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Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, (1976), Revised edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 54 pp. Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Illustrated. Name on verso of front wrapper. More
Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, (1976), Revised edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 54 pp. Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Illustrated. Name on verso of front wrapper. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1958, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 196 pp. Doubleday, A comprehensive survey of ten years work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the community which owned them. The Haskell Lectures 1956-1957. Illustrated. Cloth dull, dust jacket wrinkled and scuffed at edges, name on verso..... More
Philadelphia: Univ of Pennsylvania Press, (1990), First Edition. large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. 355pp. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, From the dust jacket: 'In 1753 Robert Dodsley published Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Sponsored by Horace Walpole, this luxurious quarto was the first..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll, (1989), Reprint, Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by Schlesinger. octavo, boards in dust jacket and in slipcase. xviii, (126) pp. Oak Knoll, With many rare photos and new facts added, based on recent discoveries. With an introduction by Elizabeth Harris. Inside back cover is a...... More
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 2017, First Edition. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 144 pp. David R. Godine Publisher, Foreword by Donald Jackson. New Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library. Scribes in the U.S...... More
Athens, GA: The Press of the Nightowl, (1984), First Edition Limited to 420 copies. large octavo, printed paper wrappers. (24)pp. The Press of the Nightowl, Hand-printed and bound by Dwight Agner at The Press of the Nightowl. A few tiny dings to wrappers, otherwise a fine, clean copy. More
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1958, First Separate Printing. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (32)pp., stapled. American Antiquarian Society, Off-print from the Preceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for April 1958. With text and 28 items catalogued. Also a listing of doubtful imprints. Very fine copy. More
Los Angeles: Heritage Bookshop, 2001, First Edition, Limited to 450 copies. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 370 pp. Heritage Bookshop, This volume describes one of the most extensive Maugham collections and the only one ever to be the subject of a comprehensive published catalogue. The catalogue describes in detail first..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2006, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 224 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Volume 8 in the Print Networks series. Presented at the 2004 Conference on the History of the British Book Trade, these papers focus on the infinite variety of people and places in..... More
(La Grange, IL: The Colophon Book Shop, 1973), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 56pp., stapled. The Colophon Book Shop, Cover illustration of original (Frederick Rolfe), Baron Corvo water color painting "Madonna and Child" (1891), after a study by the Italian painter Il Sassoferrato. The original holograph manuscript of..... More
Medieval Institute Publications, 2016, First Edition. large octavo, printed boards. 208 pp. Medieval Institute Publications, The Trappist abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky (the house of Thomas Merton) owns the eclectic Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of manuscripts, which contains not only medieval manuscripts but materials of interest for..... More
Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, 1876, small octavo, self-wrappers, stitched. 89 pp. Frederik Muller, Book auction catalogue listing 1,530 lots to be sold December 15-16, 1876. Lacking front wrapper. Stain to upper right-hand corner of title page. Contents clean and unmarked. First 4 pages detached but present. More
Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Cosity, 1897, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (xiv), 85 pp. Cambridge Antiquarian Cosity, Cambridge Antiquarian Society Octavo Publications No. XXIX. Small chip at bottom of front wrapper which has minor soiling and a few wrinkles. Text clean and unmarked. More
Horsens: Trykt Hos A. C. Foghs Enke, 1863, small octavo, printed wrappers. 286 pp. Trykt Hos A. C. Foghs Enke, List of books in Horens Laerde School's library. Text in Danish. Front wrapper with small stain, slightly faded. More
London: John Hatchard and Son, 1837, First Edition. small octavo, self-wrappers, stitched. 18, (ii) pp. John Hatchard and Son, Attributed to John Bruce in NUC-pre 1956 imprints. John Bruce's displeasure with the Committee report regarding the public records. This is his second statement regarding the Committee report. Small chip to..... More
Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1975, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xxiv), 266pp. Whitston Publishing, An author index cover the years 1920 through 1929. Light shelf wear, a near fine copy. More
Zurich and Lucern: L'Art Ancien and Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1937, First Edition. quarto, printed paper wrappers. (4), (52)pp. L'Art Ancien and Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Frontispiece portrait of Trubner plus 10 plates. Auction catalogue of this impressive collection auctioned in November, 1937. Includes incunabula, early printed books and German literature of..... More
(London: Royal Society, no date (c. 1889), First Edition. octavo, printed self wrappers. (38)pp., sewn. Royal Society, List of Duplicates and Spare Volumes. Books, Pamphlets, Catalogues, Journals, Transactions, Observations, Reports. Also lists Deficiencies in the Library of the Royal Society. Slightly dusty at edges of wrappers but still a very..... More
Kyoto: Kyoto University, 1970, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (xii), (332)pp. Kyoto University, Karl Wilhelm Bücher was an economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline. Lower right corner of text block bumped, otherwise a near fine, clean copy..... More
Bedford: Printed by F. Thompson, (1947), First Edition. duodecimo, printed self wrappers. 8 pp. Printed by F. Thompson, Address on the Institution by John R. Bull and John Cox. With a list of 17 Rules. Wrappers chipped, dusty and with tears. Appears dis-bound. More
Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1887, First Edition. large octavo, original printed paper wrappers. viii, 380pp. Ernest Thorin, Name inside front wrapper. Front and back wrappers in near fine condition. Spine wrapper worn and with a 3" chip missing at the bottom. Wrappers and preliminary pages printed on acidic paper and therefore..... More
Paris: Giraud-Badin, 1933, First Separate Edition Limited to 100 copies. octavo, printed gray paper wrappers. (12)pp., sewn. Giraud-Badin, Off-print from the Bulletin du Bibliophile. A collector of art and literature throughout his life, by the time of his death Doucet had a collection of Post-Impressionist and Cubist paintings, including Les..... More
Brepols, 2007, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. vi, 155 pp. Brepols, Palimpsests are texts from which the primary text has been effaced to make room for fresh writing. The practice was particularly important in the early Middle Ages, when numerous, often precious, books were subjected to this treatment. As a...... More
Brepols, 2017, First Edition. large octavo, pictorial wrappers. 940 pp. Brepols, This first repertoire of watermarks, acquired in full size, directly from volumes of manuscripts will be equally interesting to paper historians and those who study or are passionate about antique paper artefacts, alike. The author's conclusions trace a trail..... More
Harvey Miller, 2017, First Edition. quarto, in dust jacket. 456 pp. Harvey Miller, The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe's first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. However, despite its initial impact, fame was fleeting: for the better part of three centuries the Bible was virtually..... More