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  • McMurtrie (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

    Chicago, Eyncourt Press, 1930
    (23 cm), 12 pp. Publisher’s green printed wrappers. - Account of James Johnston (1738-1808). “Two hundred and fifty copies reprinted from The Southern Printer for June 1929” (title-page verso). Charles F. Heartman, McMurtrie imprints: a bibliography (Hattiesburg 1942), no. 117. Cf. Douglas C. McMurtrie: Bibliographer and Historian of Printing, edited by Scott Bruntjen and M.L. Young (Metuchen & London [Folkestone] 1979), no. 510. ¶ Fine copy.
  • McMurtrie (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

    Raleigh, [Privately printed], 1933
    (23 cm), 24 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “Two hundred copies reprinted from the North Carolina Historical Review for July, 1933”. Charles F. Heartman, McMurtrie imprints: a bibliography (Hattiesburg 1942), no. 237; Douglas C. McMurtrie: Bibliographer and Historian of Printing, edited by Scott Bruntjen and M.L. Young (Metuchen & London [Folkestone] 1979), no. 272. ¶ Fine copy.
  • McMurtrie (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

    Cheyenne, [Privately printed], 1933
    (22.5 cm), 16 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Reprinted from the Annals of Wyoming for January, 1933. Limited to 200 copies. Charles F. Heartman, McMurtrie imprints: a bibliography (Hattiesburg 1942), no. 282;  Douglas C. McMurtrie: Bibliographer and Historian of Printing, edited by Scott Bruntjen and M.L. Young (Metuchen & London [Folkestone] 1979), no. 538. ¶ Fine copy.
  • McMurtrie (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

    Newark, [Privately printed], 1936
    (23 cm), 32 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Two hundred copies reprinted, with additions and corrections, from the Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society for April, 1936. Charles F. Heartman, McMurtrie imprints: a bibliography (Hattiesburg 1942), no. 208; Douglas C. McMurtrie: Bibliographer and Historian of Printing, edited by Scott Bruntjen and M.L. Young (Metuchen & London [Folkestone] 1979), no. 58. ¶ Fine copy.
  • Fúrlong Cárdiff (Guillermo), 1889-1974

    Buenos Aires, Editorial Guarania / Librería del Plata, 1953; 1955
    Two volumes (28 cm), I (1953): (2) 596 (3) pp. II (1955): 596 (3) pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Further volumes were published in 1960 (La imprenta en Buenos Aires 1808-1810; La imprenta en Montevideo 1807-1810) and in 1975 (La imprenta en Buenos Aires 1810-1815). ¶ Wrapper of vol. II rubbed; otherwise very good, unmarked copies, mostly unopened.
  • Borba de Moraes (Rubens), 1899-1986

    Amsterdam & Rio de Janeiro, Colibris Editora, 1958
    Two volumes (25 cm), I: xxi (3), 427 (1) pp. II: (4) 448 (2) pp., numerous reproductions of title-pages. Uniform publisher’s cloth, dust jackets. - The vade mecum of collectors and booksellers interested in this field. First edition; a revised edition was published in 1983. ¶ Copy no. 395 (of an unspecified limited edition). Dust jackets fatigued, minor defects; otherwise a very good copy.
  • Shipton (Clifford K.), 1902-1973; Mooney (James E.)

    Worcester, MA, American Antiquarian Society, 1969
    Two volumes (26.5 cm), I: xxv (3), 548 pp. II: xxi (3) pp., pp.549-1028. Publisher’s cloth. - Combined alphabetical index to Charles Evans’ American bibliography, with corrections, and Roger Bristol’s “not-in-Evans” items (published as Supplement to Charles Evans’ American bibliography, Charlottesville 1970). ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.
  • Bristol (Roger Pattrell), 1903-1974

    Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1971
    (29 cm), v (5), 191 (1) pp. Publisher’s cloth. - Index to the more than 11,200 entries in Bristol’s 1970 Supplement. “This index and the author’s 1959 index to the basic Evans together make it possible to identify over 50,000 items printed in this country through 1800” (author’s Introduction). ¶ Superior copy in new condition.
  • Trienens (Roger J.)

    Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1973
    (27 cm), (8), 87 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial boards. - Presents examples of the earliest printed material from each of the fifty states, currently housed in the Library of Congress’s collection. ¶ Light shelf-wear, almost as new.
  • Blumenthal (Joseph), 1897-1990

    London, Scolar Press / Dartmouth College Library, 1977
    (28 cm), xvi, 250, (2) pp. including 72 full-page plates (some in colour). Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - After the author’s retirement from the highly-regarded Spiral Press, he became associated with Dartmouth College Library, where he organised in May 1977 an exhibition of 340 years of book production in the United States. This beautifully produced book (Blumenthal’s own design, with letterpress composition and printing by the Stinehour Press, and plates by Meriden Gravure), published in connection with that exhibition, is a succession of biographical notices of designers, printers, and publishers. Forty-two of the illustrations are taken from 20th century publications, and the heart of the book recounts the lives of printers born in the latter part of the 19th century (many known personally to author) who shaped Blumenthal’s own, conservative taste. ¶ Superior copy in new condition.
  • Phillips (Elizabeth), 1958-2015; Zwicker (Tony); Rainwater (Robert), introduction
    Grolier Club (New York)

    New York, Grolier Club, 1993
    (28 cm), 87 (1) pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - 64 books published in the United States, 1920s-1990s. Designed by Jerry Kelly and printed by the Stinehour Press in an edition of 1000 copies. For Jean Grolier & His Friends: 125 Years of Grolier Club Exhibitions and Publications, 1884-2009 (New York 2009), P353. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy.
  • José (Regalado Trota)

    [Makati?], Fundación Santiago, Ayala Foundation, 1993
    (28 cm), (2) 312 (2) pp. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - A list of books printed in the Philippines arranged chronologically; 1088 catalogue entries. “The Biblioteca Nacional [Madrid] boasted the largest collection of relevant Filipiniana, having acquired the libraries of the former Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar and of the connoisseur Antonio Graiño. The excellent collection of the Archivo Franciscano Ibero-Oriental in Madrid, unlisted in earlier bibliographies, is presented here for the first time. This includes a modest harvest of hitherto unknown imprints” (compiler’s introduction). ¶ Very good, unmarked copy.
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