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Allers Fremmedordbog Forogede Udgave
Kobenhavn: Carl Allers 1910. Hard Cover. What appears to be a Danish dictionary, published in Copenhagen in 1910. [4], [1]-1072 (last blank). 3/4 leather over cloth boards with nice spine decoration at base (pedestal with sphinx on top). Simple block lettering for title. Minor wear at... more>
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Item #17370
Price: $40.00 
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Pushkin to Nabokov Russian Literature at Yale - an Exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript library, Yale University april 14-July 15 2000
New Haven, Connecticut: The Harty Press 2000. Pamphlet. One of 1200 copies issued. A checklist of works shown the exhibition.12 pages. Complete title: Pushkin to Nabokov Russian Literature at Yale - an Exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript library, Yale University april 14-July 15 2000 more>
 
Item #10599
Price: $15.00 
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The American Institute of Graphic Arts
The Fifty Books of the Year. 1923-1938
New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts Hard Cover. First Edition. Front inner hinge cracked lower half, holding. Foxing to endpapers. Spine broned and torn in one place. Otherwise clean copy. Includes "Keepsake No. 59" ephemeral note laid in from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. more>
 
Item #8293
Price: $23.00 
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Anderson, Charles B. With Joseph A. Duffy and Jocelyn D. Kahn
A Manual of Bookselling
New York: American Booksellers Association 1969. Hard Cover. Although published in 1969, this book contains many tried and true techniques that are essential to good bookselling, whether in a store, antique shop, or tradeshow floor. Many techniques are discussed, many by well-known old names - some still valid,... more>
 
Item #11903
Price: $15.00 
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Appellof, Marian (Senior editor)
Typography 11 - the Annual of the Type Directors Club
New York: Watson-Guptill 1990. Hard Cover. First Edition. Good working copy. Lower corners bumped, small ding to rear boards and dj. Dj overall worn at extremities. Still presentable. more>
 
Item #8813
Price: $20.00 
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Beale, Helen P. (editor)
Bibliography of Plant Viruses and Index to Research
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. A solid working/reference copy. Reglued spine at title page and old markings on front flyleaf. more>
 
Item #8547
Price: $20.00 
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Bennett, Bob
A Collectors guide to the published Works of Horatio alger, Jr. Or, ow to Strive and Succeed By writing a Comprehensive Bibliography
Newark, Delaware: Mad Book Company 1999. Trade Paperback. A detailed and useful work including the following chapters: "Titles and Variant Titles by Publisher", "Descriptive Bibliography", "Serializations", "Titles Issued by Publisher", "Short Stories", "Poetry", "Published Articles", "travel Essays from Europe", Collector Source Guide", and "Illustrations". 288 pages. A crisp... more>
 
Item #12772
Price: $39.00 
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Bennett, Paul A
Thirty-Seven of the Finest books of our Time
Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press 1937. Pamphlet. First Edition. A listing of 37 books selected for their excellence as examples of "bookmaking, models for inspiration and study..." The Southworth-Anthoesen Press who created this small book have 3 titles in the listing themselves. The present example is nicely done, one... more>
 
Item #8173
Price: $40.00 
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Bentley, Harry C. And Ruth S. Leonard
Bibliography of Works on Accounting By American Authors: Vol. 2, 1901-1934
Boston: Harry C. Bentley 1935. Hard Cover. First Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Lettering fading at spine. Boards lightly soiled. Wear to lower spine edge. Nice reference with index; covers the period of accounting up to and into the Great Depression. more>
 
Item #5491
Price: $25.00 
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Bloomfield, B. C
W. H. Auden, A Bibliography - the Early Years Through 1955
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1964. Hard Cover. First Edition. Ex-Library. An exlibrary book with the usual defects. Binding still solid, good reference copy. more>
 
Item #8150
Price: $14.00 
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Boni, Nell and Monique Russ with Dan h. Laurence (compilers)
A Bibliographical Checklist and Index to the Published Writings of Albert Einstein
Paterson, New Jersey: Pageant Books, Inc. 1960. Hard Cover. Boards slightly warped. Internally clean, binding sound. Minor wear to cloth at corners and head/tail spine panel. Title: A Bibliographical Checklist and Index to the Published Writings of Albert Einstein more>
 
Item #8898
Price: $50.00 
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Bowers, Fredson (editor)
papers bibliographical society university virginia volume 1 1948-1949
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 1948. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Internally clean, wrappers a bit soiled, front wrapper hinge reglued. A good working copy. more>
 
Item #8292
Price: $30.00 
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Bruccoli, Matthew J
F. Scott Fitzgerald : A Descriptive Bibliography (Poetry Series in Bibliography)
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pittsburgh Press 1988. Hard Cover. A crisp clean copy noting a bit of soiling to the foreedges. more>
 
Item #9703
Price: $40.00 
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Bruno, Leonard C
The Tradition of Technology : Landmarks of Western Technology in the Collections of the Library of Congress
Washington: Library of Congress 1995. Hard Cover. An unread copy. Complete title: The Tradition of Technology : Landmarks of Western Technology in the Collections of the Library of Congress more>
 
Item #4393
Price: $30.00 
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Brussel, I. R. With Introduction By Graham Pollard
Anglo-American First Editions East to West 1826-1900 WITH Part Two West to East 1786-1930
New York: Sol Lewis 1981. Hard Cover. Reprint. A 2 volume set in slipcase, all in near fine condition. Describes first edition of American Authors whose books were published first in England and vice versa. Mostly literature, covering authors like Bierce, Clemens, Cooper, Emerson, Carlyle, Dicens, Du Maurier,... more>
 
Item #8282
Price: $60.00 
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Bulkley, M. E
Bibliographical Survey of Contemporary sources for the Economic and Social History of the War
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1922. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. An exlibrary copy with the usual markings. Occasional embossed library stamp, pocket in rear, etc. Binding solid, internally clean noting the occasional stamp. Complete title: Bibliographical Survey of Contemporary sources for the Economic and Social History of the War more>
 
Item #9862
Price: $45.00 
17.
Burkhart, Charles (editor)
the Art of I. Compton-Burnett, A Collection of critical Essays
London: Victor Gollancz 1972. Hard Cover. Touch of sunning to spine panel, and perhaps a bit of darkening to inside of dj at edges. Very clean internally. more>
 
Item #10918
Price: $40.00 
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Calkin, John B
Microscopy of Paper A Bibliography
New York: Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry 1937. Wraps. TAPPI Special Bibliographies Series No 1. 47 pages. [2], 3-47. Accession number on front cover, few smudges internally, otherwise sound working copy. Includes lists of papers (mostly in journals) regarding microscopy of paper - General Methods, Raw Materials, Fiber Analysis,... more>
 
Item #17284
Price: $30.00 
19.
Cassidy, Kathryn Childs and Joy Redfield
Library classification Scheme and Selected Bibliography of Traffic Engineering Literature
Yale University: Bureau of Highway Traffic 1948. Trade Paperback. Occasional pencilled notes. Stamp of previous owner on several pages, wear to the paper covers. Complete title: Library classification Scheme and Selected Bibliography of Traffic Engineering Literature more>
 
Item #11893
Price: $40.00 
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Cordasco, Francesco
A Register of 18th Century Bibliographies and References a Chronological Quarter-Century Survey
Chicago: V. Giorgio 1950. Hard Cover. "a repertorium of bibliographies and bibliographical aids for the student of 18th century English Literature and history." Minor wear and soiling to boards. Complete title: A Register of 18th Century Bibliographies and References a Chronological Quarter-Century Survey more>
 
Item #8098
Price: $18.00 
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Cortada, James W
Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry
Westport Conn and London: Greenwood Press 1996. Hard Cover. Later Printing. A crisp clean unread copy. Title: Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry more>
 
Item #15388
Price: $55.00 
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Currie, Barton
Fishers of Books, 2 Volumes, Limited Edition
Boston: Little Brown, and Company 1951. Hard Cover. First Edition. Very nice set SIGNED by Currie on the special limitation page. One of 365 copies of which this is copy 157. Light tanning to spines, previous owners name on front pastedowns. Otherwise clean internally. Includes remains of a slipcase with... more>
 
Item #8297
Price: $75.00 
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Davis, Henry B. O
Electrical and Electronic Technologies: A Chronology of Events and Inventors from 1900 to 1940
Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.: Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1983. Hard Cover. A crisp clean unread copy. A useful chronology of events and inventors from 1900 to 1940. Listed as 3-star (most important) in Sterling and Shiers' History of Telecommunications Technology. Complete title: Electrical and Electronic Technologies: A Chronology of Events and... more>
 
Item #12193
Price: $40.00 
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Deimann, Gotz, with Norbert Deuchert, Christoph Linderberg, Jan Pohl and Mario Zadow
Die anthroposophischen Zeitschriften von 1903 bis 1985 Bibliographie Und Lebensbilder
Freies Geistesleben 1987. Hard Cover. Text in German. A crisp clean copy with previous owners name on title page. Apparently a review of cultural material in magazines published in Germany from 1903 to 1985. Complete title: Die anthroposophischen Zeitschriften von 1903 bis 1985 Bibliographie Und Lebensbilder more>
 
Item #10551
Price: $50.00 
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Edwards, William J
School Arts Book Index Volumes I to XI Inclusive
Boston, MA: The School Arts publishing Company 1913. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Lending library bookplate on front pastedown, occasional stamps in the text, and paper labels affixed to boards. Foreword by Henry Turner Bailey. A useful reference for the School Arts Books, arranged in three divisions: Contributors and Editorials, Subjects and Illustrations... more>
 
Item #10074
Price: $45.00 


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