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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press & British Library. Near Fine. 1996. 2nd edition revised. Paperback. 1884718264 . B&W reproductions and facsimiles; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 318 pages; Oversize paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh. Just trace shelf evidence to cover edges. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos and reproductions. Feels and appears about as new. NF. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

New York: Office of the Colophon : Pynson Printers. Very Good-. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs & drawings; facsimile title pages; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Small 4to HC in two tone blue and cream cloth with decorative title design in silver and black by Dwiggins. Soundly bound with clean bright text. Light toning and mild shelf soiling to cream cloth boards and mild fading to the blue 1/4 cloth spine. Trace edge toning to some of the printed pages, variously printed by different publishers on different paper stocks. Illustrated throughout with photos of bindings and production, facsimiles of title pages and illustrations. Sound decent copy. VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Barcelona. Very Good+. 1958. Paperback in box. Reproductions and engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 173 pages; 1958 - 1962. Asociacion De Exlibristas De Barcelona. 4separate issues in original covers. Enclosed in a folding red cloth solander box with titles in gilt to spine and with Ginesta Binders of New York insignia bottom front corner of the cover. Diciembre 1958, Ano VIII, No. 16. Pp 184-224. Junio 1961, Ano XI - No. 21 pp 75-104. Diciembre 1961, Ano XI - No. 22 - pp 105-144. Junio & Diciembre, 1962 Ano XII - Nos. 23 y 24 - pp 145-208. Illustrated throughout with b&w reproductions and including some engraved bookplate examples, one signed in pencil M Colon. Trace soiling to covers. VG++ in NF case. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Youngstown, OH: Butler Art Institute. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 470 pages; [SIGNED] 1927 Butler Art Institute. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original dark blue cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Inscribed and signed by Butler on the title page. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of the author's signed and inscribed portraits. Cloth lightly crimped and rubbed at spine ends; boards lightly shelf tapped at tips. VG; Signed by Author .

New York: Barse & Hopkins. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Color lithographs borders and images; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages; 1916 copyright Barse & Hopkins, NY. Gift volume of a "Baby Book" to record the important moments in the birth and growth of a new arrival. Reatined in the original color pictorial lidded gift box, this book's birth records begin with te birth of Mary Joanne Weiler on 29th Oct 1930, born to Barton Sylvester and Mary Elizabeth Weiler of Vineland, NJ. Book is snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial paper covered boards. Most of the pages with spaces and lines provided for information have been filled in with manuscript. Numerous tipped in cards of congratulations and for holidays are tipped in on the book's pages. It appears some photographs had been also tipped in but have been removed. Lidded box missing a small area of one side ; light ribbing to box edges. A very well preserved example of this particualrly uncommon Baby Book, in original box and with a large… Read More

Ein Vademecum Für Den Kunstwanderer. Good+. 1962. Hardcover. B&W & Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages; HC in original glossy illustrated color boards. Soundly bound and generally decent with clean unmarked text, but with ex-library indications limited to light attachments to endpages. Snug with clean text; condition graded down to reflect prior institutional ownership indications but generally about VG. G+ thus .

London: Nonesuch Press. Very Good-. 1926. First Edition; Limited edtion. Hardcover. Hand colored woodcuts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 123 pages; 1926 Nonesuch Press. Tall quarto HC 1st edition published in a limited edition of 1650 copies, this copy numbered 615. In full red cloth with edges bevelled and a simple title design in gilt to spine. Printed on laid Van Gelder paper with hand colored woodcuts from designs by Kauffer. Prior owner pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Cloth at spine lightly toned; shallow chip to cloth at crown and a mended linear score/tear to the cloth bottom 1/3 of spine. Light toning to endpages; contents bright and fresh. VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Philadelphia: Stan V. Henkels. Good+. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover Set. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1900 pages; [SIGNED] 1908 - 1910 Stan V. Henkels. Five volume set, complete. Uniformly bound in tan buckram with leather title labels to soines. Ex-library set with light expected ownership indications and attachments. Here and there a page or two opened roughly. Contents sound and clean. Inscribed by Henkels to William Hensel, 40th Attorney General of Pennsylvania, journalist and benefactor to Lancaster's Franklin and Marsahll Library. Bookplate for Hensel and the F&M Library designed by David McNeely Stauffer mounted to the front of each volume G++ ... Oversize book will require additional charges for most shipping methods. ; Signed by Editor .

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Good. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Toned plates; rubricated initials; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 75 pages; 1st edition. Folio HC in original brown cloth with beveled edges and pictorial designs. Top edge gilt. Soundly bound with decorative emblem patterned endsheets. The gilt and color if the cover board design is almost entirely rubbed away and lost, though the gilt designs to the spine are reasonably bright and complete. Light to moderate mottling / soiling to cloth of the upper board; heavier mottling and damp staining to the surface of the rear board. Light shallow damp line to the bottom edge of the last 1/3 of the pages. Foxing and spotting to the very generous margins of most of the pages; the sepia toned reproductions of the Cox plates are generally clean and undisturbed by the margin spotting. Bound with a generous number of blank endsheets at front and rear. Van Rensselaer's appendix text of 11 unnumbered pages is appended at rear.… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. Revised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0892965134 . B & W Figures ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 412 pages; 1995 Mysterious Press. Stout large format HC/DJ 1st printing of the revised and updated edition. Tightly bound copy in crisp edged color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $50 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears generally unread; no marks. Jacket perhaps a triflr sunned spine edge rear panel. Nearly as new. NF/VG++ ... Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

New York: Granary Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1887123016 . B&W Illustrations & reproductions; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 396 pages; 1st edition. Snugly bound and quite neat in original glossy pictorial dust jacket. Feels and appears generally unread. Mild sunshift to color of jacket at spine. Superficial shelf bump to a few pages bottom front corner, mid-book. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos and reproductions of pages and designs from the works under discussion. VG++/VG .

Elgin, IL: Brethren Press. Very Good-. 1981. Paperback. 0871781417 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages; 1981 Brethren Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Solid clean copy; no marks. Mild shelf rubbing to cover edges; trace reader creasing to spineSpine a little sunned with rubbing to edges and reader creasing to spine. VG- .

Asheville, NC: Lark Books. Near Fine. 2015. New Edition. Paperback. 1454708484 . Color Photos; Diagrams; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 144 pages; 2015 Lark Books. Oversize format paperback in glossy color pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; no marks. Profusely illustrated with color photos and instructive diagrams. Just a whisper of shelf evidence but generally about as new. NF .

Laurence King Publishing. Fine. 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 1780673272 . Diagrams. figures and b&w photos; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages; 2014 Laurence King Publishing. Larger format paperback in glossy pictorial french-fold covers. Tightly bound and fresh; feels and appears unread. Profusely illustrated with instructive diagrams, figures and photos. As new. Fine .

New York & London: Macmillan Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; Limited edtion. Hardcover. Facsimile manuscript leaves; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 67 pages; 1930 Macmillan & Co. HC/DJ 1st edition, published in a limited edition of 500 copies, this copy numbered 320. Soundly bound in original title lettered dust jacket. Bound in black quarter cloth backed spine and peach paper covered boards with spine unlettered and paper title label to cover. Dust jacket sunned with color shift at spine and top edges of the side panels; light rubbing to jacket edges with shallow chips missing from spine ends. Most pages unopened at top and front edges. Several facsimile leaves of the young Tennyson's manuscrip leaves for this early unpublished dramatic work. VG/G+ .

Quebec: Fides. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1276. Hardcover. 2762118603 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1995 pages; 1995 Fides, Quebec. Stout larger format HC in glossy color pictorial boards. Snugly bound with bright fresh contents, but with ex-library ownership attachments and indications. Small catalog label base of spine and bookplate to front pastedown. Contents VG++ but graded down to G+ for ex-library ownership. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Quebec: Editions Fides. Good+. 1992. Hardcover. 2762114756 . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1368 pages; 1992 Editions Fides. Stout oversize HC in pictorial paper covered boards,. Tightly bound and neat but with light ex-library reference ownership attachments and indications. Contents VG+ to NF but graded down to reflect prior library ownership. G++ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good+. 1917. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 401 pages; 1917 Doubleday, Page & Company. HC Vol XXIV of the Seven Seas Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, limited to 1050 copies. This copy out of sequence and not numbered. Quarter linen cloth backed spine with printed paper title label and beige paper covered boards. Mild chipping to title label at spine; small abrasion to paper covered rear board at bottom corner. Mild shelf soiling to boards. Many page unopened top edge. VG to VG+ .

Old Economy: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Very Good+. 1961. Paperback. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 12 pages; Slim paperback in pictorial title lettered wraps with saddle stapled binding. Solid clean copy with superficial shelf evidence to cover edges. VG++ .

Antwerp & Leiden: Christophe Plantin. Very Good+. 1584. Vellum. Woodcuts; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 900 pages; 1591; 1585; 1584 - Officina Plantiniana / Franciscus Raphelengius; Christophorum Plantinum : Christophe Plantin. Antwerp & Leiden. Three Emblem books from the press of Plantin, bound together in one volume. 16mo in 8s. 389; 159; 352 pp. Full vellum binding with yapped edges. All three books collated, complete including blanks. Though all are later printings, in the smaller 16mo format by the Plantin publishing house, they are remarkably well preserved, complete and clean. Some superficial damp lines and halos observed here and there. Woodcuts clean and generally sharp, though here and there a muddy impression among the hundreds of emblems. Vellum fold -ins at front edge are sharp and curling out with consequent mild furring to front and rear endpages at front edge. Prior owner's modern calf skin tie secures the volume. A striking and wonderfully preserved and… Read More