26 pages illustrated front cover and with two color photos. Red string-tied wrappers Near Fine tiny tear top edge rear wrapper. OCLC locates only 3 copies at Mills College Oakland Publ. Lib. and UCal/Berkeley. Rather Press Addenda Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009934
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Catalogue et description des objets d'art de l'antiquite du Moyen-age et de la Renaissance exposes au Musee; Musee des Thermes et de l'Hotel de Cluny
Paris: Hotel De Cluy 1857. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the bookplate and ownership signature of John V. L. Pruyn a member of the US House of Representatives from 1863-1865. serving as a pro-Union Democrat who supported the war effort> He served a 2nd term in 1867-1869. Handsomely bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards marbled end papers. Very Good Plus end papers browned moderate rubbing to edges. Hotel De Cluy Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009947
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Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius; ed Edmund Gibson
M. Fabii Quinctiliani De Institutione oratoria libri duodecim: cum duplice Indice. from the Library of King George II
Oxoniae Oxford : e Theatro Sheldoniano: Impensis Henrici Cruttenden Typographi 1693. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. The First Gibson edition. Near Fine pages lightly browned text block in excellent condition. 20th century half calf over marbled boards matching marbled end pages 5 raised bands with gilt lines blindstamp of American Antiquarian Society title page from the library of King George II with John Pine Royal Library medium bookplate verso of title page. "John Pine 1690-1756 engraver. The Royal Library bookplate In 1736 John Pine was paid nearly £38 for engraving and printing 28200 bookplates in four sizes to be added to the King's books. Featuring Apollo and Minerva flanking the University's arms the bookplate was usually pasted to the back of the title page or on a front endpaper. It is also found in some post-1715 publications which were purchased using the proceeds from later sales of duplicates within the collection; these were after all also acquired Munificentia Regia through the generosity of the King." Univ. of Cambridge. e Theatro Sheldoniano: Impensis Henrici Cruttenden Typographi Hardcover
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Barnstone, Willis
Ten Gospels & A Nightingale; A Sonnet Sequence
Brookston IN: Triangular Press 1981. Book. Fine. French Wrappers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 6.75 x 5.5. Inches. SCARCE SIGNED BY AUTHOR Willis Barnstone and by dedicatee Breon Mitchell at dedication page and additionally SIGNED by Illustrator Barbar Tetenbaum and Printer Kathryn Clark at limitation page #47 of 100 copies printed and SCARCE with all 4 signatures. Fine in French wrappers as issued. Additionally laid in are publisher's advertising card and original bookseller's invoice all still in publisher's plain brown wrapping paper. Collage illustrations by Barbara Tetenbaum. 12 sonnets handset in 14pt. foundry Perpetua 7 printed on 2 shades of Twinrocker handmade paper. Contains 3 signatures 35 printed pages sewn on linen tapes & bound into a 3 color illustrated cover. Of 100 press-numbered copies 80 were for sale all signed by the poet. This copy possibly unique with added signatures. Triangular Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006929
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Mrs Jameson ( Anna Brownell nee Murphy, 1794-1860 )
Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns
London: Saunders and Otley 1834. Book. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. Second & Enlarged Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected. Very Good three-quarter leather over marbled boards boards a bit rubbed at the edges scattered light foxing an attractive set. Saunders and Otley Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006950
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Fontenelle, Bernard De
A Plurality of Words
London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Book. Near Fine. Vellum. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #1546 of an edition of 1600 1200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. John Glanvill's translation of 1688. Designed by Francis Meynell printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press colour-stencil decorations by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine gilt at spine a bit dulled yet legible prior owner bookplate and gift inscription front end pages rear end page toned from old paper laid in. Lacking the slipcase. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007157
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Perrault, C(harles)
La Belle Au Bois Dormant & Le Petit Chaperon Rouge . Deux contes de ma mere Loye
France: Eragny Press 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published in an edition of 224 copies 200 of which were for sale. In original pale blue decorative paper boards gilt lettering front cover 2 gilt decorations at spine with lovely wood engravings and decorative initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro printed on handmade paper. Very Good spine a bit darkened endpages with usual toning small bookseller's stickers bottom edge front and rear paste downs. A quite charming edition of these classic fairy tales. Eragny Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007161
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Koberger, Anton ( 1493 )
Exhibition Poster: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF PRINTING; an Exhibition in the Edna Barnes Salomon Room The New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street March 12 - June 27 1987
New York: The New York Public Library 1987. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 21 1/2" x 31 1/2". Original exhibition poster 21 1/2"w x 31 1/2"h printed on high quality textured paper and featuring an illustration fro "Schartzbehalter" published in Nuremburg by Anton Koberger 1493. Fine as issued. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. The New York Public Library unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007350
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Rockwell Kent ( Artist )
Promotional Poster: Vintage Books 30 Years of Paperback Excellence
No Place: Vintage Books Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 24" w x 30". SCARCE publisher's promotional poster 24"w x 30"h featuring Rockwell Kent's painting "Monhegan Maine" Colby College Museum of Art circa 1950. Near Fine a few light rubs to background small edge tear no date circa 1984 Vintage Books was founded in 1954. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1984 well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. Vintage Books unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007352
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International Book Fair in Moscow: Exhibition Poster
Moscow U.S.S.R.: Moscow International Book Fair 1978. Poster. Very Good. Poster. First Printing. 25" x 36". SCARCE exhibition poster 25" w x 36"h for the 1978 Moscow International Book Fair. Very Good bottom left corner stained several faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. Moscow International Book Fair unknown
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Hidy, Lance
Davis - Kidd Booksellers #1: Silkscreen Poster
Newburyport MA: Lance Hidy 1988. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Thus. 21 1/2" x 32". Poster created for Davis-Kidd Booksellers in 1988 6 color silkscreen printed by Rob Day Mink Brook Editions W. Lebanon NH. 21 1/2" x 32". Signed in the print not pencil signed or numbered. Near Fine tiny curl bottom left corner. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. Lance Hidy unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007503
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Lenox, George ( Graphic Designer )
AAUP The Association of University Presses Fifty Years of Scholarly Publishing 1937-1987: Promotional Poster
AAUP 1987. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 24" w x 36"h. Promotional poster distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1987. Featuring a great book illustration by noted graphic designer Jack Lenox. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. AAUP unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007557
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Jackson, Donald
The Story of Writing: Promotional Poster
New York: Taplinger 1981. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 21" x 32". SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and renowned English calligrapher Donald Jackson with a wonderful flourish. Publisher's promotional poster 21"w x 32"h Near Fine light creasing. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. Taplinger unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007565
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Muray, Nickolas
Exhibition Poster: Nickolas Muray International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Rochester New York
Rochester New York: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House 1978. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 23" x 35". RARE exhibition poster 23"w x 35"h featuring Muray's lithograph titled "Colophon". Nickolas Muray was an internationally recognized photographer an Olympic fencer and for 10 years a lover of Frida Kahlo whos is known for his iconic photographic images of Kahlo. Near Fine small faint creases at edges. Well suited for framing will ship loosely rolled in a mailing tube. International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007577
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics; including the Scriptores de re Rustica Greek Romances and Lexicons and Grammars: to which is added a complete Index Analyticus:.
Holborn Hill Oxford and Cambridge: Printed for W Dwyer Hanwell and Parker Cooke Deighton and Barrett 1804. Book. Very Good. Vellum. Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected 1804 bound in contemporary full vellum red leather labels with gilt lettering and rules at spine all edges gilt pp. xx lxxiii 571 1errata. frontis. facsimile of Complutensian Polyglot text. with half-title. The bookplates of J. Keene Fleck legendary Princeton bookseller front paste down and John Clyde Oswald president of the National Arts Club printer publisher and outstanding authority on Benjamin Franklin rear pastedown. Very Good a few tidy marginal pencil notations inked letters verso front end page vellum soiled text with light toning binding solid. A quite useful and solid copy with a unique provenance. Printed for W, Dwyer, Hanwell and Parker, Cooke, Deighton, and Barrett Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007621
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Translated from the Greek of Achilles Tatius by William Burton Reprinted for the First Time from a Copy Now Unique Printed by T
The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe
London: Basil Blackwell 1923. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. # 28 of 394 copies printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper for sale in Great Britain and 104 copies in America. Linen back with paper spine label and brown paper over boards cover label printed in red and black. Near fine slight bowing to boards small corner bumps. Basil Blackwell Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007945
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Hearne, Thomas; Bliss, Philip
Reliquiae Hearnianae; or The Remains of Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall. From Extracts from His MS. Diaries Collected with a Few Notes. In Three Volumes Fine Binding by Matthews
London: John Russell Smith 1869. Book. Illus. by Jacket- E McKnight- Kauffer. Near Fine. Full Calf. Second Edition Enlarged. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in fine bindings signed by Matthews William Matthews 1822-1896 the most prominent American bookbinder at that time. Full polished calf the backs richly gilt with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt marbled end papers top edges gilt gilt inner dentelles frontispiece engraved portrait Vol. I. Near Fine scant rubbing to boards a quite lovely set. With 2 pp. typed scholar's notes on Hearne's biography one page tipped at front end page Vol. I the other page laid in. Small seller's label rear end pages. Thomas Hearne 1678 -1735 was an English historian and antiquarian whose editions of English medieval chronicles were important sources for later historians. John Russell Smith Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007961
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Theocritus; Translated by Jack Lindsay , with an Introduction by Edward Hutton
Theocritus; The Complete Poems
London: The Fanfrolico Press 1929. Book. Illus. by Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An unnumberred copy of 500 printed. Full green parchment with device of goatherd and goat gilt on upper cover. Near Fine the usual spine fading to brown. The Fanfrolico Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008079
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Norris, Frank
Frank Norris of "The Wave": Stories & Sketches from the San Francisco Weekly1893 to 1897
San Francisco: The Westgate Press 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy with publisher's 4 page review folder laid in and SCARCE THUS. In the original 1/2 tan linen over marbled boards paper spine label. Foreword by Charles Norris Introduction by Oscar Lewis. A Fine First Edition one of five hundred copies designed and printed at the Grabhorn Press. This copy unnumbered at colophon page but in pencil on front paste down is No. 148. The Westgate Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005647
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West, Herbert Faulkner
For a Hudson Biographer
Hanover NH: Westholm Publications 1958. Book. Fine. Cloth and Decorated Boards. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of 221 copies designed and printed by Carroll Coleman at his Prairie Press Iowa City Iowa. Cheever 121. Westholm Publications Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005660
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Pitzer, Robert Claiborne
Three Frontiers; Memories and a Portrait of Henry Littleton Pitzer
Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1938. Book. Illus. by William E. L. Bunn. Fine. Buckram. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in the SCARCE original glassine dust wrapper Very Good Plus several small edge tears. One of 550 copies printed. Cheever 20. The Prairie Press Hardcover
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Hudson, W H; Cunninghame Graham, RB; Dobie, J Frank R B
Gauchos of the Pampas and Their Horses
Hanover NH: Westholm Publications 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Foreword by J. Frank Dobie Two stories each by W.H. Hudson and R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Limited to 400 copies designed by Carroll Coleman and printed at The Prairie Press. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. Cheever 134. Westholm Publications Hardcover
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Thomas Henry Foster
The Unbought Grace of Life
Iowa City IA: The Prairie Press 1945. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Printed Wrappers. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An Address Delivered at the McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago Illinois : November 1 1945. One of only 125 copies.printed for the author by Carroll Coleman. SCARCE. Cheever 73. The Prairie Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005697
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Blumenthal, Walter Hart
Who Knew Shakespeare What Was His Reputation in His Lifetime
Iowa City IA: The Prairie Press 1965. Book. Fine. Cloth. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cheever 146. The Prairie Press Hardcover
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The Linweave Association
The New Linweave Text
Louisville KY: Southeastern Paper Co. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. RARE No Date circa 1930. Very Good two inch tear front wrapper top edge at spine fold one inch tear bottom edge wrappers separating from pages at spine toning to wrappers only a piece of the original glassine wrapper laid in. A paper sample book for the book publishing trade unpaginated with examples of various weights colors and finishes with many sheets illustrated by means of offset half tone four color process virkotype etc. Excellent resource material for book restorers !. Southeastern Paper Co. Paperback
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Hugo, Thomas
The Bewick Collector A Supplement to a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick Volume II Only
London: L. Reeve and Co. 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Supplement which is Volume II published 1868 First Edition. Very Good in original cloth boards spine a bit sunned boards rubbed and with light edge wear bit of foxing to end pages period armorial book plate of Howard Mortley Hayes. L. Reeve and Co. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006028
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McCoy, Elizabeth; McClung, L S
The Anaerobic Bacteria and Their Activities in Nature and Disease: A Subject Bibliography In Two Volumes. Vol. 1: Chronological Author Index. Vol. 2: Subject Index. Supplement 1: Literature for 1938 and 1939
Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1939. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CO-AUTHOR L.S. McClung on the front end page of the Supplement - "For the Archives Of Indiana University L.S. McClung 21 Nov. 1983". Three Volume set. All 3 Volumes are Fine SCARCE in such lovely condition and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. University of California Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006068
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Vertue, George, After Van Dyck ( Vandyke )
Engraving of Frances Russell 4th Earl of Bedford 1593-1641
1813. Print. Fine. No Binding. From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain" published 1746-1752 and reprinted 1756 and 1813. The engraving is Fine matted in acid-free mat mat measuring 13" x 18" the engraving 10 1/2" x 15 5/8" paper size. The original done in 1737 is in the National Portrait Gallery London. Frances Earl of Bedford built the square of Covent Gardens 1631 and lead the draining of the Fens of Cambridgeshire. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006075
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Cook, H R After De Wilde
Lady Thurlow
No Publisher Print. Fine. No Binding. Stipple engraving by H.R. Cook after a drawing by De Wilde in the possession of Charles Mathews Esq. No Publisher No Date circa early 1800s. Fine matted in acid-free mat mat size 9" x 12" engraving size 5 1/2" x 7". Lady Mary Katherine Thurlow 1790-1830 wife of Baron Edward Thurlow and a well-known actress. No Publisher unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006074
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Csapodi Csaba - Csapodine Gardonyi Klara
Bibliotheca Corviniana Hungarian Edition
Hungary: Helikon Kiado 1990. Book. Fine. Leather. First Edition Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book is Fine bound in brown leather with intricate gilt decoration and in a Very Good Plus slipcase small sticker shadow and a bit of rubbing at the edges. The Bibliotheca Corviniana was one of the most renowned libraries of the Renaissance world. Gorgeous plates throughout. Text in Hungarian. Helikon Kiado Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006072 ISBN : 9632080653 9789632080659
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