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4 volumes: xcviii+487 pages with numerous facsimile title pages and index; 609 pages with facsimile title pages and index; 582 pages with facsimile title pages ad index; 402 pages with index. Quarto (12" x 8 1/2") rebound in brown cloth and black uniform labels in gilt lettering and original wrappers bound in. First edition limited to 300 copies.Includes over 4000 titles with many title pages and wood-cuts reproduced, arranged in chronological order. He goes into great detail about virtually every book. Introduction deals with the individual printers and printing houses.Jose Toribio Medina was born on October 21, 1852, in Santiago, Chile. His father was a judge, Jose of the Medina Pillar, and his mother, Mariana Zavala, was of Basque ancestry. When he was three years old, Medina's father was named judge of Talca. There Medina attended a private school called Santiago. In 1860 the family was transferred to Valparaiso, but just two years later Medina's father became a quadriplegic when he was only 33… Read More

London: C. Roworth, 1802. Hardcover. 12mo. Modern brown cloth rebind with burgundy leather spine label. 407pp. Very good. Modern binding of course fine and pristine; some age toning about the edges of the title page; original text block clean and quite handsome. First edition, tight and handsome. Ritson (1752-1803) was an eccentric but highly-regarded English antiquarian whose many collections of early texts includes such volumes as "A Select Collection of English Songs" (1783) and "Ancient Songs and Ballads from the Reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution" (1792), "Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant Relative to That Celebrated English Outlaw" (1795). This unique copy of "Bibliographia Poetica" belonged to the American poet, editor and essayist JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-91), with his signature and the year "1843" boldly penned in brown ink at the top of the title page. Lowell makes three interesting editorial comments in the margins. On page… Read More

chez J. Gay et fils à Genève,1868, in 8 (21 x 14), XIV + (5) + 120 pages. Illustration des 120 planches en noir d'après l'édition originale Imprimés en fac-similé, dessins de François Rabelais. Reliure demi chagrin rouge à coins, fers et titre dorés, ex-libris de Guy de Pourtalés. Tirage limité à 300 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande.Exemplaire numéro 37 sur papier de hollande.+++++++ Belle et RARE réédition à tirage limité de l'ouvrage publié en 1565 de François Rabelais, impression en fac-similé de l'œuvre originale avec une courte introduction et l'ensemble des 120 planches à sujets de grotesques et de monstres dans le goût de la Renaissance, l'ensemble étant attribué à la plume de François Rabelais - Reliure avec frottements, intérieur frais, Bon exemplaire..

Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. First edition. Two volumes, cloth bound in near fine condition, spine edges slightly bumped and half titles somewhat browned, but an extraordinarily clean and bright set.. Laid in is a slip stating 'With the Compliments of the Trustees and Family of the late Dr. James Young of Kelly'; xxi, 487 and 598 pages.

BERLIN, EINHORN PRESS, 1927. TALL QUARTO, LIMITED TO (500?) COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 31, INITIALED AND NUMBERED BY LECHTER, WHO WAS MUCH INFLUENCED BY WILLIAM MORRIS. THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE PRESS, BOUND IN FULL COBALT BLUE MOROCCO WITH FOUR DARK BLUE SQUARE INLAYS TO THE CORNERS, BORDERED WITH HEAVY GILT DESIGNS, ALL EDGES GAUFFERED AND GILT. 6 BLANK PAGES, 22 PAGES. THE FOUR PAGE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK, INITIALED BY LECHTER IS LOOSE (ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS ATTACHED TO THE BOOK - WAS IT PUBLISHED LOOSE?). THE LEATHER BLUE SPINE HAS FADED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. A RARE WORK.

Austin, University of Texas Press, 1974, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This is the Bible of Steinbeck bibliographies, it is a very scarce and collectible book in its own right, one of just 1,200 copies, frontispiece photo of Steinbeck, indispensable. Fine, especially scarce in this condition when both book and jacket are fine.

Risbury: The Whittington Press, 1995. quarter cloth, slipcase. Whittington Press. small 4to. quarter cloth, slipcase. (viii), 180, (2) pages. With a memoir by Susan Falkner, an introduction by Brocard Dewell, a preface by Michael Taylor, and an appendix by Adrian Cunningham. Limited to 400 numbered copies, of which this is one of 300 numbered copies bound in quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Fine in fine slipcase. With frontis and 23 additional illustrations throughout, including 12 letterpress facsimiles (some foldouts), 4 color-plates, and 3 photos. Saint Dominic's was founded in 1916 by H.D.C. Pepler and published a number of Eric Gill titles.

New York: The Lenox Club, 1917. First edition. Cloth bound in near very good condition; pages somewhat age toned and brittle; First six leaves have short tear at bottom near spine; Treaties title page has inch long tear new outer edge; Moisture stain to lower back cover, mildly affecting last few pages; Fore-edges untrimmed and mostly unopened.. Edition limited to 125 copies; 50 pages.

Kuala Lampur: S. Durai Raja Singam, 1984. First edition. Paperbacks in near very good condition; General wear to covers; Volume two outer corners bumped, affectinf text block at the head.. Two volumes; Limited to 200 copies; Introduction by A.K. Saran; "A comprehensive bibliography of all his publications from 1895 to 1981"; 9.5" x 6.5" paperbacks; Vol I: xlvi, 424 pages; Vol II: [viii], 565 pages;. The Introduction points out that this is titled A Bibliographic Record because the compiler recognizes that he is not a trained bibliographer and it is more "an expression of his utter devotion to Coomaraswamy..." Beyond its bibliographic details, it includes abundant annottation and quotations from works referenced.

Calgary: Privately Printed, 1993. First edition. Cloth bound in very good condition; Short tear to rear edge fold.. Signed and numbered limited edition of 150 copies; pp. lxxxii, 314, lxxxiii - cxxvi; Many black-and-white illustrations and 12 color photogaphs pasted in; Wrap around cloth binding with ribbon tie.

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1962. Second edition. Cloth bound in very good condition; Two small blemishes to rear cover; Glue residue of removed bookplate on front end paper.. xxxviii, 264 pages.

London: The Bodley Head, 1966 A Catalogue of the Collection made by Dorothy Glover and Graham Greene. Bibliographically arranged by Eric Osborne and introduced by John Carter.

London: The Bodley Head, 1966. Limited to 500 copies, this is copy no. 299. Signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter. Both Carter and Osborne were friends of Greene's and
Victorian book specialists at Sotheby's auction house.

Book is unclipped and fine. Clean and crisp.
Dustwrapper is near fine with slight sunning to the spine.

Scarce limited edition with the signatures of a well-known author and his friends.

Revista Bibliografica Cubana.coleccion Completa,1936-1937.numeros 1-4 director lorenzo rodriguez fuentes revista muy rara fue su director luis rodriguez fuentes,y conto con destacados redactores y colaboradores como dulce maria borrero de lujan,luis j botifoll,isaac cabrera,francisco de paula coronado,jose maria chacon y calvo,roque e garrigo,adrian del valle,carlos genova de zayas,felix lizaso,luis f del moral,joaquin navarro riera,[ducazcal],fermin peraza,celestino rodriguez fuentes,carlos m trelles,mario ugidos y julio villoldo

The Life of the Great Statesman William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Secretary of State in the Reign of King Edward the Sixth, and Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth - Authored and Published by Arthur Collins, London - Hardcover, Raised-Hubbed Leather Spine, Illustrated Frontispiece of "Lord Burghley" - 1732 First Edition Accented with gold gilt decorative spine, marbled page edges, antique bookplate with illustrated picture of bookshelves (perfect for bibliophiles), marbled end-pages and paste-downs. ---- Near Fine Antiquarian Condition. The book is clean, tight and secure binding, crisp inner pages with minimal page toning, unmarked, no writing, no stains, no ripped pages or tears, no edge chipping, no corner folds or creased pages, not ex-library. Light wear from use, storage and handling. Light rubbing to the outer spine and book edges. ---- Free USA Shipping ---- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief… Read More

Pepita, Sackville-West, Vita. Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1939. Signed, dated and inscribed by Vita Sackville-West to free endpaper. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 252pp. Bound in half purple leather over marbled boards, banded spine with gilt titles, top edge gilt. Printed by Oscar Brandstetter, Leipzig.Toning to endpapers and otherwise, contents are in fine condition. Binding is tight and square with rubbing to board edges, spine, tiny split head of spine. A rare copy, signed with a reference to Sissinghurst, Sackville-West's famed gardens. In making Sissinghurst, Vita Sackville-West created one of the finest and most famous gardens in England and placed herself among the great gardeners of the twentieth century.
Pepita relates the love affair of the author's grandfather Lord Sackville and her grandmother, Josefa de la Oliva, a Spanish dancer known as Pepita. The work is "a memorable evocation of her mother and grandmother in which she tried to come to terms with the most unsettling and… Read More