MAGNUM FOTOTYPES.
[Text in German and English]. Pp. 32(including wrappers), numerous typographic specimens; tall post 4to; printed paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; H. Berthold, AG, Berlin, 1984. More
[Text in German and English]. Pp. 32(including wrappers), numerous typographic specimens; tall post 4to; printed paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; H. Berthold, AG, Berlin, 1984. More
Pp. 36, illustrated; med. 8vo; printed stiff cream paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, tiny hole near backstrip fold upper wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, offset, last page and inside lower wrapper lightly soiled; Municipal Council of Sydney, Sydney, 1923. More
A bibliography of bibliographies. Pp. [xiv]+458(last blank); gilt lettered grey cloth; text block faintly browned; Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, N.J., 1971. First edition thus. The Besterman World Bibliographies series. *The entries have been culled from the fourth edition (1965-6) of Besterman's A World Bibliography of Bibliographies. More
Introduced and with editorial notes by Iain Bain. In two volumes. Pp. 234+230, frontispiece to both volumes, plus numerous coloured and black & white text illustrations (some full page), appendices, further reading, index; oblong 4to; grey cloth, spines and upper boards lettered in gilt, the spines blocked in navy; contained..... More
In three volumes. Volume One: An account of the engraving workshop, its masters and apprentices. Pp. 392, coloured frontispiece portrait, black & white title page vignette, numerous text illustrations, notes & references, sources, indices; Volume Two: A descriptive catalogue of the primary & secondary works & the principal larger prints..... More
Collection No. 22, in Portfolio Set IIA, WESTERN LITERATURE; [and] Collection No. 20 in Portfolio Set III, BIBLES. Comprising: 28 original leaves from various notable publications (including 14 from Bibles), all mounted on stiff black paper with accompanying explanatory text mounted on the same sheet; wrapped in cloth and contained..... 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. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was 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..... 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. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was 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..... 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. *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
Pp. x+54(last colophon), illustrated (several full page); small demy 8vo; blue glazed paper wrappers, stapled, upper wrapper lettered and decorated in black, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper; Book Collectors' Society of Australia, Sydney, 1995. Edition limited to 70..... More
Pp. [18], with 7 full page chromolithographic illustrations, black & white pictorial title page and text illustrations; wide cr. 8vo; olive brown cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards; hinges starting, early pencilled gift inscription on verso of upper free endpaper, a little faint browning; E. P. Dutton & Company, New..... More
Pp. 32; printed card wrappers, stapled; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, the front panel slightly silverfished; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, London, 1951. First edition. National Book League Eighth Annual Lecture. *Sir Norman Birkett was the President of the National Book League. 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. [viii]+234(last blank), title page printed in red & black; f'cap. 8vo; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lightly rubbed, edges lightly worn; uncut; upper hinge starting, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, with another bookseller's blind stamp on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light..... More
Pp. viii+266, the title page printed in red & black, floral patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly worn; uncut; upper hinge cracked, the lower hinge starting, bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, bookseller's blind stamp on upper free endpaper, outer leaves..... 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
Pp. xl+232, frontispiece, decorative head & tailpieces and small initials, the title page printed in red & black, floral patterned endpapers, index; f'cap. 8vo; green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly soiled (heavier on spine, which is also slightly faded), edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; a...... More
With a memoir of the author, and list of his works, by Talbot B. Reed. Pp. xxviii+118, frontispiece with tissue guard, engraved vignette title page and two folding plates, numerous text illustrations, index; post 4to; blue ribbed cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, black & blind, the boards a trifle..... 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