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1. 'A Cosmos of My Own' Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 1980
Fowler, Doreen (ed)/Abadie, Ann J (ed)

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1981. Fine/Fine. 1st edition xvi, 304 p., 8vo;

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2. A Bibliography of Arthur Waley
Johns, Francis A

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1968. VG/no dust jacket (as issued). 1st printing xii, 187 p., index, 8vo;

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3. A BOOK HUNTER'S HOLIDAY; ADVENTURES WITH BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Rosenbach, A S.W

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. Tan cloth boards, with minor bumps, dust jacket which is protected by mylar, exhibits wear and paper loss on head and tail of spine.

Author was a legendary bookseller who was instrumental in the fashioning of the rare book trade to its present state, furthered interest in American manuscripts, and helped develop major institutional libraries. This volume describes events leading to some of his acqusitions and the history behind them.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.


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4. A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Documents Chiefly Americana Selected from the Archives and Manuscript Collections of The American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge....December 28-31, 1937
The American Philosophical Society

Philadelphia, 1937.. Good staplebound pamphlet/softcover in orange wrapper. Wear and rubbing to the edges with tear on the heel of the spine. Covers have some scuffing, soiling, and a bit of fading along the edges. Pages are lightly browned. 38 pages. An interesting catalogue of some interesting items.

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5. A CENTURY OF ARTIST'S BOOKS
Castleman, Riva

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1994. Appears to never have been read. Excellent 265 page volume published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, October 1994 through January 1995, focusing on the development of the illustrated book, with color and black and white illustrations throughout, bilbliographic information of included works.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.


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6. A Great Bookstore in Action
Kroch, Adolph

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1940.. 1st thus. Very good in cloth covered boards. Slight wear to edges and corners, with slight scuffing to boards. Autograph edition, signed in green by Kroch. 32 p. Reprinted from "The Practice of Book Selection", 1939, edited by Louis R. Wilson. An entertaining paper on books, bookselling, th reading public, and a great Chicago bookstore.

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7. A Guide to the Study of the United States of America: Representative Books Reflecting the Development of American Life and Thought
Mugridge, Donald H./McCrum, Blanche P

Washington: Library of Congress, 1960. Good/no dust jacket, x-library markings. 1st printing xvi, 1193 p., appendix, index, small 4to, x-library;

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8. A Guide-book To The Poetic And Dramatic Works Of Robert Browning
Cooke, George Willis

Riverside Press / Houghton, Mifflin And Co.. G+/NONE 1899. Hardcover. Cloth covered boards with slight soiling, bumping Gilt spine lettering 99 per cent intact Mild edge wear Sewn binding very good Gilt topstain bright Page ends mild discoloration, rough cut Endpapers with faint former owner name, address and bookseller marking Text clean, unmarked with mild age toning except 2 sets of facing pages with dark toning from papers previously laid in ; Provides date, place and circumstance of the writing of Browning's poems, publication dates and bibliographical detail Explanations of historical or biographical incident or book poems were based on Browning's own explations of poems 15 minor poems not included in published volumes included Lists of publications on each poem, characters included ; 451 pages .

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9. A History of Printed Textiles: Block, Roller, Screen, Design, Dyes, Fibres, Discharge, Resist, Further Sources for Research
Robinson, Stuart

Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1969.. First edition. Very good quarto hardcover in good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards. The dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some tears and chipping mainly on the upper edge near the head of the spine and some scuffing to the covers. Edges of pages and dj are lightly browned. 152 pages with illustrations, 4 appendices (1. notes and references for further reading, 2. museums and centres with collections of textiles, 3. libraries and booksellers, 4. educational aids), and index. A study of printed textiles and their methods of manufacture.

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10. A Manual of the William Freeman Myrick Goss Library of the History of Engineering and Associated Collections
Hepburn, William Murray

Purdue University Engineering Experiment Station,, 1947. First edition. Good staplebound softcover with red wrapper. Wear and rubbing along edges and spine with some scuffing to covers. Page edges are lightly browned. Tight binding. Clean text. Name of previous owner written on half-title page. 218 pages with various book lists and bibliographies and an index.

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11. A Police Bibliography: Published and Unpublished Sources through 1976, with an Addendum
Whitehouse, Jack E

NY: AMS Press, 1980. Fine/no dust jacket (as issued). - xxiv, 525 p., index, 4to;

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12. Alexander Strahan : Victorian Publisher
Srebrnik, Patricia Thomas

Ann Arbor:: The University of Michigan Press,, 1986. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Slight wear to edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges with light scuffing to covers. 269 pages with illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, and index. A study of the life and career of the British publisher Alexander Strahan (d. 1918).

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13. Amassing Treasures for All Times: Sir George Grey, Colonial Bookman and Collector
Kerr, Donald Jackson

New Castle/Dunedin:: Oak Knoll Press/Otago University Press,, 2006. First edition. Cloth. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. 351 pages with illustrations, appendices, bibliography, endnotes, and index. A study of Sir George Grey's life and collection of rare books and artefacts.

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14. American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega
Baker, Emerson W.; Edwin A. Churchill, Richard D'Abate, Kristine L. Jones, Victor A. Konrad, and Harald E. L. Prins

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.. First edition. Very good quarto hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has slight wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 388 pages with illustrations, endnotes, and index. A collection of essays focusing on Native American contacts with Europeans along the Atlantic coast of New England near the Penobscot River in the Early Modern Era.

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15. An Account of an Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, With Something of Their Literary History, Their Present Condition, and Their Provenance
Library of the University of Texas

Austin : University of Texas, 1935.. First printing. Good pamphlet in printed paper wrappers. Stringbound. Slight darkening, wear, and staining at spine, slight wear at edges and corners. Two small tears at top front. Covers scuffed and a bit dirty. 40 p. w/frontispiece. An interesting and useful exhibition narrative, with a great deal of background and history for each work. Includes information of the acquisitions of the items by the Library. Uncommon.

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16. An Italic Copybook: The Cataneo Manuscript
Harvard, Stephen

New York, NY:: Taplinger Publishing Company,, 1981. First edition. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards. Dj has light wear and rubbing to edges with minor scuffing to covers. 55 pages with illustrations and notes.

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17. And Still They Sing : The Story of Braille and the Blind. My Years of Teaching and Learning from the Blind
Ellis, Samuel

Chapel Hill:: Professional Press,, 1999. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in tan binding with gold lettering and braille lettering without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and light scuffing to covers. 211 pages with bibliography and references.

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18. Archaeologia, Fall 1991
Richter, Arthur/Gordon, Andrew

Oakland: self published, 1991. VG. - unpaginated, 5127 archaological items for sale, trade pb;

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19. Archaeologia, Fall 1992
Richter, Arthur/Gordon, Andrew

Oakland: self published, 1992. VG. - unpaginated, 4913 archaological items for sale, trade pb;

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20. Art Into Life: Collected Papers from the Kresge Art Museum Medieval Symposia
Fisher, Carol Garrett, and Kathleen L. Scott, editors

East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995.. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear along the edges with minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has some light wear to the edges with light scuffing to the covers and some fading along the spine. 280 pages with illustrations, notes, appendix (Medieval Symposia Speakers at the Kresge Art Museum), and index. The essays are: 1. A Survey of Antique, medieval, and Renaissance Book Production, 2. Book Production Terms in Nicholas Munshull's Nominale, 3. "Man Yhernes Rimes for to Here": A Biblical History from the Middle Ages, 4. Geography and Illustration and Higden's Polychronicon, 5. "And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest": The Soul's Conveyance to the Afterlife in the Middle Ages, 6. Secular Objects and Their Implications in Early Netherlandish Painting, 7. Lay Patronage and the Popular Iconography of the Seven Deadly Sins, 8. Nuns as Patrons, Artists, Readers: Bridgettine Woodcuts in Printed Books Produced for the English Market.

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21. Artists of the Book in Boston, 1890-1910
Finlay, Nancy

Cambridge, MA:: The Houghton Library/Harvard College Library,, 1985. First edition. Good softover in grey illustrated wrapper. Wear and rubbing along edges with creasing on lower corner of front cover with some light scuffing. Light wear/bumping along fore-edge of back cover and fore-edges of pages. Slight cresing to upper corners of pages. 114 pages with illustrations, notes, bibliography, indices, and list of artists' monograms. A catalogue based on the exhibition at the Houghton Library in 1985.

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22. Bibliography of British Literary Bibliographies
Howard-Hill, T.H

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1969. VG/no dust jacket, internal lib marks. 1st printing xxvi, 571 p., index, 8vo, x-library;

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23. Bookman's Pleasure: A Recreation for Booklovers
Jackson, Holbrook

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947.. First edition. Good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Some light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and some scuffing to the boards. The dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with a few minor tears and a little bit of chipping. Dj also has some scuffing to the covers with fading along the spine and some pencil marks on the Holbrook Jackson. Page edges are browned and lightly foxed. Name of the previous owner on the front free endpaper. 264 pages with index. A collection of stories and quotes by writers about other writers and writing in general.

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24. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 24
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1983. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/4 internal x-library marks. - x, 790 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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25. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 5
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1971. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/4 internal x-library marks. - x, 1019 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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26. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 18
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 806 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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27. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 9
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1974. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 719 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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28. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 7
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1973. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/4 internal x-library marks. - x, 664 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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29. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 20
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 855 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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30. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 1
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1964. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), spine browned. - x, 1995 p., illus endpapers, 4to;

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31. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 21
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1981. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 778 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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32. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 17
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1979. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 754 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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33. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 11
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 794 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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34. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 23
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1983. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/2 internal x-library marks. - x, 791 p., illus endpapers, errata slip, 4to, x-library;

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35. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 6
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1973. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 694 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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36. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 4
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1969. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/4 internal x-library marks. - x, 944 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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37. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 8
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1973. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/4 internal x-library marks. - x, 668 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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38. Bookman's Price Index: Subject Series, volume 1 Modern First Editions
McGrath, Daniel F. (ed)

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1987. VG/no dust jacket (as issued). 1st printing 1154 p., illus endpapers, 4to;

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39. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 19
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/4 internal x-library marks. - x, 774 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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40. Bookman's Price Index: a Guide to the Values of Rare and Other Out-of-Price Books, volume 16
McGrath, Daniel F

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1979. VG/no dust jacket (as issued), 1 external/3 internal x-library marks. - x, 724 p., illus endpapers, 4to, x-library;

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