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London: Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, 1966. Bound in grey stapled wraps. Moisture staining bottom of front cover and at the bottom of the glossy plates. History of water paper mills in England. 20 pages plus 8 plates, one being a map of the distribution of paper mills in England and Wales in 1800. … Read more about this item

Toronto: Subway Books, 1997. Faint stains to rear cover. One of the trade edition, 950 copies printed. 93 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Hamilton, ON: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1982. Library bookplate inside front cover and call numbers, in pencil, inside rear cover. There are no other library markings and the book is basically clean and tightly bound. Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. 40 pages with colour and B&W photo reproductions of the bindings in… Read more about this item

Seattle: Books Arts Guild and Society for Calligraphy & Handwriting Poster advertising this book arts faire at the Museum of History and Industry, Seattle. Printed in red (faux marbling) and black (text in calligraphy). First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine Plus..

Seattle: Book Club of Washington Vol. 1, no. 2 (Winter 2000); vol. 2, no. 1; vol. 2, no. 2; vol. 3, no. 1; vol. 3, no. 2; vol. 4, no. 2; & vol. 5, no. 1 (Summer 2004). Pages vary from 16 to 28.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine or Better..

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1996. Bound in printed wraps; unpaginated, but 3/16" thick; a few B&W illustrations of items to be auctioned. 550 items, the first 231 (Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Travel & Maritime) are from the Dillon library. List of prices realized laid-in.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1997. Bound in printed wraps; unpaginated; a few B&W illustrations of items to be auctioned. 411 items.. First Edition. Stapled in Wraps. Fine..

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1997. Bound in printed wraps; unpaginated; a few B&W illustrations of items to be auctioned. 534 items.. First Edition. Stapled in Wraps. Fine..

Washington, DC: Joshua Heller Rare Books, 1999. Full size, 8 1/2" x 11", 40 pages plus 4 pages of index. Catalogue of author, imprint, and subject bibliographies, book collecting, book illustration, bookbinding, books in society, bookselling, calligraphy, censorship, copyright, editing, library history, manuscript illumination, papermaking, printing history, publishing, and typography. 817 items. Customer mailing label, and postage… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1996. Bound in wraps with colour illustration; unpaginated, but 3/8" thick; B&W and some colour illustrations of items to be auctioned. 330 items. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Washington, DC: Joshua Heller Rare Books, 1998. Full size, 8 1/2" x 11", 40 pages. Catalogue of printing history, printing technology, type specimens, and typography - with additional titles on bibliography, book collecting, book illustration, bookbinding, books in society, bookselling, calligraphy, censorship, copyright, editing, forgery, ink, library history, the manuscript book, papermaking, prints, and publishing. 672 items. … Read more about this item

Seattle: John L. Polley, 1981. Bookseller catalogue; 14 pages of listings.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine Plus..

Seattle: John Polley Books, 1980. Rusting of staples on the inside. Bookseller catalogue; 10 pages of listings.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine Plus..

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. Quarter bound in purple cloth and orange paper over boards, with design on upper board and gilt lettering on spine; dust jacket is plain glassine which is tanned and has edge wear. With a foreword by Edward Craig and an essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general. 90 pages. … Read more about this item

Calgary: Fair Press, 1997. Digest sized. Partial price sticker top of front cover; otherwise externally and internally clean and unmarked. 96 pages.. First Edition. Xerlox Bound. Near Fine Plus..

Victoria: Library Development Commission, 1969. Spine slightly faded. Author's chronicle as Superintendent of Public Library Commission of peddling public library services in British Columbia. 93 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Gabriola, BC: Reflections, 1996. A book lover's guide and miscellany; 92 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1997. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. Three very faint moisture circles on upper board and one on the rear board; internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Sale 146, Thursday, October 30, 1997, consisting of 751 items. Laid-in is funeral program for Louis… Read more about this item

Walla Walla, WA: Northwest Archives, Whitman College, 1981. Glossy covers letterpress printed in red and black; 27 pages. 250 copies printed (this is copy no. 175) in the workshop of Glen Adams' Ye Galleon Press of Fairfield, WA.. First Edition. Booklet. Fine..

Toronto: Cormorant, 2010. 356 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.