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	[POLLARD (A.W.) & PROCTOR (R.G.C.)] Three Hundred Notable Books added to the Library of the British Museum under the Keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899. Printed by T. and A. Constable for the Editors and Subscribers. 1899. First Edition, 4to, viii,184pp., one of 250 copies, portrait frontis., 60 illustrs., prospectus tipped-in, orig. quarter red morocco, uncut, t.e.g. Includes a monogram by Laurence Housman and a portrait specially etched by William Strang. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.5 US$ 158.27 \| JP¥ 14079] Book number: 25459 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ACCURTI (TOMMASO) Miscellanea Bibliografica in Memoria di don Tommaso Accurti. Ed. Lamberto Donati. Edizioni di â€˜Storia e Letteraturaâ€™, Rome. 1947. Large 8vo, xi,220,[2]pp., 5 plates, 23 illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. half polished calf, marbled sides, uncut, t.e.g. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 23667 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ALLEN (AGNES) The Story of the Book. Faber & Faber. 1952. First Edition, ex-library, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 10967 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BANGE (E.F.) Eine Bayerische Malerschule des XI. und XII. Jahhunderts. Hugo Schmidt, Munich. 1923. First Edition, 4to, [vi],168pp., with the H.P. Kraus bookplate, 67 plates, orig. cloth-backed printed boards. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 21988 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLACKBURN (CHARLES F.) Rambles in Books. Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd. 1893. First Edition, 4to, xv,[i],144pp., no. 2 of 50 copies on large paper, signed by the author, orig. cloth, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 24556 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLAKE (N.F.) Caxton: Englandâ€™s First Publisher. Osprey Publishing Limited. 1976. First Edition, ex-library, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 10974 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLOCK (ANDREW) The Book Collectors Vade Mecum. Denis Archer. 1933. First Edition, orig. cloth. Covers a wide range of subjects from Incunabula to Modern First Editions. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 9295 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLOOM (J. HARVEY) English Tracts, Pamphlets and Printed Sheets: A Bibliography. Vol 1. (Early Period) 1473-1650. (Suffolk). Wallace Gandy. 1922. Vol. 1 only, ex-library otherwise a nice copy, frontis., 7 plates, orig. cloth. 1,009 items described. GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.31 \| JP¥ 4742] Book number: 12431 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLUMENTHAL (JOSEPH) The Printed Book in America. The Scolar Press. 1977. First Edition, 4to, 70 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Traces the history of American printing, paying particular attention to major figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Isaiah Thomas in the earlier period and Daniel Berkeley Updike, Bruce Rogers and Frederic W. Goudy in the present century. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 46.65 \| JP¥ 4150] Book number: 12213 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CARLSON (DAVID R.) English Humanist Books. Writers and Patrons, Manuscripts and Print, 1475-1525. University of Toronto Press. 1993. First Edition, x,275pp., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 21415 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	COLLIJN (ISAK) Bok- ock Biblioteks-Historiska Studier TillÃ¤gnade Isak Collijn pa Hans 50-Ã…rsdag. Almquist & Wiksell, Uppsala. 1925. 4to, xviii,[ii],516,[2]pp., limited to 400 copies, frontis., portrait, numerous full-page plates and facsimiles, with the bookplate of A. SjÃ ¶gren and Ake Andersson, orig. printed wrappers bound in, bound by Bonniers Bokbinderi in half crushed orange morocco, decorated paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 162.5 US$ 241.57 \| JP¥ 21489] Book number: 23661 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DAVIS (WILLIAM) A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: or, Cento of Notes and Reminiscences Concerning Rare, Curious, and Valuable Books. Printed for W. Davis. 1821. First Edition, viii,96pp., nineteenth-century half cloth, marbled sides, hinges torn, uncut. Bibliographical and anecdotal descriptions of some 125 important printed books. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 \| JP¥ 16302] Book number: 24560 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DIBDIN (REV. THOMAS FROGNALL) Bibliomania; or, Book Madness; A Bibliographical Romance. New and Improved Edition, to which are added Preliminary Observations, and a Supplement Including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama. Chatto & Windus. 1876. New Edition, 4to, large paper copy, xviii,63,[1],618,xxxivpp., portrait (offset), water staining to lower right hand margin (affecting portrait, title and 1 plate), engraved vignette on title, illustrated with a number of woodcuts, decorated boards etc., cont. Roxburgh green half morocco, lower hinge partly split, head and tail on spine chipped. Jackson, 20. Ex-library copy, with stamps. GBP 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 196.25 US$ 291.55 \| JP¥ 25935] Book number: 11302 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ISAAC (PETER) & MCKAY (BARRY) EDITORS. Images & Texts. Their Production and Distribution in the 18th and 19th Centuries. St Paulâ€™s Bibliographies. 1997. First Edition, frontis., facsimiles, orig. decorated boards. New. The study of the provincial book trade has been transformed due to increased interest in Britainâ€™s social history. These essays focus on readership, and the distribution of print and images. The vast outpouring of books, chapbooks, street literature, newspapers and ephemera indicate greater literacy than was known. GBP 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 43.32 \| JP¥ 3853] Book number: 12547 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MCKERROW (R.B.) & FERGUSON (F.S.) Title-Page Borders used in England & Scotland 1485-1640. The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1932. First Edition, 4to, xlvii,[i],234,[2]pp., ex-library, title in red and black, 329 facsimiles (nearly all are full-page), orig. cloth-backed boards, small tear to upper hinge, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 54 US$ 79.97 \| JP¥ 7114] Book number: 26344 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	FERRARI (LUIGI) Miscellanea di Scritti di Bibliografia ed Erudizione in Memoria di Luigi Ferrari. Leo S. Olschki, Florence. 1952. 4to, viii,534,[2]pp., 30 plates., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.5 US$ 158.27 \| JP¥ 14079] Book number: 23663 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HALSALLE (HENRY DE) Treasure Trove in Bookland. The Romance of Modern First Editions. T. Werner Laurie, Ltd. 1931. First Edition, xvi,200pp., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 22632 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HARRISON (FREDERICK) A Book About Books. John Murray. 1943. Frontis., illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth. How they have been written, illuminated, printed and made, with sidelights on newspapers, libraries and modern book production. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 12806 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	LEHMANN-HAUPT (HELLMUT) The Life of the Book. How the Book is Written, Published, Printed, Sold, and Read. Abelard-Schuman, New York. 1957. First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 10964 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HOLDEN (JOHN A.) The Bookmanâ€™s Glossary. A Compendium of Information Relating to the Production and Distribution of Books. R.R. Bowker Co., New York. 1931. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, orig. cloth. Ex library, with stamps GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 11211 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HUMPHREYS (ARTHUR L.): The Private Library. What we do Know, What we don't Know, What we ought to Know About our Books. Strangeways & Sons. 1887. First Edition, orig. buckram, slightly rubbed, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 825 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	JENNETT (SEAN) The Making of Books. Faber & Faber. 1956. Second Edition, 199 illustrs., orig. cloth. Part I. describes printing and binding, Part II. design. Ex library, with stamps GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 11194 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	JENNETT (SEAN) The Making of Books. Faber & Faber. 1964. Third Edition, 199 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Part I. Describes Printing and Binding. Part II. Design. Ex library, with stamps GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 11266 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	KLEBERG (TÃ–NNES) Corona Amicorum. Studier TillÃ¤gnade TÃ¶nnes Kleberg. (Acta Bibliothecae R. Universitatis Upsaliensis XV). Uppsala University. 1968. 272,[2]pp., frontis., illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 23666 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	LANG (ANDREW) The Library. With a Chapter on Modern English Illustrated Books by Austin Dobson. Macmillan & Co. 1892. Second Edition, frontis., 3 coloured plates, 16 woodcuts, orig. cloth, uncut. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 12880 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.

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	[POLLARD (A.W.) & PROCTOR (R.G.C.)] Three Hundred Notable Books added to the Library of the British Museum under the Keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899. Printed by T. and A. Constable for the Editors and Subscribers. 1899. First Edition, 4to, viii,184pp., one of 250 copies, portrait frontis., 60 illustrs., prospectus tipped-in, orig. quarter red morocco, uncut, t.e.g. Includes a monogram by Laurence Housman and a portrait specially etched by William Strang. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.5 US$ 158.27 \| JP¥ 14079] Book number: 25459 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ACCURTI (TOMMASO) Miscellanea Bibliografica in Memoria di don Tommaso Accurti. Ed. Lamberto Donati. Edizioni di â€˜Storia e Letteraturaâ€™, Rome. 1947. Large 8vo, xi,220,[2]pp., 5 plates, 23 illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. half polished calf, marbled sides, uncut, t.e.g. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 23667 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ALLEN (AGNES) The Story of the Book. Faber & Faber. 1952. First Edition, ex-library, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 10967 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BANGE (E.F.) Eine Bayerische Malerschule des XI. und XII. Jahhunderts. Hugo Schmidt, Munich. 1923. First Edition, 4to, [vi],168pp., with the H.P. Kraus bookplate, 67 plates, orig. cloth-backed printed boards. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 21988 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLACKBURN (CHARLES F.) Rambles in Books. Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd. 1893. First Edition, 4to, xv,[i],144pp., no. 2 of 50 copies on large paper, signed by the author, orig. cloth, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 24556 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLAKE (N.F.) Caxton: Englandâ€™s First Publisher. Osprey Publishing Limited. 1976. First Edition, ex-library, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 10974 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLOCK (ANDREW) The Book Collectors Vade Mecum. Denis Archer. 1933. First Edition, orig. cloth. Covers a wide range of subjects from Incunabula to Modern First Editions. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 9295 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLOOM (J. HARVEY) English Tracts, Pamphlets and Printed Sheets: A Bibliography. Vol 1. (Early Period) 1473-1650. (Suffolk). Wallace Gandy. 1922. Vol. 1 only, ex-library otherwise a nice copy, frontis., 7 plates, orig. cloth. 1,009 items described. GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.31 \| JP¥ 4742] Book number: 12431 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BLUMENTHAL (JOSEPH) The Printed Book in America. The Scolar Press. 1977. First Edition, 4to, 70 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Traces the history of American printing, paying particular attention to major figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Isaiah Thomas in the earlier period and Daniel Berkeley Updike, Bruce Rogers and Frederic W. Goudy in the present century. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 46.65 \| JP¥ 4150] Book number: 12213 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CARLSON (DAVID R.) English Humanist Books. Writers and Patrons, Manuscripts and Print, 1475-1525. University of Toronto Press. 1993. First Edition, x,275pp., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 21415 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	COLLIJN (ISAK) Bok- ock Biblioteks-Historiska Studier TillÃ¤gnade Isak Collijn pa Hans 50-Ã…rsdag. Almquist & Wiksell, Uppsala. 1925. 4to, xviii,[ii],516,[2]pp., limited to 400 copies, frontis., portrait, numerous full-page plates and facsimiles, with the bookplate of A. SjÃ ¶gren and Ake Andersson, orig. printed wrappers bound in, bound by Bonniers Bokbinderi in half crushed orange morocco, decorated paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 162.5 US$ 241.57 \| JP¥ 21489] Book number: 23661 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DAVIS (WILLIAM) A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: or, Cento of Notes and Reminiscences Concerning Rare, Curious, and Valuable Books. Printed for W. Davis. 1821. First Edition, viii,96pp., nineteenth-century half cloth, marbled sides, hinges torn, uncut. Bibliographical and anecdotal descriptions of some 125 important printed books. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 \| JP¥ 16302] Book number: 24560 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DIBDIN (REV. THOMAS FROGNALL) Bibliomania; or, Book Madness; A Bibliographical Romance. New and Improved Edition, to which are added Preliminary Observations, and a Supplement Including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama. Chatto & Windus. 1876. New Edition, 4to, large paper copy, xviii,63,[1],618,xxxivpp., portrait (offset), water staining to lower right hand margin (affecting portrait, title and 1 plate), engraved vignette on title, illustrated with a number of woodcuts, decorated boards etc., cont. Roxburgh green half morocco, lower hinge partly split, head and tail on spine chipped. Jackson, 20. Ex-library copy, with stamps. GBP 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 196.25 US$ 291.55 \| JP¥ 25935] Book number: 11302 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ISAAC (PETER) & MCKAY (BARRY) EDITORS. Images & Texts. Their Production and Distribution in the 18th and 19th Centuries. St Paulâ€™s Bibliographies. 1997. First Edition, frontis., facsimiles, orig. decorated boards. New. The study of the provincial book trade has been transformed due to increased interest in Britainâ€™s social history. These essays focus on readership, and the distribution of print and images. The vast outpouring of books, chapbooks, street literature, newspapers and ephemera indicate greater literacy than was known. GBP 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 43.32 \| JP¥ 3853] Book number: 12547 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MCKERROW (R.B.) & FERGUSON (F.S.) Title-Page Borders used in England & Scotland 1485-1640. The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1932. First Edition, 4to, xlvii,[i],234,[2]pp., ex-library, title in red and black, 329 facsimiles (nearly all are full-page), orig. cloth-backed boards, small tear to upper hinge, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 54 US$ 79.97 \| JP¥ 7114] Book number: 26344 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	FERRARI (LUIGI) Miscellanea di Scritti di Bibliografia ed Erudizione in Memoria di Luigi Ferrari. Leo S. Olschki, Florence. 1952. 4to, viii,534,[2]pp., 30 plates., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.5 US$ 158.27 \| JP¥ 14079] Book number: 23663 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HALSALLE (HENRY DE) Treasure Trove in Bookland. The Romance of Modern First Editions. T. Werner Laurie, Ltd. 1931. First Edition, xvi,200pp., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 22632 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HARRISON (FREDERICK) A Book About Books. John Murray. 1943. Frontis., illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth. How they have been written, illuminated, printed and made, with sidelights on newspapers, libraries and modern book production. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 12806 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	LEHMANN-HAUPT (HELLMUT) The Life of the Book. How the Book is Written, Published, Printed, Sold, and Read. Abelard-Schuman, New York. 1957. First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 10964 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HOLDEN (JOHN A.) The Bookmanâ€™s Glossary. A Compendium of Information Relating to the Production and Distribution of Books. R.R. Bowker Co., New York. 1931. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, orig. cloth. Ex library, with stamps GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 11211 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HUMPHREYS (ARTHUR L.): The Private Library. What we do Know, What we don't Know, What we ought to Know About our Books. Strangeways & Sons. 1887. First Edition, orig. buckram, slightly rubbed, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 825 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	JENNETT (SEAN) The Making of Books. Faber & Faber. 1956. Second Edition, 199 illustrs., orig. cloth. Part I. describes printing and binding, Part II. design. Ex library, with stamps GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 11194 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	JENNETT (SEAN) The Making of Books. Faber & Faber. 1964. Third Edition, 199 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Part I. Describes Printing and Binding. Part II. Design. Ex library, with stamps GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 11266 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	KLEBERG (TÃ–NNES) Corona Amicorum. Studier TillÃ¤gnade TÃ¶nnes Kleberg. (Acta Bibliothecae R. Universitatis Upsaliensis XV). Uppsala University. 1968. 272,[2]pp., frontis., illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 23666 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	LANG (ANDREW) The Library. With a Chapter on Modern English Illustrated Books by Austin Dobson. Macmillan & Co. 1892. Second Edition, frontis., 3 coloured plates, 16 woodcuts, orig. cloth, uncut. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 12880 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.