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My School Books
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Van Loon, Hendrik
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: DuPont Corp Edition: Worlds Fair ed Date Published: 1939 Condition: VG-, NO dj
Comments: 12mo 24pp. Some soiling to cloth. A giveaway from the duPont Corporation for the 1939 NY World's Fair.
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$5.25
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Tropic of Cancer on Trial: a Case History of Censorship
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Hutchison, E. R.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Grove Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1968 Condition: Near Fine/VG+
Comments: 300pp. Lightly worn DJ.
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$5.75
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Abc Et Cetera
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Humez, Alexander And Nicholas
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Godine Edition: 1st Date Published: 1985 Condition: G+/VG
Comments: 8vo 274 pp. Prev owner's name, slight bow to cover, first 36 pp have vertical pen lines in margins. 1/2" tear, bit of wear to DJ.
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$5.00
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Early Illustrated Books: a History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries
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Pollard, Alfred W.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Empire State Book Co. Edition: 3rd ed Date Published: 1926 Condition: Good. Solid reading copy, with defects as noted.
Comments: 12mo 254pp. Splashy dampstain front cloth, not affecting interior. Bookplate and offssetting therefrom on front end papers.
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$12.00
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Treasures From the Bodleian Library
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Hassall, A. G. And W. O.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Fraser Gallery Edition: 1st Date Published: 1976 ISBN: 0900406526 Condition: VG+, NO dj
Comments: 160pp. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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$25.00
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The Abc's of Typography
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Ernst, Sandra B.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Art Direction Book Co. Edition: 1st presumably Date Published: 1977 Condition: FINE/VG-
Comments: 188 pp. 1/2" deep chip top spine of DJ.
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$10.00
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Second Impression: Rural Life With a Rare Bookman
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Kaye, Barbara
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Oak Knoll Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1995 ISBN: 1884718043 Condition: VG-/VG+
Comments: 350pp. Price-clipped DJ has a bit of a mark at place on foreedge where book was dropped! Dent there is only real fault.
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$10.00
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Man of Letters: the Extraordinary Life and Times of Literary Impresario Rupert Hart-Davis
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Ziegler, Philip
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Carroll and Graf Edition: 1st US Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 078671526X Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 332pp.
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$12.00
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Valuable Printed Books and Maps Comprising Atlases, Travel, Natural History, Continental and....(June 27-28, 1991)
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(Sotheby's Auction Catalogue)
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Sotheby's Date Published: 1991 Condition: Near Fine wraps
Comments: 279 pp. Tremendously interesting, and a terific bibliographic reference. Includes prices realized.
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$15.00
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Indecent Pleasures: the Life and Colorful Times of William Targ
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Targ, William
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Macmillan Edition: 1st Date Published: 1975 ISBN: 0026197006 Condition: VG+/VG
Comments: 428pp. Couple 1/4-1/2" tears to DJ. Prev owner's name embossed front end paper. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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$5.75
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Pages: the World of Books, Writers, and Writing
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Bruccoli, Matthew I. (Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Gale Edition: 1st Date Published: 1976 ISBN: 0810309254 Condition: Near Fine/VG-
Comments: 304pp. *SIGNED* Several tears to 1/2" light dampstain (not affecting book) to DJ. INSCRIBED by the pubisher on title page.
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$20.00
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Special Collections in College and University Libraries
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Modoc Press
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Macmillan Edition: 1st Date Published: 1989 ISBN: 0029216516 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 639pp. NO OVERSEAS or priority on this, please: Too big and too heavy!
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The Book of First Books
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Ahearn, Allen
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Quill and Brush Edition: 3rd ed tr pbk Date Published: 1983 ISBN: 0961049413 Condition: VG+ wraps
Comments: 191 pp.
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$8.00
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Book Collecting: the Book of First Books
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Ahearn, Allen
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Quill and Brush Edition: tr pbk Date Published: 1986 ISBN: 0961049472 Condition: VG+ wraps
Comments: 255 pp.
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$8.00
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A Book of Days for the Literary Year
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Jones, Neal T. (Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Thames and Hudson Edition: 3rd ptg Date Published: 1984 ISBN: 0500013322 Condition: Near Fine, NO dj
Comments: Unpp. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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Murder in Print: a Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction
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Barnes, Melvin
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Barn Owl Books Edition: 1st Date Published: 1986 ISBN: 0950905747 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 244pp.
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$10.00
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They'Re Books!
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Stem, Carol
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Sidney's Books Edition: 1st Date Published: 1989
Comments: 80pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by Ms. Stem.
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$10.00
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The Collection of Otto Schafer Part III: Illustrated Books and Historical Bindings (November 1, 1995)
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(Sotheby's Auction Catalogue Sale 6762)
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Sotheby's Date Published: 1995 Condition: Fine wraps
Comments: Unpp. Mail weight 4 lbs. Tremendously interesting, and a terific bibliographic reference. Does NOT include prices realized.
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$15.00
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What People Want to Read About: a Study of Group Interests and a Survey of Problems in Adult Reading
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Waples, Douglas And Tyler, Ralph W.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: ALA and U. Chicago Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1931 Condition: VG-/G
Comments: 312. A bit soiled, slightly cocked spine, two small sunned patches. DJ is chipped, worn and sunned.
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Have Pen, Will Autograph: an Author Meets His Public
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Kane, Harnett T.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Doubleday Edition: later ptg Date Published: 1959 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 192 pp. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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$6.50
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Ten Centuries of Manuscripts in the Huntington Library
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Schulz, Herbert C. Et Al
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Huntington Library Edition: 4th ptg Date Published: 1982 Condition: Near Fine wraps
Comments: 87 pp.
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Princess in Paradise
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Schmeckebier, Alexandra K.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Phoenix Edition: 1st Date Published: 1981 ISBN: 0914016806 Condition: VG+/VG-
Comments: 435pp. P. o. name, slight spine cock. Bit of wear, soiling, short tape-repaired tear to DJ. One of 1500 in the edition. The memoirs of the Russian princess who eventually became Alfred Knopf's personal secretary!
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Dr. Bowdler's Legacy: a History of Expurgated Books
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Perrin, Noel
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Atheneum Edition: 1st Date Published: 1969 Condition: VG-/VG-
Comments: 296pp. Spine cocked some, sun line top edge of book. Spine of DJ faded, with a bit of a dampline bottom spine, not affecting book.
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Books in General
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Eagle, Solomon
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Knopf Edition: 1st Date Published: 1919 Condition: VG, NO dj
Comments: 281 pp. Bookplate and prev owner's name on end papers. Light wear to book.
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$7.50
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Master Makers of the Book
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Orcutt, William Dana
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Doubleday Doran Edition: 1st Date Published: 1928 Condition: VG/G
Comments: 271 pp. SIGNED. Front cover a little bowed. Prev owner's name. 3/4" sq. chip upper R corner front DJ, and dampstained spine. Signed by the author, front free end paper. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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$40.00
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Valuable Printed Books and Maps
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(Sotheby's Auction Catalogue Sale Ln4378)
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Sotheby's Date Published: 1994 Condition: Fine wraps
Comments: 189 pp. Tremendously interesting, and a terific bibliographic reference. Does NOT include prices realized.
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$15.00
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Printed Books, Maps and Music Historical Bindings (June 12-13 1996)
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(Sotheby's Auction Catalogue Sale Ln6357)
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Sotheby's Date Published: 1996 Condition: Fine wraps
Comments: 93 pp. Tremendously interesting, and a terific bibliographic reference. Does NOT include prices realized.
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Dukedom Large Enough: Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer 1929-1956
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Randall, David A.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Random Edition: 3rd ptg Date Published: 1969 Condition: VG+/VG-
Comments: 368pp. 1/4" minor break in cloth bottom front edge. 1/4" scuff front foreedge of DJ. DJ has damplines on inside front, bottom spine Damplines noted have no visible effects on book, and aren't readily visible until closly inspected. INSCRIBED "For..../Sincerely/
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The Alphabet: Fifteen Interpretive Designs Drawn and Arranged With Explanatory Text and Illustrations
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Goudy, Frederic W.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Kennerley Edition: EX LIB Date Published: 1922 Condition: Good only, EX lIB
Comments: NO OVERSEAS. EX LIB, with labels blacked out, spine label, blacked out stamp foreedge, which touches the edge of some typeface plates. Plates would be suitable for framing, if you trimmed in 1/4" from edge to avoid bleed of markered out lib. stamp. 'B' plate has 1/2"
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One Hundred Years of Publishing
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Little Brown
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Little Brown Edition: stated 1st Date Published: 1937 Condition: Good+ wraps
Comments: 83pp. Soiled, edgeworn wrappers, binding solid. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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$5.75
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The Life of Eric Gill
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Speaight, Robert
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Kenedy Edition: 1st Date Published: 1966 Condition: VG/G+
Comments: 323pp. Scuff mark bottom spine of somewhat worn DJ. Concerns Gill's spiritual life as well as his work as a type designer and artist.
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How We Got This Way
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Cadigan, John J. As Told To Crosby, Katherine
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Dogwood Press Edition: 1st, limited Date Published: 1935 Condition: VG+, NO dj
Comments: 88 pp. Just a bit of wear to extremities, quite nice overall. #121 of 528 copies.
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$30.00
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The Voice of the Old Frontier
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Vail, R. W. G.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Yoseloff Edition: 1st? (see note) Date Published: 1949 Condition: VG+/G+
Comments: 492pp. 1.5" tear top spine, 1" tear upper right front corner of o/w nice DJ. Book is copyrighted by U Penn, via the Rosenbach grant.
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$25.00
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On the Art of Writing
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Quiller-Couch, Arthur
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Putnam Edition: new edition Date Published: 1943 Condition: Near Fine/VG
Comments: 302pp. Bit of soiling top edge, book crisp. Toning to DJ spine, bit of silverfishing bottom edges of DJ flaps, but a nice copy withal.
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$50.00
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The Golden Book: the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking Past and Present
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McMurtrie, Douglas C.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Covici-Friede Edition: 3rd Date Published: 1934 Condition: Fair/Fair only (see notes)
Comments: 410pp. Dampstain bottom rear edge, from 1/4" to 1 1/2" deep, with bleeding to DJ, 2" tear there on DJ. P O Name. READING COPY ONLY Too bad about the condition--looks like an interesting book. Search - BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Back To Top
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$7.00
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Minor Lives: a Collection of Biographies By John Nichols
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Nichols, John (Hart, Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harvard U. Press Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1971 Condition: Near Fine/VG-
Comments: 8vo 367pp. 1/2" tear, some soiling to DJ. DJ the kind of paper that really picks up soiling easily. Largely about antiquarians, booksellers, printers, and illustrators from the centuries before.
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$8.00
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