Theodore Low de Vinne. Printer

New York, Privately Printed, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards; [vi] 111 pages. Printed by the De Vinne Press in the Renner type De Vinne designed, on Umbria handmade paper. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of De Vinne with his signature below, possibly printed, and a gravure of a bronze bust by Chester Beach. Laid down on the pastedown above a bookplate is a compliments card from De Vinne. Apparently issued with a slipcase not present here. One page, mostly blank, with a long horizontal tear. Very Good .

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Book number: 005610

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Keywords: Printing Theodore De Vinne Book Arts

ADAMIAK, Richard

The Law Book Price Guide: A Market Value Reference for Antiquarian, out-of-Print and Rare Law Boks and Documents and Other Law-Related Materials

Chicago, Richard Adamiak, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Quarto; xvi, 376 pages with index and bibliography. Page-by-page reproductions of various catalogs dated 1975 - 1982 from leading antiquarian booksellers specializing in the legal field. While the prices, of course, are dated, the detailed descriptions are quite valuable. The type is often very small but readable. Fine, issued without dustwrapper .

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Book number: 019916

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Law, Bibliography, Bookseller Catalogues, Price Guides, Books on Books, Legal, Book Collecting Law Reference Book Collecting Books on Books

AHEARN, Allen and Patricia

Book Collecting. A Comprehensive Guide. 1995 Edition

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Expanded to include the works of more than 5000 authors showing values over a two-decade span and full of useful information. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021184

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Book Collecting, Bibliography, Books on Books, Modern First Editions Book Collecting Modern First Editions Literature: American Books on Books

CAGLE, William R

A Matter of Taste. A Bibliographical Catalogue of International Books on Food and Drink in the Lilly Library, Indiana University

New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. Cloth; xxiii, [1], 991, [1] pages. Expanded and revised edition of Cagle's important 1990 bibliography of the Lilly's collection of European and British gastronomic literature, featuring books printed from 1475 through 1962. With illustraions and facsimiles of title pages. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 019913

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Cook Books, Books on Books, Reference, Book Collecting, Cookery, Food Cookery Book Collecting Books on Books Cook Books

COULTER, E. Merton

Travels in the Confederate States. A Bibliography

Norman (OK), University of Oklahoma Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Second Printing. Red cloth in dustwrapper. Detailed descriptions of first-hand accounts by travelers through the South in the Civil War period. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021198

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Keywords: Americana, Southern Americana, Bibliography, Books on Books, Reference, Travel, Civil War Bibliography Reference Southern Americana Books on Books

DEÁK, Gloria Gilda

Picturing America, 1497-1899. Prints, Maps, and Drawings Bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory That Is Now the United States

Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes in dustwrappers. The first volume is text ( xxx, 657 pages), the second illustrations (880 plates). Slight foxing to bulked text edges and dustwrappers. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers .

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Book number: 020776

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: American Prints, Illustrated Books, Bibliography, Books on Books, Americana, Reference Books on Books Americana Illustrated Books American Prints

[GREEN, Richard]

Important Scientific Books: The Richard Green Library. Tuesday 17 June 2008

New York, Christie's, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth. Quarto; 400 pages with numerous illustrations, including many in color. A collection comprising six revolutionary centuries of scientific, mathematical, and philosophical thought. About Fine .

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Book number: 019907

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Keywords: Science, Bibliography, Auction Catalogues, Mathematics, Philosophy, Books on Books Science Reference Mathematics Books on Books

MORRIS, Henry et. al

The Bird and Bull Commonplace Book

North Hills, Bird & Bull Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9-1/4" x 12"), 65 (6) pages. Bound in cloth-backed marbled boards. One of 255 copies with numerous samples of paper made by hand from such substances as junk mail and wasp nests. With brass cathouse token in small pocket inside rear cover, as issued. Delightful book!. Fine in a Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 005247

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Keywords: Bird & Bull Press, COMMONPLACE BOOKS, Paper, Limited, Fine Press, Illustrated Books, Books on Books Fine Press Limited Illustrated Books Books on Books

HEWETT, Mary Crane (compiler)

Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Mansfield, CT, M. Martino, [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Two volumes in one; quarto (8-1/4" x 11"); cloth. This excellent catalogue gives detailed collations of 22,000 volumes including a collection of nursery trade catalogues dating back to 1776. Fine .

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Book number: 004830

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Natural History Botanical Reference Nursery Catalogues

PRITZEL, G. A

Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae...

Mansfield, CT, M. Martino, [1995]. Reprint. Cloth. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11"); cloth; viii, 576 pages. Limited edition reprint of 150 copies of perhaps the most useful book for tracing a botanical title before 1870. Text in Latin. Corners a little bumped. Fine .

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Book number: 005211

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Keywords: Limited, Latin Bibliography Natural History Botanical Reference

CAGLE, William R. and STAFFORD, Lisa Killion

American Books on Food and Drink. A Bibliographical Catalog of the Cookbook Collection Housed in the Lilly Library at the Indiana University

New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth; 794 pages. According to the publisher, "This comprehensive bibliography describes the American cookbooks in the Gernon Collection housed at the Lilly Library. AMERICAN BOOKS and its British/European counterpart, A MATTER OF TASTE, fully describe over 2,300 works in gastronomic literature and are testaments to the collecting achievements of Dr. and Mrs. John Talbot Gernon. The collection was donated to the Lilly Library in 1979 by Dr. and Mrs. Gernon, and their European collection of cookbooks were added in 1984. A MATTER OF TASTE, which describes the collection's British and European works, was published in 1990. The Gernon Collection also includes books on agriculture and gardening, brewing, distilling and wine-making, health and diet, household management, and the operation of restaurants and hotels. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 019912

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Cook Books, Books on Books, Reference, Book Collecting, Cookery, Food, Americana Cookery Book Collecting Books on Books Cook Books

[SIEBERT, Frank]

The Frank T. Siebert Library of the North American Indian and the American Frontier. 28/10/1999

New York, Sotheby's, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, red cloth. Quarto; 370; 394 pages with several hundred illustrations, including many in color. Over 1000 items are fully described, indexed, referenced, and very informatively annotated. "Dr. Siebert's library of the North American Indian is probably the last great collection of Americana to chronicle and follow the frontier across our continent. It was formed over a period of more than fifty years by probably the most knowledgeable Americanist of his time" (p.6). The most important private collection of Americana to come up for auction since Thomas Streeter. About Fine .

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Book number: 009040

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Americana, Bibliography, Auction Catalogues, Western Americana, Native Americans, Indians, Books on Books Western Americana Reference Native Americans Books on Books

SILVER, Rollo

Typefounding in America, 1787-1825

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, (1965). First Edition. xiii, 139 pages. Fine guide to early American printing and production of type. Illustrated with facsimiles. Near Fine in glassine .

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Book number: 001989

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Type Specimens, Business, Typefounding, Books on Books, Americana Americana Colonial Type Books on Books

SMITH, Harold F. (compiler)

American Travellers Abroad. A Bibliography of Accounts Published Before 1900

Carbondale-Edwardsville (IL), Southern Illinois University, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Printed wraps; (vi), 166 pages. Annotated bibiliography with over 1,500 entries with descriptions of the physical book followed by a description of the travel account. Includes bibliography of sources and index of places. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021199

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Foreign Travel, Bibliography, Books on Books, Reference, Travel Bibliography Reference Travel Books on Books

WRIGHT, Lyle H

American Fiction 1774-1850. A Contribution Toward a Bibliography

San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1969. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021186

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Book Collecting, Bibliography, Books on Books, 19th Century American Literature, Reference 19th Century American Literature Reference Literature: American Books on Books