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London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1950. . 8vo, maroon cloth; front inner hinge cracked, but sound. First Edition
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A. J. A. Symons: His Life and Speculations
by SYMONS Julian
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Alpha of the Plough: Selected Essays. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Barbara Huart
by [MEDWAY SCHOOL OF ART AND CRAFTS. Gardiner Alfred George]
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Rochester, Kent: [The School], 1940. . 8vo, tan cloth-covered boards, spine orange cloth; printed paper spine label (somewhat soiled) COPAC and OCLC showing only one holding with this imprint--Cambridge University Library.Interesting piece, produced by the students of the school. The whole was produced "in the clawses of the Typography Department of the Medway School...during the session 1939-40. Layout and arrangement in type by P. J. Reynolds ...Set by students of the "Monotype Composition classes. Head of the Dpartment, Charles L. Pickering under whose direction this book was made and finished in July 1940"
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An American Friend of Southey
by [GROLIER CLUB]. Grannis Ruth Shepard
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New York: De Vinne Press, 1913. . 8vo, gray paper-covered boards, paper label on front cover; small abrasion on spine; small scotch tape repair over spine, extending one inch on either side; entire volume slightly soiled. Bookplate on front pastedown ONE OF FIFTY COPIES authored by the second Librarian of the Grolier Club.The subject of the volume is Maria Brooks, also known as Maria del Occidente, the author of Zophiel. There is a short bibliography of her works at the end of the volume
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An Appendix to the Rowfant Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Etc. Collected Since the Printing of the First Catalogue in 1886 by the Late Frederick Locker Lampson.
by ROWFANT LIBRARY
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London : Printed by Charles Whittingham & Co. at the Chiswick Press, 1890. . Illustrated. Tall 8vo, terracotta cloth, tan leather spine--slight wear to extremities; t.e.g., others uncut. ONE OF 350 COPIES of which 100 were retained by the Rowfant Club, the actual publisher
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The "Blue Book". a Bibliographical Attempt to Describe the Guide Books to the Houses of Ill Fame in New Orleans....
by [HEARTMAN, CHARLES
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[New Orleans?]: Privately Printed, 1936. . Tall 8vo, navy-blue cloth; title in gilt on front cover; free endpapers discolored probably caused by glue under the opposing pastedowns OCLC records two holdings.One of an unknown limitation which includes 15 on hand-made paper..
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Book Design: A Catalogue of the Second International Exhibition Arranged by the National Book League
by NATIONAL BOOK LEAGUE
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London: Published for...by The Cambridge University Press, 1947. . Slim 8vo, quarter red crushed levant; t.e.g. ;Cockerell paper-covered boards and endpapers, slight wear to front board, by Leighton-Straker
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Book Prices Current
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London: Elliot Stock, 1907. . 8vo, blue cloth, worn. Volumes for the years1913-1928; plus index volume 1907-1916. Price includes shipping by book rate with the contiguous USA
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Bookmaking & Kindred Amenities
by [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. Miers Earl Schenck
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New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press in Association with the Haddon Craftsmen, 1942. . Tall 8vo, blue buckram; light parallel scratching to front cover, visible in raking light ONE OF 1500 COPIES. "Being a Collection of Essays by: Beatrice Warde, Richard Ellis, Carl Purington Rollins, Bennett A. Cerf, George Stevens, Philip Van Doren Stern, Earl Schenck Miers, Lewis Gannett, Lawrance Thompson, Laurence Gomme, Arthur W. Rushmore."
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Bookman's Price Index
by McGRATH Daniel
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London: various, 1964. . Large 4to, Volumes 1-24, Price includes shipping by book rate within the contiguous USA
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Bookmen's Trio: Ventures in Literary Philandering
by BLUMENTHAL Walter Hart
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Worcester, Massachusetts: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961. . Marbled paper-covered boards; parachment spine. ONE OF 500 COPIES
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A Catalogue of Books
by BOHN Henry C.
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London: [The Company], York Street, Covent Garden, 1841. . Very thick (5 inches) 8vo, original marbled boards, red leather spine and tips, worn; front cover and front free endpaper detached The famous Guinea catalogue with the price of "One Guinea" at the foot of spine.One of the largest catalogues ever put out, and certainly the largest when published
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Der Buchdruck; Seine Erfindung; Seine Erfindug und sein Nutzen der Menschheit
by MCMURTRIE Douglas C.
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Chicago: International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. Invention of Printing Anniversary Committee, 1940. . 4to, purple stapled wrappers, front printed
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The Dolphin
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London ,1933.. Numbers 1-4. Complete in 7 parts. Number 4, part 1 is in the first issue (printed wrappers)
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The Merrymount Press Boston: Its Aims, Work, and Equipment
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Boston:: [The Compay], . . 4to, sage-green heavy laid paper, front printed; text paper laid with undated watermarked paper See Bianchi p. 200 under "Minor Printing".
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Proofreading in the Fifteenth Century. An Examination of the Evidence Relating to Correctors of the Press at Work in Paris Prior to 1500
by MCMURTRIE Douglas C.
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Greenwich, Connecticut: Cond Nast Press, 1921. . 8vo, pale green wrappers, front printed A previous owner has made some pencil corrections of verb tenses and pronouns, whether for the later printing,we cannot tell, not having the later reprint
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Proposal in 1855 for a Typographic Council to meet in Brussels to determine the facts regarding the invention of Printing
by REULENS Charles
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Chicago: Committee on Invention of Printing. Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1941. . 4to, pink stapled wrappers, front printed Published as a report on a W.P.A. Project
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Some Unpublished Verses to a Mistress
by [HACKETT, Byrne]
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New York: Shamrock Press, 1903. . Small 4to, brown paper-covered board, small chip to the top of spine. One of 29 copies on Japan out of a total edition of 400. This copy out-of-series and the publisher's own copy. With Byrne Hackett's distinctive penciled note on the first blank following the front free endpaper: "This was the first publishing venture". In a envelope, dated 1958, addressed to the Brick Row Book Shop in Austin (Franklin Gilliam bought the Brick Row from Hackett in 1954)First published appearance apart from a privately printed edition of 13 copies,
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The Vajiraana National Library of Siam
by [THAILANDÑNATIONAL LIBRARY]. Coeds George
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Bangkok: Bangkok Times Press, 1924. . 8vo, buff wrappers, front printed with overall Siamese decorative pattern Brief history of printing in Siam, organization of the library, a fascinating insight into an Asian library
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War Blacks Out Celebrations in Shrine Cities of Printing. Rest of world celebrates 500th anniversary of Gutenberg's discovery
by MCMURTRIE Douglas C.
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Chicago: Invention of Printing Anniversary Committee International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, 1940. . 4to, pink stapled wrappers, front printed A mimeographed press release
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What Constitutes a Confederate Imprint? Preliminary Suggestions for Bibliographers and Cataloguers [cover title].
by HEARTMAN Charles
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Hattiesburg, Miss.: [The Author] The Book Farm, January, 1939. . 8vo, self-wrappers, front printed Heartman (1883-1953), a German emigr was a pivotal figure in the Americana, African-American Studies and bibliographical fields. He authored one of the first catalogued on African Americans and made important contributes to many of the major collections iof the period. His Book Farm was a play on George Ripley's Brook Farm, for Heartman's ambition was to start a Utopian community based on Ripley's ideals. He moved often, from New York and New Jersey to New Orleans, to Biloxi, Mississippi. The last imprints with the Book Farm designation were published in New Braunfels, TexasHeartman edited "The American Collector" and "The American Book Collector," he published well-regarded and carefully detailed bibliographies and reprints as part of his Heartman Historical Series, and produced catalogues for his auctions and mail-order business.Bruce…
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