Exhibition, The Assembly Rooms, York. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. 12, processed, 5 text illustrations, index of artists; demy 8vo; yellow stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper lettered and decorated in black, with date (1983) added by hand in blue ink, backstrip faintly faded, the upper wrapper a trifle soiled and..... More
A medieval adventure in the age of the machine: A Baillieu Library Exhibition 7 June to 29 July 2005. Introduction by Nicki McLaurin Smith. Pp. 20, printed in red & black, illustrated in colour and (mainly) black & white; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; University of Melbourne, Melbourne..... More
Writer, travellers, collector, caliph 1760-1844. A brief narrative and catalogue of an exhibition to mark the two hundredth anniversary of Beckford's birth. With the previously unpublished journal kept by William Beckford in 1794. Edited by Boyd Alexander. Preface by James T. Babb. Pp. 100+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece portrait, plus 9 plates..... 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
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
![Item #110027 THE ARTIST & THE TITLE PAGE. [cover title]. Friends of the Library Bryn Mawr College](/pictures/thumb/110027.jpg?v=1674619641)
Pp. [20], illustrated (3 full page), one page printed in red & black; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; [Friends of the Library, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1974]. *Catalogue of an exhibition held in the Mariam Coffin Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr..... More
An address by Curt F. Buhler, and a Catalogue of an Exhibition of Fifteenth Century Books held at The Grolier Club, April 15-June 1, 1952. Pp. 58(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 8 black & white plates with captions printed in red, the title page decoration and 2 decorative headpieces printed in..... More
From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More
exhibited at the fourth exhibition held by The First Edition Club, January 1925. Prefatory Note by A. J. A. Symons. Pp. xviii+98(last blank), 14 full page facsimiles; small cr. 4to; black buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards quite flecked, top fore-corners bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at..... More
held in the Old Court House, Marylebone Lane (Messrs. J. & E. Bumpus Ltd) September-October 1931. Pp. 52(last blank), with a double page plan of the exhibition loosely inserted, title page ornament; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and faintly creased; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cambridge University..... More
An exhibition of original editions at 7 Albemarle Street, London, January to February 1947, arranged by John Carter with the collaboration of Michael Sadleir. Pp. xiv+50, 16 plates, index; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; hinge tender at several points; Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, [London], 1947..... More
[Text in English and Spanish]. Pp. 56, 8 coloured plates (within pagination), black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, the fore-corners slightly creased; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981. *Published to coincide with an exhibition presented..... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, the title and headings printed in red, glossary of terms, bibliography; med. 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper wrapper; Crafts Council of Australia, Sydney, 1984. *Exhibition catalogue. More
With Some Notes. Exhibited at the Great Printing Exhibition, The Town Hall, Melbourne ... [cover title]. Pp. [20](last colophon); printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled, with red ink stain to bottom fore-corner of the lower wrapper and a couple of faint damp stains to the upper wrapper; uncut;..... More
Discrimination in Nineteenth-Century Book Collecting. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library. Photographs by Richard Hurley. Pp. xxii+86(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, the title page printed in red & black; narrow demy 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated..... More
COLLECTION. Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Slater. Pp. xvi+300(last blank), frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, text illustrations, index; small cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; a little light foxing; Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications/The Trustees of the Dickens House, 1975. First edition. *Loosely inserted..... More
Guide to the Books, Autograph Letters, and Pictures exhibited in celebration of the Centenary of the publication of The Pickwick Papers on March 31, 1836. [cover title]. Pp. 20(including wrappers), stapled, upper wrapper lightly soiled and with small abrasion to lower fore-corner, lower fore-corner of last leaf creased and torn..... More
French illustrated books. Pp. 64, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, checklist; tall post 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1991. More
With an introduction by Edgar Mansfield. Pp. 68(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the title page printed in red & black; impl. 8vo; cream stiff paper wrappers, lettered in red & black, a trifle foxed and browned, small piece chipped from bottom fore-corner of lower wrapper;..... More
Arranged by the National Library of Australia for the thirteenth biennial conference of the Library Association of Australia, August, 1965. Pp. viii+24+[2], black & white frontispiece portrait plus 4 coloured and 2 black & white plates; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled and creased, the upper wrapper..... More
EDITION CLUB, 1922. Pp. xii+180(last colophon, blank), 6 facsimiles, the title page printed in red & black; tall demy 8vo; cloth backed papered boards with printed paper title label on spine and larger label on upper board (with a spare of the larger label tipped-in at end), the spine lightly..... More
Treasures from the Archives of the Imprimerie Nationale. Foreword by Jack Lang. Prefaces by Didier Trutt [and] Eugene S. Flamm. Introduction by H. George Fletcher. Pp. xiv+96 +[6](including blanks), black & white frontispiece plus 34 plates (several coloured or tinted), title page printed in red & black, checklist, index; narrow..... More
Illustrated books of the School of Paris. Pp. 120(last colophon), illustrated in colour and black & white, the title page printed in red & black, patterned endpapers, bibliographies, indices; small post 4to; black cloth backed cream papered boards, spine lettered in silver, upper board decorated in blind, edges of boards..... More
The fine press movement in Chicago, 1920-45. Pp. 40, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers; The Caxton Club of Chicago, Chicago, 2003. Edition limited to 1000 copies. *Exhibition catalogue, with contributors including John P. Chalmers, Frank J. Piehl, and James M. Wells..... More
![Item #162677 OLD AND RARE CHILDREN'S BOOKS [cover title]. Grant Mr., Mrs. A](/pictures/thumb/162677.jpg?v=1674620654)
Pp. [ii]+40(last blank)+[2](blank, lower edge slightly silverfished), bibliography, with single fold Addenda loosely inserted; oblong 8vo; pictorial beige paper wrappers, stapled, lightly browned, small piece torn from lower fore-corner of lower wrapper; wording about St. Catherine's School Hall Building Fund ruled out in ink on verso of title page; Kenneth..... More