Bob Fleck - Oak Knoll...2 OAK KNOLL BOOKS Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, a chemical engineer by training, who let his hobby get the best of him. Somehow making oil

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Oak Knoll Books was started in 1976 with a hope and a prayer and my personal collection of books about books. I had specifically chosen this area of book history as I really didn’t think anyone else

was concentrating on this important subject. Oak Knoll Press, the publishing part of the business, was started two years later mainly to make available important books about books that had gone out of

print. And now here we are 36 years later in a different book world learning how to adjust our business model in a digital age. Who would have thought!

I personally chose the books for this catalogue and arranged them by subject. In addition to the rare antiquarian books, I added a selection of our publishing and distribution titles for each of the subjects. All the young folks here at Oak Knoll–but especially my son Rob–worked on coming up with a new design that would show off the books in color, with more illustrations, and in a larger format. I know I’ll be chastised by some for changing the size of the catalogues as all the first 299 are lined up like

little soldiers on your shelf and now I have thrown you a curveball size.

Let us know what you think.

And now to start working on catalogue 301.

Bob Fleck

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OAK KNOLL BOOKS

Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, a chemical engineer by training, who let his hobby get the best of him. Somehow making oil refineries more efficient using mathematics and computers paled in comparison to the joy of handling books. Oak Knoll Press, the second part of the business, was established in 1978 as a logical extension of Oak Knoll Books.

Today, Oak Knoll Books is a thriving company that maintains an inventory of about 23,000 titles. Our main specialties continue to be books about bibliography, book collecting, book design, book illustration, book selling, bookbinding, bookplates, children’s books, Delaware books, fine press books, forgery, graphic arts, libraries, literary criticism, marbling, papermaking, printing history, publishing, typography & type specimens, and writing & calligraphy — plus books about the history of all of these fields.

Oak Knoll Books is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB — about 2,000 dealers in 20 countries) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA — about 450 dealers in the US). Their logos appear on all of our antiquarian catalogues and web pages. These logos mean that we guarantee accurate descriptions and customer satisfaction. Our founder, Bob Fleck, has long been a proponent of the ethical principles embodied by ILAB & the ABAA. He has taken a leadership role in both organizations and is a past president of both the ABAA and ILAB.

We are located in the historic colonial town of New Castle (founded 1651), next to the Delaware River and have an open shop for visitors. The shop is situated in the Opera House, a building built by the Masons in 1879 with high ceilings and great views of the town and river. We are located close to Philadelphia and Washington, DC, and near many historic areas and attractive sights including Winterthur, the Delaware Art Museum, the Brandywine River Art Museum and Longwood Gardens.

Book selling is much more than balance sheets and income statements. We sell books because we really enjoy it and hope that fact comes through clearly when you deal with us.

www.oakknoll.com 800.996.2556 310 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720

All items listed in this catalogue have been carefully de-scribed and are in fine condition unless otherwise noted. Any pur-chase may be returned within two weeks. Please notify us before returning. All items are offered subject to prior sale. For mailing within the United States please add $7.50 for the first book and $1.00 for each additional volume. For all other countries, the first item is $12.49, additional items by weight and service. We accept all major credit cards. Payment in English pounds is also accept-able. All foreign checks must be in US dollars or English pounds and be drawn on a US or English bank, respectively. Orders are regularly shipped within five working days of their receipt.

To browse thousands of books about books and bibliography, please visit our website at WWW.OAKKNOLL.COM

To place an order with us, please call 800.996.2556oremail: [email protected]

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Bookbinding Antiquarian................................................................................................4 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................10Book Collecting, Bookselling, and Publishing History Antiquarian................................................................................................15 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................24 Book Illustration Antiquarian................................................................................................29 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................44Cartography Antiquarian................................................................................................49 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................58Delaware History Antiquarian................................................................................................63 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................66Book and Graphic Design Antiquarian................................................................................................68 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................74Private and Fine Press Antiquarian................................................................................................78 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................97Papermaking Antiquarian.................................................................................................101 Oak Knoll Press..........................................................................................108Printing History Antiquarian................................................................................................112 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................118Reference and Bibliography Antiquarian................................................................................................123 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................127Type Specimens Antiquarian................................................................................................132 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................139Writing and Calligraphy Antiquarian................................................................................................144 Oak Knoll Press.........................................................................................148

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1. Broadside Calendar of Middleton & DawsonQuebec: Middleton & Dawson, (1873), 11.5 x 14 inches, broadside framed under glass

$ 750Broadside calendar by the bookbinding and stationery company Middleton & Dawson of Quebec, displaying all twelve months of 1873 and the first four months of 1874. Along both the left and right are lithographs of ledgers and cash books. In the lower left corner are the going rates of stamp duties and in the lower right are the bank holidays of 1873 for both the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The bottom center shows a lithograph of a Paper Ruling Machine in a workshop operated by both a man and a woman. The broadside is beautifully illustrated in black, red, blue, and brown ink and contains gold gilt borders throughout.

Middleton & Dawson were bookbinders, paper rulers, and printers/publishers from 1856 - 1875/76 founded by Robert Middleton (1810 - 1874) and John T. Dawson (birth/death unknown) in 1856. The main focus of the company was to produce material relating to 1) early exploration and history of Canada and the siege of Que-bec in 1759-60, 2) almanacs, and 3) issues relating to the Anglican Church in Quebec and politics concerning responsible government leading up to the British North American Act of 1867. [Order No. 108808]

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2. Gothic & Renaissance Bookbindings Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author’s Collection.

Goldschmidt, E.Ph., 2 volumes. London and New York: Ernest Benn and Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928, thick 4to., publishers polished brown cloth. (x), 370; viii pages fol-

lowed by 160 full-page plates.

$ 2,500First edition, limited to 750 copies. This is one of 50 deluxe cop-ies bound with 50 additional tipped-in plates with handwritten captions. (S-K 2766), with over 200 illustrations in collotype and in color. The most definitive work on bindings executed in the period of 1400 to 1600. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus, with their small bookplate on front pastedown of Volume 1 and a tipped-in memoriam to E. Ph. Goldschmidt from Das Antiquar-iat, May 1954. Hobson notes: “This is one of the classics on the subject, extremely readable and based on the author’s immense knowledge of the book-trade in the 16th century...” (Literature of Bookbinding, p. 10). Breslauer states it “...is a work of im-mense learning which has had a lasting influence on binding stud-ies” (The Uses of Bookbinding Literature p. 27). Covers slightly rubbed. Volume 2 has sections split with several plates loose. [Order No. 71164]Deluxe edition with extra

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3. Broxburne Library, Styles and Designs of Bookbindings from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century.

Nixon, Howard M. With an introduction by Albert Ehrman. London: Maggs Bros., 1956, folio, quar-ter vellum over blue cloth, blue leather spine label, top edge gilt. x, 251 pages.

$ 1,500S-K 1045. Limited to 300 copies printed by Brooke Crutchley at the University Press, Cambridge (Brenni no. 301). An extremely important book and one of the most important authored by Nixon. The 199 books are described in such detail by Nixon that the annotations constitute a history of binding. Each book is illustrated. The binding collection was put together to show the history of binding and hence as many different styles as possible were added to the collection. All but a few of the books described have not been described elsewhere. Rubbing of covers and spine label. Original prospectus loosely inserted. Scarce book. [Order No. 30302]

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4. Pierre Legrain, Relieur. Repertoire Descriptif et Bibliographique de

Mille Deux Trente-Six Reliures.Paris: Libraire Auguste Blaizot, 1965, 4to., signatures

loosely inserted in a white stiff paper wrapper, brown cloth slipcase. xxxiii, 205 pages with seven plates in full color and

243 reproductions in collotype.

$ 800Text in French. Printed in an edition limited to 600 numbered copies. (S-K 6509, Brenni no. 657). Magnificent book covering the bindings of this modern French bookbinder. Leather bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman. Only minor fading of spine. [Order No. 5919]

5. Exposición de Encuadernaciones Españolas, Siglos XII al XIX.

Rolland, Francisco Hueso. Madrid: Sociedad Espa-ñola de Amigos del Arte, 1934, small folio, cloth, dust jacket. 249, 61 full-page plates, (7) pages.

$ 1,500Text in Spanish. S-K 2022. First edition, one of 100 num-bered copies. A scarce history of bookbinding in Spain from the 12th to the 19th century. Some of the 61 full-page plates of bindings are in color; each is protected by a tissue guard. Each of the color plates are tipped-in. These special copies are printed on much better paper and the volume is 50% thicker than the trade edition. The jacket is chipped with small tears. [Order No. 101558]

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6. [A Collection of Nine Designer Bookbindings].Stock, Wolfgang. N.P.: n.p., circa 1982.

$ 4,500A unique collection of nine designer bindings, many of which were part of a 1982 exhibit at the Salzburg Werkstatte für Buchkunst. The display of these works was documented in an exhibition catalogue, printed in an edition of 500 numbered and signed copies, a copy of which is also in-cluded with the collection. The catalogue has two photographs of the binder, eleven black-and-white and twelve color illustrations of his work. The bindings in the collection demonstrate a wide range of technical prowess and decorative ingenuity. Three of the bindings are traditional contemporary designer bindings composed of full leather with colored leather inlays, which take

the form of Miro-like abstractions in two examples. Two other bindings demonstrate Stock’s ability to cre-ate painted leather and parchment bindings. One binding demonstrates his use of contemporary marbled paper and vellum covered boards. Three other bindings demonstrate his ability to provide books with less traditional but more elemental book coverings. One has a simple loose leather covering with a simple gold rule bound by simple leather ties. Another covering loosely gathered in suede is fixed with a tie and a metal dagger. The other, a bit more artistic, is a similar loose vellum covering with ties, but is painted with an original abstract design. Two of the bindings are for blank books. A third covering is a prayer book, in a suitably ecclesiastical-looking binding with flaps and ties. One full leather binding with inlays is a German translation of a work by Walter Crane. The painted leather is the autobiography of Albert Schweitzer. The rest are works having something to do with binding or other aspects of book making. Unlike some art-bindings, Stock’s are clearly meant as functional books, with texts intended to be used as texts. The collection of nine bindings together with the exhibi-tion catalogue describing his work gives a remarkable sense of this man’s range of binding ability and personal sense of style. [Order No. 53959]

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7. TRADE BOOKBINDING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, 1660-1800. Bennett, Stuart. New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. ISBN 9781584561309. $ 85.00First edition. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers’ Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that “the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or a most in a plain paper wrapper.” This view is still generally accepted. Bennett, how-ever, presents new documentary and visual evidence that books were predominantly sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as well as boards and wrappers. Over 200 color illustrations show

what these bindings looked like, and how their styles evolved. Co-published with the British Library. [Order No. 75432]

8. BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION: A SIXTY-YEAR ODYSSEY OF ART AND CRAFT.

Etherington, Don. Foreword by Bernard Middleton. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 180 pages. ISBN 9781584562771. $ 49.95This new autobiography by renowned bookbinder Don Etherington takes the reader through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation. He tells of his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that caused incredible damage to thousands of books. Bookbinding and Conservation is a unique account of the personal and professional life of this important figure in the world of binding and conservation. Etherington’s memoirs contain numerous personal photo-graphs that richly illustrate his story. The autobiography is followed by a pictorial catalogue of many of Etherington’s fine bindings. This book is an excellent pick for anyone interested in bookbinding and the lives of major bookbinders. [Order No. 102815]

9. BOOKBINDERS AT WORK: THEIR ROLES AND METHODS. Foot, Mirjam M. London and New Castle: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2006, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 171 pages. ISBN 9781584561682. $ 59.95First edition. The role of the bookbinder in the production of saleable books and the significance of the binding in all its details, both structural and decorative, have often been disregarded or marginalised by bibliographers. In this book, Dr. Mirjam Foot sets out to reverse the trend by establishing working binders, and their materials and tools as an essential part of the production cycle. She reveals the inadequacy of bibliographical descriptions that lack essential binding information. [Order No. 87274]

10. ABC OF BOOKBINDING:A UNIQUE GLOSSARY WITH OVER 700 ILLUSTRATIONS

FOR COLLECTORS AND LIBRARIANS. Greenfield, Jane. New Castle, Delaware and Nottingham, England: Oak Knoll Press and the Plough Press, 2002, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 180 pages. ISBN 9781884718410. $ 49.95Reprint of the first edition of 1997. Jane Greenfield has provided a unique glossary of terms, styles, structures, and names related to conservation and bookbinding through the ages illus-trated with over 700 line drawings. Ms. Greenfield, a master in the field of bookbinding and con-servation, examines the book’s development from the earliest periods and in different places. She has provided names and drawings for almost every conceivable part of the book as well as a multitude of styles, bindings, and decorations. [Order No. 49915]

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11. THE REPAIR OF CLOTH BINDINGS. Johnson, Arthur W. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 140 pages. ISBN 9781584560784. $ 35.00First edition, second printing. One of the leading designer bookbinders in Great Britain, Arthur Johnson has used his extensive knowledge of book construction to provide a reference manual for the repair and reconstruction of cloth bindings. Each process is explained in precise detail with clear text in order to give the worker confidence in this exacting skill. Using more than 90 illustrations, drawn by the author himself, Johnson explains his procedures for sound repair that he has developed over many decades. Included in this work is a brief but comprehensive history of cloth as a binding material from its early use in handwork to complete automation. Co-published with The British Library. [Order No. 70933]

12. BOOKCLOTH IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, 1823-50. Krupp, Andrea. New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Li-brary, 2008, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 102 pages. ISBN 9781584562139. $ 35.00This volume offers a new edition of Andrea Krupp’s ground-breaking article and includes an expanded Catalogue of Bookcloth Grains, with illustrations in a larger format and, for the first time, in color. Sue Allen has written the preface for the book. Krupp’s three-part essay, with illustrations, covers the introduction of bookcloth and the early decades of its use, discusses bookcloth grain nomenclature and concludes with detailed observations on several cloth grain patterns. The first of three appendices is an information-dense table that lists each grain pattern with date range and frequency and provides cross references to previous nomenclature. Appendices 2 and 3, which together comprise the Catalogue of Nineteenth-Century Bookcloth Grains, include images of the various grains, repro-duced at actual size. In this edition, the number of catalogue entries has been expanded from 222 to 248. The swatches are printed in color, and many of the ribbon-embossed patterns in Appendix 3 are formatted to represent the patterns more completely than when first published. Co-published with the Bibliographical Society of America and The British Library. Sales rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in the UK from The British Library. [Order No. 94204]

13. THE THREAD THAT BINDS: INTERVIEWS WITH PRIVATE PRACTICE BOOKBINDERS.

Leutz, Pamela Train. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010, 6 x 9 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. ISBN 9781584562764. $ 55.00Comprised of 21 interviews of independent bookbinders, The Thread That Binds documents Pamela Leutz’s quest to learn about the lives of representatives of this field. Each chapter tells a different story of the challenges, successes, and “common threads” among each of the bind-ers. Includes images offering a closer look at studios, as well as photographs of the bookbinders themselves. All introductions are by Pamela Leutz, and also included is a special interview with bookbinder Don Etherington. An excellent pick for those considering working on their own in the field of bookbinding or for those simply interested in its history. [Order No. 103924]

14. ABC OF LEATHER BOOKBINDING: A MANUAL FOR TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP.

Lhotka, Edward R. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2005, large 8vo., Paperback. 142 pages. Illus. ISBN 9781584561637. $ 19.95This illustrated manual shows step-by-step the art and science of fine leather bookbinding. The author learned the ancient craft from one of England’s foremost binders, Alfred de Sauty. In this work, he takes the reader through the intricacies of traditional leather binding. Sales rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in the UK from The British Library. [Order No. 79690]

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15. FINE BOOKBINDING: A TECHNICAL GUIDE. Lindsay, Jen. New Castle, Delaware, and London: Oak Knoll Press and The Brit-ish Library, 2009, 9 x 9.75 inches, paperback. 216 pages. ISBN 9781584562689. $ 59.95The purpose of this book is to guide the reader through the sequence of operations involved in creating a book bound in leather. The author defines a fine binding as a book fully cov-ered in leather, with leather-jointed endpapers, gilt edges, and leather doublures. Although a basic knowledge of bookbinding terms and techniques is assumed, this book is meant for both novice and experienced bookmakers. The book is intended to be used as an active guide

during the process of fine binding. It is arranged into sixteen sections, listing the sequence of operations, beginning with preliminary work and ending with preparing and putting in leather doublures. Each section includes appropriately num-bered instructions allowing the user to find his or her place in the sequence of operations with a reference for what step is next. There are also numbered explanatory sections that include a rationale (why you do it) and technique (how you do it). The work includes close to 300 black and white illustrations, four appendices, and a bibliography. Sales Rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library. [Order No. 102152]

16. BEAUTIFUL BOOKBINDINGS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF THE BOOKBINDER’S ART.

Marks, P.J.M. New Castle & London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2011, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 190 pages. ISBN 9781584562931. $ 49.95From exquisite medieval bookbindings made of precious metals and jewels to the unique and highly imaginative creations of contemporary bookbinders, this book celebrates over 100 of the most beautiful bookbindings of the last 1,000 years. Books bound by some of the greatest bookbinders including Mearne, Padeloup, Payne, Simier, Cobden-Sanderson, and others are showcased, further revealing the beauty and skill of this art form. Spanning over ten centuries, some of the books displayed were once owned by Francis I and Henry II of France, Jean Grolier, Thomas Mahieu, Queen Elizabeth I of England, and William Morris. Fully illustrated in color, with specially commissioned studio photography, Beautiful Bookbindings provides a visual overview of the development of this splendid art form. The book focuses on the craft of hand-bookbinding that existed until the Victorian era when mass-produced trade bindings took over. Bookbinding as a craft form never disappeared, however, and the second half of the twentieth century saw a significant revival. The intro-duction provides an engaging overview of the history and techniques of the craft and of its most important practitioners. Visually stunning, this book will have a wide appeal to anyone with an interest in visual arts, crafts, and book history. Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library. [Order No. 105519]

17. A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE.

Middleton, Bernard C. Foreword by Howard M. Nixon. New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1996 (but 2000), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xiii, (i), 372 pages followed by 14 plates. ISBN 9781884718281. $ 65.00Fourth edition. This is a classic reference work about decorative and commercial English book-binding techniques. Each chapter covers various aspects of bookbinding techniques as well as historical information. Each of the chapters describes the material of leaves and folding, beating and pressing, sewing endpapers, gluing the spine, rounding and backing, boards and their attach-ment, edge-trimming and decoration, headbands, back linings, covering, finishing siding and

pasting down, equipment, book repairs and restoration. The book also includes appendices covering a variety of topics. Several sections describe the background and history of the London bookbinding trade around the beginning of the 19th century, its working conditions, and the growth of its binderies. Other sections discuss the specialization in book-edge gilding, the Arts & Crafts movement’s influence on bookbinding styles, and the causes and prevention of leather decay. This book is an excellent background for those interested in the English technique. [Order No. 44862]

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18. THE RESTORATION OF LEATHER BINDINGS. Middleton, Bernard C. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2004, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 309 pages + 8 color plate pages. ISBN 9781584561194. $ 45.00Fourth edition, revised and expanded from the 1998 edition. A welcome new addition in this book is a full-color section for the identification of leather and marbled papers. From the author of History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (also published by Oak Knoll & The British Library), this classic in the field of bookbinding is a practical guide to the restoration of leather bindings. Revised and expanded, this work reflects advances in techniques and materials, and contains current information on suppliers and related publications. The book has chapters con-

cerning definition of terms, tools and materials, cleaning, removing the spine, resewing and alternatives; gluing, round-ing and backing; headbanding, back lining, preparation of boards, rebacking, replacing the spine, repairing caps and outer joints, repairing caoutchoue bindings, repairing corners, blending new endpapers, straightening warped boards, rebinding pasteboards, salvaging old sides; staining, aging, tooling and refurbishing, recording repairs, and a section of selected reading. Alternative approaches are included for rebinding when the original covers have been lost or are beyond restoration, modern rebinding, and replication of original bindings by combining elements of both modern and historical binding techniques. Middleton’s work is designed to be a comprehensive handbook for practitioner and stu-dent alike when formal training in restorative techniques are unavailable. Also included is an updated listing of binders’ suppliers. With numerous photographs and line drawings. Co-published with The British Library. Sales rights: Available worldwide from Oak Knoll. Available in the UK from The British Library. [Order No. 75328]

19. AMERICAN SIGNED BINDINGS THROUGH 1876. Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella. New Castle and Bryn Mawr: Oak Knoll Press & Bryn Mawr College Library, 2007, 4to., cloth. 300 pages. ISBN 9781584562085. $ 85.00First edition. In this the first major study of American signed bookbindings, Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella describe and illustrate 315 bookbinder’s tickets, stamps, and engraved des-ignations dating from the 1750s through 1876. The details of the study reveal a vibrant segment of the book trade, deeply enmeshed with the related trades of booksellers, stationers and pub-lishers. Two hundred and thirty-three binders are represented, many with multiple designations. Locations of binders cluster up and down the east coast from Maine to Virginia, with tickets as far south as New Orleans and as far west as Little Rock. The study identifies binders from 19 states and 84 cities and towns. Brief descriptions of bindings are provided, along with explanatory notes for many binders, especially in the binding centers of Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The strength of the study is in its attention to nineteenth-century trade binders such as Benjamin Bradley and Peter Low of Boston, George W. Alexander and Colton & Jenkins of New York, and Benjamin Gaskill and Joseph T. Altemus of Philadelphia. The volume has two introductory essays and is well-indexed. Co-published with Bryn Mawr College Library. [Order No. 93148]

20. TICKETED BOOKBINDINGS FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN.

Spawn, Willman and Thomas E. Kinsella. With an essay by Bernard Middleton. Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1999, small 4to., cloth. 206 pages. ISBN 9781884718984. $ 65.00First edition, the hardbound variant. Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue including plates in color. Foreword by Elliot Shore, Director of Libraries, followed by historical information on binding. The first 219 bindings are described in great detail, including information on the binder. This is followed by shorter descriptions of 485 ticketed bindings also in the collection but not pictured. An important reference book in the study of English binding. [Order No. 54990]

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21. WOMEN BOOKBINDERS 1880-1920. Tidcombe, Marianne. London & New Castle, Delaware: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, (1996), 8vo., quarter cloth, marbled paper sides. 240 pages. ISBN 9781884718236. $ 58.00First edition. During the period 1880-1920, the number of women craft bookbinders in Britain increased dramatically. In this, the first major study of its kind, Marianne Tidcombe provides a timely and authoritative introduction to the role and work of women craft binders during the period. The foremost women binders—including Sarah Prideaux, Katherine Adams, Sybil Pye—are discussed at some length (as is the Guild of Women Binders), but all significant figures are included. The appendices illustrate the tools used by Prideaux, Adams and Pye, and provide

a list of women in charge of bookbinding shops in Britain before 1900. Superbly illustrated throughout—with 32 color plates and over 100 black-and-white photographs—this handsomely produced book will make a significant contribution to the study of the role of women in the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century book trade. Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library. [Order No. 43766]

22. BOOKBINDING & CONSERVATION BY HAND: A WORKING GUIDE.

Young, Laura S. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1995, 7 x 10 inches, paperback. 288 pages. ISBN 9781884718113. $ 24.95This book is designed as a working guide in the field of hand bookbinding and book conserva-tion. It is intended as a practical manual for teachers and their students; as an instruction guide to be followed by the beginner attempting to learn binding on his or her own; and as a ready refer-ence for experienced binders, book collectors, book dealers, and librarians. Hand bookbinding in the United States has been influenced primarily by the English, French, and German schools of binding. The techniques described in this volume follow in principle the German school and, to the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first book in which these binding practices have appeared in English. Ger-man techniques move in a logical sequence and can be executed efficiently. The heart of this working guide is the three chapters dealing with techniques and the chapter on conservation. “Basic Techniques” details the fundamental skills that are applicable to all hand bookbinding. “General Techniques” includes those practices that, with minor variations, cover the early stages in all types of bindings. “Specific Techniques” describes the steps primarily used in producing a specific type of hand binding. The basic principles of conservation work cover one of the more important areas in the field of hand bookbinding today. All instructions throughout this book have been tested at the bench by at least one person, in addition to the author, for clarity and completeness. Where feasible, a list of materials needed precedes the step-by-step instructions for a given section or techniques. These lists will allow the binder to gather together all materials and equip-ment to be used before beginning work on any phase of the project. Originally published in 1981, Oak Knoll’s edition has a revised bibliography and a new list of supply sources. [Order No. 42513]

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23. Jean Grolier de Servier Viscount d’Aguisy, Some Account of His Life.Andrews, William Loring. New York: The DeVinne Press, 1892, 8vo., original gilt-decorated blue

cloth. 68 pages with 14 beautiful colored plates.

$ 600First edition, limited to 140 copies printed on hand-made paper and ten on Imperial Japan Paper, with a num-ber of well-executed plates showing famous Grolier bindings, some of which are in color. Minor cover rub-bing. Two-inch tear in front free endpaper along gutter. [Order No. 20307]

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24. Bibliographical and Descriptive Tour from Scarborough to the Library of a Philobiblist, in Its Neighborhood.

Cole, John. Scarborough: John Cole et al., 1824, 8vo., modern quarter calf, five raised bands, ma-roon calf gilt spine label, marbled paper-covered boards, uncut. (ii), iv, 92+(1) pages.

$ 2,950First edition, a large paper copy. The total edition size was 158 copies, of which 100 were printed on small paper, 50 copies on large paper, and 8 on colored paper (Lowndes p.491). The large paper copies are differ-ent from the small paper copies in the following ways: the book block measures 22 cm rather than 20 cm; the title page contains a view of Hunmanby, rather than a quote from Dibdin; the verso of the title page contains the Dibdin quote and is blank in the small paper copy. Illustrated with original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick (Hugo no.4335). A bibliographical guide of the rare English folio and quarto volumes preserved in the library of the book collector and member of the Roxburghe Club, Francis Wrangham. Describes 100 items with lengthy annotations. Light spotting to endpapers; a very few isolated areas of browning to text; a couple of contemporary pencil amendments and remarks in margins; last two leaves mispaginated. [Order No. 45049]

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25. Colophon, a Book Collector’s Quarterly.48 volumes, the complete set. New York: The Colophon, 1930-1950, various sizes, various bindings.

$ 1,500Includes the following:

1. Original Series. 20 volumes. 4to., boards + Index. 1930-1935. 2. New Series, 12 volumes, boards or cloth. 1935-1938. 3. The Annual of Bookmaking. Thick 8vo., cloth. 1938. 4. New Graphic Series. 4 volumes. 4to., boards. 1939. 5. The New Colophon. 9 volumes. 4to., boards except the 9th volume which is cloth bound and much thicker than the rest. 1948-1950. 6. An Index to the Colophon, New Series, The Colophon, New Graphic Series and the New Colophon. 1968. This is a former library book, but has only two small stamps on the copyright page. (Ulrich & Kup p.3).

“Scholarly and popular contributions both make perfect reading for connoisseur and amateur of books and bibliography.” Many illustrations. [Order No. 99847]

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26. Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecæ Illustrissimi Viri Caroli Henrici Comitis de Hoym, Olim Regis Poloniae Augusti II. Apud Regem Christianissimum

Legati Extraordinarii.(Hoym, Karl Heinrich) Martin, Gabriel. Paris: Gabrielem & Claudium Martin, 1738, small 8vo., 18th century quarter calf, blue paper-covered boards, red leather spine label, all edges stained red.

(vi), xx, 528, (58) pages.

$ 1,750Text in Latin. The sale catalogue of the collection of the celebrated book collector Count Karl Heinrich Hoym (1694-1736). (Blogie 3.) An extensive collection catalogue with 4785 entries, arranged into broad subject categories including scripture, theology, jurisprudence, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, arts, grammar, rhetoric, poetry, geography, history, and more. Individual lots are priced in ink in the margins. Dampstaining to title page and a few pages that immediately follow. Wear to extremities with small chips to head and tail of spine and to one panel between raised bands. Small corner of page 99 lacking. With the bookplate of Paul Lacombe and A. Aubry on the front pastedown. Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus, purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale. [Order No. 76057]

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27. Catalogue de Beaux Livres; Ventes Rausch.Rauch S.A., Nicolas. Mies (Vaud), Genève: N. Rauch, 1948-

1964, sales catalogues, 8vo.; auction catalogues, large 8vo., cloth with paper or leather spine labels; stiff paper wrappers. Variously

paginated.

$ 750Text in French. Large lot of publications from the mid-century Geneva bookseller Nicolas Rausch. All of these titles were printed in limited editions, generally numbering between 1,000 and 1,500 copies. Includes sales catalogues printed between 1948 and 1961, numbered 1 through 7; auction catalogues from 1952-1962, numbered 1-33 (no. 2 missing), bound in eight volumes, with three additional catalogues from the early 1960s in stiff paper wrappers and three slim bulletins. Contains detailed descriptions of thousands of books. Rausch dealt in books dating from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, and his catalogues are arranged chronologically. He also published several special sales catalogues devoted to topics including incunabula, almanacs, botany and natural

history books, artists and the book. With copious reproductions of bindings, facsimile pages, and book il-lustrations, many of which are in color, some are folded. Auctions include the sales of the libraries of W.S.

Kundig and Silvain S. Brunschwig. Not limited to books, the auctions also detail the sales of antiqui-ties, architectural draw-ings, maps, early photog-raphy, prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture. Auction results are loose-ly inserted into the cata-logues. Each catalogue is indexed. [Order No. 76201]

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28. The All-Embracing Doctor FranklinRosenbach, A.S.W. Philadelphia: Privately printed, 1932, tall 8vo., half-leather over marbled paper-

covered boards, slipcase. 47 pages.

$ 700First and only edition, limited to 198 numbered copies. Printed by Fred Anthoensen at his Southworth Press. Dr. Rosenbach, in this Christmas book, reveals the more risqué side of Dr. Franklin. This was always one of Rosenbach’s favorite productions because of its off-color nature. One of the few Rosenbach books actu-ally written by Rosenbach himself. Presentation “Inscribed for Norman Reiss with the best wishes of A.S.W. Rosenbach, Jan 26, 1933.” Well-preserved copy. [Order No. 12442]

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29. [Collection of the Reference Copies for a Run of the Catalogues Issued by Hellmut Schumann of Zürich].

(Schumann, Hellmut). Zürich: Hellmut Schumann AG, 8vo. and small 4to., original paper wrap-pers or later green cloth.

$ 950The marked-up reference copies of a series of 39 catalogues issued by this Swiss bookseller. Most of the catalogues are interleaved and contain handwritten records of what sold and other occasional notes with many buyers’ names written in. The first group are not bound but have been taken apart to interleave and then had the spine taped to keep them together. The majority of the catalogues have been bound in green cloth. Includes the following: 472. A Rare Book Miscellany. 477. Helvetica 478. The Illustrated Book 479. General Science 481. Autographs, Documents and Manuscripts 483. Old and Modern Art 484. Deutsche Literatur des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts 485. Helvetica 487. Deutshce Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts.The following are bound mostly in green cloth with original covers bound in. 488. Geography and Travel 490-494, 496-500, 502-504, 507-513, 515, 517, 520-522, 524-525Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference li-brary of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale. [Order No. 75701]

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30. A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal Libraries Which Have Been Sold by Auction by Mr. Samuel Baker, from 1744 to 1774; Messrs. S. Baker and G.

Leigh, from 1775 to 1777; Mr. George Leigh, 1778; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, from 1780 to 1800; Messrs. Leigh, Sotheby and Son, from 1804 to 1816; and Mr. Sotheby,

From 1816 to 1828. The Whole Forming a Series of One Hundred and Forty-Six Volumes in Quarto, with Prices and Purchasers’ Names.

London: Printed by Compton & Ritchie, 1828, 8vo., contemporary half calf with marbled paper cov-ered boards. (ii), 12, (6), (13)-34, (2) pages.

$ 2,750Colophon reads “Twenty-five Copies of the Catalogue of the Principal Sales in the foregoing List were printed on Fine Paper, in octavo; some few of which remain, and may be had of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby.” The second issue of this extremely rare and invaluable source book on early auctioneering history. The catalogue records the “sales under successive principals and partners up to 1828, when Samuel Sotheby was the prin-cipal of the firm. The 1818 edition lists some 600 sales, chronologically arranged under the successive prin-cipals, the second part, pages 13-28, list the ‘Sale Catalogues from 1744-1817, alphabetically arranged.’ The edition of 1828 is a reissue of the 1818 catalogue, augmented by the chronological list of approximately 270 sales held by Samuel Sotheby between 1818 and 1828, followed by an alphabetical list of owners of the col-lections sold.” (Breslauer). Presentation at top of title page “Sir George Chetwynd Bt. with Messrs. Sotheby and Sons compliments.” With the armorial bookplate of Chetwynd on front pastedown and a further presenta-tion inscription in pencil on endpaper “To Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge with Compliments of Hew Morrison LL.D (Edinburgh’s first City Librarian) Edinburgh, 22nd May 1920.” Covers rubbed and abrased in places. Hinges cracked. Very scarce. Copac and WorldCat list 6 copies. [Order No. 101399]

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31. History of Book Publishing in the United States. Volume I - Volume 4.Tebbel, John. 4 volumes, complete. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, large 8vo.,

cloth. xvi,646; xiv,813; xiii,774; xiv,830 pages.

$ 550First edition. An excellent history of publishing in the United States. Each volume covers a different chrono-logical period. Presentation from the author on free endpaper of volume 1 “for Mark- with admiration and affection “John, and in volume 3 “for Mark with affection, admiration and very best wishes, John, Southbury, MA, Dec 9, 1978.” From the library of Mark Carroll. Clipped newspaper obituaries of Alfred Knopf inserted in volume 4 (which has foxed endpaper and pastedown). Well-preserved set. [Order No. 46760]

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32. THE PLEASURES OF BIBLIOPHILY: FIFTY YEARS OF THE BOOK COLLECTOR, AN ANTHOLOGY.

Barker, Nicolas. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, 6.75 x 9.75 inches, cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. ISBN 9781584560975. $ 59.95The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as the one of the leading authoritative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector’s editor for the past 37 years, has produced an anthology taking the best es-says printed over the last 50 years and combining them into one book. Many articles deal with particular collectors. A number of other essays are concerned with particular books, authors, or related topics. This work also examines notable books, including the first edition of the infamous

Fanny Hill, and also portrays the personalities of a number of famous collectors, from Richard Heber and Sir Thomas Phillipps, to Chester Beatty, Martin Bodmer and Philip Hofer. Co-published with the British Library. [Order No. 72296]

33. LUNACY AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS. Belanger, Terry. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2003, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 pages. ISBN 9781584560999. $ 10.00First edition, third printing. A humorous and poignant essay on the idiosyncrasies of book ar-rangements by collectors over the centuries. Professor Belanger treats the reader to some of the idiotic methods of categorizing and shelving books. One gem from an etiquette book of 1863 decreed that a perfect hostess will see to it that the works of male and female authors be properly segregated on her book shelves. Their proximity, unless they happen to be married, should not be tolerated. This book will bring a smile to the face of any bibliophile. [Order No. 14014]

34. A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING.

Briggs, Asa. New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008, 7.5 x 9.75 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 624 pages. ISBN 9781584562344. $ 110.00First edition. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs’s history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who ran the firm, the principles they held, and their success as en-

trepreneurs. Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library. [Order No. 96667]

35. ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS. Carter, John & Nicolas Barker. Eighth US Edition. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2006, tall 12mo., cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. ISBN 9781584561125. $ 29.95Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. John Carter’s ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable as well as the most informative reference book on the subject. Here, in over 490 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found defini-tion and analysis of the technical terms used in book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comments on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, ‘points’, rarity, etc. This eighth edition has been revised by Nicolas Barker, editor of The Book Collector and incorporates additional words created by the introduction of web-based collecting. ABC for Book Collectors retains its humorous character as the one indispensable guide to book collecting while also keeping us up-to-date with modern terminology. [Order No. 75338]

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36. JOHN CARTER, THE TASTE & TECHNIQUE OF A BOOKMAN. Dickinson, Donald C. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2004, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 422 pages. ISBN 9781584561378. $ 49.95First edition. Preface by Sebastian Carter. Throughout his professional career, John Carter, 1905-1975, was recognized as one of the most important figures in the Anglo-American book world. He was known as an imaginative book dealer, a creative bibliographer and a stylish and thoughtful writer. In 1934, after working for several years in the London book trade, he achieved instant fame, along with his co-author Graham Pollard, for An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, a brilliant piece of detective work that exposed Thomas J. Wise. Contains a full checklist of John Carter’s publications. Well-illustrated. This work will be ap-preciated by all bibliophiles who are interested in 20th century bibliophilia. [Order No. 76307]

37. AMASSING TREASURES FOR ALL TIMES: SIR GEORGE GREY, COLONIAL BOOKMAN AND COLLECTOR.

Kerr, Donald Jackson. Dunedin, New Zealand and New Castle, Delaware: Otago University Press and Oak Knoll Press, 2006, 6 x 9.25, hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. ISBN 9781584561965. $ 49.95Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an out-standing British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. Less well known of Grey is that we he was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artifacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed. Through these items, we are given a look into Grey’s less-publicized private life. A timeline of Grey’s life is included after a lovely foreword by Christopher de Hamel and some acknowledgements from the author. Everyone seeking a glimpse into the life of Sir George Grey from a viewpoint other than his famous political life in Cape Colony, South Australia, and New Zealand or anyone wanting to read about a fascinating collector of the rare will enjoy this volume. There is also great appeal for those who are intrigued by the indigenous cultures of the regions in which Grey lived and those who have a love of classic European manuscripts. [Order No. 92435]

38. BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.

Hinks, John and Catherine Armstrong (editors). Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008, 6 x 9 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. ISBN 9781584562290. $ 49.95First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller and reader. Chronologically, the offerings

range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century as they track the developing trade in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Publishers and readers who spent part of their lives in North America are also featured in several of the chapters. The main theme emerging from this volume is the significance of cheap print, including newspapers and journals. The social, cultural, political and economic significance of these artifacts is highlighted by an in-depth examination of the lives of those men and women who participated in the book trade. Co-published with The British Library. Available in the UK from The British Library. [Order No. 96655]

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39. THE BRITISH BOOK TRADE, 1475-1890: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Howard-Hill, T.H. New Castle, Delaware, and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2009, 7.5 x 9.75 inches, Hardcover, 2 volumes. 1,876 pages in 2 volumes, plus index on CD-ROM. ISBN 9781584562559. $ 175.00This superbly comprehensive and detailed bibliography of the British book trade, the product of research in over three hundred libraries in the UK and USA, supersedes all bibliographies on Brit-ish authors and authorship, bibliography itself, book collecting, bookbinding, book illustration, bookselling, censorship, copyright, libraries, literacy, papermaking, printing, publishing, textual criticism, and typography until 1890. More than 24,000 items (notably articles in trade journals) are lightly annotated and arranged in classified chronological order to illustrate the social and technological development of British book crafts and industries. Items are minutely indexed on

the accompanying CD-ROM. Large areas of the history and practices of the British book trades are opened to scholarly study for the first time. Published by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, in association with The Bibliographical Society and The Bibliographical Society of America. [Order No. 96665]

40. THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY. Staikos, Konstantinos. With an introduction by Robert D. Fleck. (New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 2006, 8vo., cloth, deckle edges, paper cover label. 52 pages. ISBN 9781584561798. $ 45.00Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 700 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece. Issued in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor, Robert Fleck. Konstantinos Staikos has become more than an author to Oak Knoll; he is our Greek friend who represents all that we admire most in this book world of ours. In addition to being a noted architect he has found time to write many significant texts on the history of libraries, form an important book collection, purchase and save a Greek letter-press printing company (which printed this book), establish a noted publishing house and develop a web based information resource for the study of library history. In this essay you will find his view of the development of the library and the impact it has had on mankind. You will read how the book and the knowledge it transmits has affected his life. You will feel his great love of books. You will read all this in a beautifully prepared book printed and bound by hand in the oldest tradition of fine craftsmanship. [Order No. 90815]

41. OUT OF PRINT AND INTO PROFIT. Mandelbrote, Giles (Editor). New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, (2007), 9.5 x 12.5 inches, Hardcover. 414 pages. ISBN 9781584561903. $ 55.00

First edition, second printing, with a few minor corrections. Published to mark the centenary of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association, this is the first book to map out the history of the rare book trade in the 20th century—the end of this period broadly coinciding with the end of an era in traditional bookselling and the arrival of the Internet. Twenty contributors describe and explain the ways in which booksellers acquired their stock and sold books to customers, bringing to life the personalities in this most individualistic of trades, and offer many insights into changes in taste and fashion in book collecting, during what was also a formative period for many of the world’s most important research libraries, especially in North America. Bib-liographical scholars write alongside well-known experts from the book trade itself, drawing on a wide range of sources, including unpublished archives, marked sets of catalogues and the memoirs (published and unpublished) of members of the antiquarian book trade itself. The book contains reproductions of many period photographs and several useful reference aids, including a survey of book trade archives, a checklist of memoirs, and three indexes. Co-published with The British Library. [Order No. 95405]

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42. BOOKS AS HISTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOKS BEYOND THEIR TEXTS.

Pearson, David. New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2011, 8.75 x 9.5 inches, paperback. 208 pages. ISBN 9781584562900. $ 29.95This revised version of David Pearson’s Books as History includes changes and additions, par-ticularly in the first and last chapters. Updated in light of the recent development of the e-book, this version will offer new pictures and suggestions for further reading, new ideas on the life of the book, and thoughts on how the book will survive. David Pearson explores these themes and

uses many examples of books from the Middle Ages to the present day to show why books may be interesting beyond their texts. As the format of the book becomes history—as texts are increasingly communicated electronically—we can recognize that books are also history in another significant way. Books can develop their own individual histories, which provide important evidence about the way they were used and regarded in the past, which make them an indispensable part of the fabric of our cultural heritage. Extensively illustrated with a wide range of images. Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library. [Order No. 105444]

43. OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.

Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1996, 6 x 9.5 inches, cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 184 pages. ISBN 9781884718212. $ 45.00One of 350 special numbered and signed copies inserted in a cloth-covered slipcase. In their books Old & Rare and Between Boards, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records for the first time in detail their book buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Drawn from their original diaries and letters of the time and augmented with contemporary recollections, this book renders with an unparalleled sense of immediacy the horrors and treasures to be found in postwar Europe. Full of history and tales of books, this book is as perfect for the casual reader as it is for the sophisticated book collector. [Order No. 43780]

44. DR. ROSENBACH AND MR. LILLY: BOOK COLLECTING IN A GOLDEN AGE.

Silver, Joel. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011, 6 x 9 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. ISBN 9781584562955. $ 49.95Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age is the story of one collector, Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., of Indianapolis, and the books and manuscripts that he bought from Dr. Rosenbach. The story is told through the many letters that they exchanged, and through the descriptions and illustrations of the books and manuscripts themselves. Mr. Lilly assembled a collection of some twenty thousand books in American literature and on historical Americana throughout the course of his collecting career. He bought books from a number of booksellers,

but Rosenbach sold Lilly some of the best books and manuscripts in his collection. Rosenbach and Lilly were both per-sonally interested in literature and Americana, and while Lilly was a conservative businessman who was usually very methodical in his acquisitions, Rosenbach’s enthusiasm, which was well supported by his knowledge and experience, enticed Lilly to make some uncharacteristically large purchases during the two decades of their relationship. This book focuses on the intersection of the two men and their business relationship from the 1920s through the 1940s. Though this book is the story of only one collector and bookseller, it is also a microcosm of a great age of book collecting, in which choices were made by booksellers and collectors alike that shaped the contents of some of the greatest research libraries of our own day. Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly was first published in 2010 in a limited edition by Bird & Bull Press. This new trade edition retains Henry Morris’s superb design and adds a new preface, additional illustrations, and an index. [Order No. 105704]

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45. THE GREAT LIBRARIES: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE.

Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000, 9.5 x 13 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 600 pages. ISBN 9781584560180. $ 125.00First edition in English. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations [130 in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed interiors of these legendary libraries and their rare treasures. Chapter by chapter, the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting

the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The author also shares with us the very personal stories of the founders and the un-sung librarians, who struggled during wars and countless disasters to preserve and protect their precious holdings. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic li-braries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. Mr. Staikos’ original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality. He has created a literary masterpiece that captures the rich heritage of one of man’s greatest achievements. This is a very special, large-format volume no bibliophile will want to be without. Co-published with The British Library. [Order No. 58026]

46. THE HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION: FROM MINOS TO CLEOPATRA.

Staikos, Konstantinos. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2004, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 374 pages. ISBN 9781584561149. $ 75.00This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our foremost scholars on library history, writing such books as this, as well as works like “The Great Librar-ies,” a classic in its field. This first volume reveals the rich history of the early archive libraries from Crete to the famous library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria. Through well-researched text and many full-color illustrations, the author guides his readers over 1800 years of mankind’s struggle to preserve his knowledge by the written word. Co-published with HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV and Kotinos Publications. Sales Rights: worldwide except EU. Order all five volumes of The History of the Library in Western Civilization series at one time and get the Index volume for free. [Order No. 74805]

47. THE LITERATURE OF COLLECTING & OTHER ESSAYS. Wendorf, Richard. New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts: Oak Knoll Press and the Boston Athenæum, 2008, 6 x 9 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 376 pages. ISBN 9781584562306. $ 49.95First edition. In this new collection of essays, many published here for the first time, the author of the warmly reviewed Scholar-Librarian leads a series of further explorations into the world of books, libraries and the visual arts. In his extended title essay, Richard Wendorf provides a ground-breaking investigation of the relationship between the theoretical texts devoted to col-lecting and the rich fictional texts that also take collecting as their focus: not just John Fowles’s The Collector, but also Susan Sontag’s The Volcano Lover, Evan Connell’s The Connoisseur, Tibor Fischer’s The Collector Collector, Bruce Chatwin’s Utz, and Ian McEwan’s early short

story “Solid Geometry.” Wendorf shows how the critical arguments posed by Benjamin, Baudrillard, Muensterberger and others play out in these modern literary texts and how, in turn, these fictional works complicate the ways in which we think about what it means to be a collector. Co-published with the Boston Athenæum. [Order No. 96668]

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48. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. With Life in England. With Travel.

Abbey, J.R. 4 volumes, complete set. London: Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 4to., polished cloth, top edges gilt, leather spine labels, dust jacket on first two volumes.

xx,399; xxi,428; xiii,300; xiii,301-675 pages.

$ 2,500First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. The printing by the Curwen Press of these first editions is far superior to the reprint editions available. Dust jackets present on the first two volumes. Prospectus loosely inserted. [Order No. 71436]

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49. The Art and Practice of Etching; with Directions for Other Methods of Light and

Entertaining Engraving.Alken, Henry. London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849, square 8vo., original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58,

(6) pages, 8 plates.

$ 500First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Brit-ain’s greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals fre-quently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some forty years of experience of both practicing and teaching his art into an excellent practical manual on his techniques. En-graved plates by Alken. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Inside hinges cracked. Rebacked with new cloth and with a modern paper spine label. Ink ownership inscription at top of title page. [Order No. 65235]

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50. The British Lithographer.4 volumes bound in 2. London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co, Ltd., 1891-1895, tall 8vo., 20th century cloth. variously

paginated.

$ 2,000A complete run of four volumes bound in two of the bi-monthly periodicals. The British Lithog-rapher was absorbed by British Printer in the autumn of 1895. (Book and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals 1800-1942, pg.84; Bridson & Wakeman for many citations). Every issue is full of helpful articles and an amazing number of illustrations - many, if not most, in color. These magazines were meant for the working lithogra-pher and, as such, have articles like ‘Transfer of a Photo from Chromate Paper to Zinc,’ ‘Practical Collotype Printing,’ and ‘An American School of Lithography.’ With the bookplate of Gavin Brid-son. Ex-library set with markings, including a small oval stamp fortunately placed on the back of the plates. [Order No. 97827]

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51. Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon, Herausgegeben Mit Unterstützung des Bundes und Kunstfreundlicher Privater Vom Schweizerischen Kunstverein.

Brun, Carl. 4 volumes. Frauenfeld: Von Huber & Co., 1905-1917, thick 8vo., half cloth over paste-paper-covered boards. xvi,648; vi,711; vi,584; vi,712 pages.

$ 750Text in German. Complete set of this standard biographical work on Swiss artists and illustrators. The fourth volume was issued as a supplement to the other three. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label, which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auc-tion sale. [Order No. 75690]

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52. Aesop’s Fables.(Frink, Elisabeth). Illustrated by Elisabeth Frink. (London): R. Alistair McAlpine Publishing Lim-ited & Leslie Waddington Prints Limited, (1968), oblong 4to., orange leather spine with tan cover covers, title and design in gilt on the front cover.

Four Frink lithographs inserted.

$ 3,500Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the illus-trator. Designed and printed at the Curwen Press on Zerkall Butten paper and bound by Mansell, London.

Printed in brown and black on French-fold paper. With 46 illustrations in the text and four signed litho-graphs. Frink (1930-1993) was a noted English sculptor and print maker. The Frink School of Figurative Sculpture was opened in 1996. Spine slightly faded. [Order No. 107191]

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53. Die Griechische Buchmalerei. Mit 22 Abbildungen im Textband und 28 Tafeln nach Originalen der Nationalbibliothek in Wien.

Gerstinger, Hans. (Vienna): Der Oesterr Staatsdruckerei, 1926, folio, 2 volumes in slipcase, paper-covered boards, loose plates enclosed in cardboard box with cloth spine, whole enclosed in patterned

paper-covered slipcase. (viii), 52, (4) pages, 5 plates; 1 page, 28 plates.

$ 2,500Text in German. First edition, first printing. Hans Gerstinger was an expert on Greek and Byzantine papyri and he became a professor at the University of Graz in 1941, and, from 1948, at the Institute of Archaeol-ogy in Vienna. There are 28 plates included in the box of leaves, 9 of which are in full color and are mounted on white matte-board. Each is lovely example of ancient Greek illustration. The accompanying text is well researched and informational. Bound book has mild wear around the edges with moderate rubbing to head and heel of spine, corners are lightly bumped. Clamshell case with the plates is moderately worn around the edges, the spine is worn and slightly fragile. The 9 color plates have minimal wear to the edges of the matte-boards. Slip case is worn and fragile. [Order No. 92773]

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54. Der Blaue Reiter.Kandinsky, Wassily and Franz Marc. München: R. Piper & Co., 1914, 4to., later quarter vellum with paper covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. (x), 140 pages with numerous extra

plates.

$ 3,500Four tipped-in color plates, illustrations. An important and key work in the history of German expressionism (The Artist and the Book, 139 - “although illustrated with photomechanical reproductions, Der Blaue Reiter is one of the most important German books of modern art.”). Includes plates done in pochoir by Marc and Kandinsky, music by Schönberg, Berg and Webern, initials by Jean Arp (his first book illustrations, etc.). Bookplate and name in ink on front pastedown. The tissue guards have text at the bottom and are foxed. Some foxing in text. Well preserved copy of an important book. [Order No. 107175]

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55. Prométhée Traduction par André Gide. Lithographies de Henry Moore.

(Moore, Henry) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Traduction par André Gide. Lithographies

de Henry Moore. (Paris): Henri Jonquières, 1950, folio, original illustrated wrappers with text and illustrations loose as issued, cardboard clamshell

box which is illustrated. (ii), 64, (6) pages.

$ 3,500Limited to 183 numbered copies of which this is one of 165 bound thus (The Artist & the Book 211; From

Manet to Hockney 124). Illustrated by Henry Moore, who contributed the cover, title, three capital letters, three tailpieces and eight full-page lithographs. Beautifully printed by the Imprimerie Nationale with Grand-jean Romain du Roi type that had originally been cut in 1692. Considered Moore’s most important contribu-tion as a book-illustrator. Clamshell box is bumped at head of spine. [Order No. 107224]

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56. Three etchings by John Sloan for the series of etchings entitled Westminster Abbey

(Newton, A. Edward). N.P.: n.p., 1891, broadsides.

$ 2,150John Sloan (1871-1951) was forced to drop out of school at the age of 16 due to the mental breakdown of his father. He got a job as a cashier at Porter and Coates, a local stationery store where he met A. Edward Newton, a fellow employee. When Newton established his own statio-nery business in 1890, he hired Sloan. Sloan designed greeting cards and calendars, and etchings which were used in various gift books published by Newton. Peter Morse, in his catalogue of Sloan prints, describes one of John Sloan’s earliest efforts as this Westminster Series of 13 etch-ings and provides great detail, noting that only one complete surviving example of the booklet and etchings has survived to his knowledge and

is held by The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Delaware Art Museum holds signed copies of the etchings through the kind donation of Helen Farr Sloan. Any of these early Sloan works are extremely scarce. We have the following three etchings from this series: Morse 13. The West Front. Morse 17. Saint Erasmus’ Doorway. Morse 21. The Poets Corner. Morse notes that A. Edward Newton’s name does not appear anywhere in the booklet or on the etchings, but assigns them to Newton on their similarity to other projects executed by Sloan for Newton.The three etchings have been removed from an older framing (by Schneider Art Galleries of Seattle) and mea-sure 7 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches with the etching itself varying in size. There are remnants of glue along the top edge of the white outer border where they were mounted and framed. The margins of the outer border are foxed and stained in places. One etching has notes in pencil beneath the etching giving instructions to the framer. The etchings themselves are well preserved. [Order No. 108953]

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57. Newark, a Series of Engravings on Wood by Rudolph Ruzicka with an Appreciation of the Pictorial Aspects of the Town.

(Ruzicka, Rudolph) Eaton, Walter Prichard. Newark: The Carteret Book Club, 1917, 4to., quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original cardboard slipcase. xv, (i), 52, (2) pages, with 5

additional pages of illustrations each with their own half title page.

$ 1,750Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies for the Carteret Book Club of Newark, New Jersey, by D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press. (Smith no.460). Finely illustrated with 17 wood-engravings by Ru-dolph Ruzicka. Five of these are large color wood-engravings which have been specially printed by Ruzicka and which bear his signature in pencil. Accompanied by an appreciation of the pictorial aspects of Newark, New Jersey, by Walter Eaton. This book was named one of the 100 most beautiful books produced in the 20th century and shown at the Grolier Club for their exhibition entitled A Century for the Century. Bookplate. Light wear to slipcase; book is well preserved. [Order No. 57722]

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58. Handzeichnungen Alter Meister aus der Albertina und Anderen

Sammlungen.Schönbrunner, Jos. and Jos. Meder. 12 vol-

umes. Wien: Gerlach & Schenk, 1896-1908, folio, half calf portfolio, with cloth backed boards, gilt stamping and illustration on upper boards with

tipped-in illustration. Hundreds of plates.

$ 2,500First edition. Text in German. This complete multi-volume set contains over 1,400 large plates of draw-ings (many color) in the Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, and other European collections. In-cludes titlepage printed in color, foreword and table of contents for each volume. Representing drawings by Old Masters such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Raphael, Ru-bens and others. Volumes 11 and 12 compiled by Jos. Meder. Lacking title page for Volume 5. Minor rub-bing to extremities of portfolios. Some cracking and weakening to hinges of some of the portfolios. Paper labels affixed to spines. A commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference

library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale is loosely inserted. [Order No. 76178]

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59. Les Bucoliques de Virgile. Lithographies originales en couleurs de Jacques Villon.

Valéry, Paul. Paris: Scripta & Picta, 1953, folio, text pages loosely inserted in publisher’s paper folder, chemise, and slipcase. xxx, 126, (10) pages.

$ 4,500First Villon edition, one of 245 copies (total edition). However, this is one of the few copies reserved for the collaborators with their names printed on the colophon page. This copy was Valéry’s own with his name print-ed on the colophon page. This beautifully illustrated book contains 45 (44 in color) original lithographs by Jacques Villon, hors- and in-texte, printed on Arches wove paper by F. Mourlot. Villon himself engraved each color on a separate stone, producing 320 different stone plates. An important book (See Strachan’s The Artist and the Book in France for various mentions). The outer slipcase is faded and worn along edges. The book is in very fine condition. Bookplate of Margaret Winkelman on inside cover of chemise. [Order No. 107187]

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60. Following Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865Wall, Bernhard. Lime Rock CT: Bernhardt Wall, 1931-1942, square 12

mo., paper jackets over heavy cardboard affixed by the flaps as issued, pa-per spine labels, all ephemera held in a clear portfolio. not paginated.

$ 15,000Set #1 of 76 (Weber, pages 38-41). Complete set of 85 volumes, plus one of the two ancillary volumes and a portfolio of ephemera related to the books and/or Abraham Lincoln. There are 1035 etchings total, with some volumes having as many as 16 plates and others as few as 8, while most had 10 or 11. As this set was issued over an 11-year time period, complete sets are very difficult to find (Lin-coln National Life Foundation, renamed The Lincoln Museum, and Harvard have complete sets of 85). As Weber notes “Though Wall generally lists the number of copies, he seldom reached more than half that goal. Hence, the use of those data

are more academic than factual”(24). There is some doubt whether or not all 76 sets were completed. Each of the books are dedicated to different people, including Henry E. Huntington, Carl Sandburg, and Stephen Vincent Benet. Volume 60 and volume 85 are indexes. Wall had originally envisioned a series of only 15 volumes, then he felt the series would end at 60 (hence the index), but began what he termed a supplemental series which ultimately concluded at 85. There were two ancillary volumes, one of which is present here, that contain two etchings of Wall, a tipped-in newspaper clipping and other related materials. In addition to the 85 volumes, there is a portfolio of ephemera having to do with Abraham Lincoln and/or the set of books. There are 14 brochures of tourist information about various Lincoln-related sites. There are five letters to or from George Lee Williams and two photostats of a document, dated October 25, 1952, from Mr. Williams giving information about the set and how he acquired it from Mr. Merl Kimmel in 1950. The most important item in the packet of ephemera is the ancillary volume. It has two more etchings by Wall and an article from the Los Angeles Times dated September 5, 1950, about Bern-hardt Wall. Attached to this volume, by two paperclips, is a handwritten note “George - Found this right after you left in the desk drawer with some other stuff. Merl. Also forgot to tell you, - your set is #1, & the only set ever made.” (not true as at least two complete sets have been located). [Order No. 99316]

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61. ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Pomeroy, Jane R. 3 Volumes. New Castle, DE and Worcester, MA: Oak Knoll Press and The American Antiquarian Society, 2005, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover w/ slip case. 2600 pages. ISBN 9781584561620. $ 350.00This three volume, comprehensive bibliography focuses on the important American wood en-graver, Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). The author has selected over 1,000 of Anderson’s engravings to illustrate this major bibliography. This work begins with a well written and re-searched biography of Anderson. There are over 2,322 entries. By the early nineteenth century, Alexander Anderson was recognized as this country’s preeminent illustrator. Called the father of wood engraving in America, and one of its masters, his prodigious work filled publications

of every kind: separate prints, almanacs, fiction, travel, children’s books, poetry, Bibles, religious tracts, medical texts, and broadsides. This study names and analyzes the publications where Anderson’s work can be found. There are three indices provided, one of authors and titles, a second of printers, publishers and booksellers, and a third of artists and engravers. Libraries, museums, book collectors and dealers, and all those interested in graphic arts will be able to iden-tify Anderson’s work and add to the history of American nineteenth-century book illustration. Co-published with The American Antiquarian Society. [Order No. 88121]

62. EDWARD ARDIZZONE, A BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY. Alderson, Brian. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, large 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. Color frontis-piece; 310 pages. ISBN 9781584561033. $ 75.00When Edward Ardizzone passed away in 1979, he was one of the best-loved artists (and authors) in the English-speaking world. He illustrated more than 200 books and pamphlets, a good number of which he also wrote, as well as designed dust jackets and ephemera for a range of patrons. Brian Alderson first published a checklist of this work in The Private Library in 1972. Since then, with the co-operation of the artist and his family, he has extended and expanded the cover-age of the original list, describing for the first time in a full-scale bibliography Ardizzone’s books, dust jackets, commer-cial work and ephemera, with notes on his periodical contributions, war art, prints, posters and bookplates. Appendices reprint articles by Ardizzone himself and detail the history of two favorite titles—Peacock Pie and Peter Pan—and reproduce Gabriel White’s memorial tribute to the artist. Includes a four page color section. [Order No. 73475]

63. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON AMERICAN PRINTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES.

Barnhill, Georgia Brady (editor). New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2006, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover with dust jacket. 232 pages. ISBN 9781584561934. $ 65.00This bibliography of print-related publications, with over 1800 entries, provides easy access to the literature concerning book and periodical illustration, city views, works on various graphic processes, historical prints, landscape prints, maritime and military prints, political satire, reli-gious imagery and social history. [Order No. 91694]

64. THOMAS BEWICK: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATIVE WORK. Tattersfield, Nigel. 3 volumes. New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2011, 7.5 x 10.75 inches, Hardcover, slipcase. 1580 pages. ISBN 9781584562733. $ 265.00Generously illustrated and arranged alphabetically, this book details some 750 titles, over 450 of which are unrecorded in earlier bibliographies. In addition it provides sections on newspaper mastheads, book cover designs, copy-book covers, maps, and large single prints. Appealing to the Bewick aficionado, book historian, art historian, provincial printing enthusiast, or admirer of en-graving on wood or copper, this will be an indispensable work. Available outside North and South America from The British Library. [Order No. 102274]

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65. INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD-ENGRAVERS.

Brandt, William H. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, 11.75 x 12.75 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 204 pages. ISBN 9781584562672. $ 85.00The author profiles many leading personalities on the American wood-engraving scene, in-cluding Alexander Anderson, a New York doctor who became the father of American wood-engraving; William J. Linton, a talented English wood-engraver who led the Old School’s relentless but unsuccessful charge against New School engraving techniques; Anna Botsford Comstock, who created hundreds of original wood-engraved book illustrations from nature;

General Rush C. Hawkins, a Civil War figure who, as U.S. Commissioner on Art, secured the prominent display of American wood-engravings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris; Timothy Cole, who traveled through Europe creating wood-engraved interpretations of paintings by the old masters; and Elbridge Kingsley, whose revolutionary direct-from-nature wood-engravings were created in rural New England from his horse-drawn sketching car. Includes over eighty illustrations, and printed in an edition of 600 numbered books. Brandt tells how the Society of American Wood-Engravers burned brightly for almost twenty years, and then faded away in the early days of photoreproductions. [Order No. 102011]

66. ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS OF THE 1860S: CONTEXTS & COLLABORATIONS.

Cooke, Simon. New Castle, Delaware, Pinner and London, England: Oak Knoll Press, The Private Libraries Association, The British Library, 2010, 7.25 x 10.75 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 224 pages. ISBN 9781584562757. $ 75.00The first book of its kind, Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s, focuses extensively on the il-lustrated magazine as a distinct form. Illustrated Periodicals provides a new and informative approach to the study of “sixties” periodicals, revealing the previously unstudied area of the complex interrelationships between the various parties involved in the production of these mag-azines: publishers, editors, artists, engravers, and authors. The book considers the effects of these relationships on creative output, both artistic and literary, and in so doing provides a detailed, historical reconstruction of the essential character of the periodicals of that era. The book includes over 120 reproductions of engravings and preparatory draw-ings, almost all of them original size. Additionally, the text contains two appendices; the first includes a reflection of the work that goes into collecting and researching these periodicals. The second lists the key illustrators, engravers, publishers, editors, as well as magazines mentioned throughout the text, each including a brief description. This work is an informative and colorful choice for those interested in the history of periodicals, the production of magazines, and art. Available outside North and South America from The British Library. [Order No. 103919]

67. AMOS DOOLITTLE: ENGRAVER OF THE NEW REPUBLIC. O’Brien, Donald C. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press and the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2008, 8.5 x 11 inches, cloth with dust jacket. 192 pages. ISBN 9781584562061. $ 65.00As a copperplate engraver, Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) played an important role during the American colonies’ war for independence and the early years of the new nation. Scholars have identified more than 600 Doolittle engravings, both signed and unsigned. During the course of his career, one of Doolittle’s major accounts was with Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey (1760-1839). This book contains excerpts from correspondence between the two, never pub-lished before, which reveal much about business practices of the time. This book was written to complement similar works on Doolittle’s contemporaries, including Paul Revere. There are chapters on various types of his work, including his tune-books, maps, illustrations, bank notes

and more. The book also includes two useful appendices, cataloguing books containing his engravings and references to him and his work. Co-published with the American Historical Print Collectors Society, Amos Doolittle is a valuable contribution to the study of American engravings. [Order No. 93957]

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68. EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS. Franklin, Colin. New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2005, large 4to., half cloth with pictorial paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xi, (i), 156+(2) pages. ISBN 9781584561644. $ 85.00Reprint in reduced size of the original edition published by the Book Club of California, San Francisco in 450 copies. That edition was designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Antiquarian Colin Franklin explores the rich history of calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking in Japan; supplemented by examples from his extensive collection of Japanese books and scrolls. There are 93 beautiful color plates with the text set in Scripps College Old Style, originally designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Decorations throughout the book are taken from traditional Japanese patterns. [Order No. 88028]

69. BEWICK STUDIES, ESSAYS IN CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THOMAS BEWICK

1753-1828. Gardner-Medwin, David (editor). New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2003, large 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. ISBN 9781584561361. $ 45.00First edition. This well-researched book was published in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick, one of the foremost wood engravers in Britain. Eight revealing essays by leading Bewick scholars capture a wealth of untapped archival sources on Bewick and his world. The first three essays provide a new synopsis of his life and the growth of his reputa-tion. Other essays shed new light on his character, library, colleagues, family and other hitherto neglected dimensions of his life. Another essay covers Bewick’s relationship with the Beilbys, his American admirer Alexander Anderson, and the fate of his woodblocks. For those interested in this unique art form, this work will be most interesting. Co-published with The Bewick Society and The British Library. [Order No. 75718]

70. BEYOND DECORATION, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS.

Goldman, Paul. New Castle, Delaware & London, England & Middlesex, Eng-land: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library & Private Libraries Association, 2005, 7 x 12 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 337 pages. ISBN 9781584561354. $ 65.00First edition. John Everett Millais is admired as one of the most celebrated of Pre-Raphaelite painters. Perhaps less known is the major contribution he made both to book and periodical il-lustration between 1852 and 1883. Many of these book illustrations remain little known today, largely due to the fact that they are scattered in hundreds of 19th century books and periodicals. This important new work brings together over 300 examples of Millais illustrations, enabling this part of his work to be viewed and appreciated by new generations. This work will be an

important reference to any scholar interested in Victorian book illustration. Co-Published with the Private Libraries As-sociation and The British Library. Sales rights North and South America. [Order No. 76550]

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71. A GUIDE TO THE PRINTED WORK OF JESSIE M. KING. White, Colin. With the CD “Illustrations: Supplement to the Book.” New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2007, 7 x 10 inches, cloth, dust jacket. 230 pages plus 8 pages of plates. ISBN 9781584562047. $ 90.00Jessie M. King (1875-1949) was the foremost Scottish book designer and illustrator of the 20th century. Her work reflected the mixture of Symbolism and Arts & Crafts practiced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the others of “The Four” in Glasgow where she was trained. During the 50 years of her career she designed and illustrated some 250 books, over 100 greeting cards, bookplates and assorted items of ephemera. A Guide to the Printed Work of Jessie M. King at-tempts to bring order to this enormous output. Every known item has been annotated, classified

and catalogued, and a further section lists over 100 publications containing reproductions of other works by the artist. In order to do justice to Jessie M. King’s talent, besides the selection of items illustrated in the book, a substantial part of her work is illustrated in color on an accompanying CD-Rom. [Order No. 93073]

72. CARL LARSSON: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Topjon, Ann J. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2008, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 454 pages. ISBN 9781584562108. $ 135.00First edition. Carl Larsson (1853-1919) is perhaps the most renowned Swedish artist, in his own country and beyond. He rose from an impoverished childhood and youth to find the perfect ex-pression for his artistic talent in watercolors, winning medals in France at the Salons. His works in this medium became widely known through eight “albums” of his home and family, which he not only illustrated but also narrated and which were successfully marketed in Germany as well as in Sweden. These books were published in several editions during his lifetime and reissued, some in revised format, starting in the latter twentieth century. Along with being an exquisite watercolorist, Larsson also was a talented illustra-tor, a superb portrait painter, a fine graphic artist and an imaginative muralist, who was influenced by pre-Raphaelitism, Art Nouveau, arts of the Gustavian period and Japonisme. Possibly the most providential factor in his life was his marriage to Karin Bergöö. Together, in the small cottage in Sundborn given to them by her father, they created a home with unique and personal interiors, which influenced generations of interior designers through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century. This is the first comprehensive bibliography on Larsson and, with approximately 5900 entries, encompasses all known works by him, including albums, book illustrations and any articles he wrote and/or illustrated in all languages and countries. The bibliography also documents and annotates the plethora of materials about him in all languages, including monographs, incidental books, encyclopedia articles and exhibition catalogs, as well as the numerous journal and newspaper articles written about him during his lifetime and up to the present. The book includes a section of 16 color plates highlighting Larsson’s work. [Order No. 94200]

73. HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE—HIS WORK. Davis, Paul Preston. 2 volumes. New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and The Delaware Art Museum, 2004, 9 x 12 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 906 pages. ISBN 9781584561330. $ 149.95Published 93 years after the death of Howard Pyle, this book celebrates the enduring and far-reaching achievements of America’s foremost illustrator. Illustrated with over 3300 images, this important research tool represents the complete record of all known Howard Pyle illus-

trations, hundreds of which have not been reproduced since their original publication over 100 years ago. Paul Preston Davis, with exhaustive research and dogged perseverance, has produced a much-needed resource for the study of How-ard Pyle and American illustration. His work greatly expands upon the data originally collected by Willard S. Morse and Gertrude Brincklé in 1921. For the first time, full-color images (approx. 1.25 x 2.25 inches) of each of Pyle’s published and unpublished works are provided in a single source. Most importantly for the researcher, Davis has indexed and re-indexed the information, creating a tool that is as easy to use as it is valuable. This remarkable and comprehensive set of books embodies years of research and will be valued and treasured by researchers, scholars, librarians, and collectors alike. Co-published with The Delaware Art Museum. [Order No. 75317]

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74. GWEN RAVERAT, WOOD ENGRAVER. Selborne, Joanna and Lindsay Newman. New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, small 4to., cloth. 152 pages. ISBN 9781584561057. $ 55.00First trade edition. From the late nineteenth century, wood engraving became a medium for creative expression. One of the most prolific engravers was Gwen Raverat (1885-1957). She trained as a painter, and developed an impressionistic approach—her skill at conveying atmo-sphere and different qualities of light was unrivaled. She also had a strong sense of character, as is shown by her numerous illustrations to children’s books. This book contains the first in-depth assessment of Gwen Raverat as a wood engraver, exploring her technique and her experiments with color prints. In addition it contains a full catalogue of all her engravings, and a descriptive bibliography of the books and ephemera which she illustrated. One color and 87 black-and-white illustrations. Sales rights: Available in North & South America from Oak Knoll Books. Available outside North & South America from The British Library. [Order No. 73333]

75. FRANK E. SCHOONOVER CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Schoonover, John and Louise Schoonover Smith with LeeAnn Dean. 2 Volumes. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, 9 x 12 inches, 2 vol-umes, hardcover with slipcase. 846 pages. ISBN 9781584562382. $ 195.00First edition. The two-volume, slip-cased Frank E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné embod-ies Schoonover’s entire oeuvre, from his earliest sketches to his last easel paintings. The book is chronologically organized with the numeration based on his daybook entries. Included are over 3000 images, many in full color, a detailed biography with accompanying time line, in-formation about his models and students, lists of exhibitions and the magazines he illustrated, two additional bibliographies, and three indices. It is comprehensive in scope and will stand as the pre-eminent record of Schoonover, his life, and his work. [Order No. 96681]

78. AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS Thompson, Susan Otis. With a new Foreword by Jean-Francois Vilain. New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1996, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. 318 pages with 113 illustrations. ISBN 9781884718267. $ 34.95Paperback edition. Reprint of the first edition with additional illustrations and new introduction. With his Kelmscott Press and associations with the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris helped raise the public’s awareness of fine books to new heights. Morris inspired and influenced a generation of other designers and those working in American typography and book design, including Updike, Rogers, Goudy, Bradley, Cleland, Dwiggins, Ransom, Nash and Collins. This landmark study documents the true extent of Morris’s influence on American bookmaking. Now republished by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, this edition comes with a new Foreword by Jean-François Vilain and contains 111 illustrations of bindings, title pages, type and decorations reproduced from the originals, as well as an extensive bibli-ography. This book is a vital contribution to the history of American design, intellectualism and culture, appealing not only to those interested in the history of book design, art, graphic art and typography, but also to librarians, book collec-tors and those studying the literature of the period. Sales Rights: Available worldwide outside the UK from Oak Knoll Books. Available in the UK from The British Library. [Order No. 44931]

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79. History of Portuguese Cartography.Cortesão, Armando. 2 volumes. Lisboa: Junta De

Investigacoes Do Ultramar, 1969, 4to., paper-covered boards. (xxiii),327; (xvii),473 pages.

$ 600Limited to one thousand copies, this two-volume set is a history of Portuguese cartography. Volume one covers car-tography and its historians, as well as early and medieval cartography. Volume two covers the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, astronomical navigation and instruments. Both volumes contain color frontispieces and black-and-white il-lustrations throughout, with bibliography, index and errata. Corners and spine ends are bumped with minor wear to covers. [Order No. 104011]

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80. La Decouverte de l’Afrique au Moyen Age Cartographes et Explorateurs.

De La Ronciere, Charles. 3 volumes in one. Le Caire: Societe Royale de Geographie d’Egypte, 1925, folio, half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge

stained green, original paper wrappers bound-in. (vi),175 pages with 19 plates; (viii),144+(4) pages with 19 plates;

(viii),viii,130 pages with 3 plates.

$ 2,500Written in French. A history of medieval cartography and the exploration of Africa and Egypt, published by the Royal Geo-graphical Society of Egypt. Volume one is subtitled “L’Interieur Du Continent.” Volume two is subtitled “Le Périple Du Con-tinent.” Volume three is subtitled “Un Explorateur Français Du Niger; Les Débuts De Christophe Colomb.” The spine is rubbed with some loss of leather to the head and tail. The leather is slightly detached at the head. Wear to the edges and corners. The boards are somewhat worn and slightly faded. Wrappers tanned. [Order No. 104198]

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81. Drei Karten von Gerhard Mercator; Europa-Britische Inseln-Weltkarte. Facsimilo-Lichtdruck nach den Originalen der Staatsbibliothek zu Breslau Hergestellt

von der Reichsdruckfrei. Herausgegeben Von Der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin.

Berlin: W.H. Kühl, 1891, portfolio, half cloth spine, cloth-covered boards.

$ 2,500Portfolio with three maps from Gerhard Mercator in 41 loose plates. Illustrates Europe in 15 leaves, the Brit-ish Isles in 8 leaves and a world map in 18 leaves. Two pages of text in German. Bookplate from the Long Island Historical Society on the front paste-down. Portfolio is soiled with chipping and cracking to spine. Cor-ners are worn. Map leaves are chipped and brittle, with loss of paper along the edges of the plates. [Order No. 104058]

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82. The Earliest Diplomatic Documents on America, The Papal Bulls of 1493 and the Treaty of Tordesillas Reproduced and Translated.

Gottschalk, Paul. With historical introduction and explanatory notes by Paul Gottschalk. Berlin: Paul Gottschalk, 1927, folio, quarter vellum, cloth. 91 pages, 130 plates.

$ 1,700172 copies printed of which 150 are for sale. This volume is an examination and translation of the Bulls of Pope Alexander VI issued in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They are the earliest documents relat-ing to the diplomatic history of America. With a preface, an historical introduction, an examination of the papal bulls, and a discussion of international and maritime law and colonization. Latin text with English translations. 130 black-and-white plates of documents and registers and maps dispersed throughout. With a bibliographical list and a selected list of maps. Soiling to vellum. Cloth curled away from vellum slightly on front cover, corners bumped with minor wear to extremities. [Order No. 104027]

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83. Die Beiden Ältesten General - Karten von America. Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1527 und 1529,

auf Befehl Kaiser Karl’s V.Kohl, J. G. Weimar: Geographisches Institut, 1860, folio,

paper-covered boards. x, 185+(1) pages.

$ 3,000Text in German. This volume is a dissertation by J.G. Kohl on the two oldest maps of America, dated 1527 and 1529. It con-tains a large amount of geographical and historical information. The copy is from the American Geographical Society, and it has a bookplate from the society on the front pastedown and stamps throughout. With foreword, index, and two maps which are the facsimiles of the originals. Covers are detached from the block, and are rubbed and worn. The spine is missing. The pages are tanned and chipped along the edges; the sheets are loose. A very scarce book. [Order No. 104067]

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84. Die Entdeckung Amerika’s in Ihrer Bedeutung fur Die Geschichte Des Weltbildes.

Kretschmer, Konrad. 2 volumes. Berlin: W.H. Kühl, 1892, fo-lio, contemporary quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards.

xxiii, 471 pages; (xiv), 40 plates.

$ 1,500Text in German, with half title dedication to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Vol-ume one is text and covers early knowledge and exploration of Amer-ica, with index. The atlas volume has 40 color lithograph maps. One of the early facsimile atlases. Volume one has scratching on the spine with loss of leather to head and tail of spine. The boards are rubbed and faded, with wear to corners. Cracking to the hinge at the half title. Volume two has scratching and wear to the spine with loss of leather at the head and tail. Wear to boards and at corners. Atlas is very slightly cocked. [Order No. 104203]

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85. Bibliographie Cartographique Internationale.28 volumes., complete. Paris: Armand Colin, 1946, 8vo., cloth with original paper wrappers bound

in. variously paginated.

$ 1,750Text in French. Complete set of the original edition of this work. Periodicals 1946-1975. (Titus III, 663). An-nual listing of maps and atlases. Entries divided by continent. This periodical was begun in 1936 as “Bibli-ographie Cartographique Français,” changed to current title in 1946 and continues to be published. Volumes after the 1969 issue are numbered counting 1946 as volume one. This set, 1946-50 in one volume, 1951-52 in one volume, most recent years issued in multiple parts. Ex-library set with markings. [Order No. 77569]

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86. Geographiae Codex Vrbinas Graecvs 82.Ptolemaeus, Claudius, and Joseph Fischer (editor). 4 volumes. Liden: E.J. Brill, 1932, folio, ele-

phant folio, half leather, paper-covered boards; folio, half cloth with paper-covered boards. xvi,605,(2); xii,(83); (vi),37; (3),(157) plates.

$ 6,500Text in German, Latin, Greek. Four volume set of Ptolemy’s Geography. Volume I is divided in three parts and is a detailed examination of Ptolemy as man, geographer, mapmaker, written in German by Josephi Fischer, with various indices, including names, geographers, subjects and a general index. Volume II has 57 photo repro-

ductions of maps from Greek, Latin and Ara-bian makers depicting various early views of Europe, Asia and Africa. Volume III is an annotated list of the original texts with more than 150 photographic reproductions. Vol-ume IV is the atlas in elephant folio with 27 map plates. All three volumes have bump-ing and wear to the corners and are heavily worn at bottom edges. The leather spines are rubbed and scratched. Folio has rubbing and soiling to the covers. Bottom cord tie is broken. [Order No. 104060]

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87. Geography of Claudius Ptolemy.Stevenson, Edward Luther (translator and editor). New

York: The New York Public Library, 1932, folio, half leather, cloth, five raised bands, cardboard box with paper cover label.

xvi, 167 pages, and 29 plates.

$ 3,500Limited to 250 numbered copies. Printed on Charing handmade paper. Designed by John Archer. Collotypes by Max Jafeé. Intro-duction by Professor Joseph Fischer. This is the first English trans-lation of Geography. This volume covers eight books by Ptolemy, added to it are 27 maps of the Codex Ebnerianus, the Ruysch Map from the 1508 printed edition of Geography, and the New World Map from the 1522 edition. [Based upon Greek and Latin Manu-scripts and Important Late Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Printed Editions, Including Reproductions of the Maps from the Ebner Manuscript, ca. 1460.] The box for the volume is soiled, worn, and split at the joints and corners. Very minor wear at spine ends. [Order No. 104064]

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88. COVENS & MORTIER: A MAP PUBLISHING HOUSE IN AMSTERDAM 1685-1866.

Egmond, Marco van. Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 2009, 9.5 x 12.5 inches, hard-cover, dust jacket. 600 pages, plus 100 pages on CD-ROM. ISBN 9789061942207. $ 240.00In this richly illustrated book, the definitive research results are presented. Furthermore, an ex-tensive carto-bibliography with original and derivative maps, published by Covens & Mortier, has been added. Volume 8 in the series Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography, this work comes with a bibliography, indices, and several appendices on CD-ROM, including a genealogy

of the families Covens & Mortier, estate inventories, catalogues of maps and copperplates, and references to Covens & Mortier in contemporary periodicals and booksellers’ books. Illustrated with nearly 500 full-color images. Available outside of North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103234]

89. MAPS IN BOOKS OF RUSSIA AND POLAND PUBLISHED IN THE NETHERLANDS TO 1800.

Gestel, Paula van, et al. Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 2011, 9.5 x 12 inches, hard-cover, dust jacket. 750 pages. ISBN 9789061944409. $ 260.00This publication originated from a decision to embark on researching maps in books. Maps in Books of Russia and Poland is a unique combination of maps, plans, and views that concerns the historical and geographical works of Russia and Poland published in the Netherlands prior to 1800. Both maps and books are elaborately described, analyzed and indexed; much attention has also been given to the authors, engravers and publishers. The carto-bibliography contains illustrations for each of the 700 maps described and the bibliography features a large number of title pages and portraits. A large folding view of the city of Moscow (12 x 72 inches) by Cornelis de Bruijn (1711) has been added in facsimile at the back of this publication. Summaries in Russian and Polish complete this publication. Maps in books of Russia and Poland is part 13 of the Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography. Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF [Order No. 106048]

90. SWEET LAND OF CYPRUS: THE EUROPEAN CARTOGRAPHY OF CYPRUS (15TH-19TH CENTURY).

Ioannou, Sylvia. From the Sylvia Ioannou Collection. Athens: Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, 2003, 9.75 x 12.5 inches, paperback. 240 pages. ISBN 9608779219. $ 75.00This book contains five units comprising the whole of the Sylvia Ioannous collection of maps about her homeland, Cyprus. Each unit displays the development of cartography and the his-tory of the island. The first three units encompass Frankish and Venetian rule. Maps and rare loose sheets illustrate the Frankish walls of Nicosia, the philosophical concept of the world as depicted by the cosmographers, and pages of atlases that made their first appearance while

Cyprus was enslaved by the Ottoman Empire. The fourth unit, containing nautical charts, also contains the jewel of the collection, the manuscript isolario of Antonio Millo. The whole set is completed by the fifth unit, combining the cartog-raphy of the Age of Enlightenment with the scientific compilation of nautical charts. In the late 1970s, Sylvia Ioannou began her systematic collection of books concerning Cyprus. Today, her collection comprises unique manuscripts and rare books, covering the period from the late fifteenth to the late nineteenth century, and is one of the most complete of its kind. [Order No. 104503]

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91. MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY.

Koeman, C. Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1988, 7 x 9.75 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 430 pages. ISBN 9789061941675. $ 155.00For almost fifty years, Professor Koeman has dedicated himself to the study of historical car-tography. This text contains the most important studies by Koeman, republished on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Also included is a previously unpublished article, Koeman’s reas-sessment of his earlier works, and numerous illustrations. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103315]

92. GLOBI NEERLANDICI. THE PRODUCTION OF GLOBES IN THE LOW COUNTRIES.

Krogt, P. van der. Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1993, 9.5 x 12.25 inches, Hard-cover, dust jacket. 648 pages. ISBN 9789061941385. $ 645.00Globi Neerlandici is the first comprehensive study of globe production in the Netherlands. This work covers the early globemakers in the first half of the sixteenth century to the mass production in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each globe is extensively described with over 572 illustrations. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103608]

93. KOEMAN’S ATLANTES NEERLANDICI, VOL. I-IVA. Krogt, P. van der. Vol. I: The Mercator-Hondius-Jansonius-Atlases; Vol. II: The Blaeu-Atlases; Vol. III (In two parts): Ortelius` Theatrum, De Jode’s Specu-lum Orbis Terrarum, The Epitome, Caert-Thresoor and Atlas Minor, The Atlases of The XVII Provinces, and Other Atlases; Vol. IV (In three parts): Town Atlases; Vol. IVa (In two parts): The “Galérie Agréable du Monde”. `t Goy-Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 1997-2012, 9 x 12.5 inches, Hardcover. 4082 pages. $ 7,100.00

Completely revised and illustrated, this edition of Koeman’s Atlantes Neerlandici includes four volumes (in nine pieces) with over 600 pages and 700 illustrations in each. This updated bibliography covers the vast history of cartographic documents from the Netherlands. The work is fully illustrated with all engraved title-pages, all maps of the folio-atlases, and a selection of the other maps. Volumes I-IVa have been published. Volumes V-VIII are not yet available. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 104242]

94. THE ATLAS BLAEU-VAN DER HEM OF THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY. AN ILLUSTRATED AND ANNOTATED CATALOGUE.

Krogt, P. van der, E. de Groot. 7 volumes. `t Goy-Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 1996-2006, 7.5 x 11 inches, cloth. approx 4159 pages. ISBN 9789061942580. $ 4,885.00A complete descriptive and illustrated catalogue of one of the largest and finest atlases ever assembled. Now housed in the Ãsterreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, the 46-volume atlas is an expanded version of Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior or “Great Atlas,” published in Amsterdam between 1660 and 1663. Though the core of the atlas consists of the several hundred maps issued by Blaeu, the original owner of the atlas, Laurens van der Hem (1621-1678), added other maps, views, and drawings of his own choice, including four volumes of manuscript maps of Africa and Asia made for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The practice of augmenting atlases was common in the seventeenth century, but few of these personalized atlases have survived the centuries. The catalogue in 7 volumes will include all the sheets in the atlas reproduced in black-and-white, with cartographical historical and art-historical descriptions by P. van der Krogt and E. de Groot. Each volume will contain approximately 16 full-colour illustrations. Only orders for the com-plete series are accepted. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103316]

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95. GUIDES TO DUTCH ATLAS MAPS: THE BRITISH ISLES, VOLUME 1: ENGLAND.

Krogt, P. van der, Elger Heere (editors). New Castle and Houten: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF, 2011, 5 x 9.5 inches, Hardcover. 256 pages. ISBN 9781584563006. $ 115.00This is the first in a series of sixteen reference guides designed for the historic and antique map collector, curator, or enthusiast. This series will provide short, clear, and academically valid in-formation about all Dutch atlas maps regarding a certain country or area. Counties and regions to be examined include Scandinavia, Baltic/Russia, Germany, Austria/Hungary, France, Switzer-land, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Asia, Africa, and Amer-ica. Each part will detail the edition of the atlas(es) in which the maps have been incorporated, the year of publication, the known states, cartographic references, and remarks by the author. This first volume offers a descriptive catalogue of all the maps of England and English counties,

published in Dutch atlases between 1570 and 1650. The catalogue of maps is preceded by a guide to the descriptions and a comprehensive list of the atlases cited. The map descriptions are given in a simplified ISBD format listing map number as it appears in the Atlantis Neerlandici, area description, title, translated title (usually from Latin to English), imprint, dimensions, notes (on the map, mapped area, the atlas in which the map first appeared, or the person to whom the map is dedicated), occurrence in atlases, and references to general carto-bibliographies or literature. Each entry is accompanied by a black-and-white map illustration. The book also contains biographies of Dutch atlas publishers including Abraham Ortelius, Gerard Mercator, Hondius & Janssonius, The Blaeus, and others. Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF. [Order No. 105517]

96. THE MAPPING OF AFRICA. A CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED MAPS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT TO 1700.

Betz, R.L. `t Goy-Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 2007, 9.5 x 12.5 inches, cloth, dust jacket. 540 pages. ISBN 9789061944898. $ 235.00The Mapping of Africa systematically categorizes and provides an overview of all printed maps showing the entire African continent published from 1508 to 1700. The author has undertaken a review of the literature, conducted an exhaustive investigation in many major libraries and private collections, analyzed these findings, and then compiled information on 174 distinctly separate maps of the African continent. The introduction contains information about the mapping of Africa before 1508, important world maps which include Africa, and a presentation of the major cartographic models developed for this book. Richly illustrated in full color. Volume 7 in the Utrechtse Historisch-Cartografische Studies. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103208]

97. NEW ENGLAND IN EARLY PRINTED MAPS 1513 TO 1800, AN ILLUSTRATED CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY.

McCorkle, Barbara Backus. Foreword by Edward H. Dahl. Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, (2001), large 4to., cloth, embossed medallion on front cover, dust jacket. xvii, (iii), 354, (2) pages. ISBN 091661753X. $ 185.00Limited to 1000 copies. As the first comprehensive, fully descriptive list of the printed maps of New England prior to 1800, this volume documents every effort to depict the area carto-graphically, including maps printed in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy, as well as

English and American maps. Designed to be a practical reference tool for historians, collectors, antiquarian map dealers and all lovers of early cartography, it offers descriptions of over 800 maps. With 455 black-and-white illustrations, quick visual identification of specific areas is possible. Includes indexes by title, by persons associated with the creation of the map, an annotated bibliography and a listing of individual state maps. [Order No. 65464]

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98. ALBUM AMICORUM ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. REPRODUIT EN FACSIMILÉ, ANNOTÉ ET TRADUIT PAR JEAN PURAYE.

Puraye, Jean. Amsterdam: HES & DE GRAAF, 1969, 8vo, cloth. (iv), 99 pages text and 256 pages facsimile. ISBN 9789060041345. $ 190.00The Album Amicorum of the famous Antwerp cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) is a unique source for the knowledge of cultural life in the Low Countries of the 16th century. Integral Facsimile, Introduction, and French trans-lation of all Latin texts. With a facsimile of the album. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103319]

99. SAILING FOR THE EAST. HISTORY AND CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPT CHARTS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COM-

PANY (VOC) ON VELLUM, 1602-1799. Schilder, Gunter, and Hans Kok. Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 2010, 9.5 x 12.5 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 750 pages. ISBN 9789061942603. $ 250.00The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) was for a period of 200 years responsible for the navigation material for the journey between the Netherlands and the Far East and the inter-Asian trade. This book presents a never published before overview of chart material used on a VOC ship. The introduction provides information on the history of the

VOC, the chart makers, the routes, and the navigation and instruments. All navigation charts of the VOC in the sev-enteenth and eighteenth century are drawn on vellum, and described and analyzed in an illustrated carto-bibliography. Extracts of the ‘groot-journalen’ of the ‘Kamer Amsterdam’ are also included, providing a unique view of the total ex-penses of the VOC on navigation. Sailing for the East is part ten of the Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography. Includes 600 full color images, CD-ROM with appendices. Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF [Order No. 104493]

100. COURTIERS AND CANNIBALS, ANGELS AND AMAZONS: THE ART OF THE

DECORATIVE CARTOGRAPHIC TITLE PAGE. Shirley, Rodney. Goy-Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 2009, 9.75 x 11.5 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 272 pages. ISBN 9789061940609. $ 89.00This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved title pages and frontispieces represent. Over the time period cov-ered by the present publication—roughly from the 1470s to the 1870s—very many printed books opened with an attractive decorative title page or frontispiece, sometimes both. In this book, a limited selection has been made from the wide field of known title pages, focusing primarily on cartography, geography, history, and topography, together with associated disciplines such as astronomy, travel, and exploration. A selection of 100 main and approximately 70 supplementary entries adequately covers specimens of different styles, for-mats, and national characteristics over a four-hundred-year period from the late fifteenth century onwards. The choice of decorative title pages and frontispieces includes examples emanating from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands (including Flanders), France, Spain, England, and some later examples published in the United States. Richly illustrated, with many of the title pages presented full page and in full color. Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103233]

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101. MAPPING GREECE, 1420-1800, A HISTORY. Tolias, George. Maps in the Margarita Samourkas Collection. Catalogue of maps compiled by Leonora Navari. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, HES & DE GRAAF, and National Hellenic Research Foundation, 2012, 11.5 x 11.5 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 546 pages. ISBN 9781584563020. $ 250.00Mapping Greece is a richly illustrated history of the cartography of Greece during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, based on the Margarita Samourka Map Collec-tion (one of the most important collections of its kind in private hands in Greece) that consists of 1,700 maps of Greece. Divided into five chapters, the book contains an

introduction, conclusions, and an appendix. Summarizing the foundations of the mapping of Greece as established by the classical and medieval cartographic tradition with the Ptolemaic revival, the maritime portolan chart, the mappa mundi, and the local cartography of early humanism, this book shows the rise and development of the regional concept of Greece and its establishment of cartographic conventions. Various chapters discuss the standardization of the regional maps of Greece in “the age of the atlas,” an era of commercialization of the printed map, and the wide dissemination of these maps. Four prefaces written by George Tolias, Paschallis M. Kitromildes, Christos G. Zacharakis, and Margarita Samourkas discuss each one’s thoughts on this ambitious and comprehensive project. Available in Europe from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 108512]

102. NEW YORK CITY: 200 YEARS IN MAPS. Tomasko, Mark D. New York: The Grolier Club, 2000, 6 x 9 inches, paperback. 24 pages. $ 12.00This catalogue describes books from the collection of Mark D. Tomasko showcased at the Grolier Club exhibition from November 29, 2000 to January 12, 2001. New York city because the collecting interest of Tomasko when the outer edges of the city were still surrounded by buildings from New York’s seaport era. Over the years, New York’s landscape and architecture changed, and he began mostly collecting guidebooks, maps, viewbooks, prints, photographs, and other ma-terials that illustrated the growth and development of the city. The books in this catalogue are a small sampling of maps of New York from Tomasko’s collection, illustrating the development of the city. [Order No. 107108]

103. A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED MAPS OF GREECE 1477-1800. Zacharakis, Christos G. Athens: Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, 2009, 9.75 x 13.25 inches, cloth, dust jacket. 358 pages. ISBN 9789608779242. $ 215.00In its third edition, this catalogue covers a period of more than 300 years of printed European cartography concerning Greece. With nearly 4,000 maps listed alphabetically by the makers names and 500 black-and-white illustrations, this is the most inclusive cartographical bibliog-raphy produced about Greece from the period of 1477 to 1800. Maps are listed in alphabetical order under the name of the particular cartographer, publisher, and engraver. Variant maps also show some of the inaccuracies of the time including the Ptolemaic style of cartography for Greece. An area of special attention is the Eastern Mediterranean basin, which has been the center of the civilized European world for many centuries. The cartographic descriptions of the region were especially necessary during ancient times, and relevant maps of the area were fol-lowed up and developed by the efficient Byzantine administration. Such rich material was later used by European cartographers of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Like any other scientific and artistic activity of the period under review, cartography was influenced by the intense interest in Greece and enhanced by the revival of Greek culture and the flourish-ing of classical studies during and after the Renaissance. [Order No. 104502]

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104. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha: Embellished with Ten Maps, and Twenty Historical Engravings.

(Canby Family). 2 volumes. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1803, 4to., publisher’s original full calf with black and red leather spine labels. 675+(1); 632-832, 677-679 (apparently the last few pages of the first

volume), (834)-1080, 77 pages.

$ 850There is a pasted-on handwritten note on the front pastedown which states, “This Bible was the Property of My Grandfather, Saml. Canby and presented to me by My Mother, M Mortons, Mary M Dillon.” On the rear blank leaf is a printed ownership stamp with the handwritten name of Saml. Canby on it. On the front pastedown of the second volume is written, “Samuel Canby Sen to Margaret Morton now the property of Mary M Dillon.” Midway through the second volume there are bound-in pages 677 to 680 (out of order) which contains printed blank pages to be used to record the Family Record. These four pages have been filled, recording the births and deaths of the various Canby family members starting in 1682 to the 1880s (in different hands). The first page is headed “An ac-

count of the Canby family;” the second page is “Account of the Shipley family.” The third page records “Sam-uel and Frances Canby’s Children,” and the fourth page contains records from another Canby family Bible. The covers are worn and detached with attempted tape repair to hinges. [Order No. 90551]

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106. The History of Delaware. 1609-1888.

Scharf, J. Thomas. 2 volumes. Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co., 1888, thick small 4to., later half

calf with brown cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt. (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358 pages.

$ 750First edition (Howes S-143). One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Filled with illustrations. Rubbed along hinges and tips. Name in ink on second blank page. [Order No. 91533]

105. Delaware Archives, Military and Naval Records.

(Delaware). 5 volumes. N.P.: Public Archives Com-mission of Delaware, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1916, 1916, thick 4to., cloth. (vi),628; (vi),629-1044; (ii),1045-1484,(2),lxxix; (vi),522; (ii),523-970,xcviii pages.

$ 550The first three volumes contain reprints of known informa-tion concerning Delaware’s members of the military and naval services starting in 1744 and continuing through the Revolution. Contains reprints of important letters, rosters of troops and indices to the whole. The first two volumes were printed by the Mercantile Printing Co. of Wilmington and the third by Chas. L. Story Company, also of Wilm-ington. Volumes four and five continue the military history from 1795 to 1827 with most of the information covering the War of 1812. These two volumes were printed by Star Publishing. Front cover of volume 1 is spotted and back inside hinge is cracked. Volumes 2 and 3 are in fine condi-tion. Volume 4 has cracked inside hinges. Volume 5 has cracked inside hinges with cover loose from text block in the front. Much better condition than usually found for the set. [Order No. 28946]

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107. New Castle, a Brief Encounter.(Whittington Press) Macgregor, Miriam. Risbury: The Whittington Press, 1998, 4to., decorated

paper-covered boards in a paper-covered slipcase. (20) pages.

$ 1,250Printed in an edition limited to only 100 numbered and signed copies of which this is one of the 75 regular copies (this copy is out of series). A beautiful illustrated book on New Castle, Delaware. These images and words are the result of Miriam Macgregor’s visit to Oak Knoll Fest in October 1998. The pochoir illustrations and cover are cut on stencils and watercolored by the artist. Includes a view of Oak Knoll Books at its previous location at 414 Dela-ware Street. Accompanied by a proof of one leaf from the book showing four pages and four scenes in pochoir and with a note in ink stating that this is a proof sheet. With notes in pencil stating the four steps necessary to complete this sheet. [Order No. 57935]

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108. PRESS, POLITICS & PERSEVERANCE, EVERETT C. JOHNSON AND THE PRESS OF KELLS.

Barnes, Robert C. and Judith M. Pfeiffer. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. ISBN 9781884718823. $ 35.00This long-awaited biography brings to life the remarkable printer, politician and sage, Everett Johnson. Inspired by the work of Elbert Hubbard’s Roycrofters, Johnson established the indomi-table Press of Kells in Newark, Delaware. The fortress-like stone building that became home to the “Newark Post” still stands, and as of 1999, this lively paper celebrates its 90th year. For the next generation, through his books, newspaper articles, and public service, he struggled to champion a series of social causes and became known as the “Conscience of Delaware.” This very readable book includes Robert Barnes’ comprehensive bibliography of Johnson’s works. [Order No. 54276]

109. NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE: A WALK THROUGH TIME. Benson, Barbara E. and Carol E. Hoffecker. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011, 7 x 10 inches, paperback. 240 pages. ISBN 9781584562979. $ 24.95New Castle, Delaware: A Walk Through Time traces the evolution of one town from its seven-teenth-century settlement to the leafy, beautiful, and well-preserved small city of today. The historic arc begins in the conflicts of European exploration and colony building that pitted the Netherlands against Sweden and then Great Britain. New Castle slowly developed under the flags of those three countries from a small settlement of wood into Delaware’s jewel-like brick colonial capital. Today New Castle has retained its beautiful historic town center, with out-standing examples of colonial and federal architecture that surround its preserved village center, called the Green, which dates back to Peter Stuyvesant. Yet New Castle is more than a town frozen in the Colonial and Federal eras, for its history continued through time to mirror the economic opportunities and challenges of an expanding nation. Railroad, factories, and automobiles brought expansion that trans-formed it from its role as a county seat into a small industrial city. Neighborhoods east and west of the town center developed to house the shopkeepers, factory workers, owners, and managers brought by industrialization. Those neighborhoods remain today as the physical examples of changing architectural styles and evolving standards of urban planning and preservation. The New Castle of today presents a work-in-progress. It continues to evolve as a twenty-first-century city while protect-ing the historic fabric of its long, rich past. New Castle, Delaware: A Walk through Time is heavily illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs that visually illuminate the city’s past and present. [Order No. 106155]

110. AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING. Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor). With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. New Castle, DE: The Delaware Bibliophiles and Oak Knoll Books, 1991, 8vo., quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. Approx. 96 pages. ISBN 0938768263. $ 195.00Limited to 200 numbered copies. Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles—“The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine” by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and “Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Pa-permaking in the U.S.” by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark,

Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which even-tually supplied paper to so many of America’s fine book producers. The four original wood engravings by John DePol beautifully illustrate a number of the mills and a papermaking scene. [Order No. 33045]

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111. THE DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY 1600-1999: A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Cohen, Ben. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008, 8.5 x 11 inches, Hard-cover. 276 pages. ISBN 9781584562252. $ 95.00First edition. This work is a new bibliography on the Delaware River and Bay by Ben Cohen, the author of similar bibliographies on the Thames and the Clyde. The author first became in-terested in the Delaware River when he read D.B. Tyler’s The Bay and River Delaware, which refers to the Delaware as the “American Clyde.” Tyler writes poetically of the Delaware: “Its upper reaches have the beauty and vigor of youth. When, at Trenton, it turns adventurously

westward, growing bigger and straighter, it has the solidity and single-mindedness of maturity. At the end, when it swings southward to lose itself in the greater ocean, it takes on the grandeur and dignity of age conscious of its past.” This comparison to the Clyde in Scotland, where Cohen was born, ignited the bibliographer’s interest in the Delaware. The Delaware River and Bay bibliography includes chapters on photographs, bridges, maps, fish, ports and commerce of the Delaware, containing hundreds of annotated entries, and concludes with four useful appendices, including one on Delaware River shipwrecks. As with his other books, original title spellings have been retained for historical purposes. [Order No. 95869]

112. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OAK KNOLL PRESS, 1978-2008.

Fleck, Robert D. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008, 6 x 9 inches, Hardback, dust jacket. 238 pages. ISBN 9781584562498. $ 45.00Written to mark Oak Knoll Press’s thirtieth anniversary, Books about Books is a comprehensive history and bibliography of the press, from its beginning in 1978 through the fall of 2008. Bob Fleck, founder, owner, and president of the Press, tells the story of his adventures in publishing. Bob decided to leave the field of chemical engineering in 1976 to start Oak Knoll Books, an antiquarian bookseller specializing in books about books. Two years later, he started publishing in the same field, beginning with a reprint of Bigmore and Wyman’s A Bibliography of Printing. Oak Knoll Press has operated out of several buildings and under several publishing directors, but in the thirty years of its existence, it has developed a reputation for excellence in the field of books about books. The Press has published 320 books to date and is still going strong. The book begins with a fifty-page history of the press, which is well illustrated with more than fifty images. The history is followed by the bibliography, which lists 320 books in order of publication. Each entry includes the author, title, edition, and a brief physical description, as well as a paragraph describing the contents of the book. Any subsequent reprints are also listed. The bibliography includes about twenty full-page images of Oak Knoll Press publications. Books about Books is sure to be a useful tool for all of those wishing to expand their Oak Knoll Press collection or understand individual titles in the context of the whole. [Order No. 99582]

113. THE DELAWARE BIBLIOPHILES, 1977-2002, A HISTORY & ANTHOLOGY.

Pfeiffer, Gordon A. & Nathaniel H. Puffer. N.P.: The Delaware Bibliophiles, 2002, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xx, 205, (3), 51+(1) pages. $ 125.00Issued to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of this book-collecting Club (Leaf Book—Chalmers 226). The first part of the book contains a note on John DePol who has contributed a wood-cut to the book, an article on Benjamin Franklin who printed the first Delaware currency (accompa-nied by a tipped-in leaf from an early Franklin imprint,) a history of the Club, a chronology of the meetings and publications; the second part of the book is a history of the city of New Castle issued to celebrate its 350th Anniversary; the third part of the book contains an article by Herb

Pratt on “The Chemistry Collection of The New Castle Library Company of 1840: A Meeting of Minds”, a reprint of Ralph Newman’s section on Delaware colonial currency from his book on American currency and an expansion by Nathaniel Puffer of Rink’s bibliography of Delaware imprints before 1801. [Order No. 73751]

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114. Archive of American Country Painting.Baker, Ann.

$ 9,500Ann Baker (1942-2006), specialist in country painting, as awarded by the Historical Society of Early Ameri-can Decorating, was a renowned artist and teacher of American country painting. She was noted by Ameri-can Life Magazine as one of the 100 Master Crafts Persons in the country. Her works are represented in several museums, and one of her pieces was displayed in the White House. As a teacher, Baker maintained an extensive collection of historical designs, patterns, stencils, photographs and other teaching aids designed to preserve the authentic designs and historical traditions of country painting.

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This unique collection con-sists of over 700 items relat-ing to her work as a country painter, toleware artist, gold-leaf painter and teacher, and exhibits a variety of tech-niques. The designs are on glazed cardboard, acetate and architect’s linen and range in size from very small to large elaborate, multicolored works (20 x 26 inches). The colors from the paint and real gold leaf are stunning. While most designs are for tea caddies, various trays, boxes and multiuse borders, there are a few original Baker artworks, including three on felt. An approximate breakdown of the material is: 75 extra large paintings, 145 large paintings (8-1/2” x 11”), 50 medium sized paintings (5” x 7”), 25 small paintings, four watercolors, 200 pencil sketches, 100 stencils and many photographs of source material.

Ann Baker was devoted to preserving historical tech-nique so important to early American life. This archive illustrates the original designs and colors, identifies the sources of many designs and provides teaching meth-ods for a new generation of artists. As a result, the collection has historical value as well as ongoing teaching value. These paintings and related materials must be seen to fully appreciate the vibrant colors, intricate designs and overall beauty. This archive would be a wonderful addition to any early American museum or collection. [Order No. 101278]

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115. Full Run of Cuneo Press Christmas Books.

(Cuneo Press). 40 volumes. Chicago IL: Cuneo Press, 1942-1981, 8vo., original cloth in natural, red

or green. variously paginated.

$ 1,000Some state a limitation of 650 copies. Most of the books are in red cloth, two were bound in green and the first one is bound in natural cloth with a red spine label. Many have the publishers card laid-in. Most show just the slightest hint of wear with volume one somewhat more worn than the rest. It also has some offset on the endpapers. Difficult to find a complete set. [Order No. 96656]C

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116. The Graphic Arts, a Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and En-graving in Comparison with Each Other and with Nature.

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1882, thick 4to., original full white vellum stamped in gilt, top edge cut, others uncut. xvi, 384 pages.

$ 650First edition. (Bridson & Wakeman no. A42). Hamerton provides a history of the graphic arts, in all their forms and processes. His discussion covers everything from silverpoint to lithography. With 49 plates, in-cluding examples of wood engravings (5), drypoint, soft-ground etching, stipple engravings (2), line engrav-ings (3, one in 2 states), aquatint, mezzotints and a lithograph. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Has an additional bookplate of Charles Plumptre Johnson. Minor cover soiling. A beautifully preserved copy printed on fine paper. [Order No. 71262]

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117. Fleuron, a Journal of Typography.Morison, Stanley (editor). 7 volumes, complete. London: At the Office of the Fleuron, 1923, 1924,

1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1930, 4to., cloth or cloth-backed boards. vii,127,(37); (viii),114,(24); (viii),135,(17); (viii),164,(18); xvi,205,(21); xiii,264,(4); xiv,252,(2),25,(3) pages.

$ 2,500The complete set of this magnificent periodical includes:

Volume 1. Trade edition. Dust jacket with pieces missing. 8 page prospectus loosely inserted. Foxing.Volume 2. One of 120 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and bound in full cloth.Volume 3. One of 125 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and bound in full cloth.Volume 4. One of 120 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and bound in full cloth. Bookplate.Volume 5. One of 110 numbered copies printed on handmade paper. This is actually number 113 and is labeled “presenta-tion” in ink on limitation page.Volume 6. Trade edition.Volume 7. One of 210 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and bound in full cloth. Signed by Stanley Morison. The lengthy section on Eric Gill reproduces a showing of Perpetua which he has signed. Covers rubbed.

The most important English language periodical devoted to typography. Filled with articles, tipped-in plates and other illustrations. The first four volumes were edited by Oliver Si-mon and the last three by Stanley Morison. [Order No. 14443]

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118. The Song of Roland.(Rogers, Bruce). Cambridge: Riverside Press, (1906), folio, quarter vellum with fleur-de-lis

patterned paste paper-covered boards, vellum tips. (ii), 35 pages.

$ 4,500Finely printed in an edition limited to 220 copies. (Blumenthal Printed Book in America, p.65; Warde 71). One of Bruce Rogers’ favorite books, and justifiably so–it is a superb example of Rogers’ elusive style. The type fonts are a lettre batarde and Civilite types imported from France. The title page is printed in red and black, with a panel design of thistles with the name of the Press displayed on a banner hand painted in blues and yellows. The text is printed in two columns, adorned with illustrations by Rogers patterned after stained glass windows, and hand-colored in the same vein. The initial letter of the text is stamped in gold and sur-rounds an heraldic eagle with a crown over its head. Page numbers and chapter headings are printed in red, shoulder notes in olive. Minor cover wear. [Order No. 46758]

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119. WILL H. BRADLEY: HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE.

Bambace, Tony. Accompanied by an original copy of BRADLEY HIS BOOK.. New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts: Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995, 8vo., quarter leather with paste paper over boards, leather spine label. Booklet is stiff paper wrappers held in portfolio. Both inserted in a cloth-covered clamshell box. xxiii, 216 pages.. ISBN 9781884718090. $ 450.00First edition. One of 44 special signed and numbered copies. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) is widely regarded as one of the masters of design during the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts periods. His typographic and illustrative work pushed the boundaries of these fields into new

directions. In addition, his re-introduction and use of Caslon type brought it back into popularity. The guide includes 261 illustrations, including his designer’s marks to help identify his pieces. The guide includes a Book Work section containing three parts: one of 81 definite books of Bradley’s own execution, one listing those exhibiting the Bradley stamp but with no confirming documentation, and one listing those using his designs but were probably not produced by him. The remaining sections document magazine covers, advertisements, illustrations, posters, and other works. [Order No. 41679]

120. WHY THERE ARE PAGES AND WHY THEY MUST TURN. Bringhurst, Robert. Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2008, 5.5 x 7.75 inches, paperback pamphlet. 16 pages. ISBN 9780981791418. $ 25.00Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Adapted from The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada, published in fall 2008 by CCSP Press at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Robert Bringhurst’s essay talks about book design and typography, as well as the fu-ture of the book. This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch, assisted by Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection. [Order No. 102896]

121. THE TYPOGRAPHY OF SYRIAC: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTING TYPES, 1537-1958.

Coakley, J.F. New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2006, 7 x 10 inches, hardcover. 272 pages. ISBN 9781584561927. $ 75.00Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the fourth to the thirteenth century, including important versions of the Bible. It remains the liturgical language of several churches in the Middle East, India, and the west, and ‘Modern Syriac’ is a vernacular still in use today. It is no wonder that this language has a long and rich printing history. The challenge of conveying the beautiful cursive Syriac script, in one or another of its three varieties, was taken up by many well-known type-designers in the letterpress era, from Robert Granjon in the sixteenth century to the Monotype and Linotype cor-

porations in the twentieth, as well as by many lesser-known ones. This study records and abundantly illustrates no fewer than 129 different Syriac types, using archival documents, type-specimens, and the often scattered evidence of the print itself. The Typography of Syriac will be of interest not only to scholars of Middle Eastern languages and scripts but also to all historians of type and printing. [Order No. 91843]

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122. ABE LERNER 1908-2002. Currie, Kit, et al. New York: The Typophiles, 2003, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages. $ 30.00Typophiles Monograph #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. Published as a tribute to this great typographer/book designer, this monograph is made up of nine short, nostalgic stories written about the man by friends and colleagues alike. Also included is a poem written by Kenneth Auchincloss for a dinner honoring Abe Lerner at the Grolier Club, September 16, 1993. Distributed for the Typophiles. [Order No. 75326]

123. PIETRO BEMBO: ‘FOSTER FATHER’ OF THE MODERN BOOK.

Danforth Jr., Ted. New York: The Typophiles, 2003, 6”x 9.5”, paperback. 33+(1) pages. $ 30.00Typophile Monograph—New Series, Number 18. Amusingly, Pietro Bembo’s name is known today for a text he did not write and a type he did not design. But he had one of the most extraor-dinary careers of his age and is worth remembering for his many contributions to the book and to literature, particularly in his association with Aldus in the creation of the modern form of the book. Distributed for The Typophiles. [Order No. 76549]

124. DOORS OF PERCEPTION, ESSAYS IN BOOK TYPOGRAPHY. Duncan, Harry. Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 99, (3) pages. $ 16.50Second printing, reprinted from the first edition which was limited to only 325 copies. Five provocative essays describe Duncan’s ideal in his own life and explores its implications for today’s hand-printer and for future generations interested in typography and printing. This popular book contains essays on the Cummington Press, The Technology of Hand Printing, The Art of the Printed Book, My Master Victor Hammer and The Permanence of Books. [Order No. 19647]

125. THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920.

Hudson, Graham. New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. ISBN 9781584562245. $ 65.00This is the first book to discuss ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, production process and period have affected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers, playbills and other ephemera. This book explores the closely interwoven printing histo-ries of Britain and America. American colonial printers and engravers imported British type and

equipment, took instruction from the same manuals and were guided by the same exemplars as their British counter-parts, a relationship that continued through the first half of the nineteenth century. Following the Civil War, American graphic design and typography began to establish distinctive identities, with developments in color printing bringing an efflorescence of color-rich trade cards, cigar-box labels and other chromolithographed ephemera that was essentially American. Nevertheless, ideas continued to be shared across the Atlantic. American foundries devised entirely original typefaces that were imported into Britain, yet the development of expertise in designing with these new faces depended on printers learning from one another, and the scheme of specimen exchange that successfully achieved this was wholly devised and administered from London. Richly illustrated with letterforms, engravings, drawings and the reproduction of over 200 items of ephemera, many in full color. Sales rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library [Order No. 95868]

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126. A CENTURY FOR THE CENTURY, FINE PRINTED BOOKS FROM 1900 TO 1999.

Hutner, Martin. New York: The Grolier Club, 1999, 9 x 12 inches, paperback. 144 pages. ISBN 9780910672290. $ 35.00This catalogue contains 100 of the most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the twentieth century. To choose just 100 out of an immense number of books, the selection was limited to books printed in England and America containing the Roman alphabet. Books as objects and more sculptural books are not included in the publication. The introduction is divided into two parts including: The Resurgence of Fine Printing: Tradition and Change, 1900-1949, and The Advance of Technology and the Continuity of Tradition: Fine Printing 1949-1999. The book contains 100 full-page examples of title-pages, facsimiles, and illustrations, as well as a list of illustrations, authors and titles, designers

and presses, and a bibliography. [Order No. 106628]

127. TECHNIQUE & DESIGN IN THE HISTORY OF PRINTING. Janssen, Frans A. `t Goy-Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 2004, 7 x 9.75 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 380 pages. ISBN 9789061942894. $ 220.00Containing 26 selected and thoroughly rewritten essays and articles (all written by Janssen and published previously between 1976 and 2002 in yearbooks and periodicals) all dedicated to the history of printing and book production, this work draws systematically attention to the typo-graphical design of the book. The articles are mainly divided into two fields of attention: the analytical bibliography of the printed book (book production, studies of the technical aspects of type-setting and printing, type founding, printing presses, paper etc.) and the typographical design of books (its functions and its influence on how texts are read). With illustrations. Cover design, typography, and lay-out by Bram de Does. Sales rights: Available

outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103672]

128. THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST

OF THE RIVERSIDE PRESS EDITIONS. Kelly, Jerry. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 2008, 5.75 x 8.75 inches, cloth-backed paper covered boards, stamped in gilt with the Riverside Press logo. 95 pag-es. ISBN 9781567923742. $ 75.00As Daniel Berkley Updike’s successor, from 1896-1912, Bruce Rogers worked at Houghton Mifflin’s Riverside Press. This history of Bruce Rogers’ work while at the Riverside Press was taken directly from the archives of his letters. Included in this book is how Rogers came to produce the series called Riverside Press Editions, as well as other special and limited editions. These books were made with handmade paper and the finest ink available. This work includes a checklist of 102 books and broadsides Rogers designed for Houghton Mifflin and other publishers, including publication date and publication price, typeface, and edition size. Thirty-six color plates are printed in the final part of the book. Beautifully designed by Kelly and printed in a digital version of the

Brimmer typeface. [Order No. 100315]

129. DESIGNING A BOOK. Lerner, Abe. New York: The Typophiles, 1993, small 8vo., paper wrappers. (16) pages. $ 25.00Printed in an edition limited to 800 copies printed at the Stinehour Press. Typophile Monograph, New Series, No. 10. Abe Lerner discuss the making of the Typophile Chap Books Bibliography. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. [Order No. 61089]

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