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Patterson, L. H. The Pageant of Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, Being a Lively Account of that Ancient Town in Great Britain: Its Beginning and Its Later History: In Especially Those Glorious Events that Marked the Great Siege and Surrender, in the Year 1646, of its Noble Castle. Newark, New Jersey: The Carteret Book Club, 1927. 1 of 200 copies. Large 8vo (regular size). 78, [1] pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Map. Two hundred copies of this book have been printed ... by the Harbor Press, New York. Very good hardcover. Paper label on front cover. #17496. $25
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Payne, Roger. Extracts from the Diary. New York: Harbor Press, 1928. Copy 141 of 175. Small 8vo (regular size). 28 pages. Illustrations. Very good pictorial hardcover. #15692. $22.50
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Pillsbury, Mary. Peter and Wendy See the New York World's Fair in Pop-Up Action Pictures. Illustrated by Fred Ottenheimer. Construction by Eric Gluckman. New York: Spertus Publishing Company, 1963. Official edition. Oblong small 4to (medium-large book). 10 full-color leaves with 5 colorful pop-ups. On front cover: The Official 1964-1965 New York World's Fair Pop-Up Book. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover) with plastic comb binding, some wear to the covers. #24847. $130
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Polk, Ralph W., and Edwin W. Polk. The Practice of Printing: Letterpress and Offset. Peoria, Illinois: Charles A. Bennett Co., 1926? Revised edition. x, 326 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Frontispiece. The latest copyright date is 1926. The publication information on the title page has been covered by a gift sticker from the Kelsey Company. Good hardcover. #25481. $35
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Southwest of the Bookman: Essays from Various Sources, collected by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: University of California Library, 1959. 1st printing. i, 60 pages. UCLA Library Occasional Paper, 11. Contributors include Carl Hertzog, Charles F. Lummis, Patricia Paylore. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Very good. #17521. $17.50
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Queens Borough Public Library. Report of the Queens Borough Public Library for the Year Ending December 31, 1929. Jamaica, New York: Administrative Offices, 1929. 64 pages. Frontispiece photographs. Good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #23222. $20
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The Realist magazine. The Realist magazine, March-June, September-November, #77-84, December (No number), 1968. Edited by Paul Krassner. New York: The Realist Association, 1968. 9 issues. Newsprint. Slightly chipped and worn. #19506. $60
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The Realist magazine. The Realist magazine, February-June (No numbers), November-December, #86, 1969. Edited by Paul Krassner. New York: The Realist Association, 1969. 6 issues. Newsprint. Slightly chipped and worn. #19507. $47.50
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Romano, Clare, and John Ross. A Selection of Books by Clare Romano. / Books by John Ross. An Exhibition at the Rutgers University Libraries, November 2000-February 2001. Introductions by Judith K. Brodsky. Acknowledgments by Marianne Gaunt. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Libraries, 2000. 4to (large books). 2 volumes. (32, 48 pages.) Color and black-and-white plates. Both books dated, inscribed and signed by the authors. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). No slipcase. ISBN 0813529549. #26448. $55
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Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel, and Alessandro Zanella. A Checklist of Books Printed at the Plain Wrapper Press, 1966-1980. With a note on the press by Kenneth I. Pettitt. Verona: Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1980. 12mo (small book). 30 pages. Illustrations. Portrait. 'Plain Wrapper Press, Hand-Printed Limited Editions, Fall 1981,' laid in. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #15694. $17.50
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Ryder, John. Printing for Pleasure: A Practical Guide for Amateurs. Foreword by Sir Francis Meynell. London: Phoenix House, 1955. 1st printing. 12mo (small book). 142 pages. Illustrations. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and chipped dust jacket. Former owner's name in ink along front flyleaf margin. #23723. $15
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Philosophi. Opera Omnia Ex. Ult. L. Lipsii et M. Annae Seneca Rhetoris. Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Apud Ioan. Iansonium (Janson), 1634. 12mo (small book). 2 volumes. Gilt-tooled leather. Marbled endpapers. Very good. #15660. $240
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Simon, Myron, and Harvey Gross, editors. Austin Warren: Teacher & Critic. Essays By and About. 'The Early Theological Writings of Austin Warren,' compiled by Mary Joan Miller. 'The Writings of Austin Warren,' bibliography compiled by James Kittredge. Los Angeles: Plantin Press, 1976. 1 of 500 copies. xvi, 165 pages. Warren was a professor of English at a number of distinguished universities and published several scholarly studies. Very good hardcover. #17524. $15
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Starkie, Walter, and A. Norman Jeffares. Homage to Yeats, 1865-1965. [Starkie: 'Yeats and the Abbey Theatre.' Jeffares: 'Women in Yeats's Poetry.'] Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Introduction by Majl Ewing. Los Angeles, California: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1966. vi, 78 pages. Director's compliments slip laid in. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar October 16, 1965. Very good stiff printed wrappers. #17643. $17.50
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Szyk, Arthur, Edited by Cecil Roth. The Haggadah. Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv: Massadah and Alumoth, 1962. 1st printing. 4to (large book). No pagination. Fanfolded pages. Color illustrations. Endpaper illustrations. Laid in: a sheet with two mounted Israeli stamps designed by Arthur Szyk (at least one of which shows cancellation on a lower corner). 'The illustrations contained herein are reproductions of originals of Arthur Szyk of New-Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.A. Engraved by the Sun Engraving Co., England.' - Title page verso. Introductory text in English. Haggadah in English and Hebrew. Fine volume in good clamshell box. The Haggadah is bound in blue-purple velvet over boards, with gilt decorative devices on front and rear covers, and gilt spine title and devices. Clamshell box is 1/4-leather and cloth with gilt device and title on spine. Lined with velvet. Top and bottom of clamshell box spine slightly torn, lower front right-hand corner bruised and worn. Unrelated gift inscription on lower left-hand corner of Hebrew title page (in back of volume). #22472. $250
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Terence. Terentii Comoediae Sex, Accurate Sane, & Diligenter Emendata. Haec Adiecta. Venetiis (Venice): Apud Dominicum de Farris, 1594. 16mo (small book). 175, [1] pages. 16 cm. Anchor & Dolphin on title page with word 'Aldvs,' the trademark printer's device of the Aldine Press. On title page: Terentij vita ex Aelio Donato. Argumenta in fabulas, & scenas. Annotationes in margine adscriptae. Obseruatio variae lectionis. Text in Latin. Good vellum binding. Upper right hand corner of title page and lower corner of final leaf missing, not affecting text. Some foxing; dampstains on lower edges of some pages; some ink stains. Good, tight copy. #15661. $2,000
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Thomas Jefferson and the World of Books. Thomas Jefferson and the World of Books. A Symposium Held at the Library of Congress, September 21, 1976. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1977. 37 pages. Illustrations. Contributors include Daniel J. Boorstin, Dumas Malone, Frederick R. Goff, and Merrill D. Peterson. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #23186. $22.50
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University of California, Los Angeles, Library. Rare Books and Research: Addresses given at the Dedication of the Department of Special Collections, July 28, 1950. (University of California, Los Angeles, Library). Los Angeles, California: University of California, 1951. 53 pages. Contributors include Lawrence Clark Powell, Majl Ewing, Henry R. Wagner, George L. Harding, John Walton Caughey, James T. Babb, and Neal Harlow. Designed by Ward Ritchie. Very good stiff printed wrappers. #17651. $17.50
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Valentiner, Wilhelm R. The Late Years of Michel Angelo. New York: Privately Printed by Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1914. 38 pages. Illustrations. 'Three hundred copies of this book on Dutch handmade paper privately printed by Frederic Fairchild Sherman.' - Colophon. Good hardcover. #15698. $30
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Venice (Republic: To 1797). Doge (1501-1521: Loredano). A Privilege Granted to Aldus Romanus for the Benefit of Literary Affairs. Text in Latin and English. Englishing by Jane Maycock. Vancouver, Washington: Robert Frederick Lane, No Date. 16mo (small book). Unpaged. Fine hardcover with paper label. #15783. $27.50
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Vox, Maximilien. Caractere Noel 55. Paris: Edite sous les auspices de la Federation Francaise des Syndicats patronaux de l'Imprimerie et des Industries Graphiques, 1955. 4to (large book). No pagination. Index. Illustrations. Numero special Noel 1955. Dessins de Maximilien Vox grave sur bois par Blaise Monod. Includes Vox's 'Dialogue avec monsieur Breme sure l'utilite du dessin,' Canson et Montgolfier, 15 pages. A collection of French advertising, printing and graphic arts. Text in French. Good hardcover in chipped, worn and torn dust jacket. #25194. $60
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Ward, Philip. A Musical Breakfast: A One-Act Play in Two Scenes. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. Wymondham: Brewhouse Press, 1968. 1 of 325 copies. Small 4to (medium-large book). Unpaged. Illustrations. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #15701. $22.50
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Waters, Frank, fl. 1903-1927. The Albatross. Cliffdale, Alpine-on-the-Hudson, New Jersey: Printed at the Harbor Press, 1927. 12mo (small book). 8 pages. A Christmas Keepsake. From 'Eight Bells,' by Frank Waters. Very good hardcover in original (worn) glassine wrapper. #15882. $25
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Wheelwright, William Bond. Essential Facts about Paper. Boston: Privately Printed for Stone & Andrew, Inc., 1920. 38 pages. Photographs. Good hardcover, corners and edges rubbed. #24081. $20
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Wolf, Edwin, 2d. Bibliothesauri: or, Jewels from the Shelves of the Library Company of Philadelphia, Being a Catalogue of a Selection of Rare, Old, Curious, Valuable, Important, Unusual, Beautiful, Influential, and Historic Books in the Fields of Religion, Law, Science, Medicine, History, Travel, Art and Literature. To Which is Prefixed A Brief Introduction. Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1966. 68 pages. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers. #17605. $15
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Worshipful Company of Stationers. A Few Historical Notes on the Worshipful Company of Stationers. London: Saint Bride Foundation Printing School, 1921. 4to (large book). 16 pages. Portrait. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #16510. $30
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Zamorano Club. (Robert O. Schad). Addresses at a Meeting of the Zamorano Club, May 6, 1950. Camarillo, California: Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, 1950. 42 pages. Printed in Los Angeles, California, by Anderson & Ritchie: The Ward Ritchie Press. The main address was by Robert O. Schad, 'The Estelle Doheny Collection.' Very good stiff wrappers. #17608. $37.50
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