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<strong>Books</strong> <strong>about</strong> <strong>Books</strong><br />
1. AB BOOKMAN’S YEARBOOK, 1949–1990. Newark, NJ: Antiquarian<br />
Bookman, 1956–2000, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. $ 150.00<br />
Set of 33 issues (in 52 volumes) of this important annual. Many issues have two volumes. Each issue<br />
contains articles dealing with bookselling and lists of books available from various booksellers and<br />
publishers. [103895]<br />
2. (Albright, Ivan) Croydon, Michael. IVAN ALBRIGHT. New York: Abbeville<br />
Press, (1978), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 308 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition. Full of illustrations including many in color. Presentation from Albright on title page.<br />
Minor chipping of jacket. Some soiling of title page. Small stamp of art museum at bottom of title<br />
page. [102979]<br />
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3. (Alembic Press) Bolton, Claire. AWA GAMI, JAPANESE HANDMADE PA<br />
PERS FROM FUJI MILLS, TOKUSHIMA. Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1991, 8vo.,<br />
stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 320 copies. This book gives a history of papermaking at the Fuji Paper Mill and the Fujimori<br />
family, who for seven generations have been making fine Japanese paper on the island of Shikoku.<br />
Machine set in Spectrum and printed on handmade Japanese paper. Bound in Japanese style with a<br />
specially dyed cover paper. Contains 22 paper specimens. Illustrated by Yasusuke Nyuko. [35528]<br />
4. Andrews, William Loring. JEAN GROLIER DE SERVIER VISCOUNT<br />
d’AGUISY, SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE. New York: The DeVinne Press, 1892,<br />
8vo., original gilt-decorated blue cloth. 68 pages with 14 beautiful colored plates.<br />
$ 600.00<br />
First edition, limited to 140 copies printed on hand-made paper and ten on Japan. With a number<br />
of well executed plates showing famous Grolier bindings, some of which are in color. Minor cover<br />
rubbing. Two inch tear in front free endpaper along gutter. [20307]<br />
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5. Andrews, William Loring. BIBLIOPEGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND<br />
KINDRED SUBJECTS. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1902, 8vo., paper-covered<br />
boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. xx, 129 pages. $ 475.00<br />
First edition, limited to 177 copies. (Mejer 643; Appleton p.77; Brenni no.1216). Printed by the Gilliss<br />
Press. One of the most important books written on the subject of American binding. Contains 30<br />
plates of bindings including some in color. Andrews, in his introduction, calls attention to the two<br />
methods used to reproduce color in the plates; three color illustrations were printed from relief<br />
plates; the other color plates were produced by applying the color directly to the plate. The half-tone<br />
reproductions were made directly from the books themselves, a method which Andrews’ notes is the<br />
first successful attempt to apply this method in a book. Includes designs and engravings by Sidney L.<br />
Smith. Bookplate. Ownership inscription in pencil. [44838]<br />
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6. Andrews, William Loring. GOSSIP ABOUT BOOK COLLECTING. Two<br />
volumes. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1900, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers, outer<br />
stiff paper wrapper with designs on spine, top edges gilt. (x),98; viii,102 pages.<br />
$ 550.00<br />
First edition, limited to 157 copies of which this is one of the 116 printed on Holland paper for<br />
subscribers. (Duschnes 40; Webber 20) With 5 plates in the first volume and 7 plates in the second<br />
volume; five of which are in color. Beautifully printed by the Gilliss Press. Because of Andrews’ interest<br />
in bookbinding, many of the articles in the book are on bookbinding and bookbinders. Andrews was a<br />
founder of of the Grolier Club and founder and president of the Society of Iconophiles. His collection<br />
was sold to a dealer shortly before his death. Andrews has hand-written a quote <strong>about</strong> books on the free<br />
endpaper above his signature and he has added “Written for Mrs. N.N. Hooper, Feb 2nd 1903.” With<br />
Hooper’s bookplate. Outer stiff paper wrappers are soiled and rubbed on spine. Jacket flaps have age<br />
darkened endpaper (as usual). Very scarce. [77]<br />
7. Austin, A. C. PRACTICAL HALF-TONE AND TRI-COLOR ENGRAVING.<br />
Buffalo, NY: The Professional Photographer Publishing Co., 1898, 8vo., cloth. 158,<br />
(2) pages, 20 plates and 2 charts. $ 150.00<br />
The introduction states “This work is intended to be taken seriously, as one of instruction in practical<br />
half-tone and tri-color reproduction by such methods as are used in my everyday practice.” Extremely<br />
well-illustrated with plates in both color and black-and-white, as well as line drawings in the text. The<br />
two colour charts are found in the rear pocket. Light wear. With the bookplate and pencil signature of<br />
Gavin Bridson. [98135]<br />
8. Baddeley, John F. RUSSIA, MONGOLIA, CHINA. Being some Record of the<br />
Relations between them from the beginning of the XVIIth Century to the Death of<br />
the Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich A.D. 1602–1676. Rendered mainly in the form of the<br />
Narratives dictated or written by the Envoys sent by the Russian Tsars, or their<br />
Voevodas in Siberia to the Kalmuk and Mongol Khans & Princes; and to the<br />
Emperors of China. With Introductions, Historical and Geographical Also a Series<br />
of Maps showing the progress of Geographical Knowledge in regard to Northern<br />
Asia During the XVIth, XVIIth, & early XVIIIth Centuries. The Texts taken more<br />
especially from Manuscripts in the Moscow Foreign Office Archives. Two volumes.<br />
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d., small folio, cloth. 15,ccclxv,(ii); xii,445,(2) pages.<br />
$ 650.00<br />
With black-and-white plates as the frontispieces. Text is in English, although the final section of Volume<br />
I is comprised entirely of Russian texts. Contains a bibliography and index, as well as some maps. With<br />
sections on Russian historical and geographical knowledge, the aforementioned Russian texts, and in<br />
Volume II, the letters and records of the Russian ambassadors to Mongolia and China. Minor rubbing<br />
at corners, with a small tear at head of spine of Volume I. Page edges soiled in some areas. [103929]<br />
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9. Barreswil, MM. et Davanne. CHIMIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, CONTENANT<br />
LES ÉLÉMENTS DE CHIMIE EXPLIQUÉS PAR DES EXAMPLES EMPRUNTÉS<br />
A LA PHOTOGRAPHIE:. Les Procédés de Photographie sur Glace (Collodion<br />
Humide, sec ou Albuniné), sur Papiers, sur Plaques; La Maniére de Préparer soi-<br />
Même, d’Essayer, D’Employer tous les Béacties et d’Uniliser les Résidus, etc.;.<br />
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1864, thick 8vo., modern marbled<br />
paper-covered boards, paper spine label. xx, 580 pages. $ 350.00<br />
Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrations in the text. With the bookplate and pencil signature<br />
of Gavin Bridson. Occasional spotting along edge and with a spot in the text showing in the last few<br />
leaves. Corner of title page clipped off (not affecting text). [98149]<br />
10. (Baskin, Leonard) Francis, Robert. THE PUMPKIN MAN. N.P.: Paul W.<br />
Carman, 1986, broadside (27.5 x 12.5 inches) in wooden frame behind specially<br />
treated UV protected Plexi-glass. $ 175.00<br />
Limited to 150 numbered copies of which this is one of 100 on Magnani paper. A large broadside of a<br />
poem by Robert Francis illustrated with an original woodcut portrait of the poet by Leonard Baskin.<br />
The Woodcut was commissioned for this piece. Printed by Wild Carrot Letterpress to honor the poet<br />
on his 85th birthday in 1986. Nicely framed. [102817]<br />
11. Beazley, C. Raymond. THE DAWN OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. New York:<br />
Peter Smith, 1949, 8vo., cloth. (xvi), 538; (xix), 651; (xvi), 638 pages. $ 175.00<br />
Volume one is a reprint of the 1897 edition, it covers such topics as early pilgrimages from Justinian<br />
to Mohammed, commercial and missionary travel and geographical theory, A.D. 300–900. Volume<br />
two is a reprint of the 1901 edition, it covers the central Middle Ages, exploration, travel and sciences,<br />
A.D. 900–1260. Volume three is a reprint of the 1906 edition, including mission and pilgrim travelers,<br />
maritime exploration and geographical theory, A.D.1260–1420. All three volumes have black-andwhite<br />
illustrations of the principal maps of the times, appendices and indexes. The three volumes have<br />
minor wear, soiling, and staining to the covers, page edges and spines [103942]<br />
12. (Beethoven, Ludwig van) Beethoven, Ludwig van. SINFONIE. (Leipzig: Fr.<br />
Ristner & C. F. W. Siegel, 1924, folio, cloth, top edge gilt. not paginated. $ 250.00<br />
Written in German. A collection of facsimiles of Beethoven’s sheet music, with nearly 400 facsimiles.<br />
Corners and spine ends rubbed, with some cloth missing on upper left half of spine and some near the<br />
top 2 1/2 inches of rear joint. Soiling and marking on covers. Other extremities slightly worn. Crack<br />
on bottom of front hinge and small tear on bottom of front endpaper. With a bookplate on the front<br />
pastedown. [103015]<br />
13. BEMROSE & SONS LIMITED. PRINTERS. Derby and London: Bemrose &<br />
Sons, Ltd., n.d. (20th century), 4to., folder with flaps in which the demonstration<br />
plates are loosely inserted. $ 250.00<br />
Folder of material given out by this renowned English printing company to demonstrate the various<br />
facets of their business. Loosely inserted is a card on which is printed “With the compliments of Mesrs.<br />
Bemrose & Sons Ltd.” This is followed by various sizes of specimen sheets demonstrating different<br />
processes. Included are printing on parchment, raised impressions, embossed impressions, color<br />
printing, collotype, colored collotype, photo-chromotype, granotype, block printing, color block<br />
printing, etc. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Wear along edges of folder. [102972]<br />
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14. BIBLIOGRAPHICA, PAPERS ON BOOKS THEIR HISTORY AND ART.<br />
Twelve parts complete bound in three volumes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench,<br />
Trubner & Co, 1895–1897, thick 4to., contemporary quarter leather with brown<br />
cloth, top edges gilt, with original paper wrappers bound-in. $ 750.00<br />
Limited to 850 copies. See S-K 1722 and others for contributions to this periodical. A complete set of<br />
one of the most important periodicals devoted to books. Printed on handmade paper and profusely<br />
illustrated with some in chromolithography. (Ulrich & Kup p.16). An examination of a sampling of<br />
articles in the first volume show that many of the most noted authorities wrote for this periodical;<br />
such names as W.Y. Fletcher, Charles Elton, Andrew Lang, Octave Uzanne, R. Proctor, S.T. Prideaux,<br />
E. Gordon Duff, Falconer Madan, Paul Kristeller, Laurence Housman and William Morris. Includes<br />
many articles on bookbinding by Fletcher and Davenport. A wealth of information for the bibliophile.<br />
Covers rubbed with minor spotting but a well-preserved set. Bookplate. [443]<br />
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15. (Bibliography) LETTRES D’UN BIBLIOGRAPHE. DEUXIÈME SÉRIE.<br />
ORNÉES DE FAC-SIMILE. Versailles: Imprimerie de E. Aubert, 1873, tall 8vo.,<br />
contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, five raised<br />
bands, spine compartments decorated in gilt, top edge marbled. xv, 133 pages.<br />
$ 250.00<br />
The first series was issued in 1868. Preface followed by 15 articles on bibliography: William Caxton a-t-il<br />
imprimé le De Proprietatibus rerum? Témoinage de Wynkyn de Worde; De l’édition du De Remediis<br />
utriusque fortunae, de Pétraque, imprimeé par H. Eggestein. Ellse est la première, car elle est d’après<br />
un manuscrit; A quelle école Nicolas Jenson a-t-il appris l’imprimerie? Deuz notes à ce sujet, l’une<br />
donnée par de Boze et l’autre conservée à la Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, dans l’armoire de fer, etc. Covers<br />
rubbed with wear along edges. Light foxing. [102520]<br />
16. (Bird & Bull Press) Baronio, Giuseppe. ON GRAFTING IN ANIMALS<br />
(DEGLI INNESTI ANIMALI). Translated by Joan Bond Sax. Boston: The Boston<br />
Medical Library, 1985, tall 8vo., quarter green morocco with decorated papercovered<br />
boards, leather spine label. 87, (5) pages. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 325 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press (Taylor B-32). With<br />
an Historical Introduction by Robert M. Goldwyn. The first edition of 1804 was the first book on skin<br />
transplant. [103778]<br />
17. (Bird & Bull Press) Durfort, Claire De. OURIKA. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor,<br />
1977, 4to., quarter leather over paste paper-covered boards. 65 pages. $ 200.00<br />
Limited to 500 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press on Green’s Hayle paper, with<br />
the paste paper made by Morris and the binding executed by Gray Parrot. (Taylor B6). Translated into<br />
English with an introduction and epilogue by John Fowles who has signed all copies. A thoughtful story<br />
<strong>about</strong> a black woman, adopted and raised as a lady in French society and then left on her own without<br />
funds. [33038]<br />
18. (Bird & Bull Press) Kamph, Jamie. A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO<br />
BOOKBINDING. New Castle: <strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Knoll</strong> <strong>Books</strong>, 1982, 8vo., cloth-backed boards.<br />
40, (4) pages. $ 275.00<br />
S-K 1622. Limited to 250 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. A binder’s<br />
comments on what to look for in quality binding; written for the collector. [5882]<br />
19. (Bird & Bull Press) Simpson, Henry I. AN EMIGRANT’S GUIDE TO THE<br />
GOLD MINES. Haverford: Headframe Publishing Co., 1978, 8vo., leather spine,<br />
marbled paper-covered boards. 81 pages, foldout map. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Taylor B11). A reprint of this early example of Gold Rush literature<br />
with a Prologue and Epilogue by Franz R. Dykstra explaining the significance and true value of this<br />
early guide book. Designed and printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press and printed on Bird<br />
& Bull paper. Bound by E.G. Parrot. Bookplate on front pastedown and on free endpaper. [102447]<br />
20. Bland, David. HISTORY OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION, THE ILLUMINATED<br />
MANUSCRIPT AND THE PRINTED BOOK. London: Faber and Faber, (1958),<br />
4to., cloth, dust jacket. 448 pages. $ 190.00<br />
First edition. With over 400 illustrations of which twenty are in color. Besides the historical<br />
development of the art of book illustration, Bland discusses the impact of modern methods. Jacket<br />
chipped. [64691]<br />
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21. (Bocquet, Edward) JUNIUS. STAT NOMINIS UMBRA. ILLUSTRATED BY<br />
MR. EDWARD BOCQUET. London: Gale, Curtis, & Fenner, 1813, small 4to., full<br />
red calf, gilt spine in six panels with raised bands, gilt decorative border and blind<br />
stamped border on front and back overs, gilt inner dentelles, two large gilt fans on<br />
front and back covers, all edges gilt. (xxiv), 364 pages. $ 350.00<br />
Printed by L.M. Dowall and containing twelve full-page plates executed by Bocquet for this book. The<br />
plates show William Draper, Duke of Grafton, Marquis of Rockingham, Blackstone, George III, Lord<br />
North, Lord Bute, Mr. Tooke, Lord Chatham, Mr. Wilkes, Lord Mansfield and Lord Camden. Recased<br />
with original spine laid down on newer leather. Scuffed in places. Bookplate. [102747]<br />
22. (Bookbinding) Adam, Paul. PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING . Translated from<br />
the German by Thos. E. Maw. London: Scott, Greenwood & Co., 1903, 8vo., cloth.<br />
viii, 184, 32 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition in English. (Mejer 1580; Brenni no.70). Excellent book on bookbinding; covers sewing,<br />
forwarding, boarding, making the cover, hand finishing, etc. Bookplate and name in ink on free<br />
endpaper. Ownership inscription in pencil. Scarce title. [14310]<br />
23. (Bookbinding) Andrews, William L. and William Matthews. A SHORT<br />
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. WITH A<br />
DESCRIPTION OF PROMINENT STYLES BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS. N.P.:<br />
William L. Andrews and William Matthews, 1895, 12mo., original stiff paper<br />
wrappers. 45 pages. $ 350.00<br />
(S-K 1820; Mejer 181; Brenni 315). This is one of the 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Five illustrations<br />
of bindings. Chip out of spine covering. Small stain along bottom edge. Ownership inscription in<br />
pencil. Scarce title. [102653]<br />
24. (Bookbinding) Battershall, Fletcher. BOOKBINDING FOR BIBLIOPHILES,<br />
BEING NOTES ON SOME TECHNICAL FEATURES OF THE WELL BOUND<br />
BOOK FOR THE AID OF CONNOISSEURS, TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF<br />
GOLD TOOLING, ANCIENT AND MODERN. Greenwich: The Literary Collector<br />
Press, 1905, 8vo., original paper-covered boards, original paper spine and cover<br />
labels. (xii), 132 pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. (Mejer no.1607). Divided into<br />
two sections; forwarding and finishing with detailed discussion of each of the parts making up the art<br />
of bookbinding. Covers soiled with piece of spine covering lacking at bottom of spine. Spine label<br />
partially chipped away. [11888]<br />
25. (Bookbinding) Bosquet, Em. LA RELIURE, ETUDES D’UN PRATICIEN<br />
SUR L’HISTOIRE ET LA TECHNOLOGIE DE L’ART DU RELIEUR-DOREUR.<br />
Avec une Lettre-Preface de M. Leon Gruel. Paris: Imprimerie Générale Lahure,<br />
1894, tall 8vo., later cloth with original front paper wrapper bound-in (which is<br />
worn with pieces missing), paper spine label. (iv), ii, 188, (2) pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. (Mejer no.23; not in Brenni). Contains 24 plates. Name “Roland Baughman” stamped on<br />
front of cover. Ownership inscription in pencil. [102752]<br />
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26. (Bookbinding) Brunet, Gustave. RÉLIURE ANCIENNE ET MODÈRNE,<br />
RÉCUEIL DE 116 PLANCHES. Paris: Paul Daffis, 1878, folio, contemporary half<br />
calf, five raised bands, top edge gilt, with original front wrapper bound-in at end.<br />
viii, 8 pages followed by 116 full-page plates. $ 650.00<br />
First edition. (Mejer no.27; Brenni no.282). A collection of 116 photo engravings of the finest examples<br />
of French bookbinding produced from the 16th to 19th centuries. Compiled by one of France’s most<br />
renowned bibliophiles, the reproductions portray works executed with lavish attention to detail by<br />
master bookbinders such as Padeloup, Clovis and Nicolas Eve, le Gascon, and Nicolas Derome. In<br />
addition, these works of art belonged to notables such as Jean Grolier, Francois Ier, Diane de Poitiers,<br />
Louis XIII, Mazarin, and Cosimo de Medicis, to name a few, and so their value rendered them<br />
inaccessible to the scrutiny of most bibliophiles. Therefore, through the precisely reproduced plates<br />
in this album, Brunet intended to give bibliophiles the opportunity to acquire a deeper knowledge of<br />
the details and artistry of the original bindings and also to appreciate the progress of the art through<br />
the centuries. In red, brown, or black-and-white, the plates are from the Bibliophile Français (1808–<br />
1873). Keyed to the plates is a descriptive table, of which thirty-one more important and distinctive<br />
works receive enhanced descriptions. Foreword, introduction and table handsomely printed with<br />
wide margins. Booklabel of Miss Ann Ingersoll Meigs who has signed and dated (December 1883) this<br />
copy on the half-title. Covers show wear around edges and tips with part of leather chipped away at<br />
the bottom of the spine. Has been skillyfull rebacked with original leather spine laid down on newer<br />
matching leather. Free endpaper partially detached. Ownership inscription in pencil [14388]<br />
27. (Bookbinding) Clarkson, Christopher. LIMP VELLUM BINDING. N.P.: n.p.,<br />
n.d., 4to., limp plastic wrappers. (iii), 178 printed on one side only. $ 250.00<br />
Produced in typescript. “Aided in part by The Council on Library Resources., Washington, D.C.”<br />
An expanded version of the private press version which came out in 1982 in 200 copies. The flood of<br />
Florence in 1966 prompted Clarkson to analyze limp vellum bindings of the early sixteenth century<br />
after many thousand of books had been damaged. He found the vellum bindings survived in a better<br />
state in comparison to the others and he developed a tentative set of criteria for establishing standards<br />
in rare book conservation. It is illustrated with line drawings of examples of the binding process and<br />
it lists the basic terminology for limp and semi-limp vellum bindings. 33 illustrations. We can not find<br />
that this was ever published. Ownership inscription in pencil. [102698]<br />
28. (Bookbinding) DANISH EIGHTEEN CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730–1780.<br />
With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk.<br />
102 Plates. Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers, 1930, 4to., cloth-backed<br />
marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 53 pages followed by<br />
the plates. $ 400.00<br />
First edition. (Brenni no.482). Reproductions of well over 100 bindings with many in full color. Some<br />
rubbing along extremities. Text in English with summary in Danish. Jacket chipped with small pieces<br />
missing. Ownership inscription in pencil. Unusual to find in jacket. [71416]<br />
29. (Bookbinding) Dreis, Hazel. THE HAND BOUND BOOK. Drawings by<br />
Edwin Manheim and Ruth Williams. Photography by Josephine Banks. N.P.: n.p.,<br />
n.d., 4to., manuscript holder with heavy fabric covered boards. (iii), 180 leaves<br />
followed by 3 leaves containing handwritten notes on photographs. $ 250.00<br />
Unpublished typescript of this book <strong>about</strong> bookbinding by the bookbinder, Hazel Dreis. Hazel Dreis<br />
was born before the turn of the century and studied bookbinding in Paris and in England with Roger<br />
de Coverley. She was a Master of the (English) Bookbinder’s Guild and a member of the (American)<br />
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Guild of Bookworkers. She was on the binding staff of the Library of Congress and the Folger Library<br />
and worked with a number of private presses (Grabhorn, Anderson Ward Ritchie). She died in 1963.<br />
This book is dedicated to de Coverley. Corrections throughout in ink. [102966]<br />
30. (Bookbinding) Foot, Mirjam M. THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT, A COLLECTION<br />
OF BOOKBINDINGS. VOLUME II. Volume II, A Catalogue of North-European<br />
Bindings. London: The British Library, (1983), small 4to., cloth with leather spine<br />
label. 368 pages. $ 200.00<br />
First edition. (S-K 1241). Covers bindings made in the British Isles, the Netherlands (including<br />
Belgium), Germany, Austria and Denmark. There are 368 entries with excellent bibliographical notes<br />
on each binding and the binders who executed them. Each entry has an accompanying illustration,<br />
many occupying a full-page. An excellent reference work, finely printed by The Stinehour Press.<br />
Prospectus loosely inserted. [2542]<br />
p r e s e n tat i o n copy<br />
31. (Bookbinding) Foot, Mirjam M. THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT, A COLLECTION<br />
OF BOOKBINDINGS. Volume I. London: The British Library, (1978), 4to., quarter<br />
red leather over cloth. 352 pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition. Covers bindings made in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain,<br />
Germany and Italy. Highlights of the Gift collection are described in much bibliographical detail<br />
followed by long notes on both the binding and the binder. Contains thirty-six full-page illustrations.<br />
A tantalizing introduction to this fabulous collection. Spotted along outer edges of covers. [72045]<br />
32. (Bookbinding) Gauffecourt, Jean-Vincent Capronnier De. TRAITE DE LA<br />
RELIEURE DES LIVRES. A Bilingual Treatise on Bookbinding Translated from<br />
the French by Claude Benaiteau. With an Introduction by John P. Chalmers. Edited<br />
by Elaine B. Smyth. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987, tall 8vo., quarter cloth over<br />
boards, paper spine label. 130, (4) pages. $ 145.00<br />
Limited to 300 copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt White mouldmade paper. A reprint of the very<br />
scarce first edition of this French bookbinding manual, printed by its author in 1763. Translated into<br />
English and with a long introduction giving background information on the author and the manual.<br />
Well printed by W. Thomas Taylor. [20856]<br />
33. (Bookbinding) Goldschmidt, E.Ph. GOTHIC & RENAISSANCE BOOK<br />
BINDINGS EXEMPLIFIED AND ILLUSTRATED FROM THE AUTHOR’S<br />
COLLECTION. Two volumes. Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf and Amsterdam: N. Israel,<br />
1967, 4to., cloth. (x),370; viii pages followed by 110 full page plates. $ 475.00<br />
S-K 2766. Reprint of 1928 first edition. Limited to 600 sets. With over 200 illustrations in collotype<br />
and in color. The most definitive work done on bindings executed in the period 1400 to 1600. Minor<br />
fading of covers. [39529]<br />
34. (Bookbinding) Greenhill, Elizabeth. ELIZABETH GREENHILL, BOOK<br />
BINDER, A CATALOGUE RAISONNE. Frenich: K.D. Duval, 1986, 4to., cloth,<br />
glassine wrapper. 111 pages. $ 135.00<br />
First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Has an autobiographical chapter by Greenhill, articles<br />
on Greenhill by Harthan, Harrop and Foot on Greenhill’s bindings in the British Museum. Well<br />
illustrated with most bindings shown in full color. [16384]<br />
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35. (Bookbinding) Hannett, John. BIBLIOPEGIA; OR, THE ART OF BOOK<br />
BINDING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS.<br />
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1865, 12mo., original cloth. Frontispiece; (ii),<br />
iv, 410, (2) pages. $ 300.00<br />
Sixth edition, the best edition. (S-K 7270 for first edition; Mejer no.194; Brenni no.38). With a total of<br />
23 plates. The first part of the book deals in the history of the subject and the second part is a practical<br />
manual. A practical guide to the art of bookbinding with chapters on forwarding, sewing, backing, etc.<br />
and practical formulas for the making of dyes, marbled paper, instruction in the use of tools, and any<br />
other facts necessary for the binding of a book. Lacks the leaves that contains pages 5–8. Ownership<br />
inscription in pencil. [102672]<br />
36. (Bookbinding) Helwig, Hellmuth. DAS DEUTSCHE BUCHBINDER-<br />
HANDWERK, HANDWERKS-UND KULTURGESCHICHTE. Two volumes.<br />
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1962, 1965, 8vo., cloth, dust jackets. xx,351+(1);<br />
xxiii,428 pages. $ 225.00<br />
S-K 7781. First editions. “A monumental social history of the German bookbinding trade.” Over 50<br />
illustrations in the text. [37365]<br />
37. (Bookbinding) Hertzberg, Ernst. FORTY-FOUR YEARS AS A BOOKBINDER.<br />
Chicago: Ernst Hertzberg and Sons (Monastery Hill Bindery), 1933, 8vo., threequarter<br />
morocco. 64, (2) pages. $ 135.00<br />
First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. (Not in Brenni). Six plates, four of which show bindings<br />
executed by this firm. This copy is numbered but not signed. Scarce book which makes us wonder if the<br />
limitation is correct. Covers rubbed along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil [3403]<br />
38. (Bookbinding) THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING 525–1950 A.D., AN<br />
EXHIBITION HELD AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. Baltimore:<br />
Walter Art Gallery, 1957, 4to., cloth. xi, 275 pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition, limited to 3000 copies. 56 pages of plates. A valuable reference book on the subject of<br />
binding. [71267]<br />
o n e of 25 copies<br />
39. (Bookbinding) Hobson, G.D. MAIOLI, CANEVARI AND OTHERS. London:<br />
Ernest Benn, 1926, 4to., publishers full brown pigskin, top edge gilt. xvi, 178 pages<br />
of text with 64 full page plates. $ 1,500.00<br />
First edition, this being one of 25 numbered deluxe copies. The deluxe copies were specially bound<br />
and printed on hand made paper. With six of the plates in color. An historical account of plaquette<br />
bindings, Architectural bindings, and studies of the binders Maiolus, Failareto, Canevari, and Farnese.<br />
Ownership inscription in pencil. [71168]<br />
40. (Bookbinding) Hobson, G.D. LES RELIURES À LA FANFARE, LE PRO<br />
BLÈME DE L’S FERMÉ. Amsterdam: Gérard Th. van Heusden, 1970, 4to., cloth.<br />
(xx), 152, (ii), 17 pages. $ 175.00<br />
(S-K 3704). Second edition, limited to 600 copies. Actually a reprint of the 1935 edition with an<br />
additional supplement by Hobson at the end. (Brenni no.570). With illustrations in the text and 37<br />
full page plates, a number of which are in full color. The best history and pictorial representation of<br />
this intricately stamped pattern of binding. The book is beautifully produced by the Chiswick Press.<br />
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Hobson was one of the greatest authorities on the general field of bookbinding that lived during the<br />
early 20th century. His pioneering work on Romanesque period binding, English gold-tooled bindings<br />
of the 17th and 18th centuries and France of the 16th century and his work on panel stamps of English<br />
bindings of the 16th century gained him an international reputation. Hobson was part owner of<br />
Sotheby’s, the auction house. Foxed along inner margins. Bumped at head of spine. [37539]<br />
41. (Bookbinding) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BOOKBINDING<br />
MATERIALS, AND SPECIMENS OF BRASS TYPES AND HANDLE LETTERS,<br />
MANUFACTURED BY H.W. CASLON & CO., LETTER FOUNDERS, 82 & 83,<br />
CHISWELL STREET, LONDON. London: H.W. Caslon & Co., n.d. (circa 1901),<br />
small 4to., maroon cloth, title within a decorative border on front cover, all edges<br />
stained red. 70 pages. $ 650.00<br />
Includes borders, ornaments, bookbinding equipment, gold-blocking, marbling, presses, tools, etc.<br />
Faint spot at top of front cover. Ownership inscription in pencil. [101386]<br />
42. (Bookbinding) Kersten, Paul. DER EXAKTE BUCHEINBAND, DER GUTE<br />
HALBRFRANZBAND DER KÜNSTLERISCHE, GANZLEDERBAND, DIE<br />
HANDVERGOLDUNG, DER EINBAND MIT ECHTEN BÜNDE, DER<br />
PERGAMENTBAND. Halle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1929, 8vo., later half leather with<br />
decorated paper covered boards. iv, 162 pages followed by 24 full-page plates of<br />
binding ornaments and illustrations of bindings.. $ 165.00<br />
Fifth edition, revised and enlarged (Mejer no.1874; Brenni 233). Contains 138 text illustrations, 24 plates<br />
and 32 paper specimens; the paper specimens are lacking from this copy. Covers soiled. [102694]<br />
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43. (Bookbinding) Kyriss, Ernst. VERZIERTE GOTISCHE EINBANDE IM<br />
ALTEN DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET. Four volumes, complete. Stuttgart:<br />
Max Hettler, 1951, 1954, 1956. 1958, tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 160; 185; 137; 157<br />
pages. $ 850.00<br />
First edition. (Brenni no.698, Schmidt-Künsemüller no. 259). The best study of decorated Gothic<br />
bookbindings in the libraries of German speaking countries. The three later volumes have 364 plates<br />
in which a binding is reproduced on one side of the page and enlarged reproductions of specific tools<br />
are shown on the other side of the page. Important reference work. Some chipping and age yellowing<br />
of covers. [102759]<br />
44. (Bookbinding) Londenberg, Kurt. IGNATZ WIEMELER, WERKVER<br />
ZEICHNIS. Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1990, 4to., cloth, cardboard<br />
slipcase. 295 pages. $ 250.00<br />
Describes over 250 books bound by this renowned bookbinder. Well-illustrated throughout. In<br />
German, with introduction by Monroe Wheeler in German and in English. [61967]<br />
45. (Bookbinding) Maggs 1075. BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES,<br />
SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Two volumes. London: Maggs<br />
Bros., 1987, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 533 pages. $ 225.00<br />
Catalogue 1075 issued by this firm. Detailed descriptions of 382 bindings with plates throughout (many<br />
in color). [38666]<br />
46. (Bookbinding) Mairet, F. (NOTICE SUR LA LITHOGRAPHIE, SUIVIE<br />
D’UN) ESSAI SUR LA RELIURE ET LE BLANCHIMENT DES LIVRES ET<br />
GRAVURES. (Chatillon-sur-Seine): n.p., 1824, 8vo., later cloth. pp.68–228.<br />
$ 1,000.00<br />
Mairet’s Essai sur la Reliure was the major portion of Notice sur la Lithographie. The lithographic portion<br />
occupied the first 67 pages and had 5 plates (lacking in this copy). The essay on bookbinding is very early<br />
for the subject (SK-7284; Pollard 52). It was added to this second edition of the lithography title and was<br />
first printed here. Our copy is excised from this book. A handwritten note states that a previous owner<br />
bought it from L.W. Bondy, a London bookseller. Bigmore & Wyman considered the book rare when<br />
they printed thier bibliography of printing. According to Pollard “Mairet was born in 1786; he became<br />
a binder and paper dealer in Dijon until 1821 when he set up as a paper manufacturere in Fontenoy near<br />
Montbard . . .” Bookplate and ownership inscription in pencil.[102967]<br />
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47. (Bookbinding) A MASTER’S BIBLIOPHILE BINDINGS, TINI MIURA,<br />
1980–1990. Tokyo: Kyoiku Shoseki Ltd., (1990), folio, cloth, slipcase, color mailing<br />
box. 199 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition (Japanese version). About 300 color plates depicting 177 mostly full leather bindings<br />
designed and made by Mrs. Miura, an additional 24 designed by her, various posters for exhibitions,<br />
and several groups of photographs showing her and her assistants performing various binding<br />
operations in her Tokyo workshop. Miura’s bindings are generally in a modern “French” or artistic<br />
style, often reminiscent of Art Nouveau or Deco. The binding illustrations mostly show full covers<br />
and backings, but occasionally include endpapers, dust jackets, or other features. Several bindings are<br />
actually multi-volume sets, and some include slipcases. Entries provide bibliographic descriptions of<br />
work bound, specifics of binding (material, construction, size), and briefly characterize the design.<br />
With biographical sketch, chronology of the activities of the artist 1980–1991, index, and afterword by<br />
Mrs. Miura. Most of the text is in Japanese with English sub-titles. Signed by Miura on title page. With<br />
handwritten notes loosely inserted. [62412]<br />
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48. (Bookbinding) McDonnell, Joseph and Patrick Healy. GOLD-TOOLED<br />
BOOKBINDINGS COMMISSIONED BY TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN IN<br />
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Ireland: Irish Georgian Society, (1987), 4to.,<br />
cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 340 pages. $ 140.00<br />
First edition. Volume 1 of Studies in the History of Irish Bookbinding. A fascinating study of Trinity<br />
College’s influence on the production of fine bookbinding during the eighteenth century. This<br />
work discusses the development of the New Library, the Printing House, the relationship between<br />
the College and the Dublin book trade, and the Binders they used and their styles. There is also an<br />
illustrated catalogue of 102 bindings and reproductions of over 500 binders tools. Of interest to the<br />
practicing binder and the historian alike. [26133]<br />
49. (Bookbinding) Needham, Paul. TWELVE CENTURIES OF BOOKBINDINGS<br />
400–1600. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, 4to., stiff paper wrappers.<br />
xxvii, 338 pages. $ 200.00<br />
(S-K 1091). First edition. One hundred bindings described with one hundred illustrations, seven in<br />
color. (Brenni no.12). A beautiful book. Some cover soiling. [18864]<br />
50. (Bookbinding) Nixon, Howard M. and Mirjam M. Foot. THE HISTORY OF<br />
DECORATED BOOKBINDING IN ENGLAND. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992,<br />
8vo., cloth. xviii, 124 pages followed by 128 plates in black and white and some plates<br />
in color in text. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. This book is based on Howard Nixon’s Lyell Lectures presented in 1979 with expansion<br />
by Mirjam Foot. The text covers binding from its beginnings in England up to the 20th century work<br />
of Edgar Mansfield. Ownership inscription in pencil. [36994]<br />
51. (Bookbinding) Oldham, H. Basil. ENGLISH BLIND-STAMPED BINDINGS.<br />
Cambridge: University Press, 1952, folio, cloth,. 73 pages followed by 61 plates.<br />
$ 225.00<br />
First edition, limited to 750 copies. (Brenni no.825). One of the Sandars Lectures for 1949. An excellent<br />
reference book. Covers faded. Bookplate. Ownership inscription in pencil. [31151]<br />
52. (Bookbinding) Peignot, Gabriel. ESSAI HISTORIQUE ET ARCHÉOLOGIQUE<br />
SUR LA RELIURE DES LIVRES, ET SUR L’ÉTAT DE LA LIBRAIRE CHEZ LES<br />
ANCIENS. Dijon and Paris: Victor Lagier and Jules Renouard, 1834, 8vo., later<br />
quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, 84 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition, limited to 200 copies. (Mejer no.506; not in Brenni). Discussion of early binding in Rome<br />
followed by comments on binding up through the ages. Two plates. Paper covering along edges of<br />
covers partially rubbed off. Old bookseller’s descriptions pasted on first blank and at bottom of title<br />
page. Ownership inscription in pencil. [14650]<br />
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53. (Bookbinding) Prediger, Christoph Ernst. DER IN ALLER HEUT ZU TAG<br />
UBLICHEN ARBEIT WOHL ANWEISENDEACCURATE BUCHBINDER UND<br />
FULLERALMACHER. Four Volumes (Complete). Together with ANTHOLOGIE<br />
UBER DAS LEVEN UND WIRKEN VON CHRISTOPH ERNST PREDIGER,<br />
BUCHBINDER IN ANSPACH 1701–1768. (Zurich: Inigo von Oppersdorff Verlag,<br />
1976, 1978, 12mo., pastepaper covered boards, slipcase. Vol. 1 (1741) 250 pages, 18<br />
plates; Vol. 2 (1749) 301 pages, 11 plates; Vol. 3 (1751) 266 pages, 18 plates; Vol. 4 (1753)<br />
270 pages, 18 plates; 107 pages. $ 500.00<br />
Facsimile reprint of Prediger’s four volume bookbinding manual that was originally published in 1741–<br />
1753 and precedes the first English bookbinding manual by over 50 years. Pollard and Potter (Early<br />
Bookbinding Manuals No. 22) note: “Vol. I is an exhaustive manual of bookbinding and box-making,<br />
with tables showing the cost of materials, the time taken over the various processes and the cost of<br />
different styles of binding. The other three volumes deal with more specialized work such as the<br />
binding of school books, and there is inevitably a good deal of repetition. Vol. III has an appendix on<br />
apprenticeship regulations”. The facsimile reprint was issued in unbound sheets and included a fifth<br />
volume entitled Anthologie uber das Leben und Wirken von Christoph Ernst Prediger, Buchbinder<br />
in Anspach 1701–1768 by Adolf Rhein, Albert Haemmerle and Henz Petersen (1978, 107 pages, 11<br />
illustrations). This set has been bound in pastepaper and inserted in a cloth slipcase. An important<br />
bookbinding manual, the original edition of which is extremely hard to find. German text. [102707]<br />
54. (Bookbinding) Sadleir, Michael. THE EVOLUTION OF PUBLISHERS’<br />
BINDING STYLES, 1770–1900. London: Constable & Co., 1930, 8vo., parchment<br />
backed marbled paper-covered boards. x, 96 pages. $ 300.00<br />
First edition. Limited to 500 copies. (S-K 7056, Brenni no.412). One of the volumes in the Bibliographia<br />
Series edited by Sadleir; certainly one of the most important books in the series. Discusses the evolution<br />
of the paper wrapper into boards, paper labels, cloth, ink-blocking on cloth and other ornamentation.<br />
Minor cover rubbing. Ownership inscription in pencil. [3154]<br />
55. (Bookbinding) Smith, Philip. NEW DIRECTIONS IN BOOKBINDING. N.P.:<br />
Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1974), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First U.S. edition. (Brenni no.443). With many illustrations of modern bindings, binding techniques<br />
and photos of binding shops. Some of the binding plates are in full color. Corner bumped. Ownership<br />
inscription in pencil. [8099]<br />
56. (Bookbinding) Szirmai, J.A. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL<br />
BOOKBINDING. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 1998, tall 8vo., cloth. xvi, 352<br />
pages. $ 200.00<br />
Reprint of the 1999 first edition. A total of ten chapters on single-quire Coptic codices, multi-quire<br />
Coptic codices, Late Coptic codices, the Ethiopian codex, the Islamic codex, Byzantine codices,<br />
Carolingian bindings, Romanesque bindings, Gothic bindings and limp bindings. Includes a<br />
bibliography and an index. Illustrated throughout. [54941]<br />
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57. (Bookbinding) Tidcombe, Marianne. THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T.J.<br />
COBDEN-SANDERSON A STUDY OF HIS WORK, 1884–1893, BASED ON HIS<br />
TIME BOOK. With a foreword by John Dreyfus. London: The British Library, 1984,<br />
4to., cloth, slipcase. xii, 407 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition. An excellent analytical study of this founder of modern bookbinding. This work is based<br />
on Cobden-Sanderson’s Time Book, in which he recorded the volumes he bound between 1884 and<br />
1893. However it has been greatly expanded and updated to include full bibliographical descriptions of<br />
all known bindings. There is also a biographical introduction and interesting chapters on the features<br />
of Cobden-Sanderson’s bindings and his notes on bookbinding. The appendices contain drawings,<br />
designs, a list of Cobden-Sanderson’s tools, and major exhibitions of his bindings. A very important<br />
and magnificently produced book. Illustrated with 200 black-and-white photographs and a colored<br />
frontispiece. Signed and dated by the author on the half-title. With the bookplate of Frederick B.<br />
Adams, Jr. [1310]<br />
58. (Bookbinding) THE WHOLE ART OF BOOKBINDING, THE WHOLE<br />
PROCESS OF MARBLING PAPER. Reprinted from the original editions, with a<br />
foreword by Bernard Middleton and twelve specimens of marbled paper and notes<br />
by Richard J. Wolfe. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987, 8vo., cloth-backed boards. x,<br />
89, (3) pages. $ 200.00<br />
See S-K 7258 for the 1811 first edition of the first title. Limited to 500 copies. Reprints of these two very<br />
scarce early 19th century English manuals enhanced by a Middleton introduction and actual marbled<br />
paper specimens tipped-in. Ownership inscription in pencil. [17686]<br />
59. (Bookbinding) Wick, Peter A. THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING<br />
AS ART. Bibliographical Descriptions by Peter A. Wick . . . Introduction by Eleanor<br />
M. Garvey . . . Photographs by Mark Sexton. With THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND<br />
THE BINDING AS ART II. Two volumes. New York: John F. Fleming and Boston:<br />
Priscilla Juvelis, (1983), (1985), small 4to., cloth and second volume in stiff paper<br />
wrappers. 219 bindings described in the first volume and 57 described in the<br />
second. $ 175.00<br />
Limited to 850 and 500 copies respectively. Filled with full color tipped-in plates of modern bindings.<br />
[36833]<br />
60. (Bookbinding) Wolfe, Richard J. GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ,<br />
SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH<br />
BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH<br />
TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. Boston: Richard J. Wolfe,<br />
1991, 8vo., decorated paper over cloth backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original German text with translation<br />
on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather; paper; silk; velvet and fore edge, marbling on<br />
edges and of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Tipped in are 8 samples of some of<br />
the processes explained in the book. Marbled paper samples and cover paper were made by Mr. Wolfe<br />
who also executed the binding. [34250]<br />
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61. (<strong>Books</strong>elling) Muir, Percy. THE LONDON BOOKSHOP BEING PART ONE<br />
OF A PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK TRADE . . . With<br />
Prefatory Reminiscence by Percy Muir. With THE LONDON BOOKSHOP, BEING<br />
PART TWO. By Richard Brown & Stanley Brett. Two volumes. N.P.: Private<br />
Libraries Assoc., 1971,1977, oblong 8vo., cloth. 95; 75 pages. $ 165.00<br />
Limited to 1500 and 2000 copies respectively. Some cover rubbing. [839]<br />
62. Bouchot, Henri. THE BOOK: ITS PRINTERS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND<br />
BINDERS, FROM GUTENBERG TO THE PRESENT TIME. With a Treatise on<br />
the Art of Collecting and Describing Early Printed <strong>Books</strong>, and a Latin- English and<br />
English-Latin Topographical Index of the Earliest Printing Places. Edited by H.<br />
Grevel. London: H. Grevel, 1890, small 4to., original full vellum stamped in gilt. xv,<br />
383 pages. $ 325.00<br />
One of 100 numbered large paper copies printed on better paper and bound thus. Extensively revised<br />
edition containing 65 new illustrations making a total of 172. Parchment covers rubbed and spotted in<br />
places. Ownership inscription in pencil. [102753]<br />
63. (Bourne, George) THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS; OR,<br />
BEAUTIES OF THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, FOR 1805. Baltimore: Geo.<br />
Dobbin & Murphy, 1806, 12mo., original quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper<br />
spine label. 300 pages. $ 200.00<br />
(Shaw & Shoemaker 10020). A collection of humorous articles from various newspapers in order to<br />
“preserve the quintessence of the newspaper in a durable form” (from the preface). Corners and spine<br />
ends bumped and rubbed. Covers rubbed with some spotting. [102611]<br />
64. (Bowyer, William) Nichols, John. BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY<br />
ANECDOTES OF WILLIAM BOWYER, PRINTER, F.S.A. AND OF MANY OF<br />
HIS LEARNED FRIENDS, CONTAINING AN INCIDENTAL VIEW OF THE<br />
PROGRESS AND ADVANCEMENT OF LITERATURE IN THIS KINGDOM.<br />
London: Printed by and for the Author, 1782, 4to., contemporary full calf, five raised<br />
bands, all edges stained red. viii, 666 pages. $ 300.00<br />
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II,74). Collection of anecdotes pertaining to the life and times of<br />
Bowyer, regarded as one of England’s most learned 18th-century printers. Printed by Nichols, his<br />
partner and successor. Nichols was also an antiquarian who published many articles on topics relating<br />
to history, and this often-plagiarized volume is an important anecdotal record of its time, with many<br />
accounts of contemporary authors, printers and typefounders. Page 535 lists all printing-houses “in<br />
and <strong>about</strong> the Cities of London and Westminster,” and includes printers’ names, the newspapers they<br />
printed, and their location. Errors in page numbers: 513–520 omitted. Bookplate of Thomas Cary<br />
(by Callender). This copy lacks the frontispiece portrait of Bowyer. Hinges cracked but not broken.<br />
[102627]<br />
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65. Boxer, C.R. FIDALGOS IN THE FAR EAST 1550–1770, FACT AND FANCY<br />
IN THE HISTORY OF MACAO. The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1948,<br />
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. xii, 297 pages. $ 250.00<br />
A history of key episodes and periods connected with the story of the colony of Macao. An important<br />
contribution to the history of the Portuguese in Asia, covering the sixteenth and seventeenth certuries.<br />
Contains appendices and an index. With sixteen black-and-white illustrations. Creasing and small tears<br />
at edges of dust jacket, spine and extremities sunned, some foxing on pages. Some leaves and flowers<br />
pressed in this book. [103934]<br />
66. Brewington, M.V. and Dorothy Brewington. KENDALL WHALING<br />
MUSEUM PAINTINGS. With KENDALL WHALING MUSEUM PRINTS. Two<br />
volumes. Sharon, MA: Kendall Whaling Museum, 1965, 4to., cloth. (xiii),137; (x),198<br />
pages. $ 225.00<br />
The first volume is a catalog of paintings drawings and other pictorial materials in the Kendall Museum<br />
by Dutch, British, Japanese, American and other artists on the subject of whaling. With 162 blackand-white<br />
and color illustrations, frontispiece and an index. The second volume describes the print<br />
collection, the largest collection on the subject of whaling assembled in North America, This volume<br />
contains 580 black-and-white illustrations, five color plates and frontispiece with an addenda, indexes<br />
of titles, book, artists, engravers and publishers. [103986]<br />
67. Briquet, Charles M. FILIGRANES, DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE DES<br />
MARQUES DU PAPIER. Four volumes. New York: Hacker Art <strong>Books</strong>, 1966, thick<br />
small 4to., cloth. xxiv,234; (vi),235–426; (viii),427–620; (viii),621–836 pages with each<br />
volume containing hundreds of pages of watermarks. $ 275.00<br />
Reprint of the second edition of 1923. Over 16000 watermarks are described in the text and via<br />
illustration. Still an essential reference tool in the study of paper history. Some insect damage to cloth<br />
on the volumes especially volume III. [24574]<br />
c o m p l e t e ru n of the british lithographer<br />
68. THE BRITISH LITHOGRAPHER. Four Volumes bound in Two. London:<br />
Raithby, Lawrence & Co, Ltd., 1891–1895, tall 8vo., 20th century cloth. variously<br />
paginated. $ 2,000.00<br />
A complete run of four volumes bound in two of the bi-monthly periodical. The British Lithographer was<br />
absorbed by British Printer in the autumn of 1895. (Book and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals<br />
1800–1942, pg.84; Bridson & Wakeman for many citations). Every issue is full of helpful articles and<br />
an amazing number of illustrations—many, if not most, in color. These magazines were meant for the<br />
working lithographer and, as such, have articles like ‘Transfer of a Photo from Chromate Paper to<br />
Zinc’, ‘Practical Collotype Printing’, and ‘An American School of Lithography’. With the bookplate of<br />
Gavin Bridson. Ex-library set with markings, including a small oval stamp fortunately placed on the<br />
back of the plates. [97827]<br />
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69. (Calligraphy) Osley, A.S. LUMINARIO, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE<br />
ITALIAN WRITING-BOOKS OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH<br />
CENTURIES. Nieuwkoop: Miland Publishers, 1972, small folio, cloth, dust jacket.<br />
xiv, 173+(1) pages. $ 235.00<br />
Limited to 800 copies. History followed by check list of the first editions of the different writing<br />
manuals. Filled with illustrations and reproductions. Review copy sent to Frederic Melcher at<br />
Publisher’s Weekly. Includes prospectus, letter to Melcher from De Graaf, Melcher bookplate and<br />
other material. [31999]<br />
70. (Calligraphy) Simons, Anna. GESCHICHTE DER SCHRIFT. Berlin-Leipzig:<br />
Heingtze & Blanckertz, n.d., folio, stiff paper wrappers. 4 leaves of calligraphy<br />
followed by a leaf of text. $ 225.00<br />
Large format booklet in which the noted calligrapher, Anna Simons, has recreated a chronological<br />
picture of the changes in handwriting through time using her own calligraphy. Covers soiled. Detached<br />
at spine. [102969]<br />
71. (Capricorn Press) Everson, William (Brother Antoninus). WHO IS SHE THAT<br />
LOOKETH FORTH AS THE MORNING. Santa Barbara, CA: Capricorn Press,<br />
1972, 4to., dark green boards with spine title in gold, and design on front cover in<br />
gold, acetate jacket. 19+(1) pages. $ 175.00<br />
Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed and numbered by Brother Antoninus.<br />
Designed and printed in two colors by Noel Young, title page illustration by Graham Mackintosh in<br />
two shades of green and yellow. Hand-bound by Earle Gray. Tear in acetate jacket. [48090]<br />
72. Carter, John (editor). NEW PATHS IN BOOK COLLECTING ESSAYS BY<br />
VARIOUS HANDS. London: Constable & Co., (1934), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. vi,<br />
294 pages. $ 200.00<br />
First edition. Landmark book edited by Carter. Includes essays by Carter, Winterich, Muir, Oldman,<br />
Sadleir, Balston, Randall and Pollard. Inscription on half-title “John Carter, Feb. 9, 1934.” Chipping at<br />
head of spine of jacket. Spine of jacket slightly faded as in spine of book. Unusual to find inscribed by<br />
the author and in jacket. [1599]<br />
73. Carter, John. TASTE AND TECHNIQUE IN BOOK COLLECTING, A<br />
STUDY OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE<br />
UNITED STATES. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1948, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xiv,<br />
203 pages. $ 200.00<br />
First U.S. edition. Two main sections; the evolution of book collecting and the method of book<br />
collecting. A classic book in the field. A wonderful association item as this copy once belonged to Allen<br />
T. Hazen and has his name and “Review copy, July 1948” written in ink on the free endpaper. Loosely<br />
inserted is a copy of the review he wrote for the Library Quarterly, a mimeograph of a letter he sent<br />
to Carter enclosing a copy of the review, and a lengthy two page T.L.s. from Carter responding to the<br />
review (mostly favorably). Also present is the review slip from the publisher and an errata slip sent by<br />
the author. Hazen has hand-corrected the various places in the text based on this errata sheet. Jacket<br />
worn and tape repaired. [39473]<br />
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74. Carter, Thomas Francis. INVENTION OF PRINTING IN CHINA AND ITS<br />
SPREAD WESTWARD. New York: Columbia University Press, (1931), 8vo., cloth.<br />
xxviii, 282, (2) pages with 40 illustrations and charts. $ 165.00<br />
Revised edition with an introduction by Douglas McMurtrie on Carter. A very important book in the<br />
study of the history of printing. Well preserved copy. [89158]<br />
75. (Cartier, Jacques) Baxter, James Phinney. A MEMOIR OF JACQUES<br />
CARTIER, SIEUR DE LIMOILOU, HIS VOYAGES TO THE ST. LAWERENCE. A<br />
Bibliography and a Facsimile of the Manuscript of 1534 with Annotations, Etc. New<br />
York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906, 8vo., cloth, paper spine label, top edge gilt.<br />
(ix), 464 pages. $ 325.00<br />
Limited edition of three hundred copies on deckle-edge paper. A history of the voyages of Jacques<br />
Cartier, his exploration of the St. Lawrence and Canada. With and black-and-white illustrations, a<br />
facsimile manuscript of Cartier’s first voyage, list of collateral documents, genealogy of Cartier’s<br />
family, bibliography, itinerary of Cartier’s voyages and analytical index. The front fore-edge and tail of<br />
pagination are untrimmed, with minor bumping and rubbing to the bottom corners and spine ends.<br />
[103979]<br />
76. (Caxton, William) Duff, E. Gordon. WILLIAM CAXTON. Chicago: The<br />
Caxton Club, 1905, tall 4to., cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 118 pages.<br />
$ 450.00<br />
First edition, limited to 255 copies. 148 copies of this printing contained a pocket in the back with<br />
an original Caxton leaf. This copy has the pocket but not the leaf (xerox inserted). (Appleton p.24).<br />
With 25 full page plates. A biography of the this famous English printer with separate chapters on his<br />
early life, his press at Bruges, the early Westminster Press and a bibliography of his work. Four page<br />
prospectus loosely inserted. Paper spine label heavily rubbed. Ownership inscription in pencil. [35515]<br />
77. (Caxton, William) VOCABULARY IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH, A<br />
FACSIMILE OF CAXTON’S EDITION C.14 80. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY<br />
J.C.T. OATES AND L.C. HARMER. Cambridge: University Press, 1964, tall 4to.,<br />
quarter red morocco over red cloth, top edge gilt. xxvi, 49 pages. $ 200.00<br />
The library obtained this copy in 1960, one of four known copies of this early Caxton title. Spine<br />
rubbed at bottom. [33207]<br />
78. Chatterton, Thomas. POEMS, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AT<br />
BRISTOL, BY THOMAS ROWLEY AND OTHERS, IN THE FIFTEENTH<br />
CENTURY; THE GREATEST PART NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE<br />
MOST AUTHENTIC COPIES, WITH AN ENGRAVED SPECIMEN OF ONE OF<br />
THE MSS.. To Which are Added, a Preface, an Introductory Account of the Several<br />
Pieces, and a Glossary. London: T. Payne and Son, 1777, 8vo., modern quarter calf,<br />
five raised bands, red leather spine label with contemporary marbled paper covered<br />
boards. xxvii, 307 pages. $ 350.00<br />
First edition, second state with the leaf, C4 a cancel. (Rothschild 589; Ashley Library Catalogue Volume<br />
10, p.75 where Wise reproduces the title page facing page 75). Chatterton was born in Bristol in 1752<br />
and died by suicide in his 17th year. Considered to be insane, he nevertheless created a series of forged<br />
poems attributed to Thomas Rowley that he claimed to have found in the muniment room of Saint<br />
Mary Redcliffe. The poems were so well executed that a great controversy arose in English literary<br />
circles as to their authenticity. This book exposes the literary fraud but, by no means, stopped the<br />
controversy. Marbled paper covers rubbed with wear at tips. Rare. [1381]<br />
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79. (Chatterton, Thomas) Warton, Thomas. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE<br />
AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ROWLEY. IN<br />
WHICH THE ARGUMENTS OF THE DEAN OF EXETER, AND MR. BRYANT,<br />
ARE EXAMINED. London: J. Dodsley, 1782, 12mo., later half leather, paper-covered<br />
boards. 125 pages. $ 750.00<br />
First edition, with page 122 misnumbered 121 (Lowndes p. 2140, Watson vol. 2, p. 691, ESTC System<br />
No. 006232153). Thomas Chatterton was responsible for inventing not only Thomas Rowley, but also a<br />
slew of other fictional characters with whom Rowley interacted. Chatterton then created forged works<br />
of poetry which he attributed to Rowley, and when the truth was discovered, killed himself at the age<br />
of 17. Boards soiled, leather rubbed, with leather missing at spine ends. Rear hinge/joint weak, front<br />
hinge/joint connected only by thread binding. Title page carefully mounted on thicker paper. Some<br />
foxing and light soiling on pages, especially on front and rear pages. On pages 1, 41, 42, 51, 52, and 62,<br />
there are notes in the margins written in a black or brown ink, with minor underlining in the same ink<br />
on pages 51, 52, and 89. A very rare book. [102603]<br />
80. Chatto, William A. THE HISTORY AND ART OF WOOD ENGRAVING<br />
WITH SPECIMENS OF THE ART, ANCIENT AND MODERN, SELECTED<br />
FROM “THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.”. London: Office of the<br />
Illustrated London News, 1848, folio, original cloth covers with modern cloth spine<br />
and tips and with a modern paper spine label. (iv), 28 pages. $ 450.00<br />
First separate edition (Bridson & Wakeman C155—“First published in the Illustrated London News<br />
between 20th April & 6th July, 1844”) Published in 4 parts. Contains 55 illustrations on 46 plates. With<br />
the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Foxed and water-stained at edges; several marginal tears repaired.<br />
Scarce book. [98448]<br />
Item 80<br />
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81. Chavnnes-Mazel, Claudine A. and Margaret M. Smith (editors). MEDIEVAL<br />
MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATIN CLASSICS: PRODUCTION AND USE. (Los<br />
Altos Hills, CA): Anderson-Lovelace, 1996, 4to, cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 256 pages.<br />
$ 350.00<br />
A detailed study with twelve essays concerning the production of the Latin classics, covering the<br />
methods of illustration, use and collection in the middle ages. It offers detailed accounts of the work of<br />
individuals, the Carolingian scholars Dungal and Lupas of Ferrieres and the Florentine scribes among<br />
others. The preface is by Leighton D. Reynolds. The volume concludes with an illustrated survey of the<br />
manuscripts of Cicero in the Liden University Library. Contains an index of manuscripts and a general<br />
index, and several black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Creasing and small tear at head<br />
of spine of dust jacket, minor water damage on upper-third of dust jacket and front board. [103940]<br />
82. Chiappelli, Fredi (editor). FIRST IMAGES OF AMERICA, THE IMPACT OF<br />
THE NEW WORLD ON THE OLD. Two volumes. Berkeley, CA: University of<br />
California Press, 1976, 4to., cloth, slipcase, paper cover label on slipcase. (xxii),515;<br />
(xviii),438 pages. $ 300.00<br />
This two volume set is the record of an international congress held at UCLA in 1975 which was devoted<br />
to the impact of the new world on the old. With more than fifty scholarly essays covering such diverse<br />
topics as discovery, myth and literature, conflict, arts, books, language, geography, science and trade.<br />
Profusely illustrated with black-and-white and color illustrations. With an index of dates, names and<br />
subjects. Errata slip laid-in. Slipcase rubbed and bumped at extremities, with rubbing and some cracks<br />
all over paper slipcase label. Minor wear on books. [103983]<br />
83. (Children’s <strong>Books</strong>) Sarg, Tony. TONY SARG’S MAGIC MOVIE BOOK. N.P.:<br />
n.p., n.d., small 4to., heavy pictorial paper covered boards. 8 leaves of which five are<br />
double folded and contain the spinning wheels. $ 200.00<br />
Tucked into a pocket in the front cover are the two required “Magic Lenses” which consist of<br />
cardboard glasses with rotating red and blue clear plastic eye-holes. These allow the viewer to see the<br />
color drawings in the book and creates the illusion of movement. Five of the pages contain a built-in<br />
spinning wheel of images that rotates to reveal motion. Wear along hinges. . [103134]<br />
Item 85<br />
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Item 86<br />
84. Clerc, L.-P. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS. AVEC UNE PRÉFACE<br />
DE M. GABRIEL LIPPMANN. Paris: Gauthier-Villars; Masson & Cie, (1898),<br />
small 8vo., modern marbled paper wrappers, paper spine label. 190, (xvi), xvi<br />
pages. $ 215.00<br />
First edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 2218). Part of the series entitled “Encyclopédie scientifique des aidemémoire.”<br />
18 text illustrations. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. [98568]<br />
85. Cole, John. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR FROM<br />
SCARBOROUGH TO THE LIBRARY OF A PHILOBIBLIST, IN IT’S<br />
NEIGHBORHOOD. Scarborough: John Cole et al., 1824, 8vo., original papercovered<br />
boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut, preserved in a<br />
modern cloth box. (ii), iv, 92+(1) pages. $ 1,950.00<br />
First edition, limited to 100 copies. Signed by the author on the verso of the dedication page. Dedicated<br />
to Francis Wrangham (1769–1842) who assembled a library which contained over 14000 volumes<br />
and was accomplished at finding obscure and interesting titles. John Cole was a bookseller from<br />
Scarborough on whom Wrangham had great influence. This book gives a description of 100 selected<br />
titles in Wrangham’s library, the notes being mainly drawn from Wrangham’s private catalogue, then<br />
in MS., but destined to be printed two years later. (Michael Sadleir’s Archdeacon Francis Wrangham<br />
1769–1842. Oxford Bibl. Soc., 1937). From the library of John William Clay with his bookplate. Original<br />
paper wrappers worn along edges and hinges. Paper spine label mostly rubbed away. Unusual to find in<br />
original condition. [102508]<br />
86. Collingbridge, George. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. A Critical,<br />
Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the priority of Discovery in<br />
Australasis by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the “Endeavour,”<br />
in the year 1770. Sydney: Hayes Brothers, 1895, 4to., original cloth. xv, 376<br />
pages. $ 475.00<br />
First edition. With illustrations, charts, maps, diagrams, copious notes, references, geographical index<br />
and an index of names. Rubbed along edges. [103871]<br />
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87. Cronenberg, Wilhelm. THE HALF-TONE ON THE AMERICAN BASIS<br />
FROM THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF WILHELM CRONENBERG . . .<br />
TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM GAMBLE. Bradford and London: Percy Lund &<br />
Co., 1896, small 8vo., original red cloth decorated in black and gilt. 164, (24) pages.<br />
$ 150.00<br />
First English edition. (Bridson & Wakeman E188). Chapters on photo-engraving in America and<br />
the technical process of making a half-tone. The last part of the book consists of plates containing<br />
illustrations produced by this method. Cronenberg was the proprietor and conductor of the Practical<br />
Institute for Photography and Mechanical Reproduction at Schloss Gronenbach, Bavarian-Algan and<br />
based the first chapter on his visit to the U.S. Library. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin<br />
Bridson. Spine slightly faded. Stain along bottom of the pages in the back. [38085]<br />
88. Cummings, E.E. SANTA CLAUS: A MORALITY BY E. E. CUMMINGS. New<br />
York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946, small 4to., red and black cloth with lettering<br />
in gilt. (x), 18 pages. $ 300.00<br />
First Edition (1946) limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. Fading along top edge of back cover.<br />
[102835]<br />
89. Davenport, Cyril. MEZZOTINTS. London: Methuen and Co., 1904, small<br />
4to., full vellum with top edge gilt. xlv, 208 pages. $ 350.00<br />
First edition, one of 50 bound thus and printed on Japanese paper. Notes on techniques on creating<br />
mezzotints, and a wealth of information on the engravers who are noted for this art form. Illustrated<br />
with plates, many of which are portraits of well known figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth<br />
centuries, that are examples of the work of the artists mentioned. With the bookplate and pencil<br />
signature of Gavin Bridson. Some cover soiling. [75555]<br />
90. Davidson, Ellis A. PRACTICAL MANUAL OF HOUSE-PAINTING,<br />
GRAINING, MARBLING AND SIGN-WRITING. London: Crosby,Lockwood and<br />
Co., 1880, small 8vo., original cloth. xxii, 394, 16, 32 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Third edition, revised. This book contains information on house-painting with oil or distemper, signwriting,<br />
elementary drawing and perspective, and decorative art. Much attention is given to pigments<br />
and various types of sizings, and the painting of murals is discussed. Seven chapters on lettering are<br />
included. How to reproduce several types of wood and marble is explained in detail, with nine color<br />
plates illustrating faux-wood and -marble effects. With colored frontispiece and 8 other color plates<br />
showing imitations of wood grains and marble. Covers worn along edges and hinges. Ownership<br />
inscription in pencil. [102716]<br />
91. De Bure, Guillame-Francois Le Jeune. APPEL AUX SAVANS ET AUX GENS<br />
DE LETTRES, AU SUJET DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE INSTRUCTIVE. (Paris):<br />
n.p., 1763, 12mo., self paper wrappers, stitched (removed). 17 pages. $ 250.00<br />
De Bure’s landmark BIBLIOGRAPHIE INSTRUCTIVE: OU TRAITE DE LA CONNOISSANCE<br />
DES LIVRES RARE came out in 1763 and is considered the first French handbook written for<br />
collectors. This pamphlet contains De Bure’s response to criticism of his work by R.P. Mercier. With a<br />
few notes in pencil in the margin. [102873]<br />
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92. DENT MEMORIAL LECTURES. London: Dent, 1932–1939, small 8vo.,<br />
decorated paper-covered boards, dust jackets. approx. 40–60 pages each. $ 195.00<br />
The complete set of nine volumes, comprising: [1] BLACKWELL, Basil. The World of <strong>Books</strong>; [2]<br />
SADLEIR, Michael. Authors & Publishers; [3] JOHNSON, John. The Printer: his customers and<br />
his men; [4] CLAPPERTON, R. H. Paper and its relationship to <strong>Books</strong>; [5] LEIGHTON, Douglas.<br />
Bookbinding: a survey and a prospect; [6] DE LA MARE, Richard. A Publisher on Book Production;<br />
[7] GOSSOP, R. P. Book Illustration . . . ; [8] RAYMOND, Harold. Publsihing & <strong>Books</strong>elling . . . ; [9]<br />
SWINNERTON, F. The Reviewing and Criticism of <strong>Books</strong>. All in dust jacket. Some tape repair of<br />
jackets. Series number written in ink at top of spine. [82621]<br />
93. DeWald, Ernest T. THE STUTTGART PSALTER, BIBLIO FOLIO 23,<br />
WUERTTEMBERGISCHE LANDESBIBLIOTHEK, STUTTGART. Princeton,<br />
NJ: Department of Art and Archaelogy of Princeton University, 1930, small 4to.,<br />
paper bound book with paper cover label accompanied by facsimiles (some in color),<br />
all inserted in drop-down box with paper cover label. (viii), 132 pages for text volume;<br />
165 pages of facsimiles. $ 350.00<br />
Includes a facsimile of the Psalter, a collation of the manuscript and a description of the illuminations<br />
in the text. Some tape repair to folding box. [102871]<br />
94. Dewalt, Bryan. TECHNOLOGY AND CANADIAN PRINTING: A HISTORY<br />
FROM LEAD TYPE TO LASERS. Ottawa: National Museum of Science and<br />
Technology, 1995, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 162 pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition. Well illustrated history beginning with 1751 to the present. Wear along spine. [43058]<br />
Item 96<br />
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95. (Dibdin, Thomas Frognall) Lesné. LETTRE D’UN RELIEUR FRANCAIS A<br />
UN BIBLIOGRAPHE ANGLAIS. Paris: L’Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1822, 8vo.,<br />
contemporary leather backed-marbled paper covered boards. 28 pages. $ 325.00<br />
(Windle & Pippin D10; Jackson no.53). Dibdin’s Tour in France and Germany upset a number of Frenchmen<br />
with its inaccuracies. His book was translated into French with the inclusion of a profuse number of<br />
footnotes attacking the text. Lesne, the well known French bookbinder, added his comments to the<br />
fray with this scarce booklet. Leather spine worn and chipped away in places. Foxed. [53482]<br />
96. Dougall, J. CABINENT OF THE ARTS: BEING A NEW AND UNIVERSAL<br />
DRAWING BOOK FORMING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DRAWING,<br />
PAINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, PERSPECTIVE,<br />
PROJECTION & SURVEYING . . . London: R. Ackermann, n.d. (1821), 4to., new<br />
cloth spine with paper spine label with original paper covered boards. Frontispiece;<br />
engraved title page, iii, (v), 384 pages. $ 650.00<br />
Second edition with additions. This is the text volume only and does not include the plate volume with<br />
130 engravings. Bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Wear along edges of covers. Inner<br />
hinges reinforced with archival paper repair. [102974]<br />
97. Drouin, F. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS. Paris: Charles Medel,<br />
1896, large 12mo., modern cloth, paper spine label, original wrappers bound-in. (iv),<br />
115, (9) pages. $ 250.00<br />
Illustrated with 18 figures in the text. Includes a section on chromoscopes. Original wrappers soiled<br />
and worn at the edges. Cloth binding has just a hint of wear. With the bookplate and pencil signature<br />
of Gavin Bridson. [98437]<br />
98. Duchochois, P.C. PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESSES: A<br />
PRACTICAL TREATISE OF THE PHOTO-IMPRESSIONS WITHOUT SILVER<br />
SALTS FOR THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS,<br />
DRAUGHTSMEN, AND WOOD AND METAL ENGRAVERS. Containing all the<br />
Processes Employed to Reproduce Plans, Designs, Engravings, Clichés on Paper,<br />
Wood, Glass and Metal Plates, and a Complete Description of the Uranotype,<br />
Aniline, Platinotype and Improved Carbon Process, etc, etc, etc. New York: Scovill<br />
& Adams Company, 1891, 8vo., original green cloth stamped in black and gilt. (xii),<br />
121, 17 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition (See Bridson & Wakeman E363 for a London printing of 1892). With the bookplate and<br />
pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. The cover indicates that this was part of the “Scovill’s Photographic<br />
Series.” Small stamp indicates that this was a Library of Congress duplicate and was the copy filed for<br />
copyright. [97798]<br />
99. Eder, J. M. MODERN DRY PLATES; OR, EMULSION PHOTOGRAPHY.<br />
The American edition, edited by H. Baden Pritchard. New York,: E. & H. T. Anthony<br />
& Co., 1881, 8vo., original publisher’s pictorial cloth. [i], viii, 138, [34] pages.<br />
$ 300.00<br />
From the Library of The Photographic Society of Philadelphia, with their bookplate and embossed<br />
ownership stamps. Some penciled annotations in the text. The initial and the final 32 pages are<br />
advertisements for photographic supplies and services. Boards worn, front cover lightly damp spotted.<br />
With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. [98532]<br />
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100. Everson, William. RIVER-ROOT, A SYZGY FOR THE BICENTENNIAL<br />
OF THESE STATES. Berkely: Oyez Press, 1976, 4to., quarter leather with decorated<br />
paper-covered boards. 50, (3) pages. $ 225.00<br />
Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. A collection of poems by William<br />
Everson. Illustrations are by Patrick Kennedy and the design is by Thomas Whitridge. Includes an<br />
afterword by the author. [57921]<br />
101. Fagan, Louis. COLLECTORS’ MARKS. London: Field & Tuer, Ye Leadenhalle<br />
Press, 1883, small 8vo., original full vellum, top edge gilt, others uncut. Frontispiece;<br />
(viii), 128 pages followed by plates and an 8 page index. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. 668 marks made by collectors to indicate their ownership of books are reproduced.<br />
Biographical information <strong>about</strong> the collector, if known, is given. Covers soiled with some foxing.<br />
[19404]<br />
102. Ferret, L’Abbé J. LA PHOTOGRAVURE SANS PHOTOGRAPHIE. Paris:<br />
Gauthier-Villars, 1894, large 12mo., modern marbled paper wrappers, original<br />
wrappers bound-in. viii,48,4 pages. $ 225.00<br />
Part of the Bibliothèque Photographique. Text in French. Original wrappers, some soiling, with a little<br />
paper loss, pages at each end have a bit more wear than the rest of the book, a few pages are smudged.<br />
With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. [98536]<br />
Item 103<br />
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103. Fielding, T.H. THE ART OF ENGRAVING WITH THE VARIOUS MODES<br />
OF OPERATION UNDER THE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS: ETCHING, SOFT-<br />
GROUND ETCHING, LINE ENGRAVING, CHALK AND STIPPLE, AQUATINT,<br />
MEZZOTINT, LITHOGRAPHY, WOOD ENGRAVING, MEDALLIC EN<br />
GRAVING, ELECTROGRAPHY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. Illustrated with<br />
Specimens of the different Styles of Engraving. London: Ackermann & Co., 1841,<br />
8vo., original cloth stamped in blind and gilt. (vii+i), 109, (3) pages, with a 14 page<br />
catalogue from Ackermann bound in. $ 450.00<br />
First edition. (Bridson & Wakeman A28; ATF 909). A book “of great importance, as it describes,<br />
very completely and satisfactorily, the different processes of print making . . . as then known” (Lewis:<br />
Descriptive Bibliography . . . Relating to the Art and History of Engraving (1912–1913), p.121). Theodore Henry<br />
Adolphus Fielding (1781–1851) was a fairly well-known painter and engraver, and also wrote on art and<br />
engraving. This work was later reprinted as an appendix in Maberly, The Private Collector . . . (1880). The<br />
section on photography (paper or plate) is an early practical treatment of the subject in a handbook,<br />
and gives three ways of making photographs. The ten plates illustrate tools, or prints made by various<br />
methods, sometimes in various states. There are several text illustrations. Appended is a two-page list<br />
of “modern engravings arranged according to the engravers.” Signed on the free endpaper “Adolphus<br />
William Ackermann, 1859.” With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. The plates and their facing guards<br />
are all waterstained though the text is not. [97871]<br />
104. Fisch, A. NOUVEAUX PROCÉDÉS DE REPRODUCTIONS IN<br />
DUSTRIELLES AVEC OU SANS TEINTES MODÉLÉES AU MOYEN DES SELS<br />
D’ARGENT, DE PLATINE, D’URANE, DE CUIVRE, DE DESSINS, DE PLANS,<br />
GRAVURES, PORTRAITS, VUES, MONUMENTS, PAYSAGES, ETC. A L’USAGE<br />
DES INGÉNIEURS, CHEFS D’ATELIERS, DESSINATEURS, ARTISTES ET<br />
AMATEURS PHOTOGRAPHES, DES ÉCOLES PRO FESSIONELLES ET DES<br />
ÉCOLES DE DESSIN, ETC. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Sciences; J. Michelet,<br />
1887, small 8vo., modern marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine<br />
labels. 140, (4) pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 10429). Part of the series entitled “Encyclopédie photographique.”<br />
With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. [98566]<br />
105. Ford, Worthington Chauncey. THE BOSTON BOOK MARKET, 1679–1700.<br />
Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1917, 8vo., cloth-backed boards. xii, 198 pages.<br />
$ 175.00<br />
First edition, limited to only 151 copies. Discussion of the primary Boston bookdealers and publishers,<br />
bookbinding, products of the press, etc. With many collotype plates and 13 reproductions of 17th<br />
century American booklists. From the training library of the Lakeside Press of Chicago with their<br />
bookplate and a pocket removed from the back pastedown. Cloth worn through along front hinge in<br />
three places. [100314]<br />
106. (Forlani, Paolo) Woodward, David. THE MAPS AND PRINTS OF PAOLO<br />
FORLANI. The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography<br />
Occasional Publication No. 4. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1990, 4to., stiff<br />
paper wrappers. (xiii), 21 plates, 60 pages. $ 200.00<br />
This volume is a descriptive bibliography of the map maker Paolo Forlani, who was active in sixteenth<br />
century Italy. It includes 144 items with 21 black-and-white illustrations, a list of references, an index<br />
of persons named and geographical index. Minor soiling on covers with some dents on covers and wear<br />
and small closed tears all over spine. [103988]<br />
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107. Fortier, G. LA PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIE: SON ORIGINE, SES PROCÉDÉS,<br />
SES APPLICATIONS. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876, 8vo., quarter calf, five raised<br />
bands, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers. 73+(1) pages and three<br />
plates. $ 150.00<br />
First edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 8288 who only call for 2 plates though the list of plates calls for 3 and 3<br />
are present in this copy). This is an interesting manual that also gives a short history of the process. Text<br />
in French. Two of the plates are black-and-white, but the other one is an example of chromolithography,<br />
showing a floral arrangement in two sizes and many colors. All are tipped-in. Foot of spine lettered<br />
“E B”. Some foxing throughout. A bit of wear at the edges. With the bookplate and pencil signature of<br />
Gavin Bridson. [97838]<br />
108. (France) HISTOIRE DES BIBLIOTHEQUES FRANCAISES, . 4 volumes.<br />
Paris: Promodis-Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, (1989), 4to., cloth, dust jacket.<br />
xxiv,463; xv,547; xii, 671; xxii,793+(1)pages. $ 650.00<br />
First edition. In French. The complete four volume set of this work.<br />
Vernet, Andre (editor). LES BIBLIOTHÈQUES MÉDIÈVALES DU XIe SIÈCLE. With the help of<br />
experts in the field, this volume attempts to document the ecclesiastical, royal, and private libraries of<br />
the middle ages. Well illustrated throughout, depicting both manuscripts and libraries.<br />
Jolly, Claude (editor). LES BIBLIOTHÈQUES L’ANCIEN REGIME 1530–1789.<br />
Varry, Dominique (editor). LES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE LA REVOLUT ION ET DU XIXe SIÈCLE,<br />
1789–1914.<br />
Poulain, Martine (editor). LES BIBLIOTHÈQUES AUX XXE SIÈCLE, 1914–1990.<br />
Minor jacket chipping. [103093]<br />
109. Franklin, Colin. EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS. (San<br />
Francisco): Book Club of California, (1999), large 4to., half cloth with pictorial<br />
paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xi, (i), 156+(2) pages. $ 225.00<br />
Limited edition of 450 copies were printed for members of the Book Club of California, San Francisco.<br />
Elegantly designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Antiquarian Colin Franklin explores the<br />
rich history of calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking in Japan; supplemented by examples from his<br />
extensive collection of Japenese books and scrolls. 93 beautiful color plates. The text is set in Scripps<br />
College Old Style, originally designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Decorations throughout the book are<br />
taken from traditional Japanese patterns. Blue and gold patterned endpapers mirror the decoration<br />
of the slipcase. Binding is half blue silk . Colorful Japanese prints decorate the paper-covered boards.<br />
[73778]<br />
110. Fuhrmann, Otto W. GUTENBERG AND THE STRASBOURG DOCU-<br />
MENTS OF 1439; AN INTERPRETATION. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale,<br />
1940, 4to., cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xii, 260 pages. $ 225.00<br />
Limited to 660 copies. Handset in Bruce Rogers’ 14 point Centaur by George W. Van Vechten Jr.<br />
and printed by George C. Montgomery. Contains illustrations by Fritz Kredel. A scholarly work,<br />
handsomely printed. Slipcase faded. [14485]<br />
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Item 112<br />
111. Gaullieur, E.-H. ÉTUDES SUR LA TYPOGRAPHIE GENEVOISE DU XVI<br />
AU XIXE SIÈCLES, ET SUR LES ORIGINES DE L’IMPRIMERIE EN SUISSE.<br />
Genève: n.p., 1855, 8vo., contemporary quarter blue leather with pastepaper covered<br />
boards, five raised bands. (iv), 260 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition (Bigmore & Wyman I, 256). A history of printing in Switzerland and especially in Geneva.<br />
Contains four folding plates at the end with multiple images on each. Covers rubbed around edges.<br />
One plate is torn. [102507]<br />
112. Gill, Eric. AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY. London: Sheed & Ward, 1931,<br />
small 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 120, (2) pages. $ 750.00<br />
First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies printed and signed by René Hague and Eric Gill<br />
(Gill no.21). Discussion of compostion, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. A<br />
beautifully printed book, the first to be set in Gill’s Joanna Roman type face. Printed by Hague and<br />
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Gill on specially watermarked Hague and Gill handmade paper. Nice association item as it bears the<br />
following inscription on the free endpaper “Ned Catich, St. Abrose College, Davenport, Iowa.” Catich<br />
wrote many books on writing, calligraphy, and letter forms. Jacket chipped at spine ends. [65172]<br />
113. (Gille Fils) Invoice on the stationary of Gille Fils, Fondeur et Imprimeur. Paris:<br />
Gille Fils, 1793, bill head (16.8 x 23.5 cm). $ 135.00<br />
An invoice for posters delivered by the printer—type producer, Gille Fils, to a M. Poultier dated 23<br />
Fructidor An II (August 1793). Five items billed on this invoice. The bill head itself has a beautiful<br />
vignette in the corner. Age darkening around edges. [102527]<br />
114. Goodspeed, Charles E. YANKEE BOOKSELLER, BEING THE REM<br />
INISCENCES OF CHARLES E. GOODSPEED. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,<br />
1937, 8vo., half leather over cloth, top edge gilt, slipcase with paper spine label<br />
mounted. xiv, 325 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition, one of 310 numbered and signed copies. Many illustrations. Interesting history of the<br />
firm of Goodspeeds with many anecdotes including finding a tamerlane. Slipcase rubbed and cracked<br />
along hinge. Unusually fine copy of a book that usually is in poor condition. [24572]<br />
115. (Gravesend Press) Boccaccio, Giovanni. THREE ADMIRABLE ACCIDENTS<br />
OF ANDREA DE PIERO. Lexington, Kentucky: Gravesend Press, 1954, 12mo.,<br />
quarter paper-covered boards with decorated paper-covered covers. (vi), 48, (2)<br />
pages. $ 450.00<br />
First edition of 200 hand-numbered copies. With woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. A “story of<br />
roguery” from the fourteenth century. A wonderful association item as this copy bears the following<br />
presentation at the top of the free endpaper “For John De Pol with friendly greetings from Joe Graves,<br />
Oct. 21st, 1955” and has John De Pol’s bookplate on front pastedown. [103993]<br />
116. Greenspan, Ezra and Jonathan Rose (editors). BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME I<br />
TO 9 and 11, 12. 11 volumes. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University<br />
Press, 1998, 8vo., cloth. various paginations. $ 250.00<br />
Volumes 1 to 9 and 11, 12 of this series of volumes on book history. Filled with interesting information.<br />
[103025]<br />
117. (Grenfell Press) Dowell, Coleman. THE SILVER SWANNE. New York: The<br />
Grenfell Press, (1983), 4to., quarter vellum with paper-covered boards. 41, (4)<br />
pages. $ 200.00<br />
First edition. Printed in an edition limited to 115 numbered and signed copies. A ghost story which tells<br />
of three men from three centuries, whose stories and the consequences of their acts are eerily similar.<br />
It has been printed by hand in four colors and was set in Centaur monotype by Michael Bixler. It was<br />
bound by hand by Claudia Cohen with printed Fabriano Roma paper over boards and a vellum spine<br />
stamped in gold. The paper is J. Barcham Greene’s Chatham Vellum, which is a hand-made linen sheet<br />
imported from England. A prospectus is loosely inserted. [60864]<br />
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118. (Grolier Club) GAZETTE OF THE GROLIER CLUB, NEW SERIES, 1966–<br />
1999. 58 volumes. (New York): Grolier Club, 1966–2007, small 8vo., self paper<br />
wrappers for early issues; New Series. stiff paper wrappers. $ 150.00<br />
New Series. Number 1 (June 1966)–58 (2007) with some being double issues. The official membership<br />
journal of the Grolier Club of New York, founded in 1884 as a society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts<br />
in the graphic arts, and containing many articles related to Club exhibitions. Illustrated. Also includes<br />
the following from the first series of Gazettes nos. 4, 5, 8, 11/12, Volume II. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 (May, 1949). Also<br />
includes 9 issues of the News Sheet of the Grolier Club (1978–1981). [103896]<br />
119. Gruel, Leon. RECHERCHES SUR LES ORIGINES DES MARQUES<br />
ANCIENNES QUI SE RENCONTRENT DANS L’ ART ET DANS L’ INDUSTRIE<br />
DU XVE AU XIXE SIECLE PAR RAPPORT AU CHIFFRE QUATRE. Paris et<br />
Bruxelles: Librairie Nationale d’ Art et d’ Histoire—G. Van Oest, Editeur, 1926,<br />
small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 110, (2) pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition. Hundreds of reproductions of printers’ marks. Presentation on free endpaper “à<br />
Monsieur Henry Walters, dernier travail de M Leon Gruel, Respectiueux hommage de P. Gruel.”<br />
Covers detached; first number of pages loose. [102879]<br />
120. Guigard, Joannis. ARMORIAL DU BIBLIOPHILE AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS<br />
DANS LE TEXTE. Two volumes bound in one. Paris: Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne,<br />
1870–1873, 8vo., later half green leather with marbled paper covered boards, five<br />
raised bands, top edge gilt. (ii),254; (ii),272 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition. Illustrations of hundreds of coat-of-arms of bookcollectors. Inscription in pencil. [102756]<br />
121. Guillot, Ernest. ELEMENTS DE L’ORNEMENTATION DU XVIe AU<br />
XVIIIe SIÈCLES. TIRÉS DES MANUSCRITS, DES IMPRIMÉS, DES<br />
ESTAMPES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE ET DES MONUMENTS<br />
HISTORIQUES DE L’ÉPOQUE. XVIIe ET XVIIIe SIÈCLES. Paris: L. Tugis et<br />
Fils, Editeurs, n.d. (circa 1880), oblong 12mo., original stiff paper wrappers printed<br />
in many colors. 16 leaves. $ 150.00<br />
Part of a series issued by Guillot to demonstrate ornamentation in different styles and time periods.<br />
Each plate contains multiple images, each done in chromolithography. This volume covers the 17th<br />
and 18th centuries and shows the styles in France during the periods of Louis XIII to Louis XVI. Back<br />
cover is chipped and has piece missing. Wear along edges. [102515]<br />
122. Guillot, Ernest. ELEMENTS DE L’ORNEMENTATION DU XVIe AU<br />
XVIIIe SIÈCLES. TIRÉS DES MANUSCRITS, DES IMPRIMÉS, DES<br />
ESTAMPES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE ET DES MONUMENTS<br />
HISTORIQUES DE L’ÉPOQUE. XVIe SIÈCLE. Paris: Librairie Renouard,<br />
H.Laurens, Editeur., n.d. (circa 1880), oblong 12mo., original stiff paper wrappers<br />
printed in many colors. 16 leaves. $ 150.00<br />
Part of a series issued by Guillot to demonstrate ornamentation in different styles and time periods.<br />
Each plate contains multiple images, each done in chromolithography. This volume covers the Middle<br />
Ages through the 16th century in France. Note the variant in publishers. The plates are the same as in<br />
the copy edited by Turgis Fils. Wear along edges. [102517]<br />
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123. Guillot, Ernest. ELEMENTS DE L’ORNEMENTATION DU XVIIe AU<br />
XVIIIe SIÈCLES. TIRÉS DES MANUSCRITS, DES IMPRIMÉS, DES<br />
ESTAMPES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE ET DES MONUMENTS<br />
HISTORIQUES DE L’ÉPOQUE. XVIe SIÈCLE. Paris: Tugis et Fils, Editeurs, n.d.<br />
(circa 1880), oblong 12mo., original stiff paper wrappers printed in many colors. 16<br />
leaves. $ 150.00<br />
Part of a series issued by Guillot to demonstrate ornamentation in different styles and time periods.<br />
Each plate contains multiple images, each done in chromolithography. This volume covers the Middle<br />
Ages through the 16th century in France. Note—there is a typographic error in the title on the cover<br />
(should be XVIe rather than XVIIe) that is fixed in the running head on the plates. Wear along edges.<br />
[102516]<br />
124. Hardwich, T. Frederick. A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY,<br />
INCLUDING THE PRACTICE OF THE COLLODION PROCESS. London: John<br />
Churchill, 1859, 8vo., stamped cloth, with gilt lettering on spine. vi,[iii]-xii, 13–300<br />
pages. $ 300.00<br />
Fifth edition. Greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1855. This manual quickly became<br />
the standard for its time. Several plates are included with illustrations of the chemical processes,<br />
with a complete index and useful information. The introduction to the second edition is included<br />
and concludes with “In conclusion, a hope is expressed that this ‘Manual of Photographic Chemistry’<br />
may be found to be a complete and trustworthy guide on every point connected with the theory and<br />
practice of the Collodion process.” With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Interior<br />
and exterior hinges are cracked, light foxing throughout book, edges of covers are worn with bumped<br />
corners. [97837]<br />
125. Hargrave, Catherine Perry. A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,<br />
1930, tall 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xxvi, 468 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition. Discussion of the history of the playing card in all countries; profusely illustrated with<br />
some in full color. In addition to the large bibliography of books on the subject, the author also includes<br />
lists of decks in the collection of the United States Playing Card Company. Covers faded and rubbed<br />
with fraying at spine ends. [103027]<br />
126. Harrisse, Henry. JOHN CABOT THE DISCOVERER OF NORTH<br />
AMERICA AND SEBASTIAN HIS SON. A Chapter of the Maritime History of<br />
England under the Tudors 1496–1557. London: Benjamin Franklin Stevens, 1896,<br />
8vo, original two toned polished buckram. xii, 503, (5) pages. $ 185.00<br />
First edition. Growell 55. Growell notes “ he [Harrisse] never was fortunate enough to find a publisher<br />
in America . . .” Cloth is split along front hinge causing spine to be partially detached. [103816]<br />
127. Hasluck, Paul N. (editor). THE BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY, PRACTICAL,<br />
THEORETIC, AND APPLIED. ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-EIGHT FULL-<br />
PAGE PLATES AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND WORKING DRAWINGS.<br />
London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., (1905), 8vo., original green cloth stamped in black and<br />
gilt, all edges stained red. xl, 744 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition. Contains 48 plates, 4 in color, and 934 text illustrations. With the bookplate of Gavin<br />
Bridson. Also contains the signature of Henry Saville on fly-leaf and that of J. S. Cuppy on the title<br />
page. The covers have been varnished, affecting the edges of the end-papers. [98276]<br />
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128. Hellinga, Wytze. COPY AND PRINT IN THE NETHERLANDS, AN ATLAS<br />
OF HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. With Introductory Essays by H. de la<br />
Fontaine Verwey and G.W. Ovink. Two volumes. Amsterdam: North-Holland<br />
Publishing Co., 1962, 4to., cloth, cardboard slipcases. xxvii,253 pages; (viii) pages<br />
followed by 219 plates. $ 350.00<br />
A study of the book in the Netherlands from the 15th century to the 20th century. Includes information<br />
on the book and culture, the book trade and the form of the book. With 219 plates showing pages of<br />
books followed by long descriptions of the 219 items pictured. [45056]<br />
129. Hubl, Arthur Freiherrn Von. THREE-COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY: THREE-<br />
COLOUR PRINTING AND THE PRODUCTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC<br />
PIGMENT PICTURES IN NATURAL COLOURS. Translated by Henry Oscar<br />
Klein. London: A.W. Penrose & Co., 1904, 8vo., cloth. 148 pages followed by 32 pages<br />
of advertisements. $ 150.00<br />
First edition in English of this book published as DIE DREIFARBEN PHOTOGRAPHIE in<br />
Germany in 1897. First work to discuss three-color photography. Illustrated, including some in color.<br />
With bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Lacks the color filters that are supposed to be<br />
inserted in a small pocket in the back of the book. Bookplate on free endpaper. [15548]<br />
130. (Ireland, William Henry) Malone, Edmond. AN INQUIRY INTO THE<br />
AUTHENTICITY OF CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND LEGAL<br />
INSTRUMENTS, PUBLISHED DEC. 24, MDCCXCV. AND ATTRIBUTED TO<br />
SHAKSPEARE, QUEEN ELIZABETH, AND HENRY, EARL OF<br />
SOUTHAMPTON: ILLUSTRATED BY FAC-SIMILES OF THE GENUINE<br />
HAND- WRITING OF THAT NOBLEMAN, AND OF HER MAJESTY; NEVER<br />
BEFORE EXHIBITED; AND OTHER AUTHENTICK DOCUMENTS: IN A<br />
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT HON. JAMES, EARL OF<br />
CHARLEMONT. London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1796, 8vo., full leather, five<br />
raised bands, decorations in gilt. vii+(i), 424, (4) pages. $ 350.00<br />
First edition. (NCBEL II, 1759). Written in the form of a letter, Malone furthered his cause of proving<br />
that William Ireland had created forgeries of William Shakespeare. The three plates are present. Front<br />
hinge cracked. Bookplate. [20463]<br />
131. (Israel, Nico) Van Uchelen, Ton Croiset et al.(editors). THEATRUM ORBIS<br />
LIBRORUM, LIBER AMICORUM PRESENTED TO NICO ISRAEL ON THE<br />
OCCASION OF HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY. Utrecht: HES Publishers,<br />
(1989), 8vo., cloth. xii, 518 pages. $ 160.00<br />
A festschrift in honor of noted bookseller, Nico Israel. Contains <strong>about</strong> 38 essays by well known<br />
booksellers, bibliographers, librarians, and others on Geography and Travels, Rare <strong>Books</strong>, Booktrade,<br />
Collectors and Libraries. [35766]<br />
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132. Jackson, Holbrook. THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA. Two volumes.<br />
London: The Soncino Press, 1930, 1931, thick 8vo., cloth, top edges gilt. xi,420;<br />
xi,434 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition, limited to 1048 numbered copies. (Webber p.80). A. Edward Newton has said the<br />
following <strong>about</strong> this book, “Of all the books in praise of books ever written this is the most exhaustive<br />
and the best. One wonders if Jackson be a man or a whole regiment of men. It would seem that no man’s<br />
reading could have been so exhaustive.” No jackets although a former owner has added specially made<br />
cloth jackets for each volume. Faint spotting to bottom of back cover of volume one which also shows<br />
on specially made cloth cover. Ownership inscription in pencil. [73654]<br />
133. Jammes, Andre and Eugenia Parry Janis. THE ART OF FRENCH CALOTYPE<br />
WITH A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1845–1870.<br />
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1983), oblong 8vo., cloth, dust jacket.<br />
xxiv, 284+(1) pages. $ 275.00<br />
A history of calotype photography in France, with two hundred black-and-white calotype photographs<br />
of varied subjects. This volume traces the relation to the history of prints and the calotype’s influence on<br />
impressionism. The book also contains an essay on the origins of early photography and a bibliography.<br />
Minor wear at spine ends of dust jacket. [103936]<br />
134. ( Johnson, Samuel) Newton, A. Edward. SALE CATALOGUE OF DR.<br />
JOHNSON’S LIBRARY WITH AN ESSAY BY A. EDWARD NEWTON. New York:<br />
Edmond Byrne Hackett, (1925), 8vo., boards, paper spine and cover labels. 11 pages<br />
followed by the 28 page facsimile of the catalogue. $ 195.00<br />
Limited to 250 numbered copies. Signed by Newton. The facsimile was made from Ralph Isham’s copy<br />
and not Newton’s as Isham’s copy had both the prices realized and the names of the buyers. Excellent<br />
introduction. Spine label chipped. Bookplate. Foxing of pastedowns. Ownership inscription in pencil<br />
[36258]<br />
135. Karrow Jr., Robert W. MAPMAKERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY<br />
AND THEIR MAPS. Bio-Bibliographies of the Cartographers of Abraham Ortelius,<br />
1570.Chicago, IL: Newberry Library, 1993, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 846<br />
pages. $ 500.00<br />
This book presents authoritative biographical essays on eighty-eight cartographers from the earliest<br />
period of European cartography. There are also bibliographical descriptions of more than two<br />
thousand maps and several hundred books, pamphlets and broadsides including works from other<br />
scientific disciplines such as astronomy, medicine and mathematics. Contains a section of black-andwhite<br />
plates, and three indices. Minor wear at edges of dust jacket. [103937]<br />
136. Kenyon, Frederic G. ANCIENT BOOKS AND MODERN DISCOVERIES.<br />
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1927, 4to., vellum-backed marbled boards, top edge gilt,<br />
others uncut. (x), 86 pages and 20 plates. $ 400.00<br />
First edition, limited to 350 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the press of William Edwin Rudge. (Haas<br />
141). The collotype plates were made by Emery Walker. Six chapters on early bookmaking including<br />
discussions of 12 early types of book material, writing on vellum, paper and libraries. Minor wear to<br />
covers. Ownership inscription in pencil. [41990]<br />
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Item 136<br />
137. Klein, Henry Oscar. COLLODION EMULSION. and Its Applications to<br />
Various Photographic and Photo-Mechanical Purposes, with Special Reference to<br />
Trichromatic Process Work. London: Penrose & Co, 1905, 8vo., cloth. 95, (31)<br />
pages. $ 150.00<br />
Nine plates including the color frontispiece. Final 28 pages are advertisements for photographic<br />
equipment and supplies. Offset on both free endpapers. General wear. With the bookplate and pencil<br />
signature of Gavin Bridson. [99210]<br />
138. Koeman, C. MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO<br />
THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1988, 8vo,<br />
cloth, dust jacket. xl, 390 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Edited by P. van der Krogt and G. Schilder. Contains the most important studies by professor Koeman,<br />
republished on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. With illustrations [103782]<br />
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139. Kopal, Zdenek and Robert W. Carder. MAPPING OF THE MOON PAST<br />
AND PRESENT. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, (1974), 8vo,<br />
cloth. vii, 240 pages. $ 150.00<br />
A history of lunar mapping from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Including U.S. Air Force,<br />
U.S, Army, U.S.S.R. and National Geographic mapping. This book is volume 50 in the “AstroPhysics<br />
and Space Science Library” series. The book has three black-and-white fold-out lunar charts and many<br />
black-and-white photos throughout. Spine ends and corners bumped, some soiling on covers, binding<br />
flaws evident on covers and pages. [103935]<br />
140. Kopriva, Milan. TYPOORNAMENTY. PRACOVNIKUM REDAKCI,<br />
NAKLADATELSTVI, POLYGRAFIE A MILOVNIKUM TYPOGRAFIE VYBRAL<br />
A USPORADAL.. (Praha: Pluto, 1990), 4to., cloth portfolio with paper cover label<br />
containing 240 type ornamental type specimens. $ 350.00<br />
Reprint of the first edition. With an introduction to the first edition reproduced along with a postscript<br />
in multiple languages including English. Beautifully produced type specimen book. [102523]<br />
141. Lemercier, Alfred. LA LITHOGRAPHIE FRANÇAISE DE 1796 À 1896 ET<br />
LES ARTS QUI S’Y RATTACHENT; MANUEL PRATIQUE S’ADRESSANT AUX<br />
ARTISTES ET AUX IMPRIMEURS. Paris: Ch. Lorilleux & Cie., 1896, 4to., modern<br />
quarter calf, marbled paper-covered boards. xxiv, 358 pages. $ 950.00<br />
Twenty-eight plates, some in color, and many illustrations in the text. Originally published in 12 parts;<br />
here bound together. Some internal spotting. [99477]<br />
Item 141<br />
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Item 142<br />
142. (Libri, Guglielmo) MONUMENTS INÉDITS OU PEU CONNUS, FAISANT<br />
PARTIE DU CABINET DE GUILLAUME LIBRI, ET QUI SE RAPPORTENT À<br />
L’HISTOIRE DE L’ORNEMENTATION CHEZ DIFFÉRENTS PEUPLES.<br />
Londres: n.p., 1864, large folio, Sheets loosely inserted in modern cloth folder with<br />
original paper wrapper mounted on front. (iv), 14 pages, followed by 65 plates.<br />
$ 2,750.00<br />
Second edition, enlarged with extra plates and including the supplement to the first edition. The<br />
supplement is now fully incorporated into the book. Its introduction forms a type of foreword<br />
and its plates (marked A-E) precede the LX plates of the first edition. Also includes a half-title not<br />
found in the first edition. (Ruju pp.297–299; Pollard p.307; Hermann, Sotheby’s pp.41–43). Designed<br />
as both advertisement and introduction to the last of the London sales conducted by Sotheby’s,<br />
this splendid Catalogue has a brief introductory text in both French and English followed by deluxe<br />
chromolithographed illustrations. Time has not diminished the allure of the chromolithographed<br />
depictions of the fine bindings and decorative art used to enhance these early manuscripts. It is<br />
presumed that much of the material in this catalogue was stolen, as Libri, it is now known, was a<br />
notorious book thief who removed items from many continental libraries. De Ricci describes how<br />
Lord Asburnham was a great client of Libri’s and the difficulties his family had in dispersing his library<br />
due to claims of ownership from various public libraries chiefly in France (English Collectors pp131–<br />
136). Sheets loosely inserted in modern cloth binder with original paper wrapper mounted on front.<br />
Paper repairs along edges. [102505]<br />
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143. Lietze, Ernst. MODERN HELIOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; MANUAL OF<br />
INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF REPRODUCING DRAWINGS, ENGRAVINGS,<br />
MANUSCRIPTS, ETC., BY THE ACTION OF LIGHT . . . WITH 32<br />
ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND 10 SPECIMEN HELIOGRAMS. New York:<br />
D. Van Nostrand Co., 1888, tall 8vo., original cloth. viii, 143, (5) pages. $ 600.00<br />
First edition. A technical discussion of this “new art” of reproducing mechanical drawings, etc., by<br />
the use of chemicals and light based on the author’s practical experiences. He gives formulas and<br />
methods of each of the contemporary patents. Of added interest are 10 actual tipped-in samples<br />
of illustrations reproduced by the different methods. Samples of Silver Print on Citro-Chloride of<br />
Silver Paper-negative, Silver Print on Citro-Chloride of Silver Paper-positive, Ordinary Bluye Print—<br />
negative, Ordinary Blue Print-Positive, Red Prusslate of Potash Print, Direct Cyanotype, Ink Picture,<br />
Carbon Print, Uranium Print developed with Nitrate of Silver, and Uranium Print developed with Red<br />
Prussiate of Potash. Ink ownership inscription at top of title page and on free endpaper from J.C.<br />
Lewore of Cincinnati dated 1890. Covers spotted around edges with wear at spine ends. [4431]<br />
144. (Limited Editions Club) THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH IN THE<br />
KING JAMES VERSION WITH WATER COLORS BY CHAIM GROSS.<br />
Introduction by Franklin H. Littell. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1979,<br />
4to., quarter leather, slipcase. xii, 121, (3) pages. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 2000 numbered copies signed by Gross and Littell. Printed at the Press of A. Colish and<br />
designed by Bert Clarke. [16539]<br />
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145. (Limited Editions Club) Gray, Thomas. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY<br />
CHURCH-YARD With an Introduction by Sir Hugh Walpole. Decorated with<br />
Wood-engravings sketched in the same country church- yard by Agnes Miller<br />
Parker. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938, small 4to., cloth with raised<br />
design on front cover. xv, 72, (2) pages. $ 225.00<br />
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Parker. Designed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and printed<br />
at his Raven Press. Lacks slipcase. Bookplate on free endpaper. [102839]<br />
146. (Limited Editions Club) Lewis, Sinclair. MAIN STREET. With a Special<br />
Introduction by the Author and Illustrations by Grant Wood. New York: The Limited<br />
Editions Club, 1937, small 4to., cloth. xvii, 367, (3) pages. $ 250.00<br />
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Wood. Printed at the Lakeside Press of Chicago and<br />
designed by W.A. Kittredge. Lacks slipcase. Light cover wear. Bookplate on free endpaper. [102837]<br />
147. (Limited Editions Club) Maugham, W. Somerset. OF HUMAN BONDAGE.<br />
Two volumes. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938, tall 8vo., cloth, leather<br />
spine labels. xiv,406; (ii),407–805, (2) pages. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by John Sloan. Printed at Yale University Press under the<br />
direction of Carl Purington Rollins. Contains 16 etchings by Sloan. Lacks slipcase. Spines age darkened.<br />
Bookplate on free endpapers. [102844]<br />
148. (Limited Editions Club) Twain, Mark. SLOVENLY PETER (DER<br />
STRUWWELPETER), TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH JINGLES FROM THE<br />
ORIGINAL GERMAN OF DR. HEINRICH HOFFMANN WITH DR.<br />
HOFFMANN’S ILLUSTRATIONS ADAPTED FROM THE RARE FIRST<br />
EDITION BY FRITZ KREDEL. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935, 4to.,<br />
quarter leather over decorated cloth, cloth folder, slipcase. (ii), 34, (2) pages printed<br />
French fold. $ 200.00<br />
Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Printed by The Marchbanks Press with colored illustrations from<br />
stencil. Wear to outer cloth folder. Bookplate on free endpaper. [86865]<br />
149. Linton, W.J. SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON WOOD-ENGRAVING FOR<br />
THE INSTRUCTION OF REVIEWERS AND THE PUBLIC. Boston: Lee and<br />
Shepard, 1879, small 8vo., original cloth. (viii), 91 pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition. Contains a number of woodcuts in the text. With the bookplate and pencil signature of<br />
Gavin Bridson. Small ink stamp of “E.F. Smith Collection” on copyright page. Worn spot along front<br />
hinge. [22917]<br />
150. (Lithography) TRAITÉ DE LITHOGRAPHIE. PUBLIÉ PAR LA MAISON<br />
CH. LORILLEUX & CIE. HISTOIRE. THÉORIE. PRATIQUE. (Paris: La Maison<br />
Ch. Lorilleux & Cie), 1889, 4to., later cloth spine with printed paper-covered boards,<br />
modern paper spine label. 380, (2), 4 pages. $ 750.00<br />
Contains 3 portraits of Senefelder, 1 color plate, 1 plate done in héliotype, 31 text illustrations and<br />
diagrams. With the name “M. Thibout” penciled on the title page. With the bookplate and pencil<br />
signature of Gavin Bridson. [84141]<br />
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151. Logan, Herschel C. THE AMERICAN HAND PRESS ITS ORIGIN,<br />
DEVELOPMENT AND USE. Whittier, Ca.: The Curt Zoller Press, 1980, 8vo.,<br />
quarter cloth, paper covered boards. x, 48 pages. $ 135.00<br />
Limited to 300 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at his Castle Press; this is one of 275 bound in<br />
cloth and Fabriano paper covered boards. Illustrated by the author with a foreword by Ward Ritchie. A<br />
brief history of the hand press with many illustrations. Presentation on first blank “To Henry Morris—<br />
With best wishes for many more Bird & Bull Press volumes, Sincerely, Curt Zoller, 1/16/82” and with a<br />
handwritten note to Morris inserted. [103075]<br />
152. Macrakis, Michael S. (editor)VN M. GREEK LETTERS: FROM TABLETS<br />
TO PIXELS. New Castle: <strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Knoll</strong> Press, 1997, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket.<br />
xxviii, 325 pages.. $ 235.00<br />
First edition. GREEK LETTERS follows the history and development of Greek types and printing:<br />
their role in the history of the printed word and civilization, the urgent need for quality modern fonts<br />
and the challenges faced by the current and future realm of Greek type design. These challenges inspired<br />
the Greek Font Society, formed in 1992, to promote and design quality Greek fonts for printing and use<br />
on the computer screen. These issues also spurred the Society to gather some of the most respected<br />
professionals, designers and scholars at the first International Symposium on the Contributions of the<br />
Greek Alphabet. Noted figures, including Hermann Zapf, Matthew Carter, Nicolas Barker and John<br />
A. Lane, from the fields of typography, history, book history, art, economics, technology and policy in<br />
Greece, Europe and America came to the Symposium to present papers on these issues, now contained<br />
in GREEK LETTERS. This work, profusely illustrated, not only addresses the Hellenist scholar, but<br />
also the modern writer, typographer, historian, graphic designer, printer, publisher and computer<br />
specialist. [45576]<br />
155. (Maps) Shirley, Rodney W. THE MAPPING OF THE WORLD, EARLY<br />
PRINTED WORLD MAPS, 1472–1700. (Riverside, CT: Early World Press Ltd,<br />
(2001), thick 4to., cloth, dust jacket. (lii), vii-xlviii, 670 pages. $ 750.00<br />
Fourth edition. Containing a new preface and a corrigenda and addenda which adds 260 entries.<br />
Profusely illustrated including a number in full color. Includes as appendices a list of lesser known map<br />
makers and a chronological listing and rarity index. Magnificent book. [103844]<br />
156. (Marbling) Easton, Phoebe Jane. MARBLING, A HISTORY AND A<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1983, small 4to., cloth,<br />
marbled paper sample inset in front cover. xiii, 190, (4) pages. $ 200.00<br />
Limited to 850 numbered copies. Chapters on Suminagashi, marbling in the Near East, origins of<br />
marbling in Europe and America, mechanics of marbling, a bibliography of books on the subject, etc.<br />
Includes a number of tipped-in samples. [37519]<br />
157. Martin, Henri-Jean et al. HISTOIRE DE L’EDITION FRANCAISE. 2<br />
volumes. Paris: Promodis, (1982), (1984), 4to., cloth, dust jackets. 629,(2); 653,(2)<br />
pages. $ 300.00<br />
First editions. A monumental study of the history of the book in France from the middle ages to the<br />
present day. A well illustrated, nice production. Two additional volumes were published which cover<br />
the period after 1830. Jackets age yellowed and wrinkled (volume one). Ownership inscription in pencil.<br />
[102750]<br />
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158. MATRIX, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES. 28 volumes,<br />
the complete set published to date. Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1981–<br />
2009, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers with printed and decorated dust jackets (for<br />
first five volumes) and decorated paper-covered boards with printed and decorated<br />
dust jackets (for volume six to seventeen). $ 6,500.00<br />
With limitations varying from 350 for the first volume to limitations in the 900s for later volumes. The<br />
tenth volume contains an index to the first ten issues. Filled with important articles on all aspects of<br />
private printing, historical printing history, book illustration history and all other subjects of interest<br />
to the bookarts person. Illustrated with color, tipped-in illustrations, foldouts, broadsides, samples etc.<br />
This set contains the original volumes of one and two. Fine set. [47602]<br />
159. McMurtrie, Douglas C. A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN THE UNITED<br />
STATES. The Story of the Introduction of the Press and of its History and Influence<br />
during the Pioneer Period in Each State of the Union. Volume II, Middle & South<br />
Atlantic States. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1936, thick 8vo., cloth. xviii, 462<br />
pages. $ 135.00<br />
First edition, volume II was the only volume completed as McMurtrie died shortly thereafter. An<br />
important history of American printing. Spine faded. [11183]<br />
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160. (Moser, Barry) THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS OF<br />
THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, KING JAMES VERSION. (New York):<br />
Viking Studio Edition, (1999), thick 4to, cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 994, (10) pages.<br />
$ 750.00<br />
Special copy of the first trade edition of Barry Moser’s Pennyroyal Caxton Bible; the title page reads<br />
that “This is one of five hundred copies of the Viking Studio Edition of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible<br />
that have been printed especially for the friends and patrons of the Pennyroyal Caxton Press.” Signed<br />
in pencil by Moser at the end of the lengthy colophon page. The text follows Frederick H. A. Scrivener’s<br />
1873 critical edition of the Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version. Stunningly<br />
illustrated by Barry Moser. [102803]<br />
161. Mumey, Nolie. A STUDY OF RARE BOOKS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE<br />
TO COLOPHONS, PRESS DEVICES AND TITLE PAGES OF INTEREST TO<br />
THE BIBLIOPHILE AND THE STUDENT OF LITERATURE. Denver: The<br />
Clason Publishing Co., 1930, thick 4to., cloth-backed boards, paper cover and spine<br />
labels. xi, 572 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition, limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies. Contains three major sections: History<br />
of <strong>Books</strong>, Printers, Colophons; Press devices; and Aids to Identification of rare books. Profusely<br />
illustrated. Covers soiled with some spotting. Ownership inscription in pencil. [25059]<br />
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162. Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof. FARTHEST NORTH. Being the Record of a Voyage of<br />
Exploration of the Ship “Fram” 1893–96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Journey by Dr.<br />
Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. Two volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers<br />
Publishers, 1897, 8vo., original cloth stamped in gilt, silver, green and red, top edge<br />
gilt. (xiii),587; (xi),714 pages. $ 300.00<br />
Two volume set which is a record of the journey of exploration taken to the North Polar Regions by<br />
the Norwegian ship Fram from 1893–1896. With 120 illustrations, etched frontispiece,16 colored plates<br />
and four fold out maps in front and back cover pockets. With an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain<br />
of the Fram. Corners and spine ends bumped with minor rubbing at extremities and a small tear on<br />
the back cover of volume one. Remains of bookplate on front endpaper of volume one with offset on<br />
paste-down, and a cracked front hinge. [103987]<br />
a complete set<br />
163. Nash, Ray and Roderick D. Stinehour (editors). PRINTING & GRAPHIC<br />
ARTS. 38 issues, the complete set, bound in eight volumes. Lunenburg, VT: The<br />
Stinehour Press, 1953, 8vo., publisher’s cloth-backed decorated paper-covered<br />
boards with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. $ 350.00<br />
Excellent articles on the history of early American typefounders, bibliographies of type specimen<br />
books, early Canadian printing, earliest American color printing, etc. The first two volumes are bound<br />
together in a facsimile of the original publisher’s binding. Volume 3 to 9 are in the publisher’s binding<br />
and the two issues of volume 10 are in paper wrappers as issued. [103893]<br />
164. (Newfoundland) O’Dea, Agnes C. (compiler). BIBLIOGRAPHY OF<br />
NEWFOUNDLAND. Two volumes. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1986),<br />
8vo., cloth. (xx),826; (viii),827–1450 pages. $ 145.00<br />
This two volume set is a comprehensive bibliography of Newfoundland and Labrador which brings<br />
together the written records of five centuries. Volume One contains more than 5911 entries, and Volume<br />
Two contains 378 entries of Annuals followed by the indices. The entries include books, pamphlets,<br />
government documents, unpublished theses, reports, letters, diaries and film, and are organized<br />
chronologically. Foreword by Dr. L. Harris, a preface by Anne Alexander and indexes organized by<br />
author, title and subject. Slight bumping to spine ends. Top front corner bumped on Volume Two.<br />
[103984]<br />
165. (Nuremberg Chronicle) Koberger, Anton. THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE.<br />
(New York: Brussel & Brussel, 1966), Thick folio, cloth. Not paginated. $ 200.00<br />
Facsimile of Schedel’s Buch der Chroniken priinted in 1493. Printed on specially produced paper by<br />
Curtis Paper Mills of Newark, Delaware. [102970]<br />
166. (Officina Bodoni) Gogol, Nikola. THE OVERCOAT, FROM THE TALES OF<br />
PETERSBURG. Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1975, 4to., quarter vellum<br />
with light brown Roma paper sides and device on front cover in gold, paper spine<br />
label, top edge gilt. 122, (4) pages. $ 1,500.00<br />
Limited to 160 numbered copies signed by the artist, Pietro Annigoni. (Schmoller 193). Printed on<br />
Magnani hand-made paper by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. Contains the original<br />
Russian text with a translation into English by Constance Garnett, six etchings by Pietro Annigoni and<br />
a postscript by Mardersteig. Prospectus loosely inserted. Mardersteig comments in the bibliography<br />
on the typographical problems he faced with this book because of the different types to be used for the<br />
Russian and English text and his solution to the problem. [24221]<br />
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167. Palivec, Josef and Jan Soucek. NASLOUCHÁNÍ. (Praha): Edice Sladké jádro<br />
srdce, (1992), 4to., quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards in a slipcase<br />
with matching marbled paper. 28, (2) pages. $ 275.00<br />
Limited to only 100 numbered copies. The full color illustrations are each signed by the artist in pencil.<br />
A stunning production. [102976]<br />
168. (Papermaking) THE BRIQUET ALBUM, A MISCELLANY ON<br />
WATERMARKS, SUPPLEMENTING DR. BRIQUET’S LES FILIGRANES, BY<br />
VARIOUS PAPER SCHOLARS. Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1952,<br />
4to., cloth. (ii), 158, (2) pages. $ 500.00<br />
First edition, limited to 400 numbered copies. With contributions by Armin Renker, Henri Alibaux,<br />
Alfred Schulte, Hans Bockwitz, Dard Hunter, E.J. Labarre and others. This is Volume Two in the series<br />
issued by the Paper Publications Society and one of the more difficult to find. The illustrations in this<br />
original edition are better than those of the reprint. [24772]<br />
169. (Papermaking) Haemmerle, Albert. BUNTPAPIER, HERKOMMEN,<br />
GESCHICHTE, TECHNIKEN, BEZIEHUNGEN ZUR KUNST. Munchen: Georg<br />
D.W. Callwey, (1961), 4to., decorated boards, dust jacket. 251 pages. $ 375.00<br />
Issued on the 150th anniversary of this firm. The history of decorated and marbled paper with 155<br />
illustrations and eighteen actual paper specimens tipped-in. Has a thirteen page bibliography of the<br />
subject done in triple column and descriptions of 664 examples of decorated paper. Jacket chipped.<br />
[16131]<br />
170. (Papermaking) Lenz, Hans. MEXICAN INDIAN PAPER. ITS HISTORY<br />
AND SURVIVAL. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY H. MURRAY CAMPBELL.<br />
Mexico: Rafael Loera y Chavez, 1961, 4to., quarter blue leather with decorated cloth<br />
covered boards. 280, (2) pages. $ 950.00<br />
First edition in English. An important work on the history of papermaking in Mexico. There are over<br />
300 illustrations in color and black and white, including photographs of papermaking processes and<br />
reproductions of Pre-Columbian manuscripts. There are also eleven tipped-in paper samples. Minor<br />
rubbing along edges. [102580]<br />
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171. (Papermaking) THE PAPER MAKER. Wilmington: Hercules Powder Co.,<br />
1933, 4to., stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. $ 1,400.00<br />
This periodical is very difficult to assemble as a set. We have the following 56 issues:<br />
Volume 05. 1936. Autumn.<br />
Volume 09. 1940. No.1.<br />
Volume 10. 1941. No.3.<br />
Volume 11. 1942. No.1, 2, 3.<br />
Volume 12. 1943. No.1, 2. (started issuing 2 a year)<br />
Volume 13. 1944. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 14. 1945. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 15. 1946. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 16. 1947. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 17. 1948. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 18. 1949. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 19. 1950. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 20. 1951. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 21. 1952. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 22. 1953. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 23. 1954. No.1.<br />
Volume 24. 1955. No.2.<br />
Volume 25. 1956. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 26. 1957. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 27. 1958. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 28. 1959. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 29. 1960. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 30. 1961, No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 31. 1962. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 32. 1963. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 33. 1964. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 34. 1965. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 35. 1966. No.1, 2.<br />
Volume 36. 1967. No.1. (started issuing 1 a year)<br />
Volume 37. 1968. No.1.<br />
Volume 38. 1969. No.1.<br />
Volume 39. 1970. No.1. [103092]<br />
172. (Papermaking) Rottensten, Birte & Ebba Waaben. DANSKI VANDMAERKER<br />
& PAPIRMOLLER, 1570–1695. 2 volumes. (København): Konservatorskolen Det<br />
Kongelige Danski Kunstakademi, 1986, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. (ii),201; (ii),218<br />
pages. $ 130.00<br />
Hundreds of papermakers identified. With watermarks reproduced. [102977]<br />
173. (Papermaking) Shorter, Alfred H. PAPER MILLS AND PAPER MAKERS IN<br />
ENGLAND, 1495–1800. Hilversum, Holland: The Paper Publications Society, 1957,<br />
4to., simulated leather. 457, (3) pages. $ 1,250.00<br />
First edition, limited to 600 copies. Volume VI in the series on papermaking issued by the Society<br />
and edited by E.J. Labarre. History followed by maps showing locations of the mills at different time<br />
periods, lists and reproductions of watermarks, various appendices describing more specific examples<br />
of papermaking and indices. Indespensible reference book. Covers show light soiling. [20125]<br />
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174. (Papermaking) Winckler, Otto. DER PAPIERKENNER, EIN HANDBUCH<br />
UND RATHGEBER FÜR PAPIER-KÄUFER UND VERKÄUFER, TECHNISCHE<br />
LEHRANSTALTEN ETC. ZUM PRAKTISCHEN GEBRAUCHE BEARBEITET.<br />
Leipzig: Th. Grieben’s Verlag (L. Fernau), 1887, large 8vo., later half calf with<br />
patterned cloth covered boards, five raised bands, leather spine label, all edges<br />
stained red. viii, 280 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition. Dedication to Hermann Gmeiner-Benndorf “president of the German Paper Association.”<br />
Late 19th-century German papermaking. A book on the composition, manufacture, processing,<br />
classification and testing of paper, the paper trade, and the machinery used in the paper industry. Wellorganized<br />
in nine main sections with 145 short, numbered chapters, followed by an index and 36 paper<br />
samples (lacking in this copy). Each chapter has subject headings in the margins. The book is meant as<br />
a guide to the intelligent selection of papers for various uses, and as an overview of paper-testing (which<br />
also assists paper-users in understanding the resulting paper specifications). There are 127 illustrations,<br />
mostly of machinery, but also of processes and materials (drawings of the microscopic components of<br />
paper). The section on the paper market includes many statistics. Otto Winckler directed a “facility<br />
for paper-testing” (preface), which may have been the facility established by the German government<br />
for that purpose near Berlin in 1886; however, he signs the preface “Leipzig.” Minor rubbing of covers.<br />
[102494]<br />
175. (Papermaking) Zongmu, Wang. AN ESSAY ON PAPER: OBSERVATIONS<br />
MADE BY WANG ZONGMU AT THE IMPERIAL PAPER MILL AT JADE<br />
MOUNTAIN. Manoa: Manoa Press, 1993, 8vo., stitched blue marbled paper, paper<br />
cover label. (24) pages. $ 285.00<br />
Limited to 85 numbered copies signed by James Rumford, the proprietor of the Manoa Press of Hawaii.<br />
Rumford translated the text written by Zongmu (1523–1591) and printed the book by hand on paper<br />
produced by him. Includes a specimen of modern chu paper. Illustrated. [39976]<br />
176. PARENTHESIS: THE JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSO<br />
CIATION. 11 (of 16) volumes. Vancouver/Sheffield: FPBA, 2000–2009, small 4to.,<br />
paper covered boards, portfolio, slipcase. Various pagination. $ 1,650.00<br />
The DeLuxe version of this periodical. The DeLuxe versions include an extra portfolio of material<br />
from the presses which is inserted in a slipcase along with the hardbound copy of the issue. Includes<br />
issues 5–9 and 11–16. Collections of essays <strong>about</strong> fine printing with articles. [103889]<br />
w i t h specimens insert e d<br />
177. (Plough Press) Wakeman, Geoffrey. BRADBURY & EVANS, COLOUR<br />
PRINTERS. Oxford: The Plough Press, 1984, small 4to., half-leather over boards.<br />
(vi), 19 pages. $ 450.00<br />
First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies, this is one of 20 copies bound thus. A history of this<br />
excellent English color printing firm. Contains two tipped-in examples of their work, a specimen<br />
sheet from THE OCTAVO FERNS and THE BRITISH SEAWEEDS. Also has six illustrations of<br />
equipment. [2956]<br />
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178. (Plough Press) Wakeman, Geoffrey. GRAPHIC METHODS IN BOOK<br />
ILLUSTRATION. Loughborough: Plough Press, 1981, small folio box containing a<br />
text signature of 8 pages and 18 other fascicules. $ 750.00<br />
Limited to 120 numbered copies. Each of the 18 fascicules describes a different method of illustration<br />
and contains an original example of that illustration technique tipped in. Included are the woodcut,<br />
wood engraving, etching, copper, stipple and steel engraving, aquatint, mezzotint, chalk and line<br />
style lithography, lithographic and relief style color printing, hand-coloring, photography, Woodbury<br />
type, collotype, photogravure and photomechanical printing. Accompanied by illustrations printed in<br />
different colors. Excellent teaching tool. [38036]<br />
179. (Plough Press) Wakeman, Geoffrey. NINETEENTH CENTURY TRADE<br />
BINDING. Two volumes. Oxford: Plough Press, 1983, small 4to., cloth, top edge<br />
gilt, paper spine labels, slipcase. 46, (2) pages in first volume; second is a cloth folder<br />
containing one sheet with seven specimens of different types of leather pasted on,<br />
another sheet with nine specimens of cloth pasted on, a four page section with 71<br />
reproductions of cloth rubbings being the Winterbottom designs and a specimen of<br />
brass type that would be used by a bookbinder. $ 550.00<br />
Limited to 152 numbered copies and out of print before publication. Another fine Plough Press book<br />
on a subject area which has become increasingly important. Wakeman discusses the materials and<br />
machinery used in trade binding in both cloth and leather and has 27 illustrations from contemporary<br />
sources to aid the text. The book is hand-printed in two colors on mould made paper. [5983]<br />
180. (Plough Press) Woolnough, C.W. THE WHOLE ART OF MARBLING AS<br />
APPLIED TO PAPER, BOOK EDGES, ETC. Containing a full Description of the<br />
Nature and Properties of the Materials Used, the Method of Preparing Them, and of<br />
Executing Every Kind of Marbling in Use at the Present Time, with Numerous<br />
Illustrations and Examples. London: George Bell and Sons, 1881 (Oxford: Plough<br />
Press, 1985), 8vo., green cloth in facsimile of the original. 42 page introduction<br />
followed by the 82 page facsimile. $ 600.00<br />
Limited to only 150 copies. A reprint with an historical introduction of the second and last edition<br />
of this first practical marbling manual. This facsimile contains actual tipped in specimens of marbled<br />
paper which replicate the samples appearing in the original edition. Ownership inscription in pencil.<br />
[6169]<br />
181. (Previous Parrot Press.) Bishop, Hal. THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF<br />
FRANK MARTIN. (Oxford, England): Previous Parrot Press, 1998, Small 4to.,<br />
One-eighth leather with paper-covered boards. Artist illustration front cover.<br />
Decorative slipcase. 152 pages. $ 300.00<br />
Published in a limited edition of 360 copies, signed by compiler and artist. Text contains a selection of<br />
the wood-engravings, small woodcuts, linocuts and vinyl engravings, and a catalog of all the relief prints<br />
compiled by Hal Bishop. Martin is an etcher, engraver and woodcut artist who for a time studied under<br />
the noted artist Gertrude Hermes. He later held the position of Professor of Engraving and Etching at<br />
London’s Camberwell School of Art. [103998]<br />
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182. Quinn, B. David, (editor). NEW AMERICAN WORLD, A DOCUMENTARY<br />
HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA TO 1612. Five volumes. New York: Arno Press,<br />
1979, 4to., colth. (xxxviii),477; (xxiv),594; (xxvi),494; (xxvi),454; (xxvi),572 pages,<br />
with 147 plates,. $ 250.00<br />
This five volume set explores in great detail the history of the American world. Beginning with the<br />
Greeks and Romans through the Muslim and the Medieval worlds. It charts the earliest explorations<br />
of America, including journeys made by the Spanish, English, French and Portuguese, examining all<br />
the various expeditions from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. With 147 black-and-white<br />
map plates, bibliography listed by country and index. The corners and spine ends on all five volumes<br />
are slightly bumped. [103985]<br />
183. Ray, Gordon N. THE ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK, 1700–<br />
1914. Two volumes. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1982), 4to., cloth, dust<br />
jackets. xxxii, 557 pages. $ 200.00<br />
First edition. An extremely important book containing an excellent text and 620 black and white<br />
illustrations and 16 pages of color plates. [76850]<br />
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184. Reilly, Elizabeth Carroll. A DICTIONARY OF COLONIAL AMERICAN<br />
PRINTERS ORNAMENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. A TRIBUTE TO ALDEN<br />
PORTER JOHNSON. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1975, 4to., cloth,<br />
dust jacket. xxxvi, 515 pages. $ 180.00<br />
First edition. This work contains reproductions of more than 2,000 ornaments and illustrations used<br />
by American printers from 1640 to 1776. The book also includes the names and locations of the printers<br />
who used each ornament, an index of printers and a chronological listing of the ornaments. Book is a<br />
little worn at the spine ends. Dust jacket has a few small tears at the spine ends, tanning at the edges.<br />
[4668]<br />
185. Ris-Paquot. TRAITÉ PRATIQUE ELEMENTAIRE DE PHOTOTYPIE, A<br />
L’USAGE DE MESSIURS LES IMPRIMEURS, PHOTOGRAPHES ET<br />
AMATEURS. Abbeville: Chez L’Auteur, n.d. (circa 1895), 8vo., contemporary<br />
quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. xii, 252, (2) pages. $ 350.00<br />
First edition (Roosens & Luc Salu 8306). Contains 15 (of the 21) plates demonstrating different<br />
photographic processes (with plate xi lacking the actual photograph). With the bookplate and pencil<br />
signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-library copy with stamps on the title page and two other pages.<br />
Numbers on title page. A scarce book. [98684]<br />
186. Robinson, B.W. (editor). ISLAMIC PAINTING AND THE ARTS OF THE<br />
BOOK. London: Faber and Faber, (1976), small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 322 pages<br />
followed by plates. $ 300.00<br />
First edition. With contributions by the editor, Dr. Ernst J. Grube, Professor G.M. Meredith-Ownes<br />
and R.W. Skelton. With an Introduction by Dr. Ivan Stchoukine. 44 plates in color and 157 illustrations<br />
in black and white. Minor jacket rubbing. [103018]<br />
187. (Rogers, Bruce) Dowson, Ernest. THE PIERROT OF THE MINUTE. New<br />
York: The Grolier Club, 1923, large 12mo., marbled paper-covered boards, wraparound<br />
paper label, plain paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. 49+(1)<br />
pages. $ 135.00<br />
Limited to 300 copies (Asaf 78, Warde: Bruce Rogers, p.68). In 1921, the Grolier Club commissioned six<br />
printers to produce a book of their choice in their own design. Rogers selected the Dowson playlet in<br />
which Pierrot gains the love of a Moon Maid for one night and learns the difference between mortals<br />
and immortals, or artists and art. Since this work had first appeared in 1897 with decorations and<br />
illustrations by Beardsley, it was, as the saying goes, something of a tough act to follow. Rogers decided,<br />
perhaps following the deliberately archaic poetic diction of the play, to “embower” (Warde p.39) the<br />
text in various combinations of rococo-style ornaments. These are developed from the title page<br />
design, which contains all of the elements appearing elsewhere except for two simple astronomical<br />
ornaments and part of Roger’s colophon device. Pages are framed in one of three variants of a border<br />
printed in rose red using chains and garlands of dots and floral elements modelled after Fournier.<br />
Printed by W.E. Rudge using Deberny type. Covers rubbed. [54293]<br />
188. (Rosenthal Family) Angermair, Elisabeth, Jens Koch, Anton Löffelmeier, Eva<br />
Ohlen, und Ingo Schwab. DIE ROSENTHALS DER AUFSTIEG EINER<br />
JÜDISCHEN ANTIQUARSFAMILIE ZU WELTRUHM. Wien: Böhlau, (2002),<br />
large 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 262 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. Biographical account of the Rosenthals, the renowned family of German-Jewish<br />
antiquarian booksellers. This book accompanied an exhibition on the Rosenthal family held at the<br />
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Jewish Museum in Munich from October 2002–October 2003. With contributions of Elisabeth<br />
Angermair, Jens Koch, Anton Löffelmeier, Eva Ohlen, Ingo Schwab and foreword by Bernard<br />
Rosenthal. Includes bibliography, indexes, and 56 black and white illustrations [74152]<br />
189. (Royal Asiatic Society) CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS PUBLISHED<br />
BEFORE 1932 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. London:<br />
The Royal Asiatic Society, 1940, 4to., cloth. viii, 541+(1) pages. $ 300.00<br />
This volume is a complete catalogue of the Royal Asiatic Society Library of books published before<br />
1932.. This volume excludes the Bible, pamphlets, reprints, and books in the Chinese, and Siamese<br />
languages. Entries are accompanied by descriptions in various languages. There is also a supplementary<br />
list and two appendices, one coveing gazetteers and the second concerning periodicals. The book is<br />
bumped at the head and tail of spine and corners. [103941]<br />
190. Sawyer, J.R. THE “ A.B.C.” GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF AUTOTYPE<br />
PRINTS IN PERMANENT PIGMENTS. London: The Autotype Company, 1887,<br />
small 8vo., original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. xiv, 98, 19+(1) pages. $ 375.00<br />
First edition (Bridson & Wakeman E360). Contains two plates, including one folding plate showing<br />
workers doing the process. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Small ink stamp<br />
of a company at the bottom of the title page. Pencil scribbling in back on blank pages. [85537]<br />
191. Sawyer, J.R. THE “ A.B.C.” GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF AUTOTYPE<br />
PRINTS IN PERMANENT PIGMENTS. London: The Autotype Company, 1899,<br />
small 8vo., original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 104, 23 pages. $ 200.00<br />
Fifth edition, revised (See Bridson & Wakeman E360). Contains two plates including one folding plate<br />
showing workers doing the process. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Has a<br />
tipped-in page printed in red issued by the company which concerns “Sensitive Tissue.” Paper repairs<br />
to edge of front free endpaper; the half-title, and the edge of the frontispiece plate. [97831]<br />
192. (Schöner, Johann) Stevens, Henry. JOHANN SCHÖNER, PROFESSOR OF<br />
MATHEMATICS AT NUREMBERG, A REPRODUCTION OF HIS GLOBE OF<br />
1523 LONG LOST . . . Edited with an Introduction and Bibliography by C.H. Coote.<br />
London: Henry Stevens & Son, 1888, small 8vo., original cloth with three large<br />
foldout plates inserted in a pocket in the back. xlv, 206 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. (Parks no.60). With facsimiles of letters by Schoener and Transylvanus. Printed at the<br />
Chiswick Press. Frontispiece partially detached. [15757]<br />
193. Schraubstadter, Carl. PHOTO-ENGRAVING. A PRACTICAL TREATISE<br />
ON THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTING BLOCKS BY MODERN<br />
PHOTOGRAPHIC METHODS. Saint Louis: C. Schraubstadter, Jr., 1892, 8vo.,<br />
original cloth. 132, (4) pages. $ 185.00<br />
First edition. Contains a history of the process of producing printing blocks followed by a practical<br />
discussion by an expert in the field. Interesting look at a developing field. Loosely inserted in this copy<br />
is a four page pamphlet entitled “Day’s Zinc Engraving Process” and this is accompanied by a single<br />
sheet with an illustration. Covers rubbed. [98738]<br />
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Item 194<br />
194. (St. Dominic’s Press) Gill, Eric. SONGS WITHOUT CLOTHES. Being a<br />
Dissertation of the Song of Soloman and Such-like Songs. Together with a Preface<br />
by Fr. Vincent McNabb. Ditchling, Sussex: Printed and Published at S. Dominic’s<br />
Press, 1921, small 8vo., cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. [6], 46 pp. $ 400.00<br />
Printed in an edition limited to 240 copies. (Taylor A82a, Gill no.8). Variant in cloth-backed boards<br />
with jacket. The jacket contains an additional Gill engraving. Jacket chipped along edges with a small<br />
piece missing at top of spine and along front cover. [102638]<br />
195. Streeter, Burnett Hillman. THE CHAINED LIBRARY, A SURVEY OF<br />
FOUR CENTURIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH LIBRARY. New<br />
York: Burt Franklin, (1970), 8vo., cloth. xxii, 368 pages. $ 200.00<br />
Reprint of this fine history of libraries in England. With 93 illustrations and plans of buildings. [10535]<br />
196. Taubert, Sigfred. BIBLIOPOLA, PICTURES AND TEXTS ABOUT THE<br />
BOOK TRADE. Two volumes. Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., (1966), 4to.,<br />
cloth, leather spine labels. xxvi,123; x,523 pages. $ 265.00<br />
First edition. Text in French, German and English. Hundreds of illustrations of booksellers taken from<br />
various sources and ages. An impressive work. Slight wear to spine labels. [10575]<br />
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197. Thomas, Peter and Donna. PAPERMAKING IN SEVENTEENTH<br />
CENTURY ENGLAND. Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1990, 12mo., full<br />
leather, four raised bands, slipcase. (42) pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition, limited to 200 numbered copies. Reproduces diary entries written by John Evelyn and<br />
Celia Fiennes which record their visit to an English paper mill. These accounts are the only known<br />
records of how paper was being made in England in the 1600s. Contains an original sample of<br />
seventeenth century paper and a reproduction of brown paper. Printed by letterpress on handmade<br />
paper and illustrated with five linocuts by Donna Thomas. [31793]<br />
198. (Type Specimens) Imprimerie Royale. NOTICE SUR LES TYPES<br />
ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L’IMPRIMERIE ROYALE. Paris: Imprimerie<br />
Royale, n.d. (circa 1847), 4to., publisher’s printed boards with gilt decorations and<br />
intricate borders, patterned heavy paper endpapers and pastedowns. 66. (2) pages.<br />
$ 2,850.00<br />
First edition. (Audin 14, Updike II, p.327, Burke 596, Jammes 109). However, this is a large paper copy<br />
with slightly different pagination and with intricate printed borders surrounding each page. The trade<br />
edition has two unnumbered pages at the beginning and ends with page 65 while this large paper copy<br />
ends with page 66 followed by an unnumbered leaf. This has caused the page numbers of the special<br />
table to be pages 48 and 49 rather than 46 and 47 as pictured in Jammes (p.183). Presents typographic<br />
specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages, including ancient Egyptian,<br />
Chinese, Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Mongol, Tibetan, Russian, Runic, Anglo-Saxon, German (Fraktur),<br />
Javanese, and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the<br />
Press from 1640 to 1846, with one font attributed to Garamont and others engraved by Grandjean<br />
and Alexandre, Luce, Firmin Didot, Jacquemin, and Legrand. Updike calls this “one of the most<br />
enlightening documents <strong>about</strong> French typeface in existence.” Wear along edges and scratches on the<br />
covers. A magnificent large paper copy of a very significant specimen book. [102582]<br />
Item 198<br />
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199. (Type Specimens) New York. SPECIMEN BOOK OF SELECT TYPE FACES,<br />
CONTAINING SPECIMEN PAGES OF TYPES SUITABLE FOR EVERY<br />
PRINTING PURPOSE. New York: New York Monotype Composition Company,<br />
n.d., 4to., cloth, metal screw binding. not paginated. $ 150.00<br />
With an index, and charts of “Approximate Number of Words to Square Inch”. Included at the end<br />
are various styles of symbols, initials, and borders. Sections are separated by tabbed dividers, although<br />
most tabs are missing. Contains a vast amount of type faces, arranged into five classes: “Modern,<br />
Old Style, The Cheltenham Series, Bold Faces, Gothic and Typewriter, each class of type face being<br />
arranged numerically” (from the index). Minor wear at extremities, some rubbing or soiling on covers,<br />
head of spine with 1 1/4 inch splits on both edges. [102586]<br />
200. (Type Specimens) Sun. THE SUN TYPE BOOK. London: The Sun Engraving<br />
Co. Ltd., n.d. (circa 1930s), large 4to., orange cloth stamped in gilt, beveled edges, all<br />
edges stained yellow. (xii), 192 pages. $ 175.00<br />
A large format specimen book meant to show the wide range of types and engraving processes available<br />
to the customer. Per preface, guards were bound into the back of the book so that the customer could<br />
mount newer specimen sheets and one four page specimen sheet has been mounted. The preliminary<br />
section shows many pictures of the various departments in the company. Full alphabets shown. Covers<br />
show some soiling. Ink ownership inscription dated 1938 on verso of free endpaper. [102495]<br />
201. (Type Specimens) Van Loey-Nouri. SPÉCIMEN DE LA FONDERIE<br />
TYPOGRAPHIQUE VAN LOEY-NOURI. Bruxelles: Van Loey-Nouri, n.d. (circa<br />
1930), 4to., original quarter leather over cloth. (x), 36, 307 pages. $ 1,250.00<br />
Well produced specimen catalogue including some two color work. Specimens include Caracteres<br />
de Texte, de Fantasie, Machine a Ecrire, Filets, and other ornaments. Covers rubbed and soiled with<br />
cracks along hinges. Some pages were stuck together at the bottom at one point and some of the pages<br />
show damage when the pages were separated. [36850]<br />
202. Uzes, Francois D. CHAINING THE LAND: A HISTORY OF SURVEYING<br />
IN CALIFORNIA. Sacramento, CA: Landmark Enterprises, (1977), 8vo., quarter<br />
paper-covered boards, cloth, dust jacket. (xviii), 315 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Second edition. Francois D. Uzes began his surveying career in Califiornia in 1954. As head of<br />
the Boundry Determination Unit, he was responsible for inventorying, surveying, mapping and<br />
determining the boundaries of four and a half million acres of state owned land. He was also a collector<br />
of old surveying books and maps. Contains appendices and an index, and black-and-white illustrations<br />
throughout. Minor rubbing and soiling at extremities of dust jacket, with small tears and creases at the<br />
head. [103931]<br />
203. Vervliet, Hendrik D.L. (editor). THE BOOK THROUGH FIVE THOU<br />
SAND YEARS. Introduced by Herman Liebaers with an Afterword by Ruari<br />
McLean. London and New York: Phaidon, (1972), thick 4to.., cloth, dust jacket. 496<br />
pages with over 264 illustrations. $ 395.00<br />
First English translation. Chapters on The Prehistory of <strong>Books</strong> and Writing by David Diringer, the<br />
Book in the Orient, the Manuscript in the West and The Printed Book in the West. This book is<br />
rapidly becoming a classic. Jacket has tears at head of spine. [33841]<br />
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204. Vervliet, Hendrik D.L. SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTING TYPES OF<br />
THE LOW COUNTRIES. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1968, large 4to., cloth,<br />
dust jacket. xxvi, 366 pages. $ 275.00<br />
First edition. The definitive study and classification of type faces from Holland and Belgium. An<br />
extremely useful book for students of 16th century books printed in England and France as well as the<br />
Low Countries because of the heavy exporting of this type. Minor soiling of jacket. [16176]<br />
205. Wakeman, Geoffrey. ASPECTS OF VICTORIAN LITHOGRAPHY, ANA<br />
STATIC PRINTING AND PHOTOZINCOGRAPHY. Wymondham: Brewhouse<br />
Press, 1970, 4to., half leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 64 pages.<br />
$ 225.00<br />
First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. With three actual specimens inserted. An important<br />
history of the first commercially successful means of reproducing the printed page. Well printed by<br />
this private press. Corners of covers are stained. [5253]<br />
206. Wall, E. J. A DICTIONARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, FOR THE AMATEUR<br />
AND PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. CONTAINING CONCISE AND<br />
EXPLANATORY ARTICLES. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY SPECIALLY<br />
PREPARED DIAGRAMS. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, 1889, small 8vo., original<br />
cloth. (iv), 237 pages. $ 165.00<br />
First edition (See Bridson & Wakeman for Wall’s many contributions to this subject). Anthony’s photo<br />
series no. 25. Illustrated. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. [98487]<br />
207. WAYZGOOSE ONE. Pyrmont: Wayzgoose Press, 1985, small 4to., stiff paper<br />
wrappers. (iv), 93, (4) pages. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 450 numbered copies. The premier issue of what was to be a series of yearly periodicals<br />
patterned after Matrix in England. Printed by James Taylor at his Wayzgoose Press. Resembles Matrix<br />
in that it contains various articles on the bookarts and includes tipped-in examples. Includes articles<br />
on George Howe and early printing in New South Wales, an interview with Leong Chan, printmaker,<br />
on Paper Making at Botany, The Art and Craft of Oil and Watercolour Marbling, Hand Made Paper at<br />
Bemboka and many others. Loosely inserted is a hand-printed errata broadside. [36954]<br />
208. Weber, Carl J. A THOUSAND AND ONE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS,<br />
WITH NOTES ON THE ARTISTS, BOOKBINDERS, PUBLISHERS AND<br />
OTHER MEN AND WOMEN CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF A<br />
CURIOUS ART. Waterville, Maine: Colby College Press, 1949, small 4to., cloth,<br />
leather spine label, dust jacket. xvi, 194 pages with 24 illustrations. $ 395.00<br />
First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With a listing of 1001 books containing fore-edge paintings and<br />
various pieces of information <strong>about</strong> each book. With a note in ink on the free endpaper “The Estelle<br />
Doheny Collection, St. Johns Seminary, Camareilo, Calif. 93010.” Spine of jacket spotted. [21084]<br />
209. (Whitman, Walt). LEAVES OF GRASS. Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co, 1882,<br />
8vo., original cloth stamped in gilt. 382 pages. $ 250.00<br />
BAL 21419, Myerson A2.7–d. Seventh edition, first Philadelphia printing. Reprint from the slightly<br />
altered plates of the Boston 1881–1882 edition. Portrait of Whitman opposite page 29. Rubbed along<br />
edges. [94233]<br />
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210. (Whittington Press) MATRIX 28. (Lower Marston Farm, Risbury:<br />
Whittington Press, 2009), 4to., stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. (vi), 180, (2)<br />
pages. $ 235.00<br />
One of 630 copies bound thus. Matrix is the longest surviving and probably the last typographical<br />
journal to be printed by letterpress. It is an eclectic mix of fine printing, type design, and small press<br />
lore, forming a record of events and personalities whose memory would otherwise have died with<br />
their recorders. It is no exaggeration to say that in the future it will be impossible to research fine<br />
printing without reference to Matrix. This issue contains essays by Alan Powers on The Curwen Story,<br />
Andrew Anderson on Eric Gill, Humphrey Stone on the photographers, Janet Stone, David Hughes<br />
on the Baynard Press, James Fergusson on The Amate Press, Michael Harvey on Janet the Typeface,<br />
Hal Bishop on Ronald Salmond, John Randle on The Offizin Haag-Drugulin, Jerry Cinamon on<br />
Leipzig rambling, Andrew Dolinski on Poltawski, Barbara Henry on producing the Vandercook Book,<br />
Katherine McCanless-Ruffin on The Shinola Vandercook, and many more. Illustrated throughout with<br />
many tipped-in specimens on special paper, engravings, photographs. color plates, etc. Card regarding<br />
Matrix 29 loosely laid-in. [103107]<br />
211. (Whittington Press) MATRIX 28. (Lower Marston Farm, Risbury: Whittington<br />
Press, 2009), 4to., stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. (vi), 180, (2) pages. $ 605.00<br />
One of 70 copies of the deluxe version bound thus. The separately issued portfolio contains a suite of<br />
photographs by Janet Stone of Myfanwy Piper, Lord David Cecil, Geoffrey Keynes, Sylvia Townsend<br />
Warner, Julian Huxley, Doublas Cleverdon, L.P. Hartley & Laurence Whistler. Matrix is the longest<br />
surviving and probably the last typographical journal to be printed by letterpress. It is an eclectic<br />
mix of fine printing, type design, and small press lore, forming a record of events and personalities<br />
whose memory would otherwise have died with their recorders. It is no exaggeration to say that in the<br />
future it will be impossible to research fine printing without reference to Matrix. This issue contains<br />
essays by Alan Powers on The Curwen Story, Andrew Anderson on Eric Gill, Humphrey Stone on the<br />
photographers, Janet Stone, David Hughes on the Baynard Press, James Fergusson on The Amate<br />
Press, Michael Harvey on Janet the Typeface, Hal Bishop on Ronald Salmond, John Randle on The<br />
Offizin Haag-Drugulin, Jerry Cinamon on Leipzig rambling, Andrew Dolinski on Poltawski, Barbara<br />
Henry on producing the Vandercook Book, Katherine McCanless-Ruffin on The Shinola Vandercook,<br />
and many more. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in specimens on special paper, engravings,<br />
photographs. color plates, etc. Card regarding Matrix 29 loosely laid-in. [103108]<br />
Item 211<br />
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212. Wilkinson, W.T. PHOTO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES. A PRACTICAL<br />
GUIDE TO PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, AND COL<br />
LO TYPE. London: England Bros., 1897, small 8vo., original cloth. (ii), vi, 174, (6)<br />
pages. $ 185.00<br />
Second edition, revised and enlarged. (Bridson & Wakeman E68). Illustrated. With the bookplate and<br />
pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Well preserved copy. [97804]<br />
213. Wilson, Edward L. WILSON’S CYCLOPÆDIC PHOTOGRAPHY: A<br />
COMPLETE HAND-BOOK OF THE TERMS, PROCESSES, FORMULÆ AND<br />
APPLIANCES AVAILABLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, ARRANGED IN CYCLO<br />
PÆDIC FORM FOR READY REFERENCE. New York: Edward L. Wilson, 1894,<br />
8vo., original publisher’s cloth, beveled edges. viii,17–522 pages. $ 225.00<br />
Illustrated with 245 figures in the text. The pagination is unusual, but clearly there are no pages missing.<br />
Index at the beginning of the book. Appendix from page 455 through 472 followed by advertisements<br />
for photographic equipment, supplies and books. Boards a bit rubbed, wear at the spine ends and<br />
corners. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. [98421]<br />
214. Wilson, Edward L. WILSON’S PHOTOGRAPHICS: A SERIES OF<br />
LESSONS, ACCOMPANIED BY NOTES, ON ALL THE PROCESSES WHICH<br />
ARE NEEDFUL IN THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Philadelphia: Edward L.<br />
Wilson, 1883, 8vo., original pebbled green cloth stamped in gilt. 352, 353–376 pages.<br />
$ 200.00<br />
Reprint of the 1881 first edition (see Bridson & Wakeman E54 for other information on Wilson).<br />
Contains two plates. Pages 353 to 376 form a supplement of advertisements for photographic supplies.<br />
With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Book has been recased. Faint stain at the<br />
top of preliminary pages. [98207]<br />
215. (Witsch & Schmitt) SPECIMEN BOOK OF FRONT BRANDS AND<br />
MORTISED BORDERS, FROM WITSCH & SCHMITT. New York and Chicago:<br />
Witsch & Schmitt, n.d. (circa 1880s), 8vo., original green cloth stamped in gilt. (ii),<br />
176, (2) pages. $ 450.00<br />
A specimen book showing cigar bands and box cover designs<br />
produced and sold by this printer. Two other catalogues<br />
noted by Romaine but not this one. The last leaf acquaints<br />
the reader with the fact that the company also produced<br />
show cards. All in black and white. Great images. Light wear<br />
and spotting to covers. [102875]<br />
Item 215<br />
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216. (Woodcraft Press) Legg, Owen. COMPLETE RUN OF THE WOODCRAFT<br />
PRESS PUBLICATIONS. Tonbridge: Woodcraft Press, ’73–’06, various sizes and<br />
bindings. $ 3,250.00<br />
Eleven volumes printed by the Woodcraft Press.<br />
“Born in a suburb of London which had provided David Jones and Jack London, I grew up amongst the<br />
ruins of a bombed city. We played on bombed sites and watched birds among the semi derelict sports<br />
fields of South London. Our training was with the Boy Scouts who sent us everywhere camping and<br />
hiking, thus my love of the countryside and nature. My father was a great gardener and that stimulated<br />
my interest in gardens and growing vegetables. In fact my garden here is practically self supporting and<br />
is decorated with topiary. The best example is of an enormous peacock in the front garden which is a<br />
topic for the local agricultural college.<br />
From school I went to British Columbia for six weeks on the British Schools Exploring Society’s<br />
expedition. Straight after that was Hospital Medical School and eyes down to qualify, as thought, to<br />
go onto surgery. National Service came along and as I was a conscientious objector, I went to Congo<br />
as a voluntary missionary. My son was born on the Equator. Back In England, I tried for my Surgical<br />
exams and failed seven times. Obviously, that wasn’t for me so 1 switched to General Practice in 1966<br />
and moved to Tonbridge.<br />
All this time I had been sketching and oil painting, but not really developing artistically. Not until I<br />
started printmaking at the college of further education in nearby Tunbridge Wells did my ideas start to<br />
solidify not ossify, but develop. Linocuts for me limit the possibilities, but generate the ideas. Moving<br />
from prints I wanted text to accompany the image so I used handwritten poetry or cut lettering.<br />
This lead onto my first book in 1973 (the Armourer’s Play) where Images of Knights and nudes, are<br />
combined with the text of a mystery play. This was exhibited during the 1973 York Festival. As time<br />
progressed, so my books have changed. Each as a result of my interests and preoccupations of the<br />
time. Many after long years of thought, others pretty instantaneous. The William Morris was finished<br />
on the morning when I set out as a medical Officer with the BSES expedition to Iceland. Thoughts of<br />
a Young Explorer was written and printed as a fund-raiser for my stint on the expedition to Alaska in<br />
1999. Soon after that I retired from medicine, but my speed of book-making does not seem to have<br />
increased produce sculpture from time to time and recently had an exhibition of these at Chatham.<br />
Now I am working full time on my current project Danse Macabre, a fifteenth century French poem<br />
with modern translation, illustrated by murals from a French church and footballers dancing with<br />
skeletons. My prints and books are scattered round the world Including the British library, Greenwich<br />
print Collection, Graphotek Berlin, Manchester University and Columbia university. I have exhibited<br />
widely In England, but also one man shows in Wales and France. I have belonged to the Free Painters &<br />
Sculptors for 4.1 years, exhibit regularly with them and have been their Hon Sec for 10 years.”<br />
-Owen Legg<br />
The eleven titles are below:<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Butterfield, Frederick William Lois and Bill Griffiths. BATTLE OF<br />
MALDON.|THE. N.P. (but Tonbridge): Woodcraft Press, 2003, square 8vo., cloth, glassine dust jacket.<br />
not paginated.<br />
Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg, printer/proprietor of the press. This is<br />
the sixth book in the 30 years of the Woodcraft Press. The text is two translations of an Anglo-Saxon<br />
lament: the first, by Butterfields, was originally privately printed in 1903 and the second, by Griffiths, is<br />
a modern literal translation. There are linocut prints and borders in several colors—different on each<br />
page. The paper is white laid 100 gsm , recycled 12pt Gill hand set with a 4pt leading and wood type for<br />
the titling. Per the colophon “ as each sheet has been through the press at least a dozen times there are<br />
thumb prints and off-set marks on some sheets in most copies.” Glassine has a few tiny tears and chips.<br />
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(Woodcraft Press) West, Gilbert. GARDENS OF STOWE.|THE. N.P. ( but Tonbridge): Woodcraft<br />
Press, 2006, 8vo, silk cloth, matching slipcase. not paginated.<br />
Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg, printer/proprietor of the press. The text<br />
is taken from Descriptions of Lord Cobhan’s Garden at Stowe 1700–1750 edited by G. B. Clarke. Legg<br />
says that on his first visit to the gardens he imagined them peopled by nymphs and satyrs with perhaps<br />
nudes in the foreground. “Over the years this memory remained and has led me to produce a series of<br />
prints combining Stowe’s follies with famous paintings.” There are twelve full-page prints plus a print<br />
of Gilbert West from an engraving in the National Portrait Gallery. Printed in handset Burlington,<br />
18pt, 2pt leaded on Fabriano No.5 . Spine of slipcase a little faded.<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Jones, Ken. CHRISTMAS LETTERS FROM A FRIEND. Letters written by Ken<br />
Jones to Owen Legg 1985–1996. N.P. ( but Tonbridge): Woodcraft Press, 1997, oblong 4to, cloth, dust<br />
jacket. not paginated.<br />
Limited to 175 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg, printer/proprietor of the press. Ten years<br />
of seasonal letters. Jones and Legg have been friends for over 60 years. Illustrated primarily with<br />
photographs. Each letter has at least one illustration and/or photograph and most have a story to go<br />
with it. Introduction by Helen Legg. A charming book. Dust jacket is all stars and looks a bit like gift<br />
wrap.<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Sackville-West, Vita. GARDEN.|THE. Illustrated by Owen Legg. N.P. ( but<br />
Tonbridge): Woodcraft Press, 1989, large 4to, cloth, slipcase. 136, (4) pages.<br />
Limited to 200 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg, this being one of 180 on Fabriano 5 paper..<br />
A very nice setting of Sackville-West’s poem with five full-page, full-color linocuts of Sissinghurst plus<br />
additional ornaments in the text. The type is 18pt Perpetua, roman and italic. Woodblock letters for<br />
the titling and initial capitals. Prospectus laid-in<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Graves, Robert and Omar Ali-Shah (translation). RUBAIYYAT OF OMAR<br />
KHAYAAM.|THE. Illustrated by Owen Legg. Tonbridge: Woodcraft Press, 1980, 4to, full goatskin,<br />
Mylar jacket, cloth slipcase. not paginated.<br />
Limited to 40 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg and the bookbinder (signature illegible). The<br />
colophon as printed states 45 copies, but the limitation that is handwritten is 40 and that number has<br />
been verified by Mr. Legg. There are 30 linocut illustrations. The paper is handmade from rag pulp,<br />
colored with wool fleck . Handset in 18pt Dante italic. The binding is quite striking—the dark top<br />
board has a large rectangle cut-out with a smaller rectangle in-set which in turn as a circle cut-out with<br />
a silver quarter moon in-set. The spine repeats the quarter moon motif. Lovely production.<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Legg, Owen. ADVICE TO A YOUNG EXPLORER. (Tonbridge): Woodcraft<br />
Press, 1999, square 8vo, stiff paper wrappers, cord tied. not paginated (8 pages).<br />
Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg. Illustrated with one linocut of a grizzly<br />
bear printed in three colors. “ The poem is an attempt to bring the friendly childhood bear into the<br />
real wild world of ecology and conservation.” Legg was a medical officer to the 1999 British Schools<br />
Exploring Society’s expedition to the Talkeetna and Cugach National Parks. A couple of tiny creases<br />
at the corners.<br />
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(Woodcraft Press) Palsson, Hermann and Paul Edwards. EGIL’S HEAD RANSOM. (Tonbridge):<br />
Woodcraft Press, 2001, square 8vo, stiff paper wrappers, cord tied. not paginated (8 pages).<br />
Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg. Illustrated with two full page linocuts.<br />
An excerpt from a translation of Egil’s Saga which saved his life when Egil recited it before the court<br />
of King Eric Bloodaxe in 948. The frontispiece is based on a helmet in the York Jorvik Viking Centre,<br />
which dates from the period of this poem. A couple of tiny creases at the corners.<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Morris, William. ON FIRST SEEING ICELAND. (Tonbridge): Woodcraft Press,<br />
1992, 8vo, blue stiff paper wrappers. not paginated (8 pages).<br />
Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by Owen Legg, but this one has the number (92/100)<br />
crossed-out and Artist’s Copy written in. William Morris first published this poem in a collection called<br />
“Poems by the Way” in 1892 having written in after visits to Iceland in 1871 and 1873. The Woodcraft<br />
edition was printed to mark Legg’s departure for Iceland with the British Schools Exploring Society.<br />
Printed on handmade white Wilcox 100 cotton, made at Wookey Hole Mill. The type is Dante 16pt.<br />
The illustration is printed on Japanese mulberry paper.<br />
(Woodcraft Press) PRAYER FOR TODAY.|A. (Tonbridge): Woodcraft Press, 1994, narrow 4to, single<br />
sheet held in printed folder.<br />
Limited to 100, numbered and signed by Owen Legg at the end of the poem. A satirical look at modern<br />
life. The poem began as a joke over lunch by a group of friends, one of whom completed it and passed<br />
it on to her doctor [presumably Mr. Legg, who is a doctor as well as a fine press printer/artist]. The<br />
full page linocut is based on a cheese display at a local delicatessen. Printed on handmade cotton rag<br />
Wookey hole Mill paper using Dante 16pt. type. Quite attractive and fun!<br />
(Woodcraft Press) Legg, Owen and Leslie Grinsell. CUT IN THE CHALK. Tonbridge: (Woodcraft<br />
Press), 1977, folio, half leather, paper-covered boards. not paginated.<br />
Limited to 40 copies, numbered and signed by Owen Legg. Text by Grinsell, illustrations by Legg.<br />
Eleven full-page prints of hill figures illustrate the archeological information. Extra suite of prints<br />
housed in a folder affixed to the rear pastedown. Set in 24 pt Ehrhardt, type and linocuts are printed on<br />
Barcham Green Chrisbrook. The duplicate set of linocuts was printed on Japanese handmade paper.<br />
The second book of the press.<br />
(Woodcraft Press) ARMOURERS’ PLAY.|THE. Adam et Eva, Angellus cum vanga et oolo assignans,<br />
eis laborem. (Tonbridge: Woodcraft Press), 1973, folio, loose leaves contained in a folder which is<br />
housed in a slipcase. 10 leaves.<br />
This is the artist’s proof, numbered and signed by Owen Legg on each illustration. The text is form the<br />
York Cycle of mystery plays: modern English text by J.S. Purvis, middle English text by Lucy Toulmin<br />
Smith. Originally written over 400 years ago, various Guilds took responsibility for the pageant,<br />
costumes and actors. Thus the Armourers’ Company maintained the sixth play in the cycle; that in<br />
which Adam and Eve are thrust out to till the earth. The plates are printed from linoleum blocks,<br />
usually in three colors. All the lettering is cut by hand and printed in colors to match the figures. The<br />
ten prints have been made on Barcham Green Waterleaf handmade paper in Double Elephant size<br />
which was subsequently halved to give a sheet size of 20” x 271/2”. The folder of hand-made Japanese<br />
paper, along with the matching slipcase , has the coat of arms of the Armourers. This paper is made<br />
from mulberry leaves flecked with silk strands. Prospectus laid in. Both the folder and the slipcase have<br />
some fading. [101099]<br />
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217. Wytfliet, Cornelius A. THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, A SERIES OF<br />
ATLASES IN FACSIMILE. Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1964, 4to., cloth, dust jacket.<br />
(xii), 110 pages and 19 double-page plates. $ 165.00<br />
This is a facsimile, in Latin, of Cornelius van Wytfliet’s atlas of the Americas from 1597. With an<br />
introduction by R.A. Skelton, a list of bibliographic references and 19 black-and-white double-page<br />
map plates. Cloth, dust jacket has heavy wear to extremities and tearing to the edges and corners. Small<br />
piece missing at bottom front edge and small tape repair to top edge at spine. [104001]<br />
s i g n e d by yeat s<br />
218. Yeats, William Butler. THE VARIORUM EDITION OF THE POEMS OF<br />
W.B. YEATS. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell K. Alspach. New York: Macmillan,<br />
1957, thick 8vo., two-toned cloth, slipcase. xxxv, 884 pages. $ 1,750.00<br />
Limited to 825 numbered copies containing the signature of Yeats (on sheets signed before his death)<br />
(Wade 211N). Specially printed on paper produced by the Oxford Paper Company. Yeats revised his<br />
work frequently and this volume presents the variations along with comments by the poet and others.<br />
Without original acetate dust jacket. The slipcase is spotted with wear along edges. The spine of the<br />
book is faded and rubbed. Bookplate on free endpaper and small ownership inscription in red ink.<br />
Back inside hinge cracked. [103017]<br />
219. (Yellow Barn Press) Fraser, James H. (editor). JOHN DEPOL, A<br />
CELEBRATION OF HIS WORK. BY MANY HANDS. Council Bluffs, IA: The<br />
Yellow Barn Press, 1994, tall 8vo., cloth spine with DePol patterned paper over<br />
boards with a leather spine label, slipcase. 149 pages. $ 550.00<br />
Limited to 150 numbered copies of which only 90 were for sale. A festschrift volume produced for<br />
this fine wood cut artist. Includes over 121 engravings, most of them printed from the original blocks,<br />
cover DePol’s work from the 1950s to the present. With sections printed by the Press of the Appletree<br />
Alley, Aralia Press, The Barbarian Press, Press of Harold Berliner, Bowne & Co., the Bullnettle Press,<br />
the Buttonmaker Press, The Press of the Indiana Kid, Pentagram Press, Red Hydra Press, the Red<br />
Ozier Press, The Stone House Press, W. Thomas Taylor and the Yellow Barn Press. Also contains<br />
contributions by other people such as John Anderson, Lewis and Dorothy Allen, The Cary Library<br />
Press, Fort Hill Press, the Glad Hand Press, the Golden Hind Press, the Hammer Creek Press and the<br />
Zauberberg Press which were printed by the Yellow Barn Press and others. Prospectus loosely inserted.<br />
Becoming very scarce. [40266]<br />
Item 219<br />
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Bibliography<br />
225. Abbey, J.R. SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT<br />
AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770–1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND. With TRAVEL.<br />
Four volumes, complete set. Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972, 4to., cloth,<br />
dust jackets. xx,399; xxi,428; xiii,300; xiii,301–675 pages. $ 1,500.00<br />
Reprint of the first editions. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published<br />
in England during this period and containing many plates in color. [25180]<br />
226. Adams, H.M. CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED ON THE CONTINENT<br />
OF EUROPE, 1501–1600 IN CAMBRIDGE LIBRARIES. Two volumes. Cambridge:<br />
University Press, 1967, thick small 4to., cloth, dust jackets. viii,768; (iv),795 pages.<br />
$ 600.00<br />
First edition. In addition to the thousands of listings of books, there are two sets of indices to printers<br />
and publishers, one by name and the other by location. Loosely inserted is the four page errata &<br />
corrigenda pamphlet. [103803]<br />
227. Adams, Thomas R. and David W. Waters (compilers). ENGLISH MARITIME<br />
BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1801, RELATING TO SHIPS, THEIR<br />
CONSTRUCTION AND THEIR OPERATION AT SEA. Including Articles in the<br />
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the<br />
American Philosophical Society.Providence, R.I. and Greenwich, England: The<br />
John Carter Brown Library and The National Maritime Museum, 1995, 4to., cloth.<br />
xxxi, 602 pages. $ 450.00<br />
This extensive bibliography covers all aspects of maritime history, ship construction, ship handling,<br />
the crew and navigation. D.W. Waters deals with books printed before 1640 and T.R. Adams with<br />
English maritime publishers, particularly the firm of Mount and Page. Arranged alphabetically and<br />
topically. Foreword by N.A.M. Rodger. Corners and spine head slightly bumped. [103932]<br />
228. (Alaska) Lada-Mocarski, Valerian. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON<br />
ALASKA PUBLISHED BEFORE 1868. . With an Introduction by Archibald Hanna,<br />
Jr. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969, thick 4to., cloth. viii, 568 pages.<br />
$ 150.00<br />
First edition. Full descriptions of 161 early books on Alaska including a facsimile title page of each.<br />
Jacket chipped with tears at head of spine. [183]<br />
229. Alden, John (editor). EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL<br />
GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS,<br />
1493–1650. Two volumes. New York: Readex <strong>Books</strong>, 1980, small 4to., cloth. liii,467;<br />
xlviii,954 pages. $ 550.00<br />
With number of pages and locations of copies. Also gives bibliographical references to each work.<br />
Contains a short history of Americana bibliography and indices by printers, booksellers, geographic<br />
location, author, title and subject. An additional four volumes have been published which extend the<br />
dates of publication. [14274]<br />
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230. (Americana) AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY. Twenty six volumes.<br />
New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1964, 4to., red cloth. Thousands of pages.<br />
$ 700.00<br />
Reprints of the original works which were published over the period 1937 to 1942. Extensive run of<br />
these bibiographies of United States communities and states prepared by workers of the WPA, under<br />
the direction of Douglas C. McMurtrie. Includes the following: No.1 Missouri (1808–1850), No.2<br />
Minnesota (1849–1865), No.3 Arizona (1860–1890), No.4 Chicago Anti-Fire (1851–1871), No.5,6,38<br />
Kentucky (1787–1820), No.7 Nevada (1859–1890), No.8 Alabama (1807–1840), No.9 New Jersey (1784–<br />
1800), No.10 Kansas (1854–1876), No.11 Kellogg Collection of “Patent Inside” Newspapers of 1876,<br />
No.12 Sag Harbor, Long Island (1791–1820), No.13 Idaho (1838–1890), 14 West Virginia (1791–1830),<br />
No.15 Iowa (1838–1860), No.16,20,32 Tennessee (1793–1850), No.17 Ohio (1796–1820), No.18 Wyoming<br />
(1866–1890), No.19 Louisiana (1803–1934), No.23,24,41,42 (1833–1863), No.25. New Mexico (1784–1876),<br />
No.26 Nebraska Non-Documentary (1847–1876), No.31 California Non-Documentary Imprints (1833–<br />
1855), No.36 Utica, New York (1799–1830), No.39 Arkansas (1821–1876), No.40 Massachusetts (1801),<br />
No.44 Washington (1853–1876), No.45 Massachusetts 1802, No.52 Michigan (1796–1850). Ex library<br />
copies with markings. The first volume is heavily bumped on the corner. [103106]<br />
231. (Americana) THE ANNOTATED EBERSTADT CATALOGS OF<br />
AMERICANA. IN FOUR VOLUMES INCLUDING INDEX. NUMBERS 103 TO<br />
138, 1935–1956. Introduction by Archibald Hanna Jr. Index by Karl Brown. Four<br />
volumes. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1965, thick 8vo., cloth. $ 300.00<br />
A virtual mine of information on Americana, with prices, brought together with the use of a lengthy<br />
index volumes. Thousands of entries given. Spines slightly faded. [23109]<br />
232. (Americana) Maggs. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA ET PHILIPPINA.<br />
Eight (of nine) volumes, missing volume eight. London: Maggs Bros., 1922–1930,<br />
square 8vo., stiff paper wrappers (except Parts 5 and 7 which are bound in cloth with<br />
leather spine labels). thousands of pages. $ 250.00<br />
A massive collection of books and manuscripts concerning Americana, being catalogues 429, 432, 442<br />
(missing last leaf), 465, 479, 496, 502 and 549. Lacking Part VIII which was devoted to Brazil. Wrappers<br />
worn and detached on some volumes. [103922]<br />
233. (Arctic) Tremaine, Marie (editor). ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. 3 volumes.<br />
(Washington, DC): Department of Defense, 1953, 8vo., cloth. 4485 pages. $ 475.00<br />
First edition prepared for and in cooperation with the Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.,<br />
under the direction of the Arctic Institute of North America. An annotated listing of 20,003 titles,<br />
making this by far the most comprehensive bibliography of Arctic books (Besterman 4919). Field work<br />
in all disciplines and in all sections of the Arctic region are represented, particularly in the 19th and<br />
20th centuries. In selection of material, some priority has been given to narratives and scientific results<br />
written by the explorers and scientists themselves. Files of all essentially arctic journals and of major<br />
journals in various subject fields have been searched through 1949. The bibliography is arranged in two<br />
sections: (1) an alphabetic register, under the author’s name, of his books, papers, and contributions to<br />
works of multiple authorship; (2) a subject-geographic index to these publications. With foldout maps<br />
at the end of each volume. Library bookplate and number on spine indicate that this set was a duplicate<br />
from the Library of Congress. [103827]<br />
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234. (Astronomy) Houzeau, J.C. Et A. Lancaster. BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE<br />
DE L’ASTRONOMIE Edited by Dr. D.W. Dewhirst. Three volumes. London: The<br />
Holland Press, 1964, thick small 4to., cloth, dust jackets. xxxii,1737; lxxxix,2225<br />
pages. $ 275.00<br />
Reprinted from the original five part series issued between 1880 and 1889 with additional material by<br />
Dewhirst. (Besterman p.587). With 42,500 entries. Essentially a new edition because of all the material<br />
added by Dewhirst. Jackets worn and torn. [2946]<br />
235. (Astronomy) Zinner, Ernst. GESCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER<br />
ASTRONOMISCHEN LITERATURE IN DEUTSCHLAND ZUR ZEIT DER<br />
RENAISSANCE. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1941, large 8vo., cloth, top edge<br />
stained yellow. (viii), 452 pages. $ 135.00<br />
Bibliography of astronomical works in Germany during the Renaissance, describing over 5200<br />
items. Includes a historical introduction. Indexed. Cloth split along both hinges with spine covering<br />
becoming detached. [51141]<br />
236. (Australia) Ferguson, John Alexander. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA.<br />
Seven volumes. Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, (1975), 4to.,<br />
cloth, dust jacket. (xx),540; (xviiii),568; (xiii),632; (xiii),732; (xiv),1146; (viii),1141;<br />
(xii),1075 pages. $ 750.00<br />
Volume I and II are facsimile editions and the rest are original editions. This set is the standard<br />
reference work for printed matter relating to Australia. Volume I: introduction by G. Chandler, with<br />
32 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume II: covers the years 1831–1838, and includes 39<br />
black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume III covers the years 1839–1845 and is the original<br />
1951 edition published by Angus and Robertson Ltd., with 37 black-and-white illustrations and an<br />
index. Volume IV covers the years 1864–1850 and is the original 1955 edition. With 38 black-and-white<br />
illustrations and an index. Volume V covers the years 1851–1900, entries A-G. It is the original 1963<br />
edition. With a frontispiece, 35 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume VI covers the<br />
years 1851–1900, entries H-P, and is the original 1965 edition. With a frontispiece, 36 black-and-white<br />
illustrationsand an index. Volume VII covers the years 1851–1900,entries Q-Z and is the final volume<br />
in the set. It is the original 1969 edition. With a frontispiece, 36 black-and-white illustrations and an<br />
index. All volumes have some minor wear and rubbing at extremities, and spine ends are bumped.<br />
Volume 3 is missing the dust jacket. [103982]<br />
237. (Belgium) Statusvan Der Haeghen, Ferdinand. BIBLIOTHECA BELGICA,<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DES PAYS-BAS. Six volumes. N.P.: Editions<br />
Culture et Civilisation, 1979, thick 4to., cloth. $ 750.00<br />
New impression of the 1964 edition, re-edited under the direction of Marie-Therese Lenger. An<br />
important and extensive bibliography of the thousands of items printed in the Low Country from<br />
the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. The individual descriptions are very extensive; for instance<br />
the section covering Aesop covers 23 pages with descriptions of 48 separate editions. Illustrated<br />
throughout. Well indexed. An essential reference set. The fifth volume of this set has been water<br />
damaged and is wrinkled and spotted. [35768]<br />
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238. Benezit, E. DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES<br />
PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS DE TOUS LES<br />
TEMPS ET DE TOUS LES PAYS. 10 volumes. Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976, thick<br />
8vo., cloth. $ 325.00<br />
Reprint of the fifth edition. Still one of the best biographical guides to artists, illustrators, engravers<br />
and others involved in the art field. Covers all times and countries. Minor spotting of spine of one<br />
volume. [103845]<br />
239. (Bishop Library) THE CORTLANDT F. BISHOP LIBRARY. New York:<br />
American Art Association, 1938, 1938, 1938, 1939, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers.<br />
$ 135.00<br />
Very good set of this magnificent library catalogue. Many plates of bookbindings. A fifth volume was<br />
issued in 1948 and described Bishop’s French books—that is not present. Light cover wear. Ownership<br />
inscription in pencil. [102751]<br />
240. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHEQUE HENRI BERALDI. Five volumes,<br />
complete. Paris: Me. Etienne Ader & Leopold Carteret, 1934–1935, small 4to., stiff<br />
paper wrappers. (iv),iii,39,(5) with 47 plates of bindings, 5 spread page and 6 in color;<br />
(viii),152,(4) pages with 91 plates, 51 of bindings and 3 in color; (iv),iv,252,(4) pages<br />
with 143 plates, 101 of bindings and 5 in color; (iv),iv,112,(4) pages with 69 plates, 21<br />
of bindings and 1 in color; (iv),162,(4) pages with 40 plates of bindings. $ 450.00<br />
Auction catalogue, 1499 lots sold in 5 sessions on various dates from May, 1934 to October, 1935 (Blogie,<br />
Vol. II, 326, 326, 329, 331, 332). A magnificent sale of the private library of Henri Beraldi (1849–1931), an<br />
important print and book collector, president of the Societe des Arnis des Livres, and co-author, with<br />
Baron Roger Portalis of Les Graveurs du Dix-Huitieme Siecle (1880), a major inventory of prints. This<br />
is widely regarded as one of the greatest collections ever to come to the sales room, being particularly<br />
rich in fine bindings from the 16th through the 20th centuries. Illustrated with 400 plates, including<br />
several chromolithographs of bindings and many tipped in facsimiles of historical prints and paintings.<br />
(1) Livres Anciens des XVI et XVII Siecles. (2) Livres Illustres du XVIII Siecle. (3) Epoque Romantique,<br />
Editions Originales, Classiques, Livres Illustres 1801–1875. (4) Livres des Illustres Modernes. (5) Livres<br />
des XVI--XVIII Siecles Romantiques et Modernes. Some chipping of paper wrappers at spine ends.<br />
Front cover of volume 4 almost detached. Soiling of covers. Ownership inscription in pencil. Prices<br />
realized for the first two volumes loosely inserted. [25349]<br />
241. (Brown, John Carter) BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, CATALOGUE OF<br />
THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY IN BROWN UNIVERSITY,<br />
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. Seven volumes. Millwood: Kraus Reprint Co.,<br />
1975, tall 8vo., cloth. $ 700.00<br />
Seven volumes. An invaluable Americana reference set. The complete set of this bibliography is<br />
composed of the following volumes. Thousands of collations are given.1).EARLIEST BOOKS TO<br />
THOSE DATED 1674. x,511; (viii),552; (iv),310 pages. Reprint of the third and last edition originally<br />
printed over the period 1919 to 1931. 2).BOOKS PRINTED 1675–1700. Providence: Brown University<br />
Library, 1973, 4to., cloth. xxxi, 484 pages. Third and best edition adding to the material published in the<br />
period 1875–1882. 3).PART III. 1701–1800. Two volumes. N.P.: Kraus Reprint Co., 1963, tall 8vo., cloth.<br />
(iv),iv,446; (vi),554 pages. Reprint of the first edition first published in 1870 and 1871. 4).SHORT TITLE<br />
LIST OF ADDITIONS, BOOKS PRINTED 1471–1700. (vi),67 pags. Providence: Brown University<br />
Press, 1973. [1046]<br />
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242. Brunet, Jacques-Charles. MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L’AMATEUR<br />
DE LIVRES. Nine volumes. Copenhague: Rosenkilde et Bagger, 1966, 8vo., cloth.<br />
$ 550.00<br />
Reprint of the fifth and best edition. Included are the two volume supplement and Deschamps’<br />
Dictionnaire de Geographie. Still the best overall reference book for French books although books of<br />
other languages are included also. Some spotting of covers. Corners bumped. [15385]<br />
243. (California) A DESCRIPTIVE & PRICED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS,<br />
PAMPHLETS, AND MAPS RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE<br />
HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND PRINTING OF CALIFORNIA & THE FAR<br />
WEST, FORMERLY THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS WAYNE NORRIS,<br />
LIVERMORE, CALIF. <strong>Oak</strong>land: The Holmes Book Company, 1948, 4to., clothbacked<br />
decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (x), 217, (3) pages.<br />
$ 150.00<br />
Limited to 500 copies. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. A lavish bookseller’s catalogue describing over<br />
4,000 items. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Covers faded with rubbing at spine ends and<br />
corners. Spine label chipped. [103787]<br />
244. (Canada) THE EDGAR AND DOROTHY DAVIDSON COLLECTION OF<br />
CANADIANA AT MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY. (Sackville, New Brunswick:<br />
Center for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University), 1991, folio, cloth, leather<br />
labels on front and spine. xxiv, 418+(1) pages. $ 225.00<br />
Limited to an edition of 500, this being number 3. Extensive bibliography with a number of black-andwhile<br />
illustrations. All typographic matter printed letterpress directly from the type on Carlyle Japan<br />
paper. Prospectus loosely inserted. [96388]<br />
245. (Canada) Lande, Lawrence. LAWRENCE LANDE COLLECTION OF<br />
CANADIANA IN THE REDPATH LIBRARY OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY, A<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Montreal: The Lawrence Lande Foundation, 1965. With RARE<br />
AND UNUSUAL CANADIANA; FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO THE LANDE<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Montreal: McGill University, 1965, 1971, folio, large 4to., leather<br />
spine, cloth over boards, slipcase; cloth. xxxvi,303 pages,113 pages of plates; xx, 779<br />
pages. $ 650.00<br />
First editions, first volume is signed by Lande and limited to 950 copies. The supplement is signed<br />
by Lande and is limited to 500 copies. The first volume is printed on handmade paper and has many<br />
illustrations including facsimiles and foldout maps. Includes the prospectus to volume one. [1219]<br />
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Item 246<br />
246. (Canada) Staton, Frances M. and Marie Tremaine. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF<br />
CANADIANA, BEING ITEMS IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF TORONTO,<br />
CANADA, RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF<br />
CANADA. With FIRST SUPPLEMENT. With SECOND SUPPLEMENT Edited by<br />
Sandra Alston and Karen Evans (in two volumes). With an Introduction by George<br />
H. Locke. Four volumes. Toronto: The Public Library, 1934, 1959, 1985, 1986, thick<br />
tall 8vo. and 8vo., cloth, leather spine label, cloth. (xiv),828; (xvi),333,(3); 839; 909<br />
pages. $ 600.00<br />
First edition. (Besterman p.1107). 4,646 items described in first volume and the second volume extends<br />
it to 6286 entries. Index. The second supplement is in two volumes and adds another 3500 items to the<br />
bibliography. Spine of first volume faded. [103793]<br />
r a r e pro o f copy<br />
247. Carter, John. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, A DESCRIPTIVE<br />
CATALOGUE ILLUSTRATING THE IMPACT OF PRINT ON THE EVOLUTION<br />
OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION DURING FIVE CENTURIES. Compiled and<br />
Edited by John Carter & Percy H. Muir. (London: Cassell and Co., 1967), 4to., stiff<br />
paper wrappers. xxxvi, 254, (2) pages. $ 550.00<br />
First edition, a proof copy in wrappers. One of the most important exhibitions held in the twentieth<br />
century. This special copy contains a printed “Publication Date: 27 April 1967, Published Price:<br />
Approximately £8.8s” notice at the bottom of the front cover. The date and price have been crossed<br />
out and the following information added in ink “25th May” and “£7.7.0” above and below the cross outs.<br />
No other markings in the catalogue. Note that this proof does not contain the index which begins on<br />
page 257 of the final version. Wear to paper covering on spine and spotting of front cover. Small hole<br />
perforates back cover and blank page in back. [97559]<br />
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Item 247<br />
248. A Collection of 45 sale catalogues relating to maps and books. Nine volumes.<br />
N.P.: n.p., n.d., Vol. I-IV 8vo., Vol. V 4to., Vol. VI-VIII 8vo., Vol. IX 12mo., cloth,<br />
leather spine labels. variously paginated. $ 450.00<br />
Nine volumes of bound book sellers catalogues from various dealers in Britain and America, twentieth<br />
century, 45 catalogues from sellers including Francis Edwards, Maggs Brothers and Parke-Bernet<br />
Galleries. With thousands of entries covering various topics such as Americana, Canadiana, Spanish<br />
and Hispanic Americana, atlases and maps and private collections. Cloth with minor rubbing and<br />
some scratching to spine labels. [104004]<br />
249. (Children’s <strong>Books</strong>) Mahony, Bertha E. ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN’S<br />
BOOKS, 1744–1945. With 1946–1956. With 1957–1966. With 1967–1976. 4 volumes.<br />
Boston: The Horn Book, (1970), (1972), (1972), (1978), 4to., cloth, dust jackets.<br />
xvi,528; xvii,299; xvii,295; xiv,290 pages. $ 185.00<br />
Reprints of the first editions. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies<br />
and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. The second volume was written by Bertha Mahony<br />
Miller, Ruth Hill Viguers and Marcia Dalphin; the third volume was written by Lee Kingman, Joanna<br />
Foster and Ruth GIles Lontoft; the fourth volume was written by Lee Kingman, Grace Allen Hogarth<br />
and Harriet Quimby. Well preserved set. [103020]<br />
250. (China) Cordier, Henri. BIBLIOTHECA SINICA, DICTIONNAIRE<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES OUVRAGES RELATIFS A L’EMPIRE CHINOIS. Six<br />
volumes bound in five. New York: Burt Franklin, (1968), 8vo., cloth. xvi, 3–1575–<br />
4339, (iv),iv,84 pages. $ 235.00<br />
Reprint of the revised and greatly enlarged second edition, which was issued over the period 1904–<br />
1908. It remains “the only reasonably complete bibliography for China in any European language”<br />
(Walford II:274). This reprint also contains the index, which was done as a separate volume in 1953.<br />
Item numbers in each volume taped to spine. [103824]<br />
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251. (Church, E.D.) Cole, George Watson. A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELAT-<br />
ING TO THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH<br />
AMERICA FORMING A PART OF THE LIBRARY OF E.D. CHURCH. Five<br />
volumes. New York: Peter Smith, 1951, thick 8vo., cloth. $ 250.00<br />
Reprint of the scarce 1907 first edition which was limited to only 150 copies. Detailed bibliographical<br />
descriptions with annotations. Also has a number of illustrations. Spines slightly faded. [14065]<br />
252. Cioranescu, Alexandre. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA LITTÉRATURE<br />
FRANÇAISE, DU DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE. Three volumes. Paris: Centre<br />
National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1969, small 4to., cloth. x,760; (iv),761–1440;<br />
(iv),1441–2138 pages. $ 400.00<br />
This is one of the best bibliographies of eighteenth century French literature. Organized by author<br />
it contains 67,912 entries including names such as Voltaire, Alighieri Dante, and Napoleon. Indexed.<br />
[58630]<br />
253. Clark, Thomas D. TRAVELS IN THE OLD SOUTH, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.<br />
Three volumes. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1969), 8vo., cloth, slipcase.<br />
xx,328; xvi,290; xviii,404 pages. $ 165.00<br />
First edition, second printing. Volume One covers the Formative Years, 1527–1783, Volume Two covers<br />
the Expanding South, 1750–1825 and Volume Three covers the Ante Bellum South, 1825–1860. wellpreserved<br />
set of this classic. [18210]<br />
254. (Colines, Simon De) Schreiber, Fred. SIMON DE COLINES, AN<br />
ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF 230 EXAMPLES OF HIS PRESS 1520–1546.<br />
Provo: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1995, small 4to., cloth,<br />
paper spine label. lxxxiv, 242, (4) pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition, limited to 750 copies. The first true Renaissance printer, Colines worked with the<br />
finest French book decorators and type designers to transform the French book. By using the format<br />
pioneered by Aldus Manutius, his press (1520–1546) published reasonably priced “pocket” classics,<br />
making them affordable to students and popularizing italic and cursive types in France. Colines holds<br />
the distinction of having prepared the first critical text of the Greek New Testament, the first printed<br />
in France. He produced the earliest accented Greek type in France, fifteen years prior to the Grecs du<br />
Roi. In 1528, de Colines introduced an elegant cursive, derived from Arrighi, followed by a smaller italic<br />
based on the Aldine. The 230 books described in this work, one-third of Colines’s actual production,<br />
illustrate de Colines’s types, ornamental initials, printer devices and title borders. A catalogue of the<br />
books published and facsimiles of two of Colines’s publisher catalogues are also included. Designed by<br />
W. Thomas Taylor. Illustrated. Presentation from the author on free endpaper. [75493]<br />
255. Crandall, Marjorie Lyle. CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS, A CHECK-LIST<br />
BASED PRINCIPALLY ON THE COLLECTION OF THE BOSTON<br />
ATHENAEUM. Two volumes. With MORE CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS. By<br />
Richard Harwell. Two volumes. Richmond: The Virginia State Library, 1957, 8vo.,<br />
later cloth with paper spine labels. xxxvi,158; (viii),159–345 pages. Boston: Boston<br />
Athenaeum, 1955, tall 8vo., cloth. xxxvi,408; (vi),409–910 pages.. $ 250.00<br />
Over 6700 entries in all. [23670]<br />
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256. Darlow, T.H. and H.F. Moule. HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF THE<br />
PRINTED EDITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IN THE LIBRARY OF THE<br />
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. Four volumes. New York: Kraus<br />
Reprint Corp., 1963, small 4to., cloth. $ 300.00<br />
Reprint of the 1903 first edition. The best bibliography of the subject. [15382]<br />
257. Deak, Gloria Gilda. PICTURING AMERICA 1497–1899. PRINTS, MAPS,<br />
AND DRAWINGS BEARING ON THE NEW WORLD DISCOVERIES AND ON<br />
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY THAT IS NOW THE UNITED<br />
STATES. With a foreword by Vartan Gregorian. Two volumes. Princeton, NJ:<br />
Princeton University Press, (1988), 4to., cloth,. xxx, 657; xix, followed by 880<br />
illustrations. $ 750.00<br />
First edition. Contains over 800 prints drawn from The New York Public Library’s remarkable<br />
collection of Americana. Each is carefully described and its significance outlined in the accompanying<br />
text. Includes an index to artists, engravers, printers, publishers, etc. Lettering on spine partially<br />
rubbed off. Scarce and important set. [103904]<br />
258. Decker, Peter. PETER DECKER’S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA. Three<br />
Volumes. Foreward by Archibald Hanna. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1979,<br />
8vo., cloth. variously paginated. $ 145.00<br />
Printed in an edition of 400 copies. Reprints catalogues 22–50 which span the years 1944–1963.<br />
This period saw the cataloguing of the magnificent Greenly and Fickes collections. Biographical<br />
introduction by Peter Decker. The third volume serves as a index to the other two and is reproduced<br />
from typescript. [72618]<br />
259. DEUTSCHE BIBLIOPHILIE IN DREI JAHRZEHNSTEN VERZEICH-<br />
NIS DER VEROFFENTLICHUNGEN DER DEUTSCHEN BIBLIOPHILEN<br />
GESELLSCHAFTEN UND DER IHNEN GEWIDMETEN GABEN, 1898–1930.<br />
Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Bucherei. Leipzig: Freunde der Deutschen<br />
Bucherei, 1931, small 4to., cloth. xvi, 252, (2) pages. $ 135.00<br />
First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Bibliography of the books published by the various<br />
book collecting clubs of Germany. Each list is accompanied by a history of the club. [103150]<br />
260. Dreyfus, John. ASPECTS OF FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY<br />
TYPOGRAPHY A STUDY OF TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE BROXBOURNE<br />
COLLECTION AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. With a Handlist<br />
Compiled by David McKitterick. Cambridge: For the Roxburghe Club, 1982, 4to.,<br />
cloth. xvi, 119 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First edition. The first of these Roxburghe titles to be devoted to printing type. This important study is<br />
well-produced and illustrated. The specimens are described in great detail in the bibliography. [14063]<br />
261. Einstein, Milton I.D. & Max A. Goldstein. COLLECTORS’ MARKS. St.<br />
Louis: The Laryngoscope Press, 1918, large 8vo., cloth, edges roughly cut. (xiv), 128,<br />
x, 34, (3) pages, with 50 additional pages of plates. $ 150.00<br />
Limited to 300 numbered copies. The first part (Coll. Marks), by Louis Fagan of the British Museum,<br />
first appeared in 1883 and contains 671 “marks” for book owners (individuals or institutions): signatures,<br />
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initials, monograms, stamps, stars, crosses, coats of arms, intertwined forms and “other marks and<br />
devices,” all reproduced in facsimile. The accompanying list indicates, to the extent known, the<br />
collector or owner to whom the mark refers and gives information on the sale of the collection to<br />
which the mark pertains. Fagan identifies <strong>about</strong> three-fourths of the marks with regard to ownership,<br />
with auction information for perhaps one-half. With index. A following “supplement” lists fifty variants<br />
of the marks already reproduced. The last part (“new contributions”) is an addition by the editors of<br />
this edition, Milton Einstein and Max Goldstein, and lists 205 additional marks, many of them from<br />
America (e.g. M. Cassatt, J.P. Morgan), following the format of part one, although a smaller portion of<br />
marks are identified. Spine faded. Unopened copy. [103081]<br />
262. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, A DICTIONARY. 32 volumes bound in<br />
16. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1926, small 4to., original half calf with red<br />
cloth covered boards, top edge gilt. $ 350.00<br />
13th edition. Minor wear along hinges. [103923]<br />
Item 263<br />
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p r e s e n tat i o n to frank alt s h u l<br />
263. Esher, Lord. THE MODERN LIBRARY, COLLECTED BY VISCOUNT<br />
ESHER. N.P.: Privately Printed, 1930, 8vo., polished buckram, top edge gilt, others<br />
uncut. xiv, 320 pages. $ 750.00<br />
First and only edition, limited to 100 copies. Viscount Esher (1852–1930) was one of the earliest<br />
collectors who made thorough collections of modern first editions. From the preface “The plan on<br />
which I have founded my library is a combination of investment and speculation. I invest in the<br />
established classics; I speculate in the living authors. The former are a gilt-edged security, safer than<br />
Consols, firmly based on the sanctions of time. The latter are the expressions of my individual opinion<br />
and taste, the value of which only the future can justify. Having chosen my author, I buy a first edition<br />
of every book or pamphlet that has ever been printed of his work.” His library was sold at Sotheby’s<br />
in 2134 lots on 25–26 March, 20–21 May, and 18–20 November, 1946. Presentation on free endpaper<br />
“Mr. Fr. Altschul, with kind regards from Esher, July 1931.” Loosely inserted is a three page autograph<br />
manuscript of Esher’s review of “The Writings of Alfred Edgar Coppard” by Jaocb Schwartz and<br />
published by Ulysses <strong>Books</strong>hop in 1931. Not a favorable review “Also contains a review of Schwartz’s<br />
other work entitled “1100 Obsure Points” which get a very unfavorable review. Frank Altschul was a<br />
noted American collector and proprietor of the Overbrook Press. Spine faded. [102640]<br />
264. Ethridge, James M. (editor). CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS, THE INTER<br />
NATIONAL BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO CURRENT AUTHORS AND<br />
THEIR WORKS. 15 volumes. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1962–, small 4to.,<br />
cloth. thousands of pages. $ 150.00<br />
15 volumes of this set. Includes Volumes 1 to 12, 15 to 24 and 41–44 and 65–69, bound in 15 volumes. Ex<br />
library set with markings. [103739]<br />
265. (Fairfax-Murray, Charles) Davies, Hugh W. CATALOGUE OF A COL<br />
LECTION OF EARLY GERMAN BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF C. FAIRFAX<br />
MURRAY. Two volumes. London: The Holland Press, 1962, thick 4to., cloth. xviii,<br />
(4), 462; 463–818, lxii pages. $ 275.00<br />
Reprint of the very limited first edition. Seymour de Ricci called this work a “Bibliographical<br />
monument of lasting importance.” Originally issued in an edition of 250 copies, the first edition has<br />
become scarce. (Brenni no. 678). The word “German” in the title refers to books produced in countries<br />
with a non-Latin European base; thus books from Belgium, Switzerland and Austria-Hungary are<br />
included. A number of bindings illustrated. [4652]<br />
266. Fuchs, Johanne W. LEXICON LATINITATIS NEDERLANDICAE MEDII<br />
AEVI. WOORDENBOEK VAN HET MIDDELEEUWS LATIJN VAN DE<br />
NOORDELIJKE NEDERLANDEN. Leiden: Brill, 1998–2005, 4to., stiff paper<br />
wrappers. $ 225.00<br />
Have 14 fasc. (50, 52–64). For the group. [102975]<br />
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267. GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS. COMPACT EDITION.<br />
27 volumes. With TEN-YEAR SUPPLEMENT, 1956–1965. 5 volumes. With FIVE-<br />
YEAR SUPPLEMENT, 1966–1970. 3 volumes. With FIVE-YEAR SUPPLEMENT,<br />
1971–1975. 2 volumes. 37 volumes. 2 volumes. New York: Readex Microprint Co.,<br />
1967, small 4to., cloth. $ 350.00<br />
The mini-print edition in which each of these volumes contains <strong>about</strong> 10 volumes of the original<br />
edition. This set is similar to the NUC catalogue in the U.S. with descriptions of all the books in the<br />
British Library that had been added to the library up to 1975. Being in mini-print keeps the total size to<br />
<strong>about</strong> two shelves instead of the hundreds of shelves required by a full size set. Postage will be added<br />
strictly at cost. [35595]<br />
268. (Gibbon, Edward) CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD<br />
GIBBON, AUTHOR OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE,<br />
LEFT BY HIM AT LAUSANNE. London: Sotheby and Co., 1934, 8vo., later cloth<br />
with original paper wrappers bound-in. 31 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Auction sale of his library. One page foreword to the catalogue. Almost all the books contained either<br />
a bookplate (reproduced on front cover of the auction sale catalogue) or a small booklabel. Covers<br />
spotted. Ownership inscription in pencil. [102782]<br />
269. Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN<br />
PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH<br />
NOTES ON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, BIBLIOPHILES, PRIVATE<br />
PRESSES AND PRINTING SOCIETIES. London: George Allen and Unwin,<br />
(1960), thick small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 484 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. Jacket chipped at spine ends. Head of spine bumped. [16025]<br />
270. Haebler, Konrad. THE STUDY OF INCUNABULA TRANSLATED FROM<br />
THE GERMAN BY LUCY EUGENIA OSBORNE. With an Foreword by Alfred W.<br />
Pollard. New York: The Grolier Club, 1933, 8vo., cloth. xviii, 240 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First edition thus, limited to 350 numbered copies (Asaf 99). A very important book on the study of<br />
incunabula. Bookplate of George Allison Armour. A few minor spots on cover. [8006]<br />
271. Halkett, Samuel and John Laing. DICTIONARY OF ANONYMOUS AND<br />
PSEUDONYMOUS ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Third (revised and enlarged) edition.<br />
(London): Longman, (1980), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. $ 150.00<br />
Only volume published in this attempt to revise the original John Horden was general editor. This<br />
volume contains fully-documented evidence <strong>about</strong> the authorship of some 4,000 anonymous and<br />
pseudonymous publications in English, including translations from other languages, up to 1640.<br />
[102766]<br />
272. Hamilton, Sinclair. EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND<br />
WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670–1870. Two volumes. Princeton: Princeton University<br />
Press, 1968, 4to., cloth. xvii,265; xv. 178 pages. $ 500.00<br />
The first volume is the 1970 reprint of the first edition. Main catalogue and supplement. Contains<br />
biographies and bibliographies with many facsimiles. An essential reference book in the area. [78098]<br />
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273. Harrisse, Henry. NOTES POUR SERVIR A L’HISTOIRE, A LA<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHIE ET A LA CARTOGRAPHIE DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE<br />
ET DES PAYS ADJACENTS, 1545–1700. Paris: Librairie Tross, 1872, 8vo., original<br />
stiff paper wrappers. xxxvi, 367, (5) pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition. Bibliographical descriptions of early books on America and maps concerning new France.<br />
Foxing of covers with chipping along edges. [51670]<br />
274. Hertzberger, Menno (editor). DICTIONARY FOR THE ANTIQUARIAN<br />
BOOKTRADE IN FRENCH, ENGLISH, GERMAN, SWEDISH, DANISH,<br />
ITALIAN, SPANISH AND DUTCH AND JAPANESE. N.P.: International League<br />
of Antiquarian <strong>Books</strong>ellers, 1978, tall 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 190 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Reprint of the first edition with the addition of the Japanese section. Essential book for the bookseller.<br />
Jacket chipped. [20975]<br />
275. (Hoe Catalogue) CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT HOE OF<br />
NEW YORK. Eight volumes bound in two. New York: The Anderson Auction Co.,<br />
1911–1912, tall 8vo., later cloth. $ 550.00<br />
McKay 6972, 6979, 7060, 7063, 7108, 7111, 7173, 7177. (Brenni no.289). One of the finest collections<br />
of books sold in America, the Hoe sale realized almost two million dollars which was larger than the<br />
previous four largest book sales added together. Included was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible that<br />
Huntington bought for 50 thousand dollars. Hoe had an excellent collection of bindings and had many<br />
of his own books bound by the famous binders of the day. Of the total of 120 plates in the eight volume<br />
set, 37 are of bindings. Also helpful is the index to binders and bindings that appears at the end of each<br />
part. Completely priced in Rred pen in the margin. Well preserved set. [6255]<br />
276. Hoefer, M. Le Dr. NOUVELLE BIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DEPUIS LES<br />
TEMPS LES PLUS RECULÉS JUSQU’A NOS JOURES, AVEC LES REN<br />
NEIGNEMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES ET L’INDICATION DES SOURCES A<br />
CONSULTER. 46 volumes bound in 23. Copenhague: Rosenkilde et Bagger, 1963,<br />
8vo., cloth. Thousands of pages. $ 875.00<br />
Reprint of the original edition. A biographical dictionary of the highest importance. Thousands of<br />
biographies given along with guides to further information. [103843]<br />
277. (Holford, William George) THE HOLFORD LIBRARY, PART I (2,3,4).<br />
CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF ILLUMINATIONS ON<br />
VELLUM. London: Sotheby and Co, 1927, large 8vo., later cloth with original paper<br />
wrappers bound-in, leather spine label. 37+(1); 147+(1); 127+(1); 90 pages. $ 250.00<br />
Auction catalogue, Sotheby’s, London, in 4 parts 1927–28 (Blogie, 1927, XII 5–9; 1928, VI 4–6). William<br />
George Holford (1866–1927) made a fortune as a mining engineer in South Africa. Sotheby mentions<br />
in its preface that in its pieces of first-rate quality the Holford collection stands alone. Part I featured<br />
48 lots of Illuminations on Vellum, including a large leaf from a 12th century English psalter, painted<br />
on both sides. Part II, 870 lots of choice and valuable books in superb morocco bindings from the<br />
fifteenth to the early nineteenth century. Parts III and IV, a total of almost 1500 lots, featured among<br />
its mind-boggling highlights the 1538 hand-painted Odyssey bound for Maiolus (Thomas Mahieu),<br />
Catherine de Medici’s chief secretary. Illustrated with many fold-out and color plates. Loosely inserted<br />
are prices realized for Parts II and IV. Spine faded. [71203]<br />
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278. (Honeyman Sale) THE HONEYMAN COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC<br />
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. Seven volumes. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet &<br />
Co., 1978–1981, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. $ 325.00<br />
The complete set of this very important sale of science books. Well-illustrated. Photocopies of prices<br />
realized loosely inserted in each volume. Some fading of covers. [6527]<br />
279. Horblitt, Harrison D. ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN SCIENCE,<br />
BASED ON AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE GROLIER CLUB. New York: The<br />
Grolier Club, 1964, thick 4to., two-toned cloth, top edge gilt, slipcase. (vi), 449, (3)<br />
pages. $ 650.00<br />
Limited to 1000 copies and printed by the Stinehour Press on Curtis rag paper (Asaf 131). Each book<br />
description is accompanied by a full page reproduction of the title page or some other appropriate<br />
page. [75321]<br />
280. (Huth, Henry) CATALOGUE OF THE FAMOUS LIBRARY OF PRINTED<br />
BOOKS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND<br />
ENGRAVINGS COLLECTED BY HENRY HUTH, AND SINCE MAINTAINED<br />
AND AUGMENTED BY HIS SON, ALFRED H. HUTH . . . Nine volumes. London:<br />
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911–1920, small 4to., various bindings. $ 500.00<br />
Complete set of the Huth Catalogue. Mixed editions and condition:<br />
1. Number 16 of the Fine Paper edition, with prices and purchasers’ names. Later green cloth is rubbed<br />
with spine label missing.<br />
Item 280<br />
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2. Illustrated Copy. Later green cloth is rubbed with spine label missing. Covers detached from book<br />
block. Book block stitching is broken.<br />
3. Number 16 of the Fine Paper edition, with prices and purchasers’ names. Later green cloth is rubbed<br />
with spine label worn.<br />
4. and 5. Illustrated Copy. Volume 4 is priced in the margin and volume 5 contains some prices in the<br />
margin. With Prices and Buyers’ names bound in for each volume. Later green cloth with worn leather<br />
spine label.<br />
6. Illustrated Copy. With Prices and Buyers’ names bound in. Later green cloth with worn leather spine<br />
label.<br />
7. Illustrated Copy. Paper wrappers with back cover worn and detached.<br />
8. Illustrated Copy. Paper wrappers chipped and spotted.<br />
9. Number 16 of the Fine Paper edition, with prices and purchasers’ names. Later half red calf with red<br />
cloth covered boards. Covers rubbed and spotted.<br />
[103026]<br />
281. (Incunabula) Copinger, W.A. SUPPLEMENT TO HAIN’S REPERTORIUM<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHICUM OR COLLECTIONS TOWARDS A NEW EDITION OF<br />
THAT WORK. Three volumes. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1895, 1898, 1902,<br />
thick 8vo., later cloth. xv,(i),510; (vi),454; (iv),670 pages. $ 250.00<br />
First printings of these volumes published in London (Besterman 5030). Although Hain’s Repertorium<br />
provided an incredible foundation for the identification of incunabula, the work itself was not<br />
complete by any means. The first part of Copinger’s Supplement contains nearly 7000 corrections of<br />
and additions to the collations of works described or mentioned by Hain, while the second part, divided<br />
into two volumes, contains nearly 6000 volumes printed in the fifteenth century but not mentioned by<br />
Hain. For the most part, Copinger follows Hain’s abbreviations and method of describing entries. In<br />
the third volume, Konrad Burger not only provides an index for both printers and presses and to Hain,<br />
but also an addenda to Copinger’s Supplement. Covers rubbed and spotted. [103131]<br />
282. (Incunabula) Goff, Frederick R. INCUNABULA IN AMERICAN LI<br />
BRARIES, A THIRD CENSUS OF FIFTEENTH-CENTURY BOOKS RE<br />
CORDED IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS. With SUPPLEMENT TO<br />
THE THIRD CENSUS. Two volumes. New York: Bibliographical Society of<br />
America, 1964, 1972, 4to., cloth. lxiii,798; xii,104 pages. $ 300.00<br />
First edition of this third census. Printed at the Anthoensen Press. Spine of first volume is faded.<br />
[28473]<br />
283. (Incunabula) Hain, Ludovici. REPERTORIUM BIBLIOGRAPHICUM IN<br />
QUO LIBRI OMNES AB ARTE TYPOGRAPHICA INVENTA USQUE AD<br />
ANNUM MD. Four volumes bound in two. N.P.: n.p., n.d. (circa 1948), 8vo., cloth.<br />
(iv),594,(2); (iv), 563; (iv),558; iv,548 pages. $ 250.00<br />
A reprint of the 1826–1838 edition. “The basic bibliography to which anyone working on fifteenthcentury<br />
books refers to or is referred to.”- Breslauer & Folter, Bibliography 124. The methodology<br />
used by Hain, i.e. whenever possible printing the beginning and end, line by line, of every work cited,<br />
and giving details such as size, format, kind of type, pagination, etc., allows exact identification of<br />
incunabula. Although most very early works lacked a specific title, the information supplied by Hains,<br />
together with a textual description, makes an error in identification “practically out of the question.”<br />
-Sheehy AA269. This four-volume set can be called the foundation work for the identification of<br />
incunabula. [74179]<br />
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284. (Incunabula) MONUMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHY AND XYLOGRAPHY,<br />
BOOKS OF THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE ART OF PRITING. London:<br />
Bernard Quaritch, 1897, small 4to., modern quarter leather with cloth-covered<br />
boards, top edge gilt. xviii, 312 pages. $ 150.00<br />
A sale catalogue, with prices, of examples of typography during the first fifty years of its existence<br />
in the various countries into which it was introduced during the fifteenth century. A few specimens<br />
from presses established at later periods in small or secluded localities are also included. This is an<br />
offering from the famed bookseller Bernard Quaritch, who in a lengthy preface expresses a wish for<br />
some “munificent benefactor” to purchase the collection en bloc, and preserve its integrity by donating<br />
it to a deserving library. Six hundred forty three items are fully described, including thirty examples of<br />
xylography, books in which the text as well as designs were printed by the use of wood-engraving. Since<br />
the practice of this art did not survive the advent of typography, examples are extremely rare. Index.<br />
Ownership inscription in pencil. [102693]<br />
285. (Indonesia) Cordier, Henri. BIBLIOTHECA INDOSINICA, DICTION<br />
NAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE. Five volumes bound in three. New York: Burt<br />
Franklin, (1967), small 8vo., cloth. pp.vii.coll.1104; pp.[iii].coll.1105–1510; pp.[iii].<br />
coll.1511–2280; pp.[iii].coll.2281–3030; pp.[iii].coll.311. $ 145.00<br />
Reprint of the original edition of 1912 along with an author-subject index compiled by M.A. Roland-<br />
Cabaton added in 1932 (Besterman 3050; Sheehy DE212). Extensive, classified bibliography where all<br />
aspects of the region are covered. 20,000 items available for all fields of Indochina. [103823]<br />
286. ( Japan) Trautz, F.M. BIBLIOGRAPHISCHER ALT-JAPAN-KATALOG<br />
1542–1853. Kyoto: Deutschen Forschungsinstitut, 1940, large 8vo., cloth. xxxviii,<br />
416+(1) pages. $ 175.00<br />
Reprint of the 1940 first edition done by Verlag Dokumentation Saur KG in 1977. (Besterman 3247).<br />
Introductory material in both German and Japanese. Bibliography of approximately 1600 works<br />
related to Japan: travel accounts, studies <strong>about</strong> Japanese culture, history, government, religion and<br />
linguistics, covering the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. Chronological index, index of<br />
libraries in Germany and Japan holding copies. Bottom of spine bumped. [103805]<br />
287. Livingston, Luther S. (Editor). AUCTION PRICES OF BOOKS. A REP<br />
RESENTATIVE RECORD ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER FROM<br />
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ENGLISH BOOK-PRICES CURRENT IN<br />
1894 TO 1904, AND INCLUDING SOME THOUSANDS OF IMPORTANT<br />
AUCTION QUOTATIONS OF AN EARLIER DATE. Four volumes. New York:<br />
Dodd, Mead & Co., 1905, 4to., cloth, top edges gilt. xi,579; 580; 579; 530 pages.<br />
$ 175.00<br />
Limited to 750 copies printed. Relatively unknown source of information on early book sales. Especially<br />
important as providing the only index to some of the more important early sales such as the Rice,<br />
Menzies, Brinley, Barlow, Ives, Coburn, Johnson, Hawkins, etc. sales, the Daniel, Beckford, Thorold,<br />
Wodhull, Sunderland sales in England, etc. Livingston concentrated on books printed in England,<br />
Americana, foreign language books published before 1520 and gave as much detail as possible. Sets of<br />
this extensive work are rarely seen on the market. The entries seem to be extremely well judged, i.e.<br />
concise but with sufficent information where required and always with a sale source reference. A great<br />
asset of the work, due to the long timespan it covers, is its ability to show at a glance more or less the<br />
entire early (modern) auction history of a particular title. With two bookplates including the leather<br />
bookplate of W. van R. Whitall. Covers rubbed with wear at tips; inside hinges cracked. [80423]<br />
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288. (Maps) Bosse, David. CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER MAPS, A CAR<br />
TOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN DAILY PRESS. Westport, CT:<br />
Greenwood Press, (1995), 8vo., cloth. xvii, 253, (2) pages. $ 145.00<br />
Number 5 in the series of “Bibliographies and Indexes in Military Studies”. Contains an appendix and<br />
index and 2041 entries, organized by year and by the press or periodical in which they appeared. Laid-in<br />
is a one-page document of information <strong>about</strong> this book. Spine tail bumped, otherwise fine. [102356]<br />
289. (Maps) Jolly, David C. ANTIQUE MAPS, SEA CHARTS, CITY VIEWS,<br />
CELESTIAL CHARTS & BATTLE PLANS, PRICE RECORD & HANDBOOK<br />
FOR 1983–(1999–2000). 16 volumes. Brookline: David C. Jolly, 1983–2000, 8vo.,<br />
cloth. various pagination. $ 240.00<br />
Complete run of these prices guides. Now being issued in CD-rom. A wealth of information. [103849]<br />
290. (Maps) Le Gear, Clara Egli. LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE<br />
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Five volumes.<br />
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine <strong>Books</strong>, n.d. but 1999), thick 8vo., cloth. xlvii,666;<br />
lxxii,681; cxxx,708; v,190; xvi,290 pages. $ 350.00<br />
(Besterman p.1164). First published by the GPO in Washington over the period 1958 to 1992. Continues<br />
the earlier four volumes written by Philip Phillips with detailed descriptions of atlases and maps held by<br />
the Library of Congress. This catalogue is a classic; it is invaluable to librarians, bookdealers, historians<br />
and carto-bibliographers. [54938]<br />
291. (Maps) McCorkle, Barbara Backus. NEW ENGLAND IN EARLY PRINTED<br />
MAPS 1513 TO 1800, AN ILLUSTRATED CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY. Foreword<br />
by Edward H. Dahl. Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, (2001), large 4to.,<br />
cloth, embossed medallion on front cover, dust jacket. xvii, (iii), 354, (2) pages.<br />
$ 165.00<br />
Limited to 1000 copies. As the first comprehensive, fully descriptive list of the printed maps of<br />
New England prior to 1800, this volume documents every effort to depict the area cartographically,<br />
including maps printed in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy, as well as English and American<br />
maps. Designed to be a practical reference tool for historians, collectors, antiquarian map dealers<br />
and all lovers of early cartography, it offers descriptions of over 800 maps. With 455 black and white<br />
illustrations, quick visual identification of specific areas is possible. Includes indexes by title, by<br />
persons associated with the creation of the map, an annotated bibliography and a listing of individual<br />
state maps. Jacket rubed and soiled with tears along edges. [77196]<br />
292. (Maps) Phillips, Philip Lee. LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE<br />
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Four volumes.<br />
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, n.d. but 1999), thick 8vo., cloth. xiii,1208;<br />
(ii),1209–1659; cxxxvii,1030; clxiii,639 pages. $ 350.00<br />
(Besterman p.1164) which was published by the GPO in Washington over the period 1909 to 1920.<br />
Detailed descriptions of 5324 atlases and maps held by the Library of Congress. Exceedingly important<br />
reference set. [52700]<br />
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293. (Maps) Tooley, Ronald Vere (compiler). TOOLEY’S DICTIONARY OF<br />
MAPMAKERS, REVISED EDITION, K-P. Editor Josephine French. (Riverside,<br />
CT): Early World Press, 2003, tall 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. vi, 472 pages. $ 200.00<br />
Revised edition containing almost twice the entries of the 1979 edition. This volume covers the letters<br />
K to P. Tear in jacket along edge. [103878]<br />
294. (Marion Press) Larremore, Thomas A. and Amy Hopkins. THE MARION<br />
PRESS, A SURVEY AND A CHECKLIST. With Incidental Alarums, and Excursions<br />
Into Collateral Fields. Checklist by Joseph W. Rogers. Jamaica, NY: Queens Borough<br />
Public Library, 1943, 8vo., cloth. xx, 272, (2) pages. $ 350.00<br />
First edition, limited to 228 numbered copies. The Marion Press was founded by Frank Hopkins,<br />
former shop-foreman for Theodore DeVinne. A total of 197 items are described in detail in the book<br />
and a 173 page history of the press and the press movement is given which gives much information on<br />
turn of the century printing. Small spots on edge of front free endpaper and pastedown. [103773]<br />
295. Meyer, Fredrich Hermann. KATALOG DER BIBLIOTHECK DES<br />
BÖRSENVEREINS DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHÄNDLER. Two volumes. Leipzig:<br />
Verlag des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1885, 1902., 8vo., later<br />
quarter cloth with paper covered boards. xxxvi,708; xx,655–1406 pages. $ 325.00<br />
Second edition (Besterman, 5270). A description of books <strong>about</strong> books in the library of this German<br />
bookseller’s organization. 7564 entries. With the second volume expanding the listing through 1901.<br />
Scarce catalogue of this pre-eminent collection of books relating to all aspects of book production.<br />
[103034]<br />
296. (Morrison, G.E.) CATALOGUE OF THE ASIATIC LIBRARY OF DR. G.E.<br />
MORRISON, NOW A PART OF THE ORIENTAL LIBRARY, TOKYO, JAPAN. 2<br />
volumes. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2009, tall 8vo., cloth. (iii),8,802;<br />
(ii),551 pages . . . $ 250.00<br />
Reprint of the 1924 first edition which was published in Tokyo by the Oriental Library (Besterman<br />
1329). The Morrison Library was the crystallization of many years efforts attributed to G. E. Morrison,<br />
adviser to the President of China, and former Peking correspondent of The Times, London, who<br />
collected almost all available books and records with particular reference to China and its adjacent<br />
countries up to 1917. Included are books dealing with Central Asia and Siberia, with Japan, Siam,<br />
Indo-China and the Straits and a few on the Philippines. The volumes are organized by language,<br />
part one containing books in English and part two books in other languages. Within each volume the<br />
organization is alphabetical. Besterman cites 20,000 printed items for this catalogue. [102413]<br />
297. Mortimer, Ruth. CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. PART I:<br />
FRENCH 16TH CENTURY BOOKS. Two volumes. Cambridge: Belknap Press of<br />
Harvard University Press, 1964, 4to., cloth, slipcase. xx,358; (vi),359–728 pages.<br />
$ 375.00<br />
Well annotated descriptions of 557 books. Illustrated and with all the appropriate indices. Slipcase<br />
cracked along top hinge. [1965]<br />
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298. Munby, A.N.L. (editor). SALE CATALOGUES OF LIBRARIES OF<br />
EMINENT PERSONS. Twelve volumes, complete. London: Mansell/Sotheby<br />
Parke-Bernet, 1971–1975, large 8vo., cloth, dust jackets. viii,388; vi,457; viii,465;<br />
vi,283; vi,554; vi,363; viii,246; vi,389; vi,558; vi,514; vi,296; viii,593 pages. $ 650.00<br />
Complete set of the series edited by A.N.L. Munby. An item of interest to literary scholars,<br />
bibliographers, and book collectors. Facsimiles of 88 auction catalogues for sale of the collections (and<br />
sometimes the household furnishings) of 64 “eminent persons” of the 17th through 19th centuries,<br />
including 37 “poets and men of letters” (William Beckford, Byron, Fielding, Goldsmith, Mary Wortley<br />
Montagu, Hester Piozzi, Sterne, Swinburne, Wilde, Wordsworth, et al.), 5 actors (Garrick, Kemble,<br />
et al.), 5 antiquaries (R. Thoresby, G. Vertue, et al.), 7 architects (incl. (Hawksmoor and Wren), 6<br />
politicians (incl. Burke, Hastings, and Wilkes), and 4 scientists (incl. Halley and Hooke). Facsimiles<br />
are of priced originals where possible and are unedited except where faint hand notations needed to<br />
be redrawn. A brief introduction discusses each “eminent person,” their collection, and the catalogue.<br />
These volumes bear no date other than the dates of copyright for the introductions, which run from<br />
1971 to 1975. Prospectus loosely inserted. Backings of dust jackets are somewhat faded, with occasional<br />
chipping and soiling. [53111]<br />
299. (Naval) ENSAYO DE BIBLIOGRAFIA MARITIMA ESPANOLA. Barcelona:<br />
Instituto Nacional del Libro Espanol, 1943, thick 8vo., stiff paper wrapppers. ciii,<br />
461, (3) pages. $ 250.00<br />
Lenghty introduction followed by bibliographical descriptions of over 4500 items relating to Spain and<br />
its shipping. Well illustrated. [15937]<br />
300. Nissen, Claus. DIE BOTANISCHE BUCHILLUSTRATION, IHRE<br />
GESCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1966,<br />
4to., cloth. xii,264; (iv),164; 97 pages. Three volumes in one. $ 275.00<br />
Revised edition. Divided into two sections, a history of the field of botanical illustration and a<br />
bibliography with descriptions of over 2000 books. This edition contains the supplemental third<br />
volume at the end. [25166]<br />
301. Nissen, Claus. DIE ILLUSTRIERTEN VOGELBUCHER, IHRE GE <br />
SCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE. Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlag, 1953, small<br />
4to., cloth, dust jacket. 222 pages. $ 225.00<br />
Besterman p.4367. Superb bibliography of books and pamphlets concerning ornithology. Lengthy<br />
historical introduction followed by full descriptions of 1,031 items. Illustrated. [41539]<br />
302. Norton, F.J. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PRINTING IN SPAIN AND<br />
PORTUGAL 1501–1520. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1978), 4to.,<br />
cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 581 pages. $ 300.00<br />
1368 items from Spain and 43 from Portugal are described in detail in this massive bibliography. Jacket<br />
chipped along edges. [12598]<br />
303. Olschki, Leo S. LE LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ AU XVe SIECLE. Florence: Leo S.<br />
Olschki, 1926, tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers with parchment outer wrapper. xl, 80<br />
pages followed by 220 plates. $ 145.00<br />
Besterman p.3006. Bibliography of illustrated books of the 15th century (225 titles) accompanied by<br />
many plates including some in color. Some yellowing of paper. Much better preserved than usual.<br />
Ownership inscription in pencil. [33897]<br />
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304. (Pennell, Joseph) Wuerth, Louis A. CATALOGUE OF THE LITHOGRAPHS<br />
OF JOSEPH PENNELL. With an introduction by Elizabeth Robins Pennell.<br />
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931, 4to., leather-backed paper-covered<br />
boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, dust jacket and original mailing box. xxii, 243<br />
pages. $ 500.00<br />
First edition, limited to 425 numbered copies (Freitag 7338). Each of his 620 known lithographs are<br />
illustrated with bibliographical information given. A very fine copy. [102869]<br />
305. (Phillipps, Sir Thomas) BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA, NEW SERIES. 20<br />
volumes. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1966–1977, 4to., stiff paper wrappers.<br />
Complete set in twenty parts. $ 400.00<br />
The illustrated version of these catalogues. Difficult to find as a set as Part V concerned Americana<br />
and was issued in America. The 1981 catalogue devoted to English Charters and Documents owned by<br />
Phillipps is not present. Uneven fading of covers. [103028]<br />
Item 307<br />
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306. (Photography) Gernsheim, Helmut. INCUNABULA OF BRITISH PHO<br />
TOGRAPHIC LITERATURE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH PHO TO<br />
GRAPHIC LITERATURE 1839–75 AND BRITISH BOOKS ILLUSTRATED<br />
WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. London: Scolar Press, (1984), 4to., cloth,<br />
dust jacket. 159 pages. $ 235.00<br />
Divided into three parts; <strong>Books</strong> and Newspapers illustrated with original photographs, Early<br />
Photographic Literature and journals on photographs. [3387]<br />
307. (Photography) Goldschmidt, Lucien and Weston J. Naef. THE TRUTHFUL<br />
LENS, A SURVEY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK<br />
1844–1914. New York: The Grolier Club, 1980, 4to., cloth, leather spine label,<br />
slipcase. xii, 241, (3) pages. $ 675.00<br />
Limited to 1000 copies (Asaf 141). 192 books in bibliography. Has many illustrations of the photographs.<br />
Well printed by the Stinehour Press. Some chipping of leather spine label. [103023]<br />
308. (Photography) LIBRARY CATALOG OF THE INTERNATIONAL<br />
MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY AT GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE. Boston: G.K.<br />
Hall & Co., 1982, folio, cloth. (iv),iv,728; (iv),709; (iv),430; (iv),425 pages. $ 450.00<br />
Massive reference to the history of photography. Two page introduction by Gail McClain, Librarian.<br />
Reproduces the card catalogue of the library. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson and signed by him<br />
in pencil on the free endpaper in each volume. [102971]<br />
309. Poggendorff, J.C. BIOGRAPHISCH-LITERARISCHES HAND WOR<br />
TERBUCH ZUR GESCHICHTE DER EXACTEN WISSENSCHAFTEN . . .<br />
MATHEMATIKERN, ASTRONOMEN, PHYSIKERN, CHEMIKERN, MI<br />
NERALOGEN, GEOLOGEN. Two volumes in four. (Mansfield Centre: Maurizio<br />
Martino, n.d. but 1998), thick 8vo., cloth. xi,846; (ii),650; xiii,930; (ii),788 pages.<br />
$ 295.00<br />
Reprint of the 1883–1904 edition published by Johann Ambrosius Barth in Leipzig. (Sheehy EA231;<br />
Besterman 5638). The set remains the standard and indispensable work for information <strong>about</strong> the life<br />
and works of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists and other<br />
scientists of all nations. For each scientist, Poggendorff provides a brief bibliography of his writings,<br />
including periodical articles. This reprint covers the period 1858 to 1904. Over 140,000 references.<br />
[52744]<br />
310. Polak, Jean. BIBLIOGRAPHIE MARITIME FRANCAISE DEPUIS LES<br />
TEMPS LES PLUS RECULES JUS QU’A 1914. Grenoble: Editions des 4 Seigneurs,<br />
1976, 4to., cloth. 367, (3) pages. $ 275.00<br />
Limited to 300 numbered copies. 9615 items described in detail followed by reproductions of title<br />
pages. [30220]<br />
311. Praz, Mario. STUDIES IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY IMAGERY. Roma:<br />
Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1964, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 607, (3) pages.<br />
$ 150.00<br />
Second edition. Hundreds of books described in great detail. Includes later editions, number of plates<br />
and locations. [30095]<br />
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312. Rietz, Rolf Du. BIBLIOTHECA POLYNESIANA, A CATALOGUE OF<br />
SOME OF THE BOOKS IN THE POLYNESIANA COLLECTION FORMED BY<br />
THE LATE BJARNE KROEPELIEN AND NOW IN THE OSLO UNIVERSITY<br />
LIBRARY. Oslo: Privately published by the heirs of Bjarne Kroepelien, 1969, thick<br />
4to., cloth. lxix, 455 pages. $ 265.00<br />
First edition, limited to 800 copies. Lengthy introduction followed by descriptions of 1368 titles. A<br />
number of the titles are accompanied by annotations. Edges are faintly spotted. [21366]<br />
Item 314<br />
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313. (Rothschild Library) ROTHSCHILD LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF THE<br />
COLLECTION OF EIGHTEENTH -CENTURY BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS<br />
FORMED BY LORD ROTHSCHILD. Two volumes. (Folkestone): Dawsons of Pall<br />
Mall, 1969, large 8vo., cloth. 840 pages. $ 250.00<br />
Reprint of the very scarce first edition. Some facsimiles. An important reference book. Light rubbing.<br />
[16111]<br />
314. (Russia) THE KILGOUR COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE,<br />
1750–1920 WITH NOTES ON EARLY BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF<br />
THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1959,<br />
thick 4to., full red morocco with gilt decorations, five raised bands, all edges<br />
gilt, pastepaper covered slipcase wiht matching red leather trim. Not paginated.<br />
$ 1,250.00<br />
Over 1300 books described in detail with photographic reproductions of many title pages. Also<br />
describes Kilgour`s collection of Russian bookplates. Excellent bibliography for famous Russian<br />
authors of fiction. A special copy of this book in full leather. Presentation on first blank “Presented to<br />
William Alexander Jackson without whose personal help and whole hearted support this volume would<br />
not have been completed. Bayard L. Kilgour Jr., March 30, 1959.” Further inscribed “Presented to<br />
Israel Perlstein who found many of the finest pices in this collection, Wm. A. Jackson.” With Jackson’s<br />
booklabel on the front pastedown. Wm. Jackson was Harvard’s librarian for many years. [103130]<br />
315. (Russia) THE PAUL M. FEKULA COLLECTION, A CATALOGUE. Two<br />
volumes. New York: The Estate of Paul M. Fekula (at Harvard University Press),<br />
1988, large 4to., cloth, slipcase. lxx,(2),424; (xii),394 pages. $ 500.00<br />
Limited to 300 copies. This is the first and only edition of this remarkable bibliography detailing<br />
the Russian and Slavic collection of Paul M. Fekula (1902–1982). “The most important collection of<br />
Russian and Slavic books and manuscripts ever amassed by an individual in the West,” this annotated<br />
bibliography describes 7,244 items and includes author descriptions and bibliographical citations.<br />
Describing works from almost every field, the bibliography includes special sections devoted to<br />
periodicals, books <strong>about</strong> books, religion, travel accounts, linguistics, paleography and the arts, in<br />
addition to large sections devoted to Russian and East Slavic literature and history. This work is also<br />
an important English language reference guide to works in Cyrillic and Slavic languages, including<br />
manuscripts, early printed books, Russian literature, and Slavic church imprints. An essential<br />
bibliographical tool, this volume contains well over 5,000 items more than Harvard’s catalogue of the<br />
Kilgour collection and is well-illustrated with title pages, illustrations, and author’s dedications, some<br />
of which are reproduced in color. [43755]<br />
316. Sader, Marion (editor). READER’S ADVISER, THE BEST IN REFERENCE<br />
WORKS. 6 volumes. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1994, thick small 4to., paper covered<br />
boards, dust jackets. xxxvii,1472; lx,1122; xxxii,1127; xxviii,1054; xxxiii,975; x,823<br />
pages. $ 225.00<br />
Fourteenth edition. Volume One (Reference Works, British Literature & American Literature): Volume<br />
Two (World Literature); Volume Three (Social Sciences, History & the Arts); Volume Four (Philosophy<br />
& Religion); Volume Five (Science, Technology & Medicine); Volume Six (Indexes). [103032]<br />
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317. Sandys, John Edwin. A HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP. Three<br />
volumes. Mansfield Centre (CT): Maurizio Martino, n.d. (1997), small 8vo., cloth.<br />
(ii), xxiii+(i),701+(1); xxviii,(ii),498; (ii),xiii+(i),523 pages. $ 195.00<br />
Limited to 200 copies. Vol.I is a reprint of the third edition of this volume (Cambridge University<br />
Press, 1921). Vols. II and III are reprints of the first editions of these two volumes (Cambridge, 1908).<br />
This is a survey of “classical scholarship,” i.e. either scholarship (literary, philosophical, rhetorical or<br />
linguistic) in classical times, or classical scholarship in post-classical times, from 600 BC up to the<br />
end of the 19th century. There are 66 illustrations and 20 tables. Each volume has a list of tables and<br />
illustrations, a rather detailed list of contents, a “select bibliography,” and an index of scholars and<br />
authors.<br />
318. Smith, Harry B. SENTIMENTAL LIBRARY, COMPRISING BOOKS<br />
FORMERLY OWNED B. N.P.: Privately printed, 1914, 4to., vellum backed cloth,<br />
top edge gilt, others uncut. xxvi, 332 pages. $ 225.00<br />
First and only edition of this magnificent book. (Webber p.121). Printed by the DeVinne Press.<br />
Smith states in his preface that he collected “only books which are interesting on account of their<br />
associations and books which have been made unique by the addition of letters or manuscripts.” This is<br />
a beautiful book containing an excellent collection. Rosenbach bought the collection en bloc and later<br />
sold it to Elkins. Covers soiled with spotting of vellum and back cover. Light foxing of pastedowns and<br />
endpapers. [44830]<br />
319. (South Africa) Mendelssohn, Sidney. MENDELSSOHN’S SOUTH AFRICAN<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY. WITH A DESCRIPTIVE INTRODUCTION BY I.D. COLVIN.<br />
Two volumes. London: The Holland Press / Arco Publications, 1957, thick 8vo.,<br />
cloth, dust jackets. lxxii,1008; (viii),1139 pages. $ 225.00<br />
Reprint of the 1911 first edition. (Besterman p.179) This reprint was limited to 500 sets. 10,000 entries<br />
given in this unsurpassed bibliography of all books in all languages on South Africa. A masterpiece of<br />
scholarship and research. Jackets worn; tape marks on corners of free endpapers. [103903]<br />
320. (South Carolina) Gould, Christopher and Richard Parker Morgan. A<br />
DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, SOUTH CAROLINA IMPRINTS, 1731–1800.<br />
Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio Information Services, (1985), 4to., cloth. xxxii, 325 pages.<br />
$ 365.00<br />
First edition. Fully describes over 1400 items. Also includes information on bibliographies, newspapers,<br />
public records and South Carolina printers. An excellent resource. [35561]<br />
321. Southward, John. CATALOGUE OF THE PASSMORE EDWARDS<br />
LIBRARY. Assisted by the Librarian (F.W.T. Lange). London: St. Bridge Foundation<br />
Institute, 1897, 8vo., half dark red calf with purple pebbled cloth covered boards,<br />
decorations in gilt. xv+(i), 79 pages. $ 175.00<br />
First and only edition. Passmore donated his superb collection of books on the history of the book<br />
to complement and supplement the donation of William Blades. C.J. Drummond, Chairman of the<br />
Printing Schools Committee was instrumental in steering the library to St. Brides. Contains a five page<br />
history of this transaction which reproduces a letter from Passmore to Drummond. Presentation on<br />
first blank page “G.W. Jones Esq. With C.J. Drummond’s kind regards. 26. 10. 99.” Jones was the noted<br />
printer and a collector in his own right. Covers rubbed with some fading. [102509]<br />
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Item 324<br />
l i m i t e d edition<br />
322. (Stone & Kimball) Kramer, Sidney. THE HISTORY OF STONE & KIMBALL<br />
AND HERBERT S. STONE & CO WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THEIR<br />
PUBLICATIONS, 1893–1905. Preface by Frederic G. Melcher. Chicago: Norman<br />
Forgue, 1940, 8vo., cloth, slipcase. xxii, 380 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition, one of 500 copies printed on special rag-content paper and in slipcase. [7666]<br />
323. Stone, Herbert Stuart. FIRST EDITIONS OF AMERICAN AUTHORS; A<br />
MANUAL FOR BOOK LOVERS . Introduction by Eugene Field. Cambridge: Stone<br />
& Kimball, 1893, tall 12mo., original cloth, top edge gilt. (ii), 223, (3) pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition of this scarce book; Stone and Kimball’s second book preceded only by a unique copy<br />
of an advertising booklet for the Chicago World’s Fair (Kramer 2). Lettering on spine slightly faded.<br />
[7664]<br />
324. (Streeter, Thomas W.) THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF<br />
AMERICANA FORMED BY THE LATE THOMAS WINTHROP STREETER.<br />
Eight volumes, one of which is the index volume with prices realized. New York:<br />
Parke Bernet Galleries, 1966–1969, large 8vo., original boards. $ 400.00<br />
Complete set with index which has prices realized. This collection of 4423 items brought $3,104,982 and<br />
the catalogue of the sales is an indispensable bibliographical tool for anyone interested in Americana.<br />
Worn set with plastic jackets around each volume (taped to endpapers. Some spines loose. Internally<br />
fine. [35358]<br />
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325. (Texas) Streeter, Thomas W. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS, 1795–1845. Five<br />
volumes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1960, tall<br />
8vo., cloth. lxxi,260; (iv),261–616; xxiv,283; xlii,278; (iv),279–677 pages. $ 1,000.00<br />
First edition, limited to 600 copies. The first two volumes cover Texas imprints, the third volume has<br />
Mexican imprints and the last two volumes other United States and European imprints. [16116]<br />
326. (Tinker Library) Metzdorf, Robert F. THE TINKER LIBRARY, A<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS<br />
COLLECTED BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER. New Haven: The Yale<br />
University Library, (1959), thick 8vo., cloth. xxvi, 530 pages. $ 150.00<br />
First edition, limited to 500 copies. With a preface by James T. Babb and detailed bibliographical<br />
descriptions of over 2300 items. Illustrated. Covers rubbed with some worn spots. [103738]<br />
327. (Tobacco) Brooks, Jerome E. TOBACCO, ITS HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY<br />
THE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF<br />
GEORGE ARENTS, JR. TOGETHER WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY, A<br />
GLOSSARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES. Five volumes, complete. New York:<br />
The Rosenbach Co., 1937–1952, folio, cloth, leather spine labels. xvi,543; ix,564;<br />
vii,545; (viii),486; (vi),327 pages. With ten volumes of supplements, complete. New<br />
York: The New York Public Library, 1958–1969, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 650<br />
pages and plates. $ 3,250.00<br />
The first five volumes are limited to 300 numbered copies. Beautifully illustrated and printed. Spine<br />
labels chippped. [30772]<br />
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328. Tooley, R.V. ENGLISH BOOKS WITH COLOURED PLATES 1790 TO 1860.<br />
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1954), small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. vii, 424 pages.<br />
$ 185.00<br />
First printing of the revised edition. This edition contains 517 titles covering 700 volumes. Spine faded.<br />
Jacket price clipped. Some foxing of free endpaper. Essential reference book. [15557]<br />
329. (Travel) Cox, Edward Godfrey. A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE<br />
LITERATURE OF TRAVEL INCLUDING VOYAGES, GEOGRAPHICAL<br />
DESCRIPTIONS, ADVENTURES, SHIPWRECKS AND EXPEDITIONS. Three<br />
volumes. Seattle and New York: University of Washington and Greenwood Press,<br />
1935, (1969), tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers for 1st volume; cloth for other two. x,404;<br />
vii,591; xvi,732 pages. $ 150.00<br />
Original first edition (1935) of first volume and reprints of the second and third volumes. (Besterman<br />
312, 2727, 6466; Sheehy CL13). The three volumes cover The Old World, The New World and England.<br />
This bibliography is filled with the literature of travel including voyages, geographical descriptions,<br />
adventures, shipwrecks, and expeditions. Over 10,000 entries, with an author index. <strong>Books</strong> on foreign<br />
travel and voyages presented in chronological order from earliest date available to 1800. Important<br />
reference work for travel literature from the sixteenth century to the 1930’s. Wrappers on first volume<br />
chipped. [103098]<br />
330. Vicaire, Georges. MANUEL DE L’AMATEUR DE LIVRES DU XIXE<br />
SIÈCLE, 1801–1893. ÉDITIONS ORIGINALES, OUVRAGES ET PÉRIODIQUES<br />
ILLUSTRÉS, ROMANTIQUES, RÉIMPRESSIONS CRITIQUES DE TEXTES<br />
ANCIENS OU CLASSIQUES, BIBLIOTHÈQUES ET COLLECTIONS<br />
DIVERSES, PUBLICATIONS DES SOCIÉTÉS DE BIBLIOPHILES DE PARIS<br />
ET DES DÉPARTEMENTS, CURIOSITÉS BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES, ETC.,ETC.<br />
Préface de Maurice Tourneux. 8 volumes in 1. Teaneck: Somerset House, 1973, folio,<br />
cloth. Not paginated. $ 450.00<br />
Reprint of the 8 original volumes in the first edition originally published in 1894. Each page of the<br />
original is reduced in size and placed 9 to a page. Essential manual for the amateur book collector of<br />
19th century publications, with <strong>about</strong> 15,000 titles included. [103192]<br />
331. Wheat, Carl I. MAPPING THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST, 1540–1861.<br />
Five volumes in six. Mansfield: Maurizio Martino Publishers & Parsippany: About<br />
<strong>Books</strong>, n.d. (1995), 4to., cloth. xiv,264; xiii,281; xiii,349; xiii,260; xix,222; (iv),223–<br />
487 pages. $ 700.00<br />
Limited to 350 copies. Reprint of the first edition which was issued in San Francisco over the period<br />
1957 to 1963. With reproductions of maps throughout including many foldout examples. Excellent<br />
bibliography. An essential tool for those interested in Western Americana and cartography. This<br />
facsimile reproduces the original in full size. [41939]<br />
332. Wheat, Carl I. MAPPING THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST, 1540–1861.<br />
San Francisco: The Institute of Historical Cartography, 1959, folio, two-toned cloth.<br />
xiv,264; xiii,281; xiii,260; xix,222; (iv),223–487 pages. $ 2,000.00<br />
First edition, limited to 1000 sets. Wheat, the well-known California historian, undertook this work<br />
in an effort to trace the opening of the American West by studying the succession of maps which,<br />
beginning in the 1540’s, accurately trace the paths of the explorers and the record of the resulting<br />
growth of knowledge.<br />
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He sought out every map, manuscript or printed, relating to the Transmississippi West before 1861<br />
and selected the most interesting and important. These maps cover the story of Spanish, French and<br />
English exploration.<br />
In all, 1302 maps are fully described, with many illustrated in full-page. A chronological calendar of<br />
maps, a full index, and a system of marginal references make these volumes easier to use than any other<br />
comparable work.<br />
This set lacks volume III which covered the period 1846–1854. [103921]<br />
333. Wilson, Carroll A. THIRTEEN AUTHOR COLLECTIONS OF THE<br />
NINETEENTH CENTURY AND FIVE CENTURIES OF FAMILIAR<br />
QUOTATIONS. Edited by Jean C.S. Wilson and David A. Randall. Two volumes.<br />
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950, 8vo., cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut.<br />
ix,450; (vi),451–889,(3) pages. $ 175.00<br />
First edition, limited to 375 numbered copies. Superb collections of Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne,<br />
Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, Lowell, Melville, Poe, Thoreau, Whittier, Hardy and Trollope. Full<br />
bibliographical descriptions including variants, different editions, etc. With excellent annotations.<br />
Slipcase cracked along some edges and faded. <strong>Books</strong> are in very fine condition. [7843]<br />
334. Wise, Thomas J. ASHLEY LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE PRINTED BOOKS,<br />
MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS COLLECTED BY THOMAS J.<br />
WISE. Eleven volumes. Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1971, 8vo., small 8vo.,<br />
cloth. $ 550.00<br />
Reprint of the first edition which was limited to only 250 sets (Todd 420b). Each volume has an<br />
introduction by a famous person in the book world. Profusely illustrated and with full bibliographical<br />
descriptions of some of the scarcest books of English literature. Unfortunately included in this<br />
collection were the forgeries that Wise had printed himself and elevated to the level of rare first<br />
editions. This reprint contains the Ashley shelf marks of each of the books received by the British<br />
Museum marked in the margins and also contains a three page introduction by Simon Nowell-Smith.<br />
Very minor soiling. [17674]<br />
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