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1948ref. 302811Boston Little Brown and Company 1948 1938. 1948. New edition "April 1948" revised and edited by Crosby Gaige. Editor's introduction; chapter 5 "American Wines" by Frank Schoonmaker. 5 color plates by Nancy Dyer. Glossaries. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 342 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1948 [1938]. hardcover books
1969ref. 302877London Michael Joseph 1969. 1969. First edition. Tall 8vo. Frontispiece b/w photograph. Bibliography. Dust jacket price clipped; few nicks. Very good. 182 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by the Curwen Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Michael Joseph, 1969. hardcover books
1968ref. 68973Milwaukee: Gunrunner Press c. 1968. First edition. 16mo. 16 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some light soiling to front cover. One of 259 copies. INSCRIBED by Simon “O.K. Blazek / Go! / John.” Milwaukee: Gunrunner Press unknown books
1964ref. 288800New York: Viking 1964. hardcover. fine/very good. Color and b/w photo. Illus. by Andreas Feininger. 4to orange cloth chipped d.w. New York: Viking Press 1964. Very good Viking unknown books
1967ref. 23357London: Macmillan 1967. cloth dust jacket. Macmillan. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 384 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Correspondence with Tennyson Gladstone Hardy Trollope James Kipling etc. Macmillan unknown books
1965ref. 45498Irvington-on-Hudson NY: Harvey House Inc 1965. cloth dust jacket. tall 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 128 pages. A Story of Science Series Book. Rubbing to the price-clipped dust jacket else a good copy. Following the growth of printing to the time of publication the author introduces the great contributors to the art of printing including William Caxton Johan Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin and the different machines and processes that have been important. Glossary index and suggestions for further reading. Harvey House, Inc unknown books
1946ref. 31563London: Faber and Faber 1946. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv 137 pages. First edition second impression printed at the Curwen Press in England. Minor crude tape repairs to the head and tail of the spine of the dust jacket else near fine in near fine jacket. Excellent one volume look at typography. Faber and Faber unknown books
1953ref. 140211London: Faber and Faber 1953. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xiv 137 pages. Fifth impression revised printed at the Curwen Press in England. Excellent one volume look at typography. Exlibrary copy with markings. Else an excellent copy. Faber and Faber unknown books
1926ref. 445London: The Fleuron 1926. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii 68 14 pages. One of the trade copies not printed on mold-made paper. Minor wear to edges with some minor loss at the head of the spine else a near fine copy. A calendar and five articles including one by Holbrook Jackson. This 1927 issue and the 1928 issue were the only ones done. Ulrich & Kup p.41. The Fleuron unknown books
1955ref. 139712Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1955. half-leather over paper-covered boards. 12mo. half-leather over paper-covered boards. ix 117; 277 8 pages. Both are the revised edition for Pelican Books and bound into the same volume. Excellent one volume look at typography. This copy has been rebound in half leather over paper-covered boards. A near fine copy. Penguin Books unknown books
1927ref. 53355London: The Fleuron Ltd 1927. First trade edition designed and printed at the Curwen Press pp. 68 14 ads; 4 text illustrations; very good in original drab wrappers printed in black red and green. The Fleuron, Ltd unknown books
1927ref. 51422London: The Fleuron Ltd 1927. First trade edition designed and printed at the Curwen Press pp. 68 14 ads; 4 text illustrations; very good in original drab wrappers printed in black red and green; light chipping to extremities housed in a later clamshell box. The Fleuron, Ltd unknown books
2001ref. 90790New York: HarperCollins 2001. quarter cloth paper-covered boards dust jacket. 8vo. quarter cloth paper-covered boards dust jacket. xix iii 329 1 pages. William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology. First edition. Dust jacket unfolds into a 21" x 27 " map "that changed the world". Fine in fine jacket. HarperCollins unknown books
1955ref. 108396Madrid: n.p. 1955. self paper wrappers. Lope de Vega y Carpio de Félix Arturo. 8vo. self paper wrappers. x 233 7 pages. Text in Spanish. Published under the auspices of the Centro de Estudios Sobre Lope de Vega. Bibliography of works by and about de Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio 1562-1635 Spanish playwright and poet. 2437 entries including additions at the end of the text. Note to the reader and listing of abbreviations. Organized alphabetically under subjects. Index of names and general index. Listing of the Center's other publications and errata page. Bookplate on inside front wrapper. Front wrapper nearly detached from text and wrappers torn at edges. n.p. unknown books
2010ref. 128384New York: Gotham Books 2010. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 352 pages. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine jacket. A book of stories about type faces their origins and employment. Table of contents introduction bibliography acknowledgements index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Gotham Books unknown books
2003ref. 332942London: Bantam Press 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Bantam Press hardcover books
2004ref. 94584London New York: I.B. Tauris 2004. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. viii 248 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. A look at how type has changed from its origins in the fifteenth century to the modern Computer Age and how it has affected the world at the same time. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. I.B. Tauris unknown books
1969ref. 53014London: Faber and Faber 1969. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii 164 pages. Second edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. This edition was edited by David Bland. Covers rubbed. Faber and Faber unknown books
1945ref. 14120London: Faber and Faber 1945. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xiv 137 pages. First edition printed at the Curwen Press in England. Spine age-darkened minor rubbing and tears to the jacket. Else a near fine copy. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine of jacket slightly age darkened with spotting at bottom. Price clipped. Faber and Faber unknown books
ref. 32587Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. The Life and Strange Career of Alberoni. NY 1944. 282 pages clothbound very good condition no jacket. . Other hardcover books
1939ref. 57078London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. Red boards with black stamping are just slightly scuffed some light staining spine is sunned contents are just lightly toned toward edges else very good. . Victor Gollancz Ltd. hardcover books
1973ref. 58665New York: Atheneum. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition 292 pages orange cloth boards with purple stamping previous owner bookplate otherwise very good in a very good dj . Atheneum hardcover books
1993ref. 61902New York: Alfred A Knopf. Very Good. 1993. Hardcover. First American Edition 308 pages red cloth with salmon paper covered boards. One-inch square anti-theft sticker on front free end paper. Otherwise a clean very good copy in a very good dust jacket. . Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
1974ref. 71976New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good. 1974. Hardcover. Simon George T. GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1974. First edition. 474 pages illustrated black cloth covers with gilt printing to the spine. Staining to the covers otherwise Very Good in a clipped dust jacket. . Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
1969ref. 67471New York: Random House. Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. f . First Printing. 115 pages. Black cloth spine with yellow paper covered boards and gilt printing to the spine. Very Good in a slightly scuffed but nice dust jacket. . Random House hardcover books
