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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 Royal Society Conference of Editors. Metrication in Scientific Journals.
8p pamphlet, well preserved, nice and clean item, related notice inserted
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The Story of the Prayer Book.
109p red illustrated paperback with wrapper, frontispiece, notes inserted, very good
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The Survival of Anglo-Saxon Illumination after the Norman Conquest. Offprint, Proceedings of the British Academy.
19p sewn, grey paper cover, 9 b/w plates in back, library stamp, nice fresh copy
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The Trial of Lady Chatterley. Regina v. Penguin Books Limited.
250p period paperback with green cover, well preserved copy, illustrations by Paul Hogarth, first ...
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The Universtity Printing Houses at Cambridge. From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century.
14p oblong format stapled guide, orange cover with white line illustration to front, full colour ...
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The Uses of Literacy. Aspects of Working Class Life with Special Reference to Publications and Entertainments.
384p blue paperback, index, bibliography, cover a little spotted, first Pelican printing
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The Vulture.
Unpaginated small sewn booklet with paper cover, pages clean and unmarked, 1of 3000 copies printed, ...
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Thomas Barnes of "The Times". A Biography. Ed. Harold Child.
xii 196p cloth, red dustjacket, plates, index, fresh and clean: Editor of the Times from 1817 to ...
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Three Elizabethan Pamphlets.
244p hardback, dustjacket (mostly), gossary, notes, very good: contains a long introduction to ...
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Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. Volume 14, Part 3.
single issue, approx 120p, light blue cover, very good: 1538 Marot, Bacon's De Sapientia, Barnes's ...
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Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors.
64p stapled booklet, red cover, author note "with compliments", very good
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Universal Decimal Classification: The History, Present Status and Future Prospects of a Large General Classification Scheme.
172p hardback with dustjacket, excellent fresh copy
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Valuable Printed Books including Natural History, Science and Medicine. The Property of a European Nobleman etc.
214 items, green paperback, many illustrations, price list inserted, very good
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Valuable Printed Books relating to Science and Medicine, Comprising the Property of W O Skeat.
51p green paperback, many illustrations, price list inserted, very good
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Week Ends With Tom Cleland.
12p stapled paperback with affixed portrait of Cleland on cover, b/w frontispiece, pages clean and ...
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Which? December 1962.
pp 350 - 379 stapled booklet, includes interesting consumer information on Portable Typewriters and ...
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Why were the Gospels Written?
91p green and white paperback, pages tanned, name and notes in ink to endpapers, otherwise very good
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Word Processing and Publishing: Some Guidelines for Authors.
20p stapled pamphlet, blue card cover, very good condition
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Writers on Trial. Essay in Encounter, # 172, January 1968.
96p journal with orange and purple cover, little use, pages clean, contains addtl poems, stories & ...
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Zur Grundlagenforschung der geschriebenen Sprache. (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Linguisticae, 2, 2).
55p no cover (imprint in pencil), a little wear and some marks
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A Catalogue of the Recent and Forthcoming Books on the Orient.
72p paperback, publisher's Autumn catalogue, cover a little dusty otherwise as new
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Catalogue of Children's Books, Drawings and Juvenilia.
146p green paperback, pencil marks to pages, many b&w illustrations, very good condition
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Die Lesbarkeit der Gross- und der Kleinschreibung. (Pädagogisch-Psychologische Arbeiten aus dem Institut des Leipziger Lehrervereins. Ed. F Schlotte, Vol 29, 2)
70p red paper cover, very good: this issue contains also a paper about Buchwunsch des jugendlichen ...
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English Language in Medieval Literature.
190p hardback with red dustjacket, from a Cambridge college library, a little dusty
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French Explorers Maps of New Zealand. Map Collectors' Series No 32.
16p booklet, plus 14 plates, from a Cambridge college library, re-bound in plain brown card boards ...
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Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, Vol 1.
viii 287p cloth with gilt on cover and spine, back hinge tearings, top edge gilt, includes W ...
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Letters to Thomas & Adele Seltzer. Ed. Gerald Lacy.
xiv 285p card cover, many illustrations, from a Cambridge college library, very good ...
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Livres et Manuscrits Anciens Rares at Precieux. Grand Palais. Biennale des Antiquaires 1988.
Unpaginated large blue cloth catalogue with fresh gilt lettering on cover, hardly used, pages clean ...
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Printed Books and Maps. Part 1: Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and the Levant, Tueday 25th October 1994. Part 2: General Printed Books and Maps, Thursday 3rd Novemeber 1994.
114p large black sale catalogue with illustrated cover panel, hardly used, pages clean with double ...
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Schrift und Urkunde im Geschichtsunterricht.
x 99p hardback minor wear, a history of writing in 30 photographic plates
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The Bookman's London.
ix 161p hardback with fresh dustjacket, attrative copy, many plates
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The Boxted Library. Auction Catalogue.
60p white paperback, many b&w illustrations, near fine condition
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The Libraries of Greater London. A Guide.
252p cloth, very good copy from a Cambridge college library
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The Library of Trinity College Cambridge.
136p cloth (water damage leading to superficial discolouring of boards only), original
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100 Jahre Bruckmann.
156p papered boards, dustjacket, many plates, also in colour, very fresh very nice book
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500 Jahre Buch und Zeitung in Köln. Ausstellung.
168p card cover, nice copy. 80p scholarly essay, with illustrations & index and notes on printers, ...
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500 Years of Printmaking. Prints and Illustrated Books at Bowdoin College.
45p green paperback, frontispiece, inscription to front endpaper, b&w plates, pages clean, binding ...
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A Journey Around the World Mind.
44p large purple paperback, very well illustrated and informative on the history and holdings of ...
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A Small Catalogue of Books for Sale, Property of a Collector.
well produced listing, 24 pages with 228 items, grey card cover, issued by D Seakman, The Paddock, ...
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A Stephen Crane Collection.
xiii 30p cloth, very good, 1/350 copies, from a Cambridge college library
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A Study of History: What the Book is for, How the Hook Took Shape.
12p pamphlet, green cover, portrait, this is uncommon publisher's advertising material, not the ...
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Allotment by Tokens. A Roman Bronze Weight from Egypt.
two short offprints, white paper cover, one with illustrations, well preserved
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Among My Books.
xi 297p green cloth, floral carpet to spine, pages are bright and unmarked, a firm copy, very good, ...
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An Act for better securing the Duties on Paper printed, painted, or stained, in Great Britain.
6 page statute, original 18th century printing, removed from a collection of Statutes published in ...
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An Act for the more effectually carrying into Execution the Laws relating to the Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper; and for repealing certain Stamp Duties on Policies for insuring Property in any foreign Kingdom... from Loss by Fire.
4 page statute, original 18th century printing, removed from a collection of Statutes published in ...
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Archives and Local History.
112p green hardback, laminated boards rubbed along spine and with usual library markings, pages ...
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Archives and Local History. Second Revised Edition.
111p hardback with red and white dustjacket which has been stuck to the book, usual library ...
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ATHENAIOI et ATHENAIOI en Égypte Gréco-Romaine.
16p offprint, beige card cover, clean and tight, controlling the accents in ancient names, curious
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