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BACHELORÕS LONDON
by Whyte, Frederic
- Condition
- Used - Very good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$60.00
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London: Grant Richards, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. MEMORIES OF THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY 1889 - 1914. London: Grant Richards, 1931. First edition. Holographic note signed by the author, tipped-in on front free endpaper. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. Spine a little dull; a nick at top edge… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00

ULYSSES; REVISED EDITION
by KENNER, HUGH
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0801834899
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$75.00
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Revised edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Revised edition. 182 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark blue leatherette. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Minor scuffing and scratching to boards. Light foxing to edges of block. Pages clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00

ESSAY ON THE DEVELOPMENT & USAGE OF BRASS PLATE DIES
by Ellenport, Samuel B
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- One of an edition limited to 500 copies, this being # 275
- Published
- 19800
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0936794003
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$225.00
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Boston: Harcourt Bindery, 19800. One of an edition limited to 500 copies, this being # 275. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Including a Catalogue Raisonne from the Collection of the Harcourt Bindery. Boston: Harcourt Bindery, 19800. One of an edition limited to 500 copies, this being # 275. Copious b/w illustrations, including photographic frontispiece laid… Read more about this item Item Price
$225.00

MEMBERS OF THE GROLIER CLUB 1884-2009
by Smith, Carolyn L., compiler
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$25.00
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New York: The Grolier Club, 2009. 223 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. Head and heel lightly bumped; small tear to head. Still, a clean and bright copy. Very good/No dust jacket. Item Price
$25.00

ENEMIES OF BOOKS, THE
by Blades, William
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- Used - Very good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$52.00
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London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Hardcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. Louis Gunnis and H. E. Butler. London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Preface by Richard Garnett. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Louis Gunnis and H. E. Butler. 151 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering and decorative stamp to spine, front and… Read more about this item Item Price
$52.00

BOOKBINDING BY HAND
by Eggeling, Arthur
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Published
- 1925
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$32.00
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New York: Eggeling Bookbindery, 1925. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. New York: Eggeling Bookbindery, 1925. Numerous b/w photographs. 29 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Lightly bumped and rubbed at head, heel and corners; light toning to page edges. Very good/No jacket issued. Item Price
$32.00

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS. WILLIAM WARD A.R.A., JAMES WARD R.A.: THEIR LIVES AND WORKS
by Frankau, Julia
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1904
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$125.00
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New York, NY: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. New York, NY: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1904. First edition. With 30 photogravures. 333 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Gray-green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Bumped and rubbed at head, heel and corners; toning… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00

PRINTING IN RELATION TO GRAPHIC ART
by French, George
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- One of an edition limited to 1000 copies, this being #529
- Published
- 1903
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$28.00
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Cleveland, OH: The Imperial Press, 1903. One of an edition limited to 1000 copies, this being #529. Signed by the author. 118 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Beige cloth backed, marbled paper covered boards. Moderate general wear to binding; pages lightly toned; spots of soiling to preliminaries; bookplate to ffp; occasional pencil annotation;… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00

SPECIMEN BOOKS ON TYPE FACES AND DECORATIVE MATERIAL
by Gildea, David
- Condition
- Used - Very good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- One of a limited specimen third edition, this being #638
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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New York: David Gildea & Co, Inc, 1929. One of a limited specimen third edition, this being #638. 207 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Green paper covered boards. Gilt decorative device to front board. Bumped, rubbed and worn to head, heel and corners; chipped to spine and hinges; rubbed and worn to cover and… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

PYNCHONÕS POETICS: INTERFACING THEORY AND TEXT
by [Pynchon] Berressem, Hanjo
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- [ 1993 ]
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$27.00
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Urbana and Chicago: U of Illinois Pr, [ 1993 ]. First edition. Softcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Item Price
$27.00

JOHNSON AND BOSWELL: THE TRANSIT OF CALEDONIA
by Rogers, Pat
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$76.00
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Oxford: Clarendon Pr, 1995. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Oxford: Clarendon Pr, 1995. 245 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth. Bookplate, else very good + in like dust wrapper. Very good+/Very good. Item Price
$76.00

ESSAYS ON POPE
by Rogers, Pat
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- [ 1993 ]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$68.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge U. P, [ 1993 ]. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Cambridge: Cambridge U. P, [ 1993 ]. First edition. 263 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper covered boards. Small ink inscription; bookplate, else very good +. Very good+/Very good+. Item Price
$68.00

LE "DETECTIVE NOVEL" et L'Influence De La Pense Scientifique
by Messac, Regis
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$350.00
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Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honor Champion, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honor Champion, 1929. First edition. 696 pp. Text in French. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. 1/2 Ò closed tear at top of half-title; top fore-corner of text block bumped; final few pages chipped at top fore… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00

AGE OF BLUFF: PARADOX AND AMBIGUITY IN RABELAIS AND MONTAIGNE
by Bowen, Barbara C
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- [ 1972 ]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$60.00
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Urbana, IL: U. of Illinois P, [ 1972 ]. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Urbana, IL: U. of Illinois P, [ 1972 ]. First edition. Signed by the author. 168 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. A very good copy in a faded dust wrapper with a long scratch down the… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00

ADTYPE WORK BOOK
by Adtype Service Co
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Published
- [ 1956 ]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$350.00
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Los Angeles, CA: Adtype , [ 1956 ]. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Los Angeles, CA: Adtype , [ 1956 ]. each page displays an individual type face in complete fonts. 498 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Black 4 ring binder. A very good copy of this exhaustive type face book. … Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00

ROYCROFT BOOKS: A CATALOGUE AND SOME COMMENT CONCERNING THE SHOP AT EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, AND ITS WORKERS
by Roycrofters
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$35.00
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1900. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Item Price
$35.00

IRISH RESEARCH: A GUIDE TO COLLECTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA, IRELAND, AND GREAT BRITAIN
by Lester, DeeGee, compiled by
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0313246645
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$64.00
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New York: Greenwood Press, 1987 . Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987 . 348 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth. A nice, clean copy. Very good+/No dust jacket. Item Price
$64.00

THREE ESSAYS: I - BOOK BUYING, II - BOOK-BINDING, III - THE OFFICE OF LITERATURE
by Birrell, Augustine
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- One of an edition limited to 300 copies
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$44.00
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New York: The Grolier Club, 1924. One of an edition limited to 300 copies. Hardcover. Good+/No jacket issued. New York: The Grolier Club, 1924. One of an edition limited to 300 copies. Printed by Frederic Goudy for the Grolier Club. 26 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Gray cloth backed, paper covered boards. … Read more about this item Item Price
$44.00

OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, AND CHARACTERS OF BOOKS AND MEN COLLECTED FROM CONVERSATION VOLUME II ( ONLY )
by Spence, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$48.00
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. -479 - 939 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Dark blue cloth. A clean, tight copy in a lightly soiled dust jacket. Very good+/Very good. Item Price
$48.00

BRINK OF ALL WE HATE: ENGLISH SATIRES ON WOMEN, 1660 - 1750
by Nussbaum, Felicity A
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very good-
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0813114985
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$48.00
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Lexington, KY: U. P. of Kentucky, 1984 . Hardcover. Very good+/Very good-. Lexington, KY: U. P. of Kentucky, ( 1984 ). 192 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Black cloth. nice, fresh copy in a spine faded and lightly, edge-worn dust jacket. Very good+/Very good-. Item Price
$48.00