Register of Erotic Books, in Two Volumes
New York: Jack Brussel, 1965. Large Hardcover.
Both volumes: Boards lightly soiled, page ridges lightly foxed.
xi, [1], 208; 209-398 pp. Two volume set. Bibliography of erotic literature.
New York: Jack Brussel, 1965. Large Hardcover.
Both volumes: Boards lightly soiled, page ridges lightly foxed.
xi, [1], 208; 209-398 pp. Two volume set. Bibliography of erotic literature.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing of trade edition, lacks slipcase. Spine faded, discolored smudge on front board, minor transfer from now-absent tape on endpapers, pencil name (John E. Petrick) on front endpaper.
xiv, 311 pp. Frontispiece of a page from the Gutenberg Bible.....
New York: American Heritage Press, 1972. First American Edition. Large Hardcover.
First American edition. No jacket. Spine lightly faded.
303 pp. 12 x 8 1/2. "With clarity and authority, this volume tells what original prints are and shows how they are created; discusses in detail every graphic technique; gives guidelines.....
San Diego, California: Blue Dolphin Enterprises, Inc., 1981. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. An excellent copy. Black-and-white photo of Ian Ballantine (American publisher) laid in.
xi, 259 pp. A history of the first 20 years of the paperback, with emphasis on their covers, who made them, how they were.....
New York: The Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Company, 1911. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Boards soiled, front hinge starting, ink name on half-title page, edge stained.
xii, 229 pp. 4to. Translated from the 1821 German original. Includes four figures (on one plate) depicting a lithographic press. Senefelder invented and perfected the.....
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped, laminate starting along top edge of rear jacket panel. Page ridges foxed.
xxviii, 303 pp. Oxford University Press is one of the oldest and best-known publishing houses in the world. This history, originally.....
Red Oak: The Osborne & Murphy Company, Art Publishers. Large Hardcover.
Boards faintly soiled, front hinge just beginning to weaken, portion of front free endpaper removed, front flyleaf creased. All image pages excellent with no marks, foxing, stains, or toning.
Forty half-tone images photographically reproduced from original photographs, and copper.....
Philadelphia: W.E. Scull / Elliott Publishing Co., 1903. Hard Cover.
Boards rubbed and discolored.
A selection of six titles published by W.E. Scull in the early twentieth century, with cover designs, prospectuses, title pages, sample color and black-and-white illustrations and text pages, and three spine designs. Bound in plain red.....
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Front hinge starting, ink name on front free endpaper.
ix, 330 pp. Navy cloth boards with gilt title and print-maker design. CONTENTS: A Word Beforehand; The Taste for Prints; Etching; Line Engraving; Mezzotints; Aquatint and.....
Charlottesville, Virginia: Dominion Books / The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1964. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
A reissue of the 1938 second edition, and the first appearance in paperback form. Covers creased, smudge on front cover.
xxiv, 368 pp. From the back cover: 'Liberally illustrated, [Wroth's] study treats almost every conceivable.....