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1917ref. A38319Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good-. 1917. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book with cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The bottom spine end of the book cover has bumping and chipping. The top spine end has an edge tear and nicking. The text pages are clean and bright. There are five folded pages in clean bright condition. . Government Printing Office paperback
1934ref. 044814Istanbul: Matbuat Cemiyeti Idare Heyeti / Kanaat Kütüphanesi 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. 19 x 13 cm. In Turkish. xxxii 227 p. b/w plates. Matbuat almanagi 1934. Almanac of Turkish printing in the period of early Republican Turkey. Matbuat Cemiyeti Idare Heyeti / Kanaat Kütüphanesi hardcover
1950ref. 27891Houghton Mifflin 1950 HBDJ 1950 First Edition NOT a Weekly Reader. 1950. Hard Cover. Fine- in a NF- NOT price clipped dust jacket $2.25. dust jacket has not been price clipped and is beautiful with only a light crinkle back dj & wear to top of rear panel DJ. Minor wear tiny chips to extremities DJ. when his own grandfather was accused of starting a fire in the museum where he worked Toby set out by himself to track down the real criminal. Many strange things happened to Toby. hE DISCOVERED SOME FACTS NOT EVEN THE Police knew about as well as learning a lot about Fires Fire Fighting. learned how City Fire Dept works. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Anne Vaughan. Houghton, Mifflin, hardcover
2021ref. 90208Government Printing Office March 2021. Hardcover . Used. A square tight and unmarked copy. Government Printing Office hardcover
1994ref. 12285San Francisco: M & H Type 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. M & H Type. Narrow 4to 10 3/4" x 4 3/4" Pp. vii 119 5 for notes. With introduction and index. Illustrated with 12 photographs in b/w. Bound in moss green cloth with title and decoration stamped in black. Laid in is a letterpress broadside featuring company history and information regarding tours location etc. A handsome copy of book limited to 1000 copies with 12 photographs in b/w by San Francisco photographer Dennis Hearne interspersed throughout. M & H Type hardcover
1928ref. 1641Rochester: The Case-Hoyt Corporation 1928. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Filled with illustrations of type faces half-tone options and other offerings for compositors. Bound in black textured notebook bound with two posts printed title label mounted on front cover. A half inch closed tear to fore-edge of title page which also has the name of a former owner in ink else Fine. A scarce catalog of type specimens ornaments dingbats and related printing. One of the half-tone options utilizes Paramount movie starlet Esther Ralston whose fame faded with the talkies. Thuswe've dated this catalog to the late 1920s. The Case-Hoyt Corporation hardcover
1977ref. A29744aCanada: Lawson Printing Group 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. In Very Good Condition. Hardcover. 143 Pages With No Index No Dust Jacket As Issued.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. [Lawson Printing Group] hardcover
ref. 1164649469.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 0160955696.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0160914736.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2024ref. ABE-1790850910789London: Jonathan Cape 2024 Official signed first printing; NEW & Unread. Official SIGNED sticker on the front of the jacket. Perfect collectable hardback. 15.9x24.1x2.1 CENTIMETERS. 1st Edition. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. New/New. Jonathan Cape hardcover
2023ref. ABE-1778600426459Boydell Press 2023 Perfect new and unread first edition hardback. A brilliant and beautifully written account with superb reproductions of great paintings. 17x24.6x24 CENTIMETERS. Hardcover. New/New. Boydell Press hardcover
1984ref. ABE-1776336431963USA: FRANKLIN 1984 A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Gail Godwin in unread fine condition; Justin Stokes would never forget the summer she turned fourteen. In the little pondside hut also known as the "finishing school " eccentric free-spirited Ursula DeVane opened up a world full of magical possibilities for Justin teaching her valuable lessons of love and loyalty. But the lessons of the finishing school have their dark side as well. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. FRANKLIN SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Limited Edition. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. Fine. FRANKLIN hardcover
2010ref. ABE-1778672375112Cork University Press 2010 A first printing of these wonderful letters compiled by the great Lavinia Greacen surely the expert in all things to do with this superb writer. She has signed this copy on the title page. Very rare SIGNED and possibly the only copy on the internet. 16.87x23.57x3.56 CENTIMETERS. Signed by Authors. Soft cover. New. Cork University Press paperback
2012ref. ABE-1778594341002Cork University Press 2012 Superb NEW & UNREAD first printing. A great biography of a great writer. 3.81x15.88x23.5 CENTIMETERS. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. New/New. Cork University Press hardcover
ref. 0160958431.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1950ref. ABE-1732367137367William Heinemann London 1950 1st Edition 1950. Hardcover with price clipped but now protected DJ. Illustrated first publication of the original manuscript. FINE condition considering the age. Little wear to jacket and book no owner names not ex library. Never before published this intimate journal is a unique literary event. The journal was suppressed after Boswell's death.The author was twenty two and he records brilliantly what living in Georgian London was really like to a keen observer and brilliant recorder. This is a superior copy of the book which instantly became a best seller. The mapped end papers are also of great interest. The text block has the smart navy blue stain. A great copy of a beautiful book. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. William Heinemann London hardcover
2020ref. 11157Tacoma WA 2020. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quiet sophisticated and remarkably powerful Gabby's newest work is an exquisite blend of book art and binding. Gabby has from early in her career gone beyond her roots in design binding creating the text art and printing for several books now. Just as her design bindings push limits and explore possibilities so does her art and print work. It is a remarkable evolution. "Ralph Emerson wrote this poem "Blight" in July of 1843. He spoke out on climate change and the ways we could shift course by not blindly following others. In describing his travels to Europe while writing on life and nature Emerson said "same faces under new caps and jackets another turn of the old kaleidoscope." I took some liberties with Emerson's poem surrounding his words with photographs captured at Owen Beach in Washington state on a rainy winter day in 2019. This public beach in the middle of an urban old-growth forest will close for a year beginning in fall of 2020 to mitigate the effects of climate change and rising sea levels. Emerson's words of anger and disappointment at environmental destruction only resonate more with our current climate of melting glaciers and raging fires. As we continue to twist the kaleidoscope I remain optimistic we will find a way to rearrange these fragments and improve the view for future generations." artist statement This copy a 'making copy' adds tests of inks gouache type and design on a lot of the pages on the main book. The clamshell box includes a drawer of three separate folios of ink photo transfer and gouache. Inset into the drawer are two test covers as well more like miniature bindings of the big book. One is just the case and one has a separate small binding to test the structure. Housed in a custom box. Tight bright and unmarred. Brown textured paper boards by Hook Pottery Paper in a modified case binding letterpress printed with handset type on inkjet photo transfers silkscreen printed panels and acrylic painted Kozuke paper printing completed at Springtide Press with assistance from Jessica Spring; housed in an archival dropspine box. 4to. np. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition of 28 this being AP1. Signed by the artist. hardcover
2010ref. ABE-1717008224027Fourth Estate 2010 This is not a pristine unread copy; BUT it is a signed limited edition that escaped being pulped. One of the copies that escaped this fate! The author withdrew the copies of the very first printing because of the textual errors accidentally included. It was rumoured to be the uncorrected text that was sent out as a proof. Presumably there were a few heads that rolled at the publishers! This copy has been read and maybe placed on a sunny shelf by somebody who simply didn't care. The top and leading edges of the text block are a touch sunned and there is a bit of a lean that indicates it has been read. No names other than the author; and this is on the special tipped in limitation page. When all is said and done this is undoubtedly one of the rare copies and it is a brilliant read. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fourth Estate hardcover
2005ref. ABE-1704556316415Penguin 2005 A stunningly refreshing look at the subject of Englands legends. Clean and tight unread looking finely produced and utterly fascinating. No annotations NEW looking hardback first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Penguin hardcover
1875ref. 11070Washington DC: U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1875. Hardcover. Near fine. Small quarto unpaginated. Bound in full red crushed morocco with gilt borders edges spine title and compartments. All edges gilt. 144 engravings plus frontispiece and engraved title page. A near fine example with some small nicks to the boards and some mild scattered foxing internally. An extraordinary volume one of a small and undetermined number of these U. S. Treasury specimen books. These were printed and bound by the Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing and presented to a select few diplomats cabinet secretaries and members of Congress. The proof engravings contained within were designed for use on official US banknotes though some of the images were likely never used on actual money. At the turn of the 21st century numismatic experts had counted 47 known examples. Several more have come to auction primarily numismatic since then but they remain extremely rare in the trade. No two specimen books are exactly alike; they usually contain a number of portraits of Presidents and other notable politicians but some as in our copy contain a number of vignettes of major events and places in US history along with more abstract concepts such as "Loyalty" and "Liberty and Union." Some significant examples herein include "Reconstruction" "Valley Forge" "The Patent Office" and far too many more to list. A number of the engravings have no caption and some of these are the most alluring. For example one of the largest images depicts a Native American man sitting on a cut-down tree head in hands as though he is weeping. Before him is a modern city with dozens of billowing smokestacks. Clearly this image is meant to portray the imminent conclusion to the United States Government's closing of the frontier and final usurpations of land from Indigenous people. It almost goes without saying that each and every one of the vignettes and portraits is of the most excellent quality both in design and execution as both the artists and the printing tools were of the highest order of the day. Though undated the title page names George B. McCartree as Chief of the BEP on the title page a position he held from 1869-1876 which would approximate the date. When these books do occasionally come to auction there is much buzz. It is difficult to imagine a more interesting and treasured sort of volume for anyone who has an interest in numismatics and rare books. A rare chance to own a special volume of American printing history. U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing hardcover
1895ref. 11071n. p. but Washington: U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1895. Hardcover. Near fine. Square octavo 21 numbered leaves of portrait plates plus four unnumbered. Bound in full crushed navy morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to boards spine compartments and edges with gilt dentelles all edges gilt and marbled endpapers. In near fine condition overall very well-preserved with a few tiny nicks to the corners and some scattered internal foxing mostly at the gutters and borders; and not on the proof images. The first two engravings depict the U. S. Capitol Building and the White House. The last two portraits of sitting President Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances are each SIGNED by their subjects in different ink below the images. The main contents consist of extremely well-executed and quite familiar portraits of the presidents; the very portraits that were used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on official U. S. banknotes. These Treasury Department specimen books were produced in very small numbers and presented to important diplomats cabinet secretaries members of Congress and the like. The proof engravings contained within were designed for use on official US banknotes though some of the images were likely never used on actual money. At the turn of the 21st century numismatic experts had counted 47 known examples. Several more have come to auction primarily numismatic since then but they remain extremely rare in the trade. No two specimen books are exactly alike. We could trade one example closely matching the contents of ours however that copy was in a different binding and did not include the signed portraits of President and Mrs. Cleveland. The name "Romaine" is stamped on the gilt-stamped morocco label on the front board and is almost certainly the surname of the intended recipient of this volume though without any further context nor any bookplates or written provenance we are unable to identify this person. When these books do occasionally come to auction there is much buzz. It is difficult to imagine a more interesting and treasured sort of volume for anyone who has an interest in numismatics and rare books. A rare chance to own a special volume of American printing history. (U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing) hardcover
2008ref. ABE-1688034182547University of Texas Press 2008 A first edition thus; this is the renowned book on a great writer's masterwork long out of print. Sepich then did a massive re-write. He expanded the whole wonderful work and this is the first printing of that edition and it has an illuminating introduction by Edwin T. Arnold. NEW & UNREAD FIRST EDITION THUS. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. University of Texas Press paperback
2022ref. ABE-1677491906616Dark Horse ComicsU.S. 2022 A superb copy of the first printing of this REVISED Second Edition. I know this sounds a bit contradictory; but such was the success of the First Edition it was decided to issue this revised version. It has a stunning extra section showing how the celebrated first printing was developed. It's therefore the edition to collect. New and unread first printing of this superb second edition. The great Dave McKean has arguably excelled himself with this wonderful book. He should be given a retrospective instead of all the over familiar 'artists' who keep circulating around the world's auction houses and galleries. McKean is so far ignored by the art establishment like so many others who can actually draw and paint and use their skills and imagination ; instead of merely conforming to a the establishment crap that subverts sensibility. Illus. by McKean Dave. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. New. Dark Horse Comics,U.S. paperback
ref. 0160953731.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
