Book Trades: Signed (10 results)

Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. vi, 12pp, (15pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Handsome first edition of this address "Delivered on the occasion of the first annual Bromsen Lecture April 28, 1973." Famed antiquarian bookseller and collector Bromsen (1919-2005), well known for his specialty in early Spanish colonial manuscripts, established this endowed lectureship. He boldly inscribes and signs the inside front wrapper in black fineline "For Frank Hanlin / on the occasion of his / long-awaited return visit, / with the esteem and good / wishes of his friend, / Maury A. Bromsen / Boston / October 22, 1976." (Frank S. Hanlin,1924-82, bibliographer and University of Iowa special collections director). Well-illustrated (illustrator).…

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [12], 16 pages, 40 colour & b/w plates, illustrations. Annual Craft Lectures Supplement bound-in, x., 171 pages. 2 b/w plates by W S Cameron, who has signed the front cover, Some edgewear, soiling to covers, contents fine, unmarked. [820] Size: 290mm. x 225mm. Signed by Artist. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Retired library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, and labels. Signed and inscribed by John Howe, Secretary-Treasurer of the Oklahoma City Trade & Labor Council; Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner worn. 112p. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Black and White Photos (illustrator). Inscribed & Signed By Sec. Treasurer. Ex-Library Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green cloth over board w/gilt titles signed & inscribed by the author to the previous owner. PON on front end paper light shlef & edge wear foxing to all page edges not intruding on surfaces. Grey dust jacket w/some staining and ink mark and significaint tanning at spine & edges Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners! ; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 84. Original publisher's hessian style cloth over grey papered boards, lettered black on the front cover. Signed presentation from the school's principal on the front endpaper Some wear and chipping at edges, otherwise a used, very good minus copy with clean text and plates. Signedes.…

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages; Physical description; xi, [1], 388 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm. Notes; Added t.p., engraved. Engraved frontispiece. Includes index. Printer statement on t.p. verso: "Glasgow: Printed by George Brookman." Illustrations within text. Plates signed John Miller. Subjects; Occupations - Early works to 1900. Occupations - Great Britain. Industrial arts - Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Signed presentation copy from 3 of the 4 Bell Press printers, no. 13 in an edition of 12 copies. Small slim octavo. 10pp. Original printed paperback. Printed acetate frontis image attached with adhesive tape. Fading to tape with offsetting to title page, otherwise very good.…

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages; Physical description; xi, [1], 388 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm. Notes; Added t.p., engraved. Engraved frontispiece. Includes index. Printer statement on t.p. verso: "Glasgow: Printed by George Brookman." Illustrations within text. Plates signed John Miller. Subjects; Occupations - Early works to 1900. Occupations - Great Britain. Industrial arts - Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Oblong 4to. 7 x 8 ¾ inches. 11 leaves, final 2 leaves blank. (17 pages of exquisite drawings). Paper covers separated, rough around edges. Soiled and toned. Ownership inscription and title on front cover. Grey laide paper with scattered foxing, some soiling at corners. Paper with vertical crease from an old fold at center. This appears to have been made by the student with folding and stitching sheets together. The string is partially broken. Final blank leaf was cut out. Still in good condition. [Geometry Manuscript - Germany]. Signed by Author(s). …

Condition: Good+. On offer is an original manuscript of the metal craft arts; an essential trade book of recipes, or receipts as they were once known and processes, chemical formulas, etc., handed down from generation to generation of craftsman and apprentices that an artisan jeweler, metal worker, blacksmith or tinsmith would treasure. Almost 100 pages of old world wisdom including recipes for invisible inks as a method of writing secret messages plus methods: for purifying gold and silver; how to silver the inside of globes; silvering all sorts of metals; enamels; Japan varnish; how to write with a gold pen; how to guild on paper; etching water; how to soften steel; how to make a mirror; artificial gold; a good solder for gold; to solder stones in a ring setting; perfumed sword blades; tempers for steel and iron; to make pewter as white as silver; to make tin resemble silver; to make copper as white as silver; to make blue, red, yellow inks; an excellent glue for glass; to stain ivory +++. The writer used an 1859 diary book overwriting the dates with his formulas. Overall VG. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autograph. …