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Russian Avant-Garde Books
by Susan Compton
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st American
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Blue cloth with gilt lettering, decorative endpapers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 34.23
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1–175 pp. Quarto [10 x 7¾], about 100 illustrations including 16 color plates on unnumbered pages, frontis, DJ, and endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, decorative endpapers, Fine book in Fine DJ. Contents: Preface; 1. The 1920s and 1930s: an introduction; 2. Writers and Designers: new partnerships; 3. Medium and Message: design, technique and content; 4. Theatre: a revolution in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.23
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Printed Books including Science; December 16, 1998; Sale Number 8189
by Christie's East
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1998
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 24.65
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New York: Christie's, 1998. 49 pp. 221 lots. Illustrated in BW. Excellent full-page frontis reproduction of engraved frontis of Sir Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, London, Innys, 1726. . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Item Price
SGD 24.65
Kunstgewerbliches Sendschreiben; Die Kunst und die Schönheit der Erde; Ein paar Winke über das Musterzeichnen;
by Morris, William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1901. 4 volumes bound together: Kunstgewerbliches Sendschreiben 1901 (24 pp.); Die Kunst und die Schönheit der Erde 1901 (31 pp.); Ein paar Winke über das Musterzeichnen 1902 (50 pp.); Wahre und falsche Gesellschaft 1902 (46 pp.); Letterpress printed on paper of Berthold Siegismund, Leipzig, and composed and printed by E. Haberland, Leipzig. Bound throughout in their… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 273.84
Making Books Work: A Guide to the Use of Libraries
by Flexner, Jennie M
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 26.01
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. 271 pp. Appendix, Index. Some fraying to corners and top and bottom of spine. Inscribed and signed by the author, Christmas, 1943. Jennie Flexner joined the staff of the New York Public Library in 1928 as reader's advisor. Chapters: Where you begin; The book; How the catalogue is made--part one; How the catalogue… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.01
The Renowned Library of the Late John A. Spoor; Part I - A-L; Public Sale April 26, 27, 28, at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1939
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 27.38
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New York: Parke-Bernet, 1939. 202 pp. 618 lots. Rubbing and soiling to stiff wraps, a pencil annotation to cover. Wraps with small tears, notably at top and bottom of spine. Inside fine. Spoor's bookplate mounted into stamped impression on cover. First editions of English XVIII-XIX century and American XIX Century Authors; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts including the Famous Emma Isola… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.38
The Gazette of the Grolier Club: New Series: Number 17: May, 1972
by Elwell, Robert, editor
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1972
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 19.17
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New York: The Grolier Club, 1972. 56 pp. Soiling and wear to wraps, inside fine. Four illustrations of pencil drawings of The Apochrypha by Burnes-Jones. Self-charicatures of Beerbohm on front and rear wraps. Contents: Editor's Note; Max Beerbohm by Robert Taylor; An Analysis of Queen Victoria by Robert F. Metzdorf; American Literature and Americana: A Checklist of the Exhibition from… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 19.17
A Field Guide to Powell's City of Books
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 13.69
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Portland, Oregon: Powell's Books, 1996. 35 pp. Some creases in wraps, else fine. Contents: A Brief and Informal Narrative History of Powell's Books; Twenty Good Questions and Twenty Matching Answers; The Store's Services and Departments; Room by Room: A Walking Tour of the City of Books; A Final Note. ''Q: How many square feet do you have in this store?… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.69
History, Technology, and Art of the Book in the 19th Century; Catalogue 93
by Wood, Charles B., III
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1997
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 13.65
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Charles B. Wood, III, 1997. 86 pp. 210 items. Small chips at top and bottom of spine, probably from folding machine. A small smudge on front wraps, else fine. Illustrated with 16 pages of hors-text black and white plates. Fascinating detailed descriptions. . Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 13.65
Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana; December 12, 2001; Sale Number N0 7746
by Sotheby's
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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SGD 30.12
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New York: Sotheby's, 2001. 378 pp., 418 lots, Addendum, 8 pp. Some tiny imperfections, some creasing and soiling to fore edge of addendum. Includes 8 pp. insert Addendum lot 223A, the letters of J. D. Salinger to his Daughter Peggy, estimated at $250-350,000, which did not sell. The letters are described at length with several illustrations. Some highlights: lot… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 30.12