‎Collectibles‎

‎Bibliopegus‎

‎De Geschiedenis van den Boekband‎

‎Amsterdam: Amsterdamsche Grafische School 1935. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/4 cloth tan paper covered boards paper title label mounted on spine. Covers are modestly toned spine panel rather more so but otherwise showing only slight shelf wear. viii99 pp. 42 color plates at rear. Text block slightly toned otherwise fully intact with firm binding. Text in Dutch. Amsterdamsche Grafische School Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0136

‎Belanger, Terry (editor); Douglas Wolf (intro)‎

‎Proceedings of the Fine Printing Conference at Columbia University Held May 19-22 1982‎

‎New York: School of Library Science Columbia University 1983. Book. VG. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light blue wraps lettered in black perfect-bound. Light shelf/handling wear mildly tanned toward edges and along binding. ix121 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Organized by Terry Belanger Ronald Gordon Susan Gosin Francis O. Mattson Carol Sturm and Douglas Wolf. Scarce. School of Library Science, Columbia University Paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0165

‎Strauss, Victor‎

‎The Printing Industry: An Introduction to its Many Branches Processes and Products INSCRIBED‎

‎Washington D.C. New York and London: Printing Industries of America Inc./R. R. Bowker Co. 1967. Book. Illus. by Edith P. Strauss; Hans Schneider typographic design. Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue morocco bordered in dark blue spine panel lettered in gilt all text block edges in gilt marbled endpapers. Printed on 70-lb Mead enamel paper. xiv814 pp. illus. w/ charts full color inserts 294 diagrams and line drawings 219 b&w photographs 34 microphotos. As issued. Housed in light blue cloth-covered slipcase very slightly soiled but essentially as issued. Inscribed by author to Ted Dolmach dated 12 May 1971 on half-title. Appears to be among a very limited number of custom leather-bound copies slipcased not the standard blue cloth in dust jacket. Printing Industries of America, Inc./R. R. Bowker Co. Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0187

‎Forsyth, William‎

‎History of Ancient Manuscripts: A Lecture Delivered in The Hall of the Inner Temple.and Printed at the Request of the Masters of the Bench‎

‎London: John Murray 1872. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth covered flexible boards lettered in gold foil decorated in blind. Mild shelf wear a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities slight loss at head of spine. Hinges starting but cord binding is firm. Vintage newspaper article pasted onto rear endsheets. ii112 pp. Text block slightly toned but otherwise intact. Scarce. John Murray Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0208

‎Barrington, Sir Jonah‎

‎Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation‎

‎New York: D. and J. Sadler 1845. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind decorated and lettered in gilt on spine panel. Moderate shelf wear with mild surface rubbing to cloth exposure at corners and along majority of top and bottom edges narrow bands of loss at spine extremities. Still presents reasonably well despite flaws. Text block edges rather dulled by age with scattered foxing generally light to interior. Former owner's signature dated 1850 on front flyleaf. xxii23-472 pp. illus. w/ frontis. author's portrait and 3 additional engraved plates. Overall typical wear but no compromising defects. D. and J. Sadler Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 019840

‎Pollard, Alfred W‎

‎Last Words on the History of the Title-Page with Notes on Some Colophons and Twenty-Seven Fac-similes of Title-Pages‎

‎New York: Burt Franklin 1971. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue cloth lettered in gold foil on spine panel. Facsimile reprint of the original 1891 edition. Slight lean likely original to issue otherwise nearly as issued. viii39 pp. illus. w/ numerous full page plates. Scarce. Burt Franklin Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0277 ISBN : 0833727966 9780833727961

‎Rauskolb, F W‎

‎History of Gold Leaf and Its Uses‎

‎Boston MA: F. W. Rauskolb 1915. Book. Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown suede covers lettered and illus. in gilt. Disbound along binding fold with front cover and first several leaves detached from main text block. 21 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Interior shows scattered soiling generally light. Covers show rubbed edges area of surface loss at top front binding corner. Exceedingly scarce. F. W. Rauskolb Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0326

‎Myer, Isaac‎

‎The Oldest Books in the World: An Account of the Wisdom Philosophy Ethics Manners Proverbs Sayings and Refinements as set forth in the Book of Kaqeumna.and the Precepts of Ptah-Hotep Inscribed Presentation Copy from Printer John F. Osbourne‎

‎Baltimore MD: John F. Osbourne 1935. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Publisher. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown textured paper covered boards lettered and with front cover device in gilt. Slight shelf wear slightly chipped spine extremities. 47 pp. rear colophon illus. w/ 4 b&w plates. Edition limited to 1750 copies printed by the Horn-Shafer Company Baltimore 1935 with typography printing and binding by John F. Osbourne. Reprinted in condensed form from the original concerning two manuscripts from Old Kingdom Egypt dating respectively to ca. 3998-3969 B.C. and 3580-3536 B.C. This copy inscribed by Osbourne to Noble Foster Hoggson on front flyleaf with a Yale Club note card poetically inscribed by Hoggson to a later recipient laid in. John F. Osbourne Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0252

‎Parent, the Elder; Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer (transl)‎

‎Essay on Bibliography and on the Attainments of a Librarian The Librarian's Series No. 4‎

‎Woodstock VT: The Elm Tree Press 1914. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/4 cloth marbled paper covered boards paper title label mounted on spine. The title label is toned otherwise only slight shelf wear virtually as issued. vii48 pp. The Elm Tree Press Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0367

‎Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown (Paternoster Row, London); Robert Triphook (37 St James Street, London)‎

‎A General Catalogue of Valuable and Rare Old Books Which Are Now Selling at the Prices Affixed to Each by Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown Paternoster-Row London Complete in 4 Parts - 1814 b/w Robert Triphook's Catalogue for February 1814 of Curious and Rare Books of Every Description Now on Sale at No. 37 St. James's Street‎

‎London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1814. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original edition newly rebound in sympathetic brown cloth title stamped in gold foil on spine panel new endsheets new head- and tail-bands. Approx. 8 3/16" x 5 1/8". Text block edges darkened by age interior clean and fully intact. 373vi25-888ii180 pp. complete as issued. Contains Parts I Classical Authors Misc. Greek and Latin II France Italy Mathematics; English Literature History Travel Illus. Works Early Typography III Books of Wit and Drollery Humour and Fancy Magic Witchcraft Alchemy Chiromancy Drama and IV Appendix all published in 1814 also Triphook's Catalogues issued in Feb. 1814 addenda listing his 26 publications 1810-14 and others forthcoming and Jan. 1815. The 4 Longman catalogues are comprised by 4123 entries the two Triphook by 4327 generally providing short descriptions title/author place of publication date a few salient details and price. A rare glimpse at an early 19th-century antiquarian book catalogue valuable for tracing provenance locating unique copies of scarce imprints etc. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 021943

‎Johnston, Paul (editor); Irvin Haas (editor); Lloyd Emerson Siberell (editor); Lawrance S Thompson (assoc editor); Lawrence Clar‎

‎The Book Collector's Packet: A Miscellany of Fine Books Bibliography Typography and Kindred Literary Matters COMPLETE RUN Vols. 1-4 1932-1946‎

‎Woodstock NY: Virginia Fitzwater/Norman W. Forgue/Black Cat Press 1932. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 1st Edition. A rare opportunity to purchase a complete run of this pioneering book collecting and book arts journal. Vol. I consisting of 12 monthly issues Mar. 1932-Mar. 1933 with one combined "Septober" 1932 issue 64 pp. total has been bound in blue buckram showing modest spotting/soiling to both covers interior fully intact. Vols. II 2 through 4 unbound/loose with cord bindings in slightly reduced format. Vol. II consists of 8 issues numbered 13-20 published from Apr. 1933 through July/Aug. 1938 #s 13-16 continuously paginated 52 pp. total #s 17-20 16 pp. each. Vol. III consists of 11 issues published from Sept. 1938 through Dec. 1939 most 16 pp. each several 24 pp. The Packet ceased publication at that point but recommenced with Vol. 4 in Sept. 1945; this volume height slightly reduced again consists of 10 issues including 9-10 combined through June 1946 24 pp. each final issue 40 pp. All issues show only slight handling wear and a bit of toning. A virtual Who's Who of antiquarian bookselling collecting and bibliography during this era. Collector-grade extremely scarce. Virginia Fitzwater/Norman W. Forgue/Black Cat Press Paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : BIBL0460

‎Lenygon, Francis‎

‎The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries XVII and XVIII Centuries 17th and 18th Centuries‎

‎Clifford's Inn London: T. Werner Laurie 1909. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and upper spine bevelled edges top text block edge in gilt. Mild shelf wear lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Spine panel and joints are somewhat darkened by age but otherwise intact. Text block edges also a bit dulled by age but interior and plates are clean with only a very occasional instance of slight foxing. xii216 pp. illus. with multiple b&w plates of 2-4 images per page also quite a few full-page b&w plates tipped in. Firm binding. T. Werner Laurie Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 022162

‎Chalmers, George‎

‎Caledonia: Or An Account Historical and Topographic of North Britain; From the Most Ancient to the Present Times: with A Dictionary of Places Chorographical and Philological Vol. I 1807 Vol. II 1810‎

‎London: Printed by Strahan and Preston for T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh 1807. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original editions newly rebound in dark brown leatherette cloth lettered in gold foil on spine panels with new head- and tail-bands new endpapers. Both text blocks are fully original and unaltered with all folding maps/plates present. Interiors are notably clean and bright with light foxing/soiling evident only to front/rear blanks text block edges darkened/soiled by age. Vol. I 1807 Vol. II 1810 of 4. x904 viii1007 pp. illus. - Vol. I with large folding map "A Map of North Britain During British and Roman Times at p. 1 genealogical table of the Scottish kings at p. 417 also several engraved plates; Vol. II with large folding table "Tabular Statement of the several Shires of Scotland; with their ancient Divisions" at p. 26. Vol. I Book I: The Roman Period - 80 A.D. 446; Book II: The Pictish Period 446 A.D. 843 ; Book III: the Scotish Period 843 A.D. 1097 ; Book IV: The Scoto-Saxon Period from 1097 to 1306 A.D. Vol. II "From the ancient annals of Scotland this second volume proceeds after some introductory intimations to give its topographical history in a sequence of shires beginning with the most southern and proceeding to the northern in a regular consecution.in eight sections" name situation and extent natural objects antiquities establishment as a shire civil history agriculture manufactures and trade ecclesiastical history. Presents virtually "as new" with note to rebinding with clean fully intact interiors a very durable and functional set. Printed by Strahan and Preston for T. Cadell and W. Davies (Strand), A. Constable and Co. (Edinburgh) Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 022311

‎Havard, Henry‎

‎L'Art dans la Maison Grammaire de l'Ameublement Quatrieme Edition‎

‎Paris France: Librairie Illustree/Edouard Rouveyre Book. Illus. by MM. Corroyer C. David E. Prignot Favier Fichot Ch. Goutzwiller Kauffman P. Laurent Mikel Henri Toussaint etc. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red pebbled cloth elaborately decorated in gilt and black lettered in gilt text block edges in gilt. Mild shelf wear cloth lightly soiled with slight exposure at corners spine panel rubbed at extremities and a bit dulled by age chipped with slight loss at heel of spine. Firm binding. Fairly pronounced foxing to the first and final several leaves with light scattered foxing internally. vivi412 pp. illus. w/ 269 figures in text 50 full page engraved plates. Text in French. Librairie Illustree/Edouard Rouveyre Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 022830

‎The Lumiere; Containing a Variety of Topographical Views in Europe and America‎

‎New York: Henry R. Piercy & Co. Printers 1831. Book. Good. Quarter-Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original 1/4 calf marbled paper over boards leather backstrip. 74 pp. many accompanied by a full-page woodcut opposite. Rubbed edges with corners exposed leather rubbed with small area of loss at top spine extremity. Former owner signature dated 1831 on FFEP. Interior a bit toned with scattered foxing ranging to moderate in a few spots mostly to woodcuts. Contains 31 of an unspecified number of plates. Interesting early U.S. views of U.S. Capitol at Washington D.C. the New York Highlands near West Point Bedford Mineral Springs and York Springs Adam County Pennsylvania Brooklyn NY Jersey City New Jersey Butments of Genesee Bridge NY New York Merchants' Exchange Lake George Niagara Falls Upper Chasm of Fall River all NY Rock Bridge Virginia Bay of Quebec Mariners Church at Portland Maine also some views from England and Europe. Several woodcut leaves are sized a bit differently than their adjacent leaves but have not been trimmed or altered. Woodcuts known to be lacking include boa constrictor; uncertain whether woodcuts existed for Brooklyn Navy Yard New York Deaf & Dumb Asylum both also lacking from the only other collated copy of which I have record Falls of Montmorenci--not present but no visible indications of any plates removed. American Imprints 8029. Surely quite scarce. Solid binding still quite presentable. Henry R. Piercy & Co. Printers Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 003732

‎Paltsits, Hon Victor Hugo‎

‎A Bibliography of the Separate and Collected Works of Philip Freneau Together with an Account of His Newspapers‎

‎New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1903. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv 96 pp. olive green cloth paper title label on back strip deckled edges. Minor surface soiling a bit rubbed at corners/extremities title label soiled and slightly chipped. Nominally ex-library lightly marked/stamped appears not to have circulated. Firm binding. Scarce in hardcover limited to 115 copies. Dodd, Mead & Co. Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 004836

‎Newton, A Edward‎

‎Newton on Blackstone‎

‎Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1937. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Authors. First Separate. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly 1st and only here in book form. Gold cloth. #89 of an edition limited to 2000 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. 26 pp. frontis. portrait. Boards are slightly warped showing some spotting along joints and edges foxed endpapers. Clean interior firm binding. University of Pennsylvania Press Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 004950

‎Bridge, Rev B‎

‎A Treatise on the Construction Properties and Analogies of the Three Conic Sections‎

‎New Haven CT: Hezekiah Howe & Co. 1836. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original boards: front board detached but present rear board partially detached lacking back strip but text block and binding are firm fully intact; both boards show typical spotting and rubbed edges but no major defects. vii128 pp. illus. w/ line drawings diagrams. Interior is foxed ranging light to moderate. The bottom fore-edge corner of the final 30 pp. or so shows some discoloration progressing toward rear with some paper loss corner only not affecting text to several last leaves discoloration also on rear pastedown. From the Second London Edition with additions and alterations by the American Editor. This "American Editor" named in the publisher's advertisement of which he was author was F. A. P. Barnard then 1831 of Yale College later founder of Barnard College. Reasonably preserved copy of an exceptionally scarce New Haven imprint easily improved by rebacking. Hezekiah Howe & Co. Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 006694

‎Fulleylove, John (paintings), and John Kelman (text)‎

‎The Holy Land‎

‎London England: Adam & Charles Black 1902. Book. Illus. by John Fulleylove R.I. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Violet cloth decorated in gilt and olive with gilt lettering gilt top edge. xv301 pp. illus. w/ 93 full page color b&w plates map at rear. Nicely preserved copy. Modest overall shelf wear with sunned spine panel to which purple cloth is especially susceptible slightly rubbed extrems bottom corners just slightly exposed. Endpapers half-title and final leaf a portion of publisher's catalogue are toned with remainder of interior clean and bright. All plates fully intact showing vibrant color. Lovely Nouveau-inspired bookplate from "The House in the Woods Lake Geneva Wisconsin" on front pastedown. Hinges are starting though binding remains firm. Overall very well preserved copy exhibiting only minor condition issues. Adam & Charles Black Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 006784

‎Forestier, Amedee (paintings), and George W T Omond (text)‎

‎Brabant and East Flanders‎

‎London England: Adam & Charles Black Book. Illus. by Amedee Forestier paintings. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth decorated in brown and black lettered in gilt gilt top edge. Lightly rubbed at corners and extremities slightly toned spine panel. Both hinges slightly starting but binding is firm and text block fully intact with clean bright pages and plates. vii 127 pp. illus. w/ 20 full page color plates. Lovely entry in the A. & C. Black Series of decorated bindings. Adam & Charles Black Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 006915

‎Bunn, Alfred‎

‎Old England and New England In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot Combined Edition Two Volumes in One‎

‎London and Philadelphia PA: Richard Bentley / A. Hart 1853. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Two volumes of the London Edition complete in one." 1st American edition reprinting the 1st British edition of the same year. 315 pp. 24 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Foldout at p. 104 of "Statistics of Lowell Manufacturers January 1850" Massachusetts. Rebound in brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. Binding as new. Interior clean and fully intact very slightly toned. A lovely specimen. Sabin 9184; not in Howes. Richard Bentley / A. Hart Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 007315

‎Ruskin, John‎

‎Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures Delivered at Manchester in 1864 -- 1. Of Kings' Treasuries; 2. Of Queens' Gardens‎

‎London: Smith Elder & Co. 1865. Book. VG. Half-Leather. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dark green half-leather marbled paper over boards five raised bands spine panel lettered in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers. xxiii196 pp. Stated 2nd edition the first to include the 23-page Preface. Very nicely preserved copy with supple leather minimal wear. Lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities slightly rubbed surfaces. Firm binding clean interior light foxing evident only on blanks opposite marbled endpapers. Smith, Elder & Co. Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 010205

‎Spargo, John‎

‎The Potters and Potteries of Bennington Limited Edition #686/800 in extremely scarce original Dust Jacket‎

‎Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin/Antiques Incorporated 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black 1/2 cloth pale orange paper over boards. xv270 pp. illus. w/ xliv 44 plates including color frontis. and 43 additional at rear including color b&w with tissue guards. Essentially as issued text block partially uncut slight exposure at bottom corners very slightly rubbed extremities. Exceptionally scarce brown paper dust jacket shows light edge chipping with modest loss at corners and spine extremities most evident at head of spine slight loss along top rear edge now in archival mylar. Color frontis. shows light waviness to paper but no dampstaining. No. 686 of a special first edition limited to 800 copies 750 of which were offered for sale. Houghton Mifflin/Antiques Incorporated Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 011101

‎Clater, Francis‎

‎Every Man His Own Farrier: Containing the Causes Symptoms and Most Approved Methods of Cure of the Diseases of Horses. HALF-TITLE: Diseases of the Horse.‎

‎Philadelphia PA: Lea and Blanchard 1845. Book. Good. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st American from the 28th London edition. Brown cloth moderately spotted and soiled with only vestiges of title label remaining on spine panel. Both bottom corners and portions of bottom edge are soft with moderate dampstaining and an approx. 1" section of front bottom edge exposed but otherwise intact. Internally foxed ranging light to mostly moderate. 219 pp. 28 pp. publisher's catalog at rear. Firm binding text block fully intact with uniform edges and no loose leaves. Externally Good only though mostly cosmetic defects internally VG with note to foxing. Lea and Blanchard Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 011621

‎Cook, Joel‎

‎The Mediterranean and Its Borderlands Complete in 2 Volumes; I: Western Countries; II: Eastern Countries‎

‎Philadelphia PA: John C. Winston Co. 1910. Ex-Library. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear with hand-written call number on lower portion. Red cloth elaborately decorated in gilt top edges in gilt red silk marks bound in. Modestly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Complete in two volumes. vii609 v648 pp. illus. w/ sepia-toned plates each with separate guard scattered through both volumes. Vol. I inner hinge very slightly starting Vol. II showing slight fore-edge bruising to several early leaves interiors otherwise intact and clean. This set does not retain the original cloth jackets in which it was issued. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 011889