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McMurtrie, Douglas C. and Adamson, John.
INVENTION OF PRINTING: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
pp. xxiv; 413. Tall 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Reprint of the 1942 edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Grolier Club.
FIFTY-FIVE BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1525 REPRESENTING THE WORKS OF ENGLAND'S FIRST PRINTERS: An Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon, 1968.
pp. xiii, 62. Plus full page illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited to 1650 copies total. Introduction by Willis Van Devanter. Joan Crane Cataloguer. Printed by the Anthoensen P ress. A wonderful catalog that features remarkable works from the presses of: William Caxton; Wynkyn De Worde; Richard Pynson; and others. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Mencken, H. L.
AMERICAN LANGUAGE. An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States. Fourth Edition Corrected, Enlarged, and Rewritten.
pp. 769, xxix. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Slightly chipped. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Middleton, Bernard C. and Nixon, Howard M.
HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE.
pp. xv, 326. Color frontis. Illustrations. 8vo. Original buckram. 2nd edition. As new condition. A classic book constituting the first major history of English bookbinding in all its technical aspects. Now considered the standard reference work. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6
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Moore, Isabel.
TALKS IN A LIBRARY WITH LAURENCE HUTTON.
pp. xvii, 458. Frontis plus full page illustrations. Short publisher's catalogue. Uncut. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original leather spine label. Binding slightly worn. Penciled underlining. Chapters on: Dickens; the stage; the collecting of death masks; the collecting of autographs, & etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Morgan Library.
A REVIEW OF ACQUISITIONS 1949-1968. With a Foreword by Henry S. Morgan and Preface by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.
pp. xiv; 186. Plus 49 full page facsimile illustrations. Small 4to. Original printed wraps. Limited Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Muir, Percy H.
ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1600-1900.
256p. Frontis plus full page illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. Original dust jacket. REF2 593(LR)
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National Geographic Society.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 1947-1963. Inclusive. With Lists of Expeditions, Researches, and Awards and Foreword by the Editor Melville Bell Grosvenor.
397p. Numerous illustrations. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Newton, A. Edward.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PSEUDO-BIBLIOGRAPHY.
116p. Frontis. Small 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. A Publication of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Newton, A. Edward.
END PAPERS. Literary Recreations.
224p. Color frontis plus full page illustrations. 8vo. Original orange cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Newton, A. Edward.
GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD & OTHER PAPERS.
pp. xvii, 443 plus index. Color frontis plus numerous full page illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Original paper label. Top Edge Gilt. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Newton, A. Edward.
MAGNIFICENT FARCE And Other Diversions of a Book-Collector.
pp. xiv, 267. Color frontis plus full page illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Original paper label. Top Edge Gilt. 3rd Impression. Dampstained. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Norton, J. E.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON.
pp. xvi, 256. Plus illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Reprint of the 1940 edition. Burt Franklin: Bibliography & Reference Series 330. As new. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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O'Neill, Patrick.
GUNTER GRASS. A Bibliography 1955-1975.
pp. viii, 108. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Ogg, Oscar.
26 LETTERS.
262p. Numerous illustrations in red and black. Tall 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Original dust jacket. 2nd Printing. First published the year before. A classic study that traces the complete and f ascinating history of the alphabet. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Oldendow, Knud.
PRINTING IN GREENLAND.
44p. Plus full page illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Unopened. Reprinted from LIBRI, Vol. 8, nos. 3-4. REF2
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Orcutt, William Dana.
IN QUEST OF THE PERFECT BOOK. Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman.
316p. Color frontis plus full page illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original gold decorated brown cloth binding. Top Edge Gilt. Uncut. 1st trade Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6
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Orcutt, William Dana.
KINGDOM OF BOOKS.
pp. xii, 291 + Plates. Original half-vellum binding. Limited to only 475 copies. Signed by author. XLib. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Osley, A. S.
SCRIBES & SOURCES. Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century. With an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe.
291p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Original dust jacket. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Peters, Jean.
COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. Some New Paths.
pp. xxxii; 294. Illustrated. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. "The nine chapters in this book represent a revolutionary departure from traditional book collecting. and leads the collector i nto a world of collectible books that has not as yet been explored." Includes chapters on: Non-Firsts, by G. Thomas Tanselle; Books in Series, by William B. Todd; Publishers' Imprints, by Jean Peters; Etc. Though a bit dated, this is a must read for all book collectors and dealers. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Plenderleith, H.J.
PRESERVATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS.
32p. Original cloth backed paper boards. Tall 16mo. A scarce little book that provides a lot of information. REF 7 [5]
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Podeschi, John B.
BOOKS ON THE HORSE AND HORSEMANSHIP. Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941.
pp. xvii, 427. Plus 17 full page color illustrations. Folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Text type-set in England by Lund Humphries, and printed in the U.S.A. by the Meridian Gravure company. Outstanding bibliography on the horse books in the collection formed by Paul Mellon. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF8
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Robert, Maurice and Warde, Frederic.
CODE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF BEAUTIFUL BOOKS. Preface by Francis De Miomandre. Translated from French by Jacques LeClercq.
55 p. Tall thin 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Issued as a Christmas Keepsake by the Limited Editions Club. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Roff, Renee.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES & MARY LAMB: First Editions in Book Form by Luther S. Livingston, With Appendices the Books of the Two John Lambs. Contributions to Periodicals by J. C. Thomson.
pp. xv, 292. Frontis plus illustrations. 8vo. Original gold stamped red cloth binding. Limited to 450 copies. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6
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Sampson, George.
CONCISE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
1094p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF5
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Slater, John Rothwell.
PRINTING AND THE RENAISSANCE: A Paper Read Before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester New York.
35p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Limited to 600 copies. Battery Park Book Company Bibliographical Reprint Series. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2.
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Stevens, Henry.
RECOLLECTIONS OF MR. JAMES LENOX OF NEW YORK AND THE FORMATION OF HIS LIBRARY.
pp. ix; 211. Full page engraved portrait illustrations. Uncut. Small 8vo. Original half gilt decorated linen. Original marbled paper boards. Original leather spine label. XLib Fletcher/Free Library, Burlington, VT. (Withdrawn). Biographical memoir of James Lennox (1800-1880), New York merchant, real estate investor and grand bibliophile whose pioneering collections formed the original core of the New York Public Library's rare book collections. Written by Henry Stevens 'of Vermont' - a great bookseller who worked out of London. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Tennyson, Charles and Fall, Christine.
ALFRED TENNYSON. An Annotated Bibliography.
pp. viii; 126. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. First Edition. Lists all material, in book or periodical form, of substantial biographical, interpretative, or critical value. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Thompson, Ralph.
AMERICAN LITERARY ANNUALS & GIFT BOOKS 1825-1865.
190p. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Essential reference to a collecting genre that deserves more attention. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Walters Art Gallery.
HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING 525-1950 A.D. An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art November 12, 1957 to January 12, 1958. Organized by the Walters Art Gallery and Presented in Cooperation With the Baltimore Museum of Art.
275 p. + 96 Full page illustrations. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Covers the whole range of bookbinding through the ages. Scarce. Total printing limited to 3000 copies. Slight damp stain. First e dition. Limited to 3000 copies. An important survey of bookbinding history which includes chapters on: Treasure Bindings of the Middle Ages; Medieval Bindings of Europe; Russia 18th-20th century; Contemporary French binding; Contemporary Artists' Wrapper Designs; Miniature Books; Etc. Describes 718 items. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1/5
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Warde, Frederic.
BRUCE ROGERS DESIGNER OF BOOKS. With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision.
77 p. plus 20 full page facsimiles. 8vo. Original paper covered boards. Original spine label. Scarce First Edition. Limited to 210 copies. Spine very chipped. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington.
ARLINGTON ROBINSON A Bio-Bibliography. The H. Bacon Collamore Collection in the Watkinson Library, Trinity College.
44 p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original orange paper wraps. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Watkinson, Ray.
WILLIAM MORRIS AS DESIGNER.
89p. Numerous illustrations. Some in color. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Worn. XLib. Second Edition. REF4 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! $40.00
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Welsh, Doris Varner.
CHECKLIST OF FRENCH POLITICAL PAMPHLETS 1560-1644 IN THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY.
204p. 8vo. Original printed wraps **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF5
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Welsh, Doris Varner.
SECOND CHECKLIST OF FRENCH POLITICAL PAMPHLETS 1560-1653 IN THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY.
190p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF5 791(O)
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Wilson, H. W. Co.
LIBRARY LITERATURE, October 1992. An Index to Library and Information Science.
229p. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF9
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Windolph, F. Lyman.
REFLECTIONS OF THE LAW IN LITERATURE.
83p. 12 mo. Original full cloth binding. XLib. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Winship, George Parker.
CAMBRIDGE PRESS 1638-1692. A Reexamination of the Evidence Concerning THE BAY PSALM BOOK & the ELIOT INDIAN BIBLE As Well As Other Contemporary Books & People.
pp. ix, 385. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Reprint of the 1946 edition. REF7
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Winterich, John T.
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE.
211p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. worn. Original paper spine label. Slight browning. A wonderful discourse of some of the problems and decisions faced by book collectors. A invaluable follow-up to Winterich's 'A Primer of Book Collecting' which was published a year earlier. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Wright, Lyle H.
AMERICAN FICTION 1774-1850.
pp. xviii, 355. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket. The first volume of an important reference that eventually grew to three volumes. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF5
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Wroth, Lawrence C.
CONTEMPLATION UPON THE MYSTERY OF MAN'S REGENERATION, IN ALLUSION TO THE MYSTERY OF PRINTING. With an Introduction and a Glossary of Archaic Terms in the Poem by L. Wroth.
22p. 12mo. Original printed wraps. Uncut & unopened. Slight tear bottom of spine. Limited to 350 copies. Southworth-Anthoensen Press Christmas Keepsake No. 9. This poem originally appeared in James Watson's 'History of the Art of Printing' 1713. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Trienens, Roger J.
PIONEER IMPRINTS FROM FIFTY STATES.
87p. Illustrated. Sm. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Boards sun marked. The Library of Congress's collection of the earliest examples of printing from within the present-day boundaries of each State in the Union". PA 35
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Croll, Rev. P. C. (Philip Columbus) [1852-1949]
LEBANON COUNTY IMPRINTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. Paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, February 21st, 1908. Vol. IV, No. 6.
pp. 153-199. 8vo. Original lime green printed wraps, faded at edges. An important bibliography. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 11.
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Ginzburg, Ralph.
AN UNHURRIED VIEW OF EROTICA. Introduction by Dr. Theodor Reik. Preface by George Jean Nathan.
128p. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Slipcase. 2c. EROS4.
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Wilkinson, Norman B.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY.
pp. xxx, 826 p. Large 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Contains 9198 entries covering every aspect of Pennsylvania history. Edited by S. K. Stevens and Donald H. Kent. Really quite essential for research by collectors and scholars. PA 46 x4
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Haertel, Martin Henry.
GERMAN LITERATURE IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES 1846 TO 1880. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin No. 263.
188 p. 8vo. Original printed wraps,age stained. spine darkened with small loss at head. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 8.
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Hinks, Donald R.
BRETHREN HYMN BOOKS AND HYMNALS 1720-1884.
205 p. Illustrated Oblong 4to. Linen cloth binding. Essential bibliography of German-American hymnals. Issued in a limited edition. GER ENG BOX 032 x 14.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
A PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN LIBRARY.
62p. Pictorial title page. 8vo. Cloth backed printed paper boards. Limited Edition. Number 60 of only 200 copies. Signed. The first booksellers' catalog / bibliography of Pennsylvania German materials. PA 01A x2.
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(Meulman, Isaac).
LUTHERS SCHRIFTEN = Catalogus van de Bibliotheek van Het Evangelisch Luthersch Seminarium.
n.p. Frontis. 8vo. Wraps. Bibliography that lists 777 works by Luther. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 3.
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Black, Charles Christopher.
MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTI. Sculptor, Painter, Architect. The Story of His Life and Labours.
pp. xiv, 262 + Plus mounted Portrait frontis and Nineteen mounted full page plates. Title page printed in red and black. All edges gold. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original three quarters red leather and marble board binding. Gilt decorated spine detached. Extremities worn. First Edition. ART 1
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