Frontier speaks ... Foreword by Jawaharlal Lal Nehru. Preface by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Maps by Sardar Abdur Rauf
by Yunus, Mohammad
Anarkali, Lahore, [Pakistan]: Minerva Book Shop, 1942. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxii, [2], 248; errata slip tipped in at the end; portrait frontispiece, 5 maps (1 folding); very good, sound, and clean copy in original red cloth stamped in black, preserving an unclipped dust jacket with chips out at the spine ends, and with short tears and losses. Ownership stamp of Frank Shaffer on front free endpaper - Shaffer likely the World War II vet, a Corporal in the... Read More
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Elements of Chinese historiography
by Yu-Shan, Han
Hollywood, California: W. M. Hawley, 1955. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 246; pictorial endpapers, 20 illustrations including frontispiece; a very good, sound copy in a very good dust jacket.
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Lin Yutang's Chinese-English dictionary of modern usage
by Yutang, Lin
Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1972. Thick 4to, pp. lxvi, 1720; text in triple column, light wear to extremities, else very good in original black cloth-backed red boards with gilt lettering on upper cover and spine.
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Pékin, cité impériale. Sept siècles d'Histoire
by Yutang, Lin
Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1961. Sm 4to, pp. 227; profusely illustrated in color and black & white, a very good copy in original buckram with pictorial dust jacket.
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Indic manuscripts and Chinese blockprints (non-chinese texts) of the Oriental collection of the Australian National University Library, Canberra
by Yuyama, Akira
Canberra: Australian National University, 1967. 10 x 8 in., pp. viii, 124, [4]; printed paper wrappers backed in cloth; light toning and wear to upper wrapper, corner bumed, very good, with 3-page corrections laid in.
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Selected poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson
by Zabel, Morton Dauwen, ed
Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1979. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [14], 314; original full green gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy.
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Fine printing in Georgia, 1950s-1990. Six prize-winning private presses
by Zachert, Martha Jane K.
Athens, Ga: Press of the Nightowl, 1995. Edition limited to 340 copies signed by the author, this being one of 40 copies in quarter leather by Greg Campbell, Campbell-Logan Bindery, unnumbered, and not signed by the printer; 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 143, [3]; press mark illustrations; fine in quarter crimson morocco over paste-paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine; fine. The presses are: Ashantilly Press, Pigeonhole Press, Beehive Press, Hillside Press, Tinhorn Press, and the Press of the Nightowl.... Read More
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The art of bookbinding. A practical treatise
by Zaehnsdorf, Joseph W.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1900. Second edition, 12mo, pp. xix, [1], 190, [4], 29 (ads), [3]; frontispiece and 7 monochrome plates, text illustrations; original green cloth stamped in gilt and black; light spotting to top edge, tidelines on frontispiece and title page, else very good and sound.
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Sound and music
by ZAHM, J.A.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1900. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 452; text illustrations throughout; original orange cloth, spine stamped in white; a bit musty, faint ink stamp on front pastedown, otherwise very good. The volume grew out of a series of lectures given at the Catholic University of America at Washington D.C. in 1891.
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The jesters: a simple story in four acts of verse. Adapted from the French...by John N. Raphael
by ZAMACOIS, MIGUEL
New York: Brentano's, 1908. 8vo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. [2], 175-[176]; very good in original navy blue cloth, gilt dec. spine, light wear to extremities, minor browning spotting to edges and endpapers. Smith 310.
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The Mongol chronicles of the seventeenth century. Translated by Rudolf Lowenthal
by Zamcarano, Cyben Z.
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1955. 8vo, pp. x, 93, [1]; largely unopened; fine in original printed mustard wrappers. Issued as no. 3 in the publisher's Göttinger Asiatische Forschungen series.
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Wartime English. Materials for a linguistic history of World War II
by Zandvoort, R. W., [et al.]
Groningen & Djakarta: J. B. Wolters, 1957. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 254; original pale blue wrappers printed in blue; good and sound. This is a review copy, submitted by the publisher to the Review of English Studies for review, with RES "Guidance for Contributors" (4-p. leaflet printed on blue paper) laid in; also laid in is a Wolters invoice made out to the Editors of the RES, 2 postcards from the editor of the RES asking for... Read More
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A short account of monastic life in Dodrup (Golok), Khritsho (Derge) and Kyibuk (Tsang) Monasteries
by Zangpo, Khenpo Lodo, Dodrupchen Rimpoche, & Ngawang Rimpoche, Lamas
Gangtok: Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology [printed at the Sikkim Government Press], 1976. Small 8vo, pp. [2], ii, [2], 66; original printed tan wrappers, side-stapled; small smudge on upper wrapper, else near fine. Title and introduction in English, text in Tibetan. The experiences of three Tibetan Lamas in three different monasteries. Indiana, Calgary, Australian National University, and Tuebingen only in OCLC.
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Guru Rincophé
by Zangpo, Ngawang
Ithaca, New York; Boulder, Colorado: Snow Lion Publications, 2002. First edition, 8vo, pp. 262, [2]; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "This book recounts Guru Rinpoché's historic visit to Tibet and explains his continuing significance to Buddhists. In doing so, it illustrates how a country whose powerful armies overran the capital of China and installed a puppet emperor came to abandon its aggressive military campaigns: this transformation was due to Guru Rinpoché, who tamed and converted Tibet to... Read More
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Staats-Erörtung des Heil. Rom. Reichs Teutscher Nation, darinnen dessen remarquableste Staats-Veränderungen, aelterer, mittler und neuerer Zeiten, wie auch des Landes Gräntzen ... aus gründlichen Nachrichten beglaubter Geschichtschreiber und unverwerfflicher Urkunden ... vorgestellet werden
by Zanthier, Aug Friedrich von
Gosslar: Johann Christoph König, 1732. Small 8vo, pp. [34], 572; engraved frontispiece, 8 inserted tables (5 folding); 19th century blue cloth-backed marbled boards; boards peeling, moderate dampstaining, old library rubberstamps on the title page; good and sound. German account of the Holy Roman Empire up to the 18th century. 2 copies in OCLC, both in the Nertherlands, and further searches in Europe reveal no other copies.
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Manuale Zapficum: typographic arrangements of words by and about the work of Hermann Zapf & Gudrun Zapf von Hesse set in typefaces by both; in honor of their ninetieth birthdays
by Zapf, Hermann, & Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
Rochester, [N.Y.]: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2008. Edition limited to 100 copies, small folio, pp. [52]; title and introduction leaves followed by 24 leaves with specimens of different Zapf typefaces printed in red and black on rectos, versos blank; original parchment-backed terracotta paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; fine. A tribute to the Zapfs, utilizing the same criteria for producing sample sheets as the original Manuales of 1954 and 1968, exclusively employing Zapf type.
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Hermann Zapf & his design philosophy. Selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces. Introduction by Carl Zahn
by Zapf, Hermann
Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1987. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [6], 5-254, [2]; photographic frontispiece portrait, 96 plates in color, and illustrations throughout text, shoulder notes printed in blue; fine in the dust jacket. A handsome, monumental volume documenting the most influential man in modern type design, as well as the 175 alphabets he designed since 1948. This copy signed by Zapf on the colophon and in a gray cloth slipcase.
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Typographic variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages. With prefaces written by Paul Standard...G.K. Schauer...and Charles Peignot together with commentary notes and specifications
by Zapf, Hermann
New York: Museum Books, 1964. First edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 258) for the American market signed by Zapf, small folio, unpaginated; title page printed in red, blue and black, numerous facsimiles throughout, some tipped-in, printed in a variety of colors and in numerous fonts; fine copy in the dust jacket. Set and printed by the printing-office of the Stempel Fioundry, Frankfurt.
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Manuale typographicum
by Zapf, Hermann
Frankfurt am Main: [G. K. Schauer], 1954. Edition limited to 1000 copies, oblong folio, consisting of 2 bifolia (title page, preface, and table of contents, plus 100 typographic leaves with quotations from the past and present on types and printing in 16 different languages selected and designed by Hermann Zapf and printed by Heinrich Egenolf; plain embossed outer wrapper with title printed in red on spine, and contained in the original clamshell box with the title in gilt on... Read More
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Westlich! Oder Durch den fernen Westen Nord-Amerikas
by Zardetti, Otto, Dr
Mainz: Franz Kirchheim, 1897. First edition, large 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 220; title page printed in red and black, Albertype frontispiece of the Statue of Liberty and 11 Albertype plates; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in red, silver, gilt, and blue on upper cover (American flag, sunset, American eagle, escutcheon), gilt-lettered direct on gilt and black paneled spine. Fine and bright. Travels in the American west, including St. Paul, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City (including a... Read More
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Tracks
by Zarzyski, Paul
Missoula: Kutenai Press, 1989. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 37) signed by the author and the artist; 8vo, pp. [24]; title-page illustration by Mike Hollern; original printed Canson Mi Tientes wrappers; fine. Original prospectus laid in.
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Bibliographisches handbuch der sprachworter bucher ... An annotated bibliography of language dictionaries
by ZAUNMULLER, WOLFRAM
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1958. First and only edition, lg. 8vo, pp. xvi & 496 columns (thus paged); orig. tan cloth, publisher's slipcase; generally a fine copy. Bibliographical listing of printed dictionaries, arranged by language. Standard reference.
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Theories of rain and other poems
by Zavatsky, Bill
New York: Sun, 1975. First edition, wrapper issue; 8vo, pp. [8], 3-91, [1]; slight rubbing; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Toothpaste Press and Coffee House Press. This copy inscribed by Zavatsky: "For Allan & Cinda, I hope some of these 'theories' please you. Best, Bill. II, 12.76.
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For Steve Royal and other poems
by Zavatsky, Bill
New York: Cooper Union / Coalition of Publishers for Employment, 1985. First edition, 8vo, pp. [32]; fine in original pictorial boards. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded the Toothpaste Press and Coffee House Press. This copy inscribed: "For Allan, a little not-for-sale book that escaped you, I think! Best, Bill 10-28-91 NYC." Laid in is a 5-paragraph typed letter signed to Kornblum from Zavatsky about republishing the poem, For Steve Royal.... Read More
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The dream of the whale
by Zavrain, Suzanne
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1982. Edition limited to 400 copies signed by the author, oblong 8vo, pp. [20]; fine in original Suminagashi wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover. Set in Spectrum types by David Duer, and printed on Frankfurt Creme paper. Designed by Allan Kornblum.
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