The Selection of United States Serial Documents for Liberal Arts Colleges.
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. xii, 364 pp. H. W. Wilson Company, Ex-library with usual markings and pocket at back. More
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. xii, 364 pp. H. W. Wilson Company, Ex-library with usual markings and pocket at back. 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
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
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
(Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2004), First Edition. tall octavo, pictorial wrappers. 362 pp. Bodleian Library, "The collection of portraits in the Bodleian is a fascinating record of social and academic history rather than a collection of fine works of art." New. More
Chicago: American Library Association, 1986, Second edition. large quarto, red cloth. (xxvi), 895 pp. American Library Association, Previous owner's name on front endpaper, else a fine, clean copy. Illustrated. More
New York & Beijing: Queens Borough Public Library & National Library of china, (2000), First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. (xiv), 337 pp. Queens Borough Public Library & National Library of china, Calligraphy is among the most revered of the Chinese visual arts. The history of the development of the book-from..... More
Poster created for the Sioux City Public Library, Sioux City, Iowa, 1990. 6-color silkscreen. 34" x 16". Limited to 240 numbered and signed copies. Portrait of Rob Day (his last silkscreen). New. More
Poster created for the Hewlett Library, Berkeley, California, 1987. 6-color, silkscreened by Rob Day. 33" x 19". Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Lance Hidy. The last building designed by Louis Kahn. New. More
Poster created for the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1986. 11-color, silkscreened by Rob Day. Image 24" x 14.5", sheet 29 x 19.5". Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lance Hidy. Note: A small number of posters printed printed in 1986 or earlier may have minor..... More
Poster created for The Center for the Book, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1984. 6-color, silkscreened by Rob Day. 26" x 32". Limited to 650 copies numbered and signed by Hidy. Lettering by Julian Waters. Note: A small number of posters printed printed in 1986 or earlier may have minor..... More
(San Marino, CA): Huntington Library, 1979, First Edition. octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. (x), 539pp. Huntington Library, The second of a four-part series Guide to Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. This volume lists at least 125,000 literary manuscripts listed according to author and arranged..... More
(San Marino, CA): Huntington Library, 1982, First Edition. octavo, green cloth. (xiv), 448pp. Huntington Library, The third volume of a four-part series Guide to Manuscripts in the Huntingto Library. This volume surveys archives containing 450,000 pieces, including the Stowe, Hastings, Ellesmere, Loudoun, and Battle Abbey papers. These historical manuscripts range..... More
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, (1998), First Edition. octavo, gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 336pp. The Pierpont Morgan Library, Text in Engish and German. The publication for the first exchange exhibition by the Morgan Library in the German-speaking world in Basel and a selection of contemporary music manuscripts..... More
(Cambridge): D. S. Brewer, (1994), First Edition. large octavo, black cloth with gilt decoration. (xxiv), 259pp. D. S. Brewer, In this volume are described the contents of the three albums (2978-2980) which Pepys entitled 'My Collection of Heads in Taille-Douce . . . put together Anno Domini 1700 .... More
Charlottesville: Howell Press, (2001), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (ix), 232pp. Howell Press, Introduction by Robert F. Strohm. The catalogue for this exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society, September 20, 2001-January 20, 2002, of items included in the bequest to the historical society of a large..... More
London: British Library, 2005, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Based on the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library in November 2004, this book looks at the impact of women's educational projects on female reading and book collecting in the royal courts of the 18th century. With..... More
London: British Library, 2004, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xxxvii, 266pp. British Library, Benjamin Disraeli was of the opinion that he was born in a library. The library was reputed to have held about 25,000 tomes, and belonged to his father, Isaac D'Israeli, a prolific and popular author..... More