CHARLES FREDERICK CHANDLER
by Wulling, Frederick J.
N.P.: Sumac Press, 1944. Stiff paper wrapper. Sumac Press. 12mo. Stiff paper wrapper. unpaginated. A Retrospect. Limited to an edition of 200. Set in linotype Granjon and foundry Blado. Colophon: "The binding is an experiment in getting a shelfback for a thin book." Wulling's remembrances of a 60-year relationship with Dr. Chandler. Title page has a few faint scattered spots.
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PINOCCHIO CATALOGUE, BEING A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRINTING HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS AND OTHER RENDITIONS APPEARING IN THE UNITED STATES, 1892-1987
by Wunderlich, Richard
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 228 pages. First edition. A fine copy. An extensive listing of the numerous English editions of this famous children's story. Entries are arranged by date, but information can also be accessed through the Publishers Index, Name Index or Synoptic tables.
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BRIGHT AMBUSH
by Wurdemann, Audrey
New York, NY: The John Day Company, 1934. cloth, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (x), 76, (2) pages. Biographical sketch of the author, table of contents. A collection of poetry. Dust jacket tanned and chipped at edges.
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BOOKS AND PEOPLE, SHORT ANECDOTES FROM A LONG EXPERIENCE
by Wyer, Malcolm Glenn
N.P.: (Fred Rosenstock, 1964. cloth, paper spine and cover labels. 8vo. cloth, paper spine and cover labels. 150, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 775 numbered and signed copies. Autobiography by a librarian. Presentation on half-title "Greetings to Mrs. Gladys Galbreath Drotleff, One of the 'Old Guard' who saw many of these DPL events take place. Malcolm Glenn Wyer.
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BOOKS AND PEOPLE, SHORT ANECDOTES FROM A LONG EXPERIENCE
by Wyer, Malcolm Glenn
N.P.: (Fred Rosenstock, 1964. cloth, paper spine and cover labels. 8vo. cloth, paper spine and cover labels. 150, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 775 numbered and signed copies. Autobiography by a librarian.
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WILD PEACHES
by Wylie, Elinor
(Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2025. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers. Barbarian Press. 4to. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers. unpaginated. Loose Canons One. Second edition. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. This title, in a much slighter form, was first issued in 2014 for inclusion in the CODEX portfolio Alchimie du verbe. It is printed in Van Dijck, hand-set by Lea Sánchez Milde on Zerkall Cream laid paper with Rivoli for display, printed by her and... Read More
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VENETIAN GLASS NEPHEW.|THE
by Wylie, Elinor
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. Original blue publisher's boards, 1/4 faux vellum, faux vellum tips, with ebony letteringpiece, gilt. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges, dust jacket, slipcase. 8vo. Original blue publisher's boards, 1/4 faux vellum, faux vellum tips, with ebony letteringpiece, gilt. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges, dust jacket, slipcase. 182 pages. First edition, of which this is the large paper edition of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Spine of dust jacket slightly age darkened.... Read More
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FORMS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CANCELS.|THE
by Wyllie, John Cook
1953. pamphlet holder with offprint bound-in. 8vo. pamphlet holder with offprint bound-in. pp.95-112. Offprint from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Vol.47, 2nd Quarter, 1953, With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson on inside front cover of pamphlet holder.
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ENGLISH TOWN CRAFTS: A SURVEY OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLY TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY
by Wymer, Norman
London, England: B.T. Batsford, 1949. cloth. 8vo. cloth. viii, 128 pages. Preface, table of contents, acknowledgments, select bibliography, index. Color frontispiece, 131 black and plates throughout text.
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RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOKS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED LIBRARIES AND MEDIA CENTERS. 1993
by Wynar, Bohdan S. (editor)
Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, 1993. boards. 8vo. boards. xix, 281 pages. Anna Grace Patterson, editor. Broken down into 36 areas. A near fine copy.
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LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS: A CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AND REFERENCE TOOLS
by Wynar, Bohdan S.
Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1971. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xi, 239+(1) pages. Second edition. A bibliographic guide to acquisitions and acquisition management. Introduction, table of contents, and index.
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MODERN TYPE DISPLAY AND THE USE OF TYPE ORNAMENT
by Wyse, Henry T.
Edinburgh: Henry T. Wyse, 1911. cloth. 4to. cloth. 104 pages. First edition (Appleton p.74). Minor rubbing to boards, minor wear along spine ends and corners. Removed bookplate from front free endpaper. Minor foxing to preliminary pages. With 40 full-page plates printed on different kinds of paper in different colors. The author's purpose in this book was to demonstrate modern type display and its value over older systems. He first describes the ancient methods and then shows by example the... Read More
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METALLURGY A GENERAL TREATISE FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING
by Wysor, Henry
Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1927. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 433, (5) pages. Third edition. Preface by the author, table of contents, list of illustrations, index. List of other works by the publisher follows text. Black and white illustrations. Light tanning near edges of text.
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SCHREIBBUCH DES URBAN WYSS, LIBELLUS VALDE DOCTUS, ZURICH 1549
by Wyss, Urban
Basel: Dr. H. Kienzle, 1927. boards, paper cover label. Calligraphy. oblong 8vo. boards, paper cover label. (116) pages facsimile followed by 4 pages of text by Kienzle. Limited to 600 numbered copies. Lacking the slipcase. Head of spine worn, spine faded, else a near fine copy of this extremely scarce book. Printed in color.
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FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE, A TRANSCRIPT OF CONTEMPORARY MARGINALIA IN A COPY OF THE KODAMA MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF MEISEI UNIVERSITY
by Yamada, Akihiro (editor)
Tokyo: Yushodo Press Co., Ltd, 1998. cloth. Shakespeare, William. large 8vo. cloth. 357 pages. First edition. This book presents a faithful transcription of marginal annotations by an early seventeenth-century Scottish reader of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623), which is now in possession of the Meisei University Library. As primary source material for research, this "diplomatic" transcription, accompanied by more than 40 photographic reproductions of the Folio pages, offers the most reliable information as well as the most definite proof of... Read More
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PETER SHORT: AN ELIZABETHAN PRINTER
by Yamada, Akihiro
Mie: Mie University Press, 2002. cloth, dust jacket. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 265+(1) pages. First edition. Peter Short's printing house produced, among other notable works, the first two quartos of Shakespeare's Henry VI Part One (1598), and editions of The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis. Also from his house came the first editions of Thomas Morley's Canzonets or Little Short Songs to Four Voices (1597) and the first three editions of John Dowland's The First Book... Read More
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DECORATIVE ARTS OF JAPAN
by Yamada, Chisaburoh F. and Eric Sackheim (editors)
London, England: Kodansha International in conjunction with Ward Lock & Company, 1964. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. 262 pages. A historical survey of decorative arts in Japan, including ceramics, metal work, laquer ware, and textiles, Table of contents, preface, introduction, chronology, list of plates. Tipped in color plates. Slipcase rubbed at corners and sunned. Dust jacket torn near edges.
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FRANK DOBIE: MAN AND FRIEND
by Yarborough, Ralph W.
Washington, DC: Potomac Corral, The Westerners, 1967. cloth. Dobie, Frank. 8vo. cloth. ii, 16 pages. Presentation by the author, then a U.S. Senator from Texas. Second printing. Foreword by Jeff Dykes. Black and white frontispiece, portrait of the author and Dobie.
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F.O.B., K.C. BEING A MODEST MEMENTO OF THE FIRST FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK AT KANSAS CITY, MO
by Yarnell, Jim
(Wichita, KS: Oak Park Press, 1974. cloth, paper cover label. Miniature Books. miniature book (9.0 x 6.5 cm). cloth, paper cover label. (ii), 9, (3) pages. Limited to 50 copies (Bradbury, Oak Park 1). Illustrated by Bill Jackson. Produced as a keepsake for the first Festival of the Book in Kansas City. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. Gilding on front cover lightly worn.
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ADVERTISING & PRODUCTION YEARBOOK 5TH ANNUAL
by Advertising & Production Yearbook
New York: Colton Press, 1939. cloth. 4to. cloth. 424 pages. Covers soiled, else a very good copy.
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ADVERTISING & PRODUCTION YEARBOOK 7TH ANNUAL
by Advertising & Production Yearbook
New York: Colton Press, 1941. cloth. 4to. cloth. 468 pages. Filled with examples of design, production methods and illustration methods. Spine lightly faded, else a very good copy.
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HAD I THE HEAVEN'S EMBROIDERED CLOTHS
by Yeats, W.B.
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, 2019. broadside. Clinker Press. small 4to. broadside. Broadside with a quotation by W.B. Yeats. Designed and printed by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press in two colors in memory of his son, Eric.
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LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE.|THE
by Yeats, William Butler
San Francisco, CA: Windsor Press, The, 1926. boards, dust jacket. Windsor Press, The. 12mo. boards, dust jacket. 27 pages. Foreword by James S. Johnson. Limited to 750 copies, printed on Rye Mill handmade paper. A near fine copy. Printed for C. F. Benoit. Contains a brief play written by Yeats.
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DELAWARE COLLECTS, CHECKLIST OF AN EXHIBITION IN THE HUGH M. MORRIS LI BRARY
by Yela, Gary E.
Newark: University of Delaware, Morris Library, 1991. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 49 pages. Acknowledgements from Susan Brynteson, introduction by Alice Schreyer and comments from the collectors including Frank Tober, Gordon Pfeiffer, Thomas Doherty, Thomas Beckman and Robert D. Fleck. Signed by the author.
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DELAWARE COLLECTS, CHECKLIST OF AN EXHIBITION IN THE HUGH M. MORRIS LIBRARY
by Yela, Gary E.
Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1991. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 49 pages. Acknowledgements by Susan Brynteson, introduction by Alice Schreyer and individual essays by 24 collectors. A fine copy. Illustrated. Interests include Delaware history, miniature books, literary forgery (especially T.J. Wise), A. Edward Newton by Robert Fleck, etc.
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