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THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING AS ART.
by WICK, Peter A.
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- 1983
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NZ$157.71
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New Yyork ? Boston: John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis. F/NONE. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Item Price
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Artist and the Book 1860-1960 In Western Europe and the United States
by Museum Of Fine Arts
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- Used - VG/NONE
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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NZ$48.14
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Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. VG/NONE. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, spine edge lightly tanned. No DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 232 p. . Item Price
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My Ideal Bookshelf
by La Force, Thessaly & Jane Mount
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780316200905
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NZ$14.94
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. NF/NF. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316200905 . 9.30 X 7.25 X 1 inches; 240 p. . Item Price
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Writers Foe Children: Critical Studies Of The Major Authors Since The Seventeenth Century
by Bingham, Jane M. (editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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NZ$146.09
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG+/VG. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. VG in VG DJ that has puncture to spine, minor edge wear. No markings or names. ; An essential reference work.; 4to; 661 p. . Item Price
NZ$146.09
1100 Obscure Points The Bibliographies of 25 English and 21 American Authors
by Schwartz, Dr. Jacob
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- First Edition
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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NZ$29.05
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London: The Ulysses Bookshop. VG/NONE. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookshop stamp to front and rear pastedown. Cover shown wear at corners. ; 8vo; 95 p. . Item Price
NZ$29.05
The New Colophon, Volume III 1950 A Book Collector's Miscellany
by Various
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- First Edition
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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NZ$62.25
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New York, NY: Duschenes Crawford, Inc.. F/NONE. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition, no names or markings. Hardcover, no DJ. ; Cover illustration on tan cloth by Fritz Kredel. One of 2500 copies printed by Peter Beilenson. Hersolt on Hans Christian Andersen's First Book, Balfour on The Hanging Judge, Fields on the Known Signatures of Button Gwinnett,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LIBRARY CHRONICLE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN THE COMPANY THEY KEPT ALFRED A. AND BLANCHE W. KNOPF, PUBLISHERS
by Oliphant, Dave, editor.
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- 1995
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- Softcover
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NZ$16.60
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Austin, TX: University of Texas. VG/No dust jacket As Issued. 1995. Softcover. VG, light brown stain to front cover. No names or markings. Softcover. ; Interesting history of the Knopf publishing house. ; Nos 1 and 2; Vol. 26; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 p. . Item Price
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Rare First Editions, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, Fore - Edge Paintings, Many of Outstanding Importance Catalogue 908 Public Auction Sale December 8 and 9, 1947.
by Parke Bernet Galleries Inc
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- 1947
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- Softcover
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New York, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries. VG/No dust jacket As Issued. 1947. Softcover. Very good, minor edge wear. No names or markings. ; Auction catalog of an important sale that featured works by Dickens (25) and Fore-Edge paintings (63). Also works by Lamb, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln manuscripts, etc. Nice copy. WorldCat lists four copies in institutions. ; 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, INCUNABULA AND AMERICANA FROM THE FAMOUS LIBRARIES OF THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN, C.H.
by American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc.
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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- Softcover
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NZ$37.35
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New York, NY: American Art Association. G/NONE. 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Good, edges of wrappers worn, No markings. Sticker affixed to inside front cover indicates this was the copy held by the Library of Estelle Doheny at 8 Chester Place, Los Angeles. No other markings. ; Foreword by Seymour de Ricci. With facsimile reproructions in b&w (four… Read more about this item Item Price
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All Authors Are Equal The Publishing Life of Fredric Warburg 1936-1971
by WARBURG, Fredric
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- First American Edition
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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NZ$20.75
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New York, NY: St. Martins. NF/VG. 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a VG DJ with a closed tear to rear panel of DJ; Publishing history of Secker Warburg; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 p. . Item Price
NZ$20.75
In Quest of the Perfect Book Reminiscences and Reflections of a Bookman.
by Orcutt, William Dana.
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- First Edition
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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NZ$39.84
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. NF/NF. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. NF, prior owner name and name stamp to front free endpaper in a VG+ DJ with light edge wear, small closed tear to DJ at flap edge. Corners lightly bumped. ; Prior owner was Francis Wheat, Wheat's signature to ffep, along with name stamp of Francis… Read more about this item Item Price
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Histoire Generale Des Litteratures Etrangeres Tomes I And II
by Mortier, Raoul
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- First Edition
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- (1925)
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- Hardcover
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NZ$29.05
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Paris, France: Librarie Aristide Quillet. G/NONE. (1925). First Edition. Hardcover. Good, Volume I with cracked hinge at title page, strongly attached but threads visible. Volume II cloth bubbling at front cover and on spine edge, hinge starting. ; Text in French. Includes facsimile letters from noted authors such as DeFoe, Lord Byron. Preface by Maxime Gorki. … Read more about this item Item Price
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European Graphic Arts The art of the book from Gutenberg to Picasso
by Roylance, Dale
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- Used - NF/NONE
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Softcover
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NZ$8.30
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library. NF/NONE. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine; Well illustrated in b&w and in color; 9.10 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 189 p. . Item Price
NZ$8.30
Dr. Flewelling & The Hoose Library Life and Letters of a Man and an Institution
by Nethery, Wallace
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- Limited Edition
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- 1976
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- Hardcover; First Printing
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NZ$9.35
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Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California Press. NF/NONE. 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Fine; Inscribed by the author on the ffep to Hugh Tolford. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by Lillian Marx at the Plantin Press. Includes an address by Heinrich Gomperz on the part of the Gomperz Collection commonly called by that name.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Works of Ralph Green The Iron Hand Press in America - a History of the Platen Jobber - on Making a Printing Press
by Green, Ralph
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- 1981
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- 9780932606020
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Cincinnati, OH: Ye Olde Printery. 1981. 0932606024 . Near fine, very slight rub to bottom front board at corner; Lovely marbled paper covered boards with cloth binding. Includes The Iron Hand Press in America, A History of the Platen Jobber and On Making a Printing Press. Ralph Green was a noted printing historian and this collection represents… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shining Clarity: God and Man in the Works of Robinson Jeffers
by Beilke, Marlan
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780918466006
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NZ$212.49
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Amador City, CA: Quintessence Publications. 1977. Hardcover. 0918466008 . NF, in VG+ DJ, rear free endpaper with crease at lower corner; First edition of 900 copies, unnumbered. Very nice clean copy; Limited Edition; Blue cloth; Oblong 8vo; 299 p.; DJ . Item Price
NZ$212.49
Ryland Facsimilies ...pestilence...made by the Bisshop of Arusiens No. 3 a Litil Boke for the Pestilence
by Guppy, Henry, Pref. Note by
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- 1910
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Manchester, England: The University Press. 1910. Hardcover. VG, board edges and eps lightly tanned, spine edge tanned; Note indicates publications in the series intended to be ltd to 500 copies. Facimile reproduction of incunabula - Ryland; [Ltd]; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; No DJ . Item Price
NZ$37.35
Printer and Playground
by Simon, Oliver
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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NZ$24.90
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London, England: Faber and Faber. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, eps tanned from DJ offset VG DJ, price clipped, minor wear; Printed at the Curwen Press; First; Grey cloth; Tall 8vo; DJ . Item Price
NZ$24.90
The Seven Stairs
by Brent, Stuart
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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NZ$22.41
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. VG in a VG DJ that is price-clipped; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. Brent's first bookshop, The Seven Stairs, opened in Chicago in 1946.; Stated First; Tan cloth; 8vo; DJ; Signed by Author . Item Price
NZ$22.41
Ka Pa'I Palapala Early Printing in Hawaii
by Day, A. Grove & Loomis, Albertine
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Stapled Booklet
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Honolulu, HI: Printing Industries of Hawaii. 1973. First Edition. Stapled Booklet. Fine; Includes selected bibliography; First; Stapled Booklet; 8vo; No DJ . Item Price
NZ$22.41