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The American Book Collector (formerly The Amateur Book Collector). Volumes 5-8 & 13, 1955-1963

W. B. Thorsen, editor / Chicago: W. B. Thorsen 1955
5 complete volumes, all in the original paper wrappers except for vol. 13 which is bound in later red cloth with the original paper wrappers retained; very good. Volumes Included: 5

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books

Item #: 1299658

$98.00

The American Book Collector. A montly magazine for book lovers. Volume 2, Nos. 1-6, July-December 1932

Charles F. Heartman, Harry B. Weiss, editors / Metuchen: The American Book Collector 1932
complete volume in six issues; 377 pp. + ads; original printed paper wrappers, very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books

Item #: 1299657

$77.61

Books and printing: A treasury for typophiles

Bennett, Paul A., editor / World Pub. Co 1951
limited to 1000 numbered copies; xv, 417 pp., hardcover, lacks the jacket, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books

Item #: 1299530

$9.60

you talkin' to me? (An exhibition catalogue of works by Ugo Rondinone, Tristin Lowe, Vanessa Beercroft, Gabriel Martinez, Virgil Marti, and Anne Sauser-Hall)

Patrick T. Murphy / Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1996
approx. 40 pp., incldues 6 slides and record in rear pocket, printed softcover, very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: pml art artists' books

Item #: 1292021

$174.68

The Holkham Bible Picture Book

W. O. Hassall / London: The Dropmore Press 1954
limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author; small folio, vii, 191, [1] pp., plates; illustrated full red leather by W. M. Smith & Son, top raised band bumped and now lacking the leather covering, else near fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books sam15 office

Item #: 1290529

$507.51

The Making of the King James Bible

Edwin Eliott Willoughby / Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1956
limited to 290 copies; folio, 31, [1] pp., original leaf from the great "She" Bible of 1611 present; original illustrated boards & cloth backstrip (hardcover), masonic book plate to the front paste down, small perforation stamp to the first three endpapers, covers soiled, else internally clean and tight. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books printing religion office sam15

Item #: 1290467

$396.03

The Pentateuch of Printing. With a chapter on Judges. With a memoir of the author, and list of his works, by Talbot B. Reed

William Blades / Chicago: A. C. McClurg 1891
first American edition, published by A. C. McClurg in 1891; xxvii, 117 pp., original gilt stamped blue cloth, corners and edges worn, else good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books

Item #: 1283484

$18.81

The Reformed Librarie-Keeper, or Two Copies of Letters Concerning the Place of Office of a Librarie-Keeper. Literature of Libraries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

John Dury / Chicago: A. C. McClurg, printed at The Merrymount Press 1906
large-paper edition, limited to 25 numbered copies printed at The Merrymount Press; 71 pp., original marbled boards & black cloth backstrip (hardcover), spine lightly rubbed, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: literature books about books

Item #: 1283481

$600.67

The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers

Newton, A. Edward / Little, Brown & Co. 1925
fourth edition, inscribed by A. Edward Newton at the front free endpaper; xvii, 451 pp., color frontis., b&w plates; original boards & cloth backstrip (hardcover), very good in a worn slipcase. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books

Item #: 1283159

$71.43

Bibliotheca Grenvilliana; Part the Third, completing the Catalogue of the Library bequeathed to the British Museum by the late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. With a general index

(Thomas Grenville) / London: The British Museum 1872
219 pp., frontis., early 20th century cloth (hardcover), top of the front joint rubbed, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books

Item #: 1283158

$41.83

Door County Plat Book and Index to Owners

Schinkten, Adolph / Bayprint, Inc. 1969
this is the 1969 printing, 50 pp., paperback, very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: jkt maps wisconsin plat book

Item #: 1282860

$19.41

Let's Find Out about Heat, Weather and Air. A Picture Science Book

Nina Schneider; Herman Schneider / William B. Scott Inc. 1946
38 pp., Hardcover, fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: jkt children's science book

Item #: 1281970

$16.67

Tree Song

Stone, Tiffany, Hatam, Holly / Annick Press 2018
32 pp., Hardcover, new. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 1773210017
Subject/Keywords: ap4 fiction kids books childrens literature

Item #: 1282369

$1.71

Book of Hours of Queen Isabella of Castille. Documentation for the Facsimile Edition

Patrimonio Nacional / Testimonio Compania Editorial 1991
the publisher's prospectus for the exquisite work; small folio, [4] (text) pp., 4 color facsimiles from the book of hours; very good in printed paper portfolio with yet another facsimile to the front cover. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books of hours religion art hrb

Item #: 1281874

$48.14

Temperance Tales for Young Readers

James Ballantyne / Edinburgh: A. Muirhead 1850
measures 8 x 13 cm., 128 pp., frontis.; original gilt & blind stamped full leather, a.e.g., spine rubbed, book plate to the front paste down and front free endpaper, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: temperance alcohol gbl office miniature books

Item #: 1278371

$78.90

20 Poems from the Book of Hours. Translated by Joan M. Erikson. Woodcuts by Erik H. Erikson

Rainer Maria Rilke / Taucross Farm Press 1988
limited to 225 copies, signed by Joan M. Erickson, printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press; [26] pp., original boards & cloth backstrip (hardcover), fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: poetry small press books

Item #: 1267348

$86.27

The Adagio Press - Ephemera

Leonard F. Bahr / Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio Press 1968
9 promotional pieces issued by the press, viz.: Typographic Doodling; Antique, Decorated & Kindred Types; The Artist of Kouroo by Thoreau; The Adagio Press (on yellow paper); Adagio: The private press of Leonard F. Bahr; Announcing an interesting new publication...; The Evolution of Printing Presses from Wood to Metal: An essay in tribute to Paul A. Bennett; Man errs so long as he strives...Goethe, Faust; Adagio: The private press of Leonard F. Bahr, MLA Quarterly, a private press profile; all folded single sheets, except for the Bennett tribute which is 8 pages in green paper wrappers; all on high quality paper of various colors; fine in the publisher's printed envelope. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books fine presses ngx

Item #: 1267339

$84.28

Cartografia dei sentimenti

Donatella Franchi, Madeleine de Scudery, Angela Cattaneo / Donatella Franchi 2004
Limite to 100 numbered coies. Paper box contains one spool of ribbon with text. On sides of paper spool: a colored pencil drawing of a compass & on the verso a stamp "Lascito Madeleine de ScudeÌ?ry" with edition number & signature of the artist. Two sheets of instructions rolled & tied with string. One sheet with a poem "Mes amies" by Angela Cattaneo, dated agosto 2004, also rolled & tied. One folded map (17 x 17 cm) entitled: "La carta du pays de tendre, Madeleine de Scudery." Map includes title & author information and the date, Maggio 2004. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: officeglass artists books ngx

Item #: 1263072

$114.19

Perhaps the greatest incomparable autobiography in the world

Matthews, Jack / Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society 1986
15 pp., softcover, limited to 150 signed and numbered copies, fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books booksellers bibliophiles

Item #: 1259433

$10.99