A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640: Volume I: A-H Tapa dura - 1987

Oxford University Press, 1987-01-29. Hardcover. Good. 1986 second edition, revised and enlarged, The Bibliographical Society (London), 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, liii, 620 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with slight bumping to rear cover's tips, but heavy bumping to the front tips, with resultant slight creasing to a few adjacent page tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very slightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket which has a couple of small edge tears but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~QQQ~ [6.0P] In 1926 the Bibliographical Society published the first edition of A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640. Now… Leer más

Bibliographical Society, London, second edition, 1976 -1991. 3 vols, cloth, large 8vo,. liv, 620 + xii, 494 + xx, 405 pp. Approximately 36,000 entries. This is the much enlarged second (latest) edition, which added some 10,000 entries to those in the first edition, corrected many errors, and much expanded and improved the indexing. A superb work, which one reviewer described as 'the most meticulous and definitive extended work of bibliography, in any language and on any subject, ever achieved'. The three volumes are - Vol 1 : A-H; Vol 2 : I-Z; Vol 3 : A Printers' & Publishers' Index, Other Indexes & Appendices, Cumulative Addenda & Corrigenda. STC is an 'imprint catalogue' which aims to include a short title (five words minimum) of every book or broadside printed in England from the beginning of printing in 1476 to 31 December 1640, and of every such publication in any British language printed anywhere in the world before that end-date. So among types of material… Leer más

Bibliographical Society, London, second edition, 1976 -1991. 3 vols, cloth, large 8vo,. liv, 620 + xii, 494 + xx, 405 pp. Approximately 36,000 entries. This is the much enlarged second (latest) edition, which added some 10,000 entries to those in the first edition, corrected many errors, and much expanded and improved the indexing. A superb work, which one reviewer described as 'the most meticulous and definitive extended work of bibliography, in any language and on any subject, ever achieved'. The three volumes are - Vol 1 : A-H; Vol 2 : I-Z; Vol 3 : A Printers' & Publishers' Index, Other Indexes & Appendices, Cumulative Addenda & Corrigenda. STC is an 'imprint catalogue' which aims to include a short title (five words minimum) of every book or broadside printed in England from the beginning of printing in 1476 to 31 December 1640, and of every such publication in any British language printed anywhere in the world before that end-date. So among types of material… Leer más