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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
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
1839AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS EXTREMELY EARLY AND IMPORTANT EXPLICATION OF THE KORAN. 3 leaves; 192 pp + 43 pp Arabic text starting from the back of the book, with a separate title-page. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED WITH HUGE MARGINS ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK LAID PAPER. 4to. Original paper wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT, FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW. Chauvin (X, 70) gives a long notice of this extremely important publication.
First Edition, 2 parts in one, xiv,[ii],308pp., title printed in red and black, enraged vignette of cherubs and type trays, engraved folding plate, 19th-century marbled boards, morocco label on spine. Reviewing the origin of printing in Italy, he provides a chronological list of books printed in Rome during the fifteenth century. "A folding-plate contains specimens of the types of Sweynheym and Pannartz, two of the earliest Roman printers... Laire was one of the most learned bibliographers of France during the 18th century... At one time he was the librarian of Cardinal Brienne; subsequently he became librarian at the Ecole centrale de l'Yonne, in which position he remained up till his death." ?Bigmore & Wyman, I. p. 416. Brunet III: 774.
Royal 8vo (245 x 155 mm), title printed within a heavy border of flowers, followed by 115 leaves of specimens printed on one side only, of which two a folding, some occasional offsetting, cont. cloth-backed boards with wine auction sale particulars pasted over boards, manuscript paper spine label, uncut and partial unopened, an attractive copy. Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 243 mentioning only 1816, 1824 & 1827 editions; B&J citing the Oxford copy; Mosley locating four copies with between 91 and 118 leaves (Oxford, Cambridge, V&A, and Columbia University Library); OCLC adds the Huntington and Detroit copies; none added by JISC; not in the British Library or St Brides Catalogue. Berry & Johnson p. 49; Mosley, 135.
Folio, specimen title and list of purchases, 4pp.; specimen notice title (loose) and advertisement, 4pp.; title-page of vol. I of "Principia," with introduction and list of plates, 16pp.; index to vol. 3 of Principia, 13 leaves; 8 plates, slight spotting, with the bookplate of C.W. Loscombe, presented by Sotheby in acknowledgement of the assistance he had obtained in books lent from Loscombe in compiling this work, cont. half morocco, rubbed. Bigmore & Wyman II, 373-74. "The copies of the 'Principia' were not published in the ordinary way, but offered to the trade by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., at public auction, the upset price being nine guineas each copy. They were all disposed of in two hours." This specimen book was compiled from the remaining sheets of his 'Principia Typographica' and issued as a prospectus in conjunction with the 1858 auction.
Crown 8vo (246 x 150 mm), ff. 63, tipped-in is a small folio sheet (280 x 213 mm) printed of one side only "Prices of Type and Materials Manufactured and Sold by Stephen Sutton & Co. at the Caxton Letter Foundry...", later quarter red morocco, green boards. A very rare specimen of printing types from this little known foundry. The specimen begins with 34 samples of different size font from "the most modern faces, cut by artists of first-rate skill and acknowledged talent." Then follows 27 priced specimens of "a beautiful and extensive assortment of Stereotype Ornaments." The tipped-in price list is printed in double-column and gives prices for type, wood type, leads' and metal furniture, galleys, brass rule, cases, frames, and furniture. At the foot is a list of "Agents for the Country": Mr. Joseph Graham, 2 Jewry Street, Aldgate; Mr Simmons, Artillery Lane, Bishopsgate Street; Messrs. Renshaw and Kirkman, Budge Row; Messrs. Shepherd and Sutton, Foster Lane. Provenance: From the typographical library of John Lewis (his bookplate) and John Brinkley (his signature). The only other copy recorded is that of The British Library.
ref. 65746Birmingham School of Printing. Birmingham. 1929. 4to. ff. 6. Decorated wrappers a very good copy. SCARCE - COPAC records the V&A and University of Birmingham only. Birmingham School of Printing. [Birmingham]. [1929]. 4to. unknown
ref. 1024774236.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. B9781013975530Hardback. New. hardcover
ref. 43398Sheffield: The Caslon Letter Foundry 1950. 8vo 236pp. type specimens throughout orig. cloth-backed boards. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers 1930-2025 with his signature. Sheffield: The Caslon Letter Foundry, 1950 hardcover
ref. 0332033961.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1333195540.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2026ref. LRB39007991Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 612 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1877. Text in English. This rare publication features portraits of prominent American statesmen from Washington to Hayes alongside various other subjects. The volume includes notable figures such as John Sherman Secretary of the Treasury and other high-ranking officials of the era. The was bound in full green morocco with gilt edges and tooling reflecting the opulence of its time. The plates are accompanied by guard sheets and the front cover is adorned with the name Richard W. Thompson indicating its provenance from his collection. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
Thick 8vo, 24pp., followed by [212] leaves (mostly printed on one side only), a couple of samples excised from to leaves, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, a very good copy. This specimen book presents a fine and extensive example of the period. Provenance: From the library of Ruari McLean with his signature to front-endpaper.
8vo (230 x 145 mm), title printed within a ornamental border, followed by [32] leaves of types specimens printed on rectos only, two minor worm pinholes, orig. cloth-backed blue card covers, worn, loss to front and rear cover covers. An apparently unrecorded specimen book from this firm of commercial printers. The firm traded from 14 College Hill, Cannon Street, London from c. 1895 to c. 1909, and were formerly connected with the house of Edward Saunders & Son. They specialised in supply banks and commercial houses with all manner of suitable stationery and account-books, all produced by the best and most artistic kind of lithographic and letterpress printing. No other copy located.
1929ref. 629488Berolini, de Gruyter, 1929. 4°. M. 60 Taf. XX S. OLwd. St. u. Sign. a. Tit. (Tabulae in usum schol. 1).
4to. (32) pp. With woodcut illustration to title-page. 18th century half calf over cardboard. Marbled endpapers. The first of the two undated editions of the "Mirror of the Art of Dying Well" by the Italian theologian, canonist, statesman, and cardinal Domenico Capranica (1400-58), published by Quentell in the 1490s. Pellechet cites one edition dated around 1496, and another dated around 1498. Although slightly differing in text, both editions bear an "Accipies" woodcut, showing a teacher inspired by the Holy Ghost (in the form of a dove on his shoulder) lecturing two disciples, which was used by Quentell between 1490 and 1500. A 17th or 18th century Latin note in ink below the woodcut mentions its recurring appearance in Quentell publications: "N. Haec figura sequenti etiam operi, ab Henrico Quentell Coloniae impresso, praefixa est". - A popular genre of devotional literature of the Middle Ages, "ars moriendi" works were widely distributed both in manuscript and printed form. Capranica created his "Speculum" in 1452; it saw a German translation in 1473. - Binding somewhat rubbed. Paper evenly browned throughout. A few contemporary marginal notes and underlinings. Bookplates of the numismatist and bibliophile Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Beaulieu (1905-95) and of Jean Stefgen to front and back flyleaf. Another ownership, dated 20 July 1874, in pencil to front flyleaf. Several bibliographical notes in pencil to flyleaves. Hain 14912. Goff A-1097. GW 2608. BMC I, 282. Proctor 1415. Pellechet 1338. Polain 971. Voullieme 304. Graesse VI, I, 460. Schreiber-Heitz, Die deutschen "Accipies" und Magister cum discipulis-Holzschnitte als Hilfsmittel zur Inkunabel-Bestimmung, 18.
1974ref. k2111363110xbvkZürich, im Dezember/Januar 1974/75. 20 unnumerierte Seiten (inkl. Umschlag) auf verschiedenen Papieren, mit mehreren teils farbigen bzw. ganzseitigen Original-Grafiken. - Illustrierter Original-Umschlag mit Deckeltitel; Folio (ca. 44 x 31 cm).
1975ref. k2111365110xbvkZürich, September 1975. 20 unnumerierte Seiten (inkl. Umschlag) auf verschiedenen Papieren, mit mehreren teils farbigen bzw. ganzseitigen Original-Grafiken. - Farblithographischer Original-Umschlag mit Deckeltitel; Folio (ca. 44 x 31 cm).
2005ref. 3614658Hannover, 2005. 535 S. Mit Abbildungen. OKart.
1956ref. 608576Leipzig, Fachbuchvlg. (1956-65). M. zahlr. Abb. OLwd. u. Hlwd. Einbde. teils gering angeschmutzt.
2002ref. ABE-2590269263Faber & Faber London 2002 Superb SIGNED on the title page AS NEW copy of the world first edition first printing in a perfect and protected jacket. Ticket for the signing event at the 2002 Charleston Festival is loosely laid in. 'To Peter Best Wishes Michael Frayn' is written in ink and the author has canceled his printed name. Mint copy the perfect collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Faber & Faber London hardcover
2006ref. ABE-3556946882Atlantic London 2006 A brilliant fresh look at this landmark aircraft held in high esteem even now. This is an unread perfect copy in an unclipped protected jacket. Superb analysis from the design writer of The Guardian. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Atlantic, London hardcover
2003ref. 2090502113712455Not Available 2003. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
