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Vienna: Johann Thomas Trattner, 1795. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 1795-1796. Second improved edition. Two volumes in quarto, original full brown calf. Marbled paper endpapers and marbled edges. 293, 423 pp. With a folding plate (36 cm. x 36 cm.) at the rear of Volume I showing the classifications of knowledge in table form. Volume I is dedicated to… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Villier Libraire, 1800. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original period binding half bound in calf over paper with red spine title label and panelled spine closely decorated in gilt. pp. (vii), (xv), 352 (iv). An early title in the seminal books by Peignot treating all aspects of bibliography. In the nature of a general… Read more about this item

New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth backed boards with gilt spine titles. xiv, 41, (3) 1 of 450 copies LIMITED EDITION. Very fine in the original glassine dust jacket. Jacket shows slight fraying at top of spine and light browning at edges. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. Scarce with the… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grolier Club, 1984. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, burgundy red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles in matching burgundy red cloth covered slipcase. 258 pp. including index. One of a LIMITED EDITION OF 600. A collection of essays on books and the activities of thie Grolier Club, one of the premier bibliophile clubs… Read more about this item

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Very thick octavo, stiff wraps (Trade paperback).1383 pp. Tight, clean, fresh, bright, stiff, crisp, glossy, unmarked and unread with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

Verona, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega, 1967. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, (15" x 10.5"), oatmeal colored cloth covered boards. Illustrated throughout with 30 full page facsimile reproductions of manuscripts mostly in a dark sepia monotone, but with a handful in full color. Introduction by Giuseppe Turrini in ITALIAN and ENGLISH A very fine volume in a very fine dust… Read more about this item

London: Charles Tilt, 1932. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo. Cloth gold cloth covered boards All edges gilt. viii, 82, 6 (ads). A scarce compilation of engravings from the original plates of Cruikshank's popular satirical illustrations for Smollett, Fielding (including "Tom Jones") and Goldsmith. This copy lacks the very first plate. Otherwise complete the images are all unmarked and… Read more about this item

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Book. Illus. by Zhenya Gay. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Large slim octavo, burnt orange cloth covered boards with gilt title and gilt spine title. 30 pp. plus colophon. Frontispiece original lithograph of Thomas Hardy by Zhenya Gay SIGNED by her in pencil. This copy #320/761 of a Limited Numbered Edition SIGNED at… Read more about this item

London: Faber, 1962. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, brick red cloth boards. 136pp. 66 black and white and 2 color illustrations. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Macmillan, 1917. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. Octavo, brown decorated cloth covered boards 381 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with blackand white plates, in-text drawings, photographs and reproductions of school books in early American history from spellers and grammars to primary and advanced readers, arithmetic and geographies. Charming and informative for the collector. A nice clean, tight, bright volume… Read more about this item

New York: Dial Press, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Top edge stained purple. 407 pp. including index and selected bibliographies for each of the Scandinavain countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. An extensive, definitive and authoritative history of the leading works in the literature of the Scandinavan countries.… Read more about this item

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. Small quarto with sand white cloth covered boards and red spine titles. Top edge stained red. 269 pp. including index and appendices. Very generously illustrated througout with over 800 reproductions and facsimile signatures. A tight, clean, bright volume with fresh white cloth and solid top stain, in a… Read more about this item

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1960. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards with white title and spine title. 90 pp. A very tight, clean, fresh bright, unmarked and unread volume. Flawless. FINE. (Without dust jacket)..

Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: New Rivers Pr, 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown hardcover. 209 pp. SIGNED and dated BY AUTHOR ANNIE WILCOX on title page. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sparkliing, tight, unblemished dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW. SIGNED..

New York: Peter Smith, 1929. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Tall octavo, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title. 37 pp. plus 2 page index. A tight, clean, crisp, stiff unread volume with bright gilt, very fresh cloth and unopened pages. FINE without dust jacket (as issued). AS NEW..

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1946. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Tall octavo, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine title.142 pp. including index and selected bibliography. A tight, clean, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright gilt. FINE. No dust jacket..

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1953. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Octavo, pale beige cloth covered boards. 35 pp. plus 20 facsimile pages Second Limited Edition following the very limited first edition of the previous year. Copy #235/500 numbered copies. Very fresh, crisp, tight, with bright, unmarked, unblemished and unread. Fine without dust jacket (as issued). New… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. Book. As New. Cloth. Quato, burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 250 pp. including 68 full page plates in black and white and color reproducing notable examples of typhography, printing and illustration by Hunter, Baskin, Hoyem, Everson, Ruzicka, Updike, Goudy, Kittredge, Warde, Grabhorn and many others.A fantastic introduction to the history of the… Read more about this item

Eastgate, Gloucester: John Bellows, 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. cream linen cloth spine over blue/grey paper covered boards with gilt title and spine title. 32 pp. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Near fine..

Pittsburgh, PA: Unknown, 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo., hand printed color illustrated silk over boards. Unpaginated (8 pp. plus colophon). A "study in printing ink" dedicated to typographer and author Arthur C. Gruver and hand signed "Shertzer"(?). A probably one of kind a hand made book with elaborate red and green decorative swag borders and color initial capital.… Read more about this item