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Printing & the Mind of Man: a Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilization During Five Centuries
by Carter, John; Muir, Percy (eds)
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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London & New York: Cassell / Holt, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Good. Wear and sunning to jacket edges; book just about fine in red cloth. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 048547. Item Price
$75.00
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Handmade Paper Today: A Worldwide Survey of Mills, Papers, Techniques and Uses
by Turner, Silvie; Skiõld, Birgit
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$200.00
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London: Lund Humpshries, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Near Fine Condition. Finely rebound in quarter white calf over olive paste paper boards with gilt decoration and paper inlay. Matching olive endpapers - a fine binding by book conservator and binder Jenny Hille. Slight foxing top pages. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
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The Book-Hunter in Paris: Studies AMong the Bookstalls and the Quays
by Uzanne, Octave
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- Used - Good Condition
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1893
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- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$150.00
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London: Elliot Stock, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full polished leather by Riviere, gilt rules, spine worn and dry with tear at head and a little loss - gilt turn ins, marbled endpapers, old bookplate of I.B. Perlman. Faint age toning internally, otherwise fine. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
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Bibliomania; Or Book Madness; A Bibliographical Romance
by Dibdin Thomas Frognall
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- New and Improved
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- 1842
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- Hardcover (Half Leather)
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- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$650.00
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. New and Improved. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. The 1842 New and Improved edition, large paper issue. Bound in quarter leather over cloth. Light wear and rubbing to binding, front joint a little weak, scattered minor foxing and spotting internally, light offsetting from engravings here and there, but generally clean and bright.… Read more about this item Item Price
$650.00
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The Art of the Book: A Review of Some Recent European and American Typography, Page Decoration & Binding
by various
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1914
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- Hardcover (Full Leather)
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- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$200.00
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London: The Studio, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. Rebound in two-tone brown leather with gilt ruling. Slight age toning, otherwise fine internally. B&W and color illustrations. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 047363. Item Price
$200.00
The Typographic Book 1450-1935
by Morison, Stanley; Day, Kenneth
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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Chicago: Chicago, 1963. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Faint wear to book and jacket, toning to jacket spine- in the original slipcase - slipcase with some spotting and wear. Jacket flap notes 2d printing Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 047366. Item Price
$75.00
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Manual de Testar, Dividir, y Partir, y Discurso Contra la Instruccion de Escrivanos de Joseph Juan y Colom
by Berní Joseph
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1768
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- Hardcover (Vellum)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$200.00
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Madrid: Francisco Xavier Garcia, 1768. Third Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full vellum, slight wear, old spine label. 60pp with a large fold out table with a small central tear. A nice copy of this writing manual. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 046902. … Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
Souvenir de L'Exposition de Manuscrits Francais a Peintures, Organisee a la Grenville Library (British Museum) en Janvier-Mars 1932
by Millar Eric
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$50.00
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Paris: Societe Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits a Peintures, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in blue cloth, light wear. 43pp and 64 plates. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 046473. Item Price
$50.00
Roadrunner: New Mexico's State Bird
by Hanson Robert F. Orr
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- Used - Fine Condition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$50.00
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Albuquerque: Opuscula, 1998. Hardcover. Fine Condition. 2 3/4" x 2 7/8" - one of 100 signed by the author Size: Miniature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 046341. Item Price
$50.00
Juniper Von Phitzer Press: A Bibliography
by Hanson Robert F. Orr
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- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$50.00
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Albuquerque: Opuscula, 1999. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 3' x 2 1/2". One of 75 copies. Size: Miniature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 046334. Item Price
$50.00
A Note on Ernest Hemingway
by Cohn Louis Henry
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- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$50.00
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Bradenton, FL: Opuscula, 1991. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. 3' x 2 5/8" in original protective sleeve. Size: Miniature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 046332. Item Price
$50.00
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Catalogo dei ritratti Romani del Museo Profano Lateranense
by Giuliano Antonio
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$350.00
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Vatican City: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth, top corners a little bumped, otherwise unmarked. Inscribed from Cardinal Tisserant "following my birthday party for him in Rome on March 24, 1971" to Gilbert Denman Jr. with Tisserant's signed typed note laid down on the front endpaper. 64 plates. Size:… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00
Sprichworter-Bibliographie
by Moll Otto E.
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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Frankfurt: Vittorio Klostermann, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in original wraps in a cloth chemise. Light wear and age toning, otherwise unmarked. A substantial bibliography of books of proverbs. Size: Octavo (8vo). 4-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Reference. Inventory No: 045735.
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$75.00
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A Grab[Horn]Bag. Original Pages Found by Excavators at 642 Commercial Street, San Francisco
by various
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1940
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$150.00
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San Francisco: Grabhorn, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. 18 various leaves and pamphlets in the original cloth portfolio. Lacking the introductory pages if they were ever present. Small bookplate on endpaper. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 045453.
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$150.00
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A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England With Lists of Their Works
by Walpole Hugh
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- Used - Good Condition
- Edition
- Second Edition
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- 1759
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- Hardcover (Full Leather)
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- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$150.00
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London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1759. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary calf, hinges cracked, one board detached, others loose. Very clean internally, old armorial bookplate of "Nic. Heath, Oxon,", engraved frontis in volume 1 and a leaf of engraved music at the end of volume 2. [16], 247, [5]; [2], 250, [6]pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Bird and Bull Pepper Pot
by Morris Henry
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- Used - Fine Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$200.00
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North Hills, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Fine Condition. 252 of Approximately 250 copies (rear flyleaf with notation that it was 256 copies) signed by Morris at the limitation (most copies were unsigned). 1/4 leather over paste paper boards with leather corners. With the prospectus and a signed note from Morris to… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
The Anatomy of a Literary Hoax
by Berger Sidney
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$30.00
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Oak Knoll, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Slight wear at corners; string bound. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 044480. Item Price
$30.00
Bibliographie der Buchbinderei-Literatur
by Mejer Wolfgang
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Rubbing to leather spine label, otherwise fine and unmarked. 208pp. An attractively printed and bound bibliography of works on bookbinding. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 042747.
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$75.00
The History of Bookbinding Technique and Design: A Lecture on Bookbinding as a Fine Art
by Huttner, Sidney (ed.); Hoe, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN
- 9780824040215
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- 1
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$50.00
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Garland, 1990. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; ISBN: 082404021x. ISBN/EAN: 9780824040215. Inventory No: 042750.
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$50.00
The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine . Part I : The Middle Ages and The Renaissance. Part II : The Age of Reason. Part III :The Modern Age
by Haskell F. Norman
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Christies, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 3 volumes, slight bumping to corners, otherwise bright and unmarked. Bringing together all three volumes of the landmark Haskell sale. Size: Quarto (4to). 3-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Reference; Books on Books. Inventory No: 041500. Item Price
$125.00