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Print Quarterly. Volume 6, Number 3, September1989.
single issue in pink cover, nice copy, many plates, excellent: Mezzotint in England, A Raven ...
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Print Quarterly. Volume 4, Number 2, June 1987.
single issue in yellow cover, nice copy, many plates, excellent: Siena, Voyages Pitturesques, etc
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Print Quarterly. Volume 4, Number 4, December 1987.
single issue in yellow cover, nice copy, many plates, excellent: Missing Woodcuts, American ...
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Print Quarterly. Volume 1, Number 4, 1984.
single issue in silver cover, nice copy, many plates, excellent: Schongauer, Pepys, etc
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Byron's Publisher and His Spy; Woodcut Illustrations of the Canterbury Tales. = The Library. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Sixth Series, Volume 19, No 1, March 1997.
single issue of the journal, nice clean copy, with additional contributons
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Blue Octavo.
180p hardback, custom rebound by Boots Booklover's Library in bright red boards with the Boot label ...
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Index of English Literary Manuscripts: 1450 - 1625. Volume 1: Andrewes - Donne, Volume 2: Douglas - Wyatt.
two very large and very heavy cloth volumes in original blue buckram, gilt lettering to front and ...
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Early Bible Illustrations: A Short Study Based on some Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Printed Texts.
170p hardback with red jacket, a fresh and clean copy of the first edition, no names or stamps, ...
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Slavic Books and Bookmen: Papers and Essays.
193p pink paperback, fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, excellent, with illustrations, ...
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The Uses of Self-Publication in Late Medieval England.
164p paperback thesis, glossy white cover with colour image of parchment, very good condition, very ...
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How to Achieve Calmness and Concentration through Handwriting Rhythm. A Complete Course in 18 Lessons.
approx 100p paperback with blue card cover, clip spine, text on rectos only, to be read like a ...
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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.
364p paperback, black cover with lightbulb design, a fresh and clean copy, tight, excellent ...
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Reading the World. Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age.
xxii 446p large sturdy hardback, purple cloth with illustrated beige jacket, very good condition, a ...
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Calligraphy. Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists.
160p large format hardback, blue and black cloth, tanned white jacket with a little wear, binding ...
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Preparation and Use of Visual Aids.
vii 224p hardback, large format, grey cloth fresh and tight, text with many illustrations ...
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Selections from Our Shelves. Rosenbach Catalog 1942.
128p large format paperback, dark green card cover, 413 listings, a clean and tight copy, old ...
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The Story of Writing. Signed First Edition.
176p large format hardback, crimson cloth with gilt lettering and ornamented beige jacket, very ...
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The Opening of the Lundell Library, and Other Information on the Special Collections. (The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin, New Series Number 11, 1979.)
100p paperback journal, tanned white cover with b&w artwork, very good condition, free from wear, ...
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'The Apes of God' and Other Information on the Special Collections. (The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin, New Series Number 14, 1980.)
110p paperback journal, tanned white cover with red and pink artwork, very good condition, free ...
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Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up to 1500. Revised Edition.
xv 294p large heavy paperback, glossy black cover with colour parchment art, like new condition, ...
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A Month of Saturdays. Thirty-One Famous Pieces by 'Constant Reader'.
xxiv 157p hardback with silver dustjacket, first UK edition, well preserved copy with introduction ...
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Belloc. Bookseller's Catalogue, Spring 1986.
30p stapled booklet, a small neat catalogue of the bookseller's works by Hilaire Belloc, a few ...
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Materialy Entsiklopedicheskoi Library St Petersburg 2003. Volume 96.
477p very large hardback, black cover with bright gilt lettering and design, tight binding, free ...
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Materialy Entsiklopedicheskoi Library St Petersburg 2003. Volume 97.
712p very large hardback, black cover with bright gilt lettering and design, tight binding, front ...
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Buch- und Verlagswesen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kommunikation in Mittel- und Osteuropa.
388p large sturdy hardback, onyx cloth with white titles, like new condition, clean and bright ...
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Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Gesamtverzeichnis, 1 Juli 1976.
54p stapled booklet in peach cover, binding intact, very little wear, pages clean and bright, a ...
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The King Penguin Series. (Penguin Collectors' Society).
28p booklet in very good condition, binding firm, minimal wear, short personal inscription form the ...
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Works of Charles Morgan - Advertisement and Order Form.
8p publishers' flyer for the author's work, very good condition, a bit sunned but otherwise ...
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Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology. Rules; List of Subscribers.
28p thread-bound booklet, good condition, a little light wear, removed from binding, sewing intact, ...
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A Coronation Exhibition at the University Library, Cambridge. 1 June to 31 August 1953.
36p stapled booklet, card covers with ornate red borders, clean and bright pages listing exhibits, ...
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Books, Pamphlets and Broadsides mostly of the 18th Century. Catalogue 191.
60p A4 format, 231 items, a fresh clean copy, with illutrations
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Frognal Rare Books. A General Catalogue. No 100.
80p A4 format, 230+ items, clean copy, dated in pencil June 1996
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Hamish Riley-Smith. Economics and Trade. Including some Neglected Economists. Catalogue 15, Autumn 1994
46p green cover stapled 60 items, with illustrations,
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The Making of Newton's Principia, 1664 - 1687. An Exhibition in the University Library
12p stapled booklet, no cover, as issued, uncommon
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Records of Early English Drama. Cambridge. Exhibition Handlist, Cambridge University Library.
16p stapled booklet, green cover, 70 items with call numbers, well preserved exhibition handlist
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Cambridge Legal History Conference. Handlist of the Exhibition of English Legal Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, 1975.
16p stapled booklet, orange cover, 35 items, well preserved exhibition handlist
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The ADC. The First 120 Years. An Exhibition at Cambridge University Library, July - November 1975.
16p stapled booklet, yellow cover, from typescript, well preserved exhibition handlist
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Mervyn Peake, Author of 'Gormenghast', Artist and Illustrator. ('Book and Magazine Collector', Feb 2000).
20p article, pages in very good condition, staple binding intact, text and artwork clear and ...
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Libreria Antiquaria Rappaport. Catalogo 191.
80p slim paperback, well illustrated, a nice copy, descriptions in Italian and English, 150 items, ...
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Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents. With an Introduction by Larry McMurtry.
xix 158p large format hardback, brown cloth spine, fresh and clean copy, with illustrations, ...
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Book Handbook: An Illustrated Quarterly for Owners and Collectors of Books, No. 1, 1947.
xvi 64p, thin paperback, period adverts, many illustrations, staples rusting, a glimpse of a ...
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Book Handbook: An Illustrated Quarterly for Owners and Collectors of Books, No. 6, 1948.
xvi pp321-368, thin paperback, period adverts, staples rusting, a glimpse of a different book ...
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Booklover Pocket Guide to Current Literature. Winter 1955. New Series, No 1.
66p slim paperback, with illustrations and plated, a well preserved copy, stiff and square, ...
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Books of the Nineties. Catalogue # 1108.
oblong catalogue, 136 items, brown card cover, fresh clean copy, with illustrations
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Anatomy of a Typeface.
428p large paperback, fresh and clean copy, no traces of use, no names or stamps, a little dusty ...
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Michael Taylor Rare Books. Catalogue 77.
159 items, stapled booklet, with annotations, includes items by Bawden, Hughes-Stanton, Raverat and ...
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A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad (1475 - 1640). Second Edition by Jackson, Ferguson and Pantzer.
three large and heavy tomes in their dustjackets, nice clean set, no names or stamps, first ...
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Pages Chrétiennes d'Egypte: Les Manuscrits des Coptes.
84p black paperback, fresh and clean copy, many colour illustrations, name in ink, excellent copy, ...
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Copy-Editing. The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers. Third Edition.
xii 471p hardback, white dustjacket, excellent fresh copy, as new, first printing of the third ...
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The Making of the Cambridge Medieval History
30p excerpt from Speculum, a part of the actual volume, includes front cover, clean copy, not quite ...
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