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WILLARD SAMUEL MORSE: A Great Collector

By: (Morse, Willard Samuel). Wagner, Henry R

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Printed for Dawson's Book Shop by The Ward Ritchie Press, 1939.: 1939.

Seller ID: 15625

Condition: Fine

Printed for Dawson's Book Shop by The Ward Ritchie Press, 1939.. 1939.. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped. 12 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. Near fine.

Limited edition of 250 copies, of which 50 were for presentation to members of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles.

The frontispiece is a reproduction of Morse's bookplate designed by Howard Pyle which appeared in each book in his collection. In addition, a book label for the particular collection to which the item belonged with ruled lines for bibliogra...
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PENNYROYAL / MCMLXXX. (Catalogue)

By: (Moser, Barry)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: (Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, Inc., 1980).: 1980).

Seller ID: 6362

Condition: Very good

(Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, Inc., 1980).. 1980).. Very good. - Octavo, printed gray wraps. Light creasing to rear wrap. [12] pp. with order form laid in. There is a crease to the 2nd & 3rd leaves. B&W pictorial title & 1 B&W plate. Very good.

1/1000 copies printed by Harold McGrath. The two illustrations are engravings by Barry Moser, printed from the original blocks.
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THE MOSHER BOOKS. (Catalogue).

By: (Mosher, Thomas B).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911.: 1911.

Seller ID: 35154

Condition: Good

- Quarto, sewn greenish gray wraps. Chipped with small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine & a piece out of the bottom corner of the front wrap; light crease to the rear wrap. 80 pp. Light crease to the last 30 pages. Good.
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BIBLIOTHECA MUNSELLIANA: A Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets Issued from the Press of Joel Munsell from the Year 1828 to 1870.

By: (Munsell, Joel).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY: Burt Franklin, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 34282

Condition: Good

NY: Burt Franklin, (1969).. (1969).. Good. - Octavo, green cloth. Soiled, rubbed & bumped. 191 pp. Good.

Reprint of the original edition published in 1872.
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GRANDSAR WANTED TO BE A PRINTER. Printed for Grig and John Nash to celebrate a seventy-fifth anniversary that occured on July 30, 1941

By: (Nash, John)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: (1941).: (1941).

Seller ID: 3740

Condition: Fine

(1941).. (1941).. Fine. - A 10-7/8 inch high by 8-3/8 inch wide broadside folded twice and tipped into stiff green wraps with the letters "LCC" printed in a calligraphic typeface on the front cover. This little booklet is illustrated with a photograph of, presumably, a young John Nash mounted inside the front cover. A tiny crease to the top left corner of the covers is the only flaw to mar this otherwise near fine copy.

First edition. First Edition.
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THE PHILIP M. NEUFELD COLLECTION: Manuscripts and Printed Books. Part I. Auction / Tuesday, April 25, 1995.... (Auction catalog)

By: (Neufeld, Philip M.). (Tanis, James)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Christie's, 1995.: 1995.

Seller ID: 20887

Condition: Very good

New York: Christie's, 1995.. 1995.. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in black pictorial wrappers. The wraps are rubbed & slightly bumped. 163 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. The contents are fine. Very good.

302 items are catalogued with estimated prices.
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THE PHILIP M. NEUFELD COLLECTION: Printed Books and Manuscripts. Part II. Auction Wednesday, April 26, 1995. (Catalog)

By: (Neufield, Philip M.; 1905-1990). Tanis, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Christie's East, 1995.: 1995.

Seller ID: 20818

Condition: Fine

New York: Christie's East, 1995.. 1995.. Fine. - Quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed. Unpaginated. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

Items 303 to 575 are catalogued, with estimated prices.
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A. EDWARD NEWTON / A COLLECTION OF HIS WORKS. Catalogue Number Eight

By: (Newton, A. Edward)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Newark, DE: Oak Knoll Books, circa [1978].: [1978].

Seller ID: 23214

Condition: Very good

Newark, DE: Oak Knoll Books, circa [1978].. [1978].. Very good. - 12mo, printed wraps. Unevenly faded. 38 pages. Portrait frontispiece. A very few ink marks, else very good.

195 Newton items are catalogued and priced.
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LIVRES PRECIEUX ET AUTOGRAPHES DES XVe ET XVIe SIECLES. Catalogue No. 2

By: (Nicolas Rauch S.A.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Mies (Vaud) Suisse: Nicolas Rauch S.A. Livres Precieux, (1949).: (1949).

Seller ID: 7194

Condition: Very good

Mies (Vaud) Suisse: Nicolas Rauch S.A. Livres Precieux, (1949).. (1949).. Very good. - Square octavo, printed cream wraps, in glassine. Lightly soiled with the front wrap foxed; the glassine is torn at the head of the spine. 189 & [2] pp. plus colophon. Color frontispiece & profuse facsimiles in black & white & black & red. The top page corners are lightly creased; the fore- edge & top & bottom edges are lightly foxed. Very good. //1/1350 copies.

175 items are catalogued & fully described with prices in Swiss francs.
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BOOKS FROM THE NORTH RIVER PRESS IN SPECIMEN PAGES. Together with Notes on the Specially Distributed Book & Information to Aid the Maker of Books

By: (North River Press). (McPharlin, Paul)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: The North River Press, (1947).: (1947).

Seller ID: 6995

Condition: Very good

New York: The North River Press, (1947).. (1947).. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in silver within blue on spine. The spine is slightly rubbed & darkened. 128 pp. with illustrations and ornaments. Very good.

From the library of Fridolf Johnson, with his signature and bookplate.
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150-ARS JUBILEUM 1843-1993. Damms Antikvariat (Claes Nyegaard). Katalog 648. (Catalog)

By: (Nyegaard, Claes)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Oslo: Lie & Co.s Boktrykkeri, 1993).: 1993).

Seller ID: 24028

Condition: Very good

(Oslo: Lie & Co.s Boktrykkeri, 1993).. 1993).. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial paper-covered boards. The boards are bumped. 199 & [1] pages. There is a small black mark to the fore-edge. Illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

811 items are catalogued, including books, manuscripts, art works, maps and bibles. The text is in Norwegian.
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SEAN O'CASEY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

By: (O'Casey, Sean). Ayling, Ronald; and Durkan, Michael J

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, (1978).: (1978).

Seller ID: 11580

ISBN: 029595566X

Condition: Very good

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, (1978).. (1978).. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped & there is some light spotting to the covers. The folds of the dust jacket are spotted & there is minor spotting & soiling to the rear panel. xxiii & 411 pages with an errata slip tipped in. Illustrated with a black- and-white facsimile frontispiece. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT / PARIS, 1900. Group I, Classes 1 & 3, First Floor. / I. Educational books printed at the Oxford University Press, and published for the University by Henry Frowde. II. Oxford Historical Society's Publications. III. English Dialect Society's Publications. IV. Pali Text Society's Publications. (Catalog)

By: (Oxford University Press)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Oxford: Henry Frowde, 1900.: 1900.

Seller ID: 5380

Condition: Very good

Oxford: Henry Frowde, 1900.. 1900.. Very good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in printed blue wraps. The overlapping corners of the wraps are creased with a chip out of the bottom corner of the front wrap. A label has been partially removed from the front wrap along the spine. 62 pages plus colophon. Very good.

Printed by Horace Hart.

Scarce.
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BOOKS AT IOWA. Number 36, April 1982

By: (Paluka, Frank; editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Iowa City, IA: Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries), 1982.: 1982.

Seller ID: 6291

Condition: Fine

(Iowa City, IA: Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries), 1982.. 1982.. Fine. - Octavo, pictorial dark green wraps. 66 & [1] pp. B&W illustrations. Small hand-written label on top corner of front wrap, else near fine.

This issue includes a checklist of The Toothpaste Press by Michael Peich.
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BOOKS AT IOWA. Number 29, November 1978

By: (Paluka, Frank; editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Iowa City, IA: Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries), 1978.: 1978.

Seller ID: 6293

Condition: Very good

(Iowa City, IA: Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries), 1978.. 1978.. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial light green wraps. Rear wrap slightly darkened along spine; small hand-written label on top corner of front wrap. 60 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good.

This issue includes a checklist of The Perishable Press Limited by Cynthia Bush.
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS 14. Fall 1970

By: (Parton, James; et al)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1970.: 1970.

Seller ID: 19132

Condition: Good

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1970.. 1970.. Good. - Large octavo [approximately 10 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative gray & white wrappers. The wraps are soiled with some small stains to the rear wrap & with a tiny tear to the front edge of the front wrap. The spine is darkened & foxed with the head & tail slightly chipped. 15 & [2] pages plus catalogs, illustrated in black & white, of 172 book, magazine and record album covers, and 132 children's books. The contents are very good.
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WILLIAM PICKERING PUBLISHER: A MEMOIR AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS PUBLICATIONS. Revised Edition.

By: (Pickering Press). Keynes, Geoffrey.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York: Burt Franklin, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 34999

Condition: Very good

New York: Burt Franklin, (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - Quarto, tan cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gilt on the front cover. Laid into its printed tan dustwrapper titled within red & black decorated frame with red device on the front panel. The covers are very slightly warped and the dw is lightly soiled with a few tiny chips to the top edge. 125 pp. with illustrations and decorations throughout. Very good.

Revised and updated from the original 1924 limited edition. Dust jacket present.
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Image for THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY - ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940. New York May Through October 1940. (Catalogue).

THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY - ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940. New York May Through October 1940. (Catalogue).

By: (Pierpont Morgan Library).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: (The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1940).: 1940).

Seller ID: 35299

Condition: Fine

- Quarto, printed green wraps titled with a vignette in black on the front wrap. Half-title, title & 41 pp. Illustrated with 9 plates, 5 of them in color. Fine.
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ANNALES PLANTINIENNES: Depuis la Fondation de l'Imprimerie Plantinienne a Anvers jusqu'a la Mort de Chr. Plantin (1555-1589). Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #127

By: (Plantin Press). Ruelens, C.; and de Backer, A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY: Burt Franklin, 1967.: 1967.

Seller ID: 31169

Condition: Fine

NY: Burt Franklin, 1967.. 1967.. Fine. - Octavo, burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the spine. 324 & 15 pp. Near fine.

Reprint of the 1866 edition.
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PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS / 1974. Edited by David Chambers

By: (Private Presses). Cave, Roderick; Chambers, David; and Hoy Peter, and Baker, Anthony

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Pinner, Middlesex, U.K.): Private Libraries Association, 1977.: 1977.

Seller ID: 6388

Condition: Fine

(Pinner, Middlesex, U.K.): Private Libraries Association, 1977.. 1977.. Fine. - Octavo, pictorial tan wraps. 78 pp. plus ads. Small area of soiling to last page of text. Illustrated in B&W. Near fine.

1/1200 copies.

Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.
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