2017ref. 142251Cheongju Early Printing Museum 2017. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only no tears. Brown paper over boards with silver and black lettering. 166 pages. Jikji is the world's oldest metal-printed material available today developed in a small temple named Heungdeoksa Temple 80 years earlier than the printing of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. This book includes the book Jikji seeeking truth from the pioneer of Buddhism Keywords: Korean History Buddhism Monk Baefun Hwasang Goryeo Dynasty Metal Type Woodblocks Aen Buddha Printing History of Gutenberg Bible Cheongju Early Printing Museum hardcover
ref. 7007Printed heading Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies followed by in MS Secrétariat Général / Bureau des Lois et Impressions. Manuscript One page folio good condition text as follows: le 21 Juillet 1817 ecrit a Mr. Moncatree/ et au Directr. Gnl. de l'Imprimerie ordonnance Par décision de son Excellence du 15 Juillet 1817 Il serra payé sur les fonds de la Caisse des Invalides a Mr Anisson Duperron directeu de l'Imprimerie Royale pour fournitures d'Imprimés faites pendant les mois d'avril et de mai 1817. / Savoir: . . ." There follows a simple table giving the figures for April 1787.63 and May 4447.14 and the total. [Printed heading] Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies [followed by, in MS] Secrétariat Général / Bureau des Lois et Impres unknown
ref. 6645The secretarial letter: Macon 28 February 1914. Protat's letter: Macon 3 March 1914. Both on letterhead of the Imprimerie Protat Frères. Both items 12mo 1 p. Both in good condition. The secretarial letter docketed in purple 'Repondre le 1r mars 1914': The 'cliché Durocher' which appeared 'dans le No d'Avril 1913 page 62 et qui doit passer aussi dans le Dictionnaire des ex-libris français Wiggishof . a été designé par M. du Roure de Paulin'. Protat's letter: 'Le cliché Durocher était bien à l'imprimerie nous l'avons retrouvé. Il n'était pas à la place qu'indiquait le registre.' He apologises for having 'inutilement derangé' Martin The secretarial letter: Macon, 28 February 1914. Protat's letter: Macon, 3 March 1914. Both on letterhead of the Imprimerie Prot unknown
2001ref. 001804London: Faber 2001 2001 Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition First Impression. Signed by Author. RARE! Only 800 hardback first editions exist of this British true first. It's like owning a limited edition. Signed on the title page this is an unread copy of a superb novel. Very collectable indeed. Safely stored in a low light book room. Jacket perfect and protected. This has to be the best copy for sale any where. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. London: Faber, 2001 hardcover
1996ref. 001361London: Penguin Viking 1996 1996 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition First Impression. Signed by Author. A wonderful writer and a superb book made collectable by the writer's signature on the title page. Book is clean and tight the binding has a lean to it the jacket is unclipped and protected and has a sticker for the memorable BBC R4 serialisation. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. London: Penguin Viking, 1996 hardcover
2014ref. ABE-15014632117U.S.A.: Penguin Books 2014 Penguin Drop Caps have been developed in the USA for Penguin and the result is stunning. Created by Penguin's Paul Buckley and illustrated by Jessica Hische this series of 26 rainbow-hued hardcover editions features literature's finest treasures. An edition for each letter of the alphabet the series is seriously collectible. These first printings are already RARE and are being sought after. Each letter is represented by one revered writer. This one is X for Xinran and the selected book is 'Sky Burial'. Each unique book is in startling bright livery which extends to the text edges. In this volume the cover is a powerful cerise and the edges are in a dark tone of this colour. The large initial on the front is highly individual. Splendid idea beautifully designed and a dream for collectors. FIRST PRINTINGS LIKE THIS ARE LONG SOLD OUT. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Illus. by Hische Jessica. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. U.S.A.: Penguin Books hardcover
2003LIMITED EDITION OF 32 COPIES SIGNED BY POET AND ARTIST! RARE poetry book by the acclaimed Israeli poet Israel Eliraz (1936-2016), winner of the Bialik Prize (2008), the Brenner Prize (2013), the ACUM lifetime achievement award (2003), the Nathan Alterman Award (2002), the Jerusalem Foundation-Jerusalem Municipality's Belles-Lettres Award (1992 and 1999), the Israeli Council of Culture and Art Award (1963 and 1965), the Ministry of Culture and Sport Award (2009), and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Creative Work (1994, 2008, and 2009). The illustrations and art works which accompany this de-luxe publication are by an eminent Swiss painter and graphic artist Catherine Bolle (b.1956). This copy is marked C (5 exemplaires réservés à l'auteur, lettré A à E) and contains aquarelle illustrations and a large fold-out color print on cloth. Le présent portfolio composé en Bodoni Antiqua de corps 12 a été achevé d'imprimer le 24 mars 2003 par Jo Cocconi, m+h à Chéne-Bourg sur papier BFK Rives 250g et pour la reilure, Jacques Ménétrey à Lausanne. 245x170mm. 10 unbound double sheets with softcover laid in both an illustrated grey cloth folder and illustrated grey cloth slipcase. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare de-luxe limited edition of poems by an influential 20th-century Israeli poet, lavishly illustrated by an acclaimed Swiss artist, is in very good condition.
2003LIMITED EDITION OF 32 COPIES SIGNED BY POET AND ARTIST! RARE poetry book by the acclaimed Israeli poet Israel Eliraz (1936-2016), winner of the Bialik Prize (2008), the Brenner Prize (2013), the ACUM lifetime achievement award (2003), the Nathan Alterman Award (2002), the Jerusalem Foundation-Jerusalem Municipality's Belles-Lettres Award (1992 and 1999), the Israeli Council of Culture and Art Award (1963 and 1965), the Ministry of Culture and Sport Award (2009), and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Creative Work (1994, 2008, and 2009). The illustrations and art works which accompany this de-luxe publication are by an eminent Swiss painter and graphic artist Catherine Bolle (b.1956). This copy is marked E (5 exemplaires réservés à l'auteur, lettrés A à E) and contains many illustrations and a large fold-out color print on cloth. Le présent portfolio composé en Bodoni Antiqua de corps 12 a été achevé d'imprimer le 22 avril 2003 par Jo Cocconi, m+h à Chéne-Bourg sur papier BFK Rives 250g et pour la reilure, Jacques Ménétrey à Lausanne. 245x170mm. 10 unbound double sheets with softcover laid in both an illustrated grey cloth folder and illustrated grey cloth slipcase. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare de-luxe limited edition of poems by an influential 20th-century Israeli poet, lavishly illustrated by an acclaimed Swiss artist, is in very good condition.
RARE HEBREW facsimile edition of an early printing of R. David Kimhi's extensive commentary on the Psalms. This edition lacks a title page or any sort of non-facsimile pages. 295x230mm. Unpaginated. Grey quarter-cloth Hardcover. Hebrew lettering on spine. Cover and spine slightly stained. Cover corners bumped and peeling. Binding loose and visible between endpaper and whitepages. Pages yellowing and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This rare facsimile edition of a canonical Jewish exegetic text is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
192578 pages of text followed by plate section with 103 photographs. Some foxing to fore-edge on front cover with soiling to edges too. A few stains on front pastedown.
ref. 10-37985Times Printing Company. Paperback. Good. Good condition with light markings to inner cover due to age. Times Printing Company paperback
ref. 1641434686.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2004ref. 1001527NEW ~ Splendidly illustrated collection of scholarly essays on Mexico's first publishing house and the first in the Americas. Presentacion: Luis Mier y Teran Casanueva. Essays cover the consequences of the invention of printing; the importation production censoring and circulation of books in New Spain; women and typography in New Spain; publishing and intellectual life in the 19thC; Carolina Amore de Fournier; the history and architecture of the building; and more. Illustrations bibliography author biographies. 207pp. Edition of 1000. In Spanish. Price and Alla stamp on front end paper. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days. UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA hardcover
1928ref. 02005Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1928. 1st Edition . Hard Cover NOT XLIB. NEAR FINE-dampstain Bottom Sp. 8vo. There Is A Dampstain On The Cover Near Spine Bottom. Gold Lettering On Navy Blue Cloth Still Bright. Traces Of Mold On Inside Covers Only. 77 Pp. Maps Never Been Unfolded! Government Printing Office hardcover
1981ref. biblio82Contains a Christmas greeting by Strom Thurmond. A bookplate-type inscription was inserted into this book: Typed "Nancy and the children and I feel this book is informative and entertaining. We hope you will enjoy it. With kindest regards and Greetings of the Season. Signed Strom Thurmond". U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
ref. 1636714021.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Fourth edition, small 8vo (164 x 113mm), 56pp., orig. cloth-backed boards, printed label on upper cover. Not in Darlow and Moule.
First edition, small 4to, 44pp., from the library of Lt. Col. William Allen Potter, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, with several alterations or additions, orig. wrappers bound-in, cont. calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. A rare work on the history of printing in Nottinghamshire and rarely found in commerce.
First Edition, 4 parts in one, lxiv, 274pp., limited to 275 copies, this is 1 of 250 on small paper, with the title-pages to the original parts and an 8pp., `Hand-List of Books Printed at Aberdeen Printers 1620-1736' bound in at end, orig. quarter calf, head of spine chipped, uncut, t.e.g. The majority of the book (274pp.,) is a list of works published in Aberdeen or by Aberdeen printers, most of them being described in great detail, the other 64pp., are historical notes about the printers.
First Edition, 4to, xiv, [ii], 208pp., a very good ex-library, frontis., 3 plates, 61 facsimiles of woodcuts, devices etc., orig. buckram, gilt, head and tail of spine slightly frayed, corners rubbed, uncut.
Small 8vo, [8], 200pp., folding engraved map and 4 text woodcuts, orig. cloth, lacks portion of spine. An uncommon early edition (the first under this title) of a successful guide book. Edition not stated, the 2-page preface dated from Douglas, June, 1847.
21 numbers [all published], 12mo, stain on blank margin of I2, a few other scattered spots in the text, vi, [1], 4-248 pp., contemporary half calf, lacks spine. The Glasgow University and National Library of Scotland copies only on Copac.
Large 8vo, xiv, [2], 312pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cont. quarter morocco, spine gilt a little rubbed, 643 items. An incredible array of early printing from some of the major libraries of the time. "The aim of this catalogue is to give examples of the work of Typography during the first fifty years of its existence in the various countries into which it was introduced during the fifteenth century." ? Preface.
2 Parts, 4to, 420;396pp., one of 800 copies, 168 illustrs., (28 coloured), orig. cloth, gilt, slip-case. "The Sch?fer Library is one of the largest and finest private collections in Europe!... a great catalogue of a great collection... an essential tool for any incunabulist and for students of early illustrated books..." - from a review.
ref. 64487, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 309 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:21 b/w, 17 col., 4 tables b/w., 1 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503585994.
