Last Book Sale of the Season. Catalogue No. 1239.
Philadelphia: Stan V Henkels, July 22, 1919, small quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 48 pp. Stan V Henkels, Includes a run of Charles Dickens. Some marginal pencil notations, else fine. More
Philadelphia: Stan V Henkels, July 22, 1919, small quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 48 pp. Stan V Henkels, Includes a run of Charles Dickens. Some marginal pencil notations, else fine. More
Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1927, First Edition. octavo, rebound in three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. T.e.g. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, Although George Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, it was not presented to him until 1926. Text in Swedish and some English. Minor scuffing..... More
London: Bishopsgate Institute, (1907), First Edition. octavo, original printed paper wrappers. 20pp., stapled. Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate Institute is a cultural institute in the City of London, located on Bishopsgate, near Liverpool Street station and Spitalfields market. The Institute was established in 1895. Wrappers dusty and with a few very tine..... More
Boston: David R. Godine [et. al.], (1976), First printing of this edition. oblong small octavo, brown cloth in original acetate wrapper. unpaginated [75] pp. David R. Godine [et. al.], With a Memoir by Fritz Kredel and a Preface by Warren Chappell. A facsimile of the 24 alphabets in Das ABC..... More
London: Sotheby's, June 19, 1990, quarto, wrappers. (92)pp, 40 items listed. Sotheby's, Illustrated with color plates. The great illuminators from the 12th to the 15th century are represented in this collection with most coming from Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland and the Low Countries. Included are pieces by Nicolo di Giacomo..... More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, (1944), 27" x 35" folded chart in original printed sleeve. W. M. Hawley, Very fine. More
Richmond, VA: W. J. Barrow Research Laboratory, 1963, First Editions. octavo, printed wrappers. 46; 79; 62; 66; 116; 28; 48 pp. + microfiche. W. J. Barrow Research Laboratory, Part VI contains a Spot Test Color Chart. Part I: A Two-Year Research Program; Test Data of Naturally Aged Papers; Spray Deacidification;..... More
New York: Christie's, 1988, quarto, wrappers. 185pp. Christie's, 373 lots. With a 1 1/4pp. introduction by Nicolas Barker. "Items from the private library of John Fleming, removed from Larchmont, New York, are indicated by the letters 'PL' in parentheses at the end of the particular entries. All other items are..... More
New York: American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, January 16-17, 1930, large octavo, printed wrappers. (iv), 267, (3) pp. American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, Rare book auction catalogue offering 1,388 lots. McKay 9213 & 9219. This library contained a large selection of Henry Alken, Dickens, Cruikshank, John Gould and..... More
Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1971, First Edition. tall quarto, red boards in dust jacket. vi; 123pp. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, This List describes some of the varied collections of family muniments and other private archives presented to or deposited in the Scottish Record Office. Titles to land, household papers..... More
(Rochester, NY): School of Printing Rochester Institute of Technology, 1984, First Edition. large octavo, tan laid paper wrapper with embossed title and date on front wrapper. (4)page, french fold, sewn. School of Printing Rochester Institute of Technology, Announcement for the presentation with a brief biography of Dreyfus and a list..... More
Calgary, AB, Canada: Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild, 1994, quarto, metal spiral binding, flaps tied with ribbon. Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild, Foreword by Lindley McDougall. Followed by 100 full color examples by members of the Guild. Very fine. More
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1962, octavo, rebound in blue cloth with two leather spine labels. T.e.g. xcvi, 864 pp. Maggs Bros. Ltd., Ten catalogues with covers bound in at end. A necessary feature as the inside covers contain the subject indices and list of illustrations. Extensively illustrated with black and..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (2001), First Edition. large octavo, maroon cloth. 788 pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Still a useful reference for points and pricing. Signed on the title page. Very fine. More
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1972, Facsimile of the 1859 edition. octavo , green cloth. XXIV, 431 pp. B. De Graaf, Very fine. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1968), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Jonathan Cape, One inch crumple/tear to back panel of dust jacket, else fine. More
New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, (2002), First Edition. folio, boards in dust jacket. 388 pp. Delano Greenidge Editions, A chronicle defining the contributions to the history of twentieth-century page design by artists, architects, filmmakers and designers who participated in the major art movements of the age: Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadism..... More
A 2 page letter of reference for a "Mr Joseph Gray formerly a student at Guy's Hospital...he will discharge its duties to their satisfaction...and to the lasting benefit of their patients. [signed] Samuel Ashwell MD Late Obstetric Physician & Lecturer to Guy's Hospital." "Samuel Ashwell was Assistant to James Blundell..... More
London: Printing Historical Society, 1976, octavo, green cloth. (102)pp. Printing Historical Society, Reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 editions with an introduction and notes by Michael Twyman. From the introduction, "The value of Bankes's treatise today is as an historical record of attitudes to the process in England in the..... More
Washington, D.C. The Folger Shakespeare Library, (2001), First Edition. small quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 158pp. The Folger Shakespeare Library, This volume was published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Reader Revealed" at The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. in 2001. Essays on the many ways books of the..... More
Four lines in hand other than Bailey's but signed by him at the bottom, "Received in full Dr Bayley". Docketed on the verso. Dr. Richard Bayley was a prominent New York City physician and the first chief health officer of the city. An expert in yellow fever, he helped discover..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1990, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 64pp. Harvard College Library, Illustrated with plates and photographs. With an introduction by Eleanor Garvey. A beautifully produced catalogue in which Harvard's work as a calligrapher, type designer, stonecutter, author and illustrator is chronicled. With "Paragraphs on Life and Letters"..... More
Original colourtype caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Vanity Fair" magazine, January 20, 1909. Captioned "The St. James's." Faint mark from paperclip at top edge, else fine. There is a penciled notation, "Max Beerbohm" in the lower blank margin but we do not believe this..... More
Original colourtype caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Vanity Fair" magazine, September 24, 1896. Captioned "Our First Novelist." 15.50" x 10.5" Fine. Print will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube. More
Color caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Spectator" magazine, April 4, 1931. 12.5" x 8.25" Fine. Print will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube. More