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College of Art, Wolverhampton. 1961. First Edition, 21pp., 4 illustrs., orig. decorated cloth.

[London: Privately Printed by the Philobiblon Society, 1857]. Small 4to, [2], [4, list of members of the Philobiblon Society], 3-108pp., limited to 80 copies, with a presentation inscription from the author to Joseph Techener, a leading Paris bookseller at the time, orig. quarter calf, lightly rubbed otherwise a nice copy. Bohn's only direct contribution to typographical history.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge University Press, 1955. First edition, large 8vo, x, 100pp., frontis., 11 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Gives important information on John Siberch and the first printing of the Cambridge Press.

Oxford Bibliographical Society. 1969. 4to, x,39pp., orig. printed wrappers.

Glasgow University Press. 1931. First Edition, xvi,286pp., frontis., 7 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g. This describes the beginnings, the heyday of Scottish printing, the connection between Blackie's and the university printers, the work that Macmillan's gave to the Glasgow University Press because of the friendship between the Macmillan brothers and James Maclehose as fellow apprentices,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge University Press, 1955. First edition, large 8vo, x, 100pp., frontis., 11 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Gives important information on John Siberch and the first printing of the Cambridge Press.

Metchim & Son, Ltd. 1947. First Edition, 4to, frontis., 92 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards.

The Library Press Ltd. 1929. Large 8vo, [xxii],404pp., title slightly foxed, frontis., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth.

Birmingham School of Printing. 1933. 4to, 16pp., orig. printed wrappers and tied cord. Wallis, p.72.

(Reprint of the 1919 Edition) 1999. 999pp., orig. cloth. Lists some 17,500 books exclusively devoted to works on printing and associated subjects.

H.M.S.O. 1962. First Edition, 28 facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers.

Oxford University Press. 1978. First Edition, 4to, xiii,69pp., plates and illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. This volume celebrates the quincentenary of the introduction of printing at Oxford with a pictorial history of its subsequent progress, illustrated by the books, documents, and pictures which are its tangible record.

Whitbread & Co. Ltd. [c.1960]. First Edition, 98pp., illustrs., orig. printed wrappers.

The Bodley Head. 1980. First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.

Cambridge University Press. 1963. Oblong 8vo, 16pp., coloured illustrs., orig. printed wrappers.

Cambridge University Press. 1938. Small 4to, v, 36pp., folding coloured frontis., 6 plates, orig. cloth.

Grafton & Co. 1927. First Edition, prize label on front free endpaper, orig. cloth. The history of printing in each country is written by a different person.

D. Appleton and Co., New York. 1928. First Edition, frontis., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), inner hinges shaken, orig. cloth, worn, t.e.g.

Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1969. First Edition, small 4to, ex-library, orig. cloth. A chronological compendium of key facts in the history of printing and book production.