printed by Richard Pynson in 1509. With an essay by James D. Hart. Pp. [iv]+16(last blank), printed in red & black, 15 coloured marginal illustrations, one decorative red initial, plus the original leaf tipped-in after the title page within a red rule border; med. 4to; qr. cloth, paper title label..... More
The Making of a News Empire in Washington. Pp. xii+308, frontispiece portrait, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. tan cloth, spine lettered in black and ruled in gilt, beige papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; W. W. Norton &..... More
Volume 12, Number 45 Autumn 1990. Pp. 48, illustrated, appendices; cr. 4to; pictorial printed paper wrappers; a couple of spots of foxing; The Friends of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990. *Includes articles on various aspects of conservation, including A Case for Everything? Boxes and Enclosures for Library Materials..... More
A Comprehensive Bibliography with annotations. Pp. [vi]+56(last blank), processed, frontispiece portrait plus 1 plate; post 4to; cloth backed printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; text block faintly browned; The Stone Copying Company, Cremorne, 1959. Edition limited to 150 copies. Studies in Australian Bibliography -..... More
Catalogue by B. H. Breslauer, Introduction (in French) by J. Toulet. Pp. 170(last blank), folding coloured frontispiece, coloured and black & white plates, index; narrow med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, French folds; Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 1986. *Exhibition catalogue of 75 bindings from the Breslauer collection. More
Pp. xii+216(last blank), frontispiece portrait, indices; spine a trifle faded, top fore-corner of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, lower hinge tender, a little light foxing and browning; Oxford University Press, London, 1933. First edition, being one of 500 numbered copies of..... More
A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES. Pp. 142(last colophon, blank), printed in light brown & black, text illustrations, notes; printed stiff paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased, backstrip slightly faded; bottom fore-corner of first couple of leaves faintly creased; Editions..... More
Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, short bibliography; f'cap. 4to; printed papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed, corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a few tiny chips, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Collins, London, 1946. Carney..... More
Autographs and documents illustrative chiefly of English history and literature. Exhibited in the Manuscript Saloon. Pp. 100(last colophon, blank), 20 plates; printed papered boards, edges and spine browned, the spine slightly chipped, and split vertically at a couple of points; a little light foxing; The Trustees, London, 1928. *From the..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. 180 (with pp. 117-134 excised from this edition due to a rearrangement of a portion of the exhibits), text illustrations (several full page); printed papered boards, a trifle soiled, corners lightly rubbed, the spine faded; a little light foxing and offsetting;..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. viii+164(last blank), frontispiece plus 15 plates, text illustrations (some full page); printed papered boards, corners slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and pencilling; The Trustees, British Museum, 1939. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label..... More
Pp. 68(excluding several blank interleaves and binder's blanks at end), index; rebound [for Mr. J. R. Barr?] in later red cloth; the original printed paper upper wrapper (slightly soiled) bound in at front; [another owner's] bookplate on upper pastedown, inked annotations to lower free endpaper, small initial stamp at foot..... More
A loan exhibition, 23 September-31 October 1965. Pp. xx+78, coloured frontispiece plus 139 black & white plates at end, index; light brown art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; hinge tender at a couple of points, outer leaves and edges a trifle foxed; The Trustees, London, 1965. *From the library..... More
(Extracted from B.S. 1219 : 1945). Single card sheet, folded twice to comprise 6 pages; slightly soiled; British Standards Institution, London, n.d.[1947]. More
Seven miniature broadsides printed in red & black or blue & black; each 7 x 5 cm.; loosely contained in a pocket on the lower pastedown of a marbled papered portfolio with ribbon tie to fore-edge and full size horizontal title label on verso of upper board; Tabula Rasa Press..... More
[Volume II, facsimile edition]. Pp. viii+1494(last blank); Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1999]. *Originally printed by the Government Printing Office for the Smithsonian Institution, in 1921. 'This work covers the literature published from July 1, 1909, to December 31, 1916, and continues the work of the Smithsonian Institution issued..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. xiv+940, appendix; Maurizio Martino Publisher, Staten Island,New York, n.d.[1997]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Originally published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910, as Volume 55 of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections series. 'The interest of the Smithsonian Institution in aeronautics dates almost from the beginning of its work..... More
Pp. 144, numerous illustrations (one full page coloured), pictorial endpapers, 4-page tinted facsimile of Along the Castlereagh, references, bibliography, appendix, index; small cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, lower fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised, the lower board a trifle marked; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges slightly..... More
A bibliographical catalogue of first and early editions 1846-1860, with photographic reproductions of bindings and title pages. Pp. xxviii+184, full page illustrations, appendices; small demy 4to; dust wrapper; Heritage Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1991. One of 1,500 copies. First edition. *Contains not only bibliographical data, but comments on the publication..... More
Pp. xii+152, indices; narrow cr. 4to; gilt lettered navy buckram; t.e.g.;Ian Hodgkins, London, 1978. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. 176(last blank), title page decoration, select bibliography, glossary, index; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded, edges slightly creased; tiny stain to upper pastedown, name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. 72, appendices; printed papered boards, slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; National Book Council, London, 1942. First edition. *'Democracy, defending itself against the new barbarism, has turned increasingly to books, the repository and vehicle of civilization. The vital part which books..... More
Pp. viii+176(last blank), appendices, index; f'cap. 8vo; blue/grey cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards flecked, edges slightly rubbed, light damp stain at bottom fore-corner of upper board, spine cloth slightly faded; faint damp stain to bottom fore-corner of upper pastedown, the bottom fore-corner of upper free endpaper browned..... More
Being Part Two of a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises. Pp. 78(last blank), numerous photographic illustrations (many full page), corrigenda to Part I; oblong 4to; grey cloth, blocked in maroon and lettered & ruled in gilt, upper board a trifle flecked, bottom fore-corner of lower..... More
Pp. 48, frontispiece plus 42 plates; printed stiff paper wrappers, edges browned and a trifle rubbed, fore-edges uncut; Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1906. First edition. *The life and work of Richard Brunton, a counterfeiter of paper money printed from plates cut by himself. Brunton is known to have..... More