(Edinburgh): Edinburgh Univ Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. viii, 170pp. Edinburgh Univ Press, "The printing trade has traditionally reserved its skilled jobs for men - yet for over thirty years in Edinburgh women were being actively recruited to work as compositors and were even responsible for the typesetting of..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942, First Edition. quarto, original printed paper wrappers. (x), (182)pp. Government Printing Office, No. 5 in Studies of the A. L. A. Committee on Library Cooperation with Latin America. Quite an extensive reference. Wrappers dusty and scuffed, light wear to spine. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 416 pp. University of Chicago Press, Even the most comprehensive Renaissance histories have neglected the vibrant groups of women writers that emerged in cities across Italy during the mid-1500s—and the thriving network of printers, publishers, and agents..... 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, (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
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1984, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 24 pp. University of North Carolina, The Fourth Hanes Lecture. Illustrated. Very fine and clean. More
Cambridge, Eng: Rampant Lions Press, (1970), Limited to 450 numbered copies, this copy out-ot-series, unnumbered. large quarto, cloth. 134pp. Rampant Lions Press, Frontispiece of Rupert Brooke by Joan Hassall. Illustrated. Very fine. More
Institucion Colombina, Seville: Liverpool University Press, (2000), First printing of this edition. octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. 438 pp. Liverpool University Press, This is an edition, with notes and introduction, of two medieval Spanish songbooks. Both contain poetry by Montoro not found in other cancioneros and in the same..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1989), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 254pp. Harper & Row, Illustrated. Founding editor of "Horizon", Connolly presided over one of the most successful small magazines in British publishing history. Its success after WWII caused so much work that he..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1968, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 22pp. New York Public Library, An exhibition catalogue commemorating the gift of Quinn's correspondence and other autograph material given to the New York Public Library after Quinn's death by his niece and goddaughter, Mary Anderson Conroy. The catalogue includes..... More
London: Signature, 1950, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (54)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles on "Brian Robb" by Edward Ardizzone, H. P. Schmoller and John Piper. Printed in black and red. Well and beautifuuly illustrated. A very fine, clean copy... More
London: Signature, 1952, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (62)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles and reviews by Brian Robb, Desmond Flower, "The Printing of Shakespear's Plays" by Antony Sampson, "A New Light on Caxton and Colard Mansion". Well and beautifully illustrated..... More
London: Signature, 1953, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (58)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles and reviews by Victor Scholderer, "The Shifting Scene. Five Journeys. Printer and Illustratores", by Oliver Simon, "Nicolas de Stael" by Denys Sutton, "The Achievement of Bulmer and..... More
London: Signature, 1954, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (66)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles and reviews by Brian Robb, Denys Sutton, "To Oliver Simon" by Edmund Blunden, "Horace Hart and The University Press, Oxford 1883-1915" by Charles Batey, and more. With..... 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
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 2003, First Edition. quarto, green cloth in dust jacket. (xxiv), 301 pp. Heritage Book Shop, Contains 58 major entries, with illustrations. Very fine. 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
New York: Pentalic Corporation, 1978, Reprint of the 1947 edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. (38)pp. Pentalic Corporation, A classic essay. Printed in black and rust. Fine. More
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984, First Edition. octavo, cloth. (vi), 272pp. Scarecrow Press, Along with a checklist of Bradshaw's writings, this book reprints excerpts from his writings concerning books, libraries and important bibliographical discoveries. Bradshaw made significant contributions to our knowledge of early writings. Index. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1974, First Edition. One of 500 copies printed. octavo, wrappers. 48pp. New York Public Library, Illustrated with four photographic plates of title pages and Ornamental vignettes from various books. A lawyer and CEO of General Electric, Young was collecting in the 1920's, "Young built..... More
Boston: Godine, 1999, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 120pp. Godine, "Lankes worked exclusively in the East, and his woodcuts, mostly of scenery and structures, range from Northern Vermont to his adopted state, Virginia, with brief excursions into New York and Pennsylvania. He was commissioned on a regular basis..... More
Boston: The Horn Book, (1972), quarto, cloth in dust jacket. x, 340pp. The Horn Book, First American Edition which was taken from the revised British edition. For this revised edition the author has added material dealing with children's books in other countries than England so that the section " Children's..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, (2005), First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 344pp. David R. Godine, This full-scale biography of Theodore Low De Vinne (1828–1914) explores the life of a seminal figure in the history of American printing. De Vinne was born in upstate New York, the son of..... More
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1975, octavo, grey cloth. (264)pp. Alan Wofsy, Reprint of the 1928 edition. With checklists of many of the finest presses: Ashendene, Cuala, Daniel, Doves, Eragny, Essex House, Kelmscott, Vale, Chiswick, et. al. Illustrated. New, without flaw. More
Denver: Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, 2006, First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. xii, (200) pp. Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, Illustrated, with 24 color plates. Yellowbacks were an important branch of fiction publishing in Victorian England, inexpensive books designed to be sold in railway stalls. This ninth and final volume focuses on..... More