4to; 2 vols. in slipcase; illustrations, chiefly full page in color, throughout. Auctions in London & South Kensington July 5th & 7th, 2000. Prices realized for both auctions laid in. View More...
American First Editions: 40 pp.; tan wrappers; printed return envelope for the bookshop laid in. Cover split at bottom of spine two inches; loss at leading front corner tip; moderate creasing and soil; Good condition. First Books: 16 pp.; stapled, printed gold wrappers. Forward by Robert A. Volz about Mr. Kohn, a leading midtown Manhattan antiquarian bookseller, who went on to found the well known Seven Gables Bookshop, followed by Kohn's forward to his catalog three. Laid in is an autograph letter on note paper, dated December 29, 1976, to Bernard Rosenthal, from John Kohn's wife Francis: "De... View More...
"In addition of about 250 copies" ; 68 pp.; printed yellow wrappers; photograph; reproductions of title pages. Designed by Susan Acker, typset by Karen Teague and Debra Turner; binding by John Lathourakis. Forward by Gary Kurutz. View More...
No. 360 of 1000 copies. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "To Van Allen Bradley, who knows more about books than anyone I know- and who was kind to help with this one -William Boozer, 6 July 1975." 40pp.; 8vo; self-wraps; four pages of photographs; selected bibliography. Publisher's announcement card laid in. Moderate age toning to wrapper at spine. View More...
27pp.; 8vo; printed cream self-wrappers; illustrated with a portrait drawing of A. M. H. Boulard. Printed card taped inside front cover 'Avec les meilleurs voeux, de la librairie Paul Jammes, sent to Bernard Rosenthal with his small holograph note on the card, 'rec'd xmas 91, Thanked April 92'. Text in French. Antoine Marie Henri Boulard, born 1754 in Paris where he died on May 6, 18251. He was a bibliophile, translator, administrator of the lycées of Paris, and of the royal school of drawing, and French politician. View More...
479 pps.; 4to; beige buckram stamped in blue & gold; gravure photographs, black & white photos; decorative color printed graphics throughout. Ownership signature on front pastedown; light fading to blue endpapers at extremities. A crisp copy. View More...
935 pp.; thick 8vo; paper over boards, in dust jacket; black & white photo-illustrations and other reproductions throughout; 67 color plates. A-Z illustrated dictionary plus sections on: Bibliographical Abbreviations; Ceramic Marks; Hall-marks on silver; Makers' Marks on Silver and Pewter. Fine , with protective mylar wrap View More...
428pp.; 4to; quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards; leather spine label; illustrated. Small ownership label of Bernard M. Rosenthal bottom corner front pastedown. Light wear and some fading/discoloration of cloth on spine; one inch open tear to cloth at top front spine edge, otherwise very solid. TEXT IN FRENCH. View More...
One of 300 copies on hand made paper. 86 pp. ; 8vo; cloth-backed boards, paper spine label; marbled endpapers; illustrations, reproductions, facsimiles; bookplate of William P. Lawlor, front pastedown. View More...
Inscribed by the author, " For Glenn Schaeffer, Esq. . . 1934." Half-cloth over boards, in tan & red dust jacket; printed publication announcement from Jake Zeitlin: Books, laid in.
Limitation page with Kroch's Book Stores, Inc address and phone in Chicago. This copy number 52 of 500 copies "prepared for Mr. A. Kroch for his friends' delectation." 306 pp., portrait frontis; 8vo; quarter black cloth and tan paper over boards, spine and front cloth edge lettered in gilt. Short red mark to front board, else fine. View More...
11 volumes; 8vo; gray cloth, spines lettered in gilt on purple labels; text in Latin. Facsimile of the 1719-1789 edition. Monumental work on Incunabula by Michael Maittaire, (1668-1747) the French-born classical scholar and bibliographer in England, and a tutor to Lord Philip Stanhope. View More...
342 pp., (i) publisher's ads; green cloth lettered in gilt; illustrations throughout. Light ownership signature front endpaper. Half-inch splits to cloth at joints, top of spine; leading corner tips bumped, with rubbing to top two just through to boards. Otherwise a solid, clean copy. View More...
Cloth-backed paper over boards; index, notes; illustrated with black & white and color plates. Top edge a bit dusted; jacket with light crease to front flap.; 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall View More...
150pp, index; 8vo; printed wrappers. Small ownership label inside bottom edge of front cover: Ex libris, Bernard M. Rosenthal. Text in French. Bibliotheca Bibliographica Aureliana, XXX. Repertoire bibliographique des livres imprimes en France au seizieme siecle. Fascicule hors serie View More...