Sher, Richard B.

The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and America

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray boards with silver spine titles and gray paper covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Bound in a very large octavo hardcover format, measuring 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" in width and height, respectively. . In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. According to the publisher's blurb, "The Enlightenment and the Book" seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Life of Samuel Johnson" were made by their authors alone. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth century involved complex partnerships between authors and their publishers. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking for a variety of reasons, ranging from accumulating profits to advancing human knowledge." xxvi [1], 2-815 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 348400

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Sketchley, Rose E.D.

English Book Illustration of to-Day: Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators, with Lists of Their Books

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd,, 1903. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A probable First Edition, but not so stated. Ex-library copy with black call letters to spine, "Gift" stamped in blue at copyright page, and bound in original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt lettering at spine rubbed a bit, slight cracking to endpapers, scuffed spine head and foot, else a good solid copy, and protected in a plastic sleeve Paginated as: xxix, [1], 175, [1] pp. Lovely illustrations throughout including two provocative facsimiles. Complete with Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard, "Some present-day lessons from old woodcuts.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 348027

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Bibliophile Society

Fourth Year Book: 1905: The Bibliophile Society

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bibliophile Society, by the University Press, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Printed for Members Only, as fine looking a copy as one will ever find, published in 1905. Published for members by the Society itself, simple brown paper over boards, deckle-cut fine paper edges all around, paper label over spine, housed in a fine looking folder, red paper over boards, red cloth-backed, then housed in a simple, Good condition slipcase with some abrasions and a one-inch split to an edge. Articles by and about J. Winfred Spenceley, W.F. Hopson, Sidney L. Smith, Sir Walter Scott, Henry H. Harper, John C. Burke, and Samuel Swett Green. Clearly unread, top edges untrimmed. Felt-lined folder.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 350758

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Keywords: The Bibliophile Society|J. Winfred Spenceley W.F. Hopson Sidney L. Smith Sir Walter Scott Henry H. Harper John C. Burke Samuel Swett Green

Stoddard, Roger E.

No More Mr. Nice Guy; or, How to Get Along When Roger's Not Around Any More.

New York, Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A farewell address to the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 30 April 2005, at the Grolier Club. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the staple-bound wraps. Unpaginated, but roughly 18 pp., printed, illustrated wraps.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349735

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Strauss, Victor

The Printing Industry

Washington, D.C., Printing Industries of America, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. An uncommonly handsome exemplar, bound in light blue cloth, with blue lettering to cover, spine, with sharply, distinctly gilt-stamped illustrations to front cover, quite fine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn to panels, a bit of chipping along edges, protected by a plastic coat. Double-column texts, and with hundreds of black-and-white illustrations. xvi [2], 2-814, [2] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 351783

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Keywords: Victor Strauss the printing industry printers printing printing houses publishers typography

Laurentius, Theo and others

Papier Op de Flught / Paper Takes Flight: Holland Paper Biennial 2006 (Dutch/English Edition)

, Wim Findhammer, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket comprised unusually of five belly-bands of decorated, hand-made paper, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Contributions by Arne Westerhof, Miriam Londono, Salah Hassan, Rolf A. Kluenter, Theo Laurentius, Luis Acosta, Marjolihn van den Assem, Lucia Barata, Valerie Buess, Kwang-young Chun, Jean Claude Correia, Mels Dees, Betty Friedman, John Gerard and others. Sumptuously illustrated interior, a fine and due homage to papermakers and papermaking. 233 pp. plus additional images. Dutch and English language textsMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 351568

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Keywords: Arne Westerhof Miriam Londono Salah Hassan Rolf A. Kluenter Theo Laurentius

Alan G. Thomas

Great Books and Book Collectors

New York, Excalibur Books, 1983. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Forty full-color and 250 black-and-white photographs, many being full-page, greatly augment this fine exemplar of an homage to book-collecting. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Pictorial covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond scuffing to spine head, price-clipped. A survey of book production and collecting that should be in the library of all book collectors. Includes 16-page chapter on bookbinding and bookbinders, which includes over 30 illustrations of types of bindings. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 280 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 357260

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Timperley, Charles Henry

William Bulmer and the Shakspeare Press

Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A biography of William Bulmer, drawn from A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, by C.H. Timperley, London, 1839, together with an Introductory Note On The Bulmer-Martin Types, by Laurance B. Siegfried. An extremely handsome little volume, bound in black cloth, scuffing to front upper tip, with illustrated paper label to front cover, very light wear to covers, but with fetching black-and-white original engravings by John de Pol. Set up and letterpressed by Celluproof, and with learned discourse also by, and including endnotes by Laurence Siegfried.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 348679

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Tisdale, Shelby J.; Ebby Malmgren; Millicent Rogers Museum

Art of the Book in the Southwest

Taos, New Mexico, Millicent Rogers Museum, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Virtually pristine interior and only the faintest of sticker residue to the glossy pictorial wraps, in gate-fold. Lengthy Acknowledgments and Introduction, then 24 pages of fine, full-color reproductions, staple-bound in oblong format, measuring 10" by 9" wide and tall, respectively. Ebby Malmgren provides an section on contemporary artists' books. Gorgeous full-color reproductions.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 350422

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Graphic Arts Typographers

Graphic Arts Type Book, Complete in Two Volumes: Machine Composition Volume 1: Serif Faces; Volume 2: Sans Serifs and Miscellany

New York, Reinhold Publishing Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Complete in two volumes, bound handsomely in green paper over boards, white numbering to cover and lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, showing minor wear, protected by plastic coats, not price-clipped. Interestingly, the running matter texts of the volumes are from Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography. Volume One of the Graphic Arts Typebook presents Serif fonts including Baskerville, Baskerville, Bold, Intertype, Baskerville, Bodoni, Book Bodoni, Bodoni Bold, Bookman, Caledonia, Caledonia Bold, Caledonia, Caledonia Bold, Caslon No. 137, Caslon Old Face, Century, Expanded, Century Schoolbook, Cloister Oldstyle, DeVinne, Fairfield, Garamond No. 3, Garamond Bold No. 3, Melior, Palatino, Times Roman, Weiss. Volume Two presents another two dozen fonts separated into sans serifs, square serifs and miscellany. 287 pp. + 256 pp. Previous owner's name inscribed to both volumes at first free endpapers. Forewords by Daniel J. Haberman.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 351264

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Keywords: Graphic Arts Typebook Serif fonts Baskerville Baskerville Bold Intertype Baskerville Bodoni Book Bodoni Bodoni Bold Bookman Caledonia Caledonia Bold Caledonia Caledonia Bold Caslon No. 137 Caslon Old Face Century Expanded Century Schholbook Cloister Oldst

Updike, John

Bech Is Back

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Popular sequel to 1970's Bech: a book, with Bech back with seven more stories from his life. But for the remainder mark along the bottom edge, a sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing some crinkling to inner flaps, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. 195 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 351346

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Keywords: John Updike Arnold Roth

UPDIKE, Daniel Berkeley

The Well-Made Book. Essays & Lectures

West New York, New Jersey, Mark Batty Publisher, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Essays by and about Stanley Morison, William S. Peterson, Gutenberg Gough, Lepreux, and others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi [2], 3-383 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 345925

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Maurer, Diane V. and Paul Maurer

Marbling: A Complete Guide to Creating Beautiful Patterned Papers and Fabrics

New York, Crescent Books, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound simply in brown buckram cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Illustrated generously by Diane V. Maurer and Paul Maurer in full color, full page. 119 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 353353

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Keywords: marbled papers Diane Vogel Maurer Paul Maurer handmade paper handmade fabrics

Postgate, Sarah; Victoria and Albert Museum Staff

Patterns for Papers

Exeter, Devon, England, Webb & Bower for the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Another fine contribution to the series, The Victoria and Albert Colour Books. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond remains of a price sticker on rear panel; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Glossy pictorial, illustrated boards, anonymous "ex-libris" plate inside front flap, small and unobtrusive, and with 32 pp. of colored paper. Illustrated endpapers, too, making this an especially lovely book. 14 pp. of text presenting a special selection of Curwen papers that were used between 1920 and the early 1950s.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349684

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Lambert, J. W. and Michael Ratlcliffe

The Bodley Head 1887-1987

London, Bodley Head, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A particularly handsome copy of a stated First Edition, bound handsomely in bright red cloth with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Presentation Copy with a complimentary plate from the publisher at the first free endpaper. Authors they published include Eric Ambler, Richard Attenbourough, Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, J.P. Donleavy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, C.S. Forester, Kenneth Grahame, Alfred Hughes, James Joyce, Primo Levi, C.S. Lewis,H.H. Munro, Robert Pirsig, Maurice Sendak, Muriel Spark, and many others. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. vii [2], 3-364 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 349599

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Keywords: J. W. Lambert|Michael Ratcliffe|The Bodley Head|publishers|Publishing|English publishers