Providence, Rhode Island: Privately Published, 1932. Hard Cover.
#421 of 485. No jacket. Spine head and spine base rubbed, ink stamp on front free endpaper, adhesive residue on rear endpapers.
50 pp. An address delivered before the eleventh annual conference on printing education at a session in The Coolidge Auditorium.....
New York: Harper Perennial, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. ages lightly toned, pages wrinkled.
xviii, 360 pp. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that.....
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1807. Full-Leather.
Binder's copies - both boards on both volumes missing. Volume one stained.
Two volume set (all planned, later expanded to 6 volumes 1808-12). Important bibliographic reference, especially for 15th and 16th century publications.
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1807. Full-Leather.
Leather edges rubbed, hinges loosening but still holding, lightly stained.
xx, 411 pp. Volume three of six that were published 1807-12), providing bibliographical data for numerous early publications, including Bibles, psalters, primers, manuscripts, Greek and Latin poets, notable printers' works, etc.
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. One of 3000 copies. Jacket price-clipped, jacket spine toned.
xviii, 305 pp. Includes 35 plates displaying known examples of historical signatures in facsimile (Lincoln, Jefferson, etc.). Presents the history of autograph collecting, arranging and caring for a collection.....
New York: Penguin Books, 2015. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Remainder mark.
417 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. James Joyce's big blue book, Ulysses, ushered in the modernist era and changed the novel for all time. But the genius of Ulysses was also its danger: it omitted absolutely nothing. Joyce.....
Bethesda, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Library of Medicine / U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979. Hard Cover.
Spine base faintly bumped.
501 pp. 4to. A bibliography of roughly 25,000 titles printed on the subject of medical science during the 1700s, arranged alphabetically by.....
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1941. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition, one of 750 copies. Front jacket panel stained, jacket edges rubbed with a few minor chips. Front board lightly scratched, rear board lightly soiled.
xvii, 142 pp. Basing his tales on personal experiences in the Civil War, Charles.....
New York: Scribner, 2000. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. An exceptional copy.
283 pp. 8vo. "'Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?' is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom commences this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well.....
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New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. 7th Printing. Hard Cover.
Seventh printing. Dust jacket lightly bumped. Light green ink stain on top pages, light green stain on page before page 1.
xx, 745 pp. America's uncontested expert on Shakespeare and author of The Western Canon presents a monumental analysis of each.....
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina, 1970. Large Softcover.
Top corner creased,
Unpaginated. CONTENTS: Preface; How to Use This Guide; List of Abbreviations; Descriptions of Manuscripts in the Southern Historical Collection; Descriptions of Manuscripts in the North Carolina Collection; How to Use the Index; Index; Benefactors of the.....
Boston, Massachusetts: David R. Godine, 1977. Large Hardcover.
A few faint spots on top page ridge.
xvi, 250 pp. "...a narrative of how printing arrived, spread, and flourished in the American colonies--of how it gradually attained, in its finest manifestations, the status of an art--of how in this century it.....
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1991. Third Edition. Hard Cover.
Third edition, revised. Top edge lightly foxed, jacket a bit toned.
xiii, 176 pp. A bibliography of well-known published works relating to James Boswell, including editions of his Life of Johnson. Its scope also extends to take in many works that.....
New York: Gramercy, 1943. Hard Cover.
Lacks jacket, faint edge wear.
An alphabetical guide to all the publishers and authors that have defined American literature.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Minor wear to jacket corners.
816 pp. "If you are looking to brush up on your literary knowledge, check a favorite author's work, or see a year's bestsellers at a glance, The Chronology of American Literature is the.....
Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1969. Hard Cover.
Third edition. Lacks jacket.
xii, 319 pp. A step-by-step guide to selecting books for public libraries and other institutions. Includes foreword by Ralph A. Ulveling, Professor of Library Science at Wayne State University, introduction, sections on book selection and acquisitions, appendices, and index.
Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002. Large Softcover.
Binding has been repaired, a few light stains to page ridges.
ix, 461 pp. Includes CD. "A collection of primary source materials and original essays, Perspectives on American Book History is the first text designed for the growing number of courses in.....
New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1966. Hard Cover.
A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Sticker ghost on panel of slipcase.
359, [1] pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase. Numerous beautiful color plates throughout. "When this magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was.....
Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. "Library of Congress Classics" sticker on front jacket panel, jacket flaps faintly toned. Top page ridge foxed.
x, 150 pp. Images from the Library of Congress help illustrate how the history of the book in America parallels the history and.....
New York: Bloomsbury, 2003. 4th Printing. Hard Cover.
4th printing. Jacket rubbbed.
Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of his own book, Sixpence House becomes a meditation on what books means to us, and how their meaning can still resonate long.....
New York: James G. Gregory, 1862. Darley, F.O.C. Full-Leather.
Printed on flyleaf is the following text: 'Presented to Chas. Knickerbocker, by the Steel Plate Engravers of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. 'as a mark of esteem' and dated 1872, which seems to indicate this volume was custom-bound for.....
California: Dharma Publishing, 1986. Large Softcover.
Sticker remains on rear cover, covers rubbed with some creases.
64 pp. CONTENTS: The Buddhist Teachings: A Brief Introduction; Dharma Publishing in America; Sacred Art Publication Project; Books and Art Reproductions, 1969-1986; New Books from Dharma Publishing; Dharmart Designs Cards and Gifts Items; Information.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Edges rubbed, pencil notes on rear free endpaper.
524 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Ancient Methods of Book Illustration; Early West-Christian--Byzantine and Allied Illumination; Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, and Ottonian Illumination; Islamic, Hebrew, and Mozarabic Illumination; The Golden Age of.....
London: C. Corbett, 1740. Reissue. Hard Cover.
No publication date, circa 1740 according to ESTC T110556. Rebound in green cloth with gilt titles and new end sheets and flyleaves by Mutual Library Bindery, Inc. in 1959 (their stamp on rear flyleaf). It appears the work, which was probably initially issued.....
Bethesda, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Library of Medicine, 1967. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Onionskin jacket slightly toned. Top page ridge faintly foxed.
xii, 698 pp. Garrison-Morton 6786.12: "Describes with pagination and some collations, approximately 4,800 items printed betwen 1501 and.....