The Wormsley Library. A Personal Selection by Sir Paul Getty, KBE. Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 27 January - 2 May 1999.First edition. by Fletcher, H. George & Getty, Sir Paul - 1999

Pierpont Morgan Library. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

U.S.A.: Pierpont Morgan Library, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps, perfect bound. Catalogue to accompany 1999 exhibition at Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Slight shelf wear, two creases along a firm binding showing a slight lean. Clean, unmarked interior. xii,278 pp., w/ 106 selections, each illus. by at least one color plate, and occasionally several, accompanied by extensive commentary..

Pierpont Morgan Library, 2000. paperback. Very Good. Sturdy large paperback, some shelf wear, no markings or highlighting within. CC

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd. / The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1999. Softcover. VG (May be ex-art library with spine label and bookplate, outer edge of pages may be tanning; otherwise clean.). Black wraps with color illustrations and gilt lettering, xii, bw illustrated end pages, 278 pp. illustrations (chiefly color), plates (chiefly color), facsimiles (chiefly color). Issued in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition. "Presents the first public exhibition and scholarly appraisal of the Wormsley Library, one of the great achievements of modern book collecting." (back cover) Gives only a small taste of the whole collection, including illuminated manuscripts, examples of the first 500 years of fine printing, Victorian design, modern calligraphic manuscripts, and splendid examples of European bookbinding. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 104 separate pieces. Includes a bibliography.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Pierpont Morgan Library, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 304pp. Copiously illustrated in full colour. Laminated card covers (covers a little bumped at edges and one corner curl). A few mild marks on text block edge. Internally neat, clean and bright. Tight binding. Catalogue of Sir Paul Getty's personal book collection - housed in the Wormsley Library - produced to co-incide with an exhibition of his collection at the Pierpoint Morgan Library. An incredible resource packed full of information and bibliographical detail on books and book collecting. A large and heavy volume which will incur an additional charge for overseas shipping.

Maggs Bros. - The Pierpont Morgan Library, Maggs Bros. - The Pierpont Morgan Library. 1999, 278pp. Illustrated. Paperback. 1,5kg. In very good condition. ISBN: 9780875981277

London-New York, Wormsley Library by Maggs Bros.& Piermont Morgan Library. 1999. Original publisher's sewn black paperback, pictorial frontcover, thick 4to: illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, xij, 278pp., catalogue of 106 items depicted page-large & mostly in detail, with descriptions - notes & references, foreword, introduction, bibliography, index, table of content. Very fine copy - as new.

Published for the Wormsley Library by Maggs Bros. in co-operation with The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, London, first edition, 1999. Laminated illustrated wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm,. xii, 278 pp. 106 entries. Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 27 January-2 May 1999. From the introduction: "The books reflect some of their collector's catholic enthusiasms. Early purchases include examples of fine printing in rich array, from incunables to modern private-press books, many on vellum, English hand-coloured aquatint books, chiefly travel and scenery, the flower of French illustrated books from Verard to Vollard, and, above all, a spectacular assemblage of fine bindings from medieval times to today...There are also splendid manuscripts, tike the magnificent Gradual from the monastery of Ottobeuren, the unique pages from the life of St. Thomas Becket, repatriated from Belgium some fifteen years ago, exquisite Books of Hours from France, Flanders, and… Read More