Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. Short closed tear from bottom edge into margin. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period..... More
The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age. Pp. x+334(last blank), cited material; qr. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, a trifle creased and split at foot of backstrip; Faber & Faber, Boston, 1994. First edition. More
Catalogue of: 1 Typefounders' specimens. II Books printed in founts of historical importance. III Works on typefounding, printing & bibliography. Offered for sale. Introduction by Graham Pollard. Pp. xii+108, text illustrations (mostly full page), index; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges and backstrip lightly rubbed and split..... More
Pp. xii+290+[2](advertisements), title page printed in red & black; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth a trifle flecked and slightly rubbed; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the endpapers slightly offset, a few tiny edge splits, a little light foxing and..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 8, No. 3, Autumn 1959. Pp. 233-352(including advertisements), 10 plates, 2 full page illustrations; demy 8vo; printed stiff cream paper wrappers, a trifle foxed; The Book Collector, London, 1959. *In the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section, Note 115 [pp. 297-9], E. E. Bissell contributes..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. viii+226; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 2000. *Facsimile of the Gypsy Lore Society Monograph No. 1, published in 1915 by Bernard Quaritch. More
The history of a family firm. Pp. xiv+192(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the boards a trifle sprung, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip slightly faded and..... More
A biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born: l March 1919, died: 28 October 1950. Pp. [x]+258, text illustrations; boards slightly sprung; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1967. Second impression. More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [vi]+502(last blank), printed in double columns; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1998]. Edition limited to 100 copies. *Originally published in 1979. More
Writers on writing for children. Pp. 176; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly browned; Kestrel Books, London, 1975. First edition. *Collection of essays by distinguished children's writers, discussing various aspects of their craft. Contributors include Philippa Pearce, Rosemary Sutcliff, Joan Aiken, Ursula Le Guin, Geoffrey Trease, and Leon..... More
An exposition: fakes and forgeries, facsimiles and deceptions, hoaxes and imposters XVI-XX Centuries. November 6, 1979-March 31, 1980. *let the reader beware. Pp. [ii]+31(including the reverse of the lower wrapper), text illustrations (some full page), index; demy 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, backstrip browned, bottom fore-corner of upper..... More
Pp. viii+376(including advertisements), frontispiece, full page facsimiles, appendices, indices; red buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly scuffed and flecked, the top fore-cormers faintly bruised, spine lightly faded; ribbon marker; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Denis Archer, London..... More
Pp. 384, index of titles; red cloth, spine lettered in black, edges a trifle faded and rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, edges torn, the backstrip browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the lower pastedown a trifle silverfished, a couple of small damp stains, occasional slight soiling;..... More
Bibliography for an address before the members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by Arthur L. Bloomfield, M.D. on Tuesday, November 17 1953. Broadside, french-folded to form a four page leaflet, printed in blue & black; tall demy 8vo; faintly creased; The Acune Press, [San Francisco], 1953. More
Pp. xvi+250+[2](colophon, blank), numerous full page illustrations (some coloured), selective bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink on blank preliminary leaf, the colophon slightly creased, a little light foxing; Scolar Press/Dartmouth College Library, London, 1977. First..... More
Pp. viii+366(last blank), 16 full page illustrations on grey paper, 24 plates, appendix, index; tiny mark to lower board; dust wrapper; publisher's presentation slip on upper free endpaper, a couple of spots of foxing; Bodley Head, London, 1987. First edition. *Centenary history of the publishing house founded by John Lane..... More
[Facsimile edition, text in English (Preface) and Italian]. Pp. xvi+358(last blank), frontispiece portrait, several full page illustrations, text decorations, indices; demy 4to; Martino Publishing , Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1994]. *Bibliography of the eighteenth century Italian printer and typographer, originally published in Florence by Tipografia Barbera, in 1927. More
Hotel Metropole, Sydney, Wednesday, 18th June, 1958. Pp. [8], 3 text illustrations; printed textured paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled and worn; Book Collectors' Society of Australia, Sydney, 1958. *The text illustrations (sketches of Australian literary figures including George Robertson), are by Gurney, Prior, and Low. More
A fifteenth century illuminated prayer book in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. 32 facsimile pages reproduced in colour and gold, and seven comparative illustrations in monochrome. With an Introduction and commentaries by Margaret Manion. Pp. 96, illustrated in colour and black & white, select bibliography; maroon..... More
Pp. 192, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; tall cr. 4to; boards flecked and slightly canted; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Country Life, London, 1976. First edition. More
A guide to printed sources of information. Pp. [viii]+72, illustrations, list of works referred to, index; printed papered boards, lightly rubbed, spine a trifle faded; text block faintly faded, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1963. First edition. More
A guide to printed sources of information. Pp. [viii]+96, illustrations, list of works referred to, index; printed papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed and bumped; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966. Second edition, revised and enlarged. More
A guide to printed sources of information. Pp. xvi+270, text illustrations, references, subject index; a trifle soiled, edges of boards slightly rubbed; top edges of leaves a trifle soiled;Pergamon Press, Sydney, 1976. New edition, enlarged, with corrections. More