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THE DE ORBE NOVO COLLECTION Exploration Of The New World 1492-1625 Bloomsbury Auctions NY039 3 December 2009
Bloomsbury: NY, 2009. Hardcover. Illus., 11 x 5.8", pict boards, 154pp. Inner hinges starting else very good to fine. Comes with prices realized. More
THE DEATH OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, From the Life of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland and France. . .
The Black Pennell Press: Greenock, Scotland. 1984. Frontis woodcut portrait by David Chambers, 7 x 5.25, gilt-decorated marble boards, unpag, minor cover extremity wear else a nice, sharp, beautiful book printed and hardbound by Thomas Rae. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES. More
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
Achille J. St. Onge: Worcester, Mass. 1976. 2.5 x 1.75"", full leather, 52 pp, a.e.g., v.g. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. More
A DEMONSTRATION BOOK OF STRATHMORE BAY PATH COVERS With 18 Reproductions of Commercial Jobs of Printing.
Strathmore Paper Co.: Wornoco, Mass n.d. (1924?). 9.5 x 6.5", wraps, paper samples, covers moderately soiled & extremities rather dented. File No. 56. More
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF STANDARD AND POPULAR BOOKS AND SHEET MUSIC.
N.p. n.d. (circa 1884_. Illus, 5.75 x 4.5", saddle-stitched wraps, 63pp, covers heavily soiled & rubbed, small stain at top of front cover & following page. Includes illus ads for "De Lime Kiln Band" and other Black subjects. Space for local dealer's stamp on front cover blank... More
The Detroit News Head Style Book [typography]
The Detroit News: Detroit, MI, (c. 1953). 11 x 8.5", plastic-comb bound printed stiff wraps, 91pp printed on rectos only, covers a bit edge-worn, EX-LIBRARY (The Detroit News, appropriately). Contents used, still, a good example of the typography used by The Detroit News in 1953. "The composing room will not..... More
THE DETROIT NEWS TYPE BOOK 1960.
11.5 x 10", binder, 117pp, vg. More
DEW-DROPS.
American Tract Society: NY n.d. (circa 1850's). 2x1.5", cloth, 128 pp, a.e.g., gift inscription, minor cover spots and discolor else good. More
THE DR. SAMUEL WYLLIS BANDLER COLLECTION. 4 PARTS.
Charles S. Boesen: NY n.d. (early 1950s ). Few illus, 10 x 6.5", cloth, some wear and soil. Original wraps bound in. More
"Drawings by C.D. Gibson Published by R.H. Russell and Son New York for Sale Here."
np, nd. 16.5 x 21, tipped with 2 pieces of tape to thin mat (whose window was way smaller and where opening was, is slight soil). Shows heavily dressed woman holding a tennis racket, minor creases else ok. The book this advertises came out in 1894. More
EARLY KOREAN TYPOGRAPHY.
New Edition. N.p. Sohn Pow-key (1982) . 25 plates, 7 figures; 83 tipped-in specimens on Hosho Paper, 14 x 10", cloth backed boards, 488 pp, all corners badly bumped, extremities frayed. More
ECCLESIASTES; Or, The Prescher, and the Song of Solomon.
(The Vale Press) n.d. (1902?). Designed by Charles Ricketts, 12x8", linen-backed boards, 27pp, EX-HARVARD LIBRARY, usual markings, lacks spine label, covers darkened with minor spine staining. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. More
Encyclopedia Britannica advertising letter.
Toronto Apri. 15, 1914. 4pp, illus, folded & soiled. Promoting the famous 11th edition, of which (according to this letter) 50,000 sets were printed. More
ETHIOPEAN VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH LARGE, COLORFUL ILLUMINATION OF JESUS WITH SIX OTHER FIGURES UNDER TREE WITH YELLOW AND ORANGE SKY.
np (Ethiopia), nd (c 18th-19th. 14 x 11, vellum leaf with scored lined on back with 12 lines of text in red and black plus some decorative dots in red and black; recto is 11.5 x 9 color illustr of Jesus standing under a tree blessing three prostrate figures (women?)..... More
EVERYBODY'S BOSWELL, Being the Life of Samuel Johnson Abridged from James Boswell's Complete Text and From the "Tour to the Hebrides."
G. Bell & Sons, Limited: London. 1930. Illustr by Ernest Shepherd, 7.5 x 5.5, blue morocco "extra," gilt ruled, gilt stamped design on the covers, Johnson on the front cover, gilt stamped profile of Johnson surrounded by laurel leaves on the back cover, all edges gilt, blue and purple marbled..... More
EXTRA BINDING AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS.
Chicago. R.R. Donnelley & Sons 1925. 29 plates, 10.5x7.5, boards, 19pp, sopine defective, corners worn. Bookplate of R.C. Adams. More
EXTRA BINDING FOR RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS AND PAPERS.
R. R. Donnelly and Sons: The Lakeside Press: Chicago, IL, nd. Illustr, 6.25 x 4.5, unpag, wraps, very nice copy with lightly worn translucent paper cover, stiffening card, and metal clasp blank mailing envelope. Nice copy of a rather common book. More
EXTRA BINDING FOR RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS AND PAPERS.
RR Donnelley and Sons Co: The Lakeside Press. Chicago nd. Illus, 6 x 4.5", wraps, (16) pp, minor wear. More
EXULTATIO FIDEI, Being an Exultation of the Joys and Triumphs of Faith, The Annual Keepsake 2003 of The Advent Music Foundation.
Philoxenia Press: Berkeley, CA, 2003. 13.5 x 10.5, string tied wraps, unpag, minor edge wear to covers else a beautiful copy. LIMITED TO 60 COPIES printed by Norman L. McKnight and Michael P. Dwyer on Rives paper. Scarce title. Keepsake Number 2 of the Advent Music Foundation. More
FACSIMILES & FORGERIES, A Guide to a Timely Exhibition in the William L. Clements Library.
Ann Arbor 1950. 8x5.5", 26pp. Reprint of an earlier edition. More
FACSIMILES & FORGERIES, A Guide to a Timley Exhibition in the William L. Clements Library.
Ann Arbor 1950. 8x5.5", wraps, 26pp, v.g. Bulletin 59. More
THE FATE OF FAITHFUL NANCY, And William of the Waggon Train [and] WILLIAM AND PHILLIS [broadside ballads].
J. Catnach: London. nd (c 1830s). Single sheet broadside, two woodcut illustr, 10 x 7.25, 2 columns, paper browned (of course), edges worn, folds, spotting else a nicely preserved bit of ephemera. More
FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR 1949. 1950 EXHIBITION.
The American Institute of Graphic Arts: NY 1950. Illus, 8.5x5.5, cloth, unpaged, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, covers rubber. Also but in wraps & ex-lib: 1946, 1947 & 1950 Books of the Year. 4 total…. More
FIFTY TEXAS RARITIES Selected from the Library of Mr. Everett D. Graff for an Exhibition to Commemorate the Hundredth Anniversary of the Annexation of Texas by the United States.
The William L. Clements Library: Ann Arbor 1946. 8x5", wraps, 40pp, covers moderately soiled. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 50 COPIES. More