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1878ref. 13937On board the U.S.S. Trenton European Station. ca.1878-1881. Pamphlets Printed Aboard American Naval Vessels A curious pair of imprints printed on a U.S. Navy shipboard press sometime not long after the Civil War. The first the INSPECTION. pamphlet describes what an inspector should look for and contains the colophon "From the Press of U.S. Flagship Trenton European Station." The second pamphlet which describes the equipment to be carried on boats contains no colophon but is identical to the first in style and makeup and was found with the first pamphlet so it seems reasonable to assume that it is a product of the same press. Two pamphlets. 12; 16pp. 12mo. Fastened with bronze tack. Slight staining else good. unknown
1878ref. 13937On board the U.S.S. Trenton European Station. ca.1878-1881. Pamphlets Printed Aboard American Naval Vessels A curious pair of imprints printed on a U.S. Navy shipboard press sometime not long after the Civil War. The first the INSPECTION. pamphlet describes what an inspector should look for and contains the colophon "From the Press of U.S. Flagship Trenton European Station." The second pamphlet which describes the equipment to be carried on boats contains no colophon but is identical to the first in style and makeup and was found with the first pamphlet so it seems reasonable to assume that it is a product of the same press. Two pamphlets. 12; 16pp. 12mo. Fastened with bronze tack. Slight staining else good. unknown books
1927ref. 64100Chicago IL: American Photo-Engravers Association 1927. Tall thick 4to. 9.5 x 12.5 x 3 in. 488 pp. With 100’s of colour plates colour printing samples sample pages sample papers black & white photogravures and more. Victorian revival publisher’s embossed simulated padded leather oilcloth binding with bald eagle in red & white on front cover t.e.g. slight rubbing very slight edgewear to head of spine still a remarkably tight NF copy of this large oversize catalogue from the library of Ursel Colin Narver 1903-1993 presented to him by West Coast Engraving Co. Portland Oregon as manager at the time and later manager of the Oregon Grange Bulletin as well as co-publisher of Better Fruit Magazine until his retirement in 1986. First edition of what many consider to be one of the best printing sample books of the Jazz Age containing hundreds of inserted samples from the best printers across the United States Canada England France and Germany. The editor begins with a lovely colour plate on tissue of the Santa Barbara Mission for John Henry Nash in San Francisco and then includes samples of printing and colour plates by Coles Phillips Thomas Webb for the fashion house Hickey-Freeman Co. a line-etching on zinc of Abraham Lincoln a stunning Stark Davis illustration of a Lincoln Motor Car Limousine a splendid ad for Miss Tokio Hosiery step-by-step illustrations of how illustrations are etched photographed blocked printed a stunning R.F. Heinrich illustration in five colors embossed colour printing for Brigdens Limited Linoleum Rugs a superb colour plate by James Daugherty for the frontispiece in Drake’s Quest and so many others. Also included are articles by James Montgomery Flagg Gilbert Grosvenor Frederick Corley Adolph Zuckor and many other luminaries of the 1920s. American Photo-Engravers Association, hardcover
1826ref. 43695Hafniæ 1826. 4to. Orig. hollanderet blåt papbd. Ryg lidt slidt forperm lidt løs. Slid ved kapitæler. XVIII2442 pp. Gl. ejernavn øverst på det kobberstukne titelblad. Indvendig helt ren. Fiske I:356. Første trykte udgave af Laxdælasagaen med oldnordisk tekst og latinsk oversættelse. unknown
1826ref. 43695Hafniæ, 1826. 4to. Orig. hollanderet blåt papbd. Ryg lidt slidt, forperm lidt løs. Slid ved kapitæler.. XVIII,(2),442 pp. Gl. ejernavn øverst på det kobberstukne titelblad. Indvendig helt ren.
First Edition, 12mo, 156pp., some light foxing, orig. half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, uncut. Bigmore & Wyman I, p.431. Lemoine was a translator and compiler for various London publishers. For some time he was also a bookseller in Bishopsgate Churchyard, in the city of London.
Folio, [viii],379,[3]pp., 66 plates, 54 illustrs., in the text, cont. blue morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed. The rare first edition in which Sorbelli provides a history of Bolognese printing from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
1974ref. 2140898Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House 1974. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen im Text und auf Tafeln sowie einer großen Faltkarte Israels. 4° (34,5 x 22,5 cm). Illustrierte Orig.-Leinenbände mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
ref. 4029FBZürich, Belser Verlag. 4°. 44 x 29,5 cm. 4 faksimilierte Blatt unter Passepartout und Halbseidenband mit goldgeprägtem Deckeltitel zusammen in geschlossenem Schuber mit Seiden- und Lederbezug und goldgeprägtem Titel. [9 Warenabbildungen]
18513 vols., sm. 8vo., with engraved portrait frontispiece and title-vignettes, small neat signature on front free endpaper of first volume, some light and inoffensive age-staining to first few leaves; original blue pebble-grain cloth, backstrips with printed paper labels (lightly browned but entirely unworn), uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. WITH THE FINE NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF HENRY WILLIAM POWNALL ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. With 4pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end at first volume. Aldine Poets, vols. 13, 14, 15 respectively. A landmark in nineteenth century typography and publishing, the Aldine Edition of the British Poets was printed for the house of Pickering by Charles Whittingham at Tooks Court. The Aldine issue of Pope was first published in 1831 (see NCBEL II, 502). 'A complete collection of our Poets, with well written Memoirs, and good readable type is a desideratum; and from the works sent forth we feel assured that the Aldine Editions will supply the want' (Athaneum). A LOVELY SET IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PERIOD BINDING.
1975ref. 1002270003Harvard University Press 1975-04. Hardcover. Like New. 2 volume set in slip case. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover and dust jacket. Ships daily. Harvard University Press hardcover
1980ref. 2080502106913954Not Available 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1937Above-average but not excessive wear externally. Top inch of backstrip missing. Presentation plate on back of half-title page else unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate soiling to contents. A sound copy of the first printing. Book
1936ref. 301031Milano, Hoepli, 1936-40. M. einigen dt., engl. u. franz. Beitr.
1999ref. 159545Hamburg, Hauswedell & Co. 1957-1999. M. zahlr. (teils farb.) Abb. OKart. Jg. 2 H. 4 Umschl. fleckig. Wenige Umschl. leicht angestaubt. Jg. 15 H. 1 u. 2 Doppelheft, sonst Einzelhefte.
ref. Arm1112Verluram 0 Petit in4, cartonnage éditeur gaufré illustré, s'ouvre en 3 volets : 1 pour les échantillons de papier (dont 1 a un dessin), le second pour les échantillons d'un papier très fin, le 3e pour les échantillons de cartons légers (ceux-ci sont présentés avec des exemples de très jolies couvertures publicitaires en couleurs et parfois gaufrées) La maison Verluram est anglaise. Rarissime catalogue des années 1900
ref. Arm1112Verluram 0 Petit in4, cartonnage éditeur gaufré illustré, s'ouvre en 3 volets : 1 pour les échantillons de papier (dont 1 a un dessin), le second pour les échantillons d'un papier très fin, le 3e pour les échantillons de cartons légers (ceux-ci sont présentés avec des exemples de très jolies couvertures publicitaires en couleurs et parfois gaufrées) La maison Verluram est anglaise. Rarissime catalogue des années 1900
ref. 103307No place no date c. 1870. Single sheet c. 115 x 75 cm red plastic/parkesine with gilt titling and gilt illustrations of a tealeaf. some very light damage to the lower margin. This extremely unusual trade card for the firm of E. Brandsma in Amsterdam dealers in tea seems to be a VERY EARLY EXAMPLE OF TRANSLUCENT PLASTIC. Alexander Parkes developed a product the first thermoplastic in the 1850's by treating cellulose with nitric acid to form a transparent and elastic material know then as Parkesine. Parkesine was patented in 1856 and unveiled at the 1862 Great Exhibition. Parkes attempted to develop it commercially but failed due to the high cost and general production difficulties. It was usually produced in rectangular plaques such as here.
1607ref. 119421607 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.
ref. 14801Troyes, veuve Oudot, 1745. In-12 de 172 pages orné d'un frontispice gravé sur bois, en vert avec les initiales B et C aux angles inférieurs indiquant qu'il a été dessiné par Bouchardon et gravé sur bois par Caylus. La page de titre en vert (avec figure) est suivie d'une 2ème page de titre datée 1739, date de la 1ère édition. Exemplaire provenant de la vente de la bibliothèque d'Emile Henriot du 19 novembre 1971. Quelques feuillets un peu roussis. Pleine basane mouchetée d'époque, filet à froid, dos à nerfs orné de caissons fleuris, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges mouchetées. Coiffe supérieure arasée, début de fente au mors inférieur avec petit manque à la coiffe.
1879ref. 11116Le Puy, Typographie J.M. Freydier, 1879 ; in-8, broché ; 47 pp., (1 bl.), couverture verte décorée, imprimée en rouge et noir ; imprimé sur beau vélin fort.
15714to. 12 unnumbered ff. With a woodcut initial. Modern boards. First edition. - A polemical piece of textual criticism directed against Nicolaus Selneccer and his interpretation of Greek works pertaining to the resurrection of Christ. The Bamberg theologian Rüdinger (1523-91) was a tutor at Joachim Camerarius's home; he later taught physics at Wittenberg, where he joined the Moravian Brethren and was evicted from Saxony as a crypto-Calvinist. - Some brownstaining; occasional underlinings by a contemporary hand. A large tear to f. A3 has been repaired by an earlier owner, resulting in the loss of a line of text. VD 16, R 3478. Cf. ADB XXIX, 470.
1875ref. 1246791875-1877 Lyon, Imprimerie d'Aimé Vingtrinier - 1875 (sur la page de titre) 1876-1877 (sur la couverture) - Fort in-4, reliure demi-toile bleu modeste, pièce de titre au dos, couverture d'origine conservée - 105 pages de gravures
(48) Bll. Pappband. Mit einigen figuralen und floralen Holzschnittinitialen. Dreiseitiger Farbschnitt. 8vo. Juristische Abhandlung der Reformationszeit über kirchliche Zeremonien, Riten und Feste. Separatabdruck aus der ebenfalls 1548 in Mainz erschienenen Gesamtausgabe der Schriften Brauns. Der württembergische Rechtsgelehrte Braun (1491-1563), langjähriger Beamter des Reichskammergerichts, trat "als Vorkämpfer der katholischen Sache auf [...] Sein Hauptziel war die Wiederherstellung der Glaubenseinheit durch Rückführung der Neugläubigen in eine von innen heraus erneuerte Kirche" (NDB II, 556). - Unbedeutend gebräunt; Buchblock nach Lage A angebrochen. VD 16, B 7199. Adams B 2959.
1831ref. 20234Paris, Le Normant Fils, novembre 1831 ; in-8 (230 x 147 mm), broché ; 16 pp., couverture orange, titre imprimé dans un encadrement ; annonce des livres à paraitre en décembre 1831 et en 1832 en page 2, catalogue en pp. 3 et 4, dans un encadrement en pp.4.