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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1951 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. Volume I, xl, 292 pp, illus. Volume II, xix (i),326 pp, illus. Second Edition/Second Printing, 1951. Price clipped. Small chipping along top edge dj with a few very small additional Vol. I, and a very small chip to bottom edge spin Vol. II. Lightly… Read more

Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society, 1944 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxi (vii), 351 (5) pp, tissue-protected color frontis and b/w illus. First Edition 1944. Ex library with stamps on top and bottom text block, a perforated stamp near fore-edge margin title page, and a small stamp on front pastedown, else, no other markings. Age-toning… Read more

New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xx (ii) 403 (3) pp, illus. First Edition, 1928. Light external wear with loose frontis, and age-toning to bottom and fore text block. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine,… Read more

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1948 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxxix (i), 333 (3) pp. First Edition, 1948. Only the slightest external wear with lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Black cloth with red title plate and gilt lettering… Read more

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. 4to. xxv (i), 854 pp, frontis. Published for Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press: First Edition, 1968. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 10.25". Brownish-red heavy-weave cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering… Read more

London: Spring Books, 1965 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. Small Quarto. Small 4to. xii (ii), 249 (1) pp, color and b/w illus. Originally published, 1922. New Edition, 1965. Small ex libris plate on ffep. Only the slightest external wear with faintly age-toned text-block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 10".… Read more

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1970 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. (10) 290 (4) pp, frontis. First Edition, 1970. Signed by the Author on ffep. Price clipped. Small owner's stamp on front pastedown. Small chips to spine and rear panel dj, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5".… Read more

Wilmington, DE: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1969 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. 214 (2) pp, illus. First Edition,1969. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In acetate protector..

Amsterdam: N. Isreal, 1965 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. viii, 290 (3) pp, fold-out map. First Edition,1965. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.75". Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In acetate protector..

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990 Book. Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. Folio. Folio. xi (i), 180 pp, 52 full-page full-color illus. Stated First Printing, 1990 with the "Culmenated Toucan" Lithograph by Edward Lear for John Gould's A Monograph of the Ramphastidae on front cover of dj (not "The Hoopoe, Bulfinch et al on the half-title common to later printings). Price… Read more

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 4to. xv (i), 507 (36). Limited First Edition, 1938. 1 of 1800 copies. Small "Carl Genette Historic Archives" stamp on ffep with no other markings. Sightly rubbed boards with lightly embrowned endpapers and bottom and fore- text block. No… Read more

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Quarto. Large 8vo. 652 pp. R. R. Bowker Company for The Newberry Library, 1962. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 6.75" x 10.25". Double-column in original brown buckram covers with gilt lettering to spine..

New York/Boston: The Pierpont Morgan Library/David R. Godine, Publisher, 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. 4to. xxx, 263 (3) pp, color and b/w illus. First Edition, 1975. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 9.25" x 12". Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In mylar protector..

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1964 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xix (iii), 171 (3) pp. Published for the Bibliographical Society of The University of Virginia: First Edition, 1955. No Dust Jacket, A Issued. Ink finger smudge on front board with only the faintest rubbing to top and bottom edge spine and fore-edge corner tips, else,… Read more

Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society, 1949 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xix (i), 303 (1) pp, tissue-protected color frontis. First Edition, 1949. Faintly age-toned bottom and fore- text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Coarse two-tone weave with blue cloth backstrip, gilt illustrated panels … Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xiii (iii), 304 (2) pp, illus., and an tissue-protected frontis. First Edition, 1919. Signed on ffep and half-title by members of the Bismark Rotarians to one of its members for "Service Above Self." Light edge wear bumped top fore-edge corners, and dust line to top text block… Read more

London/NY: Constable & Co. Ltd / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xii, 412 pp, illus. Constables Bibliografia Series: Studies in Book History and Book Structure. First Edition, 1934. Scarce Title. Inked name ffep. Sunned spine with dust line along top text block, and sightly age-toned bottom and fore- text block, else, no… Read more

London: Macmillan and Co., 1879 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. xvi, 555 pp. First Edition, 1879. Owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown and embossed stamp at top edge title page. Lightly rubbed along bottom edge spine. Faintly foxed rear fly leaf with slightly age-toned text block edges. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 5.75"… Read more

New York: Columbia University Press, 1931 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xxvi, 282 pp, about the author, list of 17 b&w illustrations, introduction, large fold-out chart of chronolody of paper and printing's spread westward, Part I. The Background of Printing in China; Part II. Block Printing in China; Part III. The Course… Read more

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. Large 8vo. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. xxiii, 216 pp, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, Biography; Section A. Book Work; B. Books That Use Bradley Designs; C. Possible Bradley Book Work; D. Magazine and Newspaper Covers, Illustrations, and Advertisements; E. Poster Designs; F. Other Selected Design Work; slected… Read more