London: Phaidon Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Very slightly thumbed at upper corner.. 1993. Not First Edition; Later Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0-7148-2468-2. Overview of manuscript illumination (illumining) from 700 to 1500 AD. Describes manuscripts from the British Library collections. Written in lay terms and includes a bibliography for further reading. Introductory text and photo captions by the author, who is an assistant keeper in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library. Great col... more information

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England and USA: Ladybird Books Ltd, 1991. Hardcover. Val Biro. Stated first edition. Near fine in glossy pictorial boards. Several tiny dents along edge. The story of the well-loved Christmas carol and how a mouse helped write it. Abridged by Marjory Purves. 43 pp. ... more information

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Berlin: Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen Preubisher Kulturbesitz, 1991. Softcover. Near fine condition. Two lines of writing in pencil on rear free endpage. Catalogue for exhibition about ancient Babylon. Text in German. 95 pp. ... more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Julek Heller, Carolyn Scrace, and Juan Wijingaard. Fine in linen cloth boards. Near fine unclipped dust jacket (some wrinkling). The myth and lore of giants is depicted in luxurious full-page pictures, with text that explores giants' lives and activities.191 pp. including bibliography. ... more information

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Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1967. Paperback. Softcover. 4to. Book is in VG condition; previous owner's gift inscription on title page. Covers are browning, and there is a small stain on front. Rear cover lightly mottled on one corner. A tight crisp copy. 119 pp. including index. ... more information

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Berkeley: Peachpit Press, Inc, 1995. Paperback. Very Good +. Softcover. 4to. First edition. Book is in VG+ condition; corners are bent. Interior is crisp and clean. Includes a Mac computer disk (old format) in an opened rear pocket that contains 22 Mac fonts. 96 pp. including index. ... more information

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New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing. Book and jacket are in fine condition. A story with few words and lots of pictures. No text on flaps. Cover blurb by Maurice Sendak. The book is a minimalist production, and very elegant. Blechman's next book, The Book of Jonah, is identically designed. Unpaginated. ... more information

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Montrose, California: The Cosmos Store, 1981. Hardcover. Second printing. Fine in near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Paintings (by Japanese artist Kazuaki Iwasaki) and text (by Isaac Asimov) explore phenomena on the earth's surface and in outer space. Large and flashy book. 47 pp. ... more information

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New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 2007 A miniature scroll is the first printing on paper in the world. The Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln was first printed in book form as a miniature. President Franklin D. Roosevelt collected miniature books. A miniature book caused a decline in the British birthrate in the 19th century. The variety of subjects that appear between these tiny covers is as diverse as that found in full-size books. Why would the world's literature, art, and history be published... more information

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New York: Dodd Mead & Company, [1928] . Hardcover. Later printing. Inscribed, SIGNED, and dated by author in 1956. Very good condition in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket. ... more information

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Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith Inc, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is sunned, with a surface scratch on the front. Text and photographs from writer Nichols' life and work in New Mexico. 146 pp. ... more information

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La Jolla, CA: The Green Tiger Press/A Star & Elephant Book, 1983. First edition, second printing. Softcover. Very good condition. Corner fold. Short ink line on front, faint soiling. Interior is clean and lovely. Color plates tipped in throughout with Cline's drawings of clowns and jesters. ... more information

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San Francisco: Bellerophon Books, 1970. Softcover. Fine condition. A wonderful amalgam of high culture and low. All pictures derived from historical sources. Picture of Shakespeare on rear cover taken from the engraving by Martin Droeshout for the First Folio, 1623. Unpaginated. ... more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover with dust jacket. Oblong 4to. Book is in fine condition. Jacket is in near fine condition; edges are rubbed and one corner is lightly bumped. Not price-clipped. Unpaginated. ... more information

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Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 1978. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket. 4to. First edition. Book and jacket are in near fine condition. Edges are lightly rubbed, and corners bumped. There is a 2" horizontal scratch on rear cover. Selected and edited by Robert Latham. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 240 pp. including index and glossary. ... more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. An illustrated biography of the creator of "Ethan Frome" and "The Age of Innocence." 296 pp. including notes, chronology, selected bibliography, and index. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in glassine wrapper. Book is in near fine condition in beige cloth boards with imprinted Punchinello figure on front and back boards. Small circular impression on rear board, and very slight soiling. Glassine wrapper is in near fine condition, with original price sticker on front flap. 127 pp. ... more information

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New York: G.P. Putnam, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dustjacket. Book is in fine condition in white cloth boards with gray lettering on spine. Unclipped dust jacket is in near fine condition, with very slight wear at edges. Clean in mylar. Book tells the Old Testament story of Saul and David illustrated by 41 lithographs. 215 pp. ... more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1980. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Book and unclipped jacket are in fine condition. A beautiful copy. Foreword by Martin Gardner. Forty color plates, and a postscript by Anno. In protective Mylar. 48 pp. ... more information

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Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in blue cloth boards. 4to. First edition. Ex-library copy in Very Good condition. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight, library markings confined to spine, paste-in pocket, title page, and top text block. No dust jacket. Published for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Articles include Sue Allen on Floral-Patterned Endpapers in Nineteenth-Century Books," Daryl M. Hafter on "Philippe de... more information

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