(Wroth, Lawrence C.; et al).

The John Carter Brown Library / Providence, Rhode Island. Report to the Corporation of Brown University / July 1, 1943.

Providence, RI: (Printed at the Merrymount Press for the Committee of Management), 1943. 1943. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The corners of the wraps are slightly creased. Title & 56 pages. The top corners of a few rear leaves are lightly creased. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 11350

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; MERRYMOUNT PRESS; LIBRARY; JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY; BROWN UNIVERSITY; ANNUAL REPORT; LIBRARIAN; LAWRENCE C. WROTH.

BÜHLER, CURT F./JAMES G. MCMANAWAY/LAWRENCE C. WROTH

Standards of Bibliographical Description.

Philadelphia, Unievrsity of Pennsylvania Press. 1949. Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, black lettering spine, 8vo: 120pp. Fine copy.

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Book number: 158098

GUERRA, FRANCISCO/LAWRENCE C. WROTH [PREFACE]

American Medical Bibliography, 1639-1783. A Chronological Catalogue and Critical and Bibliographical Study of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides and Articles in Periodical Publications relating to the Medical Sciences - Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine - Printed in the present territory of the United States of America during British Diminion and the Revolutionary War.

New York, Lathrop C. Harper Inc. 1962. Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine and frontcover, thick small 4to: 886pp. 187 illustrations of title-pages [52pp.], abbreviations, list of illustrations, index subjects, index names.Very fine copy - as new. Volume 40: Dept. of the History of Science & Medicine, Yale University.

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Wroth, Lawrence C.

Benjamin Franklin: Printer at Work.

NY: privately printed, 1974. 1974. - 12mo, brown cloth titled in black. The rear cover has some faint red staining along the front edge. 81 pages, illustrated in brown & white. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 7252

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; PRINTER; BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; KEEPSAKE; LAWRENCE C. WROTH; ILLUSTRATIONS. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Printer at Work. Wroth, Lawrence C.

Wroth, Lawrence C.

Benjamin Franklin: Printer at Work

New York: Lawrence C. Wroth, 1974. 12mo. 81pp. Hard cover. Black and white plates. Very Good. .

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Lawrence C. Wroth

The Chief End of Book Madness. Reprinted from Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Vol. 3. No. 1. October 1945

Providence, RI: John Carter Brown Library, 1945. 8vo. 15 pp. Softcovers. Good with wear on cover. .

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Catalogue: Ephemera

WROTH, Lawrence C.

The Chief End of Book Madness

Washington, DC, The Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, 1945. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 16pp. Near fine. Minor age toning to outer wrappers (only). Reprint of this popular essay from the October 1945 issue (Vol. 3, No. 1) of this quarterly journal. A 15-page version was also published by the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island, this same year. Noted librarian, bibliographer and colonial printing authority Wroth (1884-1970) served as Brown University's librarian from 1924 to 1957. .

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Book number: 50852

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

WROTH, LAWRENCE C

The Colonial Printer

New York, Dover. 1994. (ISBN: 0486282945). Soft cover. Reprint. Every aspect of the US printing trade from 1639 to 1800. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 9736

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0486282945 PRINTING, HISTORY, PRINTING PRESS, TYPEFACE, TYPE FOUNDRY, TYPOGRAPHY Printing

WROTH, LAWRENCE

The Colonial Printer.

New York, Dover Publications Inc. 1995. Original publisher's cream paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: xxiv, 368pp. [6]pp. plates, description plates, chapternotes & references, appendix, general bibliography, index. Fine copy. 9780486282947

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Wroth, Lawrence C.

The Colonial Printer.

Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1964. 1964. - Octavo, perfect bound pictorial white wraps. Predictably, the white wraps are slightly stained & creased and there is a price sticker affixed at the top of the front cover. 368 pp. illustrated with several plates and facsimiles. Very good.

Originally published by the Grolier Club, this is a reprint of the Southworth-Anthoesen Press second edition. Very good .

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Book number: 7006

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; PRINTING; PRINTERS; COLONIAL PRINTER; AMERICANA; AMERICAN IMPRINTS; LAWRENCE C. WROTH. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). THE COLONIAL PRINTER. Wroth, Lawrence C.

WROTH, Lawrence (editor)

The Dolphin, III. A History of the Printed Book

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/8") bound in black cloth. Wonderful compendium on printing, papermaking, binding, illustration, etc. over 500 pages illustrated with plates and facsimiles. One of 1800 unnumbered copies designed by Carl Purington Rollins and printed at Yale University Press. Scattered mostly light foxing, heaviest to the first and last pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 019442

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Book Collecting, Book History, Limited Editions Club, LEC, Illustrated Books, Books on Books, Fine Press, Reference Book History Books on Books Illustrated Books Reference

WROTH, Lawrence C.

The First Century of the John Carter Brown Library: A History with a Guide to the Collections

Providence, The Associates of The John Carter Brown Library, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and marbled paper over boards. vi, 88pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Tight, clean and handsome first edition of this D.B. Updike production from the famed Merrymount Press. The most discreet of ex-library copies, bearing a faint circular blind-embossed college library imprint on the title page and a faint number at base of spine; all other markings expertly removed. .

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Book number: 30220

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Wroth, Lawrence C.

The First Century of the John Carter Brown Library a History with a Guide to the Collections

Providence: The Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1946. 8vo. 89pp. Very good. Hard cover. Black and white plates. .

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Book number: 73-1249

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WROTH, Lawrence C.

A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland, 1686-1776

1922. WROTH, Lawrence C. A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN COLONIAL MARYLAND, 1686-1776. Baltimore: The Typothetae of Baltimore, 1922. One of 500 copies. 275 pp. + limitation page. 4to. green cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering and decoration. Near fine, minor foxing to front and rear endpapers, copyright and dedication page. TEG. Facsimiles; decorations by Edward Edwards. With original paper covered board slipcase, dampstained and missing bottom panel. .

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Book number: 79590

Wroth, Lawrence C.

A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland

Baltimore, Printed by the Typothetae of Baltimore, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 copies. xiv, 275pp. Original green cloth decorated in gold on the sides, and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. With twelve illustrations. With the bookplate of George William Verrill (and his signature) on the front pastedown endpaper. A few tiny spots to front panel and spine panel, edges a bit dusty. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 23977

Catalogue: General Non-Fiction

Keywords: NON-FICTION, AMERICANA, PRINTING, HISTORY, MARYLAND