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New York,: Arco,, 1976.. [x], 271, [v] pp. 8vo (14,5 x 21 cm.). Original publisher's cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. ¶ Arranged as a glossary. Definitions of terms used to described old books; Guidelines for determining the worth of any old book; Tips on buying and selling.--A fine copy.

Amsterdam & Zuthpen,: Scheepvaartmuseum & Walburg Pers,, (1992).. 83, [i, blank] pp. Small 4to (21,5 x 20 cm.). Original printed limp boards. With numerous illustrations in colour and black & white. ¶ A nicely illustrated history of the Blaeu family, the world famous Amsterdam cartographers, printers and publishers. Fine copy.

(Paris),: Editionn des Cendres,, (1997).. 138, [vi] pp. 8vo (14 x 21,5 cm.). Original illustrates limp boards. With some figures and 22 plates. ¶ A charming little history of the pedal printing presses. Nicely illustrated. Printed in 350 copies on tinted vergé. Nice clean copy as new.

Paris,: Eugène Belin,, (1977).. 159, [i] pp. 8vo (17,5 x 22,5 cm.). Original decorated cloth. With numerous tinted illustrations. ¶ Nice copy "exemplaire hors commerce". The Edition Belin, founded in 1777 specialized in academic publications, is today the oldest existing independent publishing firm in France. (Les Éditions Belin sont une maison d'édition française, fondée en 1777 et spécialisée dans… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris,: Librarie de Jules Renouard,, (1835).. 6 pp. 8vo (14,4 x 22,5 cm.). Modern blind wrappers. With one fine steelengraving of Schaffouses (Suise) by J.T. Willmore after C. Stanfield. ¶ Apparently only the first two volumes have been published. There exist also a variant of this prospectus with a Brussel impression.

Paris,: Librarie de Jules Renouards,, (1835).. 4 pp. 8vo (14 x 22 cm.). Blind wrappers. ¶ Between 1834 and 1835 10 volumes have been published.

Paris,: (Beauvais et Blanchet),, 1834.. 4 pp. 8vo (14 x 22 cm.). Blind wrappers. ¶ Between 1834 and 1840 27 volumes have been published.

Bruxelles & Paris,: G. Van Oest et Cie,, 1921.. 80, [iv] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With 103… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris & Bruxelles,: G. Van Oest,, 1928.. [ii, blank], xii, 134, [ii] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bruxelles,: A. Lesigne,, 1915 (=1918).. viii, 491, [viii] pp. 8vo (15 x 22,5 cm.). Contemporary dark blue buckram, spione gilt lettered (the original printed wrappers bound in). Richly illustrated with over 250 gravures and examples in black and in colour. ¶ Last and most complete edition of the fine typographical manual, with numerous examples of Victorian and Art Nouveau… Saber más sobre este artículo

Montpellier,: H. Barral,, 1929.. [ii blank], 142, [viii] pp. Royal 8vo (16,5 x 25, 5 cm.). Original overlapping printed wrappers (upper left corner of front side very slightly damaged), uncut. ¶ The wellknown reference work for the collector of 18th century graphic art. With a brief introduction about the various technics and brief biographies of the principal artist such… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris & Nancy,: Berger-Levrault,, 1909.. x, 322, [ii] pp.Large 8vo (18,5 x 27 cm.). Finely bound in plain brown grained morocco; gilt border on sides; spine with 5 gilt tooled raised bands, compartments with gilt decoration, top and bottom of spine with double gilt rulers, gilt lettered; marbled end-papers. With a portrait and several illustrations. Delmas, Président de l'Union… Saber más sobre este artículo

Den Haag,: Lankhout, (n.d. ca. 1950).. Coloured (photo)lithographed poster. 23 x 40 cm. A somewhat reduced issue of van der Hem's well-knonw and charming poster, urging the spectator to spend their money well by buying a book. Probably commanded by the "Stichting Collectieve Propaganda voor het boek".

Paris & Nancy,: Berger-Levrault,, 1917.. [ii, blank], vi, 318, [ii] pp. 8vo (16,5 x 25 cm.). Original printed wrappers (slightly damaged; some light foxing), uncut. With 24 facsimiles.

Paris,: J,-B. Baillière,, 1932.. 382,[ii] pp. Small 8vo. Original printed wrappers, uncut. With 74 illustrations. A detailed and practical study.--(Encyclopédie Industrielle).

Paris,: Librairie d'Amyot,, 1854.. 2 volumes: [iv], xvi, 580, [iv]; [iv], 599, [i] pp. Large 8vo (16 x 24 cm.). Finely bound by Paul Affolter in 3/4 straight grained brown morocco, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered and numbered, uncut, top edges red (a few insignificant rubbings; spines slightly discoloured). With 117 woodcut plates and illustrations of which… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris,: Garnier Frères,, (ca. 1925).. vii, 367, [i] pp. Small 8vo. Original publisher's cloth. With 108 plates and figures. A comprehensive manual dealing in details with all aspects of lithography.

Nijmegen,: SUN & Vantilt,, 2001-2003.. Jaargang 18 t/m 20 compleet. 15 afleveringen. 878 pp. Groot 8vo (17.5 x 25 cm.). Originele geïllustreerde omslagen. Met talrijke afbeeldingen en advertenties. Exemplaar als nieuw. Nieuwprijs € 90,00 Toegevoegd: idem, Jrg. 22/5 & jrg. 23/2 (juli & december 2006).

(Paris),: Cercle de la Librarie,, (1993).. 447, [ix] pp. 8vo. (16 x 24 cm.). Original printed boards. ¶ Originally published in 1977 with 4000 terms, now we have 20,000 terms. Equally of interest to publisher and antiquarian booksellers (book trade, editorial, desktop publishing, agreements, production - paper, typesetting, reproduction, printing, binding - distribution, coeditions, foreign rights, licensing, etc.).