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Holloway, Owen . FRENCH ROCOCCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION
NY 1969 TransAtlantic Arts. 8vo., 115pp., 283 monochrome illustrations, hardcover. VG plus, 3 tiny spots on titlepage o/w near Fine, in VG DJ, light wear. (a10887)
$20.00 Kolb, Albert . BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES FRANZOSISCHEN BUCHES IM 16. JAHRHUNDERT DRUCK ILLUSTRATION EINBAND PAPIERGESCHICHTE
Wiesbaden 1971 Harrassowitz. Sm.4to., 133pp., wraps. VG, minor cover wear. (a17471)
$25.00 Turner, Michael L. . ANDREW WILSON: LORD STANHOPE'S STEREOTYPE PRINTER
London 1974. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 9 at pp. 22-65, illustrated. Whole issue containing 2 other articles. 8vo., wraps. Fine. (a25434)
$26.00 Brusch, Caspar (1518-1557) . MONASTERIORUM GERMANIAE PRAECIPUORUM AC MAXIME ILLUSTRIUM : CENTURIA PRIMA. IN QUA ORIGINES ANNALES AC CELEBRIORA CUJUS MONUMENTA, BONA FIDE RECENSENTUR
1551 Ingolstadii apud Alexandrum & Samuelem Wissenhorn Fratres. Folio, 191 (numbered) plus 10 (unnumbered) leaves, halfpage engraving on colophon. Curiously, one of the final 10 leaves is in neat contemporary ink handwriting instead of printing. The manuscript leaf is a bit heavier stock, but similar in age and color, in comparison to the printed leaves. Fully stamped vellum cover, lacking original ties. A few contemporary ink notes on title page. Good, some cover wear, spine very dark brown, spine label chipped and barely legible, corners somewhat worn, some water spots or other spotting in text, a few page corners folded down, two tiny wormholes in first 25 leaves. Brunet 21705- 'Edition devenue rare' (a42537)
$1800.00 (printing) . THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY INDEX NOS. 1 TO 10
London 1975. The Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Index Nos. 1 to 10. 8vo., 40pp., wraps. Fine. (a42604)
$25.00 (printing) . THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY NO. 13
London 1979. The Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illustrations, wraps. Fine. (a42605a)
$25.00 Comparato, Frank E. . 'OLD THUNDERER'S' AMERICAN LIGHTNING
London 1979. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79 at pp. 27-63. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illus., wraps. Fine. (a42605b)
$30.00 Skinglsey, T.A. . TECHNICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE ENGLISH PRINTING INDUSTRY
London 1979. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79 at pp. 1-26. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illus., wraps. Fine. (a42605c)
$30.00 Sutton, Norma S. . ARISE FOR IT IS DAY: THE JOHN DAY IMPRINTS AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION 1545-1559
1993. Article in the Journal of Religious and Theological Information, Vol. 1 No. 1 at pp. 29-58. Whole issue of this journal with several articles. 8vo., wraps. Fine. (a48672)
$29.00 Pipping, Fredr. Wilh. . NAGRA HISTORISKA UNDERR�TTELSER OM BOKTRYCKERIET I FINLAND SJUNDE STYCKET
Helsingfor 1867. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae tomus VIII. In Swedish. 4to., 189pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a57645)
$35.00 Long, Hon. Henry G. . SOME EARLY PRINTERS
Lancaster 1899. In Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, at pp. 203 - 212. Two other articles in same issue. Octavo, original grey wraps. Blind stamp on title page. Good, wraps a bit chipped and worn. (a61912c)
$45.00 Pasquier, Estienne . LES LETTRES D'ESTIENNE PASQUIER CONSEILLER ET ADVOCAT GENERAL DU ROY EN LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DE PARIS
Avignon 1590 Iaques Bramerleau. In French. 16mo.(12.5 x 9 cm) , (22), 439 leaves (878pp.), (60), later professional rebinding in 1/2 leather and marbled boards. Two owner signatures on title page. VG, cover rubbed. (a64564)
$650.00 Rasmus, Berg . BIANCO LUNOS BOGTRYKKERI GENNEM HUNDREDE AAR
K�benhavn 1931 1st Bianco Lunos. History of Danish printing company. In Danish. Hardcover. 4to., 100pp., original green cloth with gilt line decoration on both front and rear. VG. Attractive book. (a71898)
$45.00 Gent, Thomas . THE LIFE OF MR. THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, OF YORK WRITTEN BY HIMSELF 1832
1974 Garland Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 208pp., grey cloth. Fine. (a75285)
$45.00 Hus, Richard E. . THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTERS' MECHANICAL TYPESETTING METHODS 1822-1925
Charlottesville 1973 1st University press of Virginia. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 307pp., illustrations, cloth. Library name stamp on top fore-edge, numbers on title page and initials on end papers, residue of label at heel of spine. Library label on end paper (label partly removed.) Good plus. no dj. (a80106)
$27.00 McKerrow, R. B. . EDWARD ALLDE AS A TYPICAL TRADE PRINTER
1929. Elizabethan printer. Octavo, pp. 121-162, 27 illustrations on printer's logos and marks, removed from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a83041)
$45.00 Hobson, G. D. . ON A GROUP OF BINDINGS WITH PAINTED PLAQUETTES
1924. Octavo, pp. 47-48, 8 full page photo plates on heavy stock. Removed from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a83046)
$45.00 Cowley, John D. . THE ABRIDGEMENTS OF THE STATUTES 1481? - 1551
1931. Octavo, pp. 125-173, 9 facsimiles, removed from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a83048)
$29.00 Kronenberg, M. E. . NOTES ON ENGLISH PRINTING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES (EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY)
1928 Single article at pp. 139-163 in one complete issue of Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Other articles in issue as well. Good, some cover wear. wraps. (a83103b)
$25.00 Roberts, R J . THE GREEK PRESS AT CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1627 AND ITS ANECEDENTS
1967. One article at pp. 13-43 in single complete issue of The Library. Several additional articles on other topics in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Good plus, slight wear. (a83976)
$30.00 (printing) . THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY NO. 9 1973/4
London 1974. The Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 9, 1973/74. Whole issue has several articles. Octavo, 95p., illustrations, original wraps. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a85382)
$33.00 Hoffmann, Friedrich Lorenz . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS ON THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN ITALY
Chicago 1941. Nommittee on Invention of Printing. Hoffmann's list was Compiled in 1852. Contributions to the Bibliography of Printing no 7. 4to., 29 leaves on rectos only, cardboard reinforced wraps. Ex-university reference liabrary. Near Good. (a85483)
$35.00 Hoffman, Friedrich Lorenz (compiler) . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN SWITZERLAND COMPILED IN 1852 BY FRIEDRICH LORENZ HOFFMANN - CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING NO 5
Chicago 1941 Committee on Invention of Printing. Work Projects Administration Official Project. In German. 4to., 13 leaves printed on rectos only, rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a85506)
$29.00 Hoffman, Friedrich Lorenz (compiler) . CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN HOLLAND AND BELGIUM COMPILED IN 1856 - 1858 BY FRIEDRICH LORENZ HOFFMANN - CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING NO 4
Chicago 1941 Committee on Invention of Printing. Work Projects Administration Official Project. In German. 4to., 119 leaves printed on rectos only, cardboard reinforced cover. Ex-university reference library. Good. wraps (a85507)
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