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New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto bound in black cloth with spine lettered in gold, in publisher's black and gold dust-jacket. 95 pages. Introduction by Rowan Watson. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white, printed primarily on rectos, though not exclusively. Reprint edition by Barnes and Noble, originally published in 1845. The original nineteenth-century graphic study of medieval letter forms and ornament, as well as an important source for the Gothic Revival Style. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dust-jacket shows one small tape repair on verso Very good+ in a very good dust-jacket. .

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 175 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index. Foreword by George Plimpton. Illustrated with over 130 pages of book-plate images, each with explanatory letterpress. First edition, stated first printing. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, pristine and like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Hardcover, dark blue cloth with spine lettered and decorated in black. 148pp., Index. First American edition. An accomplished author and reviewer by the 1930's, Swinnerton has collected several of his articles from 'The Fortnightly Review' and 'The London Mercury' and has added two wriiten especially for this book, all concerned with the vagaries of the publishing trade. Selections include 'Why are Books Published', Literary Agents', 'The Size abd Price of Books' and 'Booksellers', among others. No previous ownership marks. Edges of book block foxed, covers and inteirior clean and unmarked. Good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylania Press, 1936. Hardcover, cloth spine over boards. No dust-jacket. 116pp., Small abrassion to paper on front board. A clean, square, tightly bound copy. No previous ownership marks. Very good.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mansfield Centre, CT / Culver City, CA: Martino Publishing / Krown & Spellman Booksellers, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, lettered in gold on spine within single gold rule. No dust-jacket as issued. Consisting of 6 separate publications, originally published by Glascow University [1877-1896] in press runs limited from 100 to 150 copies. Reprint edition, first edition thus. A pristine, like new copy, fresh and unmarked. As new. .

Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Publishing Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, light maroon cloth lettered in gold on spine, no dust-jacket as issued. 669 pages, with a suite of 16 plates appended containing photocopies of title-pages and text pages from historically significant works. An important bibliography compiled by Oxford educated British chemist Denis Duveen (1910-1992), Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and other academic societies containing over 2000 works, from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Entries are in English, Latin, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. The copy offered is published by Martino Published [date unknown but most likely 1995 to 2000] and is a facsimile of the E. Weil edition published in London in the year 1949. The Weil title page is reproduced and no other bibliographical information is included, except that the spine is printed with the Martino Publishing logo. Inside front cover is covered with… Read More

New York: Dorset Press, 1989. Hardcover, small quarto in dust-jacket. 676pp., Bibliographies, Index. Illustrated with black and white drawings and facsimiles. Reprint edition, first printing thus. A classic general history of the development of printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. Hardcover, maroon cloth in publisher's white pictorial non price-clipped dust-jacket. 494 pages. Bibliographical references, Index. Extensively illustrated with drawings, diagrams, tables and photographs, Third edition, first printing thus. A comprehensive handbook on the methods, techniques, processes and technology of 21st century publishing, from design and production to manufacturing, binding, etc. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. . Third Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1941. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Blue cloth in original dustjacket. Annotated bibliograpgical information on thousands of authors and books. Former bookseller reference copy with words "not for sale" crossed out on fly and owners name and address stamp. Pencil marginalia on 2 pages and one page shows old clerar tape repair, which has browned. Else a very good copy in very good dustjacket.. Revised Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Times Books / Random House, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 471 pages. Complete List of C-Span Booknotes (1989-1998), Index. Edited, with an introduction, by Brian Lamb. Illustrated with 32 pages of color photographs. First edition, first printing, utilizing the Random House practice of number line ending in "2" but words first edition printed directly underneath. Over 100 selected interviews from Booknotes with famous authors and biographers. No previous ownership marks. Bust for price-clipped dust-jacket a like new copy, clean, square and unmarked. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh , India: Maulana Azad Library, Aligrah Muslim University, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in original pink dust-jacket. 59 pages. Text entirely in Persian (?), but for title page which is in English. Pages numbered right to left. The AFTAB Collection. Dust-jacket affixed to inner covers and age soiled. Book appears to have been exposed to humidity, with noticeably wavy pages, albeit all pages are supple, clean and unmarked. A very scarce bibliographical resource. Good in a still good dust-jacket. .

London: Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1935. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, brown cloth with white printed spine label, in publisher's original pale green dust-jacket lettered in black. 182 pages. Illustrated with four full page photographs. First edition, one of a limited edition of 275 copies, with limitation number blacked out (out of series copy?). A very nice association copy with presentation on front free end-paper from Noel Charles Peyrouton [noted Dickens scholar] to John Greaves [ author of several books about Dickens including "The London of Dickens", "Who's Who in Dickens" and "Dickens at Doughty Street"], dated 15 August 1964 and signed by Peyrouton. No other ownership marks present. Spare paper spine label bound in at rear. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy with dust-jacket in protective acetate covers. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

New York: A. S. Barnes, 1938. Hardcover, brown cloth spine over light tan paper covered boards. Brown paper label affixed to front cover. 56 pages. Frontispiece of Alfred Smith Barnes and several other illustrations. First edition. A brief history of the A.S. Barnes Company, published by their president on the 100th anniversary of the company's founding. Contains a complete list of the books published from April, 1919 to December, 1937. An interesting history for those interested in the publishing field and its growth in nineteenth century America. Mild age toning and age soiling to covers, else a clean, square, fresh copy. Minor wear to tips, with the lower corner of the rear board bumped. No previous ownership marks. No writing, high-lighting or marginalia in text. Near very good. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio sized volume bound in dark blue cloth and publisher's dust-jacket. 407 pages. Two appendixes: Prolific Civil War Publisher's and A Short List of Civil War Bibliographies. Two Indexes: Authors and Editors and Tiles. Foreword by Gary W. Gallagher. Contains 1,100 entries. Presumed book club edition, no price on dust-jacket, first printing thus with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A pristine unmarked and unread copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

Westminster: Charles J. Sawyer Ltd., 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Two volume set bound in red cloth with gold lettering on spines and top edges gilt. 368 and 423 pages respectively. Comprehensive index at the end of vol. II. Volume I covers Caxton to Johnson; Vol. II Gray to Kipling. Illustrated. Text blocks deckle-edged. First edition, limited to a print run of 2,000 sets. No previous ownership marks. Spines moderately faded and light, very sporadic foxing to text. A clean, tight, and otherwise unmarked set. Very good. .

New York: Arco Publishing Company Inc., 1985. Large quarto hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 151pp., Glossary, Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 33 color and 82 monchrome photographs. First American edition thus. A look at the growing number of highly skilled designer-bookbinders of the twentieth century, the first monogrtaphy of its kind, chronicling the craftmanship and beautiful, stimulating, sometiomes controversial, designs of a new era of artists. An invaluable referencve source in a field not so far documented. No previous ownership marks. Small remainder dot at lower edge, as per usual with this title. Dust-jacket protected in mylar cover. A very fine copy in a fine dust-jacket.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mansfield, CT:: Maurizio Martino Publisher Book. As New. Hardcover. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, no dust-jacket as issued. Bound in red buckram with gilt lettering on spine. With illustrations and facsimiles. A reprint of the 1932 revised and enlarged edition of Eckel. Privately printed and limited to 325 copies. An as new copy, with incidental bump to top of spine, of the best single source for Dickens works in their first printings. A must for the serious Dickens collector or dealer. .

New York: Bennett Book Studios, Inc. , 1929. Three Quater Leather. No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. One of 700 numbered copies, of a total press run of 750, bound in three-quarter Turkey Morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Matching marbled endpapers. This copy no. 587. Very slight wear to tips and spine ends. A very good+ copy of a fragile book, prone to wear.. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bennett Book Studios, Inc. 1929, 1929. Three Quater Leather. Limited/Numbered. One of 700 numbered copies, of a total press run of 750, bound in three-quarter Turkey Morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Matching marbled endpapers and small label from Lakeside Press inside front cover, [file copy?] This copy no. 723. Very slight wear to tips and spine ends. A near fine copy of a fragile book, prone to wear.. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York / Princeton: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Princeton University Press, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's gray pictorial dust-jacket. 240 pages. Includes Concordance, Bibliography, Index of Manuscripts Cited and a General Index. With 256 illustrations, including 33 colorplates. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket. .