Search Results: Titles starting with U from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Oxford, England: Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and The Fine Press Book Association, 1999. stiff paper wrappers. Private Presses. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Acknowledgments, introduction, calendar of book fairs. Listing of exhibitors at the fair with addresses and descriptive information about each. Black and white illustrations. Floor plan and lecture schedule laid in.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 95 pages. Preface by John Cole. A fine copy.

New York: R. R. Bowker, 1988. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 652 pages. Reprint of the Revised and Enlarged Second edition of 1962. An essential reference book of Americana. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

New York: R. R. Bowker, 1963. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 652 pages. Reprint of the 1962 second edition. An essential reference book of Americana. Top corners bumped. Endpapers have fold marks.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 61+(1) pages. Descriptive essays about U.S. government agencies committed to the free flow of books throughout the world, edited by the Director of the Center for the Book. Table of contents, preface, appendix.

Washington, DC: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1979. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 235+(1) pages. Table of contents, introduction by the Director of Naval History, editorial note, Organized by state. Wrappers lightly soiled.

N.P.: United Typothetae of America, 1932. cloth-backed boards, cloth ties with brochure and broadsides loosely inserted. United Typothetae of America. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, cloth ties with brochure and broadsides loosely inserted. (4) pages followed by 37 broadsides printed on heavy paper. An interesting keepsake produced for the convention. A fine copy. Four page brochure with a page of explanatory text by the President with a full page photo of him followed by 37 broadside reproductions of the 37 previous Presidents of the U.T.A. with printed text at the bottom of each. All loosely inserted in a folder with ties.

N.P.: Meridiane, 1968. paper wrappers. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 86, (2) pages, with 60 illustrations. This discussion of the book in Romania touches on publishing, libraries, and bookselling. Some wear at spine.

Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1947. paper-covered boards. paper-covered boards. 40 pages. Second edition. On artistic representations of reading through five hundred years. Ten tipped-in reproductions of paintings of readers. Artists include Rembrandt and Renoir. Backstrip partially detached.

Graz: Teuschner & Lubensky, 1894. original cloth. small 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 257, (3) pages. Fourth edition. A study of reading and education, setting forth the contemporary conditions, goals, and means of achieving those goals. Also includes sections on the new German literature, on realism, and on Henrik Ibsen. Ends with suggested reading lists. Owners' stamps on title page.

Graz: Teuschner & Lubensky, 1889. half cloth with paper-covered boards. small 8vo. half cloth with paper-covered boards. xvi, 210 pages. Third edition. A study of reading and education, setting forth the contemporary conditions, goals, and means of achieving those goals. Also includes sections on the new German literature, on realism, and on Henrik Ibsen. Ends with suggested reading lists.

N.P.: n.p., 2006. self paper wrappers. 4to. self paper wrappers. A periodical devoted to fashion at the University of Delaware. Michelle Joni Lapidos, Founder and Editor in Chief. Have the following: 2. December 2005.

(Darmstadt: Maximillian Gesellschaft, 1924. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15, (3) pages. Text in German. Reprint of 1798 edition of letters to Friedrich Nicolai from Immanuel Kant. Privately printed by Officina Serpentis. Also included is Die Maximilian Gesellschaft in Hamburg, a catalogue of works published by Maximilian Gesellschaft from 1911 to 1979, which includes black and white illustrations. Two brochures laid in.

1889. contemporary half red calf with pastepaper-covered boards. small 4to. contemporary half red calf with pastepaper-covered boards. p. 274-283. An article removed from Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst, No. 9, 1889. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: De Bezige Bij, 2005. full leather, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, silk page marker, marbled paper and leather slipcase. De Bezige Bij. small 8vo. full leather, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, silk page marker, marbled paper and leather slipcase. 104 pages. One of fifty signed and numbered copies. The edition of De Bezige Bij, which appears at the same time as the commercial edition of 'From a finger does not fall', was bound by hand in October 2005 in a whole calfskin binding and placed in a house with hand-marbled paper by Karli Frigge. The edition is interleaved with loose relics, which the author and photographer have included. Each copy contains an original print of one of the photos from the book and a poem in handwriting. The edition was provided by Mooi Boeken / Pau Groenendijk (www.mooieboeken.nl). Very light rubbing along the hinges of the spine, else near fine.

New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999. stiff paper wrappers, marbled endpapers. Marbling. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, marbled endpapers. 144 pages. Table of contents, preface, introduction, suggestions for further reading, source directory, index. Color illustrations throughout. Signed by author on half title.

West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2005. bottom edge uncut. Aralia Press. broadside (12 1/2 by 5 inches). bottom edge uncut. Limited to 120 copies, signed by the author. Romanée types. Published on the occasion of "Exploring Forms and Narrative," June 10, 2005.

West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2005. bottom edge uncut. Aralia Press. broadside (12 1/2 by 5 inches). bottom edge uncut. Limited to 120 copies. Romanée types. Published on the occasion of "Exploring Forms and Narrative," June 10, 2005.

New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 61, (3) pages, plates. Limited to 1000 copies. Preface by Joseph Breck, acknowledgments, table of contents, bibliography. Color frontispiece. 47 black and white plates.

(Frederikshavn, Denmark): privately printed, 1985. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 19+(1) pages. Text in Danish. Limited to 400 numbered copiese. With linoleum illustrations by Helga Thagaard.