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PRACTICAL TIPS ON HOW TO STUDY
by NOBLE, Clyde E., editor
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Publisher's original tan card-stock wrappers with white comb binding, octavo, pp. v, 101. Light shelf and handling wear; old diagonal crease near top corner of rear panel. Small spot on bottom edge. Internally clean and unmarked. A most thorough and useful compendium from the former University of Georgia Psychology Professor. Item Price
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The Bibelot A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known . . . . Volume XVI Number 9 September MDCCCCX
by MOSHER, Thomas Bird. ADAMS, Arthur H.
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Publisher's original string-tied light blue wrappers, 6 inches in height x 4 3/4 inches in width, serial pagination [307-316], 317-347, + [1] + [2] leaves ads. Features Arthur Adams's "London Streets: A Book of Lyrics." Just a bit weary from shelf and handling. An old diagonal crease on front wrapper is more visible inside the wrap than outside (see image… Read more about this item Item Price
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The World of Knowledge
by MORSE, Sidney
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Publisher's light blue cloth with spine and upper panel lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 106. Complete with the large fold-out map in Very Good condition. Book lists at rear compiled by Jesse Lee Bennett. The light blue cloth has faded a bit across the century, and there is mild shelf wear at the spine ends. Small old Boston bookstore ticket near… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Text-Book for Bookbinders and Librarians. American sculptor Lenore Thomas Straus's copy.
by COCKERELL, Douglas
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Later printing, in the publisher's green cloth with black lettering, 12mo, pp. 345 + pp. [2] ads. This unique copy from the collection of renowned American sculptor and writer Lenore Thomas Straus (1909-1988), with her tasteful bookplate affixed to the front paste-down (see our image). Illustrated with 12 black and white plates, as called for, and with drawings by Noel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Art and Design in Children's Picture Books: An Analysis of Caldecott Award-Winning Illustrations
by LACY, Lyn Ellen
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Publisher's original maroon cloth with gold spine and upper board lettering, octavo, pp. xvi, 229. Extensive Glossary. Light foxing on top edge and fore-edge, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed warmly by the author to previous owner on the free front endpaper. Item Price
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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE Twenty-One Years of the Anthoensen Press 1947-1967
by DANA, Edward F. (compiler). [ANTHOENSEN, Frederick W.]
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Edition limited to 500 copies in printed blue wrappers, octavo, pp. 75 plus colophon. Complete with leaflet report of the disastrous fire at the Press's Middle Street premises in Portland, the year after Fred Anthoensen's death in 1969. Edges and spine with some sunning. Item Price
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A VISIT TO THE Southworth-Anthoensen Press OF PORTLAND, MAINE
by BENNETT, Paul A.
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Edition limited to 1,000 copies in stapled light gray wrappers with paper title label affixed, octavo, pp. 20 plus colophon. With a beautiful frontis color collotype reproduction of a painted sign that hung at the head of the stairs near the Press's entrance door. Keepsake number 13 from the Press, set in Linotype Caslon Old Face and Linotype special italic.… Read more about this item Item Price
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JOHN BELL TYPE ITS LOSS AND REDISCOVERY With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen 1788. Fred Anthoensen's own copy.
by ANTHOENSEN, Fred.
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Edition limited to 250 copies in red cloth with paper label affixed to upper board, octavo, pp. 20 + [6] + colophon. Frontispiece illustration of Bell. Spine ends with minor shelf bumping. From the 1939 Publication release: "The charm of this little book lies in the fact that it has been set in types cast from the original matrices .… Read more about this item Item Price
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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE Twenty-One Years of the Anthoensen Press 1947-1967. Fred Anthoensen's own copy.
by DANA, Edward F. (compiler). [ANTHOENSEN, Frederick W.]
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Edition limited to 500 copies in printed blue wrappers, octavo, pp. 75 plus colophon. Complete with leaflet report of the disastrous fire at the Press's Middle Street premises in Portland, the year after Fred Anthoensen's death in 1969. Spine and some wrapper edges faded by sun. Foxing top edge. Light shelf and consultation wear. This unique copy from the personal… Read more about this item Item Price
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ANSON KENT CROSS ARTIST - INVENTOR - TEACHER ORIGINATOR OF VISION-TRAINING 1862-1944
by [BRIGHAM, G. Richardson]
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Publisher's original stapled gray wrappers, octavo, pp. 48. Frontispiece portrait and 5 other black and white illustrations as called for, including woodblock on pamphlet's rear. Publisher's leaflet laid in. FAIR-only with areas of sunning and abrasion on the front panel and soiling akin to shelf-slide on rear panel. The wrappers around the staples have worn through. A one-inch tear with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Father to Daughter The Family Letters of Maxwell Perkins
by PERKINS, Maxwell E. FROTHINGHAM, Bertha Perkins; Louise Perkins King; Ruth King Porter (editors).
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Publisher's beige cloth with spine lettering gilt and a gilt front panel vignette of Perkins writing at his desk, octavo, pp. xxxii, 213. Black and white illustrations and many additional vignettes from Perkins's letters. Item Price
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THE MASQUE OSCAR WILDE AND THE THEATRE
by AGATE, James
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Publisher's original stapled wrappers, 12mo (7 x 5 inches), pp. 23 + [1]. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Staples have rusted across the decades, else Very Good and ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white card-stock backing board. Item Price
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ALONG THE WAY EASY GROWTH IN READING.
by HILDRETH, Gertrude, Allie Lou FELTON, et al
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Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, octavo, pp. 213 + [5]. Illustrations by Erick Berry et al. A thoroughly read copy with spine ends and board tips rubbed through and some smudging on preliminary and terminal pages. Previous owner's initials in ink at top of free front endpaper. That being said, the book is clean and largely free of foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Printer and the Pardoner An Unrecorded Indulgence Printed by William Caxton for the Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval, Charing Cross
by NEEDHAM, Paul
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Done up nicely in green cloth with spine and front panel lettering gilt, quarto, pp. 101 + colophon. This copy complete with the fold out illustration showing quire strips from the Rosenwald Sammelband. Other black and white illustrations, as well. Item Price
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A Guide to Source Materials for the Study of BARBADOS HISTORY 1627-1834
by HANDLER, Jerome S.
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First edition, second printing, and done up nicely by the publisher in maroon cloth with spine and upper panel lettering gilt, octavo, pp. xvi, [1 leaf], 1-205, ERRATA list. Frontis map of Richard Ford's Barbados, circa 1675. Nearly Fine condition save for a publisher fault at pp. 161/162, where a tear in the top center of the leaf has affected… Read more about this item Item Price
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW ORLEANS IMPRINTS 1764 - 1864
by JUMONVILLE, Florence M.
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First edition, so stated, and Limited to 1,000 copies in red and black boards, quarto, pp. xxxix, 759 + colophon. Illustrated endpapers. Some black and white illustrations, as well as ornamental head- and tail-pieces. Very Good condition with just light shelf rubbing. A huge undertaking by Ms. Jumonville, who wrote extensively on Louisiana history. Item Price
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BRITISH IMPRINTS RELATING TO NORTH AMERICA 1621-1760 AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST
by SIMMONS, R. C.
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Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and ruling, quarto, pp. xxxi, 395. Black and white illustrations. Item Price
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847: A Bibliography
by WINDLE, John, and Karma PIPPIN
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First edition, so stated, and done up nicely by the publisher in blue cloth with large upper board Dibdin silhouette gilt and gilt spine lettering, octavo, pp. xxiii, [1], 185. Black and white illustrations. Dust jacket was not issued with this title. Item Price
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F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Marketplace: The Auction and Dealer Catalogues, 1935-2006
by BRUCCOLI, Matthew J., and Judith S. BAUGHMAN (editors)
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Publisher's original dark orange cloth with gold spine lettering, octavo, pp. xxxvi, 281 plus editors biographical colophon. Black and white illustrations. Very Good with light shelf wear. Short remainder mark bottom edge. Item Price
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Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond
by LYCETT, Andrew
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First U.S. edition, in the publisher's gold-lettered black back-strip over gray boards, octavo, pp. x, 486. Black and white illustrations. Item Price
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