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100 GPO Years 1861 - 1961: a History of United States Public Printing [One Hundred Years - Government Printing Office]

By: James L. Harrison, et al

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Washington D.C., United States Government Printing Office: 1961

Seller ID: 43403

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 1/8" tall, xi + 164 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good, clean, original soft cover over all, cover lightly soiled with rubbing at the margins; binding solid, paper clean and lightly yellowed
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11,000 Paperbound Books in print; Winter 1960-61 [1961]

By: Olga Svatik Weber, Anne T. Cserr

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, New York, R. R. Bowker: 1960

Seller ID: 44481

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very good

An index to 11,000 actively available inexpensive reprints and originals, as chosen by each publisher represented herein, with selective subject guide. Issued from the offices of Publisher' Weekly and Library Journal by R.R. Bowker Company." Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, x + 416 pages, stiff wraps. A very good, clean, neat soft cover with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper moderately yellowed.
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1915: A Catalogue of Books for College Courses; Houghton Mifflin Company,

By: James Duncan Philips et al; Houghton Mifflin Educational Department

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Houghton Mifflin: 1915

Seller ID: 26542

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, xxx + 128 pages, stiff wraps. A very good, clean sturdy soft cover over all with minor exterior shelf wear, but some chipping to the back cover at the top edge; binding tight, paper lightly yellowed.
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1921 Illustrated Catalogue of Books: The BookSupply Company, Chicago.

By: E.W. Reynolds et al

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, Book Supply Company: 1921

Seller ID: 24368

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 8 1/4" tall 352 pages, stiff printed wraps. A very good, clean, neat soft cover cataloge with, with minor shelf wear; binding solid, paper lightly yellowed.
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1970 Best Books for Children; a Catalog of 4000 titles ( including adult books for young children)

By: Doris Solomon et al; Library Journal Book Review

Price: $16.50

Publisher: New York, New York, R. R. Bowker: 1970

Seller ID: 44992

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very good -

4000 approved books all currently available, annotated and arranged by grade and subject with author, title and illustrator indexes, Books of fact and fancy, old favorites, and new titles Recommended by School Library Journal and others." Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, x + 272 pages, stiff wraps. A very good minus, generally clean, neat soft cover with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper moderately yellowed.
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80 (Eighty) Years of Best Sellers 1895 - 1975.

By: Alice Payne Hackett and James Henry Burke

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, New York, R. R. Bowker: 1977

Seller ID: 44720

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Near fine

An ex-library copy with marking on the endpapers, front and back. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, xii + 265 pages. A near fine, clean, hardcover, with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding solid, paper white--would be fine but for the ex-library makings. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket .
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A Bibliography of Arthur Waley.

By: Johns, Francis

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press: 1968

Seller ID: 955

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Fine

Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 185 pages; green cloth; b&w photograph of Arthur Waley on frontispiece. A fine, clean, hardcover first edition with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white.
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A Bibliography of Eighteenth Century English Literature

By: Frederic Ewen

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Haskell House Publishers: 1969

Seller ID: 39702

ISBN: 0838309372

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 28 pages, gilt titles, red cloth. A very good, clean, neat, hard cover edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. Originally published by the Columbia University in 1935.
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A bibliography of Limited and Signed Editions in Literature, Twentieth Century American Authors

By: Larry Dingman

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Stillwater, Minnesota, James Cummings: 1973

Seller ID: 42584

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 285 pages,red cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover edition over all with moderate shelf wear, but a ding to the top of the cover cloth; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white with light soiling to the fore-edges.
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A Bibliography of the Writings of Washington Irving: A Check List [Burt Franklin: Bibliography & Reference series #344]

By: Stanley T. Williams and Mary Allen Edge

Price: $8.40

Publisher: New York, New York, Burt Franklin: 1970

Seller ID: 21797

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good +

Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 200 pages, green cloth with gilt titles on spine. A very good+, clean, hardcover edition with minor shelf wear, a small inch-long stain on spine; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. Originally published 1936.
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A Biographical Directory of the Society of Printers

By: Society of Printers

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Society of Printers: 1973

Seller ID: 43347

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 48 pages, blue cloth. A very good sturdy hard cover over all, moderately worn BUT exterior cloth color faded, lightly soiled, withslight foxing to the fore-edges; interior fine hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. Without dust jacket.
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A Catalog of 3700 of the Best Books for Children; including adult books for young children 1966 Edition

By: Patrician H. Allen et al; Library Journal

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New York, R. R. Bowker: 1966

Seller ID: 44485

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very good -

3700 approved titles all currently available, annotated and arranged by grade and subject with author, title and illustrator indexes, as chosen by each publisher represented herein, with selective subject guide. Issued from the offices of Publisher' Weekly and Library Journal by R.R. Bowker Company." Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, x + 416 pages, stiff wraps. A very good minus, generally clean, neat soft cover with minor shelf wear, cover slightly foxed, binding tight, BUT paper moderately yellowed and a previous owner's name on tthe front endpaper.
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A Century of Printing the Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania 1685 - 1784 (two volumes); The Burt Franklin Bibliography and Reference Series #211: American Classics in History & Social Science #41

By: Charles R. Hildeburn

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Burt Franklin: 1968

Seller ID: 21784

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

2 vols. Originally published in 1835. Vol. I, 1685 to 1763 and Vol. II: 1764 - 1784. Quarto, 10 1/4" tall; vol. 1: xv + 392 pages; vol. 2: 516 pages; gilt tiles on light green cloth. A very good, clean, likely unread two volume set with light shelf wear but a touch of foxing to the fore-edges; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white.
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A Comprehensive Price List of Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Detective and Horror Fiction; 1997 edition; Volume One: A - I; Volume Two: J-Z (two volumes complete as issued)

By: Marshall W. Snow

Price: $35.00

Publisher: South Grafton, MA, Mostly Murder, Mystery and Mayhem: 1997

Seller ID: 43498

Binding: Plastic spiral-bound

Condition: Very Good

2 individual vols. Yes, prices are dated but offer helpful indications and still a useful bibliographic reference. Quarto, 11" tall; vol. 1: vi + 419 pages; vol. 2: pages ii + 420 to 841; plastic spiral bound in stiff gray printed wraps. A very good complete 2 vol. set overall with moderate shelf wear and light exterior soiling (used in our own shop for several years);
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A Concise Bibliography of the Works of Walt Whitman, with a supplement of fifty books about Whitman [Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference series #193]

By: Carolyn Wells and Alfred F. Goldsmith

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Burt Franklin: 1968

Seller ID: 21794

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 106 pages, teal blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. A very good+, clean, neat hardcover edition with light shelf wear, but slight foxing to the fore-edges; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. Originally published 1922.
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A Dictionary of Universal Biography of all ages and of all peoples. (Second Edition, Entirely Re-written with a key to references showing where full biographies can be found).

By: Albert M. Hyamson

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, England, Routledge & Kegan Paul: 1962

Seller ID: 18836

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Near Fine/Very Good

Quarto, 10" tall, 680 pages, brown cloth. A near fine, clean sturdy hard cover with minor rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, lightly edgeworn and lightly soiled dust jacket, with original price.
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A Formula for Predicting Readability. (reprinted from the Educational Research Bulletin: volume XXVII--January 22 and February 17, 1948)

By: Edgar Dale and Jeannne S. Chall

Price: $7.60

Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, Bureau of Educational Research: 1948

Seller ID: 26052

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9" tall, 28 pages , wire saddle stitch, black and white interior, stiff wraps. A very good, clean, soft cover pamphlet overall with minor shelf wear, cover color fading, binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed, .
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A Guide to Historical Fiction

By: Ernest A. Baker

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London / New York, George Routledge and Sons/Macmillan Company: 1914

Seller ID: 44634

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very good -

An ex-library copy wiith marking to the spine and endpapers. Small quarto, 9 1/4" x 8 1/4", xv + 566 pages, maroon cloth. A very good minus over all, covers moderately worn with rubbing at the corners and slight exterior soiling, hinges and binding solid, paper light to moderately yellowed.
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A History of the Alphabet (illustrated by the author)

By: Michael Lipman

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Royal Typewriter Company: 1930

Seller ID: 37890

Binding: Decorative Boards

Condition: Very Good / Good

With a presentation card and inscription on the front endpaper from Edmund C. Faustmann, President, Royal Typewriter Company. Octavo, 9 1/4, [6] + 40 + [1] pages, black titls on gilt title label, brown boards. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover over all with moderate shelf wear, rubbing at all corners, chipping started at top and bottom of back strip, fore-corner tips through to boards. In a good, original glassine wrapper, which has shrunken with age and chipped at the corner folds.
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A History of the Newbury and Caldecott Medals

By: Irene Smith

Price: $7.60

Publisher: New York, New York, Viking Press: 1959

Seller ID: 25841

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Near Fine/Very Good

Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 140 pages, yellowcloth. A near fine, cleean neat hard cover edition with lightshelf wear ; hinges and binding sold, paper lightly yellowed. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price.
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A Literary Man's London.

By: Charles G. Harper [Honor Morrow]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, Cecil Palmer: 1926

Seller ID: 19012

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

signed on the front endpaper by Honor Morrow. Octavo, 9" tall, 292 pages + 5 plates, maroon cloth, gilt spine titles. A very good, clean, neat hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, fraying just started at the top edge of back strip cloth, fore-corner tip barely worn through to boards, hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed, without dust jacket. A nice copy .
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A Monograph on Privately-Illustrated Books. A Plea for Bibliomania.

By: Daniel M. Tredwell

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Brooklyn, New York, Fred. Tredwell.: 1882

Seller ID: 18998

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Good

Octavo, 8" tall, 161 pages, brown cloth, gilt titles. A good, but shelf-worn hard cover with back strip cloth fraying at front hing and top and bottom edges, fore-corner tips worn, hinges cracked, front endpaper and flyleaves loose, internal binding solid, internally good and clean, paper just slightly yellowed. A nice reading copy only.
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A Primer of Book Collecting

By: John T. Winterich and David A. Randall

Price: $6.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Crown Publishers: 1966

Seller ID: 15474

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good/Good

Octavo 8 1/2" tall, 228 pages, black cloth; previous owner name on front endpaper. A very good, clean, neat hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed. In a good, edge worn dust jacket with chipping at the folds.
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A Primer of Rare Books and First Editions; Ten Lectures.

By: The Bibliophilist

Price: $7.60

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Guy A. Jackson: 1930

Seller ID: 17466

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Good

16 mo, 6 1/4" tall, 106 pages, black cloth. A good sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, spine cloth starting to fray at the top and bottom edges, hinges and binding tight, paper clean and lightly yellowed.
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A Printer of Shakespeare: The Books and Times of William Jaggard.

By: Edwin Eliott Willoughby

Price: $48.00

Publisher: London, England, Philip Allan & Co: 1934

Seller ID: 2482

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good/Good

Octavo, 9" tall. xvi + 304 pages, blue cloth, gilt titles; b&w illustrations. A very good, clean, neat first edition copy with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed. In a good overall dust jacket, with some chipping at the folds, darkening along the backstrip, tape repair to two-inch tear on front panel, and with original price.
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A Reader's Guide to the Twentieth-Century Novel.

By: Peter Parker, Editor; with Frank Kermode

Price: $13.20

Publisher: New York, New York, Oxford University Press: 1995

Seller ID: 1858

ISBN: 0195211537

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine/Near Fine

Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xxx + 748 pages. "...detailed accounts of some 750 novels". A fine clean, hardcover first American edition, first printing, with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket.
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A Select Bibliography of History, compiled by The Henry Adams History Club, Harvard University (Third Edition)

By: The Henry Adams History Club, Harvard University; Caroline Walker Bynum, Gerald L. Soliday, Daniel Horowitz, David Roland Peirce (editors)

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Henry Adams History Club, Harvard University: 1966

Seller ID: 44404

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very good

This is an ex-library hard cover of the original edition issued for students in soft cover--recovered by the library, with markings on the spine, title page and fore-edges. Octavo, 9" tall, 318 pages, tan cloth. A very good original copy over all with minor shelf wear, light exterior soiling, binding tight, paper lightly yellowed.
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A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses, Public and Private, in Great Britain and Ireland (The First Edition Club)

By: G.S. Tomkinson; introduction by B. H. Newdigate

Price: $13.20

Publisher: San Francisco, California, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: 1975

Seller ID: 32252

ISBN: 0915346001

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Originally published in 1928. This edition limited to 1000 copies. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 238 pages, gray boards; with b&w illustrations plus a few b&w with red lettering. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with minimal shelf wear; light foxing at top fore-edge; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. Without dust jacket.
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A Specimen Book of Type Faces & Decorative Material In Use At The Publishers Printing Company.

By: [Publishers Printing Company], R.I.B.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, New York, William Bradford Press: n.d (circa 1930)

Seller ID: 18886

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Duodecimo, 7 1/4" tall, 287 pages, green cloth, gilt titles. A very good, sturdy hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, but fading to cover cloth color at the back strip; hinges and binding sturdy, but spine slightly canted, paper moderately yellowed. Initialed "R.I.B." at the bottom of the forward.
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A Union World Catalog of Manuscript Books: Preliminary Studies in Method; III. A List of Printed Catalogs of Manuscript Books; Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference series #454.

By: Ernest Cushing Richardson

Price: $15.20

Publisher: New York, New York, Burt Franklin / Linox Hill: 1968

Seller ID: 32728

ISBN: 0833729918

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, v + 386 pages, black cloth. A near, clean, neat hard cover edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. Originally published by Princeton University in 1935.
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