(Maggs Bros.)

English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century. Part I. Catalog No. 477

London: Maggs Bros. 1926. 1926. London: Maggs Bros. 1926. 1926. Good. - Small quarto [8 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped, soiled & creased. There are vertical creases to the spine & its head & tail are chipped. There is some light foxing to the rear wrap. 416 pages. Illustrated in black & white with facsimiles, including a facsimile frontispiece, and photographic illustrations. The top edge & fore-edge are foxed. There is some light creasing to the front edges of the pages in the rear half of the book. Good.

Sale catalog No. 477. Part I only.

1142 items are catalogued, with prices. Good .

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Book number: 24312

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; EARLY PRINTING; ENGLISH LITERATURE & PRINTING FROM THE 15TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY PART I; SALE CATALOG; MAGGS BROS.; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; PRICES.

(Maggs Bros.)

A Royal Catalogue Comprising Books, Bindings, Autograph Letters, Engravings and Coins by or Relating to Royalty. Catalogue 606

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd. May, 1935. May, 1935. London: Maggs Bros. Ltd. May, 1935. May, 1935. Very good. - Square octavo, printed silver wraps. Lightly rubbed, soiled & creased. 222 pp. plus indexes. B&W illustrations. There is a paper-clip mark to the front wrap & the first 3 leaves. Very good.

This catalogue was issued to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of H.M. King George V. 673 items are fully described with prices. Very good .

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Book number: 6282

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; CATALOGUE; SALE CATALOGUE; MAGGS BROS; REFERENCE; BOOKBINDINGS; AUTOGRAPH LETTERS; LETTERS; COINS; ENGRAVINGS; ROYALTY; BRITISH; SILVER JUBILEE; GEORGE V. (Books-on-Books). A ROYAL CATALOGUE Comprising Books, Bindings, Autograph Letters,

(Little, Brown and Company)

One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Publishing 1837-1962

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1962). (1962). Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1962). (1962). Very good. - Small octavo, cloth, in dw. The spine is quite rubbed and the dw is creased and rubbed. [3] leaves, plus 84 & [2] pp. Illustrated. Very good in a good dw.

First edition.

Pressman and typographer Fridolf Johnson's copy, signed by him in pencil on the front endpaper. Very good .

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Book number: 7023

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PUBLISHING; PRINTING; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY; PUBLISHER. (Books-on-Books). (Publishing). ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PUBLISHING 1837-1962. (Little, Brown and Company).

Brunet, Jacques Charles.

Manuel Du Libraire Et de L'Amateur de Livres : Contenant 1. Un Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique... , 2. Unes Table En Forme de Catalogue Raisonne Oãƒâ¹ Sont Classãƒâ©S, Selon L'Ordre Des Matiãƒâ¨Res, Tous Les Ouvrages Portãƒâ©S Dans le Dicitionnaire, Et Un Grand Nombre D'Autres Ouvrages Utiles, Mais D'Un Prix Ordinaire, Qui N'Ont Pas Dãƒâ¹ ãƒâªTre Placãƒâ©S Au Rang Des Livres Ou Rares Ou Prãƒâ¨Cieux. Together with: Supplãƒâ©Ment Contenant: 1. Un Complãƒâ©Ment Du Dictionnaire Bibliographique de M.J. Ch. Brunet. 2. La Table Alphabãƒâ©Tique Des Articles. T. 1: A. ãƒâ  M.T. 2: N. ãƒâ  Z. (14 Volumes Including 13 Large Paper Volumes and 1 Octavo Replacement Volume).

Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Fréres, Fils et Cie. 1860-1880. 1860-1880. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide. 14 volumes bound in three-quarter brown morocco & cloth, titled in gilt with raised bands on the spines, including the "octavo replacement volume" which has been bound into a similar binding of the same size as the other large paper volumes. The endpapers are marbled and several pages of ruled paper intended for additional notes are bound in at the front and rear of each volume. The top edges are gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed & scuffed with some light spotting. The hinges of many of the large paper volumes have been reinforced with brown cloth tape. However, the hinges of volume 4, part 2 were not reinforced and the front hinge is cracked with the spine separated from the text block. A substantial set with deckle-edged pages.Very good. Following is the collation of the volumes: VOLUME 1 (AA> - Chytraeus) Part 1 (1860): Suscriber's leaf, (i)-xlvi; [2] pp. (1)-928 columns. Part 2 (1860): [4] pp. 928-1902 columns, [1]. VOLUME 2 Part 1 (Ciacconius - Eliae, 1861): [4] pp. (i)-iv, (1)-960. Part 2 (OCTAVO EDITION REPLACEMENT, Ciacconius - Gyron, n.d.) [4]pp. (1)-1848 columns, [4] pp ads. VOLUME 3 (Haag - Myvyrian) Part 1 (1862): [4]pp. (1)-960 columns. Part 2 (1862): [4]pp. 961-1984 columns. VOLUME 4 (Naasefe - Rzaczynski) Part 1 (1862): [4]pp. (1)-800 columns. Part 2 (1863): [4]pp. 801-1476 columns, [2]pp. VOLUME 5 (Sa' - Zyl) Part 1 (1863): [4]pp. (1)-960 columns. Part 2 (1864): [4]pp. 961-1800 columns. VOLUME 6 (Table methodique, notice des journaux) Part 1 (1864): [4]pp. (i)-lxii columns, [1]p. (1)-960 columns. Part 2 (1865): [4]pp. 961-1878 columns, [1]p. (1)-12pp ads. SUPPLEMENT, by Pierre Deschamps & Pierre Gustave Brunet. Part 1: A-M (1878): (i)-xv), [1]p. (1)-1138 columns. Part 2: N-Z (1880): [4]pp. (1)-1226 columns. A complete set of this invaluable reference work. This large paper subscriber's set was printed for "Sir Holbein (De Londres)" and numbered "95" (from an unstated limitation) in Volume 1, Part 1. "Cinquième édition originale entièrement refondue et augmentée d'un tiers par l'auteur." [The fifth and best edition expanded by more than 30,000 entries.] The complete title reads: "Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres ; contenant 1. Un nouveau dictionnaire bibliographique dans lequel sont décrits les livres rares, précieux, singuliers, et aussi les ouvrages les plus estimés en tout genre, qui ont paru tant dans les langues anciennes que dan les principals langues modernes, depuis l'origine de l'imprimerie jusqu'à nos jours; avec l'historie des différentes éditions qui en ont été faites; des renseignements nécessaires pour reconnoitre les contrefaçons, et collationner les anciens livres. On y a joint une concordance des prix auxquels une partie de ces objets ont été portés dans les ventes publiques faites en France, en Angleterre et ailleurs, depuis près d'un siècle, ainsi que l'appréciation approximative des livres anciens qui se recontrent fréquemment dans le commerce; 2. Une table en forme de catalogue raisonné où sont classes, selon l'ordre des matières, tous les ouvrages portés dans le dictionnaire, et un grand nombre d'autres ouvrages utiles, mais d'un prix ordinaire, qui n'ont pas dù ètre places au rang des livres ou rares ou précieux." N.B.: DUE TO THE SIZE AND WEIGHT, THIS SET WILL BE SHIPPED IN THREE FULLY INSURED BOXES. .

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Book number: 97098

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES; JACQUES CHARLES BRUNET; SET; NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE; RARE BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FIFTH AND BEST EDITION; EXPANDED; LEATHER BINDING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(Brunner, Vratislav Hugo). Polivkova, Bozena; Kybalova, Ludmila

Tvurce Ceske Knihy V.H. Brunner

Praha: Nakladatelstvi Ceskoslovenskych Vytvarnych Umelcu, 1961. 1961. Praha: Nakladatelstvi Ceskoslovenskych Vytvarnych Umelcu, 1961. 1961. Good. - Tall octavo [9-5/8 inches high by 6-7/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in red. The binding is slightly bumped & soiled with the spine & extremities a bit darkened. 138 pages & [1] leaf plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

First edition.

"Soupis Knizni Grafiky: Bozena Polivkova. Uvodni Studie: Ludmila Kybalova". A catalog of Brunner's graphic works and book art by Bozena Polivkova with an introduction by Ludmila Kybalova. The text is in Czech.

Vratislav Hugo Brunner [1886- 1928] was a Czech typographer, illustrator, graphic designer, cartoonist, author, toy and stage designer and painter. His work significantly affected the development of Czech book arts. Good .

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Book number: 28550

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; ART OF THE BOOK; TYPOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATION; GRAPHIC DESIGN; CZECH TYPOGRAPHER; VRATISLAV HUGO BRUNNER; TVURCE CESKE KNIHY V. H. BRUNNER; Soupis Knizni Grafiky: Bozena Polivkova; Uvodni Studie: Ludmila Kybalova; REFERENCE; ILLUSTRATED CATALO

(Buhler, Curt F.)

The Bible: Manuscript and Printed Bibles / from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century. Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition December 1, 1947, to April 30, 1948. (Catalog)

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1947. 1947. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1947. 1947. Very good. - Small quarto [11 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed blue wrappers with a vignette in black & gray on the front wrap. The spine & extremities are faded and the head of the spine is creased & chipped. 47 & [1] pages. Color frontispiece & full-page black-and-white facsimiles. Very good.

Limited edition of 750 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 18065

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLES; THE BIBLE: Manuscript and Printed Bibles From the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY; CURT BUHLER; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; LIMITED EDITION.

Buhler, Curt F

Fifteenth Century Books and the Twentieth Century: An Address by Curt F. Buhler and a Catalogue of an Exhibition of Fifteenth Century Books Held at the Grolier Club, April 15-June 1, 1952

New York, NY: The Grolier Club, 1952. 1952. New York, NY: The Grolier Club, 1952. 1952. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], decorative cream & tan paper covered boards backed with maroon cloth & titled in gilt on the spine, in the original glassine. Both panels of the glassine are torn near the head of the spine. 57 pages plus colophon. Decorations in black & red & full-page black-and-white facsimiles captioned in red. The colophon & rear endpaper are very slightly soiled & there is a black stain to the verso of the last page of text. Very good.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

The catalog describes 77 items and includes indexes of printers, publishers and towns of origin. Very good .

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Book number: 10002

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-0N-BOOKS; EARLY PRINTING; PRINTERS; PUBLISHERS; FIFTEENTH CENTURY BOOKS AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; 15TH CENTURY BOOKS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; GROLIER CLUB; ADDRESS; SPEECH; CURT F. BUHLER; FACSIMILES; LIMITED EDITION.

Buhler, Curt F., chairman.

The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Volume Fifty-Two, Third Quarter, 1958.

NY: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1958. 1958. - Octavo, printed green wrappers. Pages 183-280. The edges are lightly foxed. Very good.

1300 copies printed.

The contributions include: "Lathrop Colgate Harper: A Happy Memory" by Lawrence C. Wroth; "James Rivington and Silas Deane" by Alexander Davidson, Jr.; "William Dugard: Pedagogue and Printer to the Commonwealth" by Leona Rostenberg. Very good .

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Book number: 35887

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: PERIODICAL; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LATHROP COLGATE HARPER; LAWRENCE C. WROTH; JAMES RIVINGTON; SILAS DEANE; ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, JR.; WILLIAM DUGARD; LEONA ROSTENBERG.

(Bullock, Marie). Goldwasser, James

The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock

New York: Locus Solus Rare Books, 2003. 2003. New York: Locus Solus Rare Books, 2003. 2003. Fine. - Quarto [10 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative blue wrappers. There is a tiny chip to the head of the spine. 95 & [1] pages. Illustrated with full-page facsimiles in black, white & gray. Near fine.

A thousand items are catalogued with prices. The text includes a brief recollection by William Jay Smith. Fine .

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Book number: 26878

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; SALE CATALOG; LOCUS SOLUS RARE BOOKS; PRICES; COLLECTOR; THE POETRY LIBRARY OF MARIE BULLOCK; WILLIAM JAY SMITH; JAMES GOLDWASSER; FACSIMILES.

(Bulmer, William). Timperley, C. H.; Siegfried, Laurance B

William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press: A Biography of William Bulmer from a Dictionary of Printers and Printing by C.H. Timperley, London, 1839 / with an Introductory Note on the Bulmer-Martin Types by Laurance B. Siegfried

[Syracuse, NY]: Syracuse University Press, (1957). (1957). [Syracuse, NY]: Syracuse University Press, (1957). (1957). Fine. - 12mo [7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide], black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a pictorial tan & white label mounted on the front cover, in a glassine dust wrapper printed in gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed & the glassine is more heavily rubbed. Half-title, title, 34 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with wood engravings in black, brown & white by John de Pol. The contents are fine.

Published in observance of the bicentennial of William Bulmer's birth, 1757-1957. Fine .

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Book number: 4944

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; TYPOGRAPHY; PRESS; PRINTER; TYPOGRAPHER; WILLIAM BULMER; SHAKESPEARE PRESS; BIOGRAPHY; C. H. TIMPERLEY; BULMER-MARTIN TYPES; LAURANCE B. SIEGFRIED; BICENTENNIAL; ILLUSTRATOR; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; JOHN DE POL.

Burke, Harry R.; and Behymer, F. A

Visitation at Thatchcot: Symposium of Little Journeys to the Home of Trovillion Private Press

Herrin, IL: Trovillion Private Press, 1944. 1944. Herrin, IL: Trovillion Private Press, 1944. 1944. Very good. - Narrow octavo [approximately 7-1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide], decorative red, green & cream paper covered boards with printed paper labels on the front board & spine, in original glassine. The boards are bumped with the spine & extremities darkened. The glassine is darkened with a piece out of the head of its spine. [vi] & 22 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white frontispiece after an etching by Jesse P. Henry. The contents are very good.

Number 299 of a limited edition of 490 copies printed for Violet and Hal Trevillion at Christmas 1944.

Signed by Violet and Hal Trevillion on the colophon. Very good .

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Book number: 9966

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PUBLISHING; PRESSES; PRIVATE PRESS; TREVILLION PRESS; HAL TREVILLION; VIOLET TREVILLION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; GIFT BOOK; THATCHCOT; VISITATION AT THATCOT; HARRY R. BURKE; F. A. BEHYMER; LIMITED EDITION.

Burlingame, Roger.

Of Making Many Books: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing. 1846-1946.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. 1946. - 8vo, brown cloth (lightly bumped) titled in gilt, in dw (chipped & soiled; dw spine faded). xii, [iv] & 347 pp. plus colophon (owner's ink inscription on front pastedown; bottom corner of 1 page creased). Very good.

First edition.

Setting out to mark the hundredth anniversary of Scribner's, the publishers concluded that "The story of bookmaking is most accurately recorded in the interchange of letters between author and publisher, and fortunately the letters of this house are practically complete since its earliest days." Roger Burlingame, whose father was the editor of Scribner's Magazine and who had himself served on the company's editorial board, was called upon to sift and interpret this mass of correspondence. Very good .

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Book number: 779

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PUBLISHING; PUBLISHERS; AMERICAN; SCRIBNERS; SCRIBNER'S; AUTHORS; CORRESPONDENCE; LETTERS; ROGER BURLINGAME; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Burridge, Edward; Clarke, Frederick; et al. Quaritch, Bernard; editor.

Contributions Towards a Dictionary of English Book Collectors As Also of Some Foreign Collectors Whose Libraries Were Incorporated in English Collections or Whose Books Are Chiefly Met with in England.

New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). (1968). - Large octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is slightly rubbed. The section on each collector is separately paginated. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Bernard Quaritch, portraits of book collectors and facsimiles. The book has a slightly musty odor. Good. Reprint edition. Good .

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Book number: 94494

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOK COLLECTING; CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH BOOK COLLECTORS AS ALSO OF SOME FOREIGN COLLECTORS WHOSE LIBRARIES WERE INCORPORATED IN ENGLISH COLLECTIONS OR WHOSE BOOKS ARE CHIEFLY MET WITH IN ENGLAND; EDWARD BURRIDGE; FRE

Butler, Pierce; compiler

A Check List of Fifteenth Century Books in the Newberry Library and in Other Libraries of Chicago

Chicago, IL: The Newberry Library, 1933. 1933. Chicago, IL: The Newberry Library, 1933. 1933. Fine. - Octavo, rust brown cloth; gilt-lettered paper label on spine. The covers are bumped with a few small white stains to the front cover; the label is slightly chipped. xxiv & 362 pp. plus colophon. The contents are near fine.

Limited edition of 850 copies. Fine .

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Book number: 7089

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; EARLY PRINTING; ICUNABLES; INCUNABULA; FIFTEENTH CENTURY; 15TH CENTURY; CATALOGUE; CHECKLIST; REFERENCE; PIERCE BUTLER; LIBRARIES; CHICAGO; NEWBERRY LIBRARY; LIMITED EDITION. (Books-on-Books). (Early Printing). A CHECK LIST OF FIFTEENTH CE

Byrd, Cecil K

A Bibliography of Illinois Imprints 1814-58

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, (1966). (1966). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, (1966). (1966). Very good. - Large octavo, cloth, in dw. The book & the dw are somewhat soiled. 601 pp. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 5876

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; PRINTING; ILLINOIS; IMPRINTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; CECIL K. BYRD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ILLINOIS IMPRINTS 1814-58. Byrd, Cecil K.