Bromer, Anne C.; Edison, Julian I.

Miniature Books. 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures

New York, Abrams, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first limited edition, #66 of 250 copies, signed by the authors on the half title. Illustrated paper covered boards in matching jacket. With a miniature version of the same book, both housed in an illustrated cardboard slipcase. 215 pp. Color photographs throughout. A work issued in conjunction with an exhibition of miniature books, providing an historical and bibliographic survey of miniature works throughout history. Small invitation to the exhibition laid in. Books in NEAR FINE condition, with perhaps a hint of wear. Slipcase in VERY GOOD+ condition with minor rubbing and a hint of soiling to the covers. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 019608

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Keywords: Noisbn Miniature Books

Maggs Brothers

Seven Centuries of Colour 14th to 20th Century. A Catalogue of Illuminated Mss. , Miniatures and Printed Books Illustrated in Colour

London, Maggs Bros. Ltd, 1951. Original Wraps. Original wraps. 144 pp. With black and white plates throughout, depicting many illuminated manuscripts, illustrations, etc. Bibliographic detail provided with the entries, as well as any history and provenance associated with the various pieces. GOOD condition with some soiling and minor foxing to the covers. Minor creasing with one noticeable diagonal crease at the lower front corner. Light scuffing and edgewear. Interior solid with moderate foxing to the fore edges, lightly affecting the fore edge margin on a few pages. Good .

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Book number: 003507

Catalogue: Books About Books

Keywords: Noisbn Early Printed Books Bookseller Catalog

Cohen, Colin; Barker, Nicholas

The James Mcbey Collection of Watermarked Paper

Cambridge, MA, The Houghton Library, 1981. Wraps. Cream colored wraps. Unpaginated. No original paper samples included. Black and white photos throughout. An annotated catalog to watermarked paper collected by engraver and printer James McBey, providing details on various papers made in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and edgewear to the covers. Faint "ref" on the upper front cover. Minor wrinkling. Very Good .

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Book number: 013353

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Keywords: Noisbn

Crous, Ernst

The General Catalogue of Incunabula. A Paper Read Before the Bibliographic Society, December 16, 1912, Together with an Inventory of Incunabula in Great Britain and Ireland

London, Reprinted by Blades, East and Blades, from the Bibliographical Society's Transactions, 1914. Original Wraps. Reprinted by Blades, East and Blades, from the Bibliographical Society's Transactions. Original wraps. 57 pages. Apparently SIGNED by the author across the top of the front cover, reading, "To the Bibliographical Society of America, with the compliments of the author!" A short look at the various attempts throughout history to chronicle existing incunabula, with a section in the rear giving the public and private libraries in Great Britain and Ireland that held incunabula. In GOOD condition with general darkening to the covers. Some soiling. Heavy chipping and tearing along the extremities, with some loss to the covers. Small black stamp on the upper front cover. Covers splitting along the upper hinges. Text clean and solid with several pages unopened. General darkening throughout. Small notation in pencil next to the first passage of the text. Good .

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Book number: 002330

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Keywords: Incunabula

Van Eerden, Albert

Eine Beschreibung Der Parzivalhandschrift G Und Anderer Stucke Des Codex Germanicus 6 Der Hamburger Staats-Und Universitats-Bibliotheca

New York, New York University, 1938. Original Wraps. 103 pages. ALL TEXT IN GERMAN. Part of the Ottendorfer Memorial Series of Germanic Monographs No. 24. A look at Parcival manuscripts and other pieces of the Codex Germanicus in the Hamburg University. In about VERY GOOD condition. Moderate darkening along the spine and extremities. Minor wear to the extremities. Text solid with a few pencil tick marks in the table of contents and first page. Very Good .

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Book number: 003008

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Keywords: German Handwritten Codex Hamburg

Egbert, Donald Drew

A Sister to the Tickhill Psalter. The Psalter of Queen Isabella of England

New York, The New York Public Library, Publisher, 1935. Wraps. Printed wraps. 32 pp. A few black and white reproductions of manuscript pages throughout. A study of the Psalter of Queen Isabella of England, a sister to the Tickhall Psalter and an example of an English Gothic manuscript from the early 14th century. This includes a history of its origin, a bibliographical study of the manuscript, etc. GOOD+ condition. Uneven toning to the wrappers. Minor soiling and edgewear. Good .

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Book number: 015110

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Ferguson, F.S.

Additions to Title-Page Borders 1485-1640

London, The Bibliographical Society, 1936. Wraps. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 264-293, plus several pages of illustrations in the rear. An offprint from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, containing information on the discovery of 32 new compartments, with descriptions and names of the books in which they were found, This work is a supplement to "Title Page Borders used in England and Scotland 1485-1640." GOOD condition. Uneven browning and offsetting to the covers, with splitting to the wrappers along the spine. Good .

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Book number: 014399

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Gingerich, Owen

Rara Astronomica. Offprinted from Harvard University Bulletin April 1971

Cambridge, Harvard University, Publisher, 1971. Wraps. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 117-139. With a section of black and white plates reproducing illustrations from books. A piece written to accompany an exhibition of rare books on astronomy, held at Harvard from January to April of 1970. With a short historical survey to the collection, followed by annotated entries on the various works featured in the exhibit. GOOD condition. General fading, with some browning along the extremities. Faint staining along the spine. Minor wrinkling and soiling. Minor foxing to the plates. Good .

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Book number: 016794

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No author Given

10th Anniversary Exhibition of the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers

Lexington, MA, Museum of our National Heritage, Publisher, 1992. Wraps. Marbled paper wraps. Unpaginated. Small black and white photos throughout. A catalog to a 1992 exhibition of fine bindings created by members of the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, accompanied by photos of the books, as well as brief descriptions of the creators and their work. VERY GOOD condition. Some curling along the fore edge. Minor bumping to the extremities. Very Good .

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Book number: 012562

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Keywords: Noisbn Artists' Books

No Author Given

1607-1907. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Massachusetts Exhibit of Colonial Books at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition

Boston, Privately Printed, 1907. Original Wraps. 78 pages including index. A catalog of an exhibit of books from colonial printers, excepting the Whole Booke of Psalmes. Also included is a collection of works by early colonial writers. In GOOD condition with uneven fading and minor offsetting to the wraps. Minor soiling with some vertical creasing along the fore edge and along the spine. A few small tears along the fore edges. Interior clean and solid with the front hinge beginning to split and separate along the upper front gutter at the title page. Good .

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Book number: 004235

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Keywords: Noisbn

No author Given

Bucher-Bilder-Ornamente. Die Geschichte Der Abendlandischen Buchmalerei

Wien, Gewidmet von C. Brady. Wraps. Wraps. 76 pp. Color illustrations throughout. All text in German. An historical survey of book art and ornamentation in Europe, focusing on Medieval and Renaissance periods. Includes many illustrated examples. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling, toning and a few small stains to the covers. Light creasing. Previous owner's small bookplate on the inside front cover. Good .

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Book number: 019431

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Keywords: Noisbn

No author Given

Bulletin Bibliographique de Little Et Brown, Libraires, Boston: Ou Liste Des Ouvrages Nouveaux Publies En France. 1st Mai 1846. No. 5

Boston, Little and Brown, Publisher, 1846. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, 8 pp. All text in French. A catalog from the publisher Little, Brown and Company, advertising work published in France and in the French language. The firm was established around 1837, and has existed in various iterations to the present day. GOOD condition. Several small areas of insect wear to the paper, including some at the upper center, which has resulted in slight loss of text. Moderate uneven toning and offsetting, with some soiling, spotting and staining. Upper corner rather creased. Good .

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Book number: 017747

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No author Given

A Catalogue of First Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens and Dickensiana from the Library of a Discriminating Collector Including the Famous "Coggeshall" Pickwick Papers on Exhibition and Sale by E.P. Dutton and Co

New York, E.P Dutton. Wraps. No date but probably early 1900's. Yellow wraps. 13 pages with a photo of the Pickwick Papers on the rear cover. Front cover has a photo of a Relic of Barnaby Rudge. As the title states, a catalog of works by and relating to Charles Dickens, offered for sale by E.P. Dutton and Co. In GOOD condition with moderate soiling/offsetting along the upper front cover and fore edge; minor soiling to the rear cover and rest of the front. Faint vertical crease present the length of the book. Small tear and wrinkle at the upper front cover fore edge. Minor toning within. Good .

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Book number: 006159

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Keywords: Noisbn Charles Dickens

No Author Given

Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late Hon. James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, Mass. To Be Sold at Auction March 11th and 12th, 1915

New York, Merwin Sales Company, Publisher and Auctioneer, 1915. Wraps. Printed wraps with yapp edges. 147 pp. With a frontispiece illustration of William Shakespeare's Second Folio. 147 pp. An auction catalog featuring many notable books, including Shakespeare's Second and Fourth Folios, incunabula, imported works relating to patents (and inventions) in America, Americana, sporting, hunting, linguistics, decorative arts, etc. all from the collection of James S. Grinnell. GOOD condition. Moderate offsetting and uneven fading to the covers, with some soiling, mostly along the extremities. Heavy creasing and some minor tearing along the yapp edges. Interior clean and solid. Good .

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Book number: 006409

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Keywords: Noisbn

No Author Given

Catalogue of the A.D. S. Bell Collection of French Revolution and Napoleonana. Rare Books Finely Bound; Scarce Portraits and Views, Colored Caricatures, Etc. . Auction Sale: April 24 and 25, 1907

Boston, C.F. Libbie and Co. Auctioneers, 1907. Wraps. Wraps, with a portrait of Napoleon on the front cover. 86 pp. A catalog for a 1907 auction of books, broadsides, portraits and colored caricatures of Napoleon, the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution With a few black and white plates. FAIR/GOOD with a half-moon jagged tear affecting the upper left corner of the cover and first few pages. Uneven minor browning and soiling to the wraps. A few small stains present. Some diagonal creasing. Extremities scuffed. Minor foxing along the upper extremity. Interior clean and solid. Fair .

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Book number: 006427

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Keywords: Noisbn Napoleon Napoleonic Studies