With a supplement to The Bowyer Ornament Stock (1973), an appendix on the Bowyer-Emonson partnership, and 'Bowyer's Paper Stock Ledger', by Herbert Davis. Pp. x+256, text illustrations, appendix, index; narrow cr. 4to; Bibliographical Society of America, New York, 1993. *Contains twenty-nine studies in the eighteenth-century London book trade, centering on..... More
Pp. xiv+138(last blank), index; printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves and p. 138 slightly soiled; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. Australian Bibliographies series. *Bibliography of the published and unpublished work of Australian writer Martin Boyd. More
Proceedings of the 1989 Houston Conference. Organized by the University of Houston Libraries. Edited by Pat Bozeman. Pp. xvi+162, illustrations, appendices; med. 8vo; red art. leather, lettered and ruled in gilt; Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE., 1990. First edition. *Collection of papers on various aspects of forgery and bookselling..... More
An oral history. Pp. xxiv+328, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, index; roy. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown; The British Library, London, 2008. First edition. *"This volume charts key developments..... More
Volume 1 [of 3]. Pp. xvi+334(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece printed in red & black, the title page vignette, pictorial headpieces and colophon decoration all printed in red, full page black & white text illustrations and 1 map, endpaper maps; super roy. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt..... More
RECENTLY IMPORTED. On sale by Waugh and Cox, 111, George Street. Pp. [4]; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, 1987. One of 200 copies. *Reprinted from The University of Sydney Magazine, No. 3 (July 1855). Early Australian bookseller's list. More
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
Addendum to An Enquiry. Pp. 58+[2](colophon), title page printed in light brown & black; demy 8vo; mustard cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1970. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Bibliographical Monograph..... More
A Comprehensive Bibliography with annotations. Pp. [vi]+56(process, last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 1 plate; post 4to; cloth backed printed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges slightly browned, fore-corners faintly creased, tiny snag at head of backstrip, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; faint damp stain to fore-edge of some..... 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
Printed stiff cream paper folder, post 4to, containing 13 single fold typographic examples (the first item being the Foreword by Robert Bringhurst, with an enclosure showing an example of 1835 typography by Agustin Zamorano), printed in red & black on stiff white paper; The Book Club of California, San Francisco..... More
Comprising: No. 1: WHY THERE ARE PAGES AND WHY THEY MUST TURN. By Robert Bringhurst. Pp. 16(last blank), title page vignette printed in brown; No. 2: ART: DEFINITION FIVE (AND OTHER WRITINGS), by Peter Rutledge Koch. Pp. 24, 2 text illustrations printed in red & black, the title page vignette..... 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
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
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
[Auction catalogue]. Pp. [viii]+72 (last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates; med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly marked and a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; several prices realized added to margins in pencil; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1968. *With a folded photocopy of the auction price list loosely inserted..... 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
