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Santa Fe, NM: Maxwell Spencer/Vinegar Tom Press, 1991. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, copy marked 'Out of Series' from a limited series of 26; 12mo, red cloth, no dj as issued; SIGNED by author/publisher Maxwell on colophon and by book designer and master bookbinder Mina Yamashita on copyright page; vg+ (shelfwear; spine toned).

Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1786. First edition. 18th-century mottled sheep decorated in gilt with morocco lettering pieces, edges stained red. Sizes not uniform; some dampstaining, mainly to the edges of the first and last two dozen leaves in volume 1 and the top edge in volume 2, minor worming in blank margins, 19th-century institutional stamp on first text page in each volume; unidentified branded ownership mark on top edges, otherwise leaves quite bright.. [34], 668, [168]; [10], 748, [1] pp., including half-titles and final errata leaf in Volume 2. Folio. Tomo 1. La noticia de los escritores rabinos españoles desde la epoca conocida de su literatura hasta el presente; Tomo 2. La noticia de los escritores gentiles españoles, y la de los christianos hasta fines del siglo XIII de la iglesia. An important work by Rodriguez de Castro (1739-1799) which contains much material usually not found elsewhere. Volume 1 covers Iberian Rabbinic authors writing in Spanish, Hebrew, or any other… Read More

Wright Books. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Mint condition. Wright Books, 1998. Very Rare First Edition. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the back cover)with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the Dj cover), both in mint condition.The book includes an extra clear Dj cover(small tear, nick and scratches on the edges of the extra Dj cover) over the original Dj cover with black border and the worlds Official Status, December 1944-Never To Be Released.Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps.Very rare and collectable book.196pp including index.Price un-clipped.

Wright Books. Limited Print First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Mint condition. Wright Books, 1993. Limited Print First Edition. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edge of the back cover)with Dj(some nicks, two small creases, and scratch on the Dj cover), both in mint condition. The Glenn Miller Burial File includes many illustrations and documents from Miller's 201 Personal File never previously released. The book contains 82 b/w illustrations and maps. The book is new.A very rare and collectable book.236pp including index. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Book description: On Friday December 15th 1944, three men waited on a misty Bedfordshire Airfield for the C-64 Norseman single-engined plane which would take two of them to Paris. Flown by Flight Officer John Morgan, it came down through low cloud and driving rain, took on board band-leader Major Glenn Miller and a USAAF Staff Officer, lt. Col. Norman F Baessell. Minutes late, the tiny plane… Read More

London: C. Roworth, 1802. Hardcover. 12mo. Modern brown cloth rebind with burgundy leather spine label. 407pp. Very good. Modern binding of course fine and pristine; some age toning about the edges of the title page; original text block clean and quite handsome. First edition, tight and handsome. Ritson (1752-1803) was an eccentric but highly-regarded English antiquarian whose many collections of early texts includes such volumes as "A Select Collection of English Songs" (1783) and "Ancient Songs and Ballads from the Reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution" (1792), "Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant Relative to That Celebrated English Outlaw" (1795). This unique copy of "Bibliographia Poetica" belonged to the American poet, editor and essayist JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-91), with his signature and the year "1843" boldly penned in brown ink at the top of the title page. Lowell makes three interesting editorial comments in the margins. On page… Read More

Basel, Switzerland:: Studio for Design,, 2011.. Edition of 180. 9.125 x 11.75"; 98 pages. Offset, inkjet, and letterpress. Seven colours. Bound in paper covered boards. End pastedown with corner pocket containing 13 x 8.5" folded sheet of typography examples. Text in German and English. An in-depth look at the second phase of the printer/artist's work. Originally Hänni produced a catalog of his work spanning 1984 to 1991. In 2011 he issued this catalog about his work from 1992 to 2010. Note: 27 Jahre Bleisatz Handpressen büchlein 1984-2010 contains both catalogs and spans Hänni's career to 2010. Lukas Hartmann, editor Swiss Typographic Magazine, introduction Marvels of visual poetry: "Anyone accusing Romano Hänni of being a hot type nostalgic has misunderstood most of his work - or has never held and read one of his handprinted books. These books are little marvels full of visual poetry. The technical effort behind them can only be divined by… Read More

London: Mathews & Marrot, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Edges and end-papers foxed, else very good copy/very good. Hand-colored cartoon (as frontispiece) by Max Beerbohm. 8vo. Green cloth. Pp. xiv, 276. Frontispiece portrait. Facsimiles. Index. Hand-colored cartoon (as frontispiece) by Max Beerbohm.

Garland Publishing, New York, 1988. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Near Fine hardback in no dust jacket (as issued?). xix, 432 pages; 23 cm. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, vol. 839. Green cloth over boards with bright gilt title on front cover and spine. The contents include "Research on Chaucer and the Bible: A Critical Review" (pp. 15-37), "Index I: Chaucer's Biblical Allusions--An Annotated List" (pp. 55-304) and "Index II: Scriptural References" (pp. 305-388), as well as a Bibliography (pp. 389-432). Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 432 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked, in "as new" condition. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's book-plate on inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1980s; ISBN: 0824063406. ISBN/EAN: 9780824063405.… Read More

PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979. FINE condition. HARDCOVER. 1979. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in navy cloth with gilt titles. As new, square and tight, UNREAD, issued without dust jacket. First COMPLETE descriptive outline of Hammett's prodigious literary career. Illustrated throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued.

United Kingdom: Mayfield Books, 1996. Previous owners name impressed to top of title page. 272 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Guillaume-François De Bure le Jeune, Libraire, 1768. leather_bound. Gut. XXIII, 631 Seiten. Ganzleder der Zeit mit reicher Goldprägung auf dem Rücken, dreiseitigem Rotschnitt und marmorierten Vorsätzen. Oktav, 20,5 cm (geringe Wurmspuren im Einband, leicht bestoßen, innen ganz frisch, gut erhalten). Band 1 der dreibändigen Reihe zur Geschichte (insgesamt 7 Bände) in einem dekorativen und luxuriösen Einband, gedruckt in der Imprimerie de Didot, rue Pavée. "Guillaume-François Debure (auch: de Bure; geb. 23. Februar 1732 in Paris; gest. 15. Juli 1782 ebenda) war ein französischer Buchhändler und Bibliograph. Bereits sein Großvater und sein Vater waren Buchhändler gewesen. (...) Nach langer Vorbereitung erschien sein systematisch geordnetes und bequem für Recherchezwecke eingerichtetes Hauptwerk 'Bibliographie instructive, ou traité de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers' (7 Bde.,… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1932. First Edition . Original Blue Cloth. Very Good. 4to. . Spines with truly minimally sunnied. Edges with some foxing. Fly-leaves and few pages with minimal faint foxing, otherwise a very good and fresh copy of this RARE ITEM

Octavo (9 X 6 inches) Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1953. First Edition. 686 pages arranged by date (the earliest entry is dated 1491, and refers to a work by Plutarch), Author Index, Journal Index, hardcover, very good condition, original green cloth binding.

From the Introduction: "This volume consists of a chronologically arranged bibliography of world literature on meteorites and related subjects." "In this volume an attempt has been made to incorporate contributions to the science of meteorites dating from antiquity to recent times."

New York: Joseph Sabin, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Three quarter leather. Very good +. A very good plus first edition, small paper copy. One of 525 copies issued. These are the works published in Sabin's lifetime. Signed by Joseph Sabin with original signed receipt from Sabin. Mixed set: small paper copy and stiff wraps on vol 20, all bound into three quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt accents. Bound by The University of Chicago Press. Moderate wear to crown, foot, and corners on various volumes. Top edge gilt. One volume has bent pages from poor shipping practice (book edges pressed into one another). Marbled endpapers. On laid paper.Text is clean and bright. Vols. 1-19, "Edition, 525 copies, 8vo ... and 110 copies on large paper."Publication was suspended from 1892 to 1927, when it was resumed with the parts numbered continuously with the last issued in 1892 (Suspended with pt. CXV/CXVI (v. 20, pt. 1/2) 1892; )This set shipped at actual cost.

Quarter white vegetable parchment with blue cloth covered boards, gold stamped lettering on spines. xviii,600; iv,601-1096,lxviii pages. The Holland Press reprint of the renowned Fairfax Murray catalogue. The original was limited to 100 copies. This edition is considered the best of several reprints. Profusely illustrated. Quality of reproduction is very high. Books are very good plus, with some wear to the corners of the volumes.