Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1936, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 96; 88; 79pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Three numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More

Paris: Artcurial, June 19, 2024; , large quarto, pictorial boards. (170); (204); (224)pp. Artcurial, From the Artcurial website: "On Wednesday, June 19th, 2024, in collaboration with experts Emmanuel Lhermitte and Philippine de Sailly, Artcurial organized the first part of the auction of the collection of bibliophile Jean Bourdel (1890 -..... More

New York: Duprat & Co, 1894, Limited to 450 numbered copies on Van Gelder paper of which this is #258. There was also a limitation of 200 copies on Japan paper. small octavo, on blue-green textured silk. Duprat & Co,, Printed at The De Vinne Press. Book related articles, "New..... More

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1866, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 591 pp. Smithsonian Institution, "The present work is a catalogue of that portion of the library of the Smithsonian Institution which embraces the publications of Learned societies and other public bodies, as well as encyclopedias and periodical and serial works in..... More

Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1926, First Edition. octavo, rebound in three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. T.e.g. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, Text in Swedish and some English. Illustrated. Minor break to the finish of the leather at the top outer hinge, else a very fine copy. More

Monotype Corporation, 1958, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. (22)pp. Monotype Corporation, An article comprising the entire issue of "The Monotype Recorder," Autumn, 1958, Volume XLI, No. 3. Extensively illustrated. Laid in is: "Photographs of the Gill Exhibition at Monotype House" quarto, (4)pp. Also laid in: "...Eric Gill Guiding the..... More

(London): Lanston Monotype Corporation, May-June, 1928, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. (64)pp. Lanston Monotype Corporation, A few line illustrations. Several essays geared toward future printers. A very fine copy with dust soiling to edges of wrappers and a few minor smudges inside. More

From the library and with a dozen or so marginal pencil notations of Walter H. Briggs. Briggs was Harvard College Librarian who started his association with the Widener Library in 1896. The Association was comprised of Cambridge, Massachusetts members who would gather to perform readings of Shakespeare's plays. Mr. and..... More

(Boston): Boston Athenaeum, 1934, First Edition Limited to 150 copies. large quarto, original blue boards with cloth spine. (16)pp. Boston Athenaeum, Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston. With one collotype plate. Printed on Ciconia hand-made paper. Two very slight scuffs to boards, slight scuff to head of..... More

Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co., 1988, First Edition, Limited to 650 copies, signed on the colophon page by the author, S. Barkworth (aka Arthur Freeman). octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 151 pp. Holmes Publishing Co., "When a fragmentary proof of a lost Latin text, printed in strange moveable types older than..... More

New York: The Grolier Club, 1900, Limited to 300 copies printed on Italian handmade paper. small quarto, full vellum enhanced with a decorative blind-stamp background colored with orange. 186 pp. The Grolier Club, Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dante by G. R. Carpenter and a fold-out illustration of Florence..... 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