The Master Guide

Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 119pp. Red cloth. Edges lightly rubbed, interior sound. A guide to the pleasures of reading. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004847

Catalogue: Books About Books, Literature and Fiction, Reference

Keywords: "Reading Lists" Literature

Ayres, Harry Morgan

Carroll's Alice

New York, Columbia University Press, 1936. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 98pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Cover is clean and unworn, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, text is mildly toned. Author's analysis of "Alice in Wonderland." Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004188

Catalogue: Children's, Books About Books, Literary Criticism

Keywords: Fantasy Critique "Alice in Wonderland"

Harper & Brothers

Books for Boys and Girls

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1927. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 62pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. Slight creasing to front cover, cover and contents are otherwise in clean and fresh-looking condition. Color frontispiece and 3 additional full-page color illustrations, plus numerous black and white illustrations. A very attractive catalog. Very Good.

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Book number: 003300

Catalogue: Children's, Books About Books

Keywords: Juvenile Catalogue

Brown, Bolton

Lithography

New York, Fitzroy Carrington, 1923. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 27pp. Blue paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Slight staining to front board, spine ends lightly rubbed, paper clip stain to first few pages, and a few scattered faint marks to margins, overall text is sound. This book is number 325 of 500 copies printed. Good.

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Book number: 003057

Catalogue: Decorative Arts, Books About Books

Keywords: "Fine Printing" Printing

Burlingame, Roger

I Have Known Many Worlds

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1956. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 283pp. Grey cloth. Boards are clean and unworn, endpapers mildly foxed otherwise contents are clean. Unclipped dust jacket is chipped at head of spine and lightly spine-sunned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "Affectionately Roger" on front free endpaper. Autobiography dealing with the author's years of experience in publishing and writing. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002411

Catalogue: Biography, Signed, Books About Books

Keywords: Publishing

Carroll, Lewis

The Wasp in a Wig

New York, The Lewis Carroll Society of America, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 21pp + facsimile of galley proofs of suppressed portion of Through the Looking Glass. Textured red heavy stock wrapper. Clean and unworn, spine slightly faded, galley proof pages unopened Near Fine.

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Book number: 004106

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Books About Books

Keywords: Fantasy Proof

Clifford, W.G.

Books in Bottles ; The Curious in Literature

New York, Lincoln Macveagh The Dial Press. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 185pp. Brown paper covered boards, linen backed. Corners lightly rubbed, text age-toned, foxing to preliminary pages, no marks, some pages still unopened. Author's musings on books. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003062

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Books About Books

Keywords: "Literary Criticism" Libraries

Cohen, Morton N. ,Editor

Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins

New York, Argosy Bookstore, 1980. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 48pp. Floral paper over boards, linen backing. Clean, unworn condition. This book is inscribed and signed by 8 participants of the University of Denver Antiquarian Book Seminar/Workshop held in August 1982. The participants were highly respected antiquarian book scholars, dealers and researchers. Laid-in is the four page biographical profile of the faculty members, plus the daily seminar schedule. A few handwritten notations have been written on the schedule. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004686

Catalogue: Books About Books, Signed

Keywords: "Rare Books" Antiquarian Colorado

Thomas N. Fairbanks Company

A Series of Hand Made Papers from England and Italy

New York, Thomas N. Fairbanks Company, 1930. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Beige boards. Samples of 11 fine papers of varying weights, each imprinted with its qualities and characteristics. Pages ar unopened and un trimmed. A handsome specimen book. Very Good.

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Book number: 003054

Catalogue: Decorative Arts, Binding, Books About Books

Keywords: "Sample Book" Printing

The Steck Company

Type for Linotype and Monotype Machine Composition Also Dislplay Faces

Austin, Texas, The Steck Company, 1940. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 86p. Pictorial paper over boards, spiral bound. Presentation copy of a limited issue, no name but thie is book no. 540. Corners rubbed, light soiling to rear cover. top 4 spirals broken,but binding tight, owner's name on front pastedown, contents mildly toned but clean. Typestyles, borders, initial letters, ornaments, logotyupes, 3 pages in color. Acknowledgements on verso of title page are Mr. Douglas McMurtrie, Porte Publishing Company and Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Very Good.

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Book number: 002299

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Books About Books

Keywords: Printing Type Lithography

French, Hannah Dustin,; Rogers, Joseph W. and Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut

Bookbinding in America: Three Essays

Portland, Maine, The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 293pp. Blue boards, buckram spine with gilt lettering. Book is clean and unworn, spine a bit dulled, gilt still very bright, text is in sound and clean condition, binding is tight. Three essays included are : "Early American Bookbinding by Hand", "The Rise of American Edition Binding" and "On the Rebinding of Old Books." A well-preserved book. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004818

Catalogue: Books About Books, How-to and Hobbies

Keywords: "Books about Books" Bookbinding "Book Collecting"

Hamilton, Charles

The Book of Autographs

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 067124258x. 208pp. Paperover boards, buckram backing. Book is in near fine, unworn condition, dust jacket s unclipped, and very lightly worn. An excellent reference for autograph collectors. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004823

Catalogue: Books About Books, Hobbies and How-To, Reference

Keywords: Signatures Autographs Composers Statesmen Entertainers 067124258x

M. Knoedler & Co.

Mezzotinters of the 18th & 19th Century; Prominent Mezzotinters of the XVIII Century; Some Information Regarding Eighteenth Century Mezzotinto Engravers and Their Work. (3 VOLUMES)

New York, M. Knoedler & Co. 1904. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. Printed stiff wraps, string-tied bindings. All in nice condition, very light wear, contents are slean. 3 volumes devoted to different aspects of mezzotinting. Instructive techniques and biographical information about mezzotinters. Very Good.

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Book number: 003335

Catalogue: Art, Books About Books

Keywords: Printing Engraving

Lazare, Edward J. (Compiler)

The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed By the Late Thomas Wintrop Streeter; Index , A Dictionary Check-list of the Seven Sale Catalogues October 1966-October 1969

New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 1970. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 352pp. Blue cloth, silver lettering. Spine is faded, book is otherwise in clean and unworn condition. Original clear vinyl jacket has a 2 inch tear mended with tape. Near Fine.

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Book number: 003565

Catalogue: American History, Books About Books, American West

Keywords: "Rare Books" Voyages" "The West"

Robert L. Leslie and Percy Seitlin

PM: An Intimate Journal for Productin Managers, Art Directors and their Associates.- October 1937, Vol. IV., No. 2

New York, PM Publishing Company, 1937. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 40pp +8pp ads. Pictorial stiff wraps, spiral bound. Light wear and large stain to rear cover, contents age-toned and occasionally wavy. Photography by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer and photographs from his book Morning, Noon, Night." Good.

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Book number: 004565

Catalogue: Photography, Books About Books, Advertising

Keywords: Photography Layout Printing "Type Design"