BOOKS ON BOOKS from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1913. First edition. Very good. 8vo, 296 pp, b&w frontis with tissue guard and 32 illustrations and facsimiles, including fold out page of four versions of title page for "The Battle of Life". Brown cloth cover with gilt title on spine. Top edge is gilt, other edges uncut. Limited edition; this volume is… Read more about this item

Munich: Privately printed, Bremer, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated bibliography of John Leech's works, one of 19th century's finest illustrators. A limited edition, number 30 of 150, signed by Field and privately published at the Bremer Press, Munich 1930. Small folio, 315 pp includes full page and text illustrations.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1937. Hardcover. a Descriptive Catalogue with 48 Illustrations. 8vo, 248pp, 48 b&w plates. Original brown cloth covers with gilt title at spine, in original glassine wraps. Covers are very good, bright and clean with no wear. Internally, like new. Lists mainly Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts, with b&w illustrations of bindings and illuminated pages.… Read more about this item

1965. Very good condition. A tribute to Alfred A. Knopf, written and printed by various authors & fine presses, celebrating his fiftieth year as a book publisher. Organized by Charles Antin of Serendipity Press 1965. Limited to 150 copies. 51 unbound leaflets and pamphlets, complete as issued. The contributors read like a catalogue of American fine… Read more about this item