Search Results: Authors starting with I from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1996. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 212+(1) pages. Proceedings of the Third Conference of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation. Forward by Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Presentations on conservation, preservation, and restoration of Islamic manuscripts. Includes work in progress at the Vatican Library and the British Library. Three color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout. Four appendices.

(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino, 1994. cloth. Egypt. thick 8vo. cloth. vi,398; (ii),459 pages. Two volumes bound in one. Reprint of the 1886-1888 first edition published in London. Over 20,000 titles described with detailed information on collations and plates.

Oslo, Norway: for The Limited Editions Club, 1964. half leather, decorated paper-covered boards, labels on spine, slipcase. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. half leather, decorated paper-covered boards, labels on spine, slipcase. xiv, 327, (3) pages. Limited to 1500 copies, signed by illustrator Fredrik Matheson on colophon. This copy not numbered. Printed by the Kirstes Boktrykkeri, Oslo. Introduction by John Gassner, color woodcut illustrations by Matheson. Three of Ibsen's plays, translated from the Norwegian by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Frances E. Archer, and Edmund Gosse and William Archer.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. creme colored cloth with designs in gilt decorating corners, top edge gilt. Rogers, Bruce. 8vo. creme colored cloth with designs in gilt decorating corners, top edge gilt. Not paginated. Limited to 950 copies printed for Knopf by A. Colish and with designs in a second color by Bruce Rogers. Two private bookplates on front pastedown: one of 'Everett' and the other of Herbert H. Johnson. No slipcase. Spine age darkened. Translated from the Greek by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz with Greek and English texts facing each other. Lengthy introduction.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. creme colored cloth with designs in gilt decorating corners, top edge gilt, slipcase. Rogers, Bruce. 8vo. creme colored cloth with designs in gilt decorating corners, top edge gilt, slipcase. Not paginated. Limited to 950 copies printed for Knopf by A. Colish and with designs in a second color by Bruce Rogers. Boards slightly soiled. Slipcase worn along top edge. Translated from the Greek by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz with Greek and English texts facing each other. Lengthy introduction.

Mexico: Cultura Economica, 1981. two-toned cloth. Mexico. thick 4to. two-toned cloth. 591, (3) pages. Reprint of the second edition, revised by Agustin Millares Carlo with additional revisions and additions for the 1981 edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Minor rubbing to extreminties. Full bibliographical descriptions of 16th century books printed in Mexico accompanied by biographies of the authors. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

Mexico: Cultura Economica, 1954. quarter calf, dust jacket. Mexico. thick 4to. quarter calf, dust jacket. 579, (3) pages. Second edition, revised by Agustin Millares Carlo. Full bibliographical descriptions of 16th-century books printed in Mexico accompanied by biographies of the authors. Illustrated. Jacket chipped with pieces missing. Slight wear at spine ends.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1948. cloth-backed boards. Bookbinding. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. x, 310 pages. Includes an illustrated chapter on how to bind a book in addition to chapters on lettering and leather craft. Lacking the dust jacket. Worn at spine ends and along hinges. Bookplate on front pastedown.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, 1885. original paper over boards. 12mo. original paper over boards. 60, (14) pages. A discourse read by Iddesleigh as the first of a series of "Addresses to the Students." Presented by the author "With the author's love Christmas 1885." Back hinge broken and covers detached.

Sofia, Bulgaria: GAL-IKO, 1992. cloth, paper cover label. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 269+(1) pages. Text in Bulgarian. Table of contents, introductory comments about the author. Facsimile of a manuscript written in 1792, published on its 200th anniversary. Scholar Janette Sampimon notes that it was an early manuscript history of the Bulgarian people, written at a time when Bulgarian national consciousness was increasing (Cultural Nationalism in the Balkans during the nineteenth century, Free University of Amsterdam). Following the facsimile is a work by Bulgarian historian V. N. Zlatarski, published in Sofia, 1900.

Oxonii (Oxford, England): E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1708. full contemporary paneled calf, stamped in blind on the front and rear panel, four flural ornaments stamped in black at each corner on the front and rear boards, four raised bands, all edges sprinkled red. Polycarp, S.. small 8vo. full contemporary paneled calf, stamped in blind on the front and rear panel, four flural ornaments stamped in black at each corner on the front and rear boards, four raised bands, all edges sprinkled red. (x), (1), 2-135, (1) pages, copperplate engraving of the Sheldonian on the title-page. First edition of this extremely scarce work on Polycarp's Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippines. Edited by C. Aldrich. Binding lightly scuffed on covers with some light wear to spine and hinges. A small tear to page 133/134, else the interior in fine condition. Twelve copies found in WorldCat and . This work is a collection of nine letters by Polycarp (69 AD - 155 AD), the Greek Cristian Bishop of Symrna. He is considered to be one… Read More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. 12mo. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. xxxvi, 432 pages. Text in Spanish. Reprint of orignal edition of 1926 (Toomey II, 412). Publisher's Bibliography and Reference Series 397, Essays in Literature and Criticism 110. Introduction by the author. Includes biographical and critical literature. Indices of pseudonyms and titles.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1912. publisher's cloth. 8vo. publisher's cloth. 447, (8) pages. First edition. A very good copy.

New York, NY: Typographic Images, 1986. stiff paper wrappers. Type Specimens. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 88 pages. Introduction, explanation of Quadex 5000, glossary, index of products offered. Slightly worn at edge of spine.

Paris: Bibliotheque Interuniversitaire de Medecine et d'Onotologie, 2006. stiff paper wrappers. Medicine. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Text in English and French. Highlights from the library's collection of medical works from the 16th to the 19th century. Author was Professor Emiritus of Medical History at René Descartes University in Paris. Numerous two-toned and color illustrations.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2013. hardcover: 8vo and clamshell box in cloth; miniatures in silk. 8vo: 8.5 x 6.75 inches; miniatures: 3.625 x 2.25 inches.Clamshell box: 7.5 x 13 inches. hardcover: 8vo and clamshell box in cloth; miniatures in silk. xv, 121 pages; facsimiles: 68, 66, 66 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies of this boxed set which includes Alderson and Immel's scholarly work on the history and legacy of Tommy Thumb's Pretty Little Song Book (two volumes), and The Pretty Book, that includes full-size facsimile editions of each of the eighteenth-century originals. The text of the three miniature books were engraved in by George Bickham, Jr. (1706-1771) and contain the earliest printed collection of English nursery rhymes. The Pretty Book exists in only one copy; only two exist of Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book. This publication brings these 3 classic works to a wider twenty-first century audience for the first time. The tenuous existence and diminutive size of Tommy Thumb's… Read More

New York: Routledge, 2009. paperback. Children's Books. 8vo. paperback. 341 pages. First paperback edition. A fine copy. Index. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1974. cloth. McKerrow, Ronald B.. 8vo. cloth. viii, 240 pages. First edition. This work brings together a selection of the more fugitive writings of Ronald B. Mckerrow. As the bibliography at the end of this book demonstrates, the selection is small relative to the great quantity of articles and reviews that exist. McKerrow is best remembered as the father of 20th-century descriptive bibliography. His best known work, AN INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LITERARY STUDENTS (published by Oak Knoll), is still a standard textbook in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Besides INTRODUCTION, his other major accomplishments include his definitive edition of the works of Thomas Nashe in five volumes (1904-1910), which still serves as an example of how the works of an Elizabethan author should be edited; and his PROLEGOMENA FOR THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE (1939). In addition, McKerrow was responsible for three basic reference works in bibliographical study: DICTIONARY OF… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1972. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, (ii), 102 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the title-page to a fellow poet "8/3/73 / For Betty Parry / Stay amazed, / Peace & Cheers / Colette Inez". Author's first collection. Manufacturing crease on the front pastedown, otherwise fine in lightly soiled white dust jacket.

Athens: Ohio University Press, 1977. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 74 pages. First edition, wrappered. Presentation by the author on the half-title "For J. A. O'Keefe / Stay amazed in strewn fields / Your in Tektites poetry-- / Colette Inez". The "strewn fields" are from the poem "Tektites" in the volume. Fine.