Search Results: Titles starting with J from Forest Books

Nottingham: Hemm, Oliver, & Co., 1831. First and only edition, large folio (565 x 420 mm), title page with list of subscribers, 8 calligraphic portraits, the faces of the portraits engraved in stipple, the remainder composed of calligraphic flourishes, a couple of minor closed tears to fore-edge of upper wrapper and title, orig. blue paper wrappers, calligraphic title label mounted on upper cover. The author was Master of the Ladies School, Caslegate, Nottingham, and the Writing-Master to the Free Grammar School, Nottingham. The plates are engraved by Goodwill & Lawson, Alexander & Co., and J. H. Whitman and comprising: George IV, King of Great Britain; His Most Gracious Majesty William the Fourth; His Royal Highness the Duke of York; His Royal Highness Edward, Duke of Kent; His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex; His Royal Highness Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge; His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.

J.W. Cappelens, Oslo. 1953. First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 96 plates, orig. half calf, rubbed.

London: The Scolar Press, 1976. 4to (290 x 200 mm), 8 page introduction followed by the facsimile which includes 23 large woodcut illustrations, one of 500 numbered copies, orig. hessian, leather label on spine. The 'Game of Chess' is an English version (first issued in 1474) of text written originally in Latin by Jacobus de Cessolis under the title of 'Liber de Ludo Scaccorum'. This second edition is one of the earliest books to be issued with woodcuts (the first edition has none).

[Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1958. 4to, 99-104pp., orig. printed wrappers. Presentation inscription, title in red ink on upper cover in Nixon's hand. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.

Verlag für Einbandkunst, Leipzig. 1927-31. First Edition, 4 vols in 3, 4to, xii,253,[1]; vii,[1],235,[1]; vii,[1],167,[1]pp., 214 plates, orig. boards, morocco label on spines, slightly rubbed otherwise a very nice set. One of the most comprehensive periodicals in the binding field, well edited with scholarly contributions on old bindings, their making, decoration, provenance, and with many stimulating contributions on modern binding, its construction and its aesthetic value by masters of the craft. Magnificently illustrated.

Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig. 1925. First Edition, 4to, 83,[1]pp., 76 collotype plates of bindings, the tools used and binder's tickets, 4 of them in colours, illustrs., in the text, orig. decorated cloth, lightly rubbed. An authoritative study of the activities of Jakob Krause, the famous Dresden 16th century bookbinder, his pupil Caspar Meuser, and the Augsburg form-cutter Thomas Kueckart as well as on Renaissance bookbinding in general. From the library of the bookbinding historian, Frank Broomhead.

Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. First Edition, 4to, 83, [1]pp., 76 collotype plates of bindings, the tools used and binder's tickets, 4 of them in colours, illustrs., in the text, orig. decorated cloth, hinges slightly torn, corners bumped. An authoritative study of the activities of Jakob Krause, the famous Dresden 16th century bookbinder, his pupil Caspar Meuser, and the Augsburg form-cutter Thomas Kueckart as well as on Renaissance bookbinding in general. From the library of Pierre Berès.

E. W. Classey Ltd, 1972. First Edition, 4to, xv, 478, [22]pp., maps, coloured frontis., 10 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w. a fine copy.

London: The National Trust, 1974. First edition, 4to, vol. 2 only, [5], 456-903, [1]pp., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), signs of labels having been removed, orig. cloth, d.w.

Scolar Press, 1980. First edition, large 8vo, xxvi, 414pp., coloured frontis., 170 plates of bindings, orig. cloth, d.w. This is the first detailed examination of the Scotts, it also gives detailed descriptions of all known Scott bindings.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition, 8vo, xxv, [1], 289, [3]pp., one of 875 numbered copies, frontis., 3 plates, numerous facsimiles of title pages, orig. boards, printed paper label, spine soiled, label removed from base of spine, uncut,

London: Studio Editions, 1993. Revised, updated and expanded edition, large thick 4to, 964pp., coloured and b/w illustrations throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. a very good copy.

[s.n.], 1798. 4to (285 x 226 mm), 32, 3, [1]pp., drop-head title, stitched as issued. Not recorded by ESTC.

London: E. Marlborough, 1907. Second edition, 184 + 28pp., of adverts, orig. red cloth lettered in black.

London: E. Marlborough & Co., Publishers, [c. 1910.]. First edition, text in English and Japanese in parallel columns, 4pp. of advertisements at end, 48, [4] pp., original printed cloth.

Tokio: Z. P. Maruya & Co., (Maruzen-kabushikikaisha), 1894. First edition, 8vo (184 x 124 mm), text in Japanese and English, [4], 58, [2] pp., bookplate, original limp cloth. The British Library copy only on COPAC.

London: E. Marlborough & Co., 1915. Second edition, 184 + 32pp., of publisher's adverts, orig. red cloth, spine faded.

Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1887. First edition, 4to, 8pp., 50 tissue guarded plates (mostly coloured), tissue partially stuck to final plates, original publishers brown gilt decorated cloth. Provenance: From the reference library of Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Co. Ltd. Clifton Junction near Manchester, with several of their neat ink stamps.

Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1963. 81-90pp., 5 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. [Offprint from the 'Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society', June, 1963].

1949. [215]-218pp., presentation inscription from the author to Pierre Berès, 1 plate, wrappers. From the library of Pierre Berès.