Sheldon Tapley, April 24-July 4, 2004
Evansville, Ind: Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, 2004. Softcover. VG- (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner.). Black & color illus. stapled wraps, [10 pp.] 15 color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2004 exhibition featuring works by Sheldon Tapley (b. 1959). Includes a foreword by John W. Streetman III and a short uncredited artist... Read More
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Guide du voyageur a Saint-Petersbourg, comprenant un precis historique de la foundation de cette capitale et de ses agrandissements
Saint Petersburg: Fd. Bellizard et Cie, 1840. 12mo, pp. [10], 348; color folding map of St. Petersburg and 10 engraved plates; original blue printed paper wrappers, text untrimmed; upper cover detached and reattached with a neat but obtrusive paper strip, covers lightly soiled, map has some shallow tears, text clean and sound. An attractive, scarce guidebook.
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That there may be a permanent record of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration of the founding of the town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, September 4th to 8th inclusive, 1927. Souvenir program 1677-1927
N.p.: [publisher not identified], 1927. 4to, pp. 96; illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers; very good. The eighth oldest town in Rhode Island.
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General and special laws of the State of Minnesota, together with the joint resolutions and memorials, passed during the third session of the State Legislature
Saint Paul: Wm. R. Marshall, State Printer, 1861. 8vo, pp. 448; red and black leather labels on spine; full original sheep a bit scuffed, otherwise on the whole good and sound. Ownership label on Wallace H. Davis at the bottom of the spine. "5,000 copies ordered printed." Martin, Minnesota Imprints 378.
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Plans for 1991
Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1991. 8vo, pp. 7, [1]; black and white illustrations throughout; original sienna pictorial wrappers printed in red and black; fine. Catalogue of upcoming titles from the Press, including Miriam Macgregor's Whittington, and the Stanbrook Abbey Bibliography by David Butcher. Integral order form.
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Strathmore bond (formerly Strathmore highway bond) marches on to new sucess with a new name
West Springfield, Massachusetts: Strathmore Paper Company, 1940. 4to pictorial portfolio, corners lightly bumped, else fine. 8 loose leaf swatches of sample paper, each printed with different exemplary letterhead. List of distributors on back of portfolio, "printed by Letterpress in 3 Impressions on Strathmore Beau Brilliant, Mentone Ivory". Not located in OCLC.
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![[Title in Bengali] Nutana Niyama = The New Testament in Bengali](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/542/904/668904542.0.m.jpg)
[Title in Bengali] Nutana Niyama = The New Testament in Bengali
Calcutta: printed and published at the Baptist Mission Press for the Baptist Missionary Society, 1931. Edition limited to 5,000 copies, 16mo, pp. 604; original limp red printed buckram, unadorned spine; minor shelf wear, small loss to first leaf of text affecting approximately seven words, else very good.
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Erbauliches gebät-buch und unterhaltungen mit gott, zur besörderung der häuslichen gottesverehrung, für christen von allen benennungen..
Allentown: Gedruckt und zu haben bey H. Ebner u. comp, 1822. 12mo, 2 parts in 1, pp. xiv, 202; 394; contemporary full unadorned calf, one brass clasp perished; extremities rubbed, spine with vertical creases; good and sound. American Imprints 8630; Bötte & Tannhof 2524; Seidensticker p. 215.
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The American Indian quarterly, Vol. 18, no. 2 - Vol. 22, no. 4
[Lincoln]: Univerisity of Nebraska Press, 1998. 17 volumes, 8vo; original pictorial wrappers; very occasional ink marginalia, else fine. Edited by Morris W. Foster and Devon A. Mihesuah. Articles include David Rich Lewis's "Native Americans and the Environment"; Jo Ann Woodsum's "Gender & Sexuality in Native American Societies: a bibliography"; Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez's "Storyteller and their Listerner-Readers in... Read More
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The tragi-comic history of the burial of Cock Robin; with the lamentation of Jenny Wren; the sparrow's apprehension; and the cuckoo's punishment. Being a sequel to the courtship, marriage, and pic-nic dinner of Robin Red-Breast and Jenny Wren
Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Square 16mo, pp. 16; metal engraving frontispiece mounted to front pastedown, 7 plates, the last mounted to back pastedown; original stiff pink wrappers; half title detached but present, pages uniformly browned; a very good copy in fine binding. Osborne, p. 92; see Welch 215 for the 1811 edition.
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TYPE FACES FOR BOOKS : A SELECTION OF SPECIMEN PAGES AND ALPHABETS WITH CHARACTER COUNT TABLES FOR EACH FACE
Andover, Hampshire: Chapel River Press Ltd, 1961. original gilt-blocked red faux-leather spine, and grey cloth boards. Type Specimens. 8vo. original gilt-blocked red faux-leather spine, and grey cloth boards. 273 pages. A near fine copy.
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The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church
London: by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1710. 8vo, unpaginated; engraved frontispiece of Queen Anne, engraved title-p., and 53 engraved plates; ESTC T166975; bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others… London: William Pearson for Company of Stationer, 1707; unpaginated; not in ESTC; together in... Read More
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![Canotle Rannaga Kelekak. Delochet Roka [Canticles, Hymns and Catechism in the Tinne language]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/637/344637213.0.m.jpg)
Canotle Rannaga Kelekak. Delochet Roka [Canticles, Hymns and Catechism in the Tinne language]
Winnipeg: Free Press no-rodeneleketekteyar, 1904. 16mo, pp. 54; original limp pebble-grain black cloth; generally fine. Tinne, or Athabaskan, is a language family spoken primarily in the Northwest and Alaska.
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Relief panorama of the Rhine
Koln am Rhein: Hoursch & Bechstedt, 1935. Large "coloured printing" panorama ("No. 7") showing the course of the Rhine and all the sights from Koln to Mainz. Approx. 55" x 10", original blue printed wrappers; generally fine throughout.
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Three early titles from the series
v.p.: Wolfsong, 1978. 3 volumes, 8vo; nos. 1-2, and 4 from this series of American poetry chap books. Includes Peter Wild's "Gold Mines," William Kloefkorn's "Stocker," and Dorothy Dalton's "The Moon Rides Witness". All in original wrappers; fine. The first 2 titles published in Iola, Wisconsin; the third published in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. With original envelope in which these... Read More
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![The Bieler Press catalog 1990 [cover title]. The 1990 catalogue of the Bieler Press [drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/056/931/987931056.0.m.jpg)
The Bieler Press catalog 1990 [cover title]. The 1990 catalogue of the Bieler Press [drop title]
Los Angeles: Bieler Press, 1990. Edition limited to 1200 copies designed by Gerald Lange and hand printed by Robin Price, 8vo, pp. [8]; original gray printed wrappers; fine. Introduction by Gerald Lange. An annotated alphabetical list of books, broadsides, and chapbooks in print.
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The complete grazier: or, gentleman and farmer's directory. Containing the best instructions for buying, breeding and feeding cattle, sheep and hogs, and for suckling lambs. A description of the particular symptoms, commonly attending the various distempers to which cattle, sheep, and hogs are subject; with the most approved remedies. Directions for making the best butter, several sorts of cheese, and renner. Different methods of stocking a grass farm, with the particular expence and profit of each. How to prepare the land, and sow several sorts of grass seeds to advantage ... Also directions for making fish ponds or canals, and for storing them, and ordering the fish in the best manner ... Written by a country gentleman, and originally designed for private use. The second edition
London: printed for J. Almond, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly, 1767. 12mo, pp. xii, 252; contemporary full calf; neatly rebacked, new leather label on gilt-paneled spine; very good. Printed the same year as the first edition and with the same collation, including the half-title and initial advertisement leaf. Includes directions for raising proper fodder for cattle and sheep. Particular... Read More
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![佛祖释迦牟尼 / Fo zu Shijiamouni = [Sakyamuni Buddha] [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/519/352/1669352519.0.m.jpg)
佛祖释迦牟尼 / Fo zu Shijiamouni = [Sakyamuni Buddha] [cover title]
Beijing: China Tibetology Press / Xinhua Bookstore Beijing Publishing House, 1999. Boxed collection, 14¾" x 13¾" x 4", containing the following: 釋迦如來應化事蹟 [= The Deeds of Sakyamuni Tahtagata]. 4 vols., 13¼" x 12½", facsimile text with full-page facsimile illustrations on every recto; stab stitched in blue paper wrappers, vol. 4 rather waterstained with vol. 3 also affected in lower... Read More
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BOOKBINDER.|THE
N.P.: The Clinker Press, n.d.. Clinker Press. broadside (10 by 9 1/2 inches). Broadside with a poetic description of a bookbinder's mission. Illustrations and decorations.
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PASADENA MUSEUM OF HISTORY
Pasadena, CA: Clinker Press, The, 2004. Clinker Press, The. Privately printed by Andre Chaves as a keepsake for the Brunch on the Green, hosted by the Pasadena Museum of History. This particular broadside honors John James Audubon.
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MUSEUMS OF THE ARROYO
n.p. (but Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, 2004. broadside. Clinker Press. folio. broadside. Privately printed by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press. Poster for The Gamble House, Heritage Square Museum, Lummis Home & Garden, Pasadena Historical Museum, and the Southwest Museum. The date was May 16th, 2004.
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EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP
n.p. (but Pasadena, CA): (Clinker Press), 2006. broadside. Clinker Press. small folio. broadside. Privately designed and printed by hand by artist Andre Chaves for his wife, Ann Chaves and her workshop on embroidering. For Inglenook Textiles.
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Statement of the amount due the Proprietors of the Washington Bridge, estimating costs, expenditures and receipts according to the report of the committee..
[Providence, 1838. Broadside, 27" x 9", text in 5 columns beneath the running head; neatly folded in half, a couple of creases, edges a bit frayed at top and bottom, but overall very good. Comprises a tabular list of the cost of repairs to the bridge by year, annual tolls, receipts, as well as net interest due after the... Read More
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Series three: essays on the stage
Ann Arbor: Augustan Reprint Society, 1948. 4 volumes (all published), 8vo; facsimile reprints; original green printed wrappers, edges a bit toned, light wear, else very good. Contents include: "A Letter to A.H. Esq; Concerning the Stage" (1698); "The Occasional Paper: No. IX" (1698); "Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage" (1704); "Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage"... Read More
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TYPEFACE ANALOGUE
(Wilmington, MA: Compugraphic, 1979. self paper wrappers. Type Specimens. 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Reference guide for typecasters, cross-referencing typefaces with manufacturers and equipment. Arranged alphabetically by typeface. Includes a guide to abbreviations. A fine copy.
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