JUVENILE FICTION, FIRST EDITIONS AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
N.P.: The Scribner Bookstore, n.d.. stiff paper wrappers. Scribner. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 30 pages. 256 items for sale.
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MOSHER BOOKS A LIST OF BELLES LETTRES ISSUED IN LIMITED EDITIONS MDCCCXCI::MDCCCXVI.|THE
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. stiff paper wrappers. Mosher Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 65+(1) pages. Fourteenth catalogue (Bishop 250). Arranged by series and then by author, with a descriptive summary for titles in print with listing of contents of the volumes of the Bibleot. Order form and mailing envelope laid in. Wrappers chipped and lightly tanned. Unopened.
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150 YEARS OF HEIDELBERG 1850-2000
Heidelberg: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, 2000. cloth, dust jacket, paper slipcase. Heidelberg. 4to. cloth, dust jacket, paper slipcase. 128 pages. Illustrated look at this manufacturer of printing presses issued on the 150th anniversary of the firm. Founded by Andreas Hamm in 1850. Exlibrary with markings. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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LIBRARY OF AUBREY DRURY 1891-1959.|THE
Berkeley: Alto California Bookstore, 1962. stiff paper wrappers. Drury, Aubrey. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 34 pages. Bibliography of the Aubrey Drury library which is part of the collection of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Contains unnumbered entries. Covers sunned and slightly soiled with some shelf-wear and creasing at top and bottom edges.
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NEW SPECIMENS OF DONNELLEY DEEPTONE
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, n.d.. self paper wrappers printed French fold. Lakeside Press. oblong small folio. self paper wrappers printed French fold. (4) pages. With a color reproduction of a painting by Willard L. Metcalf and two other illustrations. Demonstration of their color printing work.
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POETRY MAGAZINE: A GALLERY OF VOICES
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 1980. stiff paper wrappers. Poetry. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A catalogue for an exhibition of material from the Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Collection. Ms. Monroe was the founder/editor/owner of Poetry Magazine. Included are facsimile letters from Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and other well-known poets. Well annotated and illustrated.
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NO CHARGE: A BRIEF, SOUL-INSPIRING COLLECTION OF PRACTICAL HINTS FOR THIS AND THAT
Kansas City, MO: Harold A Shertzer, 1925. cloth, label on front cover, fore-edge uncut. Lowell Press. 8vo. cloth, label on front cover, fore-edge uncut. (18) pages. Limited to 110 numbered copies, signed by publisher on colophon. A whimsical look at modern technology. Frontispiece. Publisher's note, table of contents. Gilt initials throughout text. Boards soiled.
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ANNUAL REPORTS IN THE NEW ECONOMY
(Cloquet, MN: Potlatch Corporation, 2000. stiff paper wrappers. Annual Reports. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(3); 25+(3) pages. Printed in conjunctioin with the Portlatch 2000 Annual Report Show. Color illustrations throughout.
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MANUSCRITS ENLUMINES ET LIVRES PRECIEUX
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Chartres: Patrick et Élisabeth Sourget, 1994. cloth, dust jacket. Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 557, (3) pages. A beautiful catalogue containing many illustrations including over 100 in color.
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EDINBURGH SCENE, CATALOGUE OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE EDINBURGH ROOM CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY.|THE
Edinburgh: Public Libraries Committee, 1951. stiff paper wrappers. Edinburgh. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 270 pages. Entries in bibliography are alphabetical and unnumbered. With 27 color plates throughout, and appendices. Laid-in is a sheet of paper with a note on it by Bridson marking an entry of the bibliography, as is typical for him. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
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CELEBRATING X YEARS OF THE OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST
Baltimore, MD: Hill Press, 2003. Hill Press. broadside (12 by 9 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. With quotation by D.B. Updike.
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WORK OF HENRY OSPOVAT.|THE
London, England: The Saint Catherine Press, 1911. cloth. Ospovat, Henry. 4to. cloth. (xii), 41+(1) pages, plates. Table of contents, an "appreciation" by Oliver Onions. Tipped in frontispiece and two tipped in illustrations in text. Sixty plates, Covers rubbed and scuffed. Front inside hinge cracked. Foxing, mainly on endpapers.
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PHOTOSTAT AND ITS OPERATION
Rochester: Photostat Corporation, n.d.. stiff paper wrappers. Photostat. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. An early type of copy machine. Well illustrated. Uneven soiling to covers, else a near fine copy.
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GEGENWARTIGE STAND DER GUTENBERG-FORSCHUNG.|DER
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1972. cloth. Gutenberg, John. 8vo. cloth. xii, 302, (2) pages. With contributions by Goodrich, Corsten, Geck, Geldner, Friederichs, Hellinga, Swierk, Widmann and others. With a bookplate that indicates that this copy came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
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KELPRA STUDIO: AN EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE ROSE AND CHRIS PRATER GIFT
(London, England): The Tate Gallery, 1980. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. Table of contents, foreword, acknowledgments, introduction by Pat Gilmour, essays, bibliography, list of publishers, listing of studio prints, bibliography. An exhibition of prints 1961-1980. Black and white illustrations throughout. Covers lightly tanned.
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FREDERICK GARRISON HALL: ETCHINGS - BOOKPLATES
(Storrs, CT: William Benton Museum of Art), n.d.. single sheet, folded. Bookplates. 8vo. single sheet, folded. Small one sheet foldout of Hall's bookplates exhibition.
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PAPER AS IMAGE
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1983. handmade paper wrappers. Papermaking. square 8vo. handmade paper wrappers. 24 pages. Exhibition catalogue showing paper art created by a world wide group. With illustrations of the artists and their work. Contains biographical information on them. Many are from the U.S.
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TYPOGRAPHER
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1959. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 52, (2) pages. Fall 1959 issue of this periodical. Includes five articles by Joseph M. Paszek, Marvin J. Kaplan, J. Lewis Warner, Warren J. Wallerstein, and Edward L. McDermott. Covers slightly tanned at edges.
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ERWERBUNGEN DER OSTERREICHISCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK
Wien: Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 1977. paper wrappers. Wien. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 106 pages, with 8 additional leaves of illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition of the Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek's acquisitions between 1968 and 1977. Includes manuscripts, incunabula, and other printed works.
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VOYAGES AND TRAVES
Guilford/Surrey, UK: Charles W. Traylen, Bookseller, 1989. stiff paper wrappers. Traylen, Charles W.. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Catalogue 99, 1985-86. 480 items. Brief notations on both covers. Pages clean. A very good copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.
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BIBLES IMPRIMÉES DU XVE AU XVIIIE SIÈCLE CONSERVÉES À PARIS
(Paris): Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2002. cloth, dust jacket. Bibles. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xlviii, 862 pages. First edition. Text in French. Fine in near fine jacket. Describes more than 10.000 copies of bibles present in 6 important Parisian libraries.
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KATALOG WERTHVOLLER UND SELTENER KUPFERSTICHE HOLZSCHNITTE UND SCHABKUNSTBLÄTTER ALTER MEISTER ZUR STAATEN- UND SITTENGESCHICHTE DES XVI. BIS XIX. JAHRHUNDERTS..
Berlin: Amsler & Ruthardt, 1897. half cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Amsler & Ruthardt. 8vo. half cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (iv), 76 pages. Written in German. An old auction catalogue of 1256 entries with the original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. Wear and rubbing at extremities, paper spine label worn, original front cover and some leaves at front separated. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. ... Read More
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EMBOSSING AND FOIL STAMPING: TECHNIQUES MADE EASY
(St. Croix Falls, WI: Brandtjen & Kluge), n.d.. self paper wrappers. Printing. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. Table of contents, introduction. An overview of the uses of the letterpress, dies, foil, and die and foil paper. Black and white illustrations.
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PRIDEMARK IN WHICH IS DISCUSSED ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PRINTED SALESMANSHIP.|THE
(Baltimore, MD: Thomsen Ellis Press), 1927. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Thomsen Ellis Press. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 44 pages. Vol. VIII, No. 1. Table of contents, note on typography of this work. Printed in three colors. Frontispiece and black and white plates throughout text. A collection of specimens by the Pridemark organization. Covers lightly soiled.
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RIGHT THOUGHTS ON PRINTING IN AN AGE WHEN THE PRINTERS NEED CORRECTING
New York: Press on Washington Street, 1972. stiff paper wrappers. Printing. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Limited to 500 copies.
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