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Albert Schloss's Bijou Almanacs 1839-1843 Limited Edition
Albert Schloss's Bijou Almanacs 1839-1843 Limited Edition
by Iain Bain
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London: Nattali & Maurice 1969. Quarto 215x285mm. 19pp + plates. Limited edition one of 150 copies unnumbered. Original japon vellum spine lettered in gilt red paper over boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket. Numerous plates including a single direct... (read more)

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A Collector's Guide to Bookbinding, Limited Edition
A Collector's Guide to Bookbinding, Limited Edition
by Jamie Kamph
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New Castle: Oak Knoll Books 1982. Octavo 14.5 x 23.5 cm. 40pp. Limited edition number 120 of 250 copies. Original rose taupe cloth spine rose taupe paper over boards front board stamped in blind spine lettered in brown. Printed at the Bird & Bull press... (read more)

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Islamische Bucheinbande
Islamische Bucheinbande
by Friedrich Sarre
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Berlin: Scarabeus-Verlag G.M.B.H. 1923 Folio green marbled paper over boards with Persian motif in gilt to front board. 36 tipped in plates with tissue guards. Text in German. Paper over boards split at joints. Hinge at title page is weak. Date and... (read more)

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Zamorano Choice: Selections from the Zamorano Club's Hoja Volante 1934-1966, Limited Edition
Zamorano Choice: Selections from the Zamorano Club's Hoja Volante 1934-1966, Limited Edition
by W.W. Robinson
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Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club 1966. Octavo 16.5 x 25 cm. x 128pp. Limited edition one of 300 copies. Original white cloth spine stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Illustrations in black & white. Binding with a trace of rubbing. Bookplate on the front free... (read more)

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Sir Christopher Hatton's Book of Seals: To Which is Appended a Select List of the Works of Frank Merry Stenton
Sir Christopher Hatton's Book of Seals: To Which is Appended a Select List of the Works of Frank Merry Stenton
by Lewis C Loyd
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London: Oxford University Press 1950. 4to. 457pp plus list of subscribers. Black Cloth with plain titled dust jacket. Text includes index and nine b&w plates. Top corner bumped from cover to cover. Front hinge cracked but binding is solid. Jacket is... (read more)

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A Tour Round My Book-Shelves
A Tour Round My Book-Shelves
by Horace N. Pym
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Privately printed for the author by Ballantyne Hanson & Co. 1891. Signed limited edition 8vo 128pp. Birdsall binding is half white vellum with blue cloth boards stamped in gilt and gilt lettering at spine. No DJ as issued. Signed numbered and dated by... (read more)

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Funf Jahrhunderte Buchillustration: Meisterwerke der Buchgraphik aus der Bibliothek Otto Schafer
Funf Jahrhunderte Buchillustration: Meisterwerke der Buchgraphik aus der Bibliothek Otto Schafer
by Otto Schafer
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Nurnberg: Germanischies Nationalmuseum 1987. First Edition folio 188pp. plus index. Grey cloth boards with crimson-blocked spine-lettering and paper illustrated label on front board. Boards are near fine with only a small dark spot on the rear board... (read more)

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Recognizing Derrydale Press Books Signed Edition
Recognizing Derrydale Press Books Signed Edition
by Don Frazier
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(Morristown): Privately Printed, 1983 Oblong leatherette folio in slipcase. Number 104 of 347 produced, signed & inscribed by Don Frazier. Complete with 22 color plates in special sleeve. Sleeve description & book order form are laid in. Near Fine... (read more)

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Themes in Aquatint Limited Edition
Themes in Aquatint Limited Edition
by Colin Franklin
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1978. Folio 37x24cm. viii + 104pp. Limited edition one of 500 unnumbered copies. Original quarter burgundy cloth marbled paper over boards spine gilt. In the original plain white dust jacket. With 16 color... (read more)

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Jin Shi Da Zi Dian Stone Dictionary, 3 Volumes
Jin Shi Da Zi Dian Stone Dictionary, 3 Volumes
by Renshou Wang
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Beijing: Beijing Chu Ban She, 1998. 3 volumes. Blue cloth stamped in gilt, with paper labels to boards. Good condition. KB... (read more)

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American Picture Books: Noah's Ark
American Picture Books: Noah's Ark
by Barbara Bader
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New York London Macmillan Publishing Co.1976 First Edition. 4to. 615 pp.Original cloth gilt stamping in pictorial dj. Nearly 700 illustrations 130 in full color. VG/VG.... (read more)

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Book Plates of Ludvig Sandoe Ipsen
Book Plates of Ludvig Sandoe Ipsen
by Winfred P Truesdell
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Boston: Troutsdale Press 1904 First Edition cream boards fully illustrated. Fair/NI (corners & spine ends badly bumped with some tearing interior clean with bookplate on front pastedown... (read more)

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