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TWO ROBERT NATHAN PIECES: A Talk with Robert Nathan / Advice to My Son. Typophile Monograph 28

By: (Dwiggins, W. A). Nathan, Robert

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson Inc., Printers, n.d. [post-1950].: n.d. [post-1950].

Seller ID: 13107

Condition: Very good

(Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson Inc., Printers, n.d. [post-1950].. n.d. [post-1950].. Very good. - Small octavo [7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative cream wraps with a front cover decoration in green by W. A. Dwiggins. The edges of the wraps are very slightly darkened. [10] pages plus colophon. Very good. "A Talk with Robert Nathan" by Harvey Breit is followed by Nathan's poem "Advice to My Son". Dust jacket present.
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INDONESIA. (Catalog)

By: (E.J. Birll Ltd.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill Ltd., Antiquarian Booksellers, 1978).: 1978).

Seller ID: 23628

Condition: Very good

(Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill Ltd., Antiquarian Booksellers, 1978).. 1978).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. The wraps are very slightly darkened with a few small creases to the rear wrap. 140 & [4] pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. Very good.

Catalogue No. 496. 1979 items are catalogued, with prices in Dutch guilders.

A collection of books on Indonesia, for a large part deriving from the library of the Dutch scholar Prof. Mr. C. T. Bertling. Added from our stock are books on the same subject, as well as on Australia and the Pacific.
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A DUTCH TYPEFOUNDER ON THE INVENTION OF PRINTING

By: (Enschede, Charles). McMurtrie, Douglas C

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York: Press of Ars Typographica, 1926.: 1926.

Seller ID: 7205

Condition: Good

New York: Press of Ars Typographica, 1926.. 1926.. Good. - Octavo, stapled printed cream wraps. Soiled & darkened; front edges of wraps chipped. 13 pp. Page edges slightly darkened. Good.

Scarce.
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ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1392-1897. The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska. Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a Preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames. 3 volumes, including Checklist

By: (Fagg, Helen; cataloguer)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: NY: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964.: 1964.

Seller ID: 7048

Condition: Very good

NY: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964.. 1964.. Very good. - 4to, brown cloth (lightly bumped & rubbed; very light spotting to covers; small label removed from tails of Vol. 2 & 3 spines) titled in gilt within red rectangles. Vol. 1: [ix] pp. [prelims] & full-page B&W illustrations numbered 1-142 with text on facing page; Vol. 2: [viii] pp. [prelims] & full-page B&W illustrations numbered 143-300 with text on facing page & [10] pp.; Checklist: xii & 220 pp.; (small bookseller's stamp & ink numeral on front endpaper of each volume with Vol. 1 front endpaper slightly creased; soiling to bottom...
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A HISTORY OF PAPER

By: (Fraser Paper)

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York: Fraser Paper, Limited, June 1964.: June 1964.

Seller ID: 23139

Condition: Fine

New York: Fraser Paper, Limited, June 1964.. June 1964.. Fine. - 12mo, stapled dark blue limp cloth titled in gilt. Small stain to rear cover. 121 & [2] pp. plus colophon. B&W textual illustrations & diagrams. Near fine.
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RICHARD GRANT WHITE'S LIBRARY. [LARGE PAPER COPY, ISSUED IN PARTS, OF THE "PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW YORK"].

By: (French, Eli). Wynne, James (1814-1871).

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York: Eli French, [1860].: [1860].

Seller ID: 95919

Condition: Fair

LARGE PAPER EDITION, ISSUED IN PARTS, INSCRIBED BY THE SUBJECT RICHARD GRANT WHITE TO THE PUBLISHER ELI FRENCH - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain light green wraps. The chipped covers are detached, but present, and the spine has perished. 22 pages with large borders. The contents are clean and in very good condition. One of a very few copies of the RARE separate large paper copies, issued in parts, published by Eli French. Inscribed and signed in ink by Richard Grant White, whose collection is here listed, to the publisher Eli French. One of the foremost l...
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R. L. STUART'S LIBRARY. [LARGE PAPER COPY, ISSUED IN PARTS, OF THE "PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW YORK"].

By: (French, Eli). Wynne, James (1814-1871).

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York: Eli French, [1860].: [1860].

Seller ID: 95918

Condition: Very good

LARGE PAPER EDITION, ISSUED IN PARTS, INSCRIBED BY THE SUBJECT ROBERT L. STUART TO THE PUBLISHER ELI FRENCH - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed plain light green wraps. There are minor stains to the covers and the spine is heavily chipped. 20 pages with large borders. Very good. One of a very few copies of the RARE separate large paper copies, issued in parts, published by Eli French. Inscribed and signed in ink by Robert L. Stuart, whose collection is here listed, to the publisher Eli French. The New York businessman and philanthropist Robert Leighton St...
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THE BOOK SOURCE MONTHLY. March 1988. Vol. 3, No. 12

By: (Gill, Eric)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Cazenovia, NY: The Book Source), 1988.: 1988.

Seller ID: 6364

Condition: Good

(Cazenovia, NY: The Book Source), 1988.. 1988.. Good. - Octavo, stapled B&W pictorial self-wraps. Ink notation on front wrap; address label on rear wrap. 19 pp. Bottom page corners lightly creased. B&W vignettes. Good.

Includes BSM Checklist No. 4, a two-page checklist of books by and about Eric Gill.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL. Foreword by Walter Shewring. (1973 Edition).

By: (Gill, Eric). Gill, Evan.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield / Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973.: 1973.

Seller ID: 29720

Condition: Fine

- Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt. 224 pp. with a frontispiece portrait & textual illustrations throughout. Near fine.

Reprint of the 1953 edition.
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THE RARE BOOKS DIVISION: A GUIDE TO ITS COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES

By: (Goff, Frederick R.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, 1950.: 1950.

Seller ID: 6369

Condition: Good

Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, 1950.. 1950.. Good. - Octavo, printed cream wraps. The wraps are warped, lightly soiled & somewhat darkened with light staining to the rear wrap. x, 57 & [1] pp. B&W frontispiece & 3 B&W plates. Foxing to verso of frontispiece; staining to inside rear wrap. Good.
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A NEW ENGLAND KEEPSAKE Presented to All Craftsmen Registered at the 19th Annual Convention of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen Incorporated / Held at the Hotel Statler, August 14-17, 1938 / Boston, Massachusetts

By: (Gordon, Watson M.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (Boston, MA): The Boston Club of Printing House Craftsmen by Ten New England Printers, (1938).: (1938).

Seller ID: 6301

Condition: Very good

(Boston, MA): The Boston Club of Printing House Craftsmen by Ten New England Printers, (1938).. (1938).. Very good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt. Lightly bumped & soiled; spine faded. Unpaginated. Very good.

The contributors include D. B. Updike and Lawrence Wroth, among others.
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GOUDY: MASTER OF LETTERS. With an Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy

By: (Goudy, Frederic W.). Orton, Vrest

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL: The Black Cat Press, 1939.: 1939.

Seller ID: 6370

Condition: Very good

Chicago, IL: The Black Cat Press, 1939.. 1939.. Very good. - Octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt. Bumped; 2 very light stains to front cover; spine slightly darkened. 101 & [4] pp. The inner edges of the endpapers are darkened. B&W frontispiece, 2 B&W plates & B&W illustrations. Very good.

Limited edition of 500 copies.
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FINE PRESS BOOKS: THE GRABHORN PRESS AND OTHER CALIFORNIA EXAMPLES / MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE / FRENCH XVIII CENTURY ILLUSTRATION. Mrs. Robert M. Strong, Jr. New York / Kenneth Meyer Hagerstown, Maryland / And from Other Owners. Public Auction Tuesday, March 17... (Catalogue)

By: (Grabhorn Press)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1964.: 1964.

Seller ID: 6275

Condition: Very good

NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1964.. 1964.. Very good. - Octavo, printed tan wraps. Edges slightly creased. [vi] & 80 pp. 4 pages of B&W illustrations. Very good.

415 items are catalogued.
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CATALOGUE OF SOME FIVE HUNDRED EXAMPLES OF THE PRINTING OF EDWIN & ROBERT GRABHORN 1917 - 1960: TWO GENTLEMEN FROM INDIANA NOW RESIDENT IN CALIFORNIA. OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE BOOK SHOP OF DAVID MAGEE

By: (Grabhorn Press)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA: David Magee, [c.1960s].: [c.1960s].

Seller ID: 6988

Condition: Fine

San Francisco, CA: David Magee, [c.1960s].. [c.1960s].. Fine. - Quarto, printed tan wraps titled in black with dolphin vignettes in yellow. The yapp-edged covers are creased and slightly chipped at edges. 63 & [1] pp. Near fine internally.

First trade edition, printed at the Grabhorn Press. First Edition.
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A HISTORY OF THE GREGYNOG PRESS

By: (Gregynog Press). Harrop, Dorothy A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Middlesex, U.K.: Private Libraries Association, (1980).: (1980).

Seller ID: 7286

Condition: Fine

Middlesex, U.K.: Private Libraries Association, (1980).. (1980).. Fine. - Quarto, brown cloth titled in gilt on spine. 266 pp. with profuse illustrations. Near fine.

First edition of 2,500 copies. First Edition.
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BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN GROLIER. (The British Museum).

By: (Grolier, Jean).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Oxford, U.K.): Trustees of the British Museum, 1965.: 1965.

Seller ID: 34186

Condition: Very good

(Oxford, U.K.): Trustees of the British Museum, 1965.. 1965.. Very good. - Octavo, gilt-decorated brown cloth. 75 pages plus 138 full-page B&W illustrations. Near fine.

First edition.

A loan exhibition September 23-October 31, 1965. Printed at the Alden Press. First Edition.
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UNIVERSAL LIMITED ART EDITIONS. A History and Catalogue: The First Twenty-Five Years

By: (Grosman, Tatyana). Sparks, Esther

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago / New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, (1989).: (1989).

Seller ID: 25989

ISBN: 0810917327

Condition: Good

Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago / New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, (1989).. (1989).. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide], off-white cloth in a dust wrapper. The rear cover is stained. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly rubbed. 551 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. There is a stain to the top end of the fore-edge with slight staining to the front edges of a few rear leaves. Good in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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PHILIP GRUSHKIN: A RETROSPECTIVE. (Catalog)

By: (Grushkin, Philip). (Grushkin, Paul)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: The Grolier Club, 2001.: 2001.

Seller ID: 21665

Condition: Fine

New York: The Grolier Club, 2001.. 2001.. Fine. - Narrow octavo [approximately 9 inches high by 4 inches wide], softcover bound in gray wrappers with Philip Grushkin's decorative signature in blue on the front wrap. 24 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in black & white. Fine.

Published to coincide with an exhibition curated by the Grushkin family and held at the Grolier Club from 28 March through 25 May, 2001.
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THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN: Highly Important English Literature. Monday, April 30, 1990-Tuesday, May 1, 1990

By: (H. Bradley Martin). Lang, Cecil Y

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Sotheby's, 1990.: 1990.

Seller ID: 25028

Condition: Fine

New York: Sotheby's, 1990.. 1990.. Fine. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], dark green cloth titled in gilt with a black-and-white illustration mounted on the front cover. Unpaginated. Illustrated with facsimiles in black & white and color. Near fine.

791 items are catalogued and described in this auction catalog. A list of estimated prices is laid in.
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BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Catalogue 176

By: (H. P. Kraus)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY: H. P. Kraus, n.d. [1980s].: n.d. [1980s].

Seller ID: 6977

Condition: Very good

NY: H. P. Kraus, n.d. [1980s].. n.d. [1980s].. Very good. - Quarto, pictorial B&W wraps. Lightly soiled with bottom corner of rear wrap lightly creased; tiny pin-prick tears to front wrap. 122 & [1] pp. Illustrated with B&W folding frontispiece & B&W facsimiles. Very good.

254 items are catalogued with prices.

A printed brochure listing H. P. Kraus publications and catalogues is laid in.
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