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Hutson, Victoria.
ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH. IN THE COLOPHON. A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. Part Eight.
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. NOTE: Especially significant is the original signed lithograph by Victoria Hutson. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, spine chipped. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and wonderful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Colophon.
COLOPHON (THE). A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. Part Nine.
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, slightly soiled. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and won derful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. Articles include: Talking Stones, by Althea Bass with a facsimile of the Cherokee Alphabet; Mr. Whitman Reconsiders, by Thomas Mabbott and Roll o Silver; How Pleasant to Know Mr.Lear, by Bertha Coolidge; A Sketch of The Origin of Species, by Paul Victorius; and much more. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Colophon.
COLOPHON (THE). A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. Part Ten.
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, slightly soiled. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and won derful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Colophon.
COLOPHON (THE). A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. Part Eleven.
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, slightly soiled. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and wonderful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Colophon.
COLOPHON (THE). A QUARTERLY FOR BOOKMEN. New Series. Vol. II, Number 1.
158p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original decorated full cloth binding, slightly soiled. Fine articles that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Colophon.
COLOPHON (THE). A QUARTERLY FOR BOOKMEN. New Series. Vol. III, Number 1.
164p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Fine articles that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Colophon.
COLOPHON (THE). A QUARTERLY FOR BOOKMEN. New Series. Vol. III, Number 4.
pp. 483-632. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Fine articles that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
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Davidson, Marshall B. and McTigue, Bernard.
TREASURES OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
304 p. Numerous photographic illustrations by Jonathan Wallen. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Dust jacket. First Edition. Published at $60.00. Fascinating tour through the collections of one of the greatest American libraries. The New York Public Library houses more than 8 million volumes, 23 million manuscripts and half a million recordings. Includes: Washington's Farewell Address; the first Gutenberg B ible ever brought to this hemisphere; rare globes and maps; musical scores; and much more. A lavish history. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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De La Marche, Olivier.
LE CHEVALIER DELIBERE. Printed at Paris in 1488. A Reproduction Made From the Copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
n.p. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. All edges gold. A facsimile faithfully reproduced. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1 & REF4
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Dibdin, Rev. Thomas Frognall.
LIBRARY COMPANION; Or, The Young Man's Guide, And The Old Man's Comfort, In The Choice Of A Library.
pp. li, 912. 8vo. Rebound in library buckram. First edition, one volume issue. Great classic of bibliophilia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Diringer, David.
HAND-PRODUCED BOOK.
603p. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Early forms of writing including: hieroglyphs and papyrus; clay tablets; Greek and Latin book production; and other forms of early book making. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Downs, Robert B. and Jenkins, Frances B.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Current State & Future Trends.
pp. vii, 611. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. 2nd edition. Illinois Contributions to Librarianship, No. 8. Important collection of studies. **PRICE JUST REDUCED. REF7
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Graham, Bessie.
BOOKMAN'S MANUAL. Guide to Literature.
627 p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. 2nd Ed. Very XLib. The basis premise of this book was for it to be a course of lessons on book salesmanship. It contains fascinating histories of book selling, books, authors, and related subjects; as well as serving as a "Reader's Adviser". Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.
GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH. 1929.
315p. Plus printers and publishers ads. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. Worn at extremities. Beautifully printed German letter press. Handsomely illustrated. Pre-World War II issues from this series are very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF9
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Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.
GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH. 1954.
352p. Plus ads. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH. REF9
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Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.
GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH. 1961.
352p. Plus ads. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF9
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Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.
GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH. 1969.
349p. Plus ads. Plus inserts. 4to. Original full cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF9
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Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.
GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH. 1979.
331p. Plus ads. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF9
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Hackenberg, Michael.
GETTING THE BOOKS OUT. Papers of the Chicago Conference on the Book in 19th Century America.
pp. vii, 197. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Essays exploring the production, marketing, distribution and use of printed matter in 19th Century America. Includes contributions by: Michael Winship, James N. Green, Madeleine B. Stern, Michael H. Harris, Alice D. Schreyer, Robert D. Harlan, Bruce L. Johnson, and Terry Belanger. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Haines, Helen E.
LIVING WITH BOOKS. The Art of Book Selection.
pp. xiv, 505. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. Stain on fore edge. Text underlined in pencil. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF5
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Hammerton, J. A.
MEMORIES OF BOOKS AND PLACES.
336p. Frontis plus 17 Original sketches by Hesketh Hubbard. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. Original paper label. XLib. Bookseller label. Written in the form of letters to other literary personalit ies, this book combines the author's thoughts on books and writers and places they've lived and written about. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF5
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Harris, William J.
FIRST PRINTED TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH OF THE GREAT FOREIGN CLASSICS. A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature.
pp. 209, vii. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Reprint of the 1909 edition. Though a bit outdated, this is still a very useful reference. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Hartnoll, Phyllis.
OXFORD COMPANION TO THE THEATRE.
1088 p. plus numerous illustrations. Double column. Thick 8vo. Original full cloth binding. 3rd Ed. XLib. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Heuterman, Thomas H.
MOVABLE TYPE. Biography of Legh R. Freeman.
172p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original paper covered boards. Original dust jacket. First edition. Freeman was a publisher in many different parts of the West after the Civil War. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Jackson, Holbrook.
BOOKMAN'S PLEASURE. A Recreation for Booklovers.
264p. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. Worn. "From an abundance of diaries, letters, memoirs, and biographies, Holbrook Jackson with amiable discrimination has assembled a miscellany of quotations by writing people about other writing people, about themselves, their personal habits, their thoughts on food, sunsets, love, gold, and etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Jackson, Holbrook.
OF THE USES OF BOOKS.
29p. Pages ruled in red. Frederic W. Goudy type. Set by hand by Helen Macy. Decorations drawn by Frederic Warde. Small 4to. Original cloth backed marbled boards. Limited to 1500 copies presented to the members of the Limited Editions Club. Slight damp stain. Binding worn. REF5
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Jackson, William A. and Bond, William H.
RECORDS OF A BIBLIOGRAPHER: Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson.
236p. Illustrated. Original full cloth binding. DJ. Jackson was the founding curator of Harvard's Houghton Library. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Jestin, Loftus.
ANSWER TO THE LYRE. Richard Bentley's Illustrations for Thomas Gray's Poems.
355 p. With a facsimile of the 1753 edition of DESIGNS BY MR. R. BENTLEY. Tall 8vo. Original green cloth binding. Original dust jacket. 118 black & white illustrations. Full-length interdisciplinary s tudy of the collaboration of Bentley, Gray & Walpole that produced this great 18th century illustrated book. Published at $43.95 REF1
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Johnson, Alfred Forbes.
GERMAN RENAISSANCE TITLE-BORDERS. Facsimiles & Illustrations Issued by the Bibliographical Society. No. 1.
20 p. plus 86 full page facsimile illustrations. Small 4to. Linen backed paper boards. SCARCE ORIGINAL EDITION. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Jones, E. Willis and Middleton, R. Hunter.
VISIT TO OCTOBER HOUSE. Bruce Rogers' Home in New Fairfield, Conn.
13p. Frontis plus photo illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. STA Keepsake. Printed by The Thistle Press. Limited to 800 copies. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Mach, Rudolf and Ormsby, Eric L.
HANDLIST OF ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. (New Series) In The Princeton University Library.
pp. xiv, 402. 8vo. Original black cloth binding. Concise description of 1,626 Arabic works in the Princeton University Library's collection of Arabic Manuscripts known as the New Series. Originally Published at $ 99.00 **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6
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Mandeville, Mildred S.
USED BOOK PRICE GUIDE An Aid In Ascertaining Current Prices (Part 3).
199 p. Double column. Small 4to. Original black paper boards. An early priced guide to used and rare books. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
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Jones, Howard Mumford (Intro.).
FACSIMILES & FORGERIES. A Guide to a Timely Exhibition in the William L. Clements Library.
26p. 8vo. Original printed green wraps. Inked ownership. Bulletin 59. Descriptions of forgeries extending from Noah to General Grant. The exhibition was mounted in conjunction with the release of Carter and Pollard's book on the Wise forgeries. REF9
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King, Howard N.
CLUB MANAGEMENT.
62p. Illustrations by Ralph Althouse. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. Slight wear. Keepsake to delegates to the 1941 Baltimore convention of the International Association of Printing House Cr aftsmen. Limited Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF9
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Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon.
COLLECTOR'S PROGRESS.
pp. xix, 253, xiii. Plus full page illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Lewis' own story of the formation of the world's greatest collection of books and manuscript by and about Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, and the Strawberry Hill Press). **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Mabie, Hamilton Wright.
MY STUDY FIRE.
280p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. 2nd series. Hamilton Wright Mabie (18461916) was a celebrated American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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McGrath, Daniel F.
BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX. Volume 26.
882p. Double column. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Taken from dealers' catalogs, BPI - Bookman's Price Index was once one of the best places to get retail values for used and rare books. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF8
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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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