Structure, Verses, Agency Books

English Library: An Annotated List of 1300 Classics

Smith, F. Seymour · 1943

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, England, National Book Council, 1943. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Stated second printing of this popular guide to library-formation. Bound in speckled oatmeal linen cloth over boards, black lettering to spine, clean and unmarked of interior, though ...

A Note on Douglas C. Mcmurtrie

Chapdu, Robert E. · 1968

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Champaign, Illinois, Robert E. Chapdu, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Fine card-stock wrappers, blind-stamped title to...

On Printing in the Tradition

Marks, Lillian · 1989

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Sacramento, California, California State Library Foundation, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Lillian Marks gives new emphasis and encouragement to printers in California by reference to the first printers, who printed their first books in Monterey, Californ...

A Printer's Salute to England on America's Bicentennial

Ritchie, Ward · 1976

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, The Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of a keepsake by the noted printer and typographer, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing neither shelf- nor edge-wear. Cre...

Nonesuch Books. For Christmas, 1925. For the Spring, 1926.

The Nonesuch Press · 1925

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, England, The Nonesuch Press, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A fine and enchanting catalogue from a leading fine press, and the title page continues: With a hand-list of books hitherto published by the Press, laid in. Date of publication not listed but ...

Great Books and Book Collectors

Alan G. Thomas · 1983

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Excalibur Books, 1983. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Forty full-color and 250 black-and-white photographs, many being full-page, greatly augment this fine exemplar of an homage to book-collecting. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcove...

Br: A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary Held at Purdue University

Duncan, Harry, K.K. Merker and Ward Ritchie · 1981

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Handsomely bound in brown cloth over boards, fine gilt-stamped design to front cover....

The World of the Elseviers 1580-1712

Davies, David W. · 1954

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

The Hague, The Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A fine and readable social history of the Elsevier family of printers and publishers and the social milieu of publishing in the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century. Produced...

Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher Collection of Incunabula

Ashley, Frederick W. · 1915

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Washington, D.C., General Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete. Handle with some care, as the cloth-over-boards, leather-backed bindings are a bit fragile, having peeled a...

Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640

McKerrow, R.B. · 1949

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Oxford, London, Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, then photographically for the Oxford University Press, 1949. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Bibliographical Society series on Illustrated Mon...

A Lot of Twenty-Seven (27) Catalogues from Bernard Quaritch of London

Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. · 1901

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

London, England, Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lot of twenty-seven (27) catalogues in First Edition state from the bookshop of Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., in London, England. Each measures approximately 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" in height and...

The Art of Book-Binding, Its Rise and Progress; Including a Descriptive Account of the New York Book-Bindery

Walker, Edward and the Great New-Your Book-Bindery; Paul S. Koda, ed. · 1984

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 1984. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover reprint of the original, true First Edition published in 1850, a true classic work of social history of book-binding and book-selling...

The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Number 1, Autumn, 1970

Bryan, Mina R. · 1970

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1970. Offprint. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. An offprint from the Princeton University Library Chronicle, bound in simple printed orange paper wraps, moderate wear to and sunning of, else clean and unmarked, being easily rea...

Modern Design in Bookbinding, the Work of Edgar Mansfield

Nixon, Howard M.; technical notes by Edgar Mansfield · 1966

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Boston, Boston Book and Art Shop, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 76 full-page plates with notes and illustrations on design, and the technique of fine binding by Edgar Mansfield, with an Introduction by Howard M. Nixon, Deputy Keeper of Printed Book...

Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion

Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern · 1997

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Main Street Books, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Best friends, business partners, literary sleuths, uncommonly good booksellers. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Faint vertical crease to title ...

Decorative Papers & Fabrics

Hollander, Annette · 1971

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Van Nostrand, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. 119 pp. and with many, many score fine black...

Creative Bookbinding

Johnson, Pauline · 1990

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Dover Publications, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. Augmented with many, many s...

Bookcraft: How to Construct Note Pad Covers, Boxes, and Other Useful Items

Hollander, Annette; Maureen Hollander · 1974

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Van Nostrand, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Augmented by the fine black-and-white photographs of Charl...

Lark Studio Series: Handmade Books

Hemachandra, Ray · 2010

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Lark Crafts, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 32mo 4" - 5" tall. As New condition, a little tome to keep in your breast pocket, another fine contribution to the Lark Studio Series of arts and crafts, designed to give the reader an inside look at the new ...

Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums

LaPlantz, Shereen · 2000

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Lark Books, 2000. Ninth Printing. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy of the ninth printing of this influential book, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Chapters de...