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Offenbach: Sowula & Sowula, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy. Small 8vo. Paper-bound. Pp. 32. Illustrated. Checklist. Inscribed by the author. One of a series: Bibliotheca Typographica.

Lyon: L'Aventurine, 2005. Paper-bound. Paperback. Fine copy. Pp. 280. With a CD-Rom for PC/Mac hgaving all the illustrations in high-resolution .tiff format. Index. Foreword in English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.

Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. lvi, 246, (ii). Frontispiece portrait. Illustrated. Appendices. Index. Foreword by The seventh Earl of Portarlington [son of Lord Carlow]. Inscribed and dated by Paul W. Nash. This is an extensive bibliography of the publications from the Corvinus Press which was founded in 1936 by the Viscount… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Remainder mark on top edge, else fine/fine. 8vo. Two-tone boards. Pp. (x), 580. Illustrated: (16) pp. of plates. Bibliography. Index

New York: Truman Talley Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. (xiv), 498. Sources. Index. This covers the years from 1946 to the early 1980s which the author believes was "the golden age of book publishing".

London: The British Library, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. Small 4to. Boards, Pp. 176. Illustrated. Timeline, Bibliography. Index.

New York: AIGA National Design Center, 2002. First edition. Paper-bound. Fine copy/fine. Paper-bound, with flush dust-wrapper. About 12 x 7 inches. Pp. 508, (iv). Illustrated. Index. Ribbon marker. Published by Richard Grefé. Edited by Alice Twemlow.

Pinner: Private Libraries Association. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy. A collection of 19 issues, including the years 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981-1984, 1985-1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991. 8vo. Wrappers. 22.2 x 14 cm. Edited by Roderick Cave, David Chambers, Peter Hoy et. al.

Honey Brook: Quaker City Type Foundry, n.d.. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy. Small 4to. Catalogue: 24 pp. stapled into paper wrappers. With several additional lists laid in.

Wyboston: Russell Bookcrafts, n.d.. Paperback. Fine copy. Large 8vo. Catalogue: 20 pp. stapled into stiff paper wrappers. Illustrated. An illustrated catalogue of bookbinder's equipment and supplies

Bartley: Horsfall & Sons, n.d. [c. 1990s]. Paperback. Fine copy. Small 4to. Catalogue: 48 pp. stapled into paper wrappers. Illustrated. A catalogue of lead type for letterpress printers.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1972. Fifth edition, revised. Hardcover. Bookplate pasted to first free end-paper; some foxing; else near fine copy/several small tears repaired with tape. 8v0. Cloth. Pp. 212. A very useful reference for book collectors, with definitions of such things as fore-edge paintings, hard-grain morocco, india paper, and tree calf.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. x, 246.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Back-strip faded; edges foxed; else very good copy. 8vo. Red cloth. Pp. (x), 330. Frontispiece portrait by Dame Laura Knight. Includes 8 pp. of photocopied expurgations in the author's hand. Also laid in is a 12-page Davis & Orioli booksellers' catalogue of first editions, undated but probably from the late… Read more about this item

Henley-on-Thames: Aidan Ellis, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. Small 4to. Boards. Pp. 176. Illus. Index. This is a well-illustrated history of one of the world's finest libraries, the Bodleian at Oxford.

[New York]: Privately Printed (Charles Scribner's Sons), 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy/slightly darkened. 8vo. Red buckram. Pp. viii, 384. Frontispiece portrait. Index.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine copy. 8vo. Boards. Pp xii, 144, (iv.) Illustrated. Index. Issued without a dust-jacket. This was originally published in England in 1989 It was the result of a conference, under the auspices of Birkbeck College, University of London, on aspects of the book trade In this case seven papers were… Read more about this item

Banholt: In De Bonnefant, 1989. First edition. Wrappers. Fine copy. 8 pages sewn booklet with flush paper covers. A list of the works from this press. Text in Dutch.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. 222, (ii). Illustrated: (24) pp. plates. Fold-out table. Index. Edited by Nicolas Barker. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. Just before his death in 1967 the noted English typographic historian, Stanley Morison, was working on a study of calligraphy in 16th Century Italy.… Read more about this item

Hunton Bridge: Kit-Kat Press, 1969. Limited private press edition. First edition. Wrappers. Fine copy. 8 unnumbered leaves sewn into card covers. 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Limited to about 140 copies. Kenneth Hardacre, as President of the British Printing Society, gave this talk at the opening, on 3 September 1969, of an exhibition organized by Paul… Read more about this item