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Akron, OH: The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 1994. Fiest Edition. Limited to 450 copies. Fine. Fiest Edition. Limited to 450 copies. Quarto. 198p, colophon. Profusely illustrated from photos. Bound in red gilt-titled buckram.

Edinburgh: The Fleuron Limited, printed at The Curwen Press, 1927. First edition. (Vol. 3 limited to 750 copies; Vol. 4 limited to 700 copies; Vol. 1 & 2 without a limitation stattement.). Very good+ with minor foxing to prelims to No. 2 and minor wear to spine to No. 1. First edition. (Vol. 3 limited to 750 copies;… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Marino, CA: (Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery), 1937. Fine. Tall 8vo. xi (i), 386p. 5291 numbered entries arranged by country, then chronologically. Bound in brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Contents: Preface; List of Authorities; Block Books; List of Incunabula Arranged according to Proctor; List of Authors and Titles; Lists of Countries, Places, Printers, Presses,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Caxton Club, 1995. There were 1000 numbered and signed copies, and 50 copies in sheets for hand bookbinders - not signed. This no. 446 signed by the author. Fine. There were 1000 numbered and signed copies, and 50 copies in sheets for hand bookbinders - not signed. This no. 446 signed by the author. xix, 191p. Foreword… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: New English Library, 1979. First edition. Minor spotting to top edge of text block, minor rubbing to spine extremes, but about fine in like dust jacket. First edition. 142p. Illustrated in color and with fold-out plates. Oblong 4to. Silver-titled black cloth. Discusses pop-ups, mechanical, dissolving, and other novelty books.

New York: Watson-Guptill, 1971. First American edition. Fine in d.j. with one small closed tear. First American edition. 376p. Illustrated. Large 8vo. Gilt-titled tan cloth. Illustrated. Extensive bibliography. A very readable survey and standard reference.

Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1995. No. 20 fo 100 special copies signed by Brocard Sewell, Michael Taylor and Susan Falkner (total edition 400). Fine. No. 20 fo 100 special copies signed by Brocard Sewell, Michael Taylor and Susan Falkner (total edition 400). Three volumes in a fitted slipcase. (viii), 180p. Illustrated, including tipped-in plates. This limited edition includes… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2003. No. 64 of 250 copies signed by Barry McKay. Fine. No. 64 of 250 copies signed by Barry McKay. 8vo. 37p, colophon. Illustrated, including many tipped-in line block reproductions of original material. A rear pocket contains two facsimiles and a hand-made string-tied chapbook, the cover woodcut hand colored. Bound i quarter white cloth… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxfordshire: Gresham Books, 1985. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. Folio. 122p. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Farleigh's wood engravings, a few in color. Bound in gilt-titled maroon cloth. The engravings are presented in chronological order with appendices listing individual works, commissions, &c.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library and Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. Clothbound. Fine in dust jackets. First edition. Clothbound. Quarto. xxxii, 245p (iii); (vii), 246-557p (v). Describes 396 books with complete bibliographic detail, illustrations, and extensive annotations. Also illustrated examples of fine bindings. Bound in gilt-titled red cloth with gilt figural device on the upper covers.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxfordshire: Gresham Books, 1985. No. 21 of 110 copies signed by Monica Poole. Fine. No. 21 of 110 copies signed by Monica Poole. Folio. 122p. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Farleigh's wood engravings, a few in color. Bound in gilt-titled brown morocco over mustard cloth and housed in cloth… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. First edition. Limited to 1500 copies. 1/8" fade to spine foot, else excellent copies in like dust jackets. In near fine cloth slipcase, but for small marks ot its spine. First edition. Limited to 1500 copies. Two volumes. Folio (13"). xxiii, (iv), 93 examples with facsimile on the recto with legend and transcript facing,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino, 1995. Limited to 150 copies. Reprint of the 1872 edition. Fine. Limited to 150 copies. Reprint of the 1872 edition. Quarto. (vi), 576p. Printed in double columns. Bound in gilt-titled blue cloth. "A bibliography attempting to include all separately published books which appeared through the third quarter of the 19th century. Arranged alphabetically by… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Reprint of the 1904 edition. Fine. Reprint of the 1904 edition. xvi, 153p. Bound in silver-titled blue cloth. "A preliminary hand list of 3,919 titles, arranged chronologically with an alphabetical index, and an index of printers, booksellers, and stationers." (Sheehy, AA1068).

New York: Burt Fannkin, 1971. Reprint of the 1912 edition. Fine. Reprint of the 1912 edition. Two volumes. I:PartsI-III; II: Part IV and Supplement. All paged continuously, 386p. Bound in gilt-titled brown cloth. Sheehy AA893.

London: Eliot Stock, 1891. No. 13 of 100 Large Paper copies. Limitation plate signed the publisher, Elliot Stock. Fine. No. 13 of 100 Large Paper copies. Limitation plate signed the publisher, Elliot Stock. Quarto, xxvi (ii), 117p. Heavily illustrated, including fold-out engraved plates. Bound in 3/4 deep maroon crushed morocco over tan cloth boards with marbled endpapers, t.e.g.,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1974. Second printing. Some speckling to text block edges, else about fine in like dust jacket. Second printing. Quarto. 223p. Fully illustrated in color and back & white. In the publisher's binding of light blue cloth with titles in yellow on spine and upper cover. Excellent survey including a catalog of selected works. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1903. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. The covers have edge wear, contents clean. Good+, sound. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. xxix (i), 175p. Illustrated. The bibliography is a dictionary style listing of the artists and essential details of the books. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1986. First edition. As new in dust jacket. First edition. ix (i), 118p. Illustrated. In the publisher's binding of black cloth with titles in gilt on spine and upper cover. Includes "Bibliographical Checklist of the First Editions of the Primary Publications [with pictures]... With descriptions of many other editions.

Knoxville: University on Tennessee Press, 1971. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. xii, 241p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled tan cloth. Includes a list of publications.