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Leaf Book - With Two Original Chaucer Leaves

Muscatine, Charles (1920-2010)
THE BOOK OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, AN ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLICATION OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S WORKS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES
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Robert McGinnis

Scott, Art & Wallace Maynard (compilers)
THE PAPERBACK COVERS OF ROBERT MCGINNIS, A Complete Listing of the 1,068 Titles and 1,432 Editions of the Paperback Cover Illustrations of Robert McGinnis
$100 $100 or less
Weingart, Wolfgang
THE TEN SECTIONS: MY WAY TO TYPOGRAPHY
$100 $100 or less

Hermann Zapf

Rosarivo, Raul M.
DIVINA PROPORTIO TYPOGRAPHICA
$100 $100 or less
Spencer, Herbert
THE VISIBLE WORD
$100 $100 or less

Bookbinding

Szirmai, J.A.
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL BOOKBINDING
$100 $100 or less
Hansard, Thomas C.
TYPOGRAPHIA: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF PRINTING, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF STEREOTYPE AND LITHOGRAPHY. Illustrated by Engravings, Biographical Notices, and Portraits.
$100 $100 or less
Young, Doyald
LOGOTYPES & LETTERFORMS, HANDLETTERED LOGOTYPES AND TYPOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS
$100 $100 or less
Spencer, Herbert
THE VISIBLE WORD
$100 $100 or less
Ringwalt, Luther (editor)
AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PRINTING
$100 $100 or less
Tschichold, Jan
SCHATZKAMMER DER SCHREIBKUNST, MEISTERWERKE DER KALLIGRAPHIE AUS VIER JAHRUNDERTEN AUF ZWEIHUNDERT TAFELIN
$100 $100 or less

Baskerville, John

Gaskell, Philip
BASKERVILLE'S PUNCHES
$150

Type Specimens

Enschedé
SPECIMEN OF DUTCH BLACK-LETTERS AND GOTHIC INITIALS OF THE XVTH CENTURY
$100 $100 or less
Ehlert, Wilhelm
DIE FARBEN UND IHRE TÖNE, Technische Anleitung zum Anlegen, Mischen und Drucken von Tonfarben.
$1,250

Presentation from the Author

De Vinne, Theodore Low
HISTORIC PRINTING TYPES, A LECTURE READ BEFORE THE GROLIER CLUB OF NEW YORK, JANUARY 25, 1885, WITH ADDITIONS AND NEW ILLUSTRATIONS
$175

Bookbinding

Craig, Maurice
IRISH BOOKBINDINGS, 1600-1800
$125
Cornog, D.Y. [with] F.C. Rose
LEGIBILITY OF ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS AND OTHER SYMBOLS, II. A REFERENCE HANDBOOK.
$150
Carpocino, Jerome
THE VATICAN
$250
Burns, Robert
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS, CONTAINING THE POEMS, SONGS, CORRESPONDENCE
$125

Fabulous Atlas of the Heavens

Dien, Ch.
Atlas Céleste Contenant Plus de 100000 Etoiles et Nébuleuses dont la Position est Réduite au 1er Janvier 1860, D'après les Catalogues les Plus Exacts des Astronomes Français et Etrangers, Introduction par M. Babinet
$425

Finely Executed Engravings, London in 1818

Brewer, J. Norris
Histrionic Topography: or, the Birth-places, Residences, and Funeral Monuments of the most Distinguished Actors., Illustrated by Engravings, Executed by Messrs. J. & H. Storer, and by Historical and Descriptive Notices Written by Mr. J. Norris Brewer
$275

Signed by the Authors

Bosch, Gulnar, John Carswell, Guy Petherbridge
ISLAMIC BINDINGS & BOOKMAKING
$175

Calligraphy

Bickham, George
THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN, Foreword: The Importance of The Universal Penman in Relation to Modern Calligraphy by Philip Hofer.
$150

Type Specimens

Bastien, Alfred J.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA TYPOGRAPHICA. PART ONE., Decor and Classification of Type.
$175
Baker, William and Kenneth Womack (editors)
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH BOOK-COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 184., From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series.
$125
Auer, Alois
POLYGRAPHISCHE APPARAT OBER DIE VERSCHIENDENEN KUNSTFÄCHER DER K.K. HOF- UND STAATSDRUCKEREI ZUM WIEN
$700

Cummington Press

AMERICAN DECADE
$500

Harrison of Paris

A TYPOGRAPHICAL COMMONPLACE BOOK
$150

One of 75 Copies Printed on Special Paper

CATALOGUE OF I. TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS, II. BOOKS PRINTED IN FOUNTS OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE, III. WORKS ON TYPEFOUNDING PRINTING & BIBLIOGRAPHY OFFERED FOR SALE.
$250

Grabhorn Press

NINETEENTH CENTURY TYPE DISPLAYED IN 18 FONTS CAST BY UNITED STATES FOUNDERS, NOW IN THE CASES OF THE GRABHORN PRESS
$125

One of Only 5 Copies

Alberts, S.S.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF ROBINSON JEFFERS
$2,000

Scarce '59 Las Vegas & San Miguel Co, NM Directory

W. J. Winter Publications
Directory of Las Vegas, New Mexico with San Miguel County, 1959, Containing a Buyers Guide and Classified Business Directory, Directory of Residents over 16, Numerical Telephone Directory, and a Street Guide
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Enjoy an Evening of Sin in San Francisco, 1945

Jack Lord & Jenn Shaw
Where To Sin In San Francisco, A Humorous Directory of San Francisco "Sinful" Night Clubs, Restaurants, and other Locations for Planning a Night Out of Sinning, Plus Sinful Hints for Having a Good Time
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Sailing Directions West Coast of England and Wales

US Navy Department
Sailing Directions for West Coasts of England and Wales
$80 $100 or less

Burroughs, Wellcome Century of Progress Book

Romance of Exploration and Emergency First-Aid Book
$95 $100 or less