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(Printing) Moshe Nathan Rosenfeld
Jewish printing in Karlsruhe : a concise bibliography of Hebrew and Yiddish publications printed in Karlsruhe between 1755 and 1840 including a listing of Judaica until the year 1899 based on public & private collections and genizah discoveries
Rosenfeld 1997. Hardcover . Very Good-. one of 500 copies 141 pp. ex library with book plate and pocket and markings and taped spine Jewish printing in Germany vol. 2 Rosenfeld hardcover
Bookseller reference : 288284
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(Printing) Martelli, Valeria Antonioli
Manoscritti biblici ebraici decorati provenienti da biblioteche italiane pubbliche e private.
Edizioni dell'Adei-Wizo 1966. Stiff Wrapper. Good. 101 pp. 36 plates ex library with book plate and pocket Edizioni dell'Adei-Wizo, unknown
Bookseller reference : 275253
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(PRINTING). LAMBINET, Pierre
Origine de l'imprimerie d'apres les titres authentiques.suivie des etablissemens de cet art dans la Belgique et de l'Histoire de la Stereotypie
Brussels: Flon 1799. First. hardcover. very good. Thick 8vo 500 pages. 1/2 tan calf marbled boards. Bruxelles: Flon An VII 1799. First Edition. Very good .<br/> <br/> An important study on the origin and antecedents of printing by the Belgian bibliographer who did much to establish Gutenberg as the originator of the art. Brunet VI 31191. Biog. univ. 11 66-67.<br/> <br/> Flon unknown
Bookseller reference : 26898
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(PRINTING)
Specification Manual of Printing Machinery. 1961-1962
London: British Printer Maclean-Hunter Ltd. 1962. 4to 552 pp. Black and white illustrations. Original pictorial cloth a little marked and browned. London: British Printer, Maclean-Hunter Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 47802
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(printing)
THE BAXTER TIMES A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR PRINT COLLECTORS VOLUME IV JUNE 1926 - MAY 1927 VOLUME V JUNE 1927
London 1926 1927. 13 monthly issues 12 issues of Volume IV and 1 issue of Volume V of this magazine on the the Baxter Process an early nineteenth century technique for letterpress and color printing. Bound in one volume. 4to. 391pp. table of contents 30pp. monochrome illustrations blue cloth hardcover. Light institute name stamp on fore-edges. VG. Rare. . hardcover
Bookseller reference : a57035
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(printing)
THE BAXTER TIMES A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR PRINT COLLECTORS VOLUME III DECEMBER 1925 - MAY 1926
London 1925 1926. 6 monthly issues of this magazine on the the Baxter Process an early nineteenth century technique for letterpress and color printing. Bound in one volume. 4to. 152pp. monochrome illustrations blue cloth hardcover. Light institute name stamp on fore-edges. VG. Rare. . hardcover
Bookseller reference : a57034
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(printing)
THE BAXTER TIMES A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR PRINT COLLECTORS VOLUME III JUNE 1925 - NOVEMBER 1925
London 1925. 6 monthly issues of this magazine on the the Baxter Process an early nineteenth century technique for letterpress and color printing. Bound in one volume. 4to. 190pp. monochrome illustrations blue cloth hardcover. Light institute name stamp on fore-edges. VG. Rare. . hardcover
Bookseller reference : a57033
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(printing)
THE BAXTER TIMES A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR PRINT COLLECTORS VOLUME II JUNE 1924 - MAY 1925
London 1924 1925. 12 monthly issues of this magazine on the the Baxter Process an early nineteenth century technique for letterpress and color printing. Bound in one volume. 4to. 375pp. table of contents color and monochrome illustrations blue cloth hardcover. Light institute name stamp on fore-edges. VG. RARE. . hardcover
Bookseller reference : a56959
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(PRINTING)
The History of Printing. Published under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge c.1855. 8vo. iv 256 4 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth gilt to the spine and boards school prize inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1862 all edges gilt. Chromolithograph frontispiece plus a handful of black and white illustrations in the text. Slight sunning to the spine else very good. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown
Bookseller reference : 49058
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(printing)
THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY INDEX NOS. 1 TO 10
London 1975. The Journal of the Printing Historical Society Index Nos. 1 to 10. 8vo. 40pp. wraps. Fine. . unknown
Bookseller reference : a42604
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(Printing) Friedberg Ch. B.
Toldot ha-dfus ha- ivri be-polanya : me-reshit hivasdo bi-shnat 294 ve-hitpat uto ad zmanenu = History of Hebrew typography in Poland from the beginning of the year 1534 and its development up to our days
Tel Aviv 1950. Hardcover . Good. 195 pp. ex library with stamps and tape on spine Reference work contains an extensive history of Jewish printing in Poland organized by cities listed in alphabetical order. Contains entries for 58 cities. Also contains short biographies of noted printers. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 275248
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(Printing) Thomas, David
Type for Print
London: J. Whitaker & Sons Ltd 1936. First edition. Illustrations of type faces. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed boards. Some light wear else a very good copy. First edition. Illustrations of type faces. 1 vols. 8vo. With correspondence from the publisher stating that the stock of this publication was lost when their premises were destroyed by enemy action. David Silva's copy. <br/><br/> J. Whitaker & Sons, Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23585
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(REFERENCE BOOKS - EARLY PRINTING, BRITISH). SESSIONS, WILLIAM K.
A PRINTER'S DOZEN: THE FIRST BRITISH PRINTING CENTRES TO 1557 AFTER WESTMINSTER AND LONDON
York: The Ebor Press 1983. 298 x 210 mm. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4". 2 p.l. 116 pp. <br/> Green paper wrappers. â—†In fine condition.<br/> . The Ebor Press unknown
Bookseller reference : ST2862
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(Roycroft Printing Shop)
Love Ballads of the XVIth Century
East Aurora New York: The Roycroft Printing Shop 1897. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth backed mustard boards uncut. Slight rubbing at tips minor soiling of spine some browning to text. Inscribed on ffep “For Mr. Frank W. Noxon with all good wishes from Elbert Hubbardâ€. A very good copy. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ransome p. 405 no. 8 The Roycroft Printing Shop unknown
Bookseller reference : 43316
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(Sansovino, Francesco).
Principi di casa d'Austria progenitori della serenissima principessa di Fiorenza et di Siena. Venice, o. Dr. , [1565?]
18 ff with large woodcut armorial vignette to title. Marbled half cloth ca. 1800. Marbled edges. Coloured endpapers. 4to. Only edition of this Festschrift (dated 30th December 1565 at rear) for the Emperor's daughter, Johanna von Österreich (1547-78), who had married Francesco I de' Medici exactly two weeks previously. The scholar Francesco Sansovino (1521-83) celebrated the Renaissance princess and Grand Duchess of Tuscany by enumerating her worthy ancestral lineage, which he traced back to the Frankish King Childebert. - Rare; only 4 copies located in Italy by Edit 16. Edit 16, CNCE 47731. Adams S 362. BM-STC Italian 608.
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(SCALIGER - CASAUBON ) - MARTIAL.
Florilegium epigrammatum Martialis. Josephus Scaliger,... vertit graece ad Isaacium Casaubonium
1607 Lutetiæ, Ex Typographia Roberti Stephani, 1607; in-12 de (12) ff. (dont le titre, une étude en latin sur Scaliger et Casaubon, la table, l'extrait du privilège) - 70 ff. ch. Plein veau granité brun, fine roulettte à froid encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets pointillés et petits fers dorés, coupes guillochées, tranches rouges ( reliure postérieure). Petit arrachage de cuir à l'angle supérieur du1er plat, sinon très bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 11942
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(SERLIO Sebastiao) / DESWARTE-ROSA Sylvie & al.
Sebastiao Serlio à Lyon. Architecture et imprimerie. Volume I Le Traité d'architecture de Sebastiao Serlio, - Une grande entreprise éditoriale au XVIe siècle
Lyon, Mémoire Active, 2004, 21 x 27, 584 pages cousues sous couverture souple illustrée. Iconographie noir & blanc.
Bookseller reference : ARCHITECT2220623
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(SILK PRINTING)
Seven Russian Orthodox Icons Printed on Silk.
Russia: N.p. C. 1970. Each icon is printed on a different color of silk. Two images in duplicate. Very good condition N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 75828
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(THE TIMES)
The Times Literary Supplement Printing Number, October 13 1927.
4to., with numerous facsimiles, type-specimens and advertisements in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; boards, leather label, cloth back, a little browned else a very good, clean copy. Scarce. A work of particular interest inasmuch as it appeared at the height of the revival of interest in fine printing and includes types and illustrators of the period.
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(TRADE CATALOG: PRINTING)
Les Procedes Modernes d'Illustrations.
Valence-sur-Rhone: Imprimerie d'Art Jules Ceas & Fils ca. 1910. First edition. Oblong folio 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 8 including title pp. of text plus 34 full page illustrations each with its tissue guard. Publisher's string-tied wrappers with gilt cover lettering and inset color illustration. Some guards with fold or small tears. An excellent copy.A wonderfully vivid catalog of the printing capabilities of this venerable French printing house. Jules Ceas & Fils seem to have specialized in art books and finely printed matter including advertisements. The text speaks of their great mastery of trichromatic printing and various other advances in the art. In the main the book is a demonstration of their abilities. The first 14 full page illustrations are trichromatic color and the remaining 20 are full page monochromatic illustrations. Many of the color illustrations are for French firms and a number of fairly famous artists were used such as G. Camps M. de Juilly L. Ageron and others. No copies located by OCLC. Imprimerie d'Art Jules Ceas & Fils unknown
Bookseller reference : 74539
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(Trade Catalogue) Printing Presses
The association of British manufacturers of printers machinery
London: The Association. Very Good. c.1940's. Hardcover. Cloth slightly flecked; Spiral bound; 225x285mm; c.250 pages pages; "This Catalogue of British-built machinery and equiptment for the Printing and Allied Trades is a record of the progress and achievement of British engineers during recent years" . The Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : B8408
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(Traut, Veit).
Türkischer Kayser Ankunfft, Krieg, und Sig, wider die Christen, biß auff den Zwelfften yetzt Regierenden Tyrannen Soleymannum [...]. Augsburg, Heinrich Steiner, 1543.
Folio (185 x 292 mm). (2), XXIII ff. With title woodcut, 13 woodcuts in the text (one partly coloured), and one full-page woodcut on verso of final leaf. Modern boards with giltstamped red label to spine. First edition of this interesting chronicle of Ottoman history arranged as a series of short chapters, each dedicated to one of the twelve sultans who reigned up to 1543, ending with Suleiman I. The woodcut illustrations, mostly taken from Steiner's 1533 German edition of Marino Barlezio's Scanderbeg biography (and some from the 1532 "Itinerary"), show the principal events during the reign of each, mostly scenes of sieges and battles. The full-page woodcut by Leonhard Beck originates from the famous "Theuerdank", the poetic work by Emperor Maximilian I, and shows the protagonist on horseback. - From the library of Werner Habel, with his ownership stamp to flyleaf. VD 16, T 1838. Adams 1139. BM-STC German 867. Göllner I, 810. Apponyi 1726. Kertbeny 587. Riant 3522.
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(VANEY-BURNIER, Gustave):
De Gutenberg au siècle présent. Notice historique sur l’Imprimerie à travers les siècles.
Lausanne, Imprimerie G. Vaney-Burnier, 1912, gr. in-8vo, 39 p. (+1), illustrée. (Les p.35 à 39: Spécimens de caractères de la Machine à composer LINOTYPE + dern. p. non num.: Vignettes) + 2 planches h.-t. de publicité ill. de l’imprimerie Veney-Burnier, Maison fondée en 1898, brochure originale illustrée.
Bookseller reference : 134062aaf
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(VELLUM PRINTING). (EMBLEM BOOKS)
AMORIS DIVINI ET HUMANI EFFECTUS VARII SACRÆ SCRIPTURAE SANCTORUMQUE PP. SENTENTIIS AC GALLICIS ILLUSTRATI
Antwerp: M. Snyders 1626. FIRST EDITION. 135 x 82 mm. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4". 39 of 40 leaves lacking C4. Two volumes one as issued the other a companion volume containing related plates without any title page. <br/> Very pretty late 18th or early 19th century red morocco covers bordered by delicate cresting roll with leaf cornerpieces smooth spine gilt in compartments with leafy centerpieces gilt lettering turn-in with gilt floral roll pale blue watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Supplemental volume in late 19th century red half morocco over red paper boards similarly tooled spine. Housed together in a custom-made modern wooden box with sliding panel closure a heart mosaic in multi-colored hard-grain leather on its sides. Amoris Divini WITH engraved title page and 38 of 39; lacking plate XXXIV ENGRAVED PLATES 35 OF THEM ON VELLUM ALL DELICATELY COLORED AND HEIGHTENED IN GOLD plates 19 29 30 31 and 36 bound after text pages for plates 31 36 29 30 and 34 respectively; second volume with 45 plates on paper though without any text including many of these same emblems apparently from a later edition of this work ALL DAINTILY HIGHLIGHTED WITH GILT. Front pastedown of first volume with monogram book label in colors and gilt verso of front free endpaper with oval armorial bookplate "Ex Museo Van Der Helle" see below. De Vries "De Nederlandsche Emblemata" 121; Landwehr "Low Countries" 33; Praz p. 254; Brunet I 240 this copy; Delbergue-Cormont "Bibliothèque de M. Van der Helle" Paris 10 Février 1868 lot 69 this copy. ◆Amoris spine very slightly dulled occasional hints of marginal thumbing but A LOVELY COPY clean and fresh internally with rich colors and glistening gold in a well-preserved binding; supplemental plates with faint marginal browning but excellent internally the engravings gently shimmering with gold and the binding with few signs of wear.<br/> <br/> The main volume here comprises a collection of emblems illustrating concepts of human and divine love; it is made all the more special by being printed on vellum beautifully hand colored and then delicately highlighted with gold. The emblems depict Divine Love as a beardless young man with nimbus who always represents love in its purest form. Human love or worldly love is variously embodied in a winged Cupid sometimes blindfolded who represents erotic love and who is accompanied by symbols of treasure or power that represent worldly desires. Landwehr Praz and De Vries make no mention of a vellum edition but Brunet describes one copy on vellum painted in colors and gold which he says sold at the Duriez auction. That book appeared as lot 3216 in "Catalogue des livres imprimés et manuscrits composant la bibliothèque de feu M. L.-M.-J. Duriez de Lille membre de la Société des Bibliophiles français" Paris J.-S. Merlin 1827 where its binding description matches our copy. Having uncovered no other hand-colored copies on vellum in auction records or in OCLC we think it quite likely that the present volume is in fact the Duriez copy. Louis Duriez 1753-1825 was a Lille lawyer of sufficient skill and cleverness to move without incident from serving as lieutenant provost for his district under King Louis XVI to becoming receiver of the district of Lille after the revolution 1791 and purchasing the estate of an aristocrat which had been seized by the state. He rose to successively more important and remunerative governmental positions and was named Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor in 1814. In 1820 he was one of the founding members of the Société des Bibliophiles français an elite group limited to 24 scholarly collectors. After his death his collection of more than 5000 carefully chosen works was dispersed at 59 auctions held between 22 January and 1 April 1828 at Maison Silvestre in Paris. A perusal of the lots on offer finds a strong emphasis on fine bindings works on vellum and illustrated books many noting hand coloring. The emblems in the second thinner book here on paper without coloring--but with gold highlighting allow the reader to experience the pleasure to be found in comparing the degrees of decoration and opulence of the two volumes. These illustrations likely come from one of the later printings of this title each of which added new emblems to the original 39 called for in Landwehr and Praz. It is not clear when or by whom this second volume was wedded to the first. After its presumed residence in the Duriez collection our copy of the 1626 edition and perhaps its sidecar volume moved to another distinguished library--that formed by the scholarly and erudite French collector M. Van Der Helle of Lille who amassed a collection particularly rich in illustrated books and works on vellum. In the catalogue for the sale of his library in 1868 Paris auction house Delbergue-Cormont described him as a bibliophile "of the school of Renouard . . . who only liked irreproachable copies." We bought this item without being warned that it is slightly defective but given its distinguished provenance and the many other features it has going for it we did not ask the seller to take it back. M. Snyders unknown
Bookseller reference : ST19298
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(VELLUM PRINTING). WILDE, OSCAR
DIE NACHTIGALL UND DIE ROSE. DREI MÄRCHEN. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE. THREE FAIRY TALES
Bayreuth: Printed by Chr. Scheufele Offizin Stuttgart for Bear Press 1982. No. 1 OF 10 COPIES ON VELLUM plus a "special" edition of 25 copies and 185 copies on Kochi Japanese paper. 223 x 148 mm. 8 7/8 x 5 3/4". 50 pp. 2 leaves.Translated and with an afterword by Wolfram Benda. <br/> Publisher's fine burgundy morocco by Erwin Lehr upper cover with gilt rose in recessed square flat spine with gilt titling turn-ins with gilt fillet frame pale yellow silk pastedowns. In the original burgundy suede slipcase. With three large initials in burnished gold and four signed and numbered original etchings by Peter Klitsch. Printed in red and black. Signed in the colophon by the artist the binder and the publisher/translator. In mint condition.<br/> <br/> This is the splendid deluxe version of a finely crafted private press edition of Wilde's fairy tales "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant." It is the third work issued by the Bear Press founded in 1979 by literary scholar Wolfram Benda and still in operation. According to the firm's website "at a time when the craftsmanship and ethos of the artisan in bookmaking have been damaged by ever-increasing industrialization and neglect . . . The Bear Press . . . tries to achieve the highest possible degree of technical and artistic perfection in its printed works." The font used to print the text and the artist chosen to illustrate each work are carefully selected to express "the individual author's personality and intention." Even the discriminating aesthete Wilde 1854-1900 would be pleased with the choices here especially for the luxurious vellum printing: the type is set in refined Walbaum Antiqua and shown off with special effect by the creamy leaves; the etchings by Austrian artist Peter Klitsch b. 1934 are meticulous detailed and reminiscent of the work of Wilde's friend Aubrey Beardsley; and the binding is the epitome of tasteful restraint flawlessly executed with premium materials. <br /> <br /> The three tales here first appeared in 1888 and are bittersweet in their themes of love and self-sacrifice. His stories for children were one of Wilde's early successes and DNB notes "Their permanent place in child affections refutes the vulgarism that Wilde's literary reputation arose from his legal notoriety. In all cases the fairy tales are on the child's side celebrating the courage and generosity of the poor and vulnerable while their satire mocks the kind of pomposity and hypocrisy children can recognize." We have been able to trace just two other copies of the vellum printing at auction in ABPC and RBH. [Printed by Chr. Scheufele Offizin, Stuttgart, for] Bear Press unknown
Bookseller reference : ST16482
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(VELLUM PRINTING - ILLUMINATED). (BINDINGS - TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET). SPENSER, EDMUND
EPITHALAMION
<p>New Rochelle: George D. Sproul 1902. No. 11 OF 30 COPIES 18 for America 12 for Europe of the "St. Dunstan Edition" ALL PRINTED ON VELLUM. 268 x 210 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". 48 leaves printed on recto only.</p><p>ELABORATELY ONLAID AND GILT MOROCCO BY TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET signed on front and rear doublures the latter upside-down COVERS AND DOUBLURES WITH similar intricate designs incorporating FIVE COLORS OF MOROCCO deep brown covers with double gilt fillet border enclosing triangular cornerpieces onlaid with a taupe arabesque surmounted by a Tudor rose and with an oblong octagonal triple frame of russet and citron morocco the ochre strip onlaid with 30 brick red roses linked by curling gilt stems the taupe morocco center panel with a rectangular triple gilt fillet frame featuring fleuron cornerpieces; raised bands spine with vertical gilt titling inside a curling gilt frame; TAUPE MOROCCO DOUBLURES with large onlaid dark brown arabesque centerpiece framed by russet and citron borders onlaid with 30 roses vellum endleaves printed with red single-ruled frame and turnip cornerpieces all edges gilt. In tan linen chemise in slightly worn matching slipcase backed with reddish-brown morocco raised bands gilt lettering and decoration. HANDSOMELY ILLUMINATED on every leaf by Nestore Leoni signed on limitations and title pages. ◆Design of doublure faintly offset to vellum endleaves the usual naturally occurring variations in the color of the vellum but QUITE A FINE COPY the binding lustrous and unworn and the leaves fresh and bright with rich colors and shining gold.<br /><br />This unusual "St. Dunstan Edition" was part of a beautiful series of famous literary works produced around the turn of the century in very strictly limited and particularly luxurious printings. Each "Dunstan" volume was printed on vellum with every page illuminated by hand in a unique way and put into a binding of striking design executed by Trautz-Bauzonnet one of the premier French binders of the period. The culmination and presumably the termination of this series came with the St. Dunstan edition of the complete works of Dickens 1902-03 projected to contain 130 large folio volumes produced in an edition of 15 illuminated as above—an undertaking that was surely the most ambitious in the history of modern fine printing. Five volumes only comprising most of "Pickwick" were produced before the grandeur of the project overwhelmed its sponsors. The style of the illumination here evokes Medieval manuscripts with generous use of curling acanthus leaves in soft shades of rose pink lavender slate blue and moss green swirling about brushed gilt initials. The limitations and title pages feature partial borders one employing a pattern of green and gray floral tiles the other using intricate strapwork extensions. "Epithalamion" is an ode written by Edmund Spenser d. 1599 to his bride Elizabeth Boyle on their wedding day in 1594. Day describes it as "the most beautiful nuptial poem in English and perhaps in any language." The St. Dunstan books are not common and can be difficult to find in fine shape. The present volume has been very well protected from sun dust and shelfwear by its chemise and slipcase.</p> George D. Sproul
Bookseller reference : ST19437
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(VELLUM PRINTING). (KELMSCOTT PRESS). MORRIS, WILLIAM
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE: A LECTURE FOR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION SOCIETY
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press 1893. ONE OF 45 COPIES ON VELLUM and 1500 on paper. FIRST STATE with "Van Eyk" instead of "Van Eyck. 150 x 105 mm. 5 7/8 x 4 1/8". 1 p.l. 68 pp. <br/> 20th century black coarse-grain morocco gilt lettering on upper cover done to match that printed on publisher's boards vellum endleaves edges untrimmed and UNOPENED. Housed in later slipcase of marbled paper and black buckram. Woodcut initials and small woodcut decorations in the text. Headlines and sidenotes printed in red. Front flyleaf with ink inscription: "To Jo Knight / All good wishes for / 1898 from / Henry Arthur." Peterson A18; Sparling 18; Cockerell 18; Forman 146; Tomkinson p. 112. Naturally occurring variation in grain on vellum of final page but AN OUTSTANDING COPY entirely clean bright and obviously unread in an unworn binding with none of the bowing or splaying that so frequently affects the covers of vellum copies.<br/> <br/> This is a copy in the very rare first state of a Kelmscott Press book in the especially desirable luxury edition printed on vellum. To demonstrate the craft of hand-printing Morris and the Kelmscott printers set up their Albion press at the 1893 Arts and Crafts Exhibition held in the New Gallery to produce copies of a lecture Morris gave to the Crafts Exhibition Society in 1889. According to Sparling it "was printed in public under the eyes of an interested and constantly renewed crowd whose presence imposed a severe strain upon the pressman." Sydney Cockerell noted that it was Kelmscott's first book printed in sextodecimo it is 150 mm. tall and its four-line initials by Morris were used here for the first time. The earliest printings of this volume have a misspelling that was corrected during production: "Van Eyk" was amended to "Van Eyck." According to the usually very reliable Peterson all vellum copies were in the second state but Morris' own copy sold as "possibly unique" and at least one other copy we have seen are in the first state. We were unable to identify the Henry Arthur who presented this copy to a friend as a New Year's gift in 1898 but we know that Henry was not ungenerous. Vellum copies at the Exhibition were sold for 10 shillings paper copies for two shillings and after the exhibition the price rose to 15 shillings. The paper and vellum copies produced at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition were put in the usual Kelmscott Press bindings of holland-backed blue paper boards with the title printed on the upper cover. Our copy has been rebound in black morocco probably before the mid-20th century and judging from the presence of an acute accent above the "e" in "lecture" the binding was likely done in France. It is only goatskin and lettering but the morocco is of a high quality and any sturdy pleasing leather binding can be seen as a desirable alternative to the original very fragile and easily soiled holland-backed paper boards. All vellum copies of this work are scarce at auction: since 1976 we could trace just two other such copies sold. The extraordinarily fine unread condition here makes this copy especially attractive. Kelmscott Press unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20121
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(VELLUM PRINTING). (BINDINGS - MODELLED). A HAND-PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK ON VELLUM IN FRENCH
ORDINAIRE DE LA SAINTE MESSE. with CÉRÉMONIES DU MARIAGE. and PRIÈRES POUR LA COMMUNION
Paris: Bouasse-Lebel et Marrin ca. 1909. 188 x 140 mm. 7 3/8 x 5 1/2". 72 pp.; 1 leaf miniature; XXXII pp. <br/> Tasteful contemporary olive green crushed morocco each cover WITH A CENTRAL RECESSED PANEL OF MODELLED AND PAINTED LEATHER that on the upper cover with a portrait of the Virgin Mary within an arched frame of acanthus leaves that on the lower cover with the coat of arms of the Deburghgraeve family. With text and decorations lithographed featuring decorative borders and initials throughout those on 55 pages COLORED AND ILLUMINATED BY HAND many of these in a Medieval or Renaissance style others with Japanese or Greek motifs with a small hand-painted miniature of the Crucifixion against a golden sky and WITH A FULL-PAGE HAND-PAINTED MINIATURE showing the Flight into Egypt within a decorative border featuring vignettes of a peasant gathering wood and a knight in armor praying. With a hand-painted ribbon bookmark "Souvenir de ma 1ère Communion" dated 6 June 1909; carbon copy of a poem "A la Memoire de ma tres chere et regrettee cousine Mathilde Deburghgraeve-Canal" by Lucy Salze-Bouchet dated February 1945 this with short curving tear into one margin. Just the most trivial signs of wear but A VERY FINE COPY the vellum leaves quite clean and very bright with shining decorations and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> Luxuriously lithographed on vellum handsomely bound and illuminated and painted by hand in vibrant colors this charming prayer book was obviously treasured by its owners--the first of whom may have been a young lady who received it on the occasion of her First Communion. The text and decorations here have been reproduced lithographically from a manuscript of the period being printed apparently by Bouasse-Lebel et Massin--a company specializing in devotional prints and books. The firm's name appears in very small letters at various places in the volume. Each leaf contains a different border design inspired by Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts as well as artwork from around the world in a pleasing pastiche of Western Egyptian Japanese Indian and Grecian motifs. Many of the borders have been hand-colored and present an array of distinct palettes usually richly hued which adds greatly to the book's appeal and the viewer's sense of discovery from page to page. The bespoke binding featuring the Madonna in profile beautifully modelled in leather adds another element of luxury to the book. The coat of arms suggests that it was made for a member of the Deburghgraeve family and the laid-in poem suggests that it remained with them through the death of the family's matriarch Mathilde Deburghgraeve-Canal in 1944. We know that Mathilde had three daughters all born around the turn of the century; based on the presence of a bookmark commemorating a First Communion in 1909 it is likely that the original recipient was among these three young ladies. Bouasse-Lebel was established in 1845 by Eulalie Bouasse-Lebel 1809-98 as a means of supporting herself and her children following the dissolution of her marriage. Though founded under difficult circumstances Bouasse-Lebel became a very successful enterprise and even earned a papal commendation in 1871 for consistently excellent work. The company was highly regarded for the quality and delicacy of their productions of which the present work is a choice example. Although individual religious cards printed by Bouasse-Lebel show up fairly frequently far scarcer are complete books in the estimable condition seen here--particularly those with the kind of deluxe upgrades that make this particular item so desirable. Bouasse-Lebel et Marrin unknown
Bookseller reference : ST16339
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(VELLUM PRINTING). BERNIS, FRANCOIS-JOACHIM DE PIERRES, CARDINAL
POÉSIES DIVERSES DU CARDINALE DE BERNIS
Paris: A. Quantin 1882. UNIQUE COPY ON VELLUM printed for M. A. Werlé. 206 x 140 mm. 8 1/8 x 5 1/2". xxxii 247 pp. 1 leaf colophon.With a bio-bibliographical notice by Fernand Drujon. <br/> Pleasing burgundy Jansenist crushed morocco by Canape et Corriez stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in dated 1930 on rear turn-in raised bands turn-ins richly gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt on the rough. Decorative head- and tail-pieces throughout and eight engraved plates comprised of a frontispiece portrait in four states one on vellum three on paper and an allegorical vignette also in four states. Verso of front free endpaper with ex-libris of Jean Furstenberg. ◆Two small dark spots to upper cover a couple of leaves with naturally occurring minor discoloration to vellum but A FINE COPY--especially clean fresh and bright internally and in a lustrous unworn binding.<br/> <br/> Given its illustrious provenance and its singular status as the only copy printed on vellum this is a quintessentially bibliophilic copy of the poems of French cleric and diplomat Cardinal François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis 1715-94. Admired as a witty epigrammist at the court of Louis XV where Madame de Pompadour presided Bernis composed poems on such conventional themes as love and the natural world but also verses contemplating manners and mores fashion independence and love of country. Since none of his poems was published before his death he was not widely known as a poet during his lifetime but in another sphere he performed important service to his country as France's ambassador to Rome. He provided shelter and succour there for refugees from the French Revolution earning the papal epithet "Protector of the Church of France." The present work was printed for Count Alfred Werlé whose father had inherited the Veuve Clicquot Champagne house from the Widow Clicquot. Alfred took over the operation in 1884 and greatly expanded the Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin vineyards. The volume subsequently passed into the library of the great collector Jean or Hans Furstenberg 1890-1982 who put together one of the finest collections of 18th century books ever assembled. In 1974 the Furstenberg collection was sold en bloc to Dr. Otto Schäfer whose marvelous library had already become distinguished for its fine and historic bindings. A. Quantin unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12705
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(VELLUM PRINTING). SZYK, ARTHUR, Illustrator
THE HAGGADAH
London: Beaconsfield Press 1939. No. 72 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND THE EDITOR for sale in the British Empire. 292 x 248 mm. 11 1/2 x 9 3/4". xxvi pp. 46 leaves all leaves French fold. Edited by Cecil Roth. <br/> Elegant original blue crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed on front turn-in covers with gilt French fillet border and large intricate central figure designed by Szyk of a patriarch holding a goblet and book raised bands spine gilt in double ruled compartments with ornate crown centerpiece gilt titling turn-ins with double gilt-ruled and scalloped border surrounding an illustrated silk doublure featuring a Szyk portrait of Moses with the Ten Commandments done in shades of gray within a frame of elaborate design. In an excellent velvet-lined box of blue half morocco over lighter blue cloth upper cover with central lion's head in gilt on blue morocco spine like that of the book. WITH 14 FULL-PAGE AND 32 SMALLER COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF DESIGNS BY SZYK. English translation printed in black commentary printed in red. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "To Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Brachman / very cordially / Arthur Szyk / New York. April 1945." Very faint naturally occurring variations in the grain of the vellum otherwise a pristine copy.<br/> <br/> With an important Holocaust-related authorial inscription this is a very fine copy of what the London Times described as "a book worthy to be placed among the most beautiful of books that the hand of man has produced." Arthur Szyk 1894-1951 a Polish Jew is considered by scholars to be the greatest 20th century illuminator. Using the style of the Medieval illuminated manuscript artists he has here created a Haggadah for Passover that is at once a beautiful book of devotion a political protest against the rise of Nazism and a plea for England's help for the Jews of Europe. By 1939 Szyk's anti-Nazi cartoons had caused Hitler to put a price on his head forcing him to flee to England. His original illustrations for his "Haggadah" featuring the villains of the Exodus with the heads of Hitler Goebbels and other leading Nazis had to be toned down before publication. All 46 pages of the Hebrew text are illustrated with scenes from the Passover story as well as vignettes of Jewish life in modern Europe—sometimes Szyk mixes the two to great effect. Perhaps the most moving illustration in the book is the elaborately illustrated dedication to King George VI of England appealing for his mercy to European Jews. The great symbols of the British Empire—the lion and unicorn St. George defeating the dragon—surround Szyk's plea to the king: "At the feet of your most gracious majesty I humbly lay these works of my hands shewing forth the affliction of my people Israel." In the lower right corner of the painting we see Jewish refugees beside one of the ships which were usually turned away from British shores while Szyk depicts himself leaning against the painting his brush and easel in hand. The text here is enriched by the historical introduction and the commentary contributed by Cecil Roth 1899-1970 the preeminent British expert on Jewish history. This crowning achievement of Szyk's life was four years in the making and has proved to be an enduring treasure. Szyk presented this copy to Texas oilfield supply magnate Solomon "Sol" Brachman 1896-1974 and his wife Etta. The son of a Latvian Jew Brachman was the founding president of the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth in 1936 and helped arrange an emergency $100000 bank loan for Israel on the eve of statehood in 1948. His wife who served as president of the National Council of Jewish Women was known as "the mother of Hadassah." Szyk's 1945 inscription was no doubt especially meaningful to this devout family whose Latvian relatives were among the 90 percent of that country's Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Beaconsfield Press unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20331
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(VELLUM PRINTING). (BINDINGS - RAMAGE). SCOTT, ALEXANDER
THE POEMS OF ALEXANDER SCOTT
Glasgow: Printed by Robert Anderson for Private Circulation 1882. ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES. 195 x 122 mm. 7 3/4 x 4 7/8". 1 p.l. x 103 1 pp.From George Bannatyne's manuscript compiled A.D. 1568. <br/> BEAUTIFUL CITRON CRUSHED MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT BY RAMAGE stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with six concentric frames--intricate filigree roll pointillé-tooled floral vine and alternating small ornaments--enclosing a central panel with cornerpieces semé with rows of fleurs-de-lys large oval medallion at center radiating ornate fleurons raised bands spine compartments with large central medallion containing a vase of flowers delicate tooling in corners gilt titling turn-ins framed by filigree roll and alternating small ornaments brown and tan silk jacquard endleaves patterned in a Medieval motif top edge gilt. Printer's device on title page decorative woodcut initials and headpieces. Spines evenly sunned to a warm honey brown corners lightly rubbed short faint scratch to lower board but the binding virtually unworn and happily free of the splaying that plagues vellum books. Leaves lightly rumpled but A VERY FINE COPY the vellum leaves creamy clean and bright and the binding glittering with gold.<br/> <br/> Printed on luxurious vellum and limited to just 50 copies presumably for private circulation among friends of the printer this is a lovely edition of 16th century poems by a mysterious author believed to have been a poet and musician associated with the court of Mary Queen of Scots. This work contains all 36 extant poems attributed to Scott ca. 1520-82/3 including what is considered to be his most historically important work "Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary" 1562 written in support of the young Scottish queen caught between Catholic and Protestant agendas. His other poems consist largely of lyric verses on love and sexuality which DNB describes as possessing "exceptional metrical variety and vernacular directness" with "a musician's ear for rhythm and melody." Scott's poems are known to us via the Bannatyne manuscript now held in the National Library of Scotland which ranks among the most important documents of Scottish Medieval literature. Written by George Bannatyne in 1568 during a period of confinement due to an outbreak of plague it contains a mixture of both secular and religious material including the sole extant copies of several texts. In the preface to the present work the publisher notes that Scott's poetry has been faithfully reproduced from that manuscript and thus "for the first time accurately printed." Very little is known regarding the life of Alexander Scott but he seems to have been attached to the court of Mary Stuart through John Erskine a guardian and counselor to the queen. Given the very limited number of copies made it is not surprising that this work is extremely rare on the market. Printed [by Robert Anderson] for Private Circulation unknown
Bookseller reference : ST16453
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(VELLUM PRINTING). (SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS). HOMER
THE WHOLE WORKS OF HOMER; PRINCE OF POETTS IN HIS ILIADS AND ODYSSES
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press 1930-31. No. 3 OF 10 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM from a total edition of 460. 292 x 203 mm. 11 1/2 x 8". Five volumes. Translated from the Greek by George Chapman. <br/> Publisher's limp vellum yapp edges red silk ties. IN THE ORIGINAL just slightly worn MOROCCO-BACKED SOLANDER BOXES with title label on spine. With 52 wood engravings by John Farleigh comprised of two frontispieces woodcut-framed title pages to volumes I and V and 48 full-page cuts. Ransom p. 17; Franklin p. 236; Horne p. 185. Lacking one tie half a dozen leaves with naturally occurring variations of color and grain in the vellum but A LOVELY SET quite clean fresh and bright inside and out.<br/> <br/> This is the glorious vellum printing of a major modern fine press edition of Homer with illustrations by one of the most popular woodcut artists of the period. It is one of the most beautiful modern books we have ever offered for sale. The text here is Chapman's Homer which Day calls "the greatest verse translation of the Renaissance" and perhaps "the greatest English translation of Homer." George Chapman 1559/60-1634 made his name as a poet and playwright before turning to translating classical literature. His was the first English translation of Homer to be done directly from the Greek and it remained the standard translation until Pope's 18th century version. Chapman enjoyed a renewed popularity among 19th century poets: Keats composed a much-quoted sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" which begins "Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold"; and Swinburne said "No praise can be too warm or high for the power the freshness the indefatigable strength and inextinguishable fire which animate this exalted work." Wood engraver painter illustrator writer and teacher John Farleigh 1900-65 had a style perfectly suited to an edition of Homer. In "A History of British Wood Engraving" Albert Garrett writes that "in terms of modern engraving John Farleigh understood the purity of Greek engraving and largely formed his style upon the few known examples. Like the Greek engraver he also understood the human form and could express it." He was one of the major engravers of the new British School which focused on broadening the medium's range of expression and techniques. The creamy vellum comprising the text here provides the perfect medium for displaying these woodcuts to best advantage. Given its strictly limited print run of 10 this special edition is not surprisingly seen only rarely in the market. We were able to trace just three copies sold at auction: one in 1967 the present copy in 1971 and a third copy sold both in 2009 and 2019. Shakespeare Head Press unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20223
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Arrest... portant règlement sur le fait de la Librairie et Imprimerie. Du 28 Janvier 1727.
Aix, David, 1727. 4 pp. in 4° déreliées.
Bookseller reference : 442
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Partition de la chanson : Zwart po wit <h1 class="book-title"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="">Usine royale d'impression du livre et de la pierre, de la reliure de livres et des établissements d'impression légère de Corns. </span><span class="">Immig et fils</span></span></h1>
Partitions sur l'imprimerie , journaux et livres 1906
Bookseller reference : 96443
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- Debombourg Georges.
- Atlas du département actuel du Rhône publié sous l'administration de Monsieur le Sénateur Vaïsse.
- Lyon, Imprimerie de Louis Perrin 1862 - Grand In Folio, reliure demi-cuir contemporaine , non paginé - 66 feuilles , XLI exemplaire intégralement assemblé sur onglet et légendé recto verso- Index, Table. Excellent exemplaire, frottements d'usage - l'ensemble de la pagination exempt de rousseurs.
Bookseller reference : 11840
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--De l'imprimerie d'Honoré de BALZAC dans une reliure de Marius Michel--[LOEVE-VEIMARS (François-Adolphe) - VANDERBURGH (Emile) - ROMIEU (Auguste)] - CHAMILLY (Vicomtesse de).
Scènes contemporaines laissées par Madame la Vicomtesse de Chamilly.
1828 P., Urbain Canel, 1828, 1 vol. in-8° (208 x 125 mm) reliure plein maroquin cerise, dos à 5 nerfs, titre et date dorés, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, jeu de 6 feilets dorés en encadrement des doublures (MARIUS MICHEL), de ((2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - XVIII pp. (Avertissement de l'éditeur) - 334 pp. - (1) f. (table).Mors légèrement frottés, rares rousseurs, très bel exemplaire dans une belle reliure janséniste de Marius Michel par ailleurs.
Bookseller reference : 13527
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1814 BIBLE PRINTING
George 3rd : An Act to remove Doubts as to the Allowance of Drawbacks upon Bibles and Books of Prayer to the King's Printers under an Act passed in the 34th Year of George 3rd. 23rd July 1814
London 1814. First Edition. Very Good Condition. A single leaf printed on both sides. This act removed confusion regarding whether printers were exempt from some taxes. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PICTURE OF THIS ITEM TO SHOW YOU MORE DETAILS. Size: 18.5 x 29 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Ephemera; Special Features. Inventory No: 367027. unknown
Bookseller reference : 367027
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1870-1950 NSW. Government Printing Office Collection N. S.
Priceless pictures from the remarkable NSW Government Printing Office
Very Good. Book is in great condition. The only apparent flaw is minor age spotting to the top edge. Overall a very good used copy. unknown
Bookseller reference : UT52-05-09-2022-MO**** ISBN : 0724087230 9780724087235
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1st printing normal box
beautiful book story <Japanese Version>
Nanke Book Office 1983. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Nanke Book Office paperback
Bookseller reference : 2111902156100332
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2007 U. S. Government Printing Office Regulations
Code of Federal
Fair. Acceptable has notes in highlighter some pages with heavy highlights some notes on back cover light edge strains tracking provided. unknown
Bookseller reference : u3-9-8-16- ISBN : 0160787750 9780160787751
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20th Century Bookselling History Books Printing Illustration
The Bookman Christmas Double Number December 1913 No. 267 Vol. XLV
London England: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. xxxv advertisement sections about evenly divided between front and back of the publication 24 page Hodder & Stoughton catalog pages 131 - 194 1- 237 of the Christmas Supplement with iii pages of useful index to the supplement at back. Some color printing including tipped-on plates and black and white illustrations throughout examples of various noted illustrators of the time publishers announcements and catalogs including a couple of tipped-in examples. This does not contain the additional 'Portfolio' section of this special issue. Approx. 9" x 13" size; cover illustrated with tipped-on portrait of J.M. Barrie printed on beige hessian-paper combined softcovers. Some wear soiling to binding spine wrinkly. Contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Hodder & Stoughton paperback books
Bookseller reference : 25501
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20th Century Bookselling History Books Printing Illustration
The Bookman Christmas Double Number December 1914 No. 279 Vol. XLV II
London England: Hodder & Stoughton 1914. xxii advertisement sections about evenly divided between front and back of the publication 21 page Hodder & Stoughton catalog including 4 pages on browned paper 'war publications' pages 61 - 112 1- 157 of the Christmas Supplement. Some color printing including tipped-on plates and with black and white illustrations throughout examples of various noted illustrators of the time publishers' announcements and catalogs. This does not contain the additional separate 'Portfolio' section of this special issue. Approx. 9" x 13" size; cover illustrated with tipped-on color plate "The Glory of Belgium" by Bruckman; printed on beige hessian-paper combined softcovers. Some wear soiling to binding old faint discoloration bottom edge cover illustration chipped worn. Contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Hodder & Stoughton paperback books
Bookseller reference : 25502
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2nd printing Cover slightly soiled Obi book is slightly soiled Text is good
Anzu Toshikazu Poetry Book Flipping Memories
Sada Nisenen Edit Studio Noah 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Sada Nisenen Edit Studio Noah paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114601495
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2nd printing, box slightly discolored, book cover, book is good
Hirotsu Unzen Calligraphy Collection of Modern Japanese Calligraphy
Fixed 2800 Yen Shogakusho 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Fixed 2800 Yen Shogakusho paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114600321
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2nd printing, discoloration on the spine, book top and bottom edges soiled, text above average, monthly report
Kyu Juran Complete Works Volume 1
Fixed 1500 Yen Sanichi Shobo 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Fixed 1,500 Yen Sanichi Shobo paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114601184
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2nd printing, box slightly discolored, book slightly discolored, others in average condition
Nishikoku Uki Calligraphy Compilation of Modern Japanese Calligraphy
2800 Yen 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 2800 Yen paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114600833
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2nd printing, cover slightly discolored, book is average, paperback version
Rakugo Bunko 6 Flower Roll Shibahama and others
Kodansha fixed price 220 yen 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kodansha fixed price 220 yen paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114606063
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2nd printing, box soiled, cover slightly discolored, book is in good condition
Restoration Colored Book of Kansen Kokinshu by Den Fujiwara Yukinari
Calligraphy Bunka Shinsha 25000 Yen 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Calligraphy Bunka Shinsha 25,000 Yen paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114600279
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2nd printing Slight discoloration on the box Obi Slight discoloration on top edge, other parts are good
Toraomi Hirakawa Works
Fixed 2900 Yen Musashino Shobo 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Fixed 2900 Yen Musashino Shobo paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114609677
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2nd printing, box spine soiled, top and bottom edges lightly discolored, Bumiyoshi
Works of Tsuneichi Miyamoto 9 Folk Calendar
Future company fixed 680 yen 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Future company fixed 680 yen paperback
Bookseller reference : 2082702114600234
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