6.5 x 4", old mottled calf volume w/ gilt-dec spine, hollowed out after p10 and turned into a booksafe. Was Vol 5 of EXPLICATION DES PRINCIPALES PROPHETIES DE JEREMIE, D' EZECHIEL ET DE DANIEL. Avignon 1749. More
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18TH CENTURY FRENCH HOLLOWED-OUT VOLUME.
7 x 4", full speckled calf with gilt dec. spine, raised bands, red lea. title label, hold 5 x 3", lined in marbled papers, rubbed else a nice example. More
18TH Century Italian Clippings from Della Istoria Ecclesiastica.
Roma 1747. Title page plus 5 tailpieces. The grouping…. More
1908 CATALOG OF PUBLICATIONS AND SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
W.A. Wilde Co: Boston, 1908. Illustr, 9 x 6, stapled wraps, 14 pp plus 4 pp insert for Peloubet's Select Notes, minor soil and discolor. More
1930 PROSPECTUS AND RETROSPECTUS OF THE NONESUCH PRESS
NY 1930. 8.5 x 5.5, wraps, 30 pp, minor wear, slight edge tear. More
1930-31 PROSPECTUS AND RETROSPECTUS OF THE NONESUCH
NY 1931. 11 x 7, wraps, 11pp., cover darkened. More
19th Century Illuminated Manuscript Book with 11 Miniatures
np (Samarkand?), nd (c 1800s). 8.5 x 5, later floral-print boards, 129 leaves of thick, waxy paper with two columns of 15 lines each, manuscript poetry in Persian in black and gilt, with gilt, green and blue borders, 11 bright color miniatures depicting people (many with halos of flame) and..... More
3 NEW NONESUCH BOOKS FOR THE SUMMER OF 1934
London 1934. 10 x 6, wraps, 7 pp., wrinkled and soiled. More
3"" stack of used bookdealer cats from mostly the C.F. Libbie & Co. in Boston in the 1920's." "Lots of Americana covered in these 25 cats. Also Goodspeed's No. 139 1920, William J. Campbell in Philadelphia 4 cats, 2 from Noah Farnham Morrison in Elizabeth
" "Lots of Americana covered in these 25 cats. Also Goodspeed's No. 139 1920, William J. Campbell in Philadelphia 4 cats, 2 from Noah Farnham Morrison in Elizabeth, N.J. and 2 others. The lot is soiled & few cats frayed but generally an interesting lot from the Roaring Twenties. More
47 LETTRES INEDITES DE MARCEL PROUST A WALTER BERRY.
The Black Sun Press: Paris 1930. Portrait, 11 x 9"", rebound in cloth backed marbled boards with original wrappers bound in, unpaged, wraps are soiled & slightly stained, heavily worn, new binding is nice. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES ON ARCHES PAPER. More
"ABADIE"- PAPER GESELLSCHAFT A.-G.
Wien 1925. 9.5 x 12", minor soil & wear, with partial coupons. 1 Aktie, 10 Schilling, blue Certificate has 12 (of 16) coupons. Paper dealer certificate. Five available, each. More
AN ABC TOUR OF WALES.
Gregynog Press: Gregynog, Wales, 1994. Hand colored illustr by Peter Allen, oblong 6 x 8, pict wraps, 26 leaves with printing on rectos only, minor cover wear else a very nice copy of this scarce little beautiful book. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. Bound by Alan Wood and Antonia King, designed..... More
Advertising Sheet for "The Standard Cook-Books" from Harper and Bros.
NY, nd (c 1880s). Vignette of garnished fish in dish, 6.5 x 4, lists six titles incl "The Virginia Cookery-Book" by Mary Stuart Smith. Reverse lists 8 books for the household. Creased along bottom edge with minor tears else nice. More
Album Containing Five Amusing and Clever Caricatures of Characters from the "Pickwick Papers."
np, 1878. Five pen & ink illustr, 2.75 x 2.25, wood covers with floral illustr on front, blind stamped red leather spine, unpag (12 sturdy album pages with oval cutouts on each side), all edges gilt. Covers well worn, rubbed, scratched, abrasions, upper spine tip torn, ink inscriptions ("Louie, with..... More
THE ALDINE, A Typographic Art Journal.
Volume V. NY: James Sutton & Co 1873. Illus, 16.5 x 12", xcloth, 248pp, outer hinges cracked, covers extremely well worn, soiled, spotted, stained, spine cocked, torn & missing sm pieces, tips of spine worn off, corners bumped & worn, inner hinges cracked, loose pp, waterstained, torn, spotted, creased, smudged..... More
ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS THESAURUS CORNUCOPIAE OF 1496.
Syracuse (1958) . 7.5 x 4.25, cloth, 32 pp, a v.g. copy in the original glassine dw (slightly rubbed), FIRST EDITION. Second in the Brewster House Typographical Series. Translated by Antje Lemke, with facsimile leaves in Latin & Greek and Aldus' prologue to his THESAURUS Englished here for the first..... More
"The Alternative Press is..." nicely presented subscription form
The Alternative Press; Detroit, MI, nd. Paperback. 11 x 6", printed on stiff paper with bottom 2.785" perforated, with shaggy animal image at top, a nice copy, unused. SCARCE. Lists Ted Berrigan, Robert Bly, Charles Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, John Sinclair, etc. More
THE AMERICAN BIBLIPOLIST. Vol II only (of 9).
J. Sadin & Sons: NY 1870. Illus, 10 x 6", cloth, 384pp, title detached, spine label mostly gone, spine ends chipped, worn. More
AMERICAN BOOK TRADE DIRECTORY 1998-99.
R. R. Bowker: New Providence, NJ (1998). 11 x 8.5", boards, 1828pp, couple pp torn, bound upside down, corners bumped. More
AMERICAN CLIPPER. Vol. 3 No. 2.
April 1936. The American Autograph Shop: Merion Station, PA. Illus, 9 x 4", stapled wraps, pp. 273-312, covers heavily spotted & heavily soiled. includes fo sale Joseph Grimaldi's papers, "The Greatest of all Clown" and Largest Early Am. Circus Poster, More
AMERICAN LINE TYPE BOOKS, Borders, Ornaments, Price List Printing Material and Machinery 1906
American Type Founders Co.: (Boston, MA), (1906). Hardcover. Type samples, 10.5 x 6.5", pict green cloth, 920pp, covers moderately rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, contents with some marginal toning else a nicely preserved copy with Errata slip affixed in front. More
THE AMERICAN NEWS TRADE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE LIST, Season 1944-1945
The American News Company: np, 1944-1945. Paperback. Ads, 8.5 x 4.25", stapled pict wraps, 80pp, covers quite worn and unevenly sunned, bottom of spine torn, staples rusty; a well used copy. List of magazines with yearly subscription prices and profits for magazine sellers! Fortune Magazine's price was $10 to the..... More
THE AMERICAN PRINTER Volume 83 Number 1 July 1926
The American Printer: NY, 1926. Paperback. Illus., 12 x 8.5", pict wraps, 136pp. Covers worn, soiled, torn and missing pieces, tears along spine, contents have light soiling, edge tears (mainly the first few and last pp) else good. There is a series of numbers on the table of contents but..... More
THE AMERICAN PRINTER, December 1939
Robbins Publ.: Philadelphia, PA, 1939. Photos, ads; sample pages, 12 x 9", metal spiral-bound wraps, 52pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled; pp good. More
THE AMERICAN PRINTER, January 1940
Robbins Publ.: Philadelphia, PA, 1940. Photos, ads; sample pages, 12 x 9", metal spiral-bound wraps, 64pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled; pp good. More