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SHAW (Graham)
Printing in Calcutta to 1800. A Description and Checklist of Printing in Late 18th-Century Calcutta.
First edition, xi, 249pp., 7 plates, orig. cloth. 420 items described.
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BIBLIOTECA DA ASSEMBLEA NACIONAL.
Seus Livros dos S?culos XV e XVI.
4to, 104pp., 20 facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. 79 Items described.
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AURNER (Nellie Slayton)
Caxton. Mirrour of Fifteenth-Century Letters. A Study of the Literature of the First English Press.
First Edition, frontis., 15 plates, orig. cloth, uncut. Primarily a study of the literary and general cultural and historical aspects of the works printed by Caxton.
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PORCHER (Jean)
The Rohan Book of Hours. With an Introduction and Notes.
First Edition, 4to, 8 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth.
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GULICK (Sidney L.)
A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800.
Second Edition, small 4to, x,255pp., orig. cloth.
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WOUDE (S. van der) Editor.
Studia Bibliographia in Honorem Herman de la Fontaine Verwey. A Collection of Studies and Essays in Bibliography and Allied Subjects.
First Edition, 478,[2]pp., frontis., numerous plates, orig. cloth, d.w. The book contains 28 contributions of which 13 in English, 13 in French, and 2 in German.
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BRUNET (Jacques-Charles)
Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, Contenant: 1 Un Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique... 2 Une Table en Forme de Catalogue Raisonn?..
Fourth Edition, 5 vols., spotting throughout, cont. quarter calf, one or two hinges slightly cracked, spines gilt, uncut. This bibliography is still the most reliable work detailing the great majority of important books printed until 1880. In addition to learned comments, it contains an indispensable collation of single books.
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GAUTIER (L?on)
Bibliographie des Chansons de Geste.
First Edition, large 8vo, [iv],iv,316pp., orig. printed wrappers bound in, cloth, leather label on spine.
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WINDLE (John) & PIPPIN (Karma)
Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847. A Bibliography.
210pp., orig. cloth. The standard bibliography of Dibdin the founder of the Roxburghe Club and one of the most influential figures in the history of book collecting.
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MARDERSTEIG (Giovanni)
The Officina Bodoni. An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977. Edited and Translated by Hans Schmoller.
First edition, 4to, lix, 286, [2]pp., one of 1,500 copies, facsimiles (some printed in two colours), orig. publishers cloth, a very good copy. A detailed illustrated catalogue of all of the editions produced at this world-famous press, with the introduction forming an important account of Mardersteig as scholar, printer and publisher.
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WOODS (Frederick)
A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill.
Second Revised Edition, frontis., 4 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
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BIRD (D.T.) Compiler.
A Catalogue of Sixteenth-Century Medical Books in Edinburgh Libraries.
First edition, 4to, xxxii, 298pp., 89 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Includes collations, bindings, provenance's, bibliographical and literary notes, geographical and alphabetical indices of printers and publishers.
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MAGGS BROS.
One Hundred Spanish Books Selected from the Stock of Maggs Bros.
Folio, 8 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers, slight tear to hinge, 100 items. Folio special catalogue 11.
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PARKES (M.B.) Compiler.
The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College Oxford. A Descriptive Catalogue with Summary Descriptions of the Greek and Oriental Manuscripts.
First Edition, 4to, 193 plates (17 in colour), orig. cloth, d.w. with slight insect damage otherwise a very nice copy. An important collection comprising of 71 Western, 5 Greek and 13 Oriental manuscripts, together with a number of fragments.
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ORCUTT (William Dana)
The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.
First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, prelims slightly foxed, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), some light foxing to prelims, orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), uncut, t.e.g.
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LEFANU (W. R.)
A Bio-Bibliography of Edward Jenner 1749-1823.
First edition, xx, 176pp., limited edition, portrait, 28 plates, orig. cloth, gilt.
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MAXWELL (W. Harold) Compiler.
A Bibliography of English Law to 1650 [-1800].
First edition, 2 vols., 444; 270pp., orig. cloth. Vol. 1: English Law to 1650. Vol. 2: English Law from 1651 to 1800.
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WEAVER (William D.) Editor.
Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets and Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. With Introduction, Descriptive and Critical Notes by Brother Potamian.
First Edition, 2 vols., [6], 504; 475pp., frontispieces, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth. An important catalogue and one of the finest collections in the field. Full collations for over 7,000 titles.
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VICAIRE (Georges)
Bibliographie Gastronomique.
xviii,972pp., orig. cloth, d.w. a little torn. This classic bibliography of works on food, drink, cooking, kitchens, gourmets, gastronomes and everything that centres on the pleasures of eating and drinking, is a unique compilation, and the most important book of its kind.
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BROMLEY (John) Compiler.
The Clockmakers' Library. The Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
First edition, 4to, xii,136pp., 52 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. 1,151 Items described.
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DUNNE (Tom)
Gerard Manley Hopkins. A Comprehensive Bibliography.
Orig. cloth, d.w. Provides full bibliographical descriptions of primary works and includes new material hitherto unidentified.
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DOBBIN (Michael)
Nottinghamshire History and Topography: A Select Descriptive Bibliography to 1980.
First edition, limited to 200 copies, orig. cloth. 533 items described.
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FERGUSON (John)
Bibliotheca Chemica. A Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris.
2 Vols., 4to, xxiv,487; [ii],598pp., orig. cloth. A rich collection of early works with detailed bibliographical descriptions.
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ARCHITECTURE. FISCHER (Marianne)
Katalog der Architektur-und Ornamentstichsammlung. Teil 1: Baukunst England. Bearbeitet von Marianne Fischer.
Volume 1 [all published], 4to, 183pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth. The first volume, and last, in a planed series of specialised catalogues. This volume deals with the English section of the libraries holdings of architectural and ornamental books and prints.
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HEWETT (Mary Crane) Compiler.
Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
2 vols., in one, 4to, viii, 372; x,373-587pp., limited to 150 copies, orig. cloth. The catalogue is of importance because of the detailed collations provided for this vast library of 22,000 volumes on horticultural and botany. Plate count is provided, as are details concerning contents and editions.
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CASE (Arthur E.)
A Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies 1521-1750.
First Edition, xi,[iii],386pp., orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut. Chronological bibliography of 481 titles with collations, and locations of copies.
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AVERY ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY.
Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library. A Memorial Library of Architecture, Archaeology, and Decorative Art.
First Edition, 4to, xviii,1139pp., limited edition, engraved frontis., cont. half morocco, rubbed, spine lightly rubbed and creased, upper hinge slightly cracked, uncut, t.e.g. First published catalogue of the Avery Collection, giving descriptions of some 13,000 books relating to architecture.
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BOHATTA (Hanns) & HODES (Franz)
Internationale Bibliographie der Bibliographien; ein Nachschlagewerk, unter Mitwirkung von Walter Funke.
4to, [viii],652pp., ex-library, orig. cloth. A classified bibliography of bibliographies. Covers general and national bibliography and subject bibliography, with author and subject indexes.
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RADCLIFFE (John)
Bibliotheca Chethamensis: sive Bibliothecae publicae Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham Armigero fundatae Catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos.
First Edition, 5 vols., with a presentation label from the Chethams' library to E.W. Jones, engraved portrait of Chetham, uniform nineteenth-century buckram, uncut, a nice set. Catalogue of the most important of the early town libraries and the only one, up to the mid-nineteenth century, that was entirely free and accessible to the public. Founded in 1653 by a prosperous Manchester Wool merchant, Humphrey Chetham, it grew rapidly in size and scope to become the first "modern" public library. This catalogue was based on a novel classification devised by Radcliffe, with various headings and consecutive numbering (8029). A sixth volume was issued in 1883 of additions from 1863-1881.
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HILL (Brad Sabin) Compiler.
Incunabula, Hebraica & Judaica. Five Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables from the Jacob M. Lowy Collection.
4to, xxii,198pp., frontis., facsimiles throughout, orig. decorated wrappers. The holdings of the Lowry Collection, rare Hebraica and Judaica spanning a period of over five centuries, include nearly forty Hebrew and Latin incunables, over one hundred early and rare editions of the Bible in many languages, and numerous editions and translations of the works of the ancient Jewish historian Josephus. The remainder and majority of the collection consists of rare Hebraica from the 16th to the 19th century, encompassing all aspects of rabbinic and Hebrew literature published during the period, two thirds of these works being first editions and extreme rarities.
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ALDINE PRESS.
A Fine Collection of Books Printed by Aldus Manutius and his Successors at Venice...
4to, numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. decorated wrappers, 86 lots.
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ROMANY COLLECTION.
Catalogue of the Romany Collection Formed by D.U. McGrigor Phillips, LL.D. and Presented to the University of Leeds.
First Edition, 4to, 227pp., ex-library, frontis., orig. cloth.
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CAXTON.
Caxton's Advertisement. Photolithograph of the Copy Preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Being One of the only Two Copies Known. With an Introductory Note by Edward W.B. Nicholson.
7pp., library labels on front endpapers, 1 facsimile, orig. printed wrappers, a little spotted. The advertisement reproduced here does not bear a printer's name, date of imprint, or place of imprint. It is, however, clearly in Caxton's type 3. The introduction discusses the dating, language, orthography, and subject matter of the six-line advertisement.
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MARTIN (John)
Bibliographical Catalogue of Privately Printed Books.
xxvi, 593pp., frontis., orig. cloth. Reprint of the second and best edition.
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R?AU (Louis)
Historie de la Peinture au Moyen-Age. La Miniature.
4to, 256pp., with the Adams bookplate, 104 plates (8 coloured), cont. cloth, leather label on spine. A general survey of miniature painting in illuminated manuscripts which covers Byzantine, Occidental (monastic and laic), and Islamic miniatures. At end of each chapter is given a list of the principal manuscripts discussed with their dates. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
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JOHNSON (Alfred Forbes) Selected by.
German Renaissance Title-Borders. Facsimiles and Illustrations No. I.
First Edition, 4to, vii, [1], 20pp., a good ex-library copy, title in red and black, 86 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g.
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HORDEN (John)
Francis Quarles (1592-1644). A Bibliography of his Works to the Year 1800.
4to, xii, 83pp., frontis., 2 plates, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. II.
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SMITH (David Eugene) Compiler.
Rara Arithmetica. A Catalogue of the Arithmetics Written Before the Year MDCI with a Description of those in the Library of George Arthur Plimpton of New York.
First Edition, xvi,507pp., frontis., 8 plates, facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth, uncut. This extensive collection with full bibliographical entries was presented to the Columbia University Libraries in 1936.
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CHRISTIAN (Arthur)
D?buts de l'Imprimerie en France. L'Imprimerie Nationale. L'H?tel de Rohan.
4to, [iv],xxiv,343, illustrs., throughout (some tinted in green and red), orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth-backed boards, leather label on spine, unopened, uncut.
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[FUSI (Francesco)]
Bibliografia od Elenco Ragionato delle Opere Contenute nella Collezione de' Classici Italiani.
vii, [1], 260pp., armorial bookplate for Shirley of Shirley with motto "Deo Gratias", some light foxing, cont. calf calf, lacks spine. A detailed bibliography of the editions of Italian literature found useful for the publication of the series Classici Italiani. Many of the entries contain annotations and useful collations. Petzholdt p. 356.
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LOHF (Kenneth A.)
The History of Printing from its Beginnings to 1930. The Subject Catalogue of the American Type Founders Company Library in the Columbia University Libraries.
4 Vols., 4to, over 2740pp., orig. cloth. Reproduces the catalogue cards of the ca. 16,000 items in this very important collection. Some of the many subjects include: incunabula, curiosities of bookmaking (such as chained books), modern fine printing, history of paper, type specimen books, printing manuals, graphic design, trade catalogues, binding, and much more.
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DURLING (Richard J.) Compiler.
A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, Maryland. 1967. First Edition, 4to, 698pp., 1 facsimile, orig. cloth. [Sold with:] KRIVATSY (Peter) Compiler. A Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. National Library of Medicine. 1989. First Edition, 4to, 1,315pp., small neat library stamp on title-page, orig. cloth. [Sold with:] BLAKE (John B.) Compiler. A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine.
First Edition, 4to, 501pp., orig. cloth. Altogether it includes approximately 25,000 items. Between 30 and 40 per cent have not been recorded before.
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WISE (Thomas J.)
A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of William Wordsworth.
Numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.
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WOOLMER (J. Howard)
A Checklist of the Hogarth Press.
First Edition, frontis., 60 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
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DAVID (T.)
Bibliographie Fran?aise de l'Art Dentaire.
308pp., orig. cloth.
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HAZEN (A. T.)
A Bibliography of Horace Walpole.
4to, 189pp., numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.
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[WHITING (John)]
A Catalogue of Friends Books; Written by Many of the People, Called Quakers, from the Beginning or First Appearance of the said People.
First edition, ii,238pp., cont. calf, rebacked, rubbed. The first Quaker bibliography. "Hereby may be seen, not only what Books have been Printed of the Sufferings which many of the said People underwent, but also the many Warnings to the Governments and Rulers, &c. Concerned..." ? Advertisement of verso of title.
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MARTINDELL (E.W.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1881-1923).
New Edition, enlarged, one of 700 numbered copies, frontis., 51 plates, orig. cloth, uncut.
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BAKER (Erest E.) Editor.
The Halliwell-Phillipps Collection. A Calendar of the Shakespearean Rarities, Drawings & Engravings, Formerly Preserved at Hollingbury Copse, near Brighton.
Second Edition, enlarged, orig. cloth, uncut.
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ROBERTS (Warren)
A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence.
Frontis., 9 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly scuffed.
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