Books on Book History
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Linage. How to Make Money from News. A Guide for Young Journalists and Beginners.
136p blue cloth with black lettering fresh, light markings from a London library, very good, first ...
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A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions of the End of the Fifth Century BC. Volume 2: From 403 to 320 BC.
xi 343p light blue cloth, library bookplate and shelfnumbers, dustjacket present, a clean and tight ...
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A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions of the End of the Fifth Century BC. Second Edition.
xx 266p light blue cloth, library bookplate and shelfnumbers, dustjacket present but aged, a clean ...
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The Miracle of Fleet Street: The Story of the Daily Herald.
166p library rebound in plain burgundy cloth, with illustrations, a well used copy, still clean and ...
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Greek Textual Criticism: A Reader.
x 152p hardback with fresh dustjacket, jacket protected with transparent sleeve, light library ...
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The Homer of Aristotle.
ix 245p original dark blue cloth, binding tight, from a London library, monogram blind-stamped into ...
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A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and Modern. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Carefully Revised.
[xxx?] 390p original hardback, title label to front and spine, many illustrations throughout, a ...
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The History of the Catnach Press, at Berwick upon Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland and Seven Dials, London.
xlii 308p original hardback, title label to front and spine, many illustrations throughout, some in ...
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Calligraphy and its Influence in the Time of Plantin.
50p offprint from De Gulden Passer, many illustrations, nice fresh copy, excellent
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Catalogue of Limited Editions and Books on the Fine Arts, Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Publishing Firm.
20p stapled booklet, illustrated throughout, nice clean copy, excellent
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On the Text and Interpretation of Certain Passages in the Agamemnon of Aeschylus.
this is a 20p offprint bound in a slim hardback volume, burgundy cloth, with library markings, ...
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Echtheitsfragen Antik-Griechischer Literatur. Rettungen des Theognis, Phokylides, Hekataios, Choirilos.
88p library rebound as hardback, very good, never used, excellent
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An Introduction to Latin Textual Emendation, Based on the Text of Plautus.
xii 131p original red cloth, thin volume, light library markings, text clean and binding tight, ...
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Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung im Zeitalter des Zweiten Weltkrieges 1930 - 1955.
350p large format, paper covered boards, vellum spine, light library markings, well preserved
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Die Neuen Zeitungen in Deutschand im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert.
86p large format paperback, ex library, well preserved, hinges a little soft
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Towards a Text of Cicero: Ad Atticum.
viii 104p hardback, blue cloth fresh, dustjacket very well preserved, light library markings from a ...
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Northcliffe in History: An Intimate Study of Press Power.
216p red cloth fresh copy from a London library, very little used, fresh and clean
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The Mount Sinai Manuscript of the Bible.
22p large format pamphlet, brown card cover, frontispiece, plates, well preserved
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Printing in London from 1476 to Modern Times. Competitive Practice and Technical Invention in the Trade of Book and Bible Printing, Periodical Production, Jobbing, etc.
224p hardback with well preserved dustjacket, light library markings, very good, first edition
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Prints and Printmaking: An Introduction to the History and Techniques.
160p large format paperback, illustrated thoughout, excellent, name in pencil, second edition
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The London Bookshop: Part 1: A Pictorial Record.
96p oblong format, grey cloth, dark title label, library stamp to endpaper, well preserved
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Paper for Books. A Comprehensive Survey of the Various Types of Paper used in Book Production.
viii 648p hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent fresh copy, contains 78 paper samples, 131 ...
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Die Musikbibliothek des Ludwig Freiherrn von Pretlack (1716-1781). Inaugural-Dissertation.
330p paperback, from typescript, with tables, a fresh copy without name or stamps, uncommon title, ...
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Indexing Your Book: A Practical Guide for Authors.
x 28p stapled booklet, blue card cover, very good
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What are Writers Worth? Survey of Authorship.
30p stapled booklet, well preserved, pencil mark to one page
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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood. Seventh Printing.
x 528p in a defective full calf binding which has seen a crude attempt at repairing the binding, ...
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Emily Dickinson: A Letter.
facsimile and transcription, slim sewn pamphlet, pale magenta wrapper with black lettering, with a ...
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English and International Studies in the Literature, Art, and Patronage of Medieval England.
xiv 377p hardback, a fresh copy, clean, firm binding, in excellent condition overall
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So Many Books.
144p small format hardback, a fresh copy, clean and firm, in excellent condition, like new
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Gwen Raverat. Friends, Family and Affections.
438p large hardback with illustrated purple dustjacket, damage to corner of dustjacket, otherwise ...
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God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.
xiv 281p hardback with fresh dustjacket, plates, nice clean copy
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Gwen Raverat. Friends, Family and Affections.
438p large hardback with illustrated purple dustjacket, small tear to front endpaper, otherwise as ...
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The Story of Writing.
176p hardback with illustrated dustjacket, beautifully signed by the author to front endpaper in a ...
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Désir d'Envol. Une Vie en Calligraphie.
large formart hardback, laminated boards, text in French, illustrated throughout in colour, ...
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Die Katharinen-Passie. Ein Druck von Ulrich Zell. In Nachbildung herausgegeben und untersucht von Hermann Degering und Max Joseph Husung.
20 pages of facsimiles 57p, illustrations, grey card cover, library markings, well preserved
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Geschriebene Sprache: Untersuchungen zu ihrer Herausbildung und Grundlegung ihrer Theorie.
452p large format hardback, red cloth with white lettering to front and spine, binding very well ...
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Bewick Memento: Catalogue with Purchasers' Names and Prices Realised of the Scarce and Curious Collection of Books, Silver Plate, Prints, Pictures, Wood Blocks, Copper Plates, and Bewick Relics, etc., Sold by Auction at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1884.
large format hardback, original full grey cloth with lettering to spine, iv 13p, iv 40p, ...
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Notes by F G Stephens on a Collection of Drawings and Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Rooms, 1880.
34p 59p large format, two tone cloth imitating an elaborate calf binding, yellow endpapers, yellow ...
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Thomas Bewick Vignettes, Being Tail-Pieces Engraved Principally for His General History of Quadrupeds & History of British Isles.
167p hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, light flaw to jacket
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The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick. Supplement Volume.
xxxii 353p single volume in original burgundy cloth, Edward Hunter bookplate, many reproductions of ...
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The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick. Complete Set.
xxiii 562p; xxxii 353p two volume set in original burgundy cloth, includes the supplement volume, ...
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Memories.
x 390p thick hardback, small format, yellow dustjacket repaired with tape, very good indeed
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David Jones: Inscriptions.
approx 36p stapled booklet, exhibition catalogue, plates, postcard inserted, excellent
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John Bewick: Engraver on Wood, 1760 - 1795.
256p large format hardback, dustjacket, illustrated throughout, as new
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The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick.
xxiii 562p; xxxii 353p two volume set in burgundy cloth, includes the supplement volume, many ...
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The Imprint. Volume 2, 1913.
142p plus advertising pages interspersed, bound in back (pp 65- 88) an incomplete section entitled ...
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From Old Stencils to Silk Screening.
239p original cloth, fresh clean copy, illustrated throughout
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Price Alteration.
This is a copy of Scottish Short Stories edited by T & J F Hendry with a somewhat creased price ...
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Street Corner. A Study to Mark the Thirteenth Anniversary of the Founding of the Caxton Press.
56p slim hardback, dustjacket edge a bit worn, firm binding, clean pages, a well preserved copy, ...
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Curious Objects.
36p stapled booklet, exhibition catalogue, colour illustrated throughout, very good indeed
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