Josephus, Marc' Damon Krukowski and Marc Joseph, eds.

New and Used

Gottingen, Steidl, 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. Brightly bound in a greenish cloth cover, illustrated paper label neatly affixed, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Some gloriously colorful photographs augment this augment this loving tribute to books, to graphic novels, to libraries and to illustrators. Contributions especially by Marc Joseph and Damon Krukowski who edited their own plus the contributions of Lydia Davis, Stephen Elliott, Shelley Jackson, Jonathan Lethem, Thurston Moore, Eileen Myles, Bob Nickas, Aaron Rose, Jeremy Sigler, Stephanie Snyder, Ian Svenonius, and Nick Tosches. 182 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 345789

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Keywords: Marc Joseph|Damon Krukowski|Lydia Davis|Stephen Elliott|Shelley Jackson|Jonathan Lethem|Thurston Moore|Eileen Myles|Bob Nickas|Aaron Rose|Jeremy Sigler|Stephanie Snyder|Ian Svenonius|Nick Tosches

Librairie Anne Lamort

Les Oeuvres de Louis Perrin Lyonnais

Paris, France, Librairie Anne Lamort, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Tall, quarto size format, a gorgeously illustrated softcover album of a stunning book collection. Unpaginated, but 108 collector's items with black-and-white illustrations, incidental wear to the covers, slight crimp to the bottom tips, else Fine condition. French language texts devoted to the books collected by the noted French typogapher, Louis Perrin Lyonnais. A particularly fine rare books catalogue by Anne Lamort.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 349359

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Lang, Andrew

Books and Bookmen

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover Presentation Copy (from the publisher), with scuffed but unbruised tips, foxed endpapers and embossed publisher's stamp at title page, unobtrusive; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Rough-cut page edges, and with learned and lively essays and verses about books and bookmen. Table of Contents: 1. Elzevirs; 2. Ballade of the Real and Ideal; 3. Curiosities of Parish Registers; 4. The Rowfant Books; 5. To F.L.; 6. Some Japanese Bogie-Books; 7. Ghosts in the Library; 8. Bibliomania in France; 9. Old French Title Pages; 10. A Bookman's Purgatory; 11. Ballade of the Unattainable; 12. Lady Book-Lovers. 148 pp., with 18 illustrations, bound handsomely in olive-green bevelled cloth, gilt title to spine, rubbed, rubbing to, bumping and scuffing of spine head and tail, else a little tank-like volume that feels good in the hands.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 351143

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Keywords: bookmen bibliophiles Andrew Lang bibliography book collecting

LaPlantz, Shereen

Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums

New York, Lark Books, 2000. Ninth Printing. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy of the ninth printing of this influential book, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Chapters devoted to bookbinding basics, pamphlet stitching, basic codex, stitches, stab bindings, and fold books, among others. 144 pp. including notes, bibliography and index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 353322

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Keywords: bookmaking handmade books journals Shereen LaPlantz

Lee, Brian North

British Bookplates: A Pictorial History

North Pomfret, Vermont, David & Charles, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Big, tall, quarto hardcover format copy, bound simply in brown cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, and laid in (of course!) is a loose bookplate, quite fine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, "price-clipped" but price still evident. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean, with clean brown, simple endpapers. Well over 250 illustrations depicting the broad range of bookplate design, from the earliest armorials seen in the Middle Age's to more contemporary styles. Double-column texts, duotone illustrations, complete with notes and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 350101

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Parssinen, Leena and Esko Rahikainen, eds.

Printed in the Memory: Literary Treasures in the National Library of Finland

Helsinki, Helsinki University Library, 2004. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An extraordinarily pretty book, being handsomely bound in burgundy cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Edited by Leena Parssinen and Esko Rahikainen for the Helsinki University Library, and with essays by them individually and by, among others, Kai Ekholm, Ilkka Niniluoto, Anto Leikola, Irma Sulunen, Seikko Eskola, Kari Tarkiainen, Ilkka Taitto, Jussi Nuorteva, Pirkko Leino-Kaukiainen, Maija Suhonen, Pekka Jalhaken and Reino Kero. Complete with an Appendix about milestones in the national library, index of personal names, and collections belonging to the national library. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 5-207 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: 349134

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Keywords: Leena Parssinen|Esko Rahikainen|Helsinki University Library|Kai Ekholm|Ilkka Niniluoto|Anto Leikola|Irma Sulunen|Seikko Eskola|Kari Tarkiainen|Ilkka Taitto|Jussi Nuorteva|Pirkko Leino-Kaukiainen|Maija Suhonen|Pekka Jalhaken|Reino Kero

Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine Stern

Bookends: Two Women, One Enduring Friendship

New York, The Free Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. One of the more affecting memoirs of bookselling around by the incomparable duo of New York-based bookselling. 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, price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 246 pp., and with some lovely black-and-white photographs. Laid in is also a card expressing great love for the former owner, and both appear to know the authors, Leona and Stern. Penned inscription, too.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Near Fine,

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Book number: 347886

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern

Old & Rare: Forty Years in the Book Business

Santa Monica, California, Modoc Press, 1988. Second Printing. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Best friends, business partners, literary sleuths, uncommonly good booksellers. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Faint vertical crease to title page, slight furling to front cover, being a glossy illustration on card stock. 247 pp. and with a section of black-and-white photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 353349

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern

Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion

New York, Main Street Books, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Best friends, business partners, literary sleuths, uncommonly good booksellers. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Faint vertical crease to title page, slight furling to front cover, being a glossy illustration on card stock. 275 pp. and plentiful black-and-white photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 353350

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Leonard, Jay

Of Making Many Books There Is No End

Birmingham, England, Birmingham School of Printing, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound simply in black cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Tall, skinny quarto format. [8], 9-19, [2] pages + 37 specimen pages, printed and presented quite finely. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay from various Monotype typefaces: Garamond Roman, Garamond Italic, BaskervilleRoman, Baskerville Italic, Poliphilus Roman, Blado Italic and Aldine Bembo Roman. Endpapers very lightly toned, else and withal a clean, handsomely produced copy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 350764

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Keywords: Jay Leonard|printing|typography

Lewis, Roy Harley

Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century

New York, Arco Publishing, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. First U.S. Edition, bound handsomely in tall quarto hardcover format, with a bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Augmented with 33 full color and 82 monochrome and duotone illustrations. A learned but accessible account, a social history of bookbinding in the past century beginning with the works of Cockerell and Cobden-Sanderson, and with full bibliography, index and notes. Gift-quality condition. [7], 8-151 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: 349195

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The Friends of the Bancroft Library

Gph: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and His Era in the Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California, The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of a due homage, a loving festschrift, to an important figure in the growth and development of an important library, 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. Printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy. Bound in brick-red cloth over boards, quite fine, protected with a stiff plastic sleeve. Contributions by O. Cort Majors, Dale L. Morgan, Agapito Rey, Charles L. Camp, Robert H. Becker, Robert E. Burke, Warren R. Howell, Susanna Bryant Dakin, J.S. Holliday, France V. Scholes, George P. Hammond himself, and Francis P. Farquhar. xiii, 1-119 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 350757

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Lieberman, J. Ben

Types of Typefaces and How to Recognize Them

New York, Sterling Publishing Co., 1968. Third Printing. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Stated Third Printing from 1968 of the 1967 true First Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Moderate wear to, rubbing of pictorial cloth boards. Blue, green and white covers, with white lettering to cover and spine. Explains how and why type got so many different faces through the ages. Previous owner's penciled inscription inside front flap, else clean and unmarked. [5], 6-132 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351565

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Keywords: Types of Typefaces J. Ben Lieberman font typography typographers

Livois, René de

Histoire de la Presse Franã§Aise, Complete in Two Volumes: I - Des Origines ã  1881; II - de 1881 ã  Nos Jours

Lausanne, Switzerland, Editions Spes, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior set of two hardcover volumes, complete in two, with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jackets, 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. Both volumes bound in Hunter-green from the publisher in 660 pages, continuous pagination, with numerous black-and-white illustrations printed in gravure printing, and with many color illustrations, including 40 inset. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 348779

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Keywords: Rene de Livois|La Presse Francaise|printing presses|typography|printing |French printers|French publishers

Garvey, Eleanor M. and Peter Wick

The Arts of the French Book: 1900 - 1965. Illustrated Books of the School of Paris

Dallas, Texas, Friends of the Dallas Public Library by Southern Methodist University Press, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Fine condition copy in First Edition state, illustrated in black-and-white and full-color photography of artworks with accompanying descriptive captions, comprising a catalogue that culminated from the 1967 exhibition of the same name at the Dallas Public Library and the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, in 1967. The Introduction states that "This is a selective exhibition of 'great books,' 'beaux livres,' illustrated books by modern old masters and modern new masters, displaying the creative vitality of the arts of the French book in our century as centered in the School of Paris. 'Beaux livres' are a far cry from our text books and trade books which, though often handsomely designed, are commercially and mechanically mass-produced to serve an essentially functional and didactic purpose." Bound in printed stiff card stock wraps, only faintly sunned at edges, very lightly furled. Illustrated endpapers by Dubuffet, cover in relief by Hadju. 120 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 349199

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Keywords: French arts school|Eleanor M. Garvey|Peter Wick