1937 Strathmore Handbook
by (Paper Sample Book)
West Springfield, MA: Srathmore Paper Company, 1937. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Green cloth spine printed in lighter green, printed paper over boards. 32 stiff black paper pages with paper sample books to the front side. There are a total of 40 paper samples books as well as examples of stationery and envelopes. Reference chart of prices and selling agents in rfear pocket. Some pages partially detached else this is a very good copy with light wear to the... Read More
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Bajeo el Alero de Sombra
by Borges, Jorge Juis; Raúl Eduardo González
(Tacámbaro, Michoacán): Taller Martín Pescador, 2023. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. 8vo. (14)pp. Stiff wraps with a printed paper label on the supper wrap. Finely printed by hand by Juan Pascoe. One of 100 numbered copies. A fine example. Twelve glosses by González taken from the quatrains of Para las Seis Cuerdas, and issued in honor of the centenary of the first book by Jorge Luis Borges, Fervor de Buenos Aires. In Spanish. .
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Select Pieces in Verse and Prose
by Bowdler, John. Jr.
London: Cadell and Davies, 1817. First edition. 2 volumes. Half polished calf, marbled paper boards. Engraved frontispiece of the author. Hinges rubbed and partially cracked ( but firm), wear to edges, else a very good set. Bowdler was called to the bar in 1805 but ill-health required him to spend time on the continent, where he composed these letters, poetry and translations. He died in 1815, His father caused this edition to be published as a memoir. His... Read More
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The Mists of Avalon (Inscribed)
by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top board edge, and a touch of soil to the top and bottom text edges else this is a fine copy. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped and is also fine. Inscribed by the author in the title page: "For Patrick". The... Read More
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The Mists of Avalon (Inscribed)
by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A fine copy without the usual sunning. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped and is also fine. Inscribed by the author in the title page: to Ross Voyles. "Historical writing on a grand scale, with all the magic conviction and resonance of ballad and ancient lore." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-48.... Read More
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The Mists of Avalon (Inscribed)
by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top and a touch of foxing on the top edge else a fine copy. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped and is also fine. Inscribed by the author in the title page: "For George". The author was involved with the Society for Creative Anachronism ("SCA"). In... Read More
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Bradley: His Book
by Bradley, Will
Springfield, MAss: The Wayside Press, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Volume I number 1 through Volume II number 3. Volume I is tall, thin 8vo. containing the four numbers of Volume I. Volume II is 4to. containing the three complete numbers of Volume II (all published but for a fragmentary No. 4, not present here.) Contemporary half morocco, marbled paper boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with cloth inner hinges. A compilation of stories and... Read More
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Planet Prilgrim, Nanao Sakaki
by Brandi, John
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governor, 2017. Limited edition. Wraps. Fine. 8vo. (28)pp. One of 140 numbered copies. FInely printed on J. Whatman paper with handmade covers and endpapers made in Kathmandu. A fine copy. .
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A History of the Art of Bookbinding. With Some Account of the Books of the Ancients
by Brassington, W. Salt
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. xvi, 277,(1)pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers. One of fifty numbered copies of which this is No. 6. A few spots of very light foxing, light wear to the edges and hinges else a very good copy. .
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A History of the Art of Bookbinding. With Some Account of the Books of the Ancients
by Brassington, W. Salt
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. xvi, 277,(1)pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers. One of fifty numbered large paper copies of which this is No. 3 Light rubbing to the boards, wear to the edges and hinges else a very good copy. With the inscription: Compliments of E.... Read More
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Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary: With Some Remarks on the State of Vienna During the Congress in the Year 1814
by Bright, Richard, M.D.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1818. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to. pp. xviii, 642, cii. 2 folding engraved maps & 10 engraved plates after drawings by the author. Recent half lfather binding of red morocco. Spine in sic compartments with raised bands, gilt titles. Marbled paper covers in a on-pareil swirl pattern. Uncut and largely unopened. Several pages in the middle and near the end have a noticeable dampstain affecting the upper outer corners. It is particularly significant on... Read More
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Elephant and Marushka (Слоп и Маруська); The Ugly Cat (Некрасивый Кот)
by Brodsky, Joseph; Dmitry Sayenko; James J. Owens
St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2021. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong folio, 7 by 19 inches. Thick boards with an illustration of Marushka on the upper board; cloth spine; string ties. Finely printed by Ukrainian-born Dmitry Sayenko on paper he made for this title, and with his illustrations in color taken directly from the blocks. A fine copy, one of 16 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and translator; this is copy No. 3. In the publisher's slipcase ... Read More
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A General Gazeteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns ... in the Known World ..... Illustrated with Maps
by Brookes, R.
London: Printed for J. Bumpus, et al., 1818. Hardcover. Very good. The Fifteenth Edition, with Considerable Additions and Improvements. 8vo. xvi, 776pp. Folding engraved frontispiece of two world globes; Illustrated with six folding engraved maps (complete). Half deep blue calf, spine gilt, maroon lettering label, gilt, marbled paper sides, edges and end papers. Light wear to edges and hinges, some aging and soil to the maps, closed tear at a fold on the Africa map and... Read More
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Pseudoxia Epidemica: Of Vnicornes Hornes
by Browne, Sir Thomas; Alan James Robinson
Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated with wood engravings by Alan James Robinson.. State Proof Issue. Illustrated with sixteen wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, and finely printed by Harold P. McGrath. A fine set in a fine publisher's clamshell cases. One of 15 copies from a total edition of 225 copies. This is No. xi. The book is bound in full white vellum, gilt title on the spine, signed and numbered by... Read More
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A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of the District, or Zila, of Dinajpur, in the Province, or Soubah, of Bengal
by Buchanan, (Hamilton), Doctor Francis
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1833. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xi,(1),342,(1)pp. The text is followed by 9 tables, of which the last is a large folding table. Published with the monthly numbers of the Gleanngs in Science and the Journal of the Asiatic Society. Modern full crushed morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, green leather lettering label, gilt; boards tools in blind, marbled endpapers. Light wear and soil, a Cincinnati publisher's blindstamp on the title... Read More
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A Defence of the Scots Highlanders, in General, and Some Learned Characters, In Particular: ..
by Buchanan, John Lanne
London: J. Egerton, et al., 1794. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. vi,(2),vi,286,(2)pp. Errata slip bound in at rear. The final leaf is a publisher's advertisement. Contemporary full polished calf. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt; leather lettering label, gilt, gilt borders on boards, marbled endpapers. Pp. 283 and 284 are misnumbered 288 and 194. With the bookplate of John Andrew Buchanan (presumably a descendant of the author), and with a handwritten note dated 1926... Read More
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Speculum Amantis: Love-Poems from Rare Song-Books and Miscellanies of the Seventeenth Century
by Bullen, Arthur Henry
London: Privately Printed, 1889. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8v0. xvi,(1),129,(1)pp. Full crimson cruched morocco by MacNamee of Cambridge, Spine in six compartments, gilt; gilt rules on the boards; floral dentelles; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Trace of wear to the hinges and edges but a near fine copy. One of 500 numbered copies; this is no. 386. An anthology of 17th century love poems with emphasis on courtly and romantic themes. .
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Little Animal Books in Box: 14 volumes complete set
by Burgess, Thornton
New York: John W. Eggers; The Winthrop Press, 1917. Softcover. Fine. 14 Thornton Burgess Miniature Books in their original box. The books are approximately 2 3/16 by 2 7/8 inches, stapled wraps, all with a cover illustration in color and other color illustrations in text. Each book has 12 pages including the covers.The first set of 6 books are c. 1914, printed by the Winthrop Press and comprise the following titles: Danny Meadow-Mouse Learns Something; A Glad Time... Read More
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Anecdotes of Music. Historical and Biographical, in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman to His Daughter
by Burgh, A. M.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Three volumes. Half deep blue morocco, spines in six compartments, gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, by MacDonald of NY. A fine set in lovely bindings. .
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Geschichte der Juden zu Sternberg mit dem Sakrament
by (Judaica: Sternberg Burning)
Cortaro: Thorn Books, 2009. Limited edition. Stapled wraps. Fine. 8vo. (16pp.) Stiff stapled wraps. Includes a color facsimile of the eight page pamphlet printed in Lubeck around 1492 by Matthaeus Brandis. Introduction by James Owens. In 1492, twenty seven Jews of Mecklenberg were burnt at the stake in Sternberg on a charge of desecration of the host. That same year, or shortly thereafter, Brandis issued a pamphlet telling the tale. A complex woodcut graced the first page; the... Read More
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Geschichte der Juden zu Sternberg mit dem Sakrament [Low German] (S)terneberch. Ua den bosen ioden volget hyr eyn gheschicht
by Sternberg Burning
Vienna: Gilhofer, 1889. Very good. Wraps. 4to. 5-3/4 by 7-3/4 inches. 8pp pamphlet; woodcut illustration to first page. Likely one of 100 copies printed on old paper from the only known copy of the 1492 original, owned by Julius Krone and now lost. The original is one of several publications printed in 1492 or shortly thereafter regarding the Sternberg executions; this one printed by Matthaeus Brandis pamphlet, however, bears a complex woodcut showing the Host desecration. The text... Read More
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To a Mouse on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough -- November 1785
by Burns, Robert
Oldham: Incline Press, 2019. Limited edition. Softcover. Fine. Folio. Finely printed letterpress by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen on hand made paper. (16)pp, uncut. Sewn into a heavy paper wraps, title label printed in red and black Title page in red and black. The text translates Scottish dialect into English but prints the original phrase alongside in the margin in a deep red color ink. Housed in a case with cloth spine and marbled sides by Jemma Lewis.... Read More
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Wyoming's Pioneer Ranches by Three Native Sons of the Laramie Plains
by Burns, Robert Homer, Andrew Springs Gilliespie, and Willing Gay Richardson
Laramie: Top-of-the-World Press, 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. vii, (1), 752pp. Red buckram, spine title in gilt. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Spine sunned, gilt darkened, else this is a very good copy. With the stamp of Revue Productions and the signature of Lillian Rose on the front pastedown. Rose was a scriptwriter for Revue, known for her scripts for Death Valley Days and The Lone Ranger. Limited edition, one of 1000 numbered copies;... Read More
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Las Clases Obreras: Estudio Completo de esta Gravísima Cuestion
by B.V.G.
Madrid: Pedidos, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 303,(3)pp. Modern cloth, leather lettering label, gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. A fine copy. The date is taken from the Prefácio of Luis Felipe de Orleans, Conde de Paris, 15 Marzo, 1869. Scarce. OCLC finds only one copy. In Spanish.
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Calder: Fleches
by Calder, Alexander
Paris: Maeght, 1968. Limited edition. Wraps. Near fine. Deluxe edition of Derriere le Miroir,No. 173. Folio portfolio on heavy paper containing 9 Calder lithographs, including the wrappers. Two are double page in color; 5 are single page in color; 2 are single page in black. There is also an extra single page color lithographs at p. 7, bringing the total of lithographs to 10. Twelve b&w photographs of his works. Essays in French by Giovanni Carandenta and Jacques... Read More
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