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Subject: Books about Books
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
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$357.73
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
$47.78
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
$38.20
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
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Item #: 1282860
$14.19
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
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Item #: 1281970
$10.78
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
$32.35
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
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Item #: 1267339
$58.20
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
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Item #: 1263072
$75.42
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
$9.00
Home Is Where You Build Your Nest!: Living in Cleveland, Ohio
Smith, Joan
/ Tweetstreet Press 2000
28 pp., hardcover, signed by author on title page, else fine. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0970162006
Subject/Keywords: wl2 cleveland ohio childrens books
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Item #: 1258539
$3.93
Catalogo de Manuscritos Poeticos Castellanos de Los Siglos XVI y XVII En La Biblioteca Nacional Volumen II (3.674 a 3.800)
Pablo Jauralde Pou & Manuel Sanchez Mariana
/ Madrid 1993
512 pp., softcover, bottom corner slightly bumped, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 8474839327
Subject/Keywords: books about books hhs
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Item #: 1244767
$29.58
Greek-English and English-Greek Dictionary
George Y. Pavlides
/ Athens: Astir 1960
a miniature book measuring 5 x 9.2 cm., approx. 800 pp., original brown leatherette, previous owner's name to the front paste down, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: miniature books office fbf
Item #: 1244002
$15.39
Archiv fur Druck und Papier. Buchgewerbe, Graphik, Werbung. Internationale graphische Fachzeitschrift. Zweisprachige Ausgabe. Archives for Printing Paper and Kindred Trades. 1956, Heft 4
Buch- und Druckgewerbe Verlag
/ Berlin: Buch- und Druckgewerbe Verlag 1956
pp. 323-426, softcover, very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books fbf
Item #: 1243999
$9.82
The Chorus; or A Collection of Choruses and Hymns, selected and original. Adapted especially for the class-room and to meeting for prayer and Christian conference. Twenty-fourth thousand. Improved and enlarged
A. S. Jenks, compiler
/ Philadelphia: A. S. Jenks 1864
11.5 x 7.5 cm., 320 pp., original gilt & blind stamped decorated black cloth, two front blanks chipped, text age-toned, covers rubbed, else near very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: religion miniature books fbf office
Item #: 1242588
$23.71
The Little Key of Heaven. A Selection of Devotions
Roman Catholic Church
/ NY: C. Wildermann Co. 1919
9.3 x 6.4 cm., 156 pp., key-like metal crucifix inside the front cover, as issued; original full leather with snap-tie, edges slightly rubbed, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: roman catholic religion miniature books fbf office
Item #: 1242587
$29.97
First Impressions. A newsletter from the Institute for the Book Arts. Volumes I & II, 1984-1985
Richard-Gabriel Rummonds
/ University of Alabama 1984
volumes 1 & 2, each complete in two numbers, with vol. 2 nos. 1 & 2 in one issue; 8 + 11 + 19 pp., original self wrappers, very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books art
Item #: 1237310
$25.04
The Past as Present: Selected thoughts & essays. Compiled and edited by Gordon M. Pradl & Samuel B. Ellenport. With an introduction by William H. Pritchard
Paul T. Ruxin
/ Caxton Club/Club of Odd Volumes/The Johnsonians/The Rowfant Club 2017
limited to 225 copies, 436, [1] pp., hardcover, very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books fs9
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Item #: 1234397
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$103.28
Frankfurter Buchmesse 24.-29. September auf dem Messegelande. Borsenblatt fur den Deutschen Buchhandel, Frankfurter Ausgabe, 9. Jahrgang, Nummer 74, 15 September 1953
Frankfurt Book Fair
/ Frankfurt 1953
572 pp., original illustrated paper wrappers, edges rubbed, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books
Item #: 1233170
$24.94
The Dard Hunter Paper Museum at the Institute of Paper Chemistry. Dard Hunter, 1883-1966
(Dard Hunter)
/ The Dard Hunter Paper Museum at the Institute of Paper Chemistry 1978
25 pp., original illustrated paper wrappers, fine. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: papermaking books about books
Item #: 1230795
$29.65
The 58th Annual Western Books Exhibition. 1999 Western Books
The Rounce & Coffin Club
/ Los Angeles: The Rounce & Coffin Club 1999
30 pp., Paperback, very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: books about books western americana
Item #: 1230798
$10.78