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Aelteste Buchdruckergeschichte Nuernbergs, Oder Verzeichnis aller von Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst bis 1500 in Nuernberg Gedruckten Buecher mit Litterarischen Anmerkungen
$175.00
Trade Paper

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Aelteste Buchdruckergeschichte Nuernbergs, Oder Verzeichnis aller von Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst bis 1500 in Nuernberg Gedruckten Buecher mit Litterarischen Anmerkungen
by M. Georg Wolfgang Panzers

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Nuernberg: in der Grattenauerischen Buchhandlung, 1789. Unbound galleys, tied together with a ribbon, inside a custom made blue cloth chemise. 178pp, + 5pp index. Wear to edges and outermost pages; soiling and damp staining throughout, especially...
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Felt Like the Hurt Was a Common Step, Signed Limited Edition
$100.00
Miscellaneous

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Felt Like the Hurt Was a Common Step, Signed Limited Edition
by Joseph Lappie

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Portland: Peptic Robot Press, 2004. #4 of an edition of 15, accordian style folding book of six captioned, black & white line etchings with aquatint. Ivory cloth over boards stamped in brown, captions stamped in blind, signed in pencil on front board by...
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Die Buchillustration in Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz seit 1945:  3 Volumes
$350.00
Set Hardcover

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Die Buchillustration in Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz seit 1945: 3 Volumes
by Wolfgang Tiessen

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3 vols plus 2 bibliographic appendices; ltd to 150 copies. Neu-Isenburg: Verlag der Buchhandlung Wolfgang Tiessen [1968/1972] vols 1 and 2 issued [1968]; vol 3, [1972] 19.5 x 21.75 cm each vol; 1*-19*, 1-50 (vol 1); 51-95, 1-47(vol 2); 1*-9*, 96-150, 1...
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Old Ream Wrappers: An Essay on Early Ream Wrappers of Antiquarian Interest Limited
$250.00
Leather

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Old Ream Wrappers: An Essay on Early Ream Wrappers of Antiquarian Interest Limited
by Henk Voorn

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North Hills, PA, Bird & Bull Press, 1969. Limited #138/375. Some edgewear. Sans seperate portfolio. Very Good/NI RWrw...
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American Picturebooks from Noahs Ark to The Beast Within
$100.00
Hardcover

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American Picturebooks from Noahs Ark to The Beast Within
by Barbara Bader

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New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1976. 4to, 615pp, Brown cloth with dust jacket. Text includes nearly 700 illustrations, of which 130 are in full color. One of the first histories of children's picture books from the United States. Excellent condition...
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A Tour Round My Book-Shelves
$400.00
Hardcover

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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...
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Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holidays Throughout the Year
$100.00
Leather

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Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holidays Throughout the Year
by John Keble

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London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner (no date, circa 1895) Miniature book, 4 1/2 x 5 1/2mm. in gilt stamped leather w/all edges gilt, frontis portrait of Christ; 480pp. including index. Front cover a bit bowed, upper corner...
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Albert Schloss's Bijou Almanacs 1839-1843 Limited Edition
$125.00
Hardcover

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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...
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Some Books With Illustrations by Paul Landacre Signed Limited Edition
$100.00
Hardcover

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Some Books With Illustrations by Paul Landacre Signed Limited Edition
by Ward Ritchie

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[No place}: Santa Susanna Press, 1978. Octavo, 160x244mm. 31pp. Limited edition, number 2 of 199 copies, signed by Ward Ritchie on the colophon page. Original dark blue cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Small...
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Le Marie Magique, Limited Edition
$150.00
Leather

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Le Marie Magique, Limited Edition
by J.-C. Mardrus

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No Place: Societe des Bibliophiles Franco-Suisse, 1930. Quarto. 3/4 calf with wood grain-patterned paper coverd boards; raised bands; top edge gilt. Corners bumped; rubbing to edges and spine. 87pp. Wood grain-patterned endpapers; illustrated with 42...
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Typographical Antiquities: Being an Historical Account of Printing In England: With some Memoirs of our Antient Printers and A Register of the Books printed by them from the year 1471 to the year 1600
$400.00
Hardcover

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Typographical Antiquities: Being an Historical Account of Printing In England: With some Memoirs of our Antient Printers and A Register of the Books printed by them from the year 1471 to the year 1600
by Joseph Ames

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London: W. Faden, 1749. Quarto bound in black cloth with title in white type on the spine (library binding) (xvii),598; Index (26 pgs) of Authors, Printers and other Persons mentioned in this History. Title page, dedication page and final leaf repaired...
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Edmund Dulac - His Book Illustrations: A Bibliography
$300.00
Hardcover

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Edmund Dulac - His Book Illustrations: A Bibliography
by Ann Conolly Hughey

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Potomac: Buttonwood Press, 1995. Quarto, 22x28cm. Unpaginated. Original blue cloth, spine gilt. No dust jacket. Black & white frontispiece. The authoratative bibliography for Dulac collectors and booksellers alike. Cloth with a trace of rubbing. Near...
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English Binding Before 1500
$400.00
Hardcover

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English Binding Before 1500
by G D Hobson

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Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1929. First Edition, folio (38 x 25cm), 58pp. plus 56 plates (plate 41a makes total 56). Full turquoise cloth with gilt-blocked title on spine. Spine head, foot, and corners all slightly bumped. Bookplate of...
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Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton of the Weald of Kent; The First Printer in England
$3000.00
Leather

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Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton of the Weald of Kent; The First Printer in England
by John Lewis

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London: not designated, 1737 First edition, in original gilt ruled full leather, w/five raised bands, gilt stamped black morocco label on spine, engraved frontis portrait; xxii, 156pp. including index, errata, two pages of plates of watermarks (Lotte...
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English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications: A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600, 1st Edition
$125.00
Hardcover

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English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications: A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600, 1st Edition
by Eustace F. Bosanquet

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London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, 1917. Quarto, 23x28cm. xi + 204pp + [plates]. First edition. Quarter tan buckram, grey paper over boards, front board and spine lettered in black. Top edge gilt. Numerous black...
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English Cursive Book Hands 1250-1500
$125.00
Hardcover

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English Cursive Book Hands 1250-1500
by M. B. Parkes

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Berkeley: University of California Press, (1980). Quarto. 21.5x29cm. xxxii, 26pp. First thus. Maroon cloth covered boards with yellow endpapers. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper. Slight discoloration along top edge and spine. Dust...
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John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonne of His Graphic Work 1935-1998 Limited Edition
$250.00
Slipcase

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John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonne of His Graphic Work 1935-1998 Limited Edition
by John DePol

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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2001. Quarto, 23x31cm. 162pp. Limited edition of 400 unnumbered copies. Original quarter black cloth, patterned red paper over boards, spine stamped in white. In the original grey paper-covered slipcase with a...
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Themes in Aquatint Limited Edition
$100.00
Hardcover

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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...
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Psalms of David
$225.00
Hardcover

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Psalms of David
by John Franklin and W J Linton

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London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1862. Original brown decorated boards, Aeg. 4to., 236pp., each page with woodcut borders. Capitals printed in blue & red. Good condition. BH...
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Printers' Mottoes: A Collection of Sentiments Taken from Title-Pages and Colophons of Books Issued by Printers and Publishers, Booksellers, Artists and Patrons from the 15th Century to the Present
$75.00
Hardcover

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Printers' Mottoes: A Collection of Sentiments Taken from Title-Pages and Colophons of Books Issued by Printers and Publishers, Booksellers, Artists and Patrons from the 15th Century to the Present
by Bella Landauer

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NY: Privately Printed, 1926. 4to, 122pp, brown paper boards over black cloth. One of 175 printed, this one unnumbered. Both hinges cracked but binding still solid. Corners bumped but covers otherwise very good. Good. hb....
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