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Histoire de l'origine et des premiers progrès de l'imprimerie.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1778More details Price: £650.00 -
Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises.
First series.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886. Scarce edition. Hardback in dark green / grey cloth, with black floral decoration to border of boards. Gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. In good condition, inside and out. iv, 603 pp. 265 x 180 mm (10½ x 7 inches).
Book ID: 3945More details Price: £30.00 -
John Crome the Elder. I Text and a critical catalogue II Illustrations.
Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1978. Two volumes of this Catalogue Raisonné of Crome's work. Both volumes First Edition. Cream cloth in dust wrappers. Both of the wrappers are in good, sound condition, with a little fading to the top edge only. Slight water staining to the bottom part of the spine. No chips or tears. Cream cloth is in good, clean condition. Internally clean and tidy throughout - nice copies. xxv, 1-321,. 166 pages. Vol I. includes 16 full page colour plates. Vol II gives 242 images of Crome's work, portrayed in sepia. 290 x 220 mm (11½ x 8¾ inches).
Book ID: 3255More details Price: £50.00 -
Le Bouquiniste Belge: Bulletin mensuel de livres
Deux années complètes - 1877 et 1888. 24 catalogues
Book ID: 4157More details Price: £175.00
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Le Livre. Les plus beaux exemplaires de la Bibliothèque Nationale.
Paris: Éditions du Chêne, 1942. First edition. In publisher's blue hardback cloth binding, inside original unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates including some tipped-in. Dust jacket is a little grubby, has some edge tears and one repair. 170 pages plus 16 page adverts. 320 x 250 mm (12½ x 9¾ inches).
. Première édition. Dans la reliure en toile cartonnée bleue de l'éditeur, à l'intérieur de la jaquette d'origine non clipsée. Illustré de planches n/b et couleurs dont certaines encartées. La jaquette est un peu sale, a quelques déchirures sur les bords et une réparation. 170 pages plus 16 pages de publicités. 320 x 250 mm
Book ID: 3786More details Price: £30.00 -
Life and Labours of Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"
With one hundred and thirty illustrations
Book ID: 4168More details Price: £110.00
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Literary Blunders. A Chapter in the "History of Human Error".
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. Large paper edition. On of a small (but unspecified) number of copies on superior quality paper. Half leather. The spine has cracking to the edge of this, and across the back. Has been lightly repaired with archival glue. Green buckram boards. End papers are somewhat darkened, but the rest of the book is in good clean condition. xii, 226, [ii]. pages.
Book ID: 3348More details Price: £70.00 -
Lucian and the Tragic Performances in his Time.
Edition: First Edition
Athens: A. Sideris and Co: 1961. First edition. Soft cream covers. Stapled. Handwritten note to the top of the cover "For review in the Classical Review". Printed from ΠΛATΩN Vol XII. 1960 Fasc. A. A very nice clean copy. Soft cream wrappers. The staples are a little rusted. Otherwise in excellent condition. author [ MINΩΣ KOKOΛAKHΣ ] was a Greek author and academic who specialised in the work of Lucian. 45 pages.
Book ID: 1283More details Price: £10.00 -
Manuscrits et Livres Imprimes Concernant L'Histoire des Pays-Bas 1475-1600.
Bruxelles: Bibliotheque Albert, 1962. Bibliography of 159 early books in the Bibliotheque Nationale D'Autriche, with photographic examples. Softback. Clean and tidy inside and out, with very slight darkening to the page edges. A very good copy. XIV, 112 pp + 66 black and white plates. 255 by 185mm (10 by 7¼ inches). Bibliographie de 159 livres anciens de la Bibliothèque Nationale d'Autriche, avec des exemples photographiques. Couverture souple. Propre et bien rangé à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur, avec un très léger assombrissement des bords de la page. Un très bon exemplaire. XIV, 112 pp + 66 planches en noir et blanc. 255 par 185 mm
Book ID: 3235More details Price: £18.00 -
Robinson Crusoe: A Bibliographical Checklist of English Language Editions (1719-1979).
New York, Westport, Connecticut, London: Greenwood Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardback in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped title to spine and front board. No dust jacket, as issued. In very good condition. 240 x 165 mm (9½ x 6½ inches).
Book ID: 3518More details Price: £45.00 -
Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Volume 1 (of 2)
Book ID: 4061More details Price: £275.00
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The House of Warne. One hundred years of publishing.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1965. First edition. Cream decorated cloth with gilt titles. Plastic protective covering. The plastic has a couple of closed tears to it. The book is in Fine condition inside and out. X. 108. pages. 225 by 145mm (8¾ by 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 2461More details Price: £15.00 -
The Ideal Book - Private Presses in the Netherlands 1910-2010
Nijmegen: Vantilt & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 2010. First edition. Hardback exhibition catalogue. Emergence, history, decade by decade, practitioners, bibliophile series and clandestine publications, varieties of, and changes in, production; five essays, illustrated throughout, list of presses. Text in English. Almost as new condition with virtually no handling. 252, (4) pp. 320 by 250mm (12½ by 9¾ inches).
Book ID: 3402More details Price: £45.00 -
The Printing of Modern Books
Being a Paper Read before the Bibliographical Society on June XIX MDCCCXCIII
London: Chas. T. Jacobi, 1893. First Edition. Softback in sewn binding. The paper covers are somewhat marked and with a small chip to the top corner. A touch of nicking to the edges. Internally clean and tidy throughout. The paper is reprinted from the transaction and proceedings of the Bibliographical Society. 24 pages. 170 by 100 mm (6¾ by 4 inches).
Book ID: 3345More details Price: £25.00 -
The R.B. Adam Library relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson and his era: Volume the first
Letters of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Joshua Reynolds, and David Garrick.
Book ID: 4380More details Price: £100.00