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Life. Frankenstein. The Man, The Monster, The Legacy.
96p bicentenary single issue of Life magazine devoted to Frankenstein, excellent condition
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Gryphon Books. Prospectus 1977 - 1978.
12p stapled booklet, tan card cover with b&w illustrations, very good condition with hardly any ...
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Parole Dipinte. La Miniatura a Padova dal Medioevo al Settecento.
623p huge hardback in beige cloth, very well kept with clean and bright pages, binding strong, an ...
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Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions. Oriental Series.
One very very large and very heavy volume (8 kilos), 50cm tall, bound half morocco, black boards, ...
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Ocelli Nominum. Names and Shelf Marks of Famous/Familiar Manuscripts.
170p hardback, blue cloth with bright gilt lettering, like new condition, little to no wear, ...
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Johannes Gutenberg 1400 - 1468. Die Druckkunst verändert die Welt.
128p landscape format paperback, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages clean and ...
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Handbook of Special Librarianship and Information Work. Third Edition.
624p hardback, turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to spine, binding intact, minimal wear, pages ...
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A Window onto Late Medieval Cumbria: The Drawings in the Lanercost Cartulary.
30p stapled booklet pink cover, fresh and clean, many illustrations
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The Publishing History of 'The Three Bears'.
20p essay, offprint in red cover, stapled, illustrations, also in colour, very good
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The Library of University College Dundee. Its History, 1883 - 1953.
iii 31p A4 format hardback, private blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, text reproduced form ...
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Boys will be Boys. The Story of Sweeney Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter, Dick Barton et al.
304p firm paperback, many illustrations, tight copy: School-boy heroes, juvenile fiction analysed, ...
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Promesas de Futuro. Blaise Cendrars yel Libro para Niños en la URSS 1926 - 1929.
442p large and heavy square format exhibition catalogue, very well illustrated in full colour, ...
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Cronologia, Cronografia e Calendario Perpetuo. Dal Principio dell'Era Cristiana ai Nostri Giorni. Tavole Cronologico-Sincrone e quadri Sinottici per Verificare le Date Storiche. Sesta Edizione Aggiornata. Ristampa Anastatica del 1930.
606p white hardcover, laminated boards, small format, black and red titles, name to endpaper, ...
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Si Dia un Padre a Lucia. Studio sugli Autografi Manzoniani.
141p black paperback fresh clean copy, MS as illustration to cover, a very well preserved copy ...
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Quando Pirandello Cambia Titolo: Occasionalità o Strategia?
360p thick paperback, red cover, a fresh and clean copy, no names or tamps, never used, a little ...
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Van Ontwerp Naar Drukwerk. Origineel, Reproduktie en Druk.
104p large format hardback, colour illustrated cover, very good condition, a little light wear to ...
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Care and Handling of Art Objects.
32p stapled booklet, good condition, wear to cover edges and spine, some marks to covers, binding ...
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Wege zum Kunstwerk. Verlag Anton Schroll 1884 - 1954.
32p paperback, very good condition, cover a bit tanned with a few light marks, minimal wear, ...
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La Figure del Delitto. Il Libro Poliziesco in Italia dalle Origine a Oggi.
216p oversized paperback, larger than A4, many plates throughout, also in colour, a fresh and clean ...
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Stampa e Cultura Popolare in Inghilterra nel Primo Ottocento.
291p plus appendix (The House that Jack Built) large format paperback, brown illustrated cover, ...
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Imperial Rome.
large format hardback, worn dustjacket, this is publisher's file copy with details about a press ...
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McLuhan: Hot and Cold: A Primer for the Understanding of and A Critical Symposium with a Rebuttal by McLuhan.
304p mass market paperback, bright yellow cover a little dusty and creases to back cover, paper ...
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Bibliography before Print. The Medieval De Viris Illustribus.
20p essay, stapled booklet, plain card cover, related letter inserted
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The Book Trade at the University of Paris, ca 1250 - 1350.
80p essay, stapled booklet, blue card cover, from the 1983 symposium, a very good copy
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Scripting the Mind: Automatic Writing in France, 1857 - 1930. PhD Dissertation Cambridge.
ix 159p large format hardback, green cloth with gilt lettering and university arms to front, tight ...
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The Folio Society Prospectus 1991.
92p a solid paperback, illustrated in colour throughout, very good
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Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals and Albums.
144p large format paperback, larger than A4, fresh clean copy, colour illustrated throughout, ...
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L'Ideologia Tedesca e le Tesi su Feuerbach.
79p brown paperback, binding tight, spine square, minor spotting to page edges, pages clean and ...
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In Memoriam Albi Rosenthal. A Catalogue Presented as a Tribute in Gratitude.
100p large paperback, blue illustrated Venice cover design, a joint catalogue by a series of book ...
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Surrealist Bookmark designed by Félix Labisse for Librairie Corman (Bruxelles, Ostende, Le Zoute)
bookmark measures 6x13cm, together with a dustjacket issued by the same bookshop with the same ...
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A Manual of Calligraphy.
208p large format hardback with fresh dustjacket, reproduced from very attractive calligraphy in ...
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Eugène Süe. Le Roi du Roman Populaire.
448p hardback, orange cloth with colour portrait, transparent glassine jacket, good condition, ...
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Explorations in Communication. An Anthology.
xii 208p purple paperback with illustrated cover, a fresh and clean copy, contributions by McLuhan, ...
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Cambridge Inscriptions Explained.
92p paperback, like new condition, pages clean and bright like new, all illustrations and street ...
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Ulrico Hoepli. Profilo.
83p limited edition, this copy # 144, Linari Roma binding half calf with bright marbled paper, one ...
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Catalogue of Rare Books, Pamphlets, and Journals on Business and Economics in the Krannert Library Special Collection, 1500 - 1870.
vii 356p large format hardback, green cloth fresh and firm, nice clean copy, name to endpaper, well ...
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Epigrammatica Graeca.
xiv 373p hardback, navy boards with gilt lettering to spine, like new condition, no significant ...
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The Influence of Concepts of Ordinatio and Compilatio on the Development of the Book.
32p stapled booklet, offprint with faint grey cover, plates in the back, a clean copy with author ...
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What's Past is Prologue. The Bibliographical Society Centenary Lecture.
32p sewn booklet, grey card cover, excellent copy, no names or stamps, first edition
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Revolutionary Networks. The Business and Politics of Printing the News, 1763 - 1789.
xv 255p first edition navy blue hardback with illustrated dustjacket present, binding tight, hinges ...
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Le Enciclopedie dell'Occidente Medievale.
231p paperback with blue decor, fresh copy, no names, excellent
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Voltaire: Juifs. A cura di Ulisse Jacomuzzi. Con un Saggio di Sergio Minerbi.
83p large format paperback, grey card cover, printed Stamperia Valdonega in Baskerville type ...
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Sud. Giornale di Cultura, 1945 - 1947.
reprint edition in its box (a little creased), box is shrink-wrapped, as new, large item
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Almanaco Letterario Bompiani 1965. L'Industria della Narrativa. Societa Americana e Romanzo. Dai Quaresimalisti della Cultura di Massa al Pelegrinaggio sui Piselli dell'Avanguardia.
198p plus approx 80p of advertisement, some advertisement inserted, large format (A4), a fresh and ...
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Sistema della Moda. La Moda nei Giornali Femminili: Un'Analisi Strutturale.
xvi 332p paperback with white cover and blue square, a tight copy, cover a little dusty / browned, ...
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La Comunicazione di Massa.
xxxi 260p original paperback with purple cover, clean copy without names or stamps, edges a little ...
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Amok Fifth Dispatch. Sourcebook of the Extreme of Information.
561p large heavy paperback, lurid colourful cover, good condition, light wear and creasing to ...
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The London Mercury and Bookman. Volume 35, Number 209. March 1937.
iv 445-544p paperback, good condition, scarlet covers detached but present, binding intact, pages ...
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Salgari a Fumetti. Con i Disegni di Rino Albertarelli, Guido Moroni Celsi, Franco Chiletto.
185p large olive green cloth hardback with red design and lettering to spine, red dustjacket with ...
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Culture, Censorship and the State in Twentieth-Century Italy.
viii 206p hardback, dark red and blue cover, like new condition, no noticeable wear, binding tight, ...
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