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New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1940.. Large octavo. Gilt cloth, gilt spine label, t.e.g. Sketches by Fritz Kredel. First edition. One of 660 copies printed. As new in glassine and slipcase. LAWSON & PANKOW 96.
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Literary Life - A Second Memoir
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GUTENBERG AND THE STRASBOURG DOCUMENTS OF 1439 AN INTERPRETATION...TO WHICH HAS BEEN APPENDED THE TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE ORIGINAL ALSATIAN, THE FRENCH OF LABORDE, AND MODERN GERMAN AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
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Limited first edition, a high quality production, subtitled The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World. Fine unread book in Fine jacket and housed in Fine slipcase. This number 207 of 250 such copies, signed by Basbanes on the limitation page. What books have famous persons of the past read? What can we learn of them from their reading habits? Basbanes is of course the author of A Gentle Madness.
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Middle Hill: Typis Medio Montanis, excudit Eduinus Offer - Edwyn Offer Middle Hill Press, 1828 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. [ii], 16, [4] pages. The final four page section is loosely inserted and titled Manuscript codices Abbatiae Sancti Eligii Circa Ann 1778. Spotting, particularly to the final section. Some creasing. Loosely held in drak blue paper wrappers. Holzenberg 37.
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Peiping China: Library Association of China, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Yellow cloth covers slightly soild at edges and spine, name inked on free front endpage (this book appears to be a library rebinding of this 1935, 132-page booklet). "Papers Prepared on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Library Association of China" "This booklet contains 9 articles on Chinese library conditions, with special reference to the changes that have been brought about within the last decade. While it is true that library facilities in China are far from being perfect..." 132 pages; 7 x 10
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GUTENBERG AND THE STRASBOURG DOCUMENTS OF 1439 AN INTERPRETATION...TO WHICH HAS BEEN APPENDED THE TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE ORIGINAL ALSATIAN, THE FRENCH OF LABORDE, AND MODERN GERMAN AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
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New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1940.. Large octavo. Gilt cloth, gilt spine label, t.e.g. Sketches by Fritz Kredel. First edition. One of 660 copies printed. As new in glassine and slipcase. LAWSON & PANKOW 96.
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Limited first edition, a high quality production, subtitled The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World. Fine unread book in Fine jacket and housed in Fine slipcase. This number 207 of 250 such copies, signed by Basbanes on the limitation page. What books have famous persons of the past read? What can we learn of them from their reading habits? Basbanes is of course the author of A Gentle Madness.
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Fine, unread book in a Fine minus jacket with slight touch of rubbing to back panel dust jacket. This copy has been signed by Michener on the half-title page. Michener began his novel Mexico in the late 1950’s; however, the partial manuscript was lost. Michener tells of how the lost manuscript was eventually found, allowing him to finish the novel, which was published in 1992 – decades after he had begun writing it.
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Middle Hill: Typis Medio Montanis, excudit Eduinus Offer - Edwyn Offer Middle Hill Press, 1828 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. [ii], 16, [4] pages. The final four page section is loosely inserted and titled Manuscript codices Abbatiae Sancti Eligii Circa Ann 1778. Spotting, particularly to the final section. Some creasing. Loosely held in drak blue paper wrappers. Holzenberg 37.
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Literary Life, A Second Memoir
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 175pp., The famous writer / bookseller expounds on the trials & triumphs of being a writer
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The author's second book of his three-volume memoir. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice Univiersity, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a bookselling author, Literary Life retains all the intimacy and charm of his previous autobiographical works. 175 pages.
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Simon & Schuster, N. Y.. As New in As New dust jacket. 2009. First Edition Limited; First Printing. hardcover with dustjacket. 1439159939 . No names or markings. Limited to one hundred copies signed by Larry McMurty for Three Dog Books in Archer City , Tx. December 2009 number 92/100. ; Standard Book Size.; 175 pages; Signed by Author .
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DAY AT THE BOOKBINDERY OF LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO.|A
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New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. (16) pages. Reprint of the 1852 magazine article which had appeared in Godey's Magazine with a foreword by Robert Fleck. One of the best references to what a trade binding house looked like in the middle of the 19th century. Enhanced by 17 illustrations by Hinckley showing various scenes in the bindery. The fifth Christmas book issued by Oak Knoll.
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Our Devil Takes a Holiday : Letters and Sketches sent back to the shop, written and drawn by John R. Nash
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Lunenburg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letters written from France and England in 1960, these describe John R. Nash's encounters and visits with engravers, book printers, and job printers in their own establishments. They form an engaging essay with sufficient detail to interest those who appreciate private press work and the personalities behind that. Nash was the former graphic arts Professor and long-time mentor of Rocky Stinehour. Has Nash's 6 ink line drawings of the people and equipment in their shops. This book is a 1963 Christmas keepsake for friends of the Press. Bound in stiff, orange, laid paper wraps. Printed fully justified in an unspecified Monotype face. This is a clean, crisp Fine copy. ; Ink line drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 27 [1] pages .
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BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES
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Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co, 1951. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Exlibrary copy. Lacking the dust jacket. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others.
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FACTOTUM IN THE BOOK TRADE: A MEMOIR.|A
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Windsor, ON, Canada: Biblioasis, 2022. paperback. 8vo. paperback. 349 pages. Featured in The New York Times article "Love the Smell of Old Books? This Bookseller Would Like You to Leave." "In his grouchy, funny memoir, 'A Factotum in the Book Trade,' Marius Kociejowski writes about what a good bookstore should feel like, famous customers hes served and more....'A Factotum in the Book Trade' is memorable because a) its well-written, and b) its close in touch with the books." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times Praise for Marius Kociejowski "Kociejowski draws on all aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays . . . [that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm." - Michael Dirda, Washington Post "[Kociejowski is] one of the most evocative travel writers to emerge in the last decade . . . He may well be peerless." - Maclean's "Here the charm is deep, the splendour unlaboured; the colours of history, reckoned afresh, saturate…
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1977. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 288 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. An excellent book with 12 articles by well-known bookman on various aspects of book collecting.
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TRICKS OF THE TRADE: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKBINDER
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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. paperback. Bookbinding. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 144 pages. Tricks of the Trade considers what is not taught - but probably should be - about binding and rebinding books. Written for competent binders and knowledgeable collectors, it brings quirky but effective binding techniques out of obscurity and into the professional repertory. Here are tricks binders can use to polish and refine their bindings, as well as suggestions for repairs that may add value to collections. Using photographs of her own bindings as illustrations, Jamie Kamph discusses decorative techniques, sources for design ideas, engineering concerns, and ways to both correct and avoid common mistakes. In addition to providing practical solutions, Kamph's advice delves into the grey area between technical discipline and artistic invention. Detailed instructions and drawings describe binding practices such as corner shaping, headbanding, rebacking, and recasing books. An extensive discussion…
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ARTIST'S BOOK: A MESSAGE FROM THE KLINGSPOR MUSEUM | THE
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Berkeley: CODEX Foundation, 2021. wrappers. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. wrappers. 24 pages. Number seventeen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number seventeen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Following Marshall McLuhan's famous quote the medium is the message this article presents the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach/Main as a unique institution representing the genre of the artists book. The Klingspor Museum is more than simply a collection of book related arts because of its foundational idea of type- and bookmaking that put tremendous emphasis on merging these two domains. The leading personality of that history is Karl Klingspor. The practice of his type foundry revolutionised the ways that trade markets, literature, and culture in general traditionally separated until then came together in the foundry. From this beginning in the foundry, Klingspor developed a collecting ethos that brought together the arts of type, writing and the book, thereby promoting the process of creation itself. Because of…
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DIRECTORY OF LONDON STATIONERS AND BOOK ARTISANS 1300-1500.|A
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New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 254 pages. The history of the book trade in Medieval London before the age of print has long remained a matter of speculation. Few records survive that name the book artisans and entrepreneurs involved with this early trade venture or that document directly their methods of producing books and creating markets for them. In this directory, C. Paul Christianson assembles an extensive body of alternative data drawn from archival documents that identifies 262 participants in the London trade during a period of 200 years. This group includes stationers, manuscript artisans (called limners), textwriters, bookbinders, parchment sellers, and other London citizens active in book production and sale. This book provides a summary of information about the independent book craftsman working in London during this period. Four appendices contain indexes, and two maps, one modern and one from the sixteenth century, illustrate the historical…
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CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 3 | THE
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Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2021. Smythe sewn, Letterpress printed wrapper. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, Letterpress printed wrapper. 120 pages. This issue features: - An Interview With In Cahoots Director Macy Chadwick. - Mastery and Making: craft in support of concept the third stream, with essays by Veronika Schäpers, Russell Maret, Tobias Lange, and Didier Mutel [Transcripts from the talks at the CODEX Effect Symposium panel] - Excavation, Metamorphosis, and Eternity: Artists as Global Ambassadors of the Book. By Ruth Rogers. - Printer. By David Jury. - Extraction: The Art of the Book on the Edge of the Abyss. By Sam Pelts. - A Photo Essay of the Library of Lisa Baskin, with photos by Annie Schlechter. - MCBA Prize 2020: Traverse the starry vault. By Betty Bright (a feature on the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the MCBA Prize). - A film review of The Booksellers and The Book Makers. By Gerald W. Cloud.
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This is one of the rare "Large Paper" printings, published in 1886, marked #75 of 100. The boards are in very good condition with some minor soiling and bumps to corners. The two black 'B's' on the spine have faded. There is a ribbed spine. Owner's bookplate on FEP. Endpapers have some browning with age, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Nineteen black and white illustrations throughout.All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
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