Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.

Leadenhalle Presse, 1884 146, [18] printed pages, many unopened. Illustrations. Printed in Pearl type on bank note paper of the highest quality. At head of title: Midget folio .The miniature book is embedded in the hollowed out blank leaves at the end of the enlarged edition. The larger book has 94 printed pages- some very occasional spotting, four blank leaves with contemporaneous newspaper cuttings pasted in (Mark Twain with the Typothetae, c. 1886), followed by 2 pages of publisher's adverts. 12 x 15 cm, original vellum, lacking ties; on the upper cover, below the gilt titling is the helpful advice "In unlocking this Forme see that the QUADS do not drop out" (priced "7/6"). The miniature book is 27 x 40 mm. Original gilt titled vellum (priced "2/6")with long silk ties (all but one intact). Quads are small metal blanks used by printers to fill up any gaps. The text contains English and American printer's jokes from the Paper and Printing Trades Journal, such as, Figures won't lie! Yes they will if… Read More

Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 Book is complete with one folding colour map and 16 engraved plates (two double paged). The book is bound with a leather spine and calf-skin corners. Some spotting on first few pages, contents otherwise in very good conidition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

1946 Newsheet produced for the Queen Mary on Tuesday, January 1, 1946 (No.3: Westbound). Was produced around the time of the repatriation of US G.I.s and their war brides and includes the headline 'HITLER REALLY IS DEAD!'. Extremely scarce and curious piece of wwii ephemera.. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Cassell [1893]. Some peripheral foxing, contemporary 3/4 green calf, slightly rubbed. This is an especially attractive copy, beautifully bound about 1920 by Eric Wilfred Dickens, bookbinder, (born 24/9/1888) of 46 Mordaunt St. Stockwell, London. The spine has a leather label and five raised bands & is densely tooled in gilt. This copy was used as a sample of Mr Dickens bookbinding skill & was purchased by us directly from the bookbinders grandson in its original book cabinet.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.