Books on Book History
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Wiener Musikverleger und Musikalienhändler von Mozarts Zeit bis gegen 1860. Ein firmengeschichtlicher und typographischer Behelf.
72p large paperback, ivory cover fresh, tight and clean, no library markings, excellent
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Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
xx 624p large hardback, green illustrated dustjacket as new, excellent copy, no names, no stamps, ...
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Frühe Schrift und Techniken der Wirtschaftsverwaltung im alten Vorderen Orient. Informationsspeicherung und -verarbeitung vor 5000 Jahren.
222p large format hardback, excellent illustrations throughout, very good indeed
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Photographic Printing.
160p large format hardback with dustjacket (small tear), nice clean copy, very well preserved, ...
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Specimens of Printing Types from Stephenson Blake, The Caslon Letter Foundry, Sheffield.
218p spiral bound, spiral defective but pages holding, burgundy covers, uncommon item
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The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making.
xxi 753p thick and large paperback, illustrated cover, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, ...
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The Power of Images in Early Modern Science.
ix 308p large format paperback with bright blue cover, many illustrations throughout, also in ...
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£168.00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph Miscellany from circa 1786 to 1799. British Museum Additional Manuscript 29801, ff. 39-162. (The Kafka Sketchbook, 2 Volumes)
two oblong volumes firm and strong in well preserved slipcase, first volume contains introduction ...
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£144.00
Sinfonie Nr. 9 D-Moll Op. 125.
oblong volume, cloth bound hardback, light brown cloth, faint green dustjacket present, a fresh and ...
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Sinfonie Nr. 9 D-Moll Op. 125.
oblong volume, brown leather-like hardback. a fresh and firm and tight copy, gilt lettering bright, ...
£124.00
Manu propria. Ausgewählte Stücke aus den Briefsammlungen der Universitätsbibliothek Basel.
large folder in burgundy red with gilt lettering, containing collection of 30 letters in facsimile, ...
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Die Winterreise. Faksimile-Wiedergabe nach der Originalhandschrift.
oblong volume with fresh dustjacket, title panel to marbled paper boards, facsimile edition, in its ...
£160.00
Hausmusik-Katalog mit Notenbeispielen und Preisangaben. Ausführliches Verzeichnis instruktiver Vortragsmusik nach Schwierigkeitsgraden geordnet. Klavierwerke zu 2 und 4 Händen, instruktive Kammermusikwerke.
192p original paperback, cover with "piano key" border, nice tight and clean copy, many sample ...
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£340.00
Rigoletto. Ristampa Anastatica dell'Abbozzo Autografo.
56p oversized format (43cm), bright red folder with string closure, no names or stamps, excellent ...
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Katalog 15 (Musik, Autographen, Vokalmusik, Theorie); Katalog 20 (Klavier); Katalog 21 (Musik-Literatur); Katalog 25 (Musik-Literatur).
four catalogues, approx 100p each, many illustrations, well preserved, some markings
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A Small Catalogue of Books for Sale, Property of a Collector.
well produced listing, 24 pages with 228 items, grey card cover, issued by D Seakman, The Paddock, ...
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The Classical Text: Aspects of Editing in the Age of the Printed Book.
xi 174p light blue cloth firm, text clean but light signs of use, occasional mark to margin, name ...
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Letters Slate Cut. Workshop Philosophy and Practice and the Making of Letters. A Sequel.
42p plus 57 plates, large format paperback, illustrated throughout, a fresh and clean copy without ...
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New Zealand Libraries: A Survey of Conditions and Suggestions for their Improvement.
viii 68p large format paperback, grey card cover strong, paper bright, colour frontispiece, with ...
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The Turnbull Library Record. Number 1, January 1940 and Number 2, July 1940.
two issues of this journal, as issued, sewn, green card cover, fresh set, together with number 5 ...
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Editor's Manual of Penguin House Style.
151p oblong format, from typescript, small format ring binder, black cover, some traces of use, ...
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An Arabic Version of the Acts of the Apostles and the Seven Catholic Epistles from an Eighth or Ninth Century Ms. in the Convent of St Catharine on Mount Sinai with a Treatise on the True Nature of God.
ix 60p 107p English and Arabic text, privately bound in plain boards, lettering to spine, with ...
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The Manuscript of al-Malik al-Afdal: A Medieval Arabic Anthology from the Yemen.
27p plus 542 pages of facsimile of Yemeni text, excellent clean copy, as new, no traces of use, no ...
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Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography.
xii 343p burgundy cloth fresh and firm with black lettering and decor, nice clean copy, spine ...
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£280.00
The Chester Beatty Library. A Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures. Volume 1 ONLY.
xii 87p 39 plates in the back, colour frontispiece, oversized hardback burgundy buckram cloth firm, ...
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The Search for the 'Inimitable' Note.
24p A4 format, black cover, colour illustrated throughout, offprint from Penrose 1982, nice clean ...
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Penguins Progress. Fourteen.
48p slim booklet, chequered cover, nice clean copy, no names or stamps
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Penguins Progress. Thirteen.
32p slim booklet, blue cover, nice clean copy, no names or stamps
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Penguins Progress. Eleven.
32p slim booklet, terracotta cover, a nice clean copy, no names or stamps
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King Penguin Books. A Complete Descriptive List, 1950.
18p slim booklet, nice clean copy, a few faint pencil marks, order form and colour illustration ...
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Penguins. A Retrospect 1935 - 1951.
18p slim booklet, nice clean copy, no names or stamps
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Penguin Books Classified List Autumn 1952. A Classified List of Books Arranged in Subject Categories.
48p excellent paperback, tight and clean, "Dear Readers" and "Autumn Leaves" inserted
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Penguin Books Classified List 1956.
95p excellent paperback, tight and clean, "New Penguins Ready July 1956" inserted
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Communicating in Print.
20p large format, stapled, with folding pages, abbreviated style manual for the national trust ...
£12.00
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Bibliothèque érotique Gérard Nordmann. Livres, Manuscrits, Dessins, Photographies du XVIe au XXe Siècle. Première Partie. 27 Avril 2006.
292p large format paperback, heavy volume, colour illustrated throughout, excellent condition
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Catalogue of the Bookplate Exhibition at the National Book League, 1972.
stapled booklet, A4 format, orange cover, with illustrations, text reproduced from typescript, ...
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Bookbindings from the Library of Jean Grolier. A Loan Exhibition. 23 September - 31 October 1965.
xx 78p plus 128 plates, fresh clean copy, imitation leather binding with gilt portal to front, nice ...
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£44.00
Introducing the Raven Service.
spiral bound booklet, advertising the services of Maynard's Raven Press, with samples of colour ...
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Voewood Rare Books. Catalogue One.
120p A4 format, dark grey cover, illustrated throughout, excellent
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I Tiepolo: I Rami per le Acqueforti nelle Collezioni del Museo Correr.
24p slim booklet, illustrated, with private bookplate, uncommon title, very good indeed
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A Modest Collection: Private Libraries Association, 1956 - 2006.
378p large hardback, dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, a fresh and clean copy, no ...
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Printing. Illustrated by Jack Brough.
oblong booklet, colour printed, nice fresh copy, first edition
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The Invention of Printing. (Bound Photocopy of essay first published in The Library, 1940)
well produced bound photocopy of important essay (pace Lotte H)
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William Caxton: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Quincentenary of the Introduction of Printing into England.
94p black catalogue, many illustrations, fresh clean copy, name in pencil
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Between Ourselves. Being the House Journal of Chapman & Hall.
28p stapled pamphlet, staples rusty, with plates, faint green cover, uncommon item
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The Oldest Firm in Clerkenwell Green, 1898 to 1974: The John Roberts Press. also: The Printer and his Offspring (Caxton Celebration 1976)
12p pamphlet, with illustrations, light browning to top, plus mustard booklet, 24p, with note by ...
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Printmaking in Britain 1775 - 1965. Two Centuries of the Art of Print in Britain.
approx 200p stapled paperback, illustrations throughout, very well preserved, clean and tight ...
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Bewick and after: Wood Engraving in the North East.
xii 144p fresh clean copy with private jacket, excellent
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Papermaking by Hand.
32o slim hardback, printed on faint green handmade paper with additional plates, some ...
£14.00