EVANS, Charles. American Bibliography Volume Two: 1730-1750. Illustrated with Forty-Two Original Leaves with an Introduction by William S. Reese. New Haven: William Reese Company, 2008. [12],xv,[1],448pp. With a total of forty-two original leaves from 18th-century American books bound in on stubs. Quarto. Half red morocco and grey cloth, spine stamped.....
CHURCH, Elijah Dwight. A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Discovery and Early History of North and South America Forming A Part of the Library of E.D. Church. Compiled and Annotated by George Watson Cole. New York: Dodd, Mead anc Company, 1907. 4to. 1st ed. 5 Vols. Illustrated with facsimiles.....
SABIN, Joseph, et al. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from its Discovery to the Present Time. Twenty-nine volumes. Bound in later cloth. New York: Joseph Sabin, 1868-1936. First editions. Volumes 1-19 limited to 525 copies. Near fine. This essential reference work was "begun by Joseph Sabin, continued by.....
REDE, Leman Thomas. Bibliotheca Americana; or, a Chronological Catalogue of the Most Curious and Interesting Books, Pamphlets, State Papers &c. Upon the Subject of North and South America, from the Earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript...With an Introductory Discourse on the Present State of Literature in Those.....
COLOPHON. A Book Collectors Quarterly. Parts 1-20(1930-35); The Colophon New Series, 12 Numbers (1935-38); The Annual of Bookmaking (1938); The Colophon New Graphic Series, Four Numbers (1939-40); and The New Colophon, Nine Parts (1948-50). 46 vols. 4to or 8vo. Cloth or boards. New York, 1930-50. A complete set, all published.....
PERKINS, Frederic B. Scrope; or, the Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford. Orig. brick red cloth. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. Wright II: 1873. First edition. Considered the first American bibliomystery. Deals with the world of antiquarian books, bookselling, and book auctions. Many scenes are set in Gowan's.....
STREETER, Thomas W. Bibliography of Texas 1795-1845.... Cambridge [Ma]. 1955. Five volumes. Quarto. Cloth. A very good set. In torn dust wrappers. The original printing of Streeter's landmark bibliography, with excellent annotations. Covers Texas imprints from 1817 to 1845, Mexican imprints relating to Texas from 1803 to 1845, and United.....
WHEAT, Carl I. The Maps of California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade. Original cloth, printed paper spine label. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1942. Folio. First edition. One of 300 copies. 26 folding maps. HOWES W-312, "b." The definitive scholarly study of the maps of the.....
(ROXBURGHE). A Catalogue of the Library of the Late John Duke of Roxburghe, Arranged by G. and W. Nichol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall; Which Will Be Sold by Auction, at His Grace's Late Residence in St. James's Square, on Monday, 18th May, 1812, and the Forty-one Following Days, Sundays.....
ARCTIC INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA. Arctic Bibliography. Prepared for and in Cooperation with the Department of Defense. Three volumes. Folding map. Orig. cloth. Washington: Department of Defense, 1953. First edition. A very good set.
[BENNETT, Paul A., ed.]. Left to Their Own Devices. Original cloth, spine gilt, T.e.g., non-priceclipped dust jacket, publisher's cloth slipcase. [New York]: The Typophiles, 1937. First edition. One of 190 numbered copies. A collection of 156 proposed Typophile devices contributed to by 113 artists, designers, and printers. Includes "A Salute.....
(FROST, ROBERT). CLYMER, Shubrick and GREEN, Charles R. Robert Frost. A Bibliography. Foreword by David Lambuth. 8vo. Original quarter morocco and buckram boards. Amherst: Jones Library, 1937. First edition. One of 150 copies (of an edition of 650) printed on handmade paper, especially bound and numbered, and signed by Frost.....
(LEECH, JOHN). (FIELD, William B. Osgood]. John Leech on My Shelves. Folio. Orig. canvas-backed boards; printed paper label on spine. (Munich): Privately printed at the Bremer Press, 1930. First edition. Limited to 155 copies printed on Zanders hand-made paper. A fine copy, beautifully printed and illustrated with etchings and phototypes.....
(FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN). ROSENBACH, A.S.W. The All-Embracing Doctor Franklin. Phila.: Privately Printed, 1932. Large 8vo. 1st ed. 45pp. Orig. morocco-backed fancy boards, batik endpapers, T.e.g. Fine. One of 198 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: "Adrian Van Seideren with the regards and the season's greetings of A.S.W. Rosenbach.....
WAGNER, Henry R. The Spanish Southwest 1542-1794. Albuquerque, NM: The Quivira Society, 1937. 2 Vols. 1st ed. 270;275-553 pp. Portrait frontis., facsimile plates, many folding. Orig. cloth-backed paper-covered boards, glassine d/js. A fine set. One of 401 copies. An extensive descriptive bibliography.
(HOE SALE). Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe of New York. Illuminated Manuscripts, Incunabula, Historical Bindings, Early English Literature, Rare Americana, French Illustrated Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, Etc. To Be Sold by Auction Beginning on Monday, April 24, 1911...2 parts bound in 4 vols. Later 3/4 green morocco and marbled.....
(DE RENNE, WYMBERLEY JONES). Catalogue of the Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library at Wormsloe, Isle of Hope Near Savannah, Georgia. Wormsloe: Privately Printed, 1931. Three volumes. xxxiii,[3],448;x,[3],449-896;ix,[3],897-1395,[1]pp. Frontispiece in each volume. Large quarto. Original green cloth, spines gilt, t.e.g. Overall a very good set. Untrimmed. Copy number 276 from.....
HEARTMAN, Charles Fred. The New England Primer Printed in America Prior to 1830 A Bibliographical Checklist. New York: Printed for the Compiler, 1915. 117 pp. Rebound in antique style leather backed marbled boards. T.e.g. With Supplement No. One laid in. New York: Printed for the Compiler, 1917. 11 pp. A......
RENOUARD, Antoine-Augustin. Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde, ou Histoire des Trois Manuce et de Leurs Editions. Contemporary full vellum, gilt-decorated spines, brown morocco spine labels, silk book ribbons. Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1825. 3 Vols. Second edition. With a letter tipped from Carlo Salvi in sending the work to the.....
THE DOLPHIN. Numbers 1-4. Six volumes. Original cloth. Small folio. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1940-41. A very good, complete set of this important journal. Number three consists of "A History of the Printed Book" edited by Lawrence Wroth.
TOPP, Chester W. Victorian Yellowbacks & Paperbacks, 1849-1905. Original cloth, non-priceclipped dustjackets. Denver, CO: Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, 1993-2006. 9 Vols. 4to. First edition. The complete nine-volume bibliography of more than 25 publishers of Victorian yellowbacks and paperbacks, an expansion of the work of Michael Sadleir and Robert Wolff. Includes information.....
(BOOKBINDING). UZANNE, Octave. The French Bookbinders of the Eighteenth Century. Translated by Mabel McIlvaine. 4to. Original cloth-backed boards with printed paper label on spine. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1904. First edition. Limited to 250 copies on American-made paper. With six wash drawings by Paul Avril, 14 facsimile binders' labels and.....
ANDREWS, William Loring. Paul Revere and His Engraving. Illustrated with gravure plates and engravings. Orig. parchment-backed boards. N.Y.: Charles Scribner's sons, 1901. First edition. Limited to 135 copies. A fine copy. Handsomely printed with an engraved reproduction of Revere's famous "The Bloody Massacre"
(BIRD & BULL PRESS). MORRIS, Henry. A Visit to Hayle Mill Written from Notes Made During a Visit to J. Barcham Green, Limited. (With:) GUILFORD, Nathan. Dear Friend at Home: Letters Written by...on a Journey to Kentucky in 1814. With an Introduction by Whitfield Bell Jr. Original calf-backed decorated boards.....
(BIRD & BULL PRESS). WEISSE, Franz. The Art of Marbling. Translated from the German with an Introduction and fourteen original marbled specimens by Richard J. Wolfe. Photographic illustrations and tipped in plates. 4to. Original morocco-backedmarbled boards. North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Limited to 300 copies printed on.....