ABBEY Major J. R.

Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. From the Library of J.R. Abbey. A Bibliographical Catalogue. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Private Printed at the Curwen Press,, 1952. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 34 plates (original tissue guards present) and numerous illustrations in the text; original brown buckram, backstrip with red leather label framed and lettered in gilt, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 314). With the engraved armorial bookplate of Christopher Freville Huntley on front paste-down.

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Book number: 47715

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, topography, abbey, abbey library, abbey collection, aquatint, lithography, chromolithography, major abbey

AMERICAN LIBRARY, LONDON.

Walt Whitman. Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the American Lbrary, London: March-April, 1954. NEAR FINE COPY

US Information Service,, 1954. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, preface in red and black; original printed wrappers, covers lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy of a scarce work. The catalogue lists 118 notable exhibits, based largely on the renowned collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 'This exhibition is in a sense the visit that Walt Whitman had always wanted to make. The letters and presentation copies of his books shown here are intimately connected with his literary friendships in the British Isles. Noteworthy acquaintances through correspondence were Tennyson, Swinburne, Ruskin, Dowden, Symonds and others'. Foreword

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Book number: 223

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, walt whitman, american library london

ANDERSON John P.

The Book of British Topography. A classified Catalogue by John P. Anderson. Complete and unabridged Reprint. NEAR FINE COPY

Amsterdam,, 1966. 8vo., original cloth, a near fine copy. Anderson's standard catalogue, first published in 1881, is based on the topographical works relating to Great Britain and Ireland in the library of the British Museum.

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Book number: 36

Catalogue: Bibliography0

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ATTAR Dena

A Bibliography of Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Prospect Books,, 1987. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Already scarce.

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Book number: 28504

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: mstock, bibliography, dena attar, household books, attar, bibliography, general, bibliography, household, books, published, britain, 1800-1914

ATTENBOROUGH John

A Living Memory. Hodder & Stoughton Publishers 1868-1975. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1975]. 8vo. First Edition with plates; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in dustwrapper the latter lightly and unevenly sunned at backstrip.

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Book number: 38083

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: mstock, bibliography, hodder, stoughton, publishing, j. attenborough, bibliography, publishing houses, living, memory

AVERLEY et al G.

Eighteenth-Century British Books. A Subject Catalogue extracted from the British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books.

Dawson, [Folkestone,, 1979]. 4 vols., folio; cloth, gilt backs, a fine copy. Project for Historical Biobibliography (PHIBB), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vol. I: Generalities, Philosophy, Religion; Vol. II: Social Sciences, Pure Sciences, Technology, The Arts; Vol. III: Language, Literature; Vol. IV: Geography & History. The first work of a series intended to provide increasingly complete listings of eighteenth-century printed materials. Details for each entry include the life dates of the author, date and number of editions, place of publication, number of volumes, format and bibliographical notes. The entries include all books printed in English and published in Britain or America, or published in those counties in any language, or translated from or into English. The total number of entries exceeds 200,000.

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Book number: 3560

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, british museum, bm, british library, bl, subject catalogue, g. averley, bibliography, general, eighteenth-century, british, books

AVERY Gillian

Children and their Books. A Celebration of the Work of Iona and Peter Opie. With a Foreword by Iona Opie. NEAR FINE COPY

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, [1990]. 8vo., with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 41311

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, children's books, childrens books, opie, iona opie, peter opie,

BARKER Nicolas

Stanley Morison. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, red top, fore-edge spotted else a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned at edges and fold-ins.

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Book number: 33327

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Keywords: bibliography, typography, printing, morison, stanley morison, typefaces, founts, type designs, nicolas barker

BARKER Nicolas

Stanley Morison 1889-1967. A Radio Portrait compiled from Recollections by T.F. Burns, Arthur Crook, Francis Meynell, John Carter, Brooke Crutchley, Graham Pollard, Janet & Reynolds Stone, Beatrice Warde. 800 COPIES WERE PRINTED

W S Cowell, Ipswich,, 1969. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; black cloth, upper board blocked in silver, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 800 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 116).

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Book number: 42961

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, printing, typography, typographers, morison, stanley morison, nicolas barker, graham pollard, john carter

BARON CORVO, pseud.

Letters to Harry Bainbridge. Edited with an Introduction by Miriam J. Benkovitz. 350 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Enitharmon Press,, 1977. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 350 COPIES.

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Book number: 36840

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, baron corvo, rolfe, frederick rolfe, harry bainbridge,

BARTHOLOMEW A.T.

Catalogue of the Books and Papers for the most Part relating to the University, Town and County of Cambridge. Bequeathed to the University by John Willis Clark. NEAR FINE COPY

Cambridge,, 1912. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; tan buckram, original gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. This renowned collection, comprising over 10,000 books and pamphlets, was particularly strong in tracts relating to the Cambridge 'controversies'. The catalogue identifies the authors of numerous anonymous publications.

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Book number: 52

Catalogue: Bibliography0

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BARTY-KING Hugh

Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The Story of the First 200 Years 1786-1986 FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[HMSO],, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A presentation copy from the Director of Supply, HMSO, 1986, with his signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 35974

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, publishing houses, publishers, publishing, hmso, stationery office,

BATES David

A Bibliography of Domesday Book. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge,, [1985]. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the errata slip.

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Book number: 40

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, domesday book, david bates, bibliography, general, bibliography, domesday, book

BAYLISS Gwyn M.

Bibliographic Guide to the Two World Wars. An Annotated Survey of English-Language Reference Materials. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Bowker,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34308

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, world wars, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii

BBC

British Broadcasting. A Bibliography. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

British Broadcasting Corporation,, 1954. 4to., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its cancelled bookplate on front inside wrapper.

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Book number: 10778

Catalogue: Bibliography0

Keywords: bibliography, broadcasting, radio, bbc, bbc, bibliography, general, british, broadcasting