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| 1 |  | Ashley, Frederick William The Vollbehr Incunabula and the Book of Books [full description] Washington, U.S. Govt print. off, 1932 First edition, Fine/no DJ as issued. A remarkable production of the usually staid Government Printing Office. The Public Printer, George Henry Carter, was instrumental in bringing the Vollbehr collection of incunabula - including the St. Paul 42 line bible of Gutenberg - to the Library of Congress. This bo ... [cont'd] CL# 629. Price: $ 85.00 
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| 2 | Fuhrmann, Otto Walter Gutenberg and the Strasbourg Documents of 1439 [full description] New York, Press of the Woolly Whale, 1940 First edition, hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of 660 copies; The Strassbourg documents are the contemporary records of Gutenberg's lawsuit - and they constitute the only source of documentary evidence on Gutenberg's activity in the earliest days of printing. A fascinating account. ... [cont'd] CL# 637. Price: $ 160.00
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| 3 | | Hurst, Clive Catalogue of the Wren Library of Lincoln Cathedral [full description] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982 First edition, hardcover. Fine/Fine. England, Lincoln, Lincoln (Lincolnshire), Early printed books {Bibliography} {Catalogs}, Cathedral libraries {Catalogs}. This famous library, designed by Wren for the Lincoln Cathedral, consists of some 8,000 printed books and is based largely on the books acquired by b ... [cont'd] CL# 627. Price: $ 160.00 (extra postage required)
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| 4 | | A Description of the Early Printed Books Owned by the Grolier Club [full description] New York, The Grolier Club, 1895 First Edition, hardcover. Very Good/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 400 copies; A catalogue of the books from the Grolier Club's Bruce Collection. George Bruce and his son David Wolfe Bruce had amassed one of the world's eminent collections on the history of printing and typography; a portion of thes were dontated to the Grolier Club in the 1890's ... [cont'd] CL# 625. Price: $ 160.00
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| 5 | | Richardson, Mary L., compiler The Work of Bruce Rogers, Jack of All Trades, Master of One [full description] New York, Oxford University Press, 1939 hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Bruce Rogers; The best single reference to the work of America's most successful book designer. This catalogue was prepared to accompany an exhibition of The Work of Bruce Rogers arranged by a joint committee of the AIGA and The Grolier Club in the winter of 1938-9. In addition to so ... [cont'd] CL# 634. Price: $ 85.00
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| 6 | | Rodriguez, Miguel Santiago Catálogo De La Biblioteca Cervantina De Don José Ma. De Asensio Y Toledo [full description] Madrid, Descendientes de J. M. Asensio y Toledo, 1948 wraps. Good. An excellent catalog of a notable collection of Cervantes by the family of a Spanish collector. Text is in Spanish. ... [cont'd] CL# 622. Price: $ 45.00
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| 7 | | Zapf, Hermann Pen and Graver [full description] New York, Museum Books, 1952 First Thus, hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 2000 copies; Designed by Hermann Zapf; Illustrations by Hermann Zapf; This manual of historical calligraphic styles has been admired by calligraphers, graphic designers and typophiles from its first publication in "Feder und Stichel" (German) in 1949. Zapf designed these 25 plates between 1939 and 1941. The renown punch cutter at Stempel ... [cont'd] CL# 631. Price: $ 375.00 (extra postage required)
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