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Domesday Preserved

by Forde, Helen

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Edition
1st
Published
1986
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Softcover
ISBN
9780114402037
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London: HMSO. Fine copy. 1986. 1st. softcover. Tall 8vo, 56 pp. .
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The Practical Guide to Marbling Paper

by Chambers, Anne

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Edition
1st
Published
1986
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Softcover
ISBN
9780500274217
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New York: Thames & Hudson. Fine copy. 1986. 1st. softcover. Tall 8vo, 88 pp. .
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Early Editions: A Bibliographical Survey of the Works of Some Popular Modern Authors

by Slater, J.H.

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Edition
1st
Published
1894
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Hardcover
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Very good copy. 1894. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 339 pp., Limited to 50 numbered copies of the large paper edition, signed by the author. .
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The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

by Blanding, Michael

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Edition
1st
Published
2014
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781592408177
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New York: Gotham Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2014. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 300 pp., Signed by the author on the title page. .
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Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business

by Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern

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Edition
1st
Published
1974
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780839001300
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New York: Abner Schram. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 234 pp. .
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Glossary of the Book: Terms Used in Paper-Making, Printing, Bookbinding, and Publishing ...

by Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall

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Edition
1st
Published
1960
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Hardcover
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Cleveland: World Publishing Co.. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1960. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 484 pp., Dust jacket flaps have been pasted to the endpapers, else fine., Full title reads as follows: "Glossary of the Book: Terms Used in Paper- Making, Printing, Bookbinding, and Publishing. With Notes on Illuminated Manuscripts, Bibliophiles, Private Presses, and Printing Societies, Including… Read more about this item
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The Savoy: Nineties Experiment

by Weintraub, Stanley (editor)

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Edition
1st
Published
1966
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Hardcover
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University Park, PA: Penn State University Press. Very good copy. 1966. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to, 294 pp. .
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The Complete Book of Handcrafted Paper

by Kern, Marna Elyea

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Edition
1st
Published
1980
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780698109896
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New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1980. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 224 pp. .
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Pictures from a Medieval Bible

by Strachan, James

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Edition
2nd prt.
Published
1961
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Hardcover
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Boston: Beacon Press. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1961. 2nd prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 128 pp. .
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Bibliographical Essays: A Tribute to Wilberforce Eames

by Winship, George Parker et al.

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Edition
reprint
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Burt Franklin. Fine copy. 1968. reprint. hardcover. 8vo, 440 pp. .
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Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and their Shared Passion

by Rostenberg, Leona & Madeleine Stern

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Edition
Later prt.
Published
1997
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780385485142
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New York: Doubleday. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1997. Later prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 275 pp. .
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Printing and the Mind of Man: Catalogue of the Exhibitions at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963

by Various

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Edition
1st
Published
1963
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Softcover
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London: Messrs F.W. Bridges & Sons. Very good copy. 1963. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 187 pp.+plates, Really two catalogues in one: (1) Catalogue of a Display of Printing Mechanisms and Printed Materials Arranged to Illustrate the History of Western Civilization and the Means of the Multiplication of Literary Texts Since the Xv Century Amd (2) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Fine… Read more about this item
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Of the Just Shaping of Letters

by Dürer, Albrecht

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Edition
reprint
Published
1965
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Softcover
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New York: Dover Publications. Fine copy. 1965. reprint. softcover. 4to, 43 pp., Translated by R.T. Nichol from the Latin Text of the Edition of MDXXXV. .
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Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang: A Princely Manuscript from Sixteenth-Century Iran

by Simpson, Marianna Shreve with Massumeh Farhad

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Edition
1st
Published
1997
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780300068023
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Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art. Fine copy in fine dust jacket & slipcase. 1997. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 440 pp. .
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The Illustrated Book: Its Art and Craft

by Klemin, Diana

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Edition
1st
Published
1970
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Hardcover
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New York: Clarkson N. Potter. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1970. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 159 pp. .
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The Anatomy of Bibliomania

by Jackson, Holbrook

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Edition
1st
Published
1950
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Hardcover
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New York: Farrar Straus & Co.. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1950. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 668 pp. .
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The Golden Age: Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duke of Berry

by Thomas, Marcel

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Edition
1st
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780807609231
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New York: George Braziller. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 119 pp. .
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An Index to the Colophon, New Series; the Colophon, New Graphic Series; and the New Colophon

by KELLER, Dean H.

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Edition
1st
Published
1968
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Hardcover
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Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. Fine copy. 1968. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 139 pp. .
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Revolution in Print: The Press in France, 1775-1800

by Darnton, Robert & Daniel Roche (editors)

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Edition
2nd prt.
Published
1989
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780520064317
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Berkeley: University of California Pre. Nearly fine copy. 1989. 2nd prt.. softcover. Tall 8vo, 351 pp. .
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The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book

by Welch, Wendy

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Edition
1st
Published
2012
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781250010636
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2012. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 288 pp. .
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