Books on Book History
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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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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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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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A Census of Wooden Presses. (Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Number 6, 1970.)
32p offprint in blue-grey card cover, very good condition, spine a bit sunned, otherwise no ...
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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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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.
vii 359p blue paperback, a fresh and clean copy, tight, excellent condition, no names or stamps
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Codex Argenteus. The Silver Bible at Uppsala.
16p stapled booklet, with plates, on in colour, nice copy
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Address Delivered at the Opening of the twenty-eight Annual Meeting of The Library Association of the United Kingdom, at Cambridge, August 22, 1905
16p sewn booklet, grey paper cover fresh, nicely printed on strong watermarked paper, very well ...
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Notes on the Preparation of Papers Communicated to the Royal Society.
47p sewn booklet, large format, grey card cover, fresh and clean, includes section on Symbols, ...
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Printed Ephemera. The Changing Uses of Type and Letterforms in English and American Printing.
288p large format hardback, taller than A4, coarse tan cloth fresh, dustjacket is well preserved ...
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Basic Calligraphic Hands.
80p paperback, oblong format, burgundy cover, printed from hand, no names or stamps, very good ...
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Yellow-Backs. Cambridge University Library, January - April 1988.
16p stapled booklet, yellow (!) cover, well preserved exhibition listing with introduction
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William Tyndale unto the Christen Reader: A Celebration of the Quincentenary of William Tyndale.
16p stapled booklet, yellow cover, well preserved exhibition listing
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Footlights, 1883 - 1983: A Centenary Exhibition.
16p stapled booklet, yellow cover, from typescript, well preserved exhibition listing, note by H C ...
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The Age of Aquatint 1788 - 1846: A Handlist of an Exhibition at Cambridge University Library December 1982 - February 1983.
162p stapled booklet, white cover, from typescript, well preserved exhibition listing, preface by F ...
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English Prayer Books: An Introduction to the Literature of Christian Public Worship.
viii 143p blue cloth, nice copy with Wells bookplate, first edition, cloth hinge one thread opening
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The Parish Clerk.
viii 287p small format, blue cloth holding well, hinges still safe, spine dull with gilt lettering, ...
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