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EARLY ARCHAIC CHINESE.
University of Toronto Press, 1962. 8vo., pp.xxxi,288, grey cloth, gilt; light ink underlining to p.xxi, edges lightly foxed, extremities lightly rubbed and slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
Fact and Fantasy.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984. 8vo., pp.x,331, cream hardover, red lettering, 11 b/w illlustrations, 1 b/w map; small ownership sticker to publishing, edges lightly foxed, very slight rubbing to extremities and very slight bruising to head and foot of spine, else a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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LIN YUTANG'S CHINES-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF MODERN USAGE.
With Supplementary Indexes.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1972. Large 8vo., pp.lxvi,1720, purple cloth, gilt; very light soiling to front endpapers, light toning to prelims and rear endpapers, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very good copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket which has light shelf wear to extremities, slight chipping to head of spine and lightly sunned to spine, otherwise very good.
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MATRIX 9. A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles. Number 9, Winter 1989.
Andoversford, Glos: The Whittington Press, 1989. Limited edition of 925 copies, 4to., pp.(iv),200, pictorial paper-covered boards stamped in black, colour and b/w plates, some tipped-in; slight bump to lower edges, a fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to the spine.
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MATRIX 7: Number Seven, Winter 1987.
A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles.
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1987. 4to.,pp. 166, decorative card covered boards, b/w and colour illustrations and plates, b/w fold-outs; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities and lightly sunned to spine.
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AN ENGLISH-GAELIC DICTIONARY OF EXPRESSIONS, IDIOMS AND PHRASES. Gairm Publications: Vol.65.
Glasgow: Gairm Publications, 1985. 8vo.,pp. 419, blue hardcover, gilt; ownership autograph to front paste down endpaper, light foxing to edges of text block, front board slightly rolled, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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EROTIC BOOKPLATES.
An Introduction.
Cambridge: Silent Books, 1990. 8vo., pp.59, pictorial hardcover, b/w plates, pictorial endpapers; slight tone to edges, a very good copy.
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THE EARLIER CAMBRIDGE STATIONERS & BOOKBINDERS AND THE FIRST CAMBRIDGE PRINTER.
Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, No.XIII.
Oxford University Press, for The Bibliographical Society, 1904. 4to.,pp. xv,81, beige paper covered boards, cream cloth spine with brown lettering, b/w plates; ownership autograph in pencil to front paste down endpaper, webbing occasionally visible but all contents firm, toning to edges, foxing to endpapers, rubbed to extremities with wear to corners of boards and light toning to spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE BRITISH BOOK TRADES, 1710-1777.
An Index of Masters and Apprentices Recorded in the Inland Revenue Registers at the Public Record Office, Kew.
Exeter: privately published, 1983. 4to., pp.xii,141, loose-leaves in splastic spine (paperback); very good.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST PORTION OF THE EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DAVID LAING, ESQ., LL.D.
Comprising an Extraordinary Collection of Works by Scottish Writers or Relating to Scotland, Many of Excessive Rarity and Several Unique, Including Complete Series of the Publications of the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, and other Literary Clubs; Transactions of Scotch and English Societies; Writings of Eminent Divines, Historians and Topographers; First Editions of Novelists, Poets and Dramatists; Early Voyages and Travels.
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1879. Auction catalogue, 8vo., pp.(ii),271, printed paper wrappers; surface soil and wear to wrappers, with some loss at extremities, internally clean, a good copy.
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REVOLUTION AND THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK.
Reshaping the Past, 1780-1815.
Cambridge University Press, 2014. 8vo., pp.x,318, paperback; neat ownership nameplate to front wrapper verso, publisher’s ‘damaged’ stamp to title verso, light creasing to wrappers, internally fresh and fine, a very good copy.
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IMAGES IN THE MARGINS OF GOTHIC MANUSCRIPTS.
University of California Press, 1966. 4to., pp.ix,738, pictorial hardcover backed in black cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations (158 b/w plates to rear of volume); neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy indeed, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, with scotch-tape reinforcement to upper margin of jacket.
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BOOK CATALOGUES: THEIR VARIETIES AND USES.
St. Paul’s Bibliographies, 1986. 8vo., pp.xxxvii,284, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; light creasing to headband, slight toning to edges, a very good copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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BOOKS ON THE MOVE. Tracking Copies through Collections and the Book Trade.
New Castle, DE/London: Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, 2007. 8vo., pp.xv,164, black cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; slight bruise to upper edge of front board, else fresh and fine, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE BOOK TRADE AND ITS CUSTOMERS, 1450-1900.
Historical Essays for Robin Myers.
Winchester: St. Paul’s Bibliographies/New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1450. 8vo., pp.xviii,316, black hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece portrait, b/w illustrations; pencilling to Contents page, light marking to fore-edges, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is partially sunned, with light creasing to extremities, and small nick to head of spine, else very good.
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BOOKS FOR SALE.
The Advertising and Promotion of Print since the Fifteenth Century.
New Castle, DE/London: Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, 2009. 8vo., pp.xvi,191, black cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; a fine, fresh copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE IRISH BOOK, Volume III.
The Irish Book in England 1550-1800.
Oxford University Press, 2006. 8vo., pp.xxi,477, navy hardcover, gilt; with presentation inscriptions from four of the contributors to the title page, pencilled ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a little light pencilling to margins, o/w very good indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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IRELAND IN OFFICIAL PRINT CULTURE, 1800-1850.
A New Reading of the Poor Enquiry.
Oxford University Press, 2014. 8vo., pp.viii,191, navy hardcover, gilt; a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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TRIBUTES TO KATHLEEN L. SCOTT.
English Medieval Manuscripts: Readers, Makers and Illuminators.
London/Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, an imprint of Brepols, 2009. 4to., pp.292, navy cloth, gilt, 15pp. colour plates, b/w illustrations; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.
A History, From the Beginnings to the Copyright Act of Queen Anne.
Cambridge University Press, 1986. 8vo., pp.xviii,510, navy cloth, gilt, top edges blue, 31 b/w illustrations; small mark to fore-edges, a very good copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly worn to edges.
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