Category: Bibliography, Books on Books, Printing

175 Printed Books - Part One: From Early Printing to Modern Science; Part Two: Illustrated Books [H. P. Kraus Catalogue 103]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, H. P. Kraus : 1963

Seller ID: 051207

ISBN: B0017OKR0G

Condition: Fine

HARDCOVER, glossy illus. boards. Slightly sunned upper front cover corner, otherwise essentially as issued. [v],169 pp., tipped-in plates.
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2000 Years of Science: Hippocrates to Leonardo [1953 Morgan Library exhibition]

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library : 1953

Seller ID: 034704

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Booklet, ivory illus. wraps. 20 pp. Lightly age-toned covers, light handling wear.
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A Catalogue of Maggs Catalogues 1918 to 1968 [No. 918]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Leamington Spa, Courier Press for Maggs Bros., Ltd. : 1969

Seller ID: 018455

Binding: Buckram

Condition: Near Fine

Original red and white wraps, bound in red buckram. 59 pp., illus. w/ 18 b&w plates. Minimally ex-library, non-circulating, virtually without wear, call label stamped on lower spine. A solid, clean copy, ideal as reference copy with sturdy binding.
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A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Documents, Chiefly Americana, Selected from the Archives and Manuscript Collections of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia [1937 Exhibition Catalog]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society : 1937

Seller ID: 032344

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, orange wraps, lettered in black. Slight shelf wear. 38 pp., 135 entries.
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A Checklist of Drawings and Watercolors 1922-1957 for Books Illustated by Robert Lawson in the Frederick R. Gardner Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Free Library of Philadelphia : 1977

Seller ID: 039764

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Booklet, stiff rust wraps, lettered/illus. in black. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover, slight foxing to rear blank, otherwise essentially as issued. [24] pp.
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A General Catalogue of Valuable and Rare Old Books, Which Are Now Selling at the Prices Affixed to Each, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster-Row, London. Part I. for 1814 B/w General Catalogue.in the Ancient and Modern Languages,.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown : 1814

Seller ID: 021943

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

'Containing the Class of "Auctores Classici et Miscellanei, Gr. et Lat." the greater part of which are works of considerable value, or extreme rarity.' Original edition, newly rebound in sympathetic brown cloth, title stamped in gold foil on spine panel, new endsheets, new head- and tail-bands. Approx. 8 3/16" x 5 1/8". Text block edges darkened by age, interior clean and fully intact. 373,[v],25-180 pp., complete as issued. A rare glimpse at an early 19th-century antiquarian book catalogue. 4,123 + 4,327 listings, generally short descriptions, title/author, place of publication, date, a few s...
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A Guide to the Exhibition in The King's Library Illustrating the History of Printing, Music-Printing and Bookbinding

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, England, The British Museum : 1926

Seller ID: 005977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Exhibition catalogue. Light green paper over boards. 180 pp., illus. w/ xxxii b&w plates (line drawings). Lightly soiled covers, modest lean, with hand-written title along spine panel. Interior intact, slightly toned. Some evidence of repair along front joint. Binding is presently firm and intact, but this issue is notorious for the weakness of its (paper) binding and so must be handled with care.
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A Guide to the Exhibition in The King's Library Illustrating the History of Printing, Music-Printing and Bookbinding

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, The British Museum : 1926

Seller ID: BIBL0292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG+

Exhibition catalogue. Light green paper-covered boards. 180 pp., illus. w/ xxxii (32) b&w plates (line drawings). Lightly soiled covers, modest lean, with hand-written title along modestly toned spine panel. Interior intact, slightly toned.
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A Guide to the Exhibition in The King's Library Illustrating the History of Printing, Music-Printing and Bookbinding

Price: $7.50

Publisher: London, England, Trustees of the British Museum : 1939

Seller ID: BIBL0417

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG+

Exhibition catalogue. Light green paper-covered boards. 163 pp., illus. w/ xxxv (35) b&w plates. Covers slightly tanned toward edges and along spine panel, light shelf wear, a few creases along an otherwise firm, square binding.
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A Guide to the Printed Books Exhibited in the King's Library [British Museum]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Trustees of the British Museum : 1891

Seller ID: 018454

Binding: Buckram

Condition: Very Good

Original gray paper wraps, bound into red buckram, spine panel lettered in gilt. Ex-library, non-circulating, lightly marked/stamped, a few perforation stamps, mild soiling to cloth. Top corner repair to paper front cover and along top edge of first printed leaf. 111 pp. Durable, functional copy by virtue of binding, more than acceptable as reference copy.
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A Miscellany of Books, Autographs and Manuscripts on Many Subjects - List XXXIX [Martin Breslauer

Price: $14.95

Publisher: London, Martin Breslauer : 1971

Seller ID: 057424

ISBN: B00EOAK0OS

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Stiff white wraps, lettered/illus. in red and black. Covers somewhat soiled/foxed. 3/4" surface loss at head of spine, a few closed surface tears along spine panel. 88 pp., 416 entries, illus., additional plates at rear. Firm binding, clean interior.
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A Society's Chief Joys: An Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Worcester, MA, American Antiquarian Society : 1969

Seller ID: 032341

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Tan stiff wraps, lettered in red. Slightly soiled along top edge of front cover, otherwise essentially as issued, now in protective clear PVC wrap. 138 pp., illus. in b&w, color.
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A Treasure House of Books: The Library of Duke August of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Price: $29.50

Publisher: New York, Grolier Club/Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel : 1998

Seller ID: 029616

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog August Bibliothek no. 75. Red pictorial wraps. Mild handling wear, two vertical creases to rear cover, one light stress crease along otherwise firm, square binding. 270 pp., illus. w/ color photographs, some b&w. Catalogue to accompany 1998-99 exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York. Text in English.
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American & European Paintings & Prints [Freeman's auction, Philadelphia, 2 Feb. 2007]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Freeman's : 2007

Seller ID: 040485

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff yellow-green wraps, lettered in black. Slight shelf wear, minor thumbing mark to front cover, nearly as issued. 56,8 pp., 375 + 34 catalogued lots, illus. in b&w., color inside covers.
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Art Deco

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Thomas G. Boss Fine Books

Seller ID: 032317

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Bookseller's catalog, [10] pp., stapled binding. 54 entries. Mild handling wear.
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Authors and the Oxford University Press

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford University Press : 1967

Seller ID: 004838

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Wraps, in separate dust wrapper. 15 pp. Information for authors about Oxford University Press, of interest to all collections on printing, publishing. As issued.
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Benjamin Franklin: Autograph Letters - Documents - Books and Almanacs - Statuettes and Portraits in Various Media - Also Books and Autographs by his Contemporaries - The Well-Known Collection formed by the Late Arthur Bloch, Philadelphia, Pa. [Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalogue 1538, 20 Oct. 1954]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries : 1954

Seller ID: 056699

ISBN: B000F8YF4E

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff blue wraps, lettered in dark blue. Minor wear along extended edges, partially tanned back cover. Auction catalog. 69 pp., 233 catalogued lots. Clean interior.
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Bibliotheca Nautica, Part I: Books, Prints and Manuscripts Relating to Naval Battles and the Science of Naval Warfare, Shipbuilding and the Art of Navigation, Pirates, Buccaneers, and Privateers, Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea [Maggs Bros. No. 508 - 1928]

Price: $39.95

Publisher: London, Maggs Bros. : 1928

Seller ID: 057018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original catalog, rebound without wraps in green cloth, hand-lettered spine panel. Ex-library, minimally marked, and non-circulating, thus little actual wear, showing a few bent corners toward rear of text block. Ideal reference copy. 200,[8] pp., with 500 entries.
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Bibliotheque de Sir A.: Livres Anciens / Architecture - Antiquites - Decoration / Histoire Naturelle - Livres Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle - Livres de Fetes / Reliures Aux Armes

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Ader Picard Tajan : 1975

Seller ID: 024584

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark plum cloth, lettered in gold foil. Light shelf wear, slightly bumped bottom corners. 172 pp., 350 catalogued objects, illus. w/ b&w plates, also tipped-in color plates. Catalogue to accompany 1975 exhibition at Palais Galliera, Paris. Text in French. Accompanied by original mailing label from Librairie Giraud-Badin, Paris.
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Bibliothque d'un Amateur: reliures anciennes aux armes reliures a dentelle - oeuvres de Le Gascon, Padeloup, Derome, Dubuisson, Douceur, Vente, Bozerian, Thouvenin, Simier, Bauzonnet, Marius-Michel, Ruban, Mercier, Bonet.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Librairie Giraud-Badin : 1969

Seller ID: BIBL0171

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Plain white stiff paper wraps, perfect-bound, in red and gilt stiff paper wrapper in the form of a gilt tooled binding. Catalog essentially as issued; wrapper shows light creasing along binding fold and lightly rubbed corners. Hotel Drouout, Paris, 7 May 1969. Unpaginated, 192 catalogued entries, illus. w/ 15 b&w plates, one color plate (Mucha, Le Pater). Text in French.
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Bibliothque Henri Beraldi - Cinquieme [5e] Partie: Livres des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles, Romantiques et Modernes

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Etienne Ader/Leopald Carteret : 1935

Seller ID: 039570

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Unprinted ivory wraps, in printed ivory dust jacket. Covers typically soiled, outer wrapper partially separated along front joint. Binding stressed, weak but holding, chipped with loss at head of spine. 167 pp., well illus. w/ sepia plates.
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Bibliothque Henri Beraldi - Premiere Partie: Livres Anciens des XVIe et XVIIe siecles

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Etienne Ader/Leopald Carteret : 1934

Seller ID: 039569

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Unprinted ivory wraps, in printed ivory dust jacket. Covers typically soiled, with neatly mended separation along front joint. Firm binding though stress-creased, clean interior. v,43 pp., well illus. w/ color, sepia plates.
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Biology: An Exhibition at the Lilly Library in honor of the meetings of The American Institute of Biological Sciences and The American Physiological Society at Indiana University, August 23-September 3, 1970 [Lilly Library Publication No. X (10)]

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Bloomington, IN, The Lilly Library, Indiana University : 1970

Seller ID: 032314

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, color pictorial wraps. Slight shelf/handling wear, virtually as issued. 32 pp., 77 entries.
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Bookbinding in Great Britain: Sixteenth [16th/XVIth] to the Twentieth [20th/XXth] Century [Maggs Bros. Ltd. Catalogue 966 - Summer 1975]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Maggs Bros. Ltd. : 1975

Seller ID: 033236

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff illus. wraps. Light shelf wear, moderate foxing to front cover, light foxing to back cover and texrt block edges. Firm, square binding with some stress creasing, clean and fully intact interior. 292 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates, 308 entries. Uncommon.
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Books and the Man: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association Annual

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Wm. Dawson and Sons Ltd. : 1953

Seller ID: BIBL0404

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Dull orange cloth, lettered in black. Ex-library, lightly marked/stamped, little actual wear. Cloth is lightly soiled, with small stamped call number on lower spine. [iv],76 pp., [20] pp. advertisements at rear. Articles on Sir Thomas Phillipps, Gibbon, modern first editions, Lincolne Nosegay books, Dr. Johnson and the book trade, the Chichester Antiphonal's restoration, watermarks and the dating of bindings, advertising in early newspapers and periodicals, flower books, William Creech.
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Category: Bibliography, Books on Books, Printing