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581 pages with facsimile imprints and index. Quarto (11" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. This edition edited by A Millares Carlo. Limited to 2000 copies this is a reprint of the 1886 edition.The pride of Hispanic American scholars and collectors in the work of the sixteenth-century press of Mexico has found its reflection in a group of special bibliographies and bibliographical monographs of which one customarily speaks in superlatives. Without in any sense lessening the degree of praise accorded the other, it can be said that the greatest among them all is the Bibliografiamexicana del siglo XVIof Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, first published in a splendid volume in 1886. That book declared itself on every page to be one of the most distinguished bibliographical works of the century, a noble tribute to the press whose work it recorded. Its historical discussion of the origins of the press in Mexico move the whole question into the…
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Bibliografia Mexicana del Siglo XVI: Catalogo Razonado de Libros Impresos en Mexico de 1539 a 1600
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Millergate: The Final Solution
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Wright Books. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Mint condition. Wright Books, 1998. Very Rare First Edition. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the back cover)with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the Dj cover), both in mint condition.The book includes an extra clear Dj cover(small tear, nick and scratches on the edges of the extra Dj cover) over the original Dj cover with black border and the worlds Official Status, December 1944-Never To Be Released.Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps.Very rare and collectable book.196pp including index.Price un-clipped.
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Catalogue des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
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Henri Lamertin, 1901. Hardcover. Good. Complete 13-volume set of the Catalogue des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique - a catalogue of the voluminous manuscript holdings of the Belgian Royal Library in Brussels. Bruxelles, Henri Lamertin, 1901. Rebound in library buckram. Over 6,000 pages of entries. Text in French. Includes the following: Ãcriture sainte et Liturgie, Patrologie, ThéologieJurisprudence et Philosophie, Histoire & Hagiographie, Histoire des ordres religieux et des églises particulières, Histoire des Pays: Allemagne, Angleterre, Autriche, Belgique (histoire générale), Histoire de Belgique (Histoire particulière): Anvers et Brabant, Flandre, Hainaut, Liège, Limbourg, Luxembourg et Namur, Histoire d'Espagne, de France et d'Italie Histoire de Hollande Mélanges d'histoire, Géographie, Voyages, Itinéraires,…
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A Bibliography on Meteorites
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Octavo (9 X 6 inches) Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1953. First Edition. 686 pages arranged by date (the earliest entry is dated 1491, and refers to a work by Plutarch), Author Index, Journal Index, hardcover, very good condition, original green cloth binding.From the Introduction: "This volume consists of a chronologically arranged bibliography of world literature on meteorites and related subjects." "In this volume an attempt has been made to incorporate contributions to the science of meteorites dating from antiquity to recent times."
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A Hand-List, arranged alphabetically under the titles, of the Turkish and other printed and lithographed books presented by Mrs E. J. W. Gibb to the Cambridge University Library.: A Handlist of the Gibb Collection of Turkish and Other Books in the Library of the University of Cambridge.
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viii, 87 pages.Very small loss of cloth to fore-edge of upper board and lower corners. Top lower board corner bumped. End-papers slightly browned. Neat ink inscription of a previous owner to the half-title, and book-seller's pencil notations to the front free end-paper. Numerous neat pencil notations to the margins of the section on Turkish books – possibly accession numbers?Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (1857 - 1901) was a Scottish orientalist. With a knowledge of Arabic and Persian languages he became especially interested in Turkish language and literature. He was seen as a sympathetic and talented orientalist who, despite never visiting the regions that he studied, acquired a renowned library which, upon his death, passed to Cambridge University, the British Museum, and the British embassy at Constantinople.
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Your Books, My Son. Being some account Bibliographical & Biographical contained in forty letters written mainly during the earlier months of 1931, intended to introduce to his eldest son a small collection of Esteemed Books made for him......
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Oxford: at the University Press, 1934. One of only 101 copies printed. Etched frontispiece and tailpiece. Large 8vo, pp. 324, original gray textured cloth with leather lettering piece to spine, top edge gilt, others uncut; fine in slipcase. With later inscription from his sons presenting this volume to the Girdlers Company. Sir Harry Newton's fine library, which this volume catalogues, giving also details of their acquisition and other anecdotal observations, was auctioned at Dukes of Dorchester in 2007.
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The Library companion or, the young man's comfort, in the choice of a library.
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London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825. Hardcover. Second Edition revised. 8vo. 2 volumes. Volume I. pp. [6], 448. Volume II. pp. [2], 449-899, [1]. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled boards and endpapers after 19th century style. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild scattered marginal foxing; a few minor tears are professionally sealed; a tiny hole in pp. 723/24 effects a couple letters of text; a name is lightly written in an early hand on corner of front fly-leaf of each volume. Dibdin discusses the best books with which to fill an English gentlemans antiquarian library. Primarily covers works in the humanities - history, voyages and travels, belles letters, poetry, English drama etc. Copious notes are included on many titles in regards to content, scarcity, best editions etc.
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La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts: Les phases ornamentales de la mode
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Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed wrapper, interior fine, uncut and unopened copy. Two of the illustrations are mixed technique plates by William Ablett, one is signed in pencil by the artist: a circular engraving with a lithographic image printed on it and heightened with gold. Editorial paperback, Jacket with title to the framed flat, beautiful allegorical friezes, endpapers, eyelet, cover page with the same frieze (antique collection stamp). The quantity of circulation - 303 copies justified, and numbering - №120, a preface paper,…
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Catalogus manuscriptorum in bibliothecis Angliae, Cambriae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, 1833
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[ Middle Hill ]: [ Middle Hill Press ], 1838 Book. Good. Hardcover. 16, 13-24 pages. Contains: Manuscripts of the Rev Samuel Butler - Hon Robert Curzon - at Porkington, the seat of William Ormsby Gore - Rev Walter Sneyd. WIthout the title page mentioned in Holzenberg 38. Probably published in around 1838. In the original Middle Hill boards, faded ink title and paper label for Middle Hill Press. First page browned and spotted from contact with the boards..
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MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
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n.p.: n.p., 1940. cloth. small 4to. cloth. variously paginated. This single tome holds eleven papers written by author Thomas P. Fleming, scholar, librarian, and bibliographer that was very active in the first half of the twentieth century. Fleming was the head of the Order Department at the University of Minnesota Library as well as the Medical Librarian for Columbian University. The eleven essays, most unpublished, are: 1. The Cleveland Academy of Natural Science 1845-1860 (1929) - A paper which focuses on explaining Cleveland's contribution to the history of science. 2. The Orientation and Homing Power of a Pigeon (1929) - This paper lays out the vast distinctions between the homing pigeon and the carrier pigeon. 3. Bibliographical Journals in the Field of Biology (1930) - A list of journals (worldwide) that publish articles in the field of biology. 4. A Contribution to the History of Zoological Bibliography (1931) - A paper that provides the rational for the use of bibliographies and…
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John Whitehurst of Derby: clockmaker and scientist 1713-1788
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John Whitehurst of Derby: Clockmaker & Scientist 1713-88
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Mayfield Books, 1996 4to (25.5 cm), 272 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. John Whitehurst was a clockmaker, mechanical engineer, and philosopher instrument maker from Derby (England). He also studied hydraulics, meterology, geology and helped design early steam engines. This book details his life and contributions to the science of his day. He is considered the founder of modern geology. With numerous photographs and Whitehurst clocks and examines the works of his family in the field of clockmaking. From 1996. With appendices, bibliography and index.
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Ashbourne, Great Britain: Mayfield Books, 1996. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good++/Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. 272 pages including detailed index. Very well illustrated throughout with black and white photographic plates, reproductions of old documents and map of old Derby. This is a splendid study of the life and work of this noted clockmaker. There is a neatly written 9 word inscription in green ink at the top corner of the front end paper. In original burgundy buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good++ in Very Good++ attractive pictorial dust wrapper. A very substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.
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Book Collecting Now: The Value of Print in a Digital Age
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Chatwin Books, 2019. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" New! 'At a time when we take e-readers to the beach and read novels on our smartphones, is the book-collecting hobby still relevant? Yes, more than ever. This illustrated guide gives you everything you need to start in the world's greatest pastime: What it means to build a collection How to identify a first edition Where and how to get the best deals Understanding the value of autographs How to sell books to upgrade your library Care and repair of books A guide to current values When we spend our days in seamless digital environments, we need more life in our lives. Books forge an immediate connection to real people, lives, emotions, ideas, and imagination. They link us to history, and are a way to make an aesthetic and intellectual statement about your interests and values. Make no mistake: e-readers are with us for the long run, and right alongside them are the real books we've always loved.' 168pp., b/w photos throughout.
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The John Rylands Library, Manchester: a brief description of the building and its contents with a descriptive list of the works exhibited in the main library.
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Yoga Uniting East and West
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 161. Introduction by Thomas Huzella. Sparsely illustrated with a few line drawings. Bound in orange cloth with lettering stamped on spine. Slight offsetting to ffep, else Fine in Fine dust jacket. A birght copy. A chance excerpt: "Yoga is not a religion; it is crystallized truth." An uncommon book.
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1904-79, A RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION.|THE
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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of America, 1980. hardcover, dust jacket. 6 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 568 pages. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Bibliographical Society of America, this retrospective collection of articles seeks to represent, in the broadest possible way, the diverse contributions of the members of the Society to its Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. The pieces demonstrate to the highest degree of excellence - articles of critical importance that have moved forward the art of bibliography. This volume contains 39 articles that strongly suggest that the practice of bibliography in America during the past three-quarters of a century cannot be easily categorized. Instead, the articles range over the entire spectrum of the world of books. An interesting characteristic of the selection is the preponderance of articles concerned with the relationship between books and people - especially with collectors rather than with those…
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Edward Fitzgerald and Omar Khayyam. An Essay and a Bibliography By Holbrook Jackson
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London / Liverpool: David Nutt / The Liverpool Booksellers' Co., 1899. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good. 6 3/4 " Tall. 41 Pp. The Original Printing,1899 Date On Title Page, On Laid Paper, Lacking The Brown Paper Covers But Still String Bound. Lightly Used, Almost No Wear, No Names Or Marks, Short Split At Bottom Of Spine. George Holbrook Jackson (1874 - 1948) Was A British Journalist, Writer And Publisher. He Was Recognised As One Of The Leading Bibliophiles Of His Time. He Was Born In Liverpool. Around 1900 He Was In The Lace Trade In Leeds, Where He Met A. R. Orage; Together They Founded The Leeds Arts Club. At That Time Jackson Was A Fabian Socialist, But Also Influenced By Nietzsche. Later They Separately Moved To London As Journalists. In 1906, Shortly After Arriving In The Capital, Jackson Suggested Founding A Similar Group To The Leeds Arts Club, The Fabian Arts Group. This Eventually Led To A Split From The Fabian Society, Whose Interest Was Economic And Political. In 1907,…
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PAPER AND TYPE: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS
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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2019. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover with dust jacket. xiv, 383 pages. "As would be expected from a volume from this particular publisher the study of paper is not an end in itself, but is closely related to its use in the printed book and its importance as bibliographical evidence... the production standards are of the very highest order. From my sampling the index does not miss a thing." - Robert Laurie, Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society "Bidwell discusses the practical craftsmanship of paper and type and their aesthetic place in identifying and explaining the historical significance of particular authors books or editions, bringing the study of bibliography to life... To anyone interested in the history and evolution of paper and type the depth and breadth of this book is bound to enlighten and very likely to raise fresh questions and spark many new ideas... [Bidwell's] book offers a…
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LITERATURE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ESSAYS.|THE
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Portland, OR: Lewis & Clark College, 2003. cloth, dust jacket. 8 x 12 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 316 pages. Introduction and essays by the author; bibliography after the text by Doug Erickson, Jeremy Skinner and Paul Merchant. This first comprehensive bibliography of Lewis and Clark expedition publications in a century is based on the world-class collection of materials at the Aubrey R. Watzak Library of Lewis & Clark College. The book is divided into seven sections: the expedition's traveling library of scientific, technical, and cartographic material (1754-1804); related congressional documents and early notices (1803-1807); editions of Patrick Gass's journal (1807-1904); surreptitious accounts (1809-1846); the Biddle-Allen narrative of the expedition (1814-2001); nineteenth-century publications (1803-1905); and twentieth-century publications (1906-2001). In each section, introductory historical essays survey the large cast of characters who have contributed to the expedition story since the last…
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BOOKS IN MY LIFE
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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2021. cloth with dust jacket. 6.125 x 9.25 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xiii, 367 pages. "Books in My Life is a testament to an important scholarly career and a life well lived in the republic of books, but it also advocates for the book as a physical object that reveals so much about our shared past, as well as the joy of acquiring, accumulating, organizing, and studying them." - Geoffrey Robert Little, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, 60 "Books in My Life combines autobiography with fascinating observations about the many roles that books can play in ones personal and professional lives. In particular, his brief memoir detailing the specific volumes, works of art, and other artifacts that one can peruse in his living room is likely one of the most charming and thought-provoking pieces of writing readers may ever encounter. No one will look at the contents of a bookshelf the same way after reading this…
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Decorative and Printed Maps of The 15th To 18th Centuries A Revised Edition of Old Decorative Maps and Charts [A.L.Humphreys]
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London: Staples Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 4to, 80 pages in text with eighty-four reproductions (twelve in color) and a new text by R.A. Skelton. General Bibliography. Provides a survey of maps printed from copper plates or wood-blocks. Twenty-two reproductions are new to this work.
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CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED SECONDARY WORKS
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. Hardback with dust jacket. 8.125 x 10.75 inches. Hardback with dust jacket. 160 pages. "This meticulously researched volume untangles the complicated and confusing history of American first editions of Dickens. It will be of interest to all students of Dickens, and invaluable for specialists. ... Highly recommended." - J. D. Vann, Choice This bibliography traces the history of Charles Dickens's Christmas books and other works published in America during his lifetime. Meticulously researched and presented, it includes data never before published. Original editions are identified and fully described, and each entry contains photographs of bindings and title pages, notes, related quotes or contemporary commentary, and dates of publication. This study enhances our knowledge of an important aspect of the Dickens oeuvre, and it should prove an essential reference book for all rare book libraries and institutions, book collectors, book dealers, and students…
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