Turkish Miniatures.
London: British Museum, 1969, First Edition. small octavo, wrappers. 32pp. followed by 25 plates. British Museum, Illustrated in black and white and in color. More
London: British Museum, 1969, First Edition. small octavo, wrappers. 32pp. followed by 25 plates. British Museum, Illustrated in black and white and in color. More
New York: Basic Books, (2008), Second printing. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 528 pp. Basic Books, Illustrated. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket. More
New York: Random House, (1971), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (332)pp. Random House, "He is perhaps best known for his universally admired Nonesuch Press and for his influence on book design in general. But in this book we get the whole man: childhood and youth in a...... More
(New York, NY): Mark Batty Publisher, (2007), First Edition. quarto, printed boards. 351 pp. Mark Batty Publisher, Founded in 1990 by Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody, FontFont produces innovative and influential fonts by designers, for designers. Made with FontFont is an anthology of type specimens and essays closely and creatively..... More
BIS Publishers, (2010), First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 191 pp. BIS Publishers, Creative Characters is a collection of in-depth interviews with the most influential typeface designers in the business as well as up-and-coming young guns, who discuss the motives and methods behind type. The list of designers includes Jim Parkinson, Underware..... More
Totowa: Rowmand and Littlefield, (1975), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 214pp. Rowmand and Littlefield, With 2,500 items listed. More
(London): The Macmillan Press Ltd., (1972), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xii, 52pp. The Macmillan Press Ltd., A comprehensive bibliography of general studies of Irish Drama written between 1899 and 1970. The 600 entries have been annotated only when the title does not suggest the nature of the..... 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
Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1976, Reprint. quarto, cloth. 201pp. Rowman & Littlefield, Organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Peabody Institute Library, The Walters Art Gallery. June 6 - July 18, 1965. 218 items exhibited and described in detail, each item illustrated. Each entry has a lengthy discussion..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2022, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. 168 pp. with 238 color plates. Grolier Club, A dazzling collection of rare art and documents illuminate the life of Sherlock Holmes beyond the page. As one of the most beloved characters in the English language, Sherlock Holmes sometimes seems..... More
Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1973, Facsimile edition. octavo, heavy paper wrappers in printed paper dust jacket. (xxviii), (256)pp. G.E.C. Gads Forlag, With one folding plate. Text in Danish. Study of public libraries and library science. Very tiny chip from wrapper at top of spine, otherwise a fine copy. More
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, (1995), First Edition. quarto, brown boards. xxxviii, 251 pp. D. S. Brewer, The library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contains the largest collection of medieval manuscripts of any college in Great Britain, and one of the most important in the world. A number of known Middle English..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1978), First Softbound Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. 263 pp. University of California Press, A concise survey of the development of the relief printing press providing a solid foundation for those wishing to assess the societal impact of continuous technical breakthroughs in the dissemination of..... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1926, First Edition. quarto, ochre cloth stamped in red and blue. xvi, 206 pp, + xxpp. advertisements. Cambridge University Press, Contributors include Julius Rodenberg, Paul Istel, H. V. Marrot, Beatrice Warde and Stanley Morison. "A significant, learned, and copiously documented periodical. Only seven numbers were issued..... More
London: Phaidon Press, (1951), First Edition. quarto, orange cloth with original clear acetate jacket, in original slipcase. 54 pp text, 64 pp plates, 2 pp. Phaidon Press, Philip S. Hench shared the Nobel Prize in 1950 in Medicine or Physiology. In this volume he has inscribed on the front endpaper..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1958, First Printing of this edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (lxiv), 480pp., followed by two fold-out plates. Oxford University Press, From the introduction by the editors, "For most things it is perhaps even now the easiest and pleasantest guide to the essentials of printing."..... More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, (1996), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. (xii), 288 pp. University of Massachusetts Press, Foreword by Michael Winship. This collection takes as its point of departure the proposition that one can, in fact, tell a book by its cover. The contributors examine the ways in which..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1989), First Edition. small octavo, wrappers. x, 118pp. Faber & Faber, "Apart from the people's War concept, my primary theoretical iinterest is in narrative...This study also confronts another form of resistance: that of literary critics to the concept of 'war fiction'." Very fine. 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
Prague: Artia, 1965, First Edition. quarto , black cloth stamped in gilt, in dust jackets. 703; 671 pp. Artia, Text in German. 679 illustrations plus 168 plates on glossy paper. Book design by Milan Hegar. František Muzika was a Czech artist. He was a prominent representative of avant-garde in Czechoslovakia..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1992, First Edition. octavo, boards. 178pp. Oak Knoll Press, In this collection of essays, leading scholars investigate the interaction between authors, publishers, booksellers, readers, and regulatory bodies in England and France across three centuries, and show the key role that the book trade --..... More
London: The British Library, 2004, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 199 pp. The British Library, In the Publishing Pathways Series. Eight essays on different aspects of "sharp practices" are covered. The authors included are: Alastair J. Mann, Maureen Bell, Christopher de Hamel, Bill Bell, Anthony Hobson, Helen Berry..... More
Equinox, 2019, First Edition, wrappers issue. small octavo, pictorial wrappers. 246 pp. Equinox, Miniature books, handwritten or printed books in the smallest format, have fascinated religious people, printers, publishers, collectors, and others through the centuries because of their unique physical features, and continue to captivate people today. The small lettering..... More
Columbia, MO: International Library Center, 1969, First Printed Edition. thick quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (xiv), 371printed pp. International Library Center, A doctoral dissertation for Columbia University (mimeographed). With two maps and one plan. Bibliography. Index. Printed prospectus and autograph letter, signed from the author laid. Name inside front wrapper..... More
Los Angeles: Univ Research Library, UCLA, 1992, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (xxii), 273pp. Univ Research Library, UCLA, followed by (x) of plates. A scholarly attempt to date and order Aldine Press publications through a study of internal evidence, and when this fails, to fall back to Renouard because "we are..... More