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Forty Centuries of Ink Or, a Chronological Narrative Concerning Ink and its Backgrounds by Carvalho, David N - 1904

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Forty Centuries of Ink Or, a Chronological Narrative Concerning Ink and  its Backgrounds by Carvalho, David N - 1904

Forty Centuries of Ink Or, a Chronological Narrative Concerning Ink and its Backgrounds

by Carvalho, David N

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NY: The Banks Law Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner bookplate (Rowland H. Young) on front . pastedown endpapers, pages toned.. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 374pp, index. Comprehensive history of ink from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century, when the author saw the danger of using so many coal tar derivatives used for long-term preservation of printed and written materials. Rebound in red reinforced cloth, titled in gilt on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
  • Bookseller Old Saratoga Books US (US)
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner bookplate (Rowland H. Young) on front pastedown endpapers, pages toned.
  • Edition First Edition
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  • Publisher The Banks Law Publishing Co.
  • Place of Publication NY
  • Date Published 1904
  • Keywords Ink, Writing Ink, PRINTING Ink

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A Dialogue on the Distinct Characters of the Picturesque and the Beautiful in Answer to the...
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A Dialogue on the Distinct Characters of the Picturesque and the Beautiful in Answer to the Objections of Mr. Knight

by Price, Uvedale

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Hereford: Robson, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Prefaced by and Introductory Essay on Beauty. 229 pages. Very minor foxing to front pages. Blue cloth, slightly scuffed. Else tight and delightful. No half title (don't know if there should be one). Previous owner was Leonard Charles Price in Surrey
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William Morris and the Art of the Book:  With Essays on William Morris, As  Book Collector by...

William Morris and the Art of the Book: With Essays on William Morris, As Book Collector by Paul Needham, As Calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and As Typographer by John Dreyfus

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NY: Pierpont Morgan Library. Good; Liftoff on rear cover, stain on front cover, splits starting at heel . and foot of spine, fore-edges stained.. 1976. Softcover. 114 plates. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Includes an essay on the Memories of Collecting by John M. Crawford, Jr. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 140 pages .
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Five Fine Printers:  Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus,  Andrew Hoyem, William Everson

Five Fine Printers: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, William Everson

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Davis, CA: Library Associates, University of California. Near Fine; Small nick at lower left corner of front cover.. 1979. Softcover. Edited and with an introduction Kirshenbaum. Exhibition catalogue for show held Feb. 22 - April 10, 1979 at the Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California at Davis. 8.5 x 11 inches. Black and white photographs of the work of five fine printers from northern California: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, and William Everson. Contains statements from the artists. Laid in is promotional postcard for the exhibition, publisher press release for the catalogue, and several other promotional materials and lists of publications by Library Associates. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 47 pages .
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Permanent Papers and the Subject of Author's Editions

Permanent Papers and the Subject of Author's Editions

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Norwood, MA: The Holliston Mills. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, page tops foxed.. 1934. Hardcover. Tan beveled boards titled in black and with cameo man's silhouette inset on front boards. A printer's specimen book showing various types, papers, illustrations, etc. Pages unopened at bolts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Ghost in the Underblows
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The Ghost in the Underblows

by Fisher, Alfred Young; Powell, Lawrence Clark (editor)

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Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, soiled, and worn.. 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 numbered copies. A lengthy narrative poem by Alfred Young Fisher, a longtime Smith College professor and James Joyce and Shakespeare scholar, whose first wife, M. F. K. Fisher, is better known. Book design and striking orange and black illustrations by noted designer Alvin Lustig. Black blindstamped cloth. xxiv, 304pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Thomas Berthelet, Royal Printer and Bookbinder to Henry VIII. King of England. With special...

Thomas Berthelet, Royal Printer and Bookbinder to Henry VIII. King of England. With special reference to his bookbindings.

by DAVENPORT, Cyril

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Chicago: Caxton Club, 1901. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. 102pp. With 18 plates including 10 in color and in gilt. 5 illustrations of identification marks or seals are printed on tissue and inserted into the text. Partially uncut pages. Re-backed preserving the original spine. Paper spine label rubbed. Boards re-papered after original fashion.
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William Morris and the Art of the Book:  With Essays on William Morris, As  Book Collector by...

William Morris and the Art of the Book: With Essays on William Morris, As Book Collector by Paul Needham, As Calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and As Typographer by John Dreyfus

by Needham, Paul

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NY: Pierpont Morgan Library. Good; Liftoff on rear cover, stain on front cover, splits starting at heel . and foot of spine, fore-edges stained.. 1976. Softcover. 114 plates. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Includes an essay on the Memories of Collecting by John M. Crawford, Jr. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 140 pages .
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Five Fine Printers:  Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus,  Andrew Hoyem, William Everson

Five Fine Printers: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, William Everson

by Kirshenbaum, Sandra

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Davis, CA: Library Associates, University of California. Near Fine; Small nick at lower left corner of front cover.. 1979. Softcover. Edited and with an introduction Kirshenbaum. Exhibition catalogue for show held Feb. 22 - April 10, 1979 at the Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California at Davis. 8.5 x 11 inches. Black and white photographs of the work of five fine printers from northern California: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, and William Everson. Contains statements from the artists. Laid in is promotional postcard for the exhibition, publisher press release for the catalogue, and several other promotional materials and lists of publications by Library Associates. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 47 pages .
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Permanent Papers and the Subject of Author's Editions

Permanent Papers and the Subject of Author's Editions

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Norwood, MA: The Holliston Mills. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, page tops foxed.. 1934. Hardcover. Tan beveled boards titled in black and with cameo man's silhouette inset on front boards. A printer's specimen book showing various types, papers, illustrations, etc. Pages unopened at bolts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Ghost in the Underblows
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The Ghost in the Underblows

by Fisher, Alfred Young; Powell, Lawrence Clark (editor)

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Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, soiled, and worn.. 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 numbered copies. A lengthy narrative poem by Alfred Young Fisher, a longtime Smith College professor and James Joyce and Shakespeare scholar, whose first wife, M. F. K. Fisher, is better known. Book design and striking orange and black illustrations by noted designer Alvin Lustig. Black blindstamped cloth. xxiv, 304pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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FORTY CENTURIES OF INK, OR A CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE CONCERNING INK AND ITS BACKGROUNDS

FORTY CENTURIES OF INK, OR A CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE CONCERNING INK AND ITS BACKGROUNDS

by Carvalho, David N

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New York: Burt Franklin, 1971. cloth. Ink. 8vo. cloth. viii, 374 pages. Reprint of the 1904 first edition. Some rubbing to covers, else a near fine copy. Chapters on the Antiquity of Ink, Revival of Ink, Mediaeval Ink, Renaissance Ink, types of ink, the ink industry, etc.
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Forty Centuries of Ink, or a Chronological Narrative Concerning Ink and Its Backgrounds (Burt Franklin research and source works series, 687. Essays in literature and criticism, 122)

by David N. Carvalho

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Forty Centuries of Ink Or a Chronological Narrative Concerning Ink and Its Backgrounds
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Forty Centuries of Ink Or a Chronological Narrative Concerning Ink and Its Backgrounds

by David N. Carvalho

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William Morris and the Art of the Book:  With Essays on William Morris, As  Book Collector by...

William Morris and the Art of the Book: With Essays on William Morris, As Book Collector by Paul Needham, As Calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and As Typographer by John Dreyfus

by Needham, Paul

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NY: Pierpont Morgan Library. Good; Liftoff on rear cover, stain on front cover, splits starting at heel . and foot of spine, fore-edges stained.. 1976. Softcover. 114 plates. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Includes an essay on the Memories of Collecting by John M. Crawford, Jr. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 140 pages .
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Les Cavaliers de L'Apocalypse
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Les Cavaliers de L'Apocalypse

by [1858 chromolithograph]

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"France XIe Siecle. Les Cavaliers de L'Apocalypse," 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Printed in Paris, 1858.Original chromolithograph illustration from Les Arts Somptuaires: Histoire du Costume et de l'Ameublement et des Arts et Industries qui s'y rattachent sous la Direction de Hangard-Mauge Dessins de Cl'us Ciappori by Charles Louandre. This is from a disbound copy of the rare plates volume, which featured hundreds of images in various subjects designed by Claudius Ciappori and printed by the master Hangard-Maugé in Paris, 1857-58.
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Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business (Signed)
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Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business (Signed)

by Leona Rostenberg (Firm);Stern, Madeleine B

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NY: A. Schram, 1974. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abner Schram, 1974, first printing. 8vo., 234pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Signed on fly leaf by both authors: "With every good wish - Leona Rostenberg. Madeline B. Stern". Some dust foxing along top edge, else very good in very good dust jacket with a few short, closed tears along top edge. 2005 and 2007 NY Times obituary clippings of the authors laid in. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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Five Fine Printers:  Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus,  Andrew Hoyem, William Everson

Five Fine Printers: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, William Everson

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Davis, CA: Library Associates, University of California. Near Fine; Small nick at lower left corner of front cover.. 1979. Softcover. Edited and with an introduction Kirshenbaum. Exhibition catalogue for show held Feb. 22 - April 10, 1979 at the Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California at Davis. 8.5 x 11 inches. Black and white photographs of the work of five fine printers from northern California: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, and William Everson. Contains statements from the artists. Laid in is promotional postcard for the exhibition, publisher press release for the catalogue, and several other promotional materials and lists of publications by Library Associates. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 47 pages .
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The King of the Golden River

The King of the Golden River

by Ruskin, John

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5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.
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Blood Meridian featured on Poster for Texas Writers Month.
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Blood Meridian featured on Poster for Texas Writers Month.

by McCarthy, Cormac

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Austin: Texas Writers Project, 2000. Original . Broadside. FINE. 24 x 36 inches, printed on high quality coated stock with metalic ink. Shipped- rolled in heavy tube. This fabulous poster was created especially for the featured author of Texas Writers Month in 2000 held in Austin, Texas by graphic designer Marc English. It is printed on heavy high quality coated stock in metalic inks: silver and bronze and laid over a duotone photograph of the rugged Big Bend country of West Texas. The poster quotes a long scene from McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN with drops of bronze red blood for emphasis. This is a stunning visual and carries the impact of the original text depicting a scene of horror as the savages line up on horseback along the ridge their glass beads and painted bodies caught forever in the sun's hot glare as they anticipate the massacre that would follow. Only McCarthy could make this scene so vivid you might have to put the book down and never finish it.
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Loba Part II
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Loba Part II

by Di Prima, Diane

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Pt. Reyes CA & Kathmandu, Eidolon Editions, 1976, center-stapled trade paperback (10" x 7.25"), 16 pp. printed on one side only, First Edition, First Printing, limited to 550 copies, Very Good condition in illustrated wraps. Straight, tight and clean, light foxing to covers and text block edge, tiny nicks to top corner of front cover. Printed on handmade paper this small collection continues Di Prima's exploration of Loba, the she-wolf, as mythic mother of the world. Monochrome illustrations by Josie Grant.
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Thrillers: Genesis and Structure of a Popular Genre

Thrillers: Genesis and Structure of a Popular Genre

by Palmer, Jerry

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London: Edward Arnold, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, in jacket with a miniscule touch of wear at spine top..
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Photography Between Covers
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Photography Between Covers

by Thomas Dugan

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Comprehensive interviews with twelve recognized artists from the U.S. and Japan including Syl Labrot, Nathan Lyons, Ralph Gibson, Larry Clark, Keith Smith, Joan Lyons, Eikoh Hosoe, Bea Nettles, Duane Michals, Robert Adams, and Scott Hyde.
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Arasmanes or The Seeker.
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Arasmanes or The Seeker.

by E Bulwer Lytton

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Bulwer Lytton, E. Arasmanes or The Seeker. London, Maclaren an Co. nd Ca 1905. 12mo. Marbled paper design slipcase. Paper covers with title in black to front and spine, red letter device to front and printers black devise to verso. With armorial bookplate of Geoffrey Drew Wood on front pastedown. Illustrated frontis. pp66. Slip cases is age soiled, covers age toned where not protected by slipcase. All pages in fine condition, the frontis print, strong and bright with good plate indent. A scarce book.
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