Collection of 25 pieces from the annual Rounce & Coffin Club Western Books exhibition catalogues
Los Angeles: Rounce & Coffin Club, 1971. 23 titles in 25 volumes (2 duplicates); illustrations; all in original printed wrappers with the exception of the 1971 number, which is bound in the original linen over boards in a grey printed dust jacket. Sizes vary, mostly 12mo or small 8vo; very good or better.
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Visible language: the research journal concerned with all that is involved in our being literate. Vol. XV, no. 1
Cleveland: Visible Language, 1981. 8vo, pp. 120; tables, illustrations throughout; original orange printed wrappers, near fine.
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Williams dictionary of the English language and calendar
New York: Dr. Williams Medicine Co, 1897. 8vo, pp. 32; original pictorial wrappers; vignette wood engravings throughout; very good. A promotional give-away from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,touting various medicines for a variety of diseases, perceived or otherwise. The dictionary itself "contains over 10,000 words and definitions, carefully compiled from Webster, Worcester, and Johnson, the best dictionary makers of our language.
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A book of tools, being a catalogue of tools, supplies, machinery, and similar goods..
Detroit: Chas. A. Strelinger & Co, 1895. First edition, 12mo, pp.xviii, 520 [i.e. 526]; frontispiece, and nearly 2000 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original red cloth stamped in silver on upper cover and spine; front hinge starting; very good and sound.
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Ensiklopedia Indonesia
Bandung, 's-Gravenhage: N.V. Penerbitan W. Van Hoeve, n.d., 1950. 3 volumes, lg. 8vo, pp. 1446 (continuous pagination); illustrated throughout; text in double column; dust jackets on vols. 2 and 3; vol. 1 rubbed along lower edge; generally a very good, sound set.
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SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS P.R.A.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1905. First American edition, 8vo, pp. x, 330; gravure frontis, many plates; very good in orig. blue cloth gilt, t.e.g.; ex-MHS.
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Bouquet for BR. A birthday garland gathered by the Typophiles
New York: [Typophiles], 1950. First edition limited to 600 copies, 12mo, pp. [76]; 6 photographs and 9 facsimiles in text; text written out by 13 calligraphers; fine in original black cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards. Typophiles Chap Book no. 24.
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Hand bookbinding today, an international art. An exhibition organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in cooperation with the Hand Bookbinders of California
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Edition limited to 2500 copies, oblong 8vo, pp. 91, [5]; illustrated throughout, some in color; original pictorial wrappers; small stain at the lower outer corner cause some very mild wringling of the pages; all else fine and contained in a black cloth clamshell box, gilt lettering on spine.
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平民千字帖 = Ping Min Qian Zi Tie = Copy book for foundation characters ... Thirteenth edition
Shanghai: Associated Press of China, 1933. 7½" x 5¼", pp. [30]; original self-wrappers with an early rebacking and a small tape repair to the upper cover; text toned; a good copy. With the ownership signature on the back wrapper of "Hildebrand." A number of the Chinese characters, which are assembled on the page in a grid pattern, are annotated in pencil and/or ink with either phonetic and/or English equivalents, almost certainly by Beatrice and/or Thelma Hildebrand. Beatrice and Thelma... Read More
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Clinton Bank Ledgers
Clinton, Hunterdon Country, New Jersey, 1868. Two volumes, 1.) General Ledger 1856 to 1863. 12" x 18", 440 numbered pages; 2.) Discount Book. October 1861 to September 1868. 11½" x 16"; bound ledger. 533 numbered pages. Full calf, leather labels. Ink, legible hand. Very good (heavy). The oldest banking institution in Clinton, New Jersey, was founded in 1856, under the general banking law, as the Clinton Bank, with a capital of $100,000, of which $80,000 was paid in. There... Read More
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The Yankee enterprise, or the two millionaires; and other thrilling tales
Boston: Wentworth & Co, 1855. 8vo, pp. iv, [3], 26-334; steel-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original brown blindstamped cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gray; frontispiece foxed in the margins, spine ends chipped level with text block, corners worn; good and sound. A series of "articles treating on the beauties of nature, as seen on the tempest-tossed ocean, or sublimely viewed from the cloud-capped mountain." Included are: The Two Millionaires, by Sarah Fry; "I owe you nothing,... Read More
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Ballads of the Dorr War; collected from the papers of the day, to which is added an epigram never before printed
Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Brother (printed for private distribution), 1869. Of this pamphlet only twenty-five copies are printed, all of this size; two of which are on blue paper (this one of 23 on regular paper); slim 8vo, pp. 37, [3]; printed on rectos only; contemporary half blue straight-grain blue goat, gilt-lettered direct on spine; lightly rubbed, else near fine. The final, unpublished epigram is slightly ribald. Eleven copies in OCLC.
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![新建設 / Shin kensetsu [= New construction]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/397/241/1550241397.0.l.jpg)
新建設 / Shin kensetsu [= New construction]
Taihoku (Taipei): Shin Kensetu Magazine, 1945. Three issues, (vol. 3 no. 11, vol. 4 no. 1, vol. 4 no. 28); text in Japanese; text illustrations; staple-bound in pictorial paper wrappers; one volume with wrappers detached but present, another with some pen scribbling on upper cover, edgewear on all through, good. A labor magazine magazine, published in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period. While the articles are all written in Japanese, many have pronunciation aids (furigana) to assist readers for... Read More
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Progress report on forest administration in the Punjab for 1907-1908
Lahore: printed at the 'Civil and Military Gazette' Press, 1908. Folio, pp. [8], 15, [1], xli, [1], vii, [1]; original printed blue wrappers bound into library card binding, printed paper label and accession numbers; ex-Oregon Agricultural College with bookplate, pressure stamp on title page, pocket inside back cover; internally fine; but for the library treatments, very good and sound. This issue not found in OCLC.
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![中国戏曲志. 山西卷 / Zhongguo xi qu zhi. Shanxi juan [= Chronicle of Chinese Opera. Shanxi volume]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/779/857/1576857779.0.l.jpg)
中国戏曲志. 山西卷 / Zhongguo xi qu zhi. Shanxi juan [= Chronicle of Chinese Opera. Shanxi volume]
Bejing: Wen hua yi shu chu ban she, 1990. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [4], 5, [5], 18, 830, [4]; 24 pages of plates, text illustrations, musical annotation; text in Chinese; full brown cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine red dust jacket and original slip case. The Chronicle of Chinese Opera was a nationwide project to record the history and current state of opera in every region of the country. It was published serially and totals 30... Read More
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![The poetry quartos. Twelve brochures each containing a new poem by an American poet... [as below]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/772/127/261127772.0.l.1.jpg)
The poetry quartos. Twelve brochures each containing a new poem by an American poet... [as below]
[New York]: Random House, 1929. Edition limited to 475 sets printed in Silvermine, Conn., each designed, printed and made by Paul Johnston; tall 8vo, each poem in separate printed wrapper, stitched, as issued, and enclosed in a yellow printed paper chemise; lacking the publisher's box, but otherwise fine throughout. Includes: Monologue for Mothers by Genvieve Taggard, The Lovely Shall Be Choosers by Robert Frost, Rigmarole, Rigmarole by Vachel Lindsay, The Prodigal Son by Edwin Arlington Robinson, Adirondack Cycle by... Read More
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A letter from the Secretary of War transmitting ... A report of the number and station of all the military posts in the United States, and of the distribution of the army..
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 8vo, pp. [3] plus 4 large folding tables and one smaller folding table; removed. Includes an early mention on the second table of "Cantonment Leavenworth, on the river St. Peter's," under the command of Colonel Snelling, with other particulars given with regard to its detachment of 345 soldiers. Cantonment Leavenworth became, on the death of Snelling, Fort Snelling, which continues to stand at the confluence of the present day Minnesota River and the Mississippi.... Read More
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[Cover title] Save this catalog! It is our final complete catalog from Slavica. January 1995. Catalog 51
Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, 1995. 8vo, pp. 140; original cream printed wrappers, integral envelope printed on back wrapper, address label, else fine. Publisher's catalog of titles on Slavic studies, some of which are described in Russian. 4 pages of order blanks bound in back.
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Collection of 23 items on Esperanto
1957. A collection of literature in or about Esperanto. Includes instruction books, society reports, literature in translation, and study material. A few books with covers loose, one with cover missing, two books with spine split and a number of leaves loose but present, the remaining 18 items good and sound, or better. A full list of titles in available upon request.
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GPO - PIA Joint Research Bulletins, as below
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1954. 9 volumes, 4to, each 16 pages or less, each in original printed wrappers or self-wrappers, each ex-Minnesota Historical Society with a small rubberstamp on the front covers; overall in very good condition. Includes Bindery Series nos. 1-9: The Process of Marbling Paper; Bookbinding Pastes; Bindery Glues; Miscellaneous Bookbinding Adhesives; Bookbinding Leather; Bronze Stamping Leaf; Pyroxylin-Treated Book Cloths; Control of Warp in Book Covers; and Paper Boards for Bookbinding. Also included are two others... Read More
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The journey of making books by hand ... a slide lecture and documentary video
[Middletown, CT: Robin Price for The University of Commecticut and the Friends of the University Libraries, 1998. Broadside (approx. 9¾" x 12¾") printed in a limited but unspecified edition; printed in 2 colors from handset Bodoni book and Fortuna extra bold; fine. An invitation to a lecture held in conjunction with the 19 January - 13 March exhibition at the University of Connecticut. This copy in tissue sleeve with a note in pencil in Robin Price's hand, "Please note... Read More
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The art of hunting, trapping and fishing, a complete and practical guide for the use of the amateur or professional ... with full instructions on the art of training dogs, and using the gun and rifle
New York: Hurst & Co., publishers, 1874. Small 8vo (6¾" x 5"), pp. [3], 8-65, [3] ads; a number of small wood engravings in the text; original orange pictorial wrappers; piece torn from the upper wrapper affectintg 1 letter and part of the printed border, spine partially perished; all else good and sound. LC only (dated 1875 and without ads) in OCLC.
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The blackbird's nest: a tale
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1812. 16mo, pp. 36; engraved title page, illustrations throughout; original stiff tan pictorial wrappers depicting on man on his horse, a shepherd tending his sheep in the background; fine. Shaw & Shoemaker 24883; Welch 104.1.
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Seventh Army German language training program
[Germany]: Seventh Army Educational Branch, 1960. Staple bound booklet, 10.5" x 8"; pp. 28; grammar, idioms, songs, word list, insignia, etc.; pictorial wrappers; light soiling, pen annotations, ownership note of "Brienze, A BTRY 1st TAB 26th ARTY"; very good. Adapted from the 4th Armored Division Language School Student Booklet. US Army War College only in OCLC.
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Rowfant Club yearbook 1966
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1966. Edition limited to 203 copies (this, no. 9), 12mo, pp. [6], 9-81, [1]; title page printed in red and black; portrait; original gray cloth-backed red cloth, spine stamped in gilt; fine, in a fine dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. Designed, printed, and bound at the Prairie Press, Iowa City, Iowa.
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