CATALOGO DE LA BIBLIOTECA POR ORDEN ALFABETICO DE AUTORES, 2. SECCION, HISTORIA Y GEOGRAFIA..
Cordoba: Universidad Nacional, 1908. sewn, stiff paper covers. Argentina. large 8vo. sewn, stiff paper covers. 3-158 pages. Not in Besterman. About 1,100 author/title main entries arranged by subject or format: history, geography, voyages, atlases and maps, dictionaries, pamphlets, bibliographies--followed by 350+ entries for periodicals and an alphabetical index. Covers soiled, light browning around edges. Lacks backing.
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SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA, A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN A.
Old Working, Surrey: Richard Joseph, 1999. cloth, dust jacket. Bookselling. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 644 pages. Thirteenth edition. Includes speciality and alphabetically arranged indexes.
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Publication Announcement by the Scarab Press
Sterling Junction, MA: The Scarab Press, n.d.. self paper wrappers. Scarab Press. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for Arthur F. Kinney, On Seven Shakespearean Tragedies. Tipped in specimen illustration by Howard John Besnia. Distributed by the Chiswick Book Shop of New York.
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THIS IS DU PONT. THE STORY OF PRICES
Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1960. paper wrappers. Du Pont. 4to. paper wrappers. 32 pages. See B1-2159 for 1949 edition of general publication. Well-illustrated. Part of a series of business publications issued starting in 1960.
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ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
Yucaipa: Gail Klemm Books, 1972. paper wrappers. Caldecott, Randolph. 8vo. paper wrappers. (36) pages. Illustrated. Book dealer's catalogue.
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PAUL A. BENNETT, 1897-1966: TYPOPHILE
New York: The Spiral Press, 1961. stiff paper wrappers, unattached by publisher. Bennett, Paul A.. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, unattached by publisher. (8) pages. Reprint from The Publisher's Weekly, July 10, 1961. Address on the event of Bennett's receiving the AIGA Medal Award. Invitation to memorial meeting in 1966 laid in.
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ZERO: IT ALL HAS TO START SOMEWHERE
(Newark, DE): Lead Graffiti, 2014. stiff handmade-paper wrappers. Lead Graffiti. 8vo. stiff handmade-paper wrappers. (10) pages. Limited to 200 unnumbered copies. Number 0 in a series of Moments Carved in Paper. A fine copy. A prospectus for Lead Graffiti's publications. Printed via letterpress in two colors with hand rolled cover on Somerset Textured White 300 gsm, bound in a flutter book format. The Moments Carved in Paper series was composed as a way for the printer... Read More
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OF THE MAKING OF CXXV BOOKS, A PUBLISHER'S BIBLIOGRAPHY
London: Gerald Howe, 1934. parchment-backed boards, paper spine label. Howe, Gerald. small 8vo. parchment-backed boards, paper spine label. 80 pages. Gives a history of the firm along with historical comments on the production of each book. Spine darkened.
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FRIENDS OF WINTERTHUR.|THE
Winterthur, DE: Friends of Winterthur, Inc, 1974. self paper wrappers. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 23 pages. Fine condition.
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FAITHFUL DOG.|THE
(Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1985. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.0 x 5.0 cm). stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. (Bradbury, Schori 36). From a 19th century children's book. Frontispiece and illustration. A fine copy.
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SOCIETY OF AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, A COMPARISON AND A CONTRAST
London: H.C.A. Thieme, 1893. original paper wrappers. Thieme, H.C.A.. tall 12mo. original paper wrappers. 48 pages. A look at production cost of publishing by Thieme. With tables of costs of production for various categories of books. Disbound. Frederic Melcher bookplate on front cover.
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CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1959.|A
New York: New York Chappel, n.d.. 17 broadsides in total. Private Press. broadsides (9 x 6 inches). 17 broadsides in total. Limited to 200 copies. Each month was printed as a separate small broadside by a different private press printer in the New York Chappel. Includes the work of John DePol illustrating one calendar page. Printed in color. A total of 17 broadsides counting the 2 pages for February, cover, colophon and explantory page.
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STATT BLUMEN KRITIKEN
Zurich and Munich: Kindler Verlag, 1972. paper wrappers. Kindler, Helmut. 8vo. paper wrappers. xvi, 443 pages. A volume of book reviews selected by Rudolf Kühne and Hans Joachim Reiber to celebrate Helmut Kindler's 60th birthday. Corners bumped.
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HOLY BIBLE: CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, AND THE BOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA
Oxford, United Kingdom: Printed at the University Press, 1958. full leather. Etherington, Don. 4to. full leather. 1049, 261, (1) pages, followed by 11 plates of illustrations and blank pages for births, marriages, baptisms, etc. Translated Out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Cum Privilegio. London, New York, Toronto. The New Clarendon Lectern Bible. Printed by Vivian Ridler. ... Read More
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CONSTRUCTION
(Niles, MI: The French Paper Company), n.d.. paper wrappers. paper specimens. small 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Features a total of 10 specimens in difference colors. A fine copy.
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GROLIER: OR 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE; A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXHIBIT OF 100 BOOKS FAMOUS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE ORIGINALLY HELD IN NEW YORK, 1903
Bloomington: Indiana University Library, 1963. paper wrappers. Grolier Club. 4to. paper wrappers. 48 pages. Exhibition catalogue. Three page preface by David Randall. Not illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.
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CATALOGO DE LIBROS Y MANUSCRITOS
Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Jose Porrua Turanzas, 1997. paper wrappers. Turanzas, Jose Porrua. 8vo. paper wrappers. 172 items. Catalogue featuring early European books and manuscripts. Illustrated. Fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.
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DESIGN AND PAPER NUMBER 13: CONTROLLED VISUAL FLOW
New York: Marquardt & Company, 1943. original stapled paper wrappers. Sutnar, Ladislav. small 8vo. original stapled paper wrappers. (16) pages. "Good design implies control of visual flow. Such control may be accomplished by simplification and coordination of design factors for the most efficient and continuous transmission of information." Some wear along the spine, very minor soiling to the covers, else a near fine copy. With separate later text going into more detail of the periodical and Sutnar. Full color.... Read More
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DREISSIG JAHRE DER UNGARISCHEN BUCHKUNST 1952-1982
N.P.: (Vereinigung der ungarischen Buchverlage und Vertriebsunternehmen, 1982. paper wrappers. Hungary. 8vo. paper wrappers. not paginated. Showcases thirty years of fine book design from Hungary. Well-illustrated.
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PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION. NEW SERIES NO.9
New York, NY: American Printing History Association, 2011. stiff paper wrappers. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. Michael Winship on "Pirates, Shipwrecks, and Comic Almanacs: Charles Ellms Packages Books in Nineteenth-Century America" and Alastai M. Johnston on "A Glance at the First Century of California Printing.
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COUNTERPOINTS, FROM THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Cleveland: World Publishing by B.D. Zevin, 1944. later limp cloth with stiff paper wrappers bound-in. tall 12mo. later limp cloth with stiff paper wrappers bound-in. Includes the following: Volume I, 2 (May 1942), 4, 7, 11; Volume 2, 2, 4 - 9 (Oct. 1944). Articles and reviews of new books.
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ENGEL COLLECTION.|THE
N.P.: Columbia University Libraries, 1967. stiff paper wrappers. Engel, Julia and Solton. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 42 pages. A catalogue of the collection of Solton and Julia Engel, which was presented to the libraries of Columbia University. It consist of more than five hundred books, manuscripts, and original drawings such as Stevenson's, 'A Child Garden of Verses,' inscribed by the author, the first issue of 'Leaves of Grass,' inscribed by Whitman, the first issues of 'Tom Sawyer,'... Read More
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ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 15-18
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1968. cloth. thick 8vo. cloth. Reprint of the 1896 - 1897 edition. Includes the following: 15. Bahlmann, P. Jesuiten-Dramen der nieder-rheinischen Ordensprovinz. iv, 351 pages. 16. Heiberg, J.L. Beitrage zur Geschichte Georg Valla's und seiner Bibliothek. 129 pages. 17. Meier, P. Gabriel. Heinrich von Ligerz. Bibliothekar von Einsiedeln im 14. Jh. 68 pages. 18. Falk, Franz. Die ehemalige Dombibliothek zu Mainz, ihre Entstehung, Verschleppung und Vernichtung nach gedruckten und ungedruckten Quellen. iv, 175 pages.
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OLD BOOK VALUE GUIDE.|THE
Kentucky: Collector Books, 1990. paper-covered boards. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 382+(1) pages. Second edition. A fine copy. An easy reference guide listing 25,000 books arranged alphabetically by author. Each listing includes title, date of publication and current market value.
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MARGO FEIDEN GALLERIES.|THE
New York: Margo Feiden Galleries, n.d.. mylar, spiral bound. Hirschfeld, Al. 4to. mylar, spiral bound. unpaginated. Catalogue of Hirschfeld's work, much of it limited and numbered. Well illustrated. Numerous facsimile prints and newspaper or magazine clippings laid in.
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