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Detroit: The Gale Research Company, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Small red ink stamp of the National Broadcasting Company on the bottom margin of the title page and one text page in each volume. Near Fine, issued without dustwrappers. Five volumes including the Supplement. Essential work with biographies of both major and minor, obscure authors.

London: David Low, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good, apparently original, slipcase. Blue cloth in slipcase; 63 pages with erratum slip tipped in. Arranged chronologically with over 700 items listed.

(Mansfield): M. Martino, [2000]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Large Folio (11" x 16"); cloth; 143 pages with 351 illustrations. Reprint of the 1893 edition (Mundel). Kriseller's work contatins a thorough treatment of Italian printers' marks. In all 351 marks are reproduced showing the progress of printing in Italy prior to 1525. The material is arranged alphabetically by Italian cities. For each city a list of printers is given, including works printed prior to 1525, and cross-references with Hain. All the known printers' marks for each press are illustrated. All Italian cities, from Aquila to Vincenza, where printing was established by 1525 are included. Kristeller is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on early printing in Italy, having authored several other standard works.

Washington DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front inside cover. Tears to front cover. Good. Printed wrappers; x, 240 pages.

(Mansfield): M. Martino, [2000]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth; large octavo; [iv], 351 pages. Reprint of the 1931 Chicago edition. This is a comprehensive bibliography of all the issues of the Michigan Press from 1796-1850. In pratically every case, the original imprint was examined and described by McMurtrie or by his staff. The beginnings of printing in Michigan date from the printing of Congressional Acts in Detroit in 1796. In all 600 issues of the press are meticulously described. Apart from the thorough bibliography, McMurtrie also provides a hundred-page narrative history describing the spread of printing in Michigan and the controversies that arose in relation to printing there. Illlustrated with facsimiles of title pages and portraits, this book is notoriously difficult to find and has not been available in reprint previously. Besterman 5210.

Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Three small red ink library stamps--half-title page, title page, and rear endpaper with a few pencil notes. Near Fine. Green cloth-backed boards (7-1/2" x 10-3/4"); xi, [iii], 324 pages. Copy #499 of 500 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the subject and with a foreword by him as well. Covers books printed from 1574 to 1935.

Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Michael McCurdy. Embossed blue cloth. Copy #21 of only 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition (from a total edition of 600) SIGNED on the colophon page by Peich, Michael McCurdy, and four others associated with the press. Illustrated with 4 wood engravings by McCurdy as well as facsimiles and photo reproductions. Allen Ginsberg is depicted in two photographs. Lacking the loose wood engraving by McCurdy.

Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a partly sunned slipcase, complete with the loose wood engraving often found lacking. Michael McCurdy. Embossed blue cloth. Copy #43 of only 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition (from a total edition of 600) SIGNED on the colophon page by Peich, Michael McCurdy, and four others associated with the press. Illustrated with 4 wood engravings by McCurdy as well as facsimiles and photo reproductions. Allen Ginsberg is depicted in two photographs. Laid in is a SIGNED wood engraving by McCurdy limited to 100 numbered copies. Prospectus laid in.

Canton, NY: St Lawrence University, 1993. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Pictorial wraps; 158 pages. Illustrated with facimiles and photographs. A catalog of this fine collection housed at the Owen D. Young Library Special Collections.

Worcester, MA & New York: American Antiquarian Society & Corner Books, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth; xii, 132 pages including index. Preface To The Third Edition by Mark McCorison.

(London): Holland Press, (1981). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Hardcover; xvi, 718 pages. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1939 edition of this absolutely essential cookery bibliography. Limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with text engravings.

New York: Gordon Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, without dustwrapper as issued. Red cloth, (iv), 176 pages. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SHAVIAN BIOGRAPHIES AND SOME PERSONAL WRITINGS BY SHAW TOGETHER WITH AN ADDITIONAL LISTING OF SELECTIVE SHAVIANA AND NOTES BY THE AUTHOR. The author's comments on the biographies are quite useful.

Iowa City: Friends Of The University Of Iowa Libraries, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth; xiv, 474 pages. Excellent reference work with illustrations. "This catalogue contains descriptions of 1,196 of the 1,600 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room in the Health Sciences Library. Works were chosen for the catalogue which seemed to illustrate the best the history of medicine, are most representative of a particular author, or presented a particular topic not otherwise treated even though the work is not of great importance."

Pittsburgh: University of Pitt., 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine without dustwrapper, as issued. Plates & facsimiles. Comprehensive and the only Thoreau bibliography to be based on the principles of modern textual scholarship with complete descriptions of the primary editions and a list of all subsequent editions. Illustrated with plates and facsimiles. With information on Thoreau material first printed in magazines, pamphlets, and books.

Philadelphia & London: W. B.Saunders Company, n.d. [1970s?]. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear. Very Good. Reprint, cloth; 996 pages. Illustrated with portraits.

London: William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps; 22 pages.

(Mansfield): Maurizio Martino, [1997]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth; xxiii, 440; xvi, 172, (2) pages. Limited to 175 copies, this important work is the standard in the field of Swiss travel and topography. In all, 7500 fully described books are arranged regionally & chronologically, with collations and frequent annotations. Covers books on the Alps, including various accounts of ascents. Included is a comprehensive 60-page index as well as the supplement, originally separately published a decade after the original publication. Text in German and French.

Montreal: The Lawtence Lande Foundation for Canadian Historical Research, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some soiling and pitting to the illustration on the panel. Folio in linen boards backed with pigskin leather housed in a slipcase. Collected, arranged, and annotated by Lawrence Lande, with an introduction by E. A.Collard. Copy #160 of 950 copies SIGNED by the editor. This essential work contains 2328 detailed entries and more than 200 illustrations. Unless otherwise noted the illustrations are actual size and reproduce the title page or title cover.

(New York): (Martino Publishing), 1915 [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Red cloth; xv, 523 pages. This reprint of the 1915 edition is stated to be "Strictly Limited to 100 Copies." Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard. Preface by G. F. Barwick: "The collection of 8000 [auction] catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale of the library of Dr. Lazarus Seaman on 31 October, 1676, the first occasion when books were sold by auction in England, to the end of the 19th century. It owes its importance mainly to the long sets of the auctioneers' own copies...."

(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1998]. Hardcover. Fine. Four parts bound into one cloth volume. Limited reprint of this monumental effort to publish a comprehensive bibliography and cartography of all aspects of Swiss life. The first part describes 3500 Swiss maps and geological views. The second part covers an additional 3500 maps and views reflecting political organization, scientific surveys, historical change, and railroad maps. Part III describes 3250 plans and city views of Switzerland. Part IV is a valuable index to the first three parts and contains additional material.