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English Royal Signatures.
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. Item #4
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Guide to Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library.
(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... Item #17222
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Incunables from the Schoyen Collection.
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 12, 1991, quarto, boards. (x), (90)pp, illustrated with 64pp. of color plates. 45 items listed. Sotheby's, The Schoyen Collection began in 1955 with the acquisition of a printed book containing a manuscript fragment. Continuing to collect both incunables and manuscripts, the manuscripts soon outpaced the collecting... Item #3727
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Kelmscott Press, William Morris & His Circle. The John J. Walsdorf Collection with a few additions.
Exeter, NH: The Colophon Book Shop, 1996, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 144 pp. The Colophon Book Shop, The Colophon Book Shop Catalogue No. 44 with 565 items listed and described in detail: Kelmscott Press publications; Books about the Kelmscott Press and Printing; Writings of William Morris; Books devoted to William... Item #13042
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The Library of John M. Schiff.
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 11, 1990, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (158)pp. Sotheby's, 350 lots. Schiff's interest in breeding and racing horses is reflected in his library of sporting, racing, and hunting titles. The library also contained nineteenth century English and American literary first editions and twenty-one lots of Presidential autographs "apparently... Item #11635
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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Illuminated Manuscripts.
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (1997), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 128pp. J. Paul Getty Museum, The Getty Museum's collection of illuminated manuscripts, featured in this book, comprises masterpieces of medieval and Renaissance art. Dating from the tenth to the sixteenth century, they were produced in France... Item #10452
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Medieval Crafts. Men and Women at Work.
(London): The British Library, (1977), First Edition. tall octavo, black and white and color wrappers inserted in plastic pocket folder. (24)pp., unpaginated. The British Library, A picture pack on Medieval crafts designed by the British Library Education Service to provide original material for teachers and pupils studying 'Medieval Realms.' The... Item #16175
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Modern Books and Writers. The Catalogue of an Exhibition held at Seven Albemarle Street April to September 1951.
(Cambridge): Cambridge University Press, (1951), First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. vi, 69, xii pp. Cambridge University Press, With a Preface by John Carter. An informative catalogue for this exhibition. Near fine, clean copy. Item #26185
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The Otto Kallir Collection of Aviation History.
New York: Sotheby's, June 14, 1993, quarto, wrappers. (137)pp., followed by XV color plates and a one page index. 211 lots. Sotheby's, With a 2pp. biography of the collector. A collection mainly comprised of letters and manuscripts: Ballooning, Amelia Earhart, Otto Lilienthal, Lindberg, Robert E. Peary, Wilbur and Orville Wright... Item #3740
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Sixpenny Wonderfuls.
(London): Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Pres, (1985), First Edition. quarto, boards. 69pp. Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Pres, From the Introduction: "Free schooling and libraries had encouraged a new, literatre working class...Chatto's directors were among the first publishers to move towards this new market. The intention was to republish some of their most... Item #3785
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Stage, Ballroom, and Parlour. Selections from the Ruth N. and John M. Ward Collection of Music for Dance and Theatre in the Harvard Theatre Collection. An Exhibition.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, (2000), large octavo, pictorial wrappers. 47 pp. Harvard College Library, Illustrated. Very fine. Item #25710
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Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana.
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... Item #14753
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ARDIZZONE, Edward.
Sketches for Friends.
Boston: David R. Godine, (2002), First American Edition. oblong octavo, pictorial boards. (128)pp. David R. Godine, Chosen and introduced by Judy Taylor. A selection of letters, envelopes, and illustrations by Ardizzone, one of England's most beloved artists and illustrators, from 1935 to 1968. Illustrations with text in color and black... Item #15456
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AUSTIN, A.E.
Elizabeth Bowen.
New York: Twayne Publishers, (1971), First Edition. octavo, cloth. 134pp. Twayne Publishers, Item #10328
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AVERY, Gillian.
Behold the Child. American Children and Their Books 1621-1922.
London: Bodley Head, (1994), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (xiv), 226pp. Bodley Head, Well illustrated, with bibliography. Written by an established authority on the history of children's literature, this is the first historical study to consider American children's books as a separate genre. This is an expertly researched... Item #9826
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BENN, Sir E. J. P.
The Confessions of a Capitalist.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1027, Tenth edition. octavo, olive cloth. 284 pp. Hutchinson & Co, Bottom edge of text block soiled, bookseller's label roughly removed from front pastedown. A good copy. Item #23741
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BENZIE, William.
Dr. F. J. Furnivall. Victorian Scholar Adventurer.
Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books, (1983), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 302pp. Pilgrim Books, With his immense energy, Furnivall was a central force behind the English literary scene in the nineteenth century, particularly in its scholarly branches, founding many literary societies, contributing to the beginnings of the... Item #255
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BERNSTEIN, Rabbi Philip S., John R. Slater, and Arthur Lowenthal.
A Memorial Service for Elmer Adler Held January 26, 1962 Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester, New York.
Rochester: Press of the Good Mountain, 1964, First Edition limited to 500 copies. small octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (56)pp., stapled. Press of the Good Mountain, Designed and printed by Dwight E. Agner. Illustrated with various artists' version of the Pynson Printers pressmark. Typophiles Monograph No. 75. Very fine copy. Item #26779
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BINNS, Betty.
Better Type.
New York: Watson-Guptill, (1989), First Edition. oblong 4to, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 192pp. Watson-Guptill, Aimed at Graphic designers, this book is designed to train the eye in the qualities of type: the specific characteristics of a face, its relationship to other faces and to space. Chapters include Working... Item #9718
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BINYON, T. J.
'Murder Will Out'. The Detective in Fiction.
Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press, (1990), 2nd Printing. octavo, wrappers. viii, 166pp. Oxford Unviersity Press, A history of the detective in fiction from pre-Holmes to the professionals described by P. D. James and those who focus on police procedures. A final list for further reading lists the authors from the text... Item #247
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BONNELL, F. W. and F. C.
Conrad Aiken. A Bibliography (1902-1978).
San Marino: Huntington Library, 1982, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 292pp. Huntington Library, A comprehensive bibliography which follows the format of the Pittsburgh and Soho series of bibliographies. Jacket slightly scuffed. Item #1
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BORDIER, Henri and Emile Mabille. Joseph Rosenblum, translator.
Prince of Forgers.
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 1998, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 202pp. Oak Knoll Press, The first English translation of the rare French title, Une Fabrique de Faux Autographes, Ou Recit de L'Affaire Vran Lucas (Paris 1870) by Henri Bordier and Emile Mabille. From the dust... Item #4453
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BRADLEY, Van Allen.
The Book-Collector's Handbook of Values. 1976-1977.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1975), Revised and Enlarged Edition. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. (xxii), 566 pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons, A fine, clean copy. Item #25445
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BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin.
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume II: The Letters.
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1984), First Edition. Wrappers Issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. xxviii, 334pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, From the introduction: "The Faulkner letters printed here complement those collected by Joseph Blotner in Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Readers familiar with that volume will quickly note further mention of... Item #9807
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BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin.
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume III: The De Gaulle Story by William Faulkner.
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. Wrappers issue. octavo, wrappers. (50), 400pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, This third volume in the series provides further insight into Faulkner's connection with jack Warner and into the Hollywood of the Second World War era. "In the inner story of Faulkner's writing... Item #9809
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