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THE COLOPHON: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Part Two.

By: (Kent, Rockwell). (Poe, Edgar Allen; Gooden, Stephen; Frost, Robert).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pynson Printers, 1930.: 1930.

Seller ID: 36858

Condition: Fair

- Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], decorative boards in cream, black & gray. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. The boards are darkened around the edges with soiling to the rear board. The spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped. Unnumbered pages, including a colophon, with a letter from the editors and an order form laid in. Black-and-white illustrations, including 4 plates & 12 full-page illustrations. The edges of some text pages are darkened. The rear joint is split and the spine is partially detached. The contents are very good. Featured in this issue is a pla...
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PAPERMAKING: Art and Craft. An account derived from the exhibition presented in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. and opened on April 21, 1968

By: (Knapp John; Poole, Frazer G.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1968.: 1968.

Seller ID: 30127

Condition: Very good

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1968.. 1968.. Very good. - Oblong small quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], soft cover bound in white wraps titled in blind raised lettering on the front wrap. The top corner of the front wrap is very lightly creased. 96 pages. Profuse illustrations in tan, black & white. Very good.
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THE FINE BINDINGS OF MARGUERITE DUPREZ LAHEY: An Exhibition at The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York, November 7, 1951-January 5, 1952. (Catalogue)

By: (Lahey, Marguerite Duprez)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1952.: 1952.

Seller ID: 6271

Condition: Fine

NY: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1952.. 1952.. Fine. - Octavo, printed cream self-wraps. 16 pp. B&W illustrations. The rear wrap is very lightly spotted, else near fine.

81 examples of Marguerite Duprez Lahey's work are catalogued.
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THE EARLY NINETIES: A View from the Bodley Head

By: (Lane, John; Mathews, Elkin). Nelson, James G

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971.: 1971.

Seller ID: 6423

Condition: Very good

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971.. 1971.. Very good. - Octavo, silver cloth titled in black, in dw. Slightly cocked. The dw is lightly soiled with a small tear to the rear panel. xiv, 1 leaf & 387 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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CENTO LIBRI DESIDERABILI. Catalogo N. 128

By: (Libreria Leo S. Olschki)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Firenze: Libreria Leo S. Olschki, circa [1956].: [1956].

Seller ID: 23164

Condition: Good

Firenze: Libreria Leo S. Olschki, circa [1956].. [1956].. Good. - Square octavo, printed cream wraps. Soiled & darkened; top corners lightly creased. 46 pages and a section of 8 full-page black & white illustrations [bindings]. Also with black & white full-page and textual illustrations in the text. The page edges are slightly darkened with the top corners lightly creased. Good.

100 items are catalogued with prices in U.S. dollars. The text is in Italian.
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MEXICO: G Through M. Catalog No. 33

By: (Libros Latinos)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Santa Monica, CA: Libros Latinos, circa [1975].: [1975].

Seller ID: 23211

Condition: Very good

Santa Monica, CA: Libros Latinos, circa [1975].. [1975].. Very good. - Octavo, stapled pictorial blue wraps. Wraps faded along spine. Unpaginated. Very good.

1559 items are catalogued with prices.
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MEXICO: M Through Z. Catalog No. 34

By: (Libros Latinos)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Santa Monica, CA: Libros Latinos, circa [1975].: [1975].

Seller ID: 23212

Condition: Very good

Santa Monica, CA: Libros Latinos, circa [1975].. [1975].. Very good. - Octavo, stapled pictorial tan wraps. Rear wrap soiled; spine slightly faded. Unpaginated. Very good.

1786 items are catalogued with prices.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CHRONICLE. Volume LXVI. Number 1. Autumn 2004

By: (Lilien, E. M.; Ireland, William Henry; Hardyng, John; Thoreau, Henry David; Greene, Calvin H.; et al)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), 2004.: 2004.

Seller ID: 32180

Condition: Fine

(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), 2004.. 2004.. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial cream wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped. 251 pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. 4 full-page color illustrations & numerous illustrations in black & white. Near fine.

Among the contents of this issue are "Jugendstil in Firestone: The Jewish Illustrator E. M. Lilien (1874-1925)" by Lionel Gossman; "William Henry Ireland's Authentic Forgeries" by Jack Lynch; "Adapting to Readeption 1470-1471: The Scribe as Editor in a Unique Copy of John Hardyng's Chronic...
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SYMPOSIUM LINCOLNIANA: PATRIOTIC SPEECHES BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND POEMS BY VICTOR HUGO IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH. VARIOUS DISPLAY PRINTS IN DENBY TYPE

By: (Lincoln, Abraham; and Hugo, Victor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York City: Coq d'Or Press, Inc., (1942).: (1942).

Seller ID: 29900

Condition: Very good

New York City: Coq d'Or Press, Inc., (1942).. (1942).. Very good. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are rubbed. 48 & [2] pages printed in colors with several illustrations and plates as well as numerous facsimiles depicting the various Denby typefaces. There is a tiny stain to the bottom edge of a few leaves and some occasional offsetting to this otherwise internally bright & near fine copy.

Limited edition of 300 De Luxe copies. This copy is unnumbered on the colophon page.
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PUBLISHING 1837-1962

By: (Little, Brown and Company)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1962).: (1962).

Seller ID: 7023

Condition: Very good

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. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM OF THE WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Compiled Largely from the Collection Formed by the Late / Jacob Chester Chamberlain / with Assistance from His Notes and Memoranda by / Luther S. Livingston

By: (Lowell, James Russell). Chamberlain, Jacob Chester; Livingston, Luther S.; compiler

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York: Privately printed, 1914.: 1914.

Seller ID: 22309

Condition: Fine

New York: Privately printed, 1914.. 1914.. Fine. - Octavo, gray boards titled in gilt on the front board with a gilt- lettered leather label on the spine. The binding is very slightly bumped. xvii & 136 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece with a tissue guard. Near fine.

Limited edition of 50 copies printed by the De Vinne Press on Van Gelder paper.
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ICUNABULA AND POSTINCUNABULA: Catalogue 239, issued to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat / 1859-1984

By: (Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hilversum, Netherlands: Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat, 1984.: 1984.

Seller ID: 7110

Condition: Very good

Hilversum, Netherlands: Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat, 1984.. 1984.. Very good. - Octavo, printed black wraps with device in gilt on both wraps. Edges lightly rubbed. Unpaginated. Color frontispiece & profuse full-page color illustrations & textual illustrations in B&W & color. Very good.

This handsome catalogue fully describes 125 items, with prices in Dutch florins. The text is in English. Dust jacket present.
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A ROYAL CATALOGUE Comprising Books, Bindings, Autograph Letters, Engravings and Coins by or Relating to Royalty. Catalogue 606

By: (Maggs Bros.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., May, 1935.: May, 1935.

Seller ID: 6282

Condition: Very good

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.
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ENGLISH LITERATURE & PRINTING FROM THE 15TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY. Part I. Catalog No. 477

By: (Maggs Bros.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London: Maggs Bros. 1926.: 1926.

Seller ID: 24312

Condition: Good

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.

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MODERN DESIGN IN BOOKBINDING : THE WORK OF EDGAR MANSFIELD.

By: (Mansfield, Edgar).

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, MA: Boston Book and Art Shop, (1966).: (1966).

Seller ID: 35171

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, cloth, in dw. The book is slightly warped. The dw is rubbed & soiled. 119 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS INCUNABULA AND AMERICANA From the Famous Libraries of the Most Hon. the Marquess of Lothian, C.H. Sold By His Order. Removed from Buckling Hall, Norfolk and Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian. Unrestricted Public Sale January 27 and 28, 1932....Sale Number 3945. (Catalogue)

By: (Marquess of Lothian). (de Ricci, Seymour)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York/London: American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1932.: 1932.

Seller ID: 7180

Condition: Very good

New York/London: American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1932.. 1932.. Very good. - Quarto, printed tan wraps. Wraps soiled, lightly chipped & slightly darkened around the edges with a tear to the top edge of the rear wrap; tears to the head & lower half of the spine. 84 pp. plus colophon, with bid slip bound in. The page corners are lightly creased, else the contents are very good.

168 items are catalogued and fully described. There is a foreword by Seymour de Ricci.
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THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN. (Part 6): Highly Important American and Children's Literature. Auction Tuesday, January 30, 1990....Wednesday, January 31, 1990

By: (Martin, Bradley H.)

Price: $25.00

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

Seller ID: 12368

Condition: Fine

New York: Sotheby's, 1990.. 1990.. Fine. - Small quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches high], dark green cloth titled in gilt with a color illustration mounted within a gilt frame on the front cover. Unpaginated. Numerous black-and-white & color illustrations, most of them full-page. Near fine.

Items numbered 1978 to 2505 are catalogued and described in detail, many with estimated prices and/or realized prices penciled in the margins.
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THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN (Part 7): Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana. Auction Wednesday, January 31, 1990

By: (Martin, Bradley H.)

Price: $20.00

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

Seller ID: 12369

Condition: Very good

New York: Sotheby's, 1990.. 1990.. Very good. - Small quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches high], dark green cloth titled in gilt with a color illustration mounted within a gilt frame on the front cover. The rear cover is a bit soiled. Unpaginated. Numerous black-and-white & color illustrations, most of them full-page. There are very small areas of light staining to the front edges of a few pages. Very good.

Items numbered 2506 to 2553 are catalogued and described in detail. A printed list of estimated prices is laid in and some prices are penciled in the margins of the catalog.
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THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN (Part 4): Highly Important French Literature. (Monaco October 16 and 17, 1989

By: (Martin, H. Bradley)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Monaco: Sotheby's Monaco, 1989.: 1989.

Seller ID: 31444

Condition: Very good

Monaco: Sotheby's Monaco, 1989.. 1989.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], dark green cloth titled in gilt with a facsimile of a Proust edition mounted on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed with some minor spotting to the spine. Unpaginated. Illustrated with facsimiles in color and black & white. Very good.

Catalog for an auction held by Sotheby's Monaco in Monte Carlo on October 16 and 17, 1989. Items numbered 520 through 1322 are catalogued. A list of estimated prices is laid in.
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THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN (Part 9): Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. Auction: (New York) Thursday, June 14, 1990. (Sotheby's Sale 6036)

By: (Martin, H. Bradley)

Price: $15.00

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

Seller ID: 31445

Condition: Very good

New York: Sotheby's, 1990.. 1990.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], dark green cloth titled in gilt with a color facsimile of an illuminated manuscript mounted on the front cover. The binding is slightly rubbed. Unpaginated. Illustrated with facsimiles in color and black & white. Very good.

Catalog for an auction held by Sotheby's in New York on June 14, 1990. Items numbered 3347 through 3672 are catalogued. A list of estimated prices is laid in.
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