Halae Sailcae [Stockholm]: Apud Io. Gottl. Bierwirth, 1747. Edito Nova Multo Correctior. Linnaeus the Taxonomic Bibliographer. This first... Read More about Bibliotheca botanica recensens libros plus mille de plantis huc usque editos, secundum systema...
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London: Joseph Masters, 1850. PRINTED ON VELLUM, apparently the only copy thus. Printed on Vellum. Following the manuscript tradition, liturgical printing in both the Catholic and Anglican churches frequently employed vellum as well as paper. D.B. Updike writes that economic considerations were also a factor: “As early printed books were..... Read More about A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1944. No. 111 of a limited edition of 160 copies, engraved frontispiece of monkey, signed by Gooden. Stephen Gooden (1892-1955) was the most accomplished line engraver of his time. He illustrated a number of books, among them the Nonesuch Bible, Fables of La Fontaine, George Moore's The..... Read More about An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden. EDITION DE LUXE, WITH AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVING...
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Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, [1961]. First edition. With a brochure "The Enmancipation Proclmation" laid in and inscribed to Ashley Montagu by Dumond. Read More about Antislavery - The Crusade for Freedom in America [WITH} A Bibliography of Antislavery in America
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Washington, D.C: Published by the Author, 1938. First Edition, one of 2500 copies. Read More about Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Their history, makers and uses,...
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Strassburg: J. H. Ed. Heitz (Heitz & Mündel), 1903. Read More about Versuch einer Dürer Bibliographie
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Press of the Night Owl, 1974. First edition, no. 105 of 190 copies. A beautiful copy of this authoritative work on Dwiggins. Read More about The Books of WAD. A Bibliography of the books designed by W. A. Dwiggins. Compiled by Dwight...
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[Reading]: The Alden Press for the Library of the University of Reding, 1969. First edition. With an ALS to Montagu from Eales and an off-print laid in. Read More about The Cole Library of early Medicine and Zoology. Catalogue of books and pamphlets. Part I. 1472-1800
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London: Bibliographical Society, 1926. First edition. Read More about Early editions of Euclid’s Elements
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New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1892. First American edition. The rules and play of poker, with a chapter on poker sharps describing marked cards and other cheats. Read More about The Gentlemen's Hand-Book on Poker
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Paris: Fournier Frères, 1805. First edition. Predecessor to Brunet. First edition of Fournier's rare book bibliography, which, according to Brunet, is based on Fournier's 1796 abridgement of Cailleau's DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE (1790), entitled ESSAI PORTATIF DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE. Fournier's expansion of that early effort, first printed here, is itself an important predecessor..... Read More about Dictionnaire Portatif de Bibliographie, contenant plus de 17,000 articles de Livres rare
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Nismes: Typographie Ballivet et Fabre; Imprimerie Clavel-Ballivet, 1836, 1861. The catalogue of the holdings at the library in Nimes, with a list of the rules for use at the front of the first volume. The first two volumes contained 13903 items including the basic catalogue, the first supplement and the..... Read More about Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de Nismes [and the ]Second Supplément, contenant les...
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Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 1835. First edition. Among the areas his collection covered are roads, canals, history of finance and financiers, history of commerce, engineering, agriculture, customs, schools, hospitals, laws, medicine, mines, prisons, science and government. Read More about Traite de matériaux manuscripts de divers genres d'histoire
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Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 1836. Nouvelle edition “augmentée de la Manière de considérer ce traité et de s'en servir”. Signed. With a leaf at the front captioned “Pétition” signed by Monteil the 9th March 1836. Among the areas his collection covered are roads, canals, history of finance and financiers..... Read More about Traite de matériaux manuscripts de divers genres d'histoire
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Paris: Veuve Adolphe Labitte: Maison Silvestre, 1883. Sales catalogue for the auction at Maison Silvestre the 18 Mai - 1st of June 1883 containing 2461 lots. The collector was the grandson of Antoine Dubois, Napoleon's celebrated surgeon. Read More about Catalogue des Livres Rares et Curieux Principalement sur l'Histoire de France composant la...
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Hanover, N.H: Dartmouith College Library, 1944. First edition. Insribed to his friend and Professor at Dartmouth; "For George Wood to whom I owe so much. Robert FRiost Baker Library June 8 1944." Read More about Fifty Years of Robert Frost. A Catalogue of the Exhibition held in Baker Library in the Autumn of...
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New York: R.R. Bowker, 1940. First Edition. A standard work, covering a wide range of sports. Read More about The Sportsman's Library, Being a Descriptive List of the most important Books on Sport
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London: W & G Foyle Limited [Printed by John Roberts Press Limited], 1928. First edition limited to 375 copies, this being number 172. Read More about Bibliographical Notes on T. E. Lawrence's ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ and ‘Revolt in the...
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Brussels: Imprimerie Polleunis, Ceuterick, et Lefébure, 1888. First seperate edition. Read More about Archéologie et Bibliographie Mexicaines
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London: [Privately printed] 30 Gerrard Street, W. 1, n.d. [1931]. SPECIAL COPY (in a total edition of 300 copies) assembled by the author for presentation to WILFRED PARTINGTON. Wilfred Partington's "Gilbertian Copy" Unique presentation copy of this rare and charming bibliography. Partington's amusing note tells the story of this copy..... Read More about A Bibliography of Sir William Schenck Gilbert with Bibliographical Adventures in the Gilbert...
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nd. First edition. Presented for discussion by Colonel Richard Gimbel at a Meeting of the Colophon Club of Princeton University December 6, 1955. Read More about Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol': Three States of the First Edition
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Leipzig: Hirzel, 1932. Kataloge von Sondersammlungen der Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Leipzig, 1. Chronological catalogue of approximately 3,000 items, with annotations. Read More about Verzeichnis von Salomon Hirzels Goethe-Sammlung der Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Leipzig. Nach...
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[Private Libraries Association, n.d.]. Read More about Cock-a-Hoop a sequel to Chanticleer, Pertelote, and Cockalorum being a bibliography of the Golden...
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San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1977. First edition, one of 225 copies. Read More about Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1957 - 1966 & GRABHORN-HOYEM 1966 - 1973
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San Francisco: Printed at the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, [December]. 1958. One of 400 copies, with inscription on the colophon from Magee to Jack Phelan. With TLS from Magee to Jack Phelan. Read More about The Hundredth Book. A Bibliography of the Publications of The Book Club of California
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