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Alonso Victor de Paredes' Institution, and the Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors [Madrid: ca. 1680]
Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 449; black buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Legacy Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Alonso Victor de Paredes Pablo Alvarez 18th century printing publishing history methods techniques book arts design letterpress bibliography
The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces
Super 8vo, pp. 358; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt, bds lettered in blind; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; bdg sl sloppy; peeled sticker to front board; light to moderate tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; mdoerate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping and loss; lg closed tear along fold at spine; sm open tear along fold at spine; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1958
KEYWORDS: W Turner Berry A F Johnson w P Jaspert book arts design lettering letters words type faces typefaces printing publishing history bibliography foundry foundries alphabet typography
Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use: A Study in Survivals (2 vols)
Two volume set. Super 8vo, pp. xlvi + 292, xx + 326; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; foldout sheets, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping & loss; lg open tears to spine extrem at head; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press 1962
KEYWORDS: Daniel Berkeley Updike printing publishing history type typefaces book arts design letter forms alphabet typography
The History of England from 1485 to 1685
Super 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 337; green buckram bds, gilt panel spine, front board paneled & decorated in gilt; top edge stained green, frontis., plates; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in slipcase; VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1985
KEYWORDS: Thomas Babington Macaulay England English history 15th 16th 17th century Folio Society
The Native Americans: An Illustrated History
Heavy quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Turner Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: US America American native Indians history anthropology heritage culture
500 Nations
Heavy quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1994
KEYWORDS: North American Indians native US America history indigenous anthropology heritage
Selznick's Vision: Gone With the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 1997
KEYWORDS: David O Selznick film studies movies Hollywood industry producers Gone With the Wind silver screen history
The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen: More Than Eighty Years of Civil War Movies
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing 1996
KEYWORDS: movies film studies Hollywood US Civil war films history
The First Electric Road: A History of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Mason Press 1989
KEYWORDS: transport history trams tramways box hill doncaster tramwayMelbourne Australia
The Films of James Stewart
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Castle Books 1970
KEYWORDS: film studies films movies Hollywood history James Stewart
Va-Va-Voom! Classic Hollywood Pin-Ups
Super octavo stiff card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Metro Books 2008
KEYWORDS: Hollywood women pin-ups sex symbols historical history film studies movies actresses
Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle
Oblong super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: entertainment history film studies Busby Berkeley musicals
Good Night Officially: The Pacific War Letters of a Destroyer Sailor
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1994
KEYWORDS: military history letters correspondence Yeoman James Orvill Raines autobiography memoirs navy naval
The Battle for Hong Kong 1941-1954: Hostage to Fortune
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Hong Kong China Chinese politics political
Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New Millenium Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Howard Hughes biography biographies memoir US American billionaires wealthy moguls history
Those Crazy Wonderful Years: When We Ran Warner Bros
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Lyle Stuart Inc 1983
KEYWORDS: movie industry Hollywood studios film Warner Bros history
The Story of the US Cavalry 1775-1942
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books 1984
KEYWORDS: military history US army armed forces cavalry America American
The Story of Gallipoli
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1981
KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Anzac soldiers anzacs film movies films
Plaisir D'Amour: An Erotic Memoir of Paris in the 1920s
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: BCA / Book Club Associates 1983
KEYWORDS: sexuality relationships France French sex erotica history 20th twentieth century memoirs
Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1999
KEYWORDS: film studies movie industry movies history criticism