Books on Book History
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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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£28.00
Form, Function, Beauty = Gestalt. Translated from the German by Pamela Johnston.
168p paperback with bright pink dustjacket (a little short), many illustrations, a nice copy, ...
£28.00
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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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£18.00
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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The University Library Cambridge. Printed with the Sanction of the Syndics.
56p this started out as a booklet with green card cover, has been rebound and interleaved, grey ...
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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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Letraset (A Product Catalogue).
160p A4 format, bright red cover, spiral bound, well preserved trade catalogue of typefaces, ...
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Pioneers in Printing.
xi 196p hardback, blue dustjacket fresh, no names or stamps, first edition, very good, with plates ...
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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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Eric Gill, 1882 - 1940. A Handlist of an Exhibition at Cambridge University Library, 1982
16p stapled booklet, yellow cover, from typescript, well preserved exhibition handlist
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In Praise of Italic. Catalogue of an Exhibition Arranged for the National Book League.
80p large paperback, brown title panel to front, nice clean copy, some Cambridge call numbers ...
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Photogravure Machine Printing.
viii 108p tan cloth with dark lettering hardback, many plates throughout, also in colour, gift ...
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A Handbook of Type and Illustration, with Notes on Certain Graphic Processes and the Production of Illustrated Books.
ix 202p hardback, colourful dustjacket, no names or stamps, jacket not price clipped, a very well ...
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Costing System for the Smaller Printing Business
28p paperback, red cover, includes many tables and form designs, clean and tight copy with out ...
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William Caxton. Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the University Library, Cambridge, 24 September 1976 - 31 January 1977.
64p large sewn booklet, peach card cover with b&w artwork, pages clean and neat, many illustrations ...
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Cookery Books 1641 - 1899: From a Private Collection.
8p sewn booklet, bright pink cover (displayed too red in accompanying picture), excellent ...
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George Frederic Handel: A Catalogue of First Editions, Early Editions, Contemporary Manuscript Music, Arrangements, Books, Portraits, etc.
155 items listed in a paperback volume of approx 60 pages, portrait to cover, newspaper clippings ...
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Über die Eigenschaften der Dinge. Die Enzyklopädie des Bartholomaeus Anglicus in einer illuminierten französischen Handschrift der Universitätsbibliothek der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
104p small format paperback, many colour plates, neat item, excellent condition, no names or stamps
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Cambridge Books of Congratulatory Verses 1603 - 1640 and their Bindings.
26p offprint from Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, nice clean copy, note of ...
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The Savile Club. Suggestions' Book. A Selection of Entries, 1869 - 1968.
184p paperback, red cover, text printed in red and back, tightly bound, like new, no names or ...
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The Savile Club. 1914 - 1918 War Memorial.
259p paperback, green cover, well illustrated in colour, tightly bound, like new, no names or ...
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Guide to the Savile Monument.
47p paperback, blue cover, well illustrated in colour, tightly bound, like new, no names or stamps, ...
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Lettering for Students and Craftsmen.
336p large format hardback, tan cloth with bright red floral design, spine hinges firm, plates and ...
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Annals of Cambridge University Library, 1278 - 1900.
vii 155p large format hardback, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, first edition, name to ...
£24.00
£56.00
A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad (1475 - 1640).
xviii 609p large format hardback, half cloth, tan cloth with it black lettering to spine, a tight ...
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Integrazioni e Correzioni al Catalogus Codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae di Emidio Martini e Domenico Bassi (= MB). Part 6.
70p offprint with many plates, light blue cover, paperback, estratto, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e ...
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£36.00
Emprynted in Thys Manere: Early Printed Treasures from Cambridge University Library.
xvi 174p oversized paperback, colour illustrated throughout, excellent copy, no names or stamps, as ...
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A New Method of Landscape. New Introduction By Michael Marqusee.
xi (66)p large format paperback, A4 size, yellow cover, many illustrations in the back, tight and ...
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T. Sturge Moore (1870 - 1944) Contributions to the Art of the Book Collaboration with Yeats.
A4 pale yellow paperback with black cloth spine, produced to accompany the exhibition of the work ...
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The University Library. Papers Contributed to the Cambridge University Gazette, 1869.
30p booklet with fresh blue paper cover, rebound in blue cloth with AT initials, thin item, very ...
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The Word of God. Biblical Manuscripts at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
56p large booklet, colour illustrated throughout, author dedication to title, a nice copy
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Savile Club Sesquicentennial Books, 1868 - 2018. Scientists and Miscellany.
189p and 80p set of two paperback volumes in terracotta and violet covers, tightly bound, like new, ...
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Russian Printing to 1917. Catalogue of an Exhibition.
26p stapled booklet, grey card cover, fresh copy
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How to Use a Large Library. Interleaved.
64p small format hardback, stiff blue card cover, "with the author's kindest regards, binding a ...
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Orthotypographia, by Hieronymus Hornschuch: A Facsimile with a Parallel Translation of the Earliest Printers Manual, First Published at Leipzig in 1608.
144p brown hardback, gilt lettering to spine, Latin and English on facing pages, excellent fresh ...
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Book Collecting. A Guide for Amateurs.
130p original brown cloth, many illustrations, light signs of age, decent copy, small flaw to back ...
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Van Dyck and Portrait Engraving and Etching in the Seventeenth Century.
100p hardback with many b&w plates, tan card cover with attractive gilt crest, very good condition, ...
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Catalogue Seven. France, 1850 - 1950, Literary.
94p paperback with b&w plates, purple and white cover, very good condition, pages neat and bright, ...
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Catalogue Six. Aquatint & Lithograph.
78p paperback with b&w plates, cream cover, very good condition, pages neat and bright, binding ...
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