Books Illustrated by Painters and Sculptors from 1900

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Introduction by James M. Wells to this catalog of an exhibit held from September to November of 1980 by the Arts Club of Chicago. Simple printed wraps in square format, staplebound, clean and unmarked of interior. Unpaginated, but roughly 60 pp. of black-and-white illustrations of books illustrated by sculptors and painters in alphabetical order, beginning with Jean Arp to June Wayne, Ernst Kirchner to Pablo Picasso, including notes about choice of paper, binding, materials of construction.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351959

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The Printed Book in Americablumenthal, Josephpublished by / Dartmouth, Boston (1977)

Chicago, David R. Godine, 1977. 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 burgundy cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. 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. xvi + 250 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 345899

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Keywords: Joseph Blumental|bibliophilia|books about books|the printed book |publishing printing|printing presses

Vision of a Collector: The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Library of Congress

Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1991. 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. Dark green raw silk cloth over boards, printed spine label. Bright and shiny dust jacket, bright white, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. xxxv + 427 pp. Over 100 essays each dealing with a specific book from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. illustrated profusely. Lessing J.Rosenwald (1891 - 1979) was an American businessman and rare-book collector, son of the president of Sears, Roebuck and Company. He donated his collection to the Library of Congress. Special focus on the Kelmscott Chaucer, a Mainz Bible, and works by Durer and Blake.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 347219

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Keywords: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection|Sears, Roebuck and Company|The Kelmscott Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer|The Mainz Bible

Ahearn, Allen

The Book of First Books

Bethesda, Maryland, Quill & Brush, 1983. Third Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Third Printing of this important check-list, a price guide and plentiful advice for book collectors by an acknowledge master. 191 pp. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations of books, signatures, editions, artwork and authors.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 351344

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Crocker, Alan and Martin Kane

The Diaries of James Simmons, Paper Maker of Haslemere 1831-1868

Oxshott, England, Tabard Private Press, 1990. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Special Limited Edition of only 180 copies printed thus, this being #84. Composed in Monotype Baskerville, and printed letterpress on T.H. Saunders mould-made paper. Handsomely bound in a nearly square, oatmeal cloth-covered format, with beautiful burgundy leather label to spine, gilt lettered. Hand-made paper construction, and a tipped-in black-and-white portrait of James Simmons, Master Paper Maker of Haslemere 1831 - 1868, at frontis. Selections edited and annotated by the two editors, multiple appendices of the Simmons pedigree, the chronology of paper mills, and then the construction of the diaries. Foreword by W.J.D. Cooper, and with scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. This work comprises a fascinating account of the business affairs of a struggling country papermaker in England during the years 1831-1868. In particular, they do much to illustrate the transition to steam power for converting rags into pulp, during a period of time when traditional paper-makers were being rapidly replaced by paper-making machines. 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. ix + 190 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348313

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Ahearn, Allen and Patricia Ahearn

Collected Books: The Guide to Values, 2002 Edition

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Still relevant, and a stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. 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, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Plentiful new entries. viii [4], 4-869 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 351055

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Andersch, Martin

Symbols, Signs and Letters

New York, Design Press, 1989. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Translated into English from the original German by Ingrid Li, a magnum opus of social history and deep typographical analysis of handwriting and calligrahy. The color photographs drawn from the work of German students in handwriting seminars and calligraphy workshops from the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, have greatly augmented this tome. According to the publisher, Andersch "makes visible the process of teaching and learning" the various scripts, his philosophy and methods expounded in italic side-notes, quite accessible and interesting. Full index, bibliography, and glossary. German books on book-arts galore. 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 a tall quarto format, oatmeal cloth over boards. Measures 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" in width and height, respectively. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Hundreds of gorgeous reproductions in black-and-white and duotone, monochrome and full color. [3], 4-255 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 348852

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Keywords: symbols|signs|letters|martin andersch|handwriting|calligraphy|interpretation |texts|Ingrid Li

Arndt, Karl J. R. ; Ernst Steiger;

The Annotated and Enlarged Edition of Ernst Steiger's Precentennial Bibliography: The Periodical Literature of the United States of America

Millwood, New York, Kraus International Publications, 1979. 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 to t he dark green buckram cloth-bound covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and sharp gilt lettering and illustration to front cover. Stated First Edition, First Printing, note of errata pasted in, with four parts dealing with the life and work as a book dealer, publisher, collector and bibliographer; the international press he received on his bibliography at the 1873 Vienna exposition; his bibliography, proper; and a microfilm guide to Ernst Steiger's collection of American and German-American language newspapers and periodicals at the University of Heidelberg. [3], 3-228 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 350963

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Keywords: Ernst Steiger bibliography Karl J.R. Arndt

Ashley, Frederick W.

Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher Collection of Incunabula

Washington, D.C., General Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete. Handle with some care, as the cloth-over-boards, leather-backed bindings are a bit fragile, having peeled away a bit from the underlying tissue and then glue-repaired neatly. Scuffing to leather, chipped at spine head, library accession number in white at spine bottom, embossed stamp of Rhode Island College Library at p. 7. ink-stamped "Discard" inside front flap. Cracked rear pastedown, too, also glue-repaired. The book comprises a "Notable collection of early printed books. entrusted by Mrs. John Boyd Thacher to the custody of the Library of Congress as a deposit subject to her pleasure." 272 pp. of entries about individual works and from various countries, then title and printer and name indexes follow. [6], 7-329 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair

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Book number: 356039

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Keywords: incunabula Frederick W. Ashley rare books rare collectibles

Atterbury, Rowley Streatfeild

The Contributors

Westerham, Kent, England, Westerham Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Near pristine copy, being the paper of a talk delivered to the Wynkyn de Worde Society at Stationers' Hall on 16th May, 1974, in Westerham, Kent, England. Replete with black-and-white photographs of master printers and binders, pages of stationers ads, including tipped-in. Bound simply in gray paper over boards, distinct lettering to spine, gray paper wraps thereover, with paper title label affixed neatly. Clean and unmarked of interior. Page in facsimile of the Doves Press Bible, a Note from Sir Francis Meynell. Quite fascinating. 31 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351781

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Baronian, Jean-Baptiste et al.

Jo Delahaut Et la Reliure / En de Boekband

Brussel, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, by Credit Communal Gemeentekrediet, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jo Delahaut homage, a fine and amply illustrated copy, complete with bibliography, displaying his estimable grasp of the book arts, a treatise in bookbinders and bookbinding, texts in both Dutch language and Belgian, with a Preface by Francois Narmon. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Fifty full-color or black-and-white photographs of the best of the bookbindings by Jo Delahaut. The stiff card stock wraps were designed by Jo Delahaut. [6], 7-95 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348530

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Keywords: Jo Delahaut|bibliography|the book arts|bookbinders|bookbinding|Dutch language|Belgian language|Francois Narmon

Baras, Zvi

A Century of Books: The Jewish National and University Library, 1892-1992

Jerusalem, Israel, Jewish National & University Library, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, pictorial wraps, and replete with several hundred fine images. Hebrew and English language texts, and with a fine introduction by Zvi Baras.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 351458

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Keywords: Zvi Baras Jewish history Jewish culture

Barker, Nicolas

The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning 1478-1978: An Illustrated History

Oxford, England, The Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1978. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy in tall quarto format, with printed, illustrated card stock wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, mostly some sunning to/toning of the rear panel. Double-column text and with plentiful black-and-white and some full-color illustrations, including full-page. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [1], 2-332 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348169

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Keywords: Nicolas Barker|Oxford University Press|printing|education|typography

Barr, John

The Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Verona: Books Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the Hand Press, 1923-1977

London, The British Library, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October, 1978. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the simple printed wraps. 98 examples of fine works, printed on 96 pp. Fine likeness at frontis of Giovanni Mardersteig.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351782

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Keywords: The King's Library John Barr

Barrett, Nina; Northwestern University Library

Deering Library: An Illustrated History

Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated covers, in oblong, gatefold format. Sumptuously illustrated in full color. xii [2], 3-148 pp. Celebrates the then 75th anniversary of the founding of the Charles Deering Library. Introduction by Henry S. Bienen.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347182

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Keywords: Northwestern University Library|Charles Deering Library|Nina Barrett