Alcedo y Bexarano, Antonio de.

BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA CATALOGO DE LOS AUTORES QUE HAN ESCRITO DE LA AMERICA EN DIFERENTES IDIOMAS, Y NOTICA DE SU VIDA Y PATRIA, ANOS EN QUE VIVIERON, I ORBAS QE ESCRIBIERON, COMPUESTA POR EL MARISCAL DE CAMPO D. ANTONIO DE ALCEDO, GOBERNADOR DE LA PLAZA DE LA CORUNA.

2 volumes
n.p. N.P., (1964). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), viii, 437, (ii); (iv), 526, (iii) pages. 2 volumes. Introduction by Jorge A. Garces G. Volume XXXII of the publications Del Museo Municipal De Arte E Historia. Catalogue of authors writing about the Americas, compiled in 1807. Including more than one thousand authors and their works. Volume I covers authors A-L, Volume II authors M-Z, with various indices. Color title pages on both volumes. Darkening to spines..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA CATALOGO DE LOS AUTORES QUE HAN ESCRITO DE LA AMERICA EN DIFERENTES...

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(Bookbinding). Gibson, Strickland.

EARLY OXFORD BINDINGS.

(Oxford): Oxford University Press, 1903. 4to. original cloth-backed boards. (viii), 69 pages followed by 40 plates. First edition. (S-K 1960) A "contribution to the history of bookbinding at Oxford down to the period of the Civil War." This book is devoted to stamped and rolled bindings (to the exclusion of tooling). A chronological list of Oxford binders, ca 1180-1640, follows lists of rolled and stamped bindings. Also included is an extract from the Bodleian Day..... READ MORE about EARLY OXFORD BINDINGS

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71475

Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

First edition, third printing with corrections
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Books About Books Book of the Year Award winner, 2023 "From the get-go, two things are obvious: one, Reid Byers has done his research, and two, Reid Byers loves books and having books in the home... the book is never a dry read. Its contents are sliced and chunked so nicely..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

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Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister, Julia, Mary Roussou-Sinclair and Spyridon Tzounakas (editors).

TEXTUALISING THE EXPERIENCE - DIGITALISING THE TEXT: CYPRUS THROUGH TRAVEL LITERATURE (15TH-18TH CENTURIES).

Select papers of the 4th International Scientific Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation
Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2023. 24.5 x 17.5 cm. cloth. 255 pages. Select papers of the 4th International Scientific Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation. "... a more than welcome addition to the study of travel literature, especially in relation to the history and culture of Cyprus over the centuries. The whole package is enticing... and all the contributions are of high quality." - Konstantinos Chryssogelos, Scandinavian Journal of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vol..... READ MORE about TEXTUALISING THE EXPERIENCE - DIGITALISING THE TEXT: CYPRUS THROUGH TRAVEL LITERATURE (15TH-18TH...

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138376

(Cresset Press). Cox, Nicholas.

THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION, HUNTING.

Preface by E. D. Cuming.
London: The Cresset Press, 1928. 8vo. quarter vellum over paper boards. xxiv, 136 pages. Preface by E. D. Cuming. Limited to 650 numbered copies, this copy being unnumbered, and printed in Monotype Cochin. A fine copy. Reprint of the 1697 fourth enlarged edition (the original edition was 1674), cfGee p. 69. cfHigginson Smith p. 408. cfRobb p. 208. Illustrated with a large foldout frontispiece. Chapters on hunter's terms, dogs, coursing, hunting roe and red deer..... READ MORE about THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION, HUNTING

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137933

Isaac, Alan.

'MORRIS MARBLES': OXFORD'S PAPER MARBLER, EDWARD WEBSTER MORRIS (1842-1919).

Foreword by Sidney E. Berger 92 full-color images
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2023. 10 x 7 in. hardcover, sewn, dust jacket. 224 pages. Foreword by Sidney E. Berger 92 full-color images. When one sees a book covered in a particular paper, the question often arises: Who made that paper? This book helps us recognize certain kinds of marbled-paper decoration created by Edward Webster Morris (1842-1919), an Oxford printer. Morris was adept at the art of marbling, and, as Isaac shows, his..... READ MORE about 'MORRIS MARBLES': OXFORD'S PAPER MARBLER, EDWARD WEBSTER MORRIS (1842-1919

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138603

Johnston, Charles.

INCIDENTS ATTENDING THE CAPTURE, DETENTION, AND RANSOM.

Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Company, 1905. 8vo. Bound in pictorial red cloth with gilt, gilt title and author, top edge gilt. 156 pages. First edition thus limited to 267 numbered copies. Front right and back left tips have a small triangular damp stain which does not bleed to the textblock. Light rubbing to spine gutter. Light bumping to tips, head, and tail. Includes a map of Johnston's journey. Charles Johnston, an attorney in Botetourt County in..... READ MORE about INCIDENTS ATTENDING THE CAPTURE, DETENTION, AND RANSOM

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Klaproth, Martin Heinrich.

CHEMISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN DES URANITS, EINER NEUENDECKTEN METALLISCHEN SUBSTANZ.

Helmstadt and Leipzig, Germany: J. G. Müllerxchen Buchhandlung, 1789. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 385-553, (17) pages. Text in German. Crell's Chemische Annalen, February 11, 1789. This is the first printed announcement of the purported discovery of uranium. Although the verity of this discovery of uranium was later successfully challenged, this work retains importance of part of the process of the ultimately discovery of that element. Nonetheless, Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) did reduce by reduction..... READ MORE about CHEMISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN DES URANITS, EINER NEUENDECKTEN METALLISCHEN SUBSTANZ

Price: $1,200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132764

(Physics). Hess, Viktor F.

MITTEILUNEN AUS DEM INSTITUT FÜR RADIUM-FORSCHUNG: ÜBER DIREKTE MESSUNGEN DER ABSORPTION DER Y-STRAHLEN VON RADIUM C IN LUFT.

2 Volumes.
Wien (Vienna), Austria: Kaiserlich Königlicher Hof und Staatsdruckerei, 1911. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8; 9+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Text in German. A study of the absorption of Gamma rays of radium in the air. List of other works by the publisher on inside of covers. Covers slightly chipped at edges. READ MORE about MITTEILUNEN AUS DEM INSTITUT FÜR RADIUM-FORSCHUNG: ÜBER DIREKTE MESSUNGEN DER ABSORPTION DER...

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(Rogers, Bruce). Mansbridge, Georgia.

BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER.

New York: Stone House Press, 1997. small 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper-covered slipcase (same paper). xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. A fine copy in fine slipcase. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by G. Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a color photo of the author and Mr..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER

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Shores, Louis.

ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE LIBRARY, 1638-1800.

Boston: Gregg Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. xi, 290 pages. Reprint of the 1935 first edition. A fine copy of this uncommon title. A study of the rise, growth and administration of the college library during the Pre-Revolutionary Period, and an evaluation of its contribution to Colonial higher education. The libraries under consideration are primarily those which now form the Ivy League. Chapter subjects include a general history of Colonial higher education, Colonial college libraries, book..... READ MORE about ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE LIBRARY, 1638-1800

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(Village Press). McVickar, Henry Goelet.

VERSES.

New York, NY: Privately Printed (but the Village Press), 1911. 8vo. paper covered boards, paper spine label. 51, (1) pages. One of 54 unnumbered copies on a Golding Press by Fredric and Bertha Goudy at the Village Press. Inscribed by McVickar on the front free endpaper. Cary 67. READ MORE about VERSES

Price: $1,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135404

(Yale University). Richards, David Alan.

I GIVE THESE BOOKS: THE HISTORY OF YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 1656-2022.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2022. 7 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 360 pages. "The book is thoroughly researched, making available a wealth of new information, and is well produced and illustrated... both Yale Libraries and the author are to be congratulated on the provision within a single volume of a history extending over 366 years of one of America's finest libraries." - Stephen Clarke, The Book Collector, Volume 72 No. 4 "The..... READ MORE about I GIVE THESE BOOKS: THE HISTORY OF YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 1656-2022

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134767