ADAMSON, JUDITH

Graham Greene and Cinema

Norman, OK, Pilgrim Books. 1984, Advance Copy. (hardcover) As new in as new dust jacket. 8vo. Advance Copy, in blue cloth boards. Entirely unblemished; sealed in original shrink wrap.

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Book number: 121070

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Cinema/Film, English Literature, Literary Biography, Literary Studies

ALÉS, ANATOLE

Bibliothèque Liturgique; Description Des Livres de Liturgie Imprimés Aux XV Et XVI Siècles

New York, Burt Franklin 8337-00367. (ISBN: 8337-00367). 1970, reprint. (hardcover) Fine. 558pp, 42pp. Two volumes in one. Short 8vo. Turquoise smooth cloth boards, lettering and decorative devices in gold to spine. Unblemished. Tight, bright, and clean. "Faisant partie de la bibliothèque de S. A. R. MGR Charles-Louis de Bourbon".

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Book number: 120167

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Keywords: Bibliography, Books on Books, Christian, Religion 833700367

ALEXANDER, J.J.G.

The Decorated Letter

New York, George Braziller. 1978, 1st printing. (4to, cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 118pp. Illus. - b / w and colour plates.

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Book number: 109657

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Keywords: Books About Books, Illuminated Manuscripts

ARBOR, MARILYN

Tools & Trades of America's Past: The Mercer Collection

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The Bucks County Historical Society NONE. 1961, 1st printing. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 116pp. 4to. A comprehensive guide to the tools used in the trades employed by Americans in the 18th and 19th century. Includes various bits from Basket and broom making to woodworking, with much in between. Illustrated black and white card wrappers, no title to spine. Black and white drawings. Clean, bright, crisp and a fascinating look at American history. Mariln Arboe with contributions by John W. Hulbert and Jmaes R. Blackaby. Illustrators; Jean R. Brwon / Barbara Hill Shenkle / Dorothy P. Young. Designer: Lawrence Gaynor.

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Book number: 129361

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Keywords: Collections, American History, Curiosities, Trades

ARMITAGE, C.M.; CLARK, NEIL

A Bibliography of the Works of Louis MacNeice

Edmonton, the University of Alberta Press. 1973. (Cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 136pp. Frontispiece.

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Book number: 200057

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Keywords: Books About Books, Books on Books, Literature-British

ARTIBISE, ALAN F.J.

Western Canada Since 1870: A Select Bibliography and Guide

Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press. 1978. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 294pp. Illus. Biography of Western Canada.

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Book number: 103137

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Keywords: Bibliography, Canada, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Canadian Prairies, Economics, Ethnic, Ethnic, Exploration, French, Fur Trade, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company, Literature, Louis Riel, Louis Riel, Louis Riel, North American Indian, North American Indian, N

ARTIBISE, ALAN F.J.

Western Canada Since 1870: A Select Bibliography and Guide

Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press. (ISBN: 0-7748-0090-9). 1978. (Cloth, 8vo) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 294pp. Illus. Biography of Western Canada.

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Book number: 113251

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Keywords: Bibliography, Canada, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Canadian Prairies, Economics, Ethnic, Ethnic, Exploration, French, Fur Trade, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company, Literature, Louis Riel, Louis Riel, Louis Riel, North American Indian, North American Indian, N

ATWOOD, MARGARET; INGERSOLL, EARL G. (EDITOR)

Conversations

Willowdale, Firefly Books. (ISBN: 0-920668-80-1). 1990. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 251pp. 8vo. Price at foot of rear cover neatly blacked out. Internally unblemished. Tight, bright, and clean.

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Book number: 119220

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, Literature - Canada, Margaret Atwood 0920668801

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Negotiating with the Dead; A Writer on Writing

New York, Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 0-521-66260-5). 2002, reprint. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. xxvii, 219pp. Short 8vo. Green quarter cloth over green paper, lettering in gold to spine. Unblemished. Tight, bright, and clean.

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Book number: 119216

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, Literature, Literature - Canada, Margaret Atwood 0521662605

BAKER, NICHOLSON

Double Fold; Libraries and the Assault on Paper

New York, Random House. (ISBN: 0-375-50444-3). 2001, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. xii, 370pp. 8vo. An intellectually and historically important work about the practice of American libraries to 'destroy to preserve' and dismantle their collections. Fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129578

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Collectible Books, Libraries - USA, Newspaper Conservation, Paper Preservation, Sustainability 0375504443

BAKER, NICHOLSON

The Size of Thoughts; Essays and Other Lumber

New York, Random House. (ISBN: 0-679-43932-3). 1996, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 355pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. A collection of essays and articles, one of which is his highly acclaimed piece about the destruction of library card catalogs (1994). Signed to title page. Fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129579

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, American Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Journalism, Literature - American, Signed Editions 0679439323

BALDWIN, JAMES

The Fire Next Time

New York, A Delta Book/Dell Publishing Co. Inc. NONE. 1964, 1st printing. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 120 + 2pp. 8vo. Originally published in 1963, this is first paperback edition, first printing. Black and orange wrappers, light rubbing. This non-fiction book contains two essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation", and "Down at the Cross: Letter from the Region of My Mind". Starting at pages 30-31, otherwise clean, bright, and crisp. Issued as Dell 2542.

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Book number: 127040

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, African American Literature, Literary Criticism, Racism, Society and Culture

BALL, DOUGLAS

Victorian Publishers' Bindings

Williamsburg, Book Press Ltd.. 1985. (Cloth) Very good in very good plus dust jacket. 214pp. Illus. Some underlining.

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Book number: 109743

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Keywords: Books About Books, Book Related, Bookbinding

BENNETT, PAUL A. (EDITOR)

Books and Printing; A Treasury for Typophiles

Cleveland & New York, Forum Books/The World Publishing Company. 1963, revised edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xv, 430pp. 8vo. More than 40 articles, excerpts, poems, essays about bookmaking, set in 22 different type faces. A tribute to the craft of creating books. There is a stamp, as well as a name penned (small) to the front free endpaper, else is clean, tight and bright.

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Book number: 125448

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Keywords: Books on Books, Book Art, Book History, Book Making, Books About Books, Printing, Typography

VON BERGENROTH, ALEXANDER FREIHERR

Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, Et Aeneis

Glasgow, Andreas Foulis. 1778. (Three-quarter leather) Very good plus. 277pp. Volume one of two. Folio. Gilt-printed spine with raised bands reasonably good; marbled boards and leather corners much edge rubbed, bumped, etc. Former owner's rubber stamp on dedication page, else internally without fault. Ex Editione Petri Burmanni. Tomus Primus.

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Book number: 201973

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Keywords: Books on Books, Book Related, Latin, Reference