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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. 220 pages.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 120 pages. 5 1/4""w x 7 3/4""h.

N Y: Clarkson Potter, 2019. Oversize Hardback. Very Good. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and bumped corners. Jam-packed with color photos of beautiful book-filled rooms.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. Staple Bound. Fine. Exhibition catalog for a show held at the publisher's gallery: the Thomas J. Watson Library. 13 pages with three page forward by Mr. Wilcox. 12 bindings described with six b&w images.

Jacksonville, IL: Bound to Stay Bound Books, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. This is a book bound in library buckram cloth that tells the story, with illustrations, of how library cloth bindings are made.

Jacksonville, IL: Bound to Stay Bound Books, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. This is a book bound in library buckram cloth that tells the story, with illustrations, of how buckram library cloth bindings are made. One page has a corner torn off.

London: British Library, 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 88 pages. 7 1/2""w x 9 5/8""h. Many b&w illustrations.

Penguin / Pelican, 1961. Revised 2nd Ed.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of edge wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 394 pages with a great many illustrations throughout. Chapters include: Incunabula, Gutenberg, Spread of printing: Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, England , Greek and Hebrew, Early best sellers, The title page, book illustrations, etc.

N Y: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. Oversize Hardback. Near Fine/Good. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full purple cloth boards. Dust jacket has several closed tears. 9 3/4""w x 12 1/4""h. 280 pages. Beautiful book with many color illustrations of manuscripts and the finest books ever produced.

Gallimard, 1997. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 160 pages, hightly illustrated with color prints throughout.

University of California Press, 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 134 pages. Photographs and illustrations.

N Y: Burt Franklin & Co., Inc., 1969. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 356 pages. Burt Franklin Bibliographical Series XI. Black and white illustrations. Tan boards.

Great Britain: Oxford, 1977. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 359 pages. Full black cloth boards. 5 1/2""w x 8 5/8""h. Small tears and edge wear on price-clipped dust jacket Yellowing paper. This book explains English book production up to about the year 1800, from the receipt of the author's manuscript to the issue of the final product. Illustrated.

Cheongju Early Printing Museum, 2017. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Brown paper over boards with silver and black lettering. 166 pages. Jikji is the world's oldest metal-printed material available today, developed in a small temple named Heungdeoksa Temple 80 years earlier than the printing of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. This book includes the book Jikji, seeeking truth from the pioneer of Buddhism

Gibbs Smith, 2005. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed By Author. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Inscribed by author on title page.

N Y: Macmillan, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Charming little book introducing children to the craft of bookmaking. Previous owner's inscription inside. Cover is a bit faded and discolored. Tears on dust jacket. Illustrated with many line drawings by the author.

Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name or label inside. 202 pages. Black and white illustrations. From the Print Networks series which publishes papers given at the annual Seminars on the British Book Trade.

Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, 1970. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 28 pages, printed on creamy, heavy paper. 8 1/2""w x 11""h.

Boston: Nonpareil Books, 1980. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 244 pages of text, plus index. Many b&w illustrations.

Los Angeles: Feral House, 2005. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 288 pages. Many color illustrations.