Search Results: german renaissance title borders facsimiles and illustrations by johnson alfred forbes

London: The Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is cocked. Front cover has a heavy dent to the outer edge and several spots of staining in the same area. ; Printed at The Oxford University Press. .

The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1929. First Edition, 4to, ex-library, title in red and black, 86 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g.

Oxford: The Bibliographical Society, 1929. First Edition, 4to, vii, [1], 20pp., a good ex-library copy, title in red and black, 86 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g.

Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good (Boards are moderately worn/scuffed/bumped/smudged/discolored; textblock edges are toned and moderately foxed; interior is clean, with minor foxing here and there; binding is solid.). Tan paper-and-cloth boards with black lettering; vii, 20 pp.; 86 facsimile on 80 plates.

Oxford. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Plus 86 plates. Rebound. Front free endpaper removed. ; 20 pages .

London: Oxford University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in original beige boards with cloth at spine. No dust jacket. First edition. Pages are clean and unfoxed, binding is tight, spine has a very slight lean. Top edge gilt, side edge deckled. Facsimiles of decorative woodcut book borders produced in Germany between 1510 and 1535. 4to. Includes introduction, list of plates, index of printers, and 86 full-page plates. Bookplate from the library of Nellie Shackleford Smith, a teacher and member of a prominent Virginia family whose sister, Mattie T. Shackleford, was a nurse in the American Red Cross during W.W.II.

The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1929. 4to, viii,20pp., title in red and black, 86 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g. a little worn.

The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1929. First Edition, 4to, title in red and black, 86 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy.

Oxford U. Pr for Bibliographical, 1929-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback- this book is a library rebind. Clean copy in good condition.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 9". Various. A fantastic bibliographical work looking at Title-Borders in German books during the Renaissance. The first edition of this work. This work was produced for the bibliographical society at the Oxford University Press. Collated, complete, with 86 pages of illustrations depicting title pages. These title page examples have been selected by Alfred Forbes Johnson. Johnson was an academic librarian, bibliographer and expert in typography. He held the role of Deputy Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum. This is one of many bibliographical reference works produced by Johnson. From the 'Facsimiles and Illustrations' series. This is no 1. A bright copy of this informative work. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Cloth has faded slightly. Bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of spine with a small amount of loss to the… Read More