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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
(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
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
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 University Library, 1975, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (iv), (28)pp. Cambridge University Library, Ilustrated with photographs and drawings. A very fine copy. 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
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
(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
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, (1969), large octavo, printed wrappers. 138 pp. American Antiquarian Society, A sample from all the Society's collections to demonstrate the breadth of coverage and depth of holdings of the library. Numerous illustrations. Printed by The Stinehour Press and Meriden Gravure. Small erratum laid in. Fine... More
Seattle: College Art Association, 1998, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 200 pp. College Art Association, This book focuses on the original arrangement and significance of the library decorations of the Benedictine monastery at Praglia near Padua. This series of twenty-four paintings on canvas by Battista Zelotti, dated around..... More
Tucson: Univ of Arizona Press, (1986), Second printing. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 95pp. Univ of Arizona Press, "John David Marshall has combed Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews to fashion a collection of quotations that best reflect the man and his intellectual passions." The quotations are grouped..... 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