San Francisco: Greenwood Press, 1971. First American Edition, limited to 750 copies. Octavo; publisher's card wrappers in white pictorial dust jacket, matching card slipcase; 60pp.; photographs throughout. Slipcase a bit worn and dust-soiled; overall Near Fine in Good to Very Good slipcase. Prospectus laid in. Compilation of personal accounts..... More

Brooklyn: Printed for the Association, 1859-1866. First Editions. Five volumes; octavo (ca. 23cm.); all bound in wrappers printed within decorative border. Publication sequence includes the First-Fourth reports (1859-1862) and the Eighth report (1866). First report a bit chipped along extremities and spine crudely reinforced with old tape repair; general dust-soil..... More

Decatur, IL: The Illustrated Press, 2019. First Edition. Quarto. 224 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Glossy illustrated boards. Slate blue endpapers. Dust jacket and boards gently rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked. More

Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd, 2000. First Edition, Limited to 1500 copies. Large quarto (31.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; [2],127pp.; color photographs throughout. Light ink soil to rear jacket panel, minor shelf wear, else a Very Good or better copy. Fully-illustrated catalog issued..... More

Chicago: The Oriental Institute / The University of Chicago, 1981. First Edition, wrapper issue. Quarto. 235 pages. Numerous plates, some color. Illustrated wraps. Catalog of an exhibition from the summer of 1981. Also includes the essays, "Islamic Bookbinding: The Historical Setting," and "The Materials, Techniques, Structures of Islamic..... More

[Stuttgart: Heidelberg, ca. 1950.] First Spanish-Language Edition. Slim oblong quarto (21.5x32cm.); publisher's comb-bound decorative card wrappers; [18]pp.; chiefly illus., including color photographs. Light wear and toning, else Very Good or better. Date of publication based on the mark "100 Años de Máquinas de Imprimir Heidelberg, 1850-1950" printed inside upper cover..... More

Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1980. First Edition. Large Octavo. 295 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt at spine. Dust jacket shows light rubbing and toning along edges, with one small closed tear along front top edge. Boards show..... More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Edition, Limited to 501 copies of which this is no. 155. Large, thick octavo (26.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, white embossed paper medallion inlay to upper cover, printed paper spine label (duplicate bound in rear), top edge gilt, housed in black cloth slipcase..... More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. Quarto (29x24.5x3cm); 384pp, including bibliography and index. Five hundred sixty-five illustrations, including 394 color plates. Graphic dustjacket. Black boards with gilt spine lettering. Front hinge partly cracked, due to publisher's miscalculation of textblock weight vs. hinge strength, we suspect; volume has been..... More

Hardcover. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1968. Octavo (9.75" x 7"); xlviii, 267p. Cream cloth-covered boards with red and black lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with some general light smudging to face. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not an ex-library copy. English language bibliography of Italian Renaissance..... More

Lausanne, CH: L'Age D'Homme, 1972. First Edition. Quarto. 997 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in silver. Text in French. Dust jacket moderately worn and creased along edges with heavier wear at corners and some toning to verso edges. Boards show very light..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Turquoise and navy decorative dust jacket by noted Czech book designer Rudolph Ruzicka. Binding also by him, in aegean-blue cloth with silver and turquoise spine stamping, including ivy motifs; author's initials, with ivy motif, stamped in turquoise on front panel. Standard Knopf..... More

Philadelphia: Stan V. Henkels, 1911. Octavo. 146 pages. Colored illustrated wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Catalog No. 1024. Front wrapper and front free endpaper detached but present. Lacking rear wrapper, but rest of gatherings secure in binding. Light chipping to edges throughout. Pencil annotations of prices to catalog entries throughout. More