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Catalogue of the New-York State [Law] Library 1855.
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, 1856. 8vo, pp. x, 402; disbound; includes rules and regulations of the library and an index; ex-MHS. More
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Catalogue of the private library of Samuel Gardner Drake, of Boston ... to be sold at by auction at the salesroom of Leonard & Co....
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, 1876. 8vo, parts I and II (complete) in 1 vol., pp. x, [3]575 (continuous), engraved frontis portrait, 2 ""special notice"" slips printed on blue paper tipped in; very good in contemporary half pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards; ex-MHS. Over 10,000 lots from the famed bookseller's..... More
Catalogue of the valuable and choice library of Zelotes Hosmer, Esq.
Boston: Leonard & Co., days of sale May 7-10, 1861. 8vo, pp. iv, 116, 3; orig. printed wrappers, spine perished; good. Nearly 1200 lots, mainly early English literature and antiquities. More
Catalogue of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati
Cincinnati: Truman & Spofford, 1855. 8vo, pp. xxxi, 307; tan buckram over boards, paper label on spine; foxing, ink blots to title page, otherwise a fine copy; short list of the library's holdings. More
Catalogue of works of art exhibited. Part 1: sculpture and antiquities. Part II: paintings, drawings, engravings, and decorative art.
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1882. 2 vols., 12mo, orig. printed wrappers, extremities chipped; ex-MHS. Accompanied by 2 other odd vols. of the same: Third Catalogue of the Collection Ancient and Modern, 1876; and, Sixteenth Catalogue of Works of Art Exhibited, Part 2, 1880. More
Catalogue.
Cincinnati: Press of Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., 1871. Thick 8vo, pp. ix-[xii], 644; hinges cracked, else good or better in orig. green cloth gilt, t.e.g.; presentation copy from Poole, the librarian, to MHS; ex-MHS. Contains an historical sketch of the library and a floor-plan of the building. More
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 - 27 December 1854). An exhibition of books and manuscripts in the Library of the University of Texas. Commemorative of the centenary of his death
Austin: The University of Texas, 1935. 8vo, pp. 7; original cream printed wrappers (very lightly soiled). Exhibition catalogue consists of an essay, "Charles Lamb in Texas," by R.H. Griffith. More
Costumes militaires. Catalogue des principales suites de costumes militaires Franc, ais parues tant en France qu'a l'etranger depuis le re'gne de Louis XV jusqu'a nos jours et des suites de costumes militaire etrangers parues en France. Par un membre de la sabretache.
Paris: Henri Vivien, 1900. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], vii, [3], 562, [4]; engraved hand-colored title-p. and frontispiece, 3 hand-colored plates; spine a bit scuffed else very good and sound in contemporary quarter brown morocco, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine. Detailed catalogue enumerating every plate in this comprehensive work..... More
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF MATERIALS relating to the history of Great Britain and Ireland, to the end of the reign of Henry VII. By Thomas Duffus Hardy.
London: Longman, [et. al.], 1862-1865. 2 (of 3) volumes in 3, royal 8vo; ex-library copy with usual markings, pages slightly browned, hinges slightly cracked in vol. II, extremities and spines rubbed, small cracks in tops of spines, loss of about 2 inches of bottom corner of lower cover of vol..... More
The dolphin: a journal of the making of books.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition, limited to 2000, 4to, vol. 2, pp. 5-329, [21]; original black cloth, gold lettering on spine faded, small piece of front paste-down torn away near fore-edge not affecting cloth; else near fine. Includes articles by Beatrice Warde, Lawrence Wroth, Elmer Adler, D.B...... More
The Dr. Morris Fishbein Collection: An exhibition of selected books in the history of medicine and the biological sciences
Chicago: University of Chicago Library and The Morris Fishbein Center for the Study of the History of Science and Medicine, 1972. 8vo, pp. 39; illustrations throughout; lists 98 annotated entries included in the exhibition, classed by topic (Anatomy and Physiology, Surgery, etc.); catalogue for the exhibition, which ran from October..... More
Early American children's books 1682-1840. The private collection of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach. On exhibition at the New York Public Library
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. 12mo, pp. 15; 4 facsimiles; a very good copy in original brown printed wrappers. More
Fifty-five books printed before 1525 representing the works of England's first printers: an exhibition from the collection of Paul Mellon, January 17-March 3, 1968.
New York, 1968. Edition limited to 1650 copies printed at the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine; 8vo, pp. xiii-[xiv], 62; 8 illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates and bibliography; fine in original beige cloth, gilt spine. Over half the catalogue is devoted to works printed by Caxton and Wynkyn..... More
Fifty-five books printed before 1525 representing the works of England's first printers: an exhibition from the collection of Paul Mellon, January 17-March 3, 1968.
New York, 1968. Edition limited to 1650 copies printed at the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine; 8vo, pp. xiii-[xiv], 62; 8 illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates and bibliography; fine in orig. beige cloth, gilt spine. Over half the catalogue is devoted to works printed by Caxton and Wynkyn..... More
Fifty-five books printed before 1525 representing the works of England's first printers: an exhibition from the collection of Paul Mellon, January 17-March 3, 1968.
New York, 1968. Edition limited to 1650 copies printed at the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine; 8vo, pp. xiii-[xiv], 62; 8 illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates and bibliography; fine in orig. beige cloth, gilt spine. Over half the catalogue is devoted to works printed by Caxton and Wynkyn..... More
Fine bindings 1500-1700 from Oxford libraries.
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1968. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 144, [2], color frontispiece, b&w plates; near fine in original light blue cloth, spine gilt. 240 entries with indexes. More
General index to the first forty-two volumes of "The Studio" 1893-1908
London: Simms & Reed Ltd, 1979. Reprint edition after the original editions of 1902 and 1909; 2 volumes in 1, small folio, pp. 135; 128; fine in original green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
Gesamtkatalog Der Wiegendrucke, Herausgegeben Von Der Kommission Fur Den Gesamtkatalog Der Wiegendrucke.
Leigzig & Stuttgart: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925-2000. First edition, large 4to, 10 volumes, orig. blue decorated cloth; about fine throughout. All published to date, covering the letters A to Hierocles. Included in a separate envelope are 14 leaves of Corrections and Additions to Vols. I-IV. Winchell, AA169: "As far as..... More
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Herausgegeben von der kommission für den gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Band I. Abano-Alexius
Leipzig: Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. Folio, pp. lxiii, 682; original blue cloth, red and gilt decorated spine, minor shelf wear; ex-Aquinas Institute of Theology Library with usual markings, else fine. "Beilage zu Band I" laid in. The first volume of ten, published over the course of 75 years..... More
Gundam biblios. Mobile Suit Gundam books gathering 1979-1998
Tokyo: Sunrise, Movik, 2000. First edition, 4to, pp. 159, [1]; text in Japanese; color illustrations throughout; printed paper wrappers; fine in fine dust jacket. An annotated bibliography of Gundam publications over two decades, with a color image of the cover of each entry. More
The Harvey Cushing collection of books and manuscripts
New York: Schuman's, 1943. First edition, 4to, pp. xvi, 207; blue cloth stamped in gilt, some edge wear, previous owner's marginalia. A very good copy of the first publication from the Yale Medical Library, Historical Library, a short-title catalogue of Cushing's collection, bequeathed to Yale University, ca. 1939. More
THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY 1942-1967. A selection of books and manuscripts in Harvard collections.
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1967. Folio, xiv-[xvi] & 255-[256]pp., 10 color plates, numerous illustrations throughout of manuscripts, bindings, maps, and printed books from Harvard's diverse collections; fine copy in orig. black cloth gilt, t.e.g., with publisher's announcement and presentation slip laid in. More
The human environment
Washington: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, March, 1972. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 171; vi, 109; original mustard spiral-bound wrappers; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; shelf wear, tear to rear wrapper of vol. II not affecting text, else good and sound. vol. I: A selective, annotated..... More
I found it at the JCB: scholars and sources published on the occasion of the sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of the John Carter Brown library.
Providence: 1996. Edition limited to 1500 copies; folio; pp. xix, [1], 147, [1]; numerous illustrations in the text; quarter black cloth stamped with gilt, under decorative paper. More
Illustrated manuscripts from the Pierpont Morgan Library. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the New York Public Library.
New York: New York Public Library, 1934. Edition limited to 500 copies "reprinted in revised form from the Bulletin of the N.Y.P.L.," 8vo, pp. 32, [1]; text partially in double column, 5 full-p. illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates; orig. printed wrappers bound in; contemporary half red calf..... More
