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THE NINETIETH CATALOGUE: English Books, Manuscripts, Incunabula, Voyages, Americana, Geography, Bindings, Natural History. Including A Caxton in its original binding, The Bourbon Hours, The Parma Petrarch, The Hypnerotomachia, A splendid Maioli binding, The manuscript of Rochambeau's Memoirs, together with the Cartographic Archive of his family, The younger Rochambeau's West Indies Papers, A magnificent elephant folio Audubon

By: (H. P. Kraus)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: NY: H. P. Kraus, n.d. [c. 1960s].: n.d. [c. 1960s].

Seller ID: 7100

Condition: Very good

NY: H. P. Kraus, n.d. [c. 1960s].. n.d. [c. 1960s].. Very good. - Quarto, cream cloth backed blue boards titled in gilt on spine; printed paper label on front cover. The boards are lightly bumped & rubbed & the spine is darkened & spotted; the label is creased, with a short tear. 201 & [1] pp. Tipped-in B&W frontispiece, profuse B&W tipped-in plates & full- page & textual facsimiles. Very good.
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MODERN GERMAN BOOK DESIGN: an exhibition arranged by Borsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Frankfurt/M. and Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach am Main 1959. (Catalog)

By: (Halbey, Hans A.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Hamburg): Klingspor-Museum, (1960).: (1960).

Seller ID: 2635

Condition: Very good

(Hamburg): Klingspor-Museum, (1960).. (1960).. Very good. - Square octavo, pictorial white wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled with the corners very slightly creased; the spine is slightly darkened. 34 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good.

158 items are listed in this catalog for an exhibition which toured the United States in 1959.

Laid in is a slip which reads: "Printed for the members of the society friends of Klingspor- Museum 1960".
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS: A History

By: (Harvard University Press). Hall, Max

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Cambridge, MA/London, U.K.: Harvard University Press, 1986.: 1986.

Seller ID: 3934

ISBN: 0674380800

Condition: Fine

Cambridge, MA/London, U.K.: Harvard University Press, 1986.. 1986.. Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. There is some soiling to the front panel of the dust jacket & a tear to the top inner corner of the rear panel & the head of the spine. [x] & 257 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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A CHECK-LIST OF EARLY ENGLISH PRINTING IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

By: (Haskell, Daniel C)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: (The New York Public Library), November 1925.: November 1925.

Seller ID: 6901

Condition: Very good

New York: (The New York Public Library), November 1925.. November 1925.. Very good. - Octavo, printed gray wraps. Lightly soiled with spine & extremities slightly darkened; bottom corners lightly creased. 66 pp. Pencil notes on rear blank. The contents are very good.

Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of July and August 1925.
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WILLIAM HEINEMANN: A MEMOIR

By: (Heinemann, William). Whyte, Frederic

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1929.: 1929.

Seller ID: 7013

Condition: Good

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1929.. 1929.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth with printed paper label on the spine. The spine is soiled, darkened & chipped at edges. 327 pp., illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and plates. Page edges slightly darkened. Good.
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THE RENAISSANCE / FROM PETRARCH TO SHAKESPEARE. Parts One, Two and Three. (3 catalogues)

By: (Herbert Reichner)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Stockbridge, MA: Herbert Reichner, [circa 1960s].: [circa 1960s].

Seller ID: 7215

Condition: Very good

Stockbridge, MA: Herbert Reichner, [circa 1960s].. [circa 1960s].. Very good. - Octavo, printed cream wraps with vignette in brick red on each wrap. Lightly soiled with Part One bottom corners lightly creased; spines somewhat darkened with short tear to head of Part Two spine; ink & pencil notations on the Part Two and Three front wraps. Unpaginated. Bottom corners of Part One pages lightly creased. Illustrated with B&W facsimiles. Very good.

1, 824 items are catalogued and priced.
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BIBLION: The Bulletin of the New York Public Library. Volume I, Number 2. Spring 1993. (Cover title)

By: (Hine, Lewis). Funke, Claudia; McMurray, Mark; Sink, Robert; Gutman, Judith Mark; et al

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: New York Public Library, (1993).: (1993).

Seller ID: 32671

Condition: Very good

New York: New York Public Library, (1993).. (1993).. Very good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped. 192 pages plus inside wraps. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

Among the contents of this issue are articles on Lewis Hines's library photographs and his photographs for the Child Welfare Exhibit of 1911, Perris & Browne atlases, and engravings of the Emperor of China's European palaces.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CHRONICLE. Volume LXII, Number 1, Autumn 2000. [Struwwelpeter issue]

By: (Hoffmann, Heinrich). Sauer, Walter; et al

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), 2000.: 2000.

Seller ID: 32184

Condition: Fine

(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), 2000.. 2000.. Fine. - Octavo, printed cream wrappers with a vignette in black & gray on the front wrap. 149 pages plus 3-page publisher's catalog. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

This issue features a series of articles on editions and translations of the nineteenth-century children's book "Struwwelpeter" by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann.
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INFLUENCES: Hopper Papers Identity color System.

By: (Hopper Papers).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia-Pacific Corporation, (1993).: (1993).

Seller ID: 35499

Condition: Fine

- Large quarto, 14-1/8 inches high by 12 inches wide. Softcover, spiral-bound black wraps titled in white and decorated with an illustration in blind on the covers. 64 [i.e. 62] pages printed on paper of different sizes, weight and texture. (Pages 25/26 are not present and were likely never published). Illustrated with 10 full-page color illustrations, 2 full-page black & white illustrations and 10 black & white vignettes, plus 4 tipped-in facsimiles. Near fine.

A beautifully produced paper sample book with text by or about Dylan Thomas, Margaret Mead, Louis Braille, Jimi Hendrix, Henry For...
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A PORTRAIT CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY. With a Sketch of the Firm, Brief Descriptions of the Various Departments, and some Account of the Origin and Character of the Literary Enterprises Undertaken

By: (Houghton Mifflin and Company)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, New York and Chicago: The Riverside Press, 1905-1906.: 1905-1906.

Seller ID: 8338

Condition: Very good

Boston, New York and Chicago: The Riverside Press, 1905-1906.. 1905-1906.. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth backed gray boards with printed paper label on spine. The covers are rubbed and stained. 267 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece & numerous textual illustrations throughout. Very good.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

Printed by Bruce Rogers.
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BOOK COVER DESIGNING. Correspondence Institute of America, Scranton, Penna. Lesson No. 9. The entire Art Course of the C. I. of A. is issued under the endorsement of the world's greatest cartoonist Zim / and edited by Charles C. Swisher, Art Director C. I. of A. and John Maxwell, Art Editor "The Home Educator"

By: (Hubbard, Elbert). Swisher, Charles C.; and Maxwell, John; editors

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Scranton, PA: Correspondence Institute of America, 1910).: 1910).

Seller ID: 20255

Condition: Good

(Scranton, PA: Correspondence Institute of America, 1910).. 1910).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial tan wrappers. The wraps are bumped. There is a light vertical crease to the front wrap. There are a few stains to the rear wrap & the edges of its lower half are lightly dampstained. 34 & [2] pages. Illustrated in black & white with reproductions of cartoons, bookplates, book illustrations and book & magazine covers. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped & lightly rippled from humidity. There is occasional soiling. Good.

Includes the essay by Elbert Hubbard "Drawing as P...
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THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Volume 89, No. 2. August 1929.

By: (Hubbard, Elbert; Morris Reiss Press; Beals, Victor; et al).

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York: The American Printer, Inc., 1929.: 1929.

Seller ID: 95584

Condition: Good

- Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative light tan & red wraps by Huxley House. The wraps are lightly foxed, soiled & bumped with a stain to the front cover The spine & extremities are darkened with the head of the spine chipped. The wraps are detached from the text block. 116 pages. Profuse illustrations & pictorial ads in black & white and color. The corners of the first few leaves are bumped. Good. In this issue, edited by Edmund G. Gross, the first item is an announcement by William Reydell that New York University has established a Bachelor of Fine...
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BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. DENIS HUBERT. Premiere Partie: Livres Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle / Livres Illustres Modernes / Riches Reliures Mosaiquees. (Catalogue)

By: (Hubert, M. Denis)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1934.: 1934.

Seller ID: 6932

Condition: Good

Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 1934.. 1934.. Good. - Large octavo, printed cream wraps. Soiled, darkened & slightly bowed; top edge lightly chipped; short tear to inner edge of front wrap. 70 & [1] pp. 8 B&W plates [bindings]. Good.

Catalogue for an auction which took place April 27 and 28, 1934 at the Hotel des Commissaires-Priseuers, Paris. 320 items are catalogued with eight magnificent bindings depicted in the plates. The text is in French.
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IN THE SERVICE OF SCHOLARSHIP: Harold Hugo & The Meriden Gravure Company.

By: (Hugo, E. Harold). Glick, William J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017.: 2017.

Seller ID: 95615

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, 10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Rust orange cloth titled in silver on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. xi, [i], 195 & [1] pages, with color and black & white illustrations throughout. Near fine. Limited edition of 500 copies. "In the Service of Scholarship is a history of one of the leading printing firms of the twentieth century. It is also a character study and biography of Harold Hugo (1910-1985), whose career at Meriden Gravure began at the age of fourteen and continued until his retirement as president in 1975. During his tenure, Hugo brought the company to s...
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THE BOOKBINDING CAREER OF RACHEL MCMASTERS MILLER HUNT

By: (Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller). Titcombe, Marianne Fletcher

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Pittsburgh, PA: (The Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1974.: 1974.

Seller ID: 7849

ISBN: 0913196169

Condition: Fine

Pittsburgh, PA: (The Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1974.. 1974.. Fine. - Octavo, marbled green paper covered boards backed with green cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. Title, [1] leaf & 63 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. Fine.

The book includes an illustrated descriptive catalog of books bound by Hunt.
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CEREMONIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE COLGATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. Monday, April Thirteenth, MCMLIX

By: (Iiams, Thomas M; University Librarian; et al)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Colgate University, 1959).: 1959).

Seller ID: 16822

Condition: Very good

(Colgate University, 1959).. 1959).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in maroon wraps printed in gilt with a gilt tasseled cord. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped & slightly faded along the spine The top edge of the rear wrap is lightly chipped. [20] pages. 1 full-page & 2 textual illustrations in black & white. There are a few pencil markings & notations in the catalog section of the text. Very good.

Included is a catalog of 30 items from the university's collection of rare books, manuscripts and fine bindings, which were on display.
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A COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, WORKING PAPERS, BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS OF GREAT INTEREST, ACQUIRED PRIVATELY FROM THE EXECUTORS OF EDWARD JOHNSTON. List 54. (Catalogue)

By: (Johnston, Edward; d. 1944)

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Bishop's Stortford, U.K.: Elkin Mathews Limited, n.d. [1956].: n.d. [1956].

Seller ID: 6411

Condition: Very good

Bishop's Stortford, U.K.: Elkin Mathews Limited, n.d. [1956].. n.d. [1956].. Very good. - Quarto, stapled printed wraps laid into folded gray sheet printed in black. The gray folder is darkened & soiled. The edges of the wraps are darkened with a crease to the front wrap. 26 & [1] pp., reproduced by offset. Illustrated with B&W facsimiles. Very good in good wraps.

132 items are catalogued with prices listed in pounds sterling and dollars.

A rare and invaluable reference to Johnston's work.
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A SELECT CHOICE OF FINE SIXTEENTH CENTURY BOOKS. Catalogue One

By: (Jorg Schafer)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Zurich, Switzerland: Jorg Schafer, circa [1971].: [1971].

Seller ID: 23162

Condition: Very good

Zurich, Switzerland: Jorg Schafer, circa [1971].. [1971].. Very good. - Octavo, stapled green & black pictorial wraps. Rubbed. 32 pages. Illustrated in black & white & black & red. Very good.

61 items are catalogued and fully described in English with prices in dollars and francs.
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P B: IN MEMORIAM

By: (Jung, Theo). Eichert, Franz

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Stuttgart: Printed for the Karuba Press, circa [1965].: [1965].

Seller ID: 24583

Condition: Fine

Stuttgart: Printed for the Karuba Press, circa [1965].. [1965].. Fine. - 12mo, self-wraps. 4pp. on one leaf printed in black & green. Near fine.

Text in German. "Designed by Theo Jung and printed for the Karuba Press at the printing office of the C.E. Weber Typefoundry in Stuttgart. The type faces are Trump Gravur and Time Script, combined with Fiori vignettes. The paper is Ingres rose antique, no. 107 from May and Spies in Duren."
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THE KATYDID PRESS: A CHECK-LIST

By: (Katydid Press)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Bainbridge, PA: The Katydid Press, 1982.: 1982.

Seller ID: 6274

Condition: Very good

Bainbridge, PA: The Katydid Press, 1982.. 1982.. Very good. - 12mo, pictorial brown paper covered boards. Crease to paper of rear board; tear to spine. [19] pp. plus colophon. Green & white decorative endpapers [examples of wood letters] separated by pictorial tissue. Also with pressmarks & illustrations in B&W & green. Overall, a nice copy of a very fragile book.

Limited edition of 42 copies.

Rare.
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