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DIBDIN (Rev. Thomas Frognal)
The Bibliographical Decameron: or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.
First edition, 3 vols., 4to (270 x 185 mm), [6], vi, [2], ccxxv, [1], 410, [2]; [4], 535, [3]; [4], 544, [4]pp., with half-titles, ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 37 engraved plates (without the 'Presentation in the Temple' plate which was not ready at publication and occurs in only a very few copies and the 'Portrait of Los Rios' which Windle & Pippin suggest is an extra-illustration), also without the engraved portrait of Dibdin by Henry Mayer, numerous woodcuts engraved vignettes, several printed in red or blue, some mounted, some light spotting and offsetting as usual, marbled endpapers, contemporary full blue-green morocco, decorated in gilt with interlacing geometrical design on the covers, richly tooled gilt morocco doublures, flat spines lettered in gilt direct, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, corner of lower board of vol. II bumped, some slight edge-wear to bindings otherwise a handsome set. A fine copy of the rare large paper issue of the author's most lavish publication and the high water of Dibdinian Bibliomania. Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28.
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GREG (W.W.)
The Printing of Mayne's Plays.
First Edition, 4to, 7 plates, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 247-326pp. Includes: WILKINSON (C.H.) The Library of Worcester College. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & Papers Vol. 1 pt. 4.
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PHILIP (I.G.)
William Blackstone and the Reform of the Oxford University Press in the Eighteenth Century.
First Edition, 4to, 130pp., frontis., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications Series Vol. 7.
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OVENELL (R.F.)
Brian Twyne's Library.
First Edition, 4to, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, 42pp. Also includes: CRASTER (Sir Edmund) Co-Operation Between College Libraries. MADAN (Francis F.) Some Notes on the Bibliography of Francis Osbourne. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 4.
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SIMPSON (Percy)
Literary Piracy in the Elizabethan Age.
First Edition, 4to, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 20pp. Also includes: KRONENBERG (M.E.) A Printed Letter of the London Hanse Merchants (3 March 1526). FULTON (J.F.) Second Addenda to a Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 1, Fascicule 1.
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TAYLOR (Archer)
Book Catalogues: Their Varieties and Uses. Revised by Wm. P. Barlow.
First Edition, Robert Collison's copy signed by him in pencil to front endpaper, frontis., front endpaper signed by orig. cloth. Concerned with catalogues mostly prior to 1800 that lists printed books owned by private persons, institutions, booksellers and publishers. Great attention is paid to the list of private library catalogues - probably the most frequently consulted section of the book.
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LOWE (Robert W.)
A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature: from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
First edition, small 4to, xii, 384 + adverts, one of 500 numbered copies, orig. cloth, rebacked with orig. spine laid-down, uncut, a very good copy.
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PARRISH (M.L.)
Victorian Lady Novelists. George Eliot, Mrs. Gaskell and the Bronte Sisters. First Editions in the Library at Dormy House, Pine Valley, New Jersey.
4to, 162pp., limited to 150 copies, illustrs., orig. cloth. Parrish's collection of Victorian lady Novelists was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the extant work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs. Gaskell, and all that was published during the lifetime of the Brontes. Books are described in exhaustive detail, often necessitating one full page of description for each entry.
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BRITISH LIBRARY. PAISEY (David)
Catalogue of Books Printed in the German-Speaking Countries and of German Books Printed in other Countries from 1601 to 1700 now in the British Library.
5 vols., 4to, from the library of Professor Birrell, with a letter from the author tipped-in, orig. cloth, a fine set. The British Library's rich holdings of German books of the 17th century comprise over 26,000 items in all subjects and most genres. This is a catalogue of the Library's collection of the products of the German presses of the period, and is intended for scholars of all historical disciplines. It is arranged in author sequence followed by a full range of indexes, most importantly of subjects, but also of printers and publishers, collaborators and literary genres.
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LEMON (Robert) Compiler.
Catalogue of a Collection of Printed Broadsides in the Possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
First edition, large 8vo, xi, [1], 228pp., numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, head of spine a little frayed, uncut. Provenance: Booklabel of Downside Abbey.
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ROTHSCHILD (Lord)
The Rothschild Library. A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild.
2 Vols., 4to, xxi, 400; viii, 401-840pp., 60 plates, orig. two-toned cloth. The title of every book and pamphlet is given in full, with a description of the binding, collations, bibliographical notes and other points of special interest.
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GALLATIN (A. E.) & OLIVER (L. M.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm. Soho Bibliographies III.
Small 4to, xii,60pp., ex-library, orig. cloth, d.w.
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KEYNES (Sir Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of the Writings of Dr William Harvey 1573-1657.
Second Edition, revised, 4to, one of 750 copies, frontis., 7 plates, facsimiles, orig. buckram, spine faded, t.e.g.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne Dean of Saint Paul's.
Second edition, 4to, 195pp., limited to 350 copies, illustrs., orig. cloth.
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WOODFIELD (Denis B.)
Surreptitious Printing in England 1550-1640.
First Edition, 4to, x,203pp., numerous illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth. History of those books that were printed in England with false information on the title page etc.
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TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY, STEELE, AND CO.
A Specimen of Printing Types, By Fry, Steele, and Co. Letter-Founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street. [Bound with:] Specimens of Metal Cast Ornaments, Curiously Adjusted to Paper, by Edmund Fry and Isaac Steele...
2 Vols., in one, small 4to (260 x 160 mm), 103 leaves including title and two advertisement leaves; 22 leaves including title and advert leaf (ornaments numbered 1-103), all printed on rectos only, printed on thick paper stock, 'Lepard' watermark, orig. boards with marbled covers, printed paper title label to spine (rubbed), inner hinges expertly repaired, a very good uncut copy with wide margins. The Fry's were a Bristol family, and Joseph Fry (1728-87) established the foundry at Bristol in 1764, in partnership with William Pine and Isaac Moore as manager and type-designer. By 1766 the foundry had moved to London, with Moore retiring in 1776 and Pine shortly after. In 1782 Fry took his sons Edmund (especially interested in exotic founts) and Henry into partnership, and made considerable purchases of Greeks and Orientals at the sale of James' foundry. Joseph retired in 1787 and in 1794 Isaac Steele joined as partner until 1808, when Edmund Fry was left in sole control until he admitted his son to partnership. In 1829 the foundry was acquired by William Thorowgood. A very good copy of this extremely rare and substantial specimen book. Berry & Johnson, p. 45; Mosley, 118 & 119.
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JENNETT (T[homas])
A Catalogue of Cheap Books, now on Sale by T. Jennett, Stockton, at the Prices affixed, including Several Rare Works, Books printed at Strawberry Hill, &c. &c. Stockton: Printed at the Office of T. Jennett, 1824. [2], 146pp., title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, 2534 items. [Bound with:] CARNLEY (Emerson) Catalogue of the Extensive and Truly Valuable Collection of Books, for 1836, Consisting Principally of History, Biography, Voyages, Travels, Dictionaries, Divinity, Ecclesiastical History, Mathematics, Arts, Sciences, Natural History, Heraldry, Bibliography, Medicine, Surgery, Chemistry, Poetry, Plays, Romances &c. &c. and Extremely Rich in the Works of the Celebrated Bewick... for Ready Money, by Emerson Charnley, 45, Bigg Market, Newcastle.
[4], 284pp., running title at head of final two leaves slightly shaved, 9013 items. 2 works bound in one, 8vo (205 x 125 mm), cont. half calf, rebacked, corners rubbed, spine gilt. Thomas Jennet (1769-1846) bookseller and printer, a native of Kirkdale, Yorkshire, was apprenticed to, and later partnership with, Robert Christopher, trading as 'Chrisopher & Jennet'. After Christopher's death in 1819 Jennet traded alone. He was the most important printer in Stockton, a magistrate and three times Mayor. After his death the business was continued as 'Jennet & Co'. A search of both Copac and OCLC fails to find any catalogues issued by Jennet. Emerson Charnley I (1782-1845) bookseller and politician, son of William and Elizabeth, 'the veteran emperor of Northumbrian booksellers' according to Dibdin who stayed with him in 1834. He published many important catalogues of antiquarian books until he gave up that side of his business to concentrate on new books in 1843. He supplied 'Literary societies, mechanics societies, book clubs, village libraries, schools... on the most liberal terms' according to an advertisement of 1839. He was active in Newcastle politics, his shop being the headquarters of the Whigs on the town council. Succeeded by his son, Emerson II. Not listed on Copac; OCLC finds a single copy at Huntington Library. Provenance: Woodcut bookplate of Wm. and Elizabeth Anderson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to front paste-down; Presented to the Auctioneers' & Estate Agents' Institute by Wm. Anderson, with their bookplate to rear paste-down (with a couple of unobtrusive stamps). Hunt, The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860. p. 53 & 21.
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TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY, STEELE, AND CO.
A Specimen of Printing Types, By Fry, Steele, and Co. Letter-Founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street.
Small 4to (250 x 155 mm), title with vignette, 2 ff. adverts, 126 ff. (i.e., 100ff. type specimens, 26 ff. ornaments, numbered 1-130) all printed on rectos only, printed on thick paper stock, 'Lepard' watermark, occasional spotting and turned corners, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, black morocco spine label. The Fry's were a Bristol family, and Joseph Fry (1728-87) established the foundry at Bristol in 1764, in partnership with William Pine and Isaac Moore as manager and type-designer. By 1766 the foundry had moved to London, with Moore retiring in 1776 and Pine shortly after. In 1782 Fry took his sons Edmund (especially interested in exotic founts) and Henry into partnership, and made considerable purchases of Greeks and Orientals at the sale of James' foundry. Joseph retired in 1787 and in 1794 Isaac Steele joined as partner until 1808, when Edmund Fry was left in sloe control until he admitted his son to partnership. In 1829 the foundry was acquired by William Thorowgood. A very good copy of this extremely rare and substantial specimen book. Following an introduction, the specimens proceed from Ten line Pica to Diamond: 'the smallest Letter in the World. It gets in considerably more than the famous Dutch Diamond.' There are type in Hebrew and Greek, ornamental, Blacks, Exotics, Ships, Bands, frames, & decorative pieces composed of flowers continuing to a priced section of cast ornaments. This edition not listed by ESTC, Berry & Johnson and Mosley both cite the St. Bride copy only. Berry & Johnson, p. 46; Mosley, 122.
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ALDINE PRESS. RENOUARD (Antoine-Augustin)
Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde ou Histoire des Trois Manuce et de Leurs Editions.
Second edition, 3 vols., royal 8vo (235 x 155 mm), large paper copy, [4], 425, [1]; [4], 434, [2]; xl, 420, [4]pp., with half-titles and engraved frontispiece portrait to first and second volumes as called for, 10 facsimile plates, 6 of which are double-page or folding, some occasional light spotting to text (mainly prelims), marbled endpapers, cont. red morocco, spines gilt extra, marbled boards, spines just slightly faded, uncut, t.e.g. an attractive set. This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1,500 entries given. Provenance: From the library of Charles Butler (1821-1910), Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The majority of the library was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 5 April 1911.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. WARNER (George Frederic Warner) & WILSON (Henry Austin) Editors.
The Benedictional of Saint ?thelwold, Bishop of Winchester 963-984. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Manuscript in the Library of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Edited with text and introduction by George Fredric Warner and Henry Austin Wilson.
Folio (374 x 275 mm), lx,[2], 56, [2], iv, [2]pp., with coloured frontispiece and 238 pages of collotype facsimile, half red morocco by Bayntun of Bath, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt direct, t.e.g. uncut, a very nice copy. "The Benedictional is one of the most magnificent of the tenth-century English manuscripts; it had been one of the most important and most discussed exhibits at the Society of Antiquaries [Exhibition] in 1896, and its reproduction, and the introductions by Warner and Henry Wilson were a major event in the study of palaeography and liturgiology."?Barker. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Phythian-Adams. Barker, 156.
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BARBER (Giles)
Catalogue of Printed Books and Bookbindings: The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor.
2 Vols., 4to (310 x 230 mm), 1162pp., handsomely printed and illustrated in colour and black-and-white, orig. cloth, d.w. As new. The first volume provides introductory surveys on the collecting of ancient r?gime books and Baron Ferdinand's interests. The following chapters discuss the late 17th and 18th century Parisian bookbinding trade, with particular studies on the style and production of leading bookbinders, Padeloup, Douceur, the Deromes and others. The provenance index records past owners, with brief biographical notes, and there is a select bibliography. The classified index of over 1000 French bookbinder's tools, reproduced digitally in actual size, provides an authoritative reference file on the best French bookbinding of the period.
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MAGGS BROS.
A Catalogue of Maggs Catalogues 1918 to 1968. Catalogue 918.
Frontis., 59pp., 17 plates, orig. printed wrappers.
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THE BAY PSALM BOOK.
The Crowninshield-Stens-Brinley-Vanderbilt-Whitney Copy of the Bay Psalm Book. [Sold by Public Auction]... [Together with a "Census of Recorded Copies of The Bay Psalm Book."].
4to, frontis., 6 facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers.
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HAZEN (A. T.)
A Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press. With a Record of the Prices at which Copies have been Sold Including a New Supplement. Together with a Bibliography and Census of the Detached Pieces by A. T. Hazen and J. P. Kirby.
4to, 300pp., frontis., facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn.
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McBURNEY (William Harlin) Compiler.
A Check-List of English Prose Fiction 1700-1739.
First edition, x, 154pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
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GIBSON (Strickland)
A Bibliography of Francis Kirkman with his Prefaces, Dedications, and Commendations (1652-80).
4to, [ii], 49-148pp., frontis., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. I, Fascicule ii.
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PRIESTLEY (Richard)
[A catalogue of books, for 1812 : To be sold at the prices affixed to each article By R. Priestley.]
8vo, [2, index], 396pp., lacks title-page, bound in green cloth-backed boards.
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REED (George Edward) & CHISOLM (William Wallace)
Catalogue of Law Books of the Pennsylvania State Library.
Thick 4to, [14], 963pp., frontispiece showing the library building, a very good ex-library copy, cont. half calf, lacks spine, covers detached.
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ROBINSON (William H.)
Catalogue of Extremely Rare and Important Printed Books and Ancient Manuscripts. Offered for Sale by William H. Robinson Ltd. Catalogue 77.
4to, x, 11-189, [1], cxci-cxcxpp., frontis., 194 illustrs., orig. boards, spine dust soiled, 194 items. A wide selection of books and manuscripts representing items in most phases of book-collecting?from the first book printed in the English language, in 1475, to the second book printed in Australia, in 1805.
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CHAPPEE (J.) & LORTIC (Henry)
Description historique et critique Io du livre de prieres de la reine Claude de France : IIo d'un Chansonnier manuscrit du XVIe siecle ayant appartenu a Grolier.
First edition, large 8vo, 19, [1]pp., one of 300 copies printed on vellum paper, 2 double-page plates, orig. printed wrappers loose.
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ACKERMAN (R.)
Books, &c. Published by R. Ackerman, No. 101, Strand, London.
12mo (150 x 95 mm), drop-head title, 18pp., first and last leaf a little dust soiled, disbound, uncut. We have benn unable to locate another copy in the usual sources.
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GOLDSCHMIDT (Ernest Philip)
Les Heures de Jean Lallemant. Written by Geoffroy Tory in 1506.
Large 8vo, 7, [1]pp., one plate, orig. printed wrappers. This booksellers catalogue was printed in a very small number and is extremely scarce. JISC locating the Warburg Institute Library copy only.
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[BAUDRIER (Henri)]
Bibliographie Lyonnaise au XVe Siecle.
First edition, large 8vo, 13, [1]pp., presentation inscription to head of title-page, orig. printed wrappers. [A review of "Origines de l'imprimerie d'Alby en Languedoc," etc., by A. Claudin. Signed: H. B., i.e. H. Baudrier. Extracted from the "Revue Lyonnaise."]
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BUTLER (Charles)
Catalogue of the First [-Fifth] Portion of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the late Charles Butler, Esq. (of Warren Wood, Hafield, and Connaught Place, W.)... Most in Fine Bindings selected from the most famous Libraries dispersed during the last fifty years.
5 parts, 4to, 555pp., 3 plates, first part lacks upper wrapper, blank margins to title and prelims chipped and defective, other parts in the orig. wrappers, several lot descriptions have been excised from part 1 & 5, the five parts have a total of 5,150 lots. De Ricci, 181-2pp."an enthusiastic, perhaps an over-enthusiastic, book-buyer. His large collection... just escaped being a really great library...".
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SHAKESPEARE. [GREG (Walter W.) Compiler.]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Early Editions of the Works of Shakespeare Preserved in the Library of Eton College.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 27, [1]pp., orig. buckram, gilt.
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STEVENS (Henry)
Benjamin Franklin's Life and Writings. A Bibliographical Essay on the Stevens' Collection of Books and Manuscripts Relating to Doctor Franklin.
First edition, small 4to, viii, title vignette portrait, 5 engraved plates (slightly spotted), disbound. Ex-library copy, with stamps.
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CARYSFORT (Earl of)
Catalogue of Nineteen Books of the Highest Importance, from the Library of the Late... Sold by Order of the Owner, Col. D. J. Proby...
Small 4to, 22pp., frontis., 7 plates, orig. printed wrappers, 19 lots. De Ricci, p.166. "Lord Carysfort, who secured some of the finest items in the Jersey, Crawford, Buccleuch and Ashburnham sales, and whose recent sale of 19 items for ?35,550 will long be remembered at Sotheby's."
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WINE AND FOOD. SIMON (Andre L.)
Catalogue of Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to Wine and Food the Property of Mrs. J. D. Simon from the Library of the late Andre L. Simon...
76pp., frontis., 1 coloured plate, facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, 260 lots.
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GARDNER (John Dunn)
Catalogue of the Principal Portion the Valuable Library of John Dunn Garner, Esq. of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, Removed from his late Residence, Bottisham Hall, near Newmarket.
Small 4to, 191pp., orig. printed wrappers, uncut, 2,457 lots, a nice copy. De Ricci, p.140. "The valuable library of John Dunn Gardner, sold in 1854, contained some fine Caxton's, among which were some splendid early English Bibles".
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KINNOULL (Earl of)
Catalogue of Valuable Books and Manuscripts, the Property of The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Kinnoull (removed from Dupplin Castle, Perthshire).
71pp., orig. printed wrappers, 430 lots.
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GASKELL (Philip)
John Baskerville: A Bibliography.
A New Enlarged Edition, with additions and corrections, 4to, 12 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. Lists and describes everything that came from the press of John Baskerville.
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LAWLER (John)
Book Auctions in England in the Seventeenth Century (1676-1700). With a Chronological List of the Book Auctions of the Period. The Book-Lovers Library.
Small 8vo, xliv, 241, [1]pp., orig. decorated cloth, a nice copy. This covers a short but important period in rare book history when the leading booksellers and publishers also travelled round the country as auctioneers, the most important of these dual personalities being William Cooper and Edward Millington.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. BARKER (Nicolas)
Bibliotheca Lindesiana. The Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres.
First edition, 4to, xviii, 415, [1]pp., bookplate of Michael Whitelock to front paste-down, 24 plates, orig. buckram, a very good copy.
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EDDY (Donald D.)
A Bibliography of Richard Hurd.
First edition, 4to, 312pp., illustrs., orig. cloth.
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[SHARP (Sir Cuthbert)]
The Bishoprick Garland, or a Collection of Legends Songs Ballads Etc Belonging to the County of Durham.
First edition, 8vo, limited to 150 copies, 88pp., illustrs., orig. cloth-backed boards.
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CLARKE (Arthur Melville)
A Bibliography of Thomas Heywood. [With:] An Index to Rawlinson's Collections (circa 1700-50) for a New Edition of Wood's 'Athenae Oxonienses by S. & M.A. Gibson.
4to, [ii],67-153pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings and Papers Vol. I, Part II.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne, Kt, M.D.
First edition, 4to, limited to 500 numbered copies, a very good ex-library copy, frontis., portrait, 4 plates, many title-page reproductions, title in red and black, black library buckram.
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BOOKBINDING.
Fine Bindings. Offered for Sale by Chas. J. Sawyer. Catalogue No. 273.
Frontis., illustrs., of bindings throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 105 items.
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ROBINSON (William H.)
Rare Books and Manuscripts Offered for Sale by... Catalogue No. 83.
Small folio, viii,192pp., coloured frontis., facsimiles throughout (1 coloured and folding), orig. decorated boards. Containing 24 manuscripts and 80 printed books, mostly from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872).
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MUNBY (A.N.L.)
Phillipps Studies. No. 2: The Family Affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth.
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