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and other ornamental blocks. These reproductions provide a useful reference tool for studies in the printing
business and book trade in contemporary London. Distributed for Akihiro Yamada. [Order No. 75325]
325. Danforth Jr., Ted. PIETRO BEMBO: 'FOSTER FATHER' OF THE MODERN BOOK. New
York: The Typophiles, 2003, 6"x 9.5", paperback. 33+(1) pages. $30.00 $22.50
Typophile Monograph - New Series, Number 18. Amusingly, Pietro Bembo's name is known today for a text he
did not write and a type he did not design. But he had one of the most extraordinary careers of his age and is worth
remembering for his many contributions to the book and to literature, particularly in his association with Aldus in
the creation of the modern form of the book. In many ways Bembo was, to paraphrase a line of Ariosto, the "foster
father" of the book, and, like a modern father, was there assisting at its birth. Distributed for The Typophiles.
[Order No. 76549]
326. Barker, Nicolas. THE PLEASURES OF BIBLIOPHILY: FIFTY YEARS OF THE BOOK
COLLECTOR, AN ANTHOLOGY. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, 6.75 x 9.75 inches, cloth,
dust jacket. 320 pages. ISBN 9781584560975. $59.95 $44.96
First edition. The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as the one of the leading
authoritative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector's editor for
the past 37 years, has produced an anthology taking the best essays printed over the last 50 years and combining
them into one book. Many articles deal with particular collectors: J.R. Abbey (A.N.L. Munby and Anthony
Hobson), Chester Beatty (Christopher de Hamel), Martin Bodmer (B.H. Breslauer), John Cosin (A.I. Doyle), C.H.
Hartshorne and Richard Heber (Arnold Hunt), Philip Hofer (W.A. Jackson), Geoffrey Keynes (David McKitterick),
Narcissus Luttell (J.M. Osborn), Solomon Pottesman (Alan Thomas), Richard Rawlinson (B.J. Enright), and Harry
Widener (Arthur Freeman). A number of other essays are concerned with particular books, authors, or related
topics. This work also examines notable books, including the first edition of the infamous Fanny Hill, and also
portrays the personalities of a number of famous collectors, from Richard Heber and Sir Thomas Phillipps, to
Chester Beatty, Martin Bodmer and Philip Hofer. Co-published with the British Library. Sales Rights: North and
South America; available elsewhere from The British Library [Order No. 72296]
327. (Poetry Bookshop) Woolmer, J. Howard. POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935: A BIBLIO-
GRAPHY. Revere, PA and Winchester, England: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies,
1988, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages. ISBN 0913506192. $75.00 $56.25
With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. Founded in 1912 in London by Harold Munro, the Poetry Bookshop
was one of the most important of these smaller houses, publishing books by Robert Graves, Richard Aldington,
Ford Madox Hueffer, F. S. Flint, Eleanor Farjeon and others as well as the popular and important series of
anthologies, Georgian Poetry. The Bookshop also published three series of rhyme sheets, two periodicals, and
several series of Christmas cards, most of them with color illustrations by well-known illustrators. The firm also
maintained an open shop that carried poetical works of other British publishers. This bibliography describes all the
books, chapbooks, rhyme sheets, periodicals and most of the ephemera in detail. With more than 50
black-and-white illustrations as well as seven color plates including a foldout and tipped-in Christmas card.
Distributed by Oak Knoll Press. [Order No. 50295]
328. Vander Meulen, David L. POPE'S DUNCIAD OF 1728, A HISTORY AND FACSIMILE.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia and The New York Public Library,
1991, 8vo., cloth, paper cover and spine labels. xvii, 174 pages. ISBN 0813912687. $40.00 $30.00
A comprehensive account of the composition and production of the first edition of Pope's Dunciad, accompanied
by a photofacsimile of a copy recording Pope's original manuscript readings. The appendixes identify hundreds of
textual changes Pope introduced in the later 1728 printings and record the names with which pirate printers filled
Pope's blanks. Award-winning design by Warren Chappell. [Order No. 53823]
329. Hewes, Lauren B. and Caroline F. Sloat. PORTRAITS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 2004, 8vo.,
cloth, dust jacket. 408 pages. ISBN 1929545150. $49.95 $37.46
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