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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. viii, [2], 382. several text illus. biblio. index. cloth. dw. Fine copy. Signed Presentation copy with accompanying 1-page 4to. ALS to American-Canadian social & cultural historian Natalie Zemon Davis, who was first reader of Freedman’s PHD dissertation at Princeton University. dola2783

np: the Author, 1961. Charles Matlack Price moved to New York City after graduating from Harvard and worked in a number of publishing houses and advertising agencies. He soon established himself as an authority on American visual design, particularly the art of the poster, which was the subject of his first book in 1911. He would go on… Read more about this item

London, Paris & New York: “The Studio Ltd.”, 1914. First Edition. folio. pp. v, [1], 34. 24 mounted colour plates with tissue guards. original cloth , top edge gilt. dola2728

[Frankfurt am Main]: Insel, [1988]. First Edition. 4to. pp. xxxvii, [1], 281. profusely illus. in colour. bds. Very good copy. dola2737

[Gwangju, Republic of Korea: MOWCAP, Asia Culture Institute, 2018]. First Edition. 8vo. 109. profusely illus. (some colour). bds. dw. Fine copy. dola2488

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1739-44 & 1739-53. First Editions, a complete set of all that was published of this great cataloguing project of the French Royal Library. The project was begun under the direction of French scholar and member of the Académie Française, the abbé Jean-Paul Bignon [1662-1743], who was appointed Royal Librarian in 1718. The catalogue of manuscripts,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1998. First Edition. 4to pp. xxvi, 244. illus. biblio. cloth. dw. (2 small abrasions to lower front dw. else very good). dola2425

Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd., 2000. First Edition, Paperback Issue (1000 copies printed). folio. pp. 1 p.l., 127, [1 leaf]. profusely illus. in colour. biblio. index wrs. dola2354

[Munich]: Privately Printed [for the Author by the Bremer Press], 1933. First Edition, Limited to 155 numbered and signed copies on Zanders hand-made paper, the phototypes printed by J.B.Obernetter, 5 landscapes hand-coloured by Annette von Eckardt, this being No. 57, inscribed by Field. The catalogue of Field’s collection comprises published works, Leariana, diaries, original drawings and watercolours, and… Read more about this item

Princeton, N.J.: 1912. ‘Trial Edition’. 8vo. ff. [9], 114. cloth-backed bds. ownership entry of American economist, banker & U.S. Aide Walter Lichtenstein [1880-1964], who was head librarian at Northwestern University from 1908-1918. dola2240

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, [2003]. First Edition. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition. 4to.pp. xv, [1], 575. text in double columns. profusely illus. (most colour). biblio. index. wrs. Fine copy. dola2141

London: 1980. 8vo. pp. 175, [4]. illus. throughout in colour. bds. Fine copy. dola2068

[cNew York: 1906]. Canadian issue, with front cover also naming the Toronto Type Foundry Co. Limited. 8vo. pp. xvi, 920 [but with some numbers duplicated & others omitted]. tipped-in errata slip. text illus. (some in colour). index. pictorial cloth (bit rubbed, corner of pp. 125-26 wanting with some loss of text). dola1008

New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1932. First American Edition. 12mo. pp. 39. wrs. (staining to front wr.). dola965

Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 1994. First Edition. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition. 4to. pp. viii, 168. profusely illus. (many colour). biblio. wrs

[Heidelberg: Edition Braus, 1988]. 4to. pp. xii, 688. profusely illus. (incl. numerous double-sided colour plates, incl. in pagination). bds

[Washington:] Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, [2006]. First Edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. 4to. pp. 3 p.l., 360. profusely illus. (many colour). biblio. index. cloth. dw

Glasgow: Printed for the Faculty of Procurators by Robert Maclehose & Co., Ltd., 1909. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiii, [1]errata, 261. quarter chagrin (joints rubbed). Presentation bookplate to Carswell Co., Toronto, from the Library Committee of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow

Toronto: the Garden City Press Co-Operative, 1947. Signed by the Author, First Edition Limited to 1,000 Copies. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 712. b/w illus. & 2 fold-out maps. index. cloth

Paris: Les Editions G. Cres Et Cie, 1925. 8vo. pp. xxxii, 192, with loosely inserted errata. numerous b/w illus. wrs (ex-lib, surface tear on front wrapper, spine repaired with cello-tape, front hinge broken & crease in rear wrapper)