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A monumental and comprehensive bibliography that took 7 years to catalogue and print. Royal Empire Society, London, 1930-1937 This covers all aspect of the former Colonies, and catalogues books, ephemera and articles. An invaluable reference resource on Colonial Rule. This is a scarce first edition. Although there are modern facsimiles (which are offered for hundreds of dollars)… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Printed at the Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, 1961. Fine/no dj as issued. Fine printing and bookbinding from San Francisco and its environs. A representative exhibition for the Grolier Club selected and catalogued by David Magee. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, presented to members of the Grolier Club on the occasion… Read more about this item

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands: Canaletto Repro Holland, 2000. 1st edition, 2 vol. in-4 and in-folio. Reprints of 95 folio-sized single sheet maps with decorative borders issued in the Netherlands in the first three quarters of the seventeenth century. - Limited, Numbered edition. With slipcase Canaletto / Repro Holland, Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, 2000 Limited, Numbered… Read more about this item

Capra Press, 1982. 1st edition. Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1982, Hardcover 1st edition, very good In 1992, Georgia Howton, a head-librarian of one of the UCLA libraries, sent a letter to Lawrence Clark Powell, asking him if she could send him a copy of his book"An Orange Grove Boyhood" for signing. We are here offering Powell's hand-written… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'auteur-Rue & Hotel Serpente & Cuchet-Librrairie meme maison. & Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, 1789. 2nd, revised edition. Leatherbound Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Publisher: Chez l'auteur-Rue & Hotel Serpente & Cuchet-Librrairie meme maison. & Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, à Paris 1789, 2 volumes, 8to (12,5x20cm), custom-binding, signed F. Bedford. --- Second, revised edition, the first… Read more about this item

Europe, Cuba: various, 1986. Fine. Europe, Cuba, N/A, 1932 - 1988, N/A Fine 25 beautiful Ex Libris Period: 1932 - 1986 From: Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Cuba, France, Netherlands and others. Some are signed in pencil. Size from 4.5 x 2.5 inches to 6 x 5.25 inches. Most are on the larger size.… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, 1903. 1st edition. Leatherbound Hardcover with pyrographic decoration. very good/no dj as issued. Art Nouveau leather binding with pyrographic decoration. -- Paris, Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens,, 1903, Leatheround hardcover 1st edition, very good Le travail artistique du cuir - La pyrogravure, Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, Paris, 1903. IN FRENCH. Octavo 9"… Read more about this item

Haarlem: Enschede en Zonen, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Printed for the Gezelschap Nonpareil, Amsterdam, by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, 1951. 8vo, (7.5x4.5") 31pp. + colophon,. Marbled paper-covered boards, In fine condition with very slight shelfwear. -- From the estate of printer and publisher David Way; with inscription "To David Way with all… Read more about this item

Grass Valley, CA: Underwood Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. All six volumes of The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick., including the rare Vol 1. Edited by Don Heron. Volume I (1939-1971), with an introduction by James P. Blaylock; Volume II (1972-1973), with an introduction by Dennis Etchison; Volume III (1974), with an introduction by… Read more about this item

Grass Valley, CA: Underwood Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. All six volumes of The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick., including the rare Vol 1. Edited by Don Heron. Volume I (1939-1971), with an introduction by James P. Blaylock; Volume II (1972-1973), with an introduction by Dennis Etchison; Volume III (1974), with an introduction by… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/good with some damage,. Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1954. 7.5 x 5.25 inches, 60 [2] pages, illustrations, and two paper specimens tipped in. Paper covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Ex-Library from Japan Tourist Information, Honolulu Office. Only library markings are a stamp on one of the free back endpapers a… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/good with some damage,. Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1954. 7.5 x 5.25 inches, 60 [2] pages, illustrations, and two paper specimens tipped in. Paper covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Ex-Library from Japan Tourist Information, Honolulu Office. Only library markings are a stamp on one of the free back endpapers a… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1880. The sought after 2nd edition. Gilded Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Macmillan and Co., London, 1880. Two volumes. 431; 383 pp. with engravings by C. H. Keens and W.J. Linton, and electrotype reproductions. Hardcovers, original blue cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs. The second UK printing published in 1880 (The first Printing having… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Goverts Krüger Stahlberg, 1970. Edition limited to 2000. Hardcover. very good/very good. Schmidt, A. Zettels Traum, 1970, in German. (2),1330,(2)p., printed in 2000 SIGNED copies. HUGE folio (17.5 x 13.5 x 3", (44 x 32.5 cm) weighs just over 20 lb) - Frontcover w. sm. dam. spot. = Facsimile reproduction of the manuscript comprising 1,334 sheets. Green… Read more about this item

Providens, RI: Superior Printing Ink, Co, 1931. hardcover. Book printing, print colors, color printing,. Directory of Inks for the Graphic Arts. 1931, 8vo, publisher's embossed cloth, tab-punch bound, unpaginated. Small split along top hinge of front hinge, else near fine copy. The over 1000 ink examples are taken from regular stock and printed on technology from the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Taschen America Llc, 2020. Limited XXL !st edition, Multilingual edition. Hardcover in slipcase. NEW/NEW. NEW, still in publisher's original, shipping box. -- Taschen America Llc, 2020, Multilingual edition. 528 pages, XXL size 12.95 x 2.56 x 18.78 inches. Weight ‎ 16.38 pounds. First Edition: First printing of 7,500 numbered copies. -- Fantasy art, that colorful blend… Read more about this item

New York: Japan Paper Company, no date. 1st ed. wrappers. very good. Japan Paper Company, New York, no date. Stapled wrappers, 6 1/2" x 9". 20 sample pages of hand-made deckle edge paper with printed descriptions and suggested uses of paper. Some with uncut edges, some are embossed. A sample trade catalog in very good condition, folded… Read more about this item

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. Ltd HC edtion of 176. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued, printed cover in Mylar cover. Black Sparrow, 1991. Limited First Edition, Cloth-backed boards, acetate jacket. No, 98 of 176 signed and numbered copies. signed by Cooney (editor) and Joyce Fante on the colophon. . 351 pp. incl. index. Condition:… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2008. Large folio edition, (16.75" x 12.25" x 3.25"). Hardcover in slipcase. Like new/no dj as issued. the slipcase has some shelf wear. E. Burne-Jones.. Folio Society, 2008. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. [Facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer.]. Edited by F.S. Ellis and illustrated by E. Burne-Jones. Large folio, (16.75" x 12.25" x 3.25")… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 1995. No. 1 of 150 numbered copies. Hardcover. Very Good. Harper Collins 1995. First edition. No. 1 of 150 (of 176 total) numbered copies, signed by Ginsberg.Tall octavo, .489 pages. Edited By Gordon Ball. Faint sunning on spine, else fine in fine publisher's slipcase. No dj as issued. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority… Read more about this item