Search Results: Titles starting with D from Forest Books

Glasguæ: Excudebant Andreas et Joannes M. Duncan, academiæ typographi ; impensis Ricardi Priestley, Londini, 1825. 2 Vols., royal 8vo, large paper copy, viii, [xiii]-clx, 419, [1, blank]; [2], 5-733, [1, blank]pp., without half-titles, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page to vol. I, Gosford book label on both front endpapers, inscribed on front endpaper in a small, neat hand "Acheson / Ch. Ch. 1826 - Large Paper / Bound by C. Lewis", old small circular stamp on title-pages, shelf label removed, faint foxing of titles but otherwise a bright and fresh, contemporary full dark blue morocco, gilt lettered spines, inside gilt borders, edges gilt, a handsome set. Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford (1806–64), MP for Co. Armagh from 1830 to 1847, formed, at Gosford Castle, "a large and extremely beautiful library which was sold by private contract in 1878 to the London bookseller James Toovey... the history, topography, natural history and the important… Read More

Birmingham: Printed at the Lithographic Press by W. Hawkes Smith,` [c. 1825.]. Folio (355 x 258 mm), 4pp., lithographed throughout, pictorial title, illustrations in the music and text, unbound as issued, strengthened at fold, a couple of small marginal repairs. JISC records 2 copies of this comic song.

London : "Diplomatic Review" Office, July, 1874. First edition, [3], 4-28pp., paper lightly browned, some minor chips to margins, disbound.

The Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, New York. 1947. First Edition, xiv, 141pp., 40 illustrs., orig. cloth.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First edition, 8vo, 704pp., orig. cloth, d.w. some light scuffing.

Dawsons of Pall Mall. (Reprint of the 1921 Edition) 1974. 15 Plates, orig. cloth. The bibliography is in two parts, one listing those books printed at Frome 1845-63, the other those printed at Oxford 1863-1919.

Udgivet af Bogbinderlauget i Kjøbenhavn. 1926. 4to, 273,[1]pp., numerous illustrs., orig. wrappers bound in, marbled endpapers, cont. blue morocco, gilt, a.e.g. a nice copy. A history of 400 years of Danish bookbinding with biographies of the more notable binders. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.

London: Vizetelly & Co. [c. 1890.]. First edition, large 8vo, xii, [2], 155, [5]pp., illustrs., orig. decorated cloth, a little worn to extremities.

[S.l., n.p. c. 1800]. Single sheet printed on one side only (190 x 112 mm), mounted on card, consisting of three verses sung to 'Poor Jack'.

Wien: Andreas Gassler, 1806. Folio (390 x 230 mm), 8 leaves of text, 10 engraved plates illustrating skeletons and human musculature (drawn and engraved by Jacob Merz), anatomical pencil sketches on verso of plates and other blank areas, repair to blank margin of one plate, some light scattered spotting, generally clean in original half calf, marbled paper boards. A German sculptor, Fisher (1740-1820), became professor of anatomy at the Academy of Graphic and Plastic Arts in Vienna. Aided and instructed by Joseph Barth, professor of anatomy and ophthalmology at Vienna, Fischer embarked on making an anatomic-myologic statue for the use of the graphic or plastic artists. In 1803 a life-size example and a smaller statuette were cast in soft metal. An unauthorised description of the statue was published by Baron von Sperges (the president of the Vienna academy). This, Fischer's own 'official' description, was published in 1790 and again in the present revised form. Wellcome III, 29;… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Second edition, 8vo, [2], xvi, 494 + 2pp., of adverts, with half-title, portrait frontispiece, one folding map, orig. publishers green cloth, worn.

Verein Für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin. 1933. First Edition, folio, 92pp., presentation inscription, 3 coloured plates, and 218 other reproductions in photogravure, orig. cloth, extremities slightly rubbed. The plates are numbered from 1 to 219, but plate 2 was never issued.

Verein Für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin. 1933. First Edition, folio, 92pp., 3 coloured plates, and 218 other reproductions in photogravure, orig. cloth, stained, head and tail of spine chipped. The plates are numbered from 1 to 219, with plate 2 never issued.

Buchbindermeisterverein Winterthur. 1982. First Edition, 174pp., 3 illustrs., orig. cloth.

Gerlach & Wiedling, Wien. [1915]. 4to, [viii],148pp., over 1300 illustrs., of bookbindings, title-pages, type specimens, woodcuts, etc., loose in orig. portfolio, lacks spine.

Nottingham: H. Field, 1880. First edition, 608pp., cont. half calf.

Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. 1905. 4to, [iv],xxiv,343, illustrs., throughout (some tinted in green and red), orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth-backed boards, leather label on spine, unopened, uncut.

Staatsdrukkerij 's-Gravenhage. 1976. First edition, 4to, 43 plates, xii,497,[2]pp., orig. cloth, gilt. Historical introduction, catalogue and reproductions of about 1200 rubbings of the tools. From the library of the bookbinding historian, Frank Broomhead.

Staatsdrukkerij 's-Gravenhage. 1976. First Edition, 4to, 43 plates, xii,497,[2]pp., orig. cloth. Historical introduction, catalogue and reproductions of about 1200 rubbings of the tools.

Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. 1932. 4to, xxiv,210pp., frontis., 14 plates, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).