Printer Pardoner by Paul Needham, First Edition (13 results)

First Edition. F/G, DJ tears and chips missing head of spine, small piece missing bottom edge rear panel, minor cornerwear, small nicks and tears around edges. Overall a tight solid copy (despite mylar protected DJ) with clean unmarked text. ; 4to, green cloth with gilt lettering, DJ, 101pp, appendices, index, concordances. An unrecorded indulgence printed by William Caxton for the Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval, Charing Cross. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Done up nicely in green cloth with spine and front panel lettering gilt, quarto, pp. 101 + colophon. This copy complete with the fold out illustration showing quire strips from the Rosenwald Sammelband. Other black and white illustrations, as well.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Book-plate on front paste-down, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

cloth, dust jacket. Caxton, William (illustrator). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 101, (3) pages. First edition. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1986. First edition, 1986. Illustrated in black and white. Green cloth with dustjacket. About fine condition, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings, dustjacket in mylar protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 4to. Nice copy in dustwrapper. Loosely inserted a flyer for the author's Sandars Lectures, 2005.

quarto, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 101pp. Library of Congress, From the dust jacket: "In a remarkable feat of synthesis and historical imagination, Needham weaves together the stories of Wiliam Caxton., of the broadside indulgence he printed, and of the institution he printed it for. The most common surviving form of early job-printing, indulgence instruments were used to raise funds for the Roman church and its institutions. the Printer & the Pardoner.tells the story of that hospital, notorious for fund-raising activities carried on by such as Chaucer's Pardoner. Literary history, church history, printing history, and political and social history intersect in the study of the Rounceval indulgence." The text of the St. Mary Rounceval indulgence is presented in Appendix A. All thirteen vellum strips are reproduced on a foldout page at the same size as the originals. Also with an additional nineteen black-and- white illustrations. Designed by Stephen Harvard. Very fine copy in a very fine, clean dust jacket without wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Folding plate. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 103 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrations in text; folding plate; green cloth, spine and upper boards gilt; printed dust-jacket. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The Printer & The Pardoner, An Unrecorded Indulgence Printed by Willam Caxton for the Hospial of St. Mary Rounceval. 101 pages, rare reproduction of William Caxton's work and printing detail, along with the church, printing and social history, concise history of England's first printer, illustartions of printing as well as fold out example. Book is Fine in never read condition, green cloth with gilt titles on front board and on spine. Jacket is Fine and protected in mylar cover, not a blemish. Near Mint example of this intereting work. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1986. Bradley Martin's copy. Laid in is a two page letter on Pierpont Morgan Library stationary to Bradley Martin. It is dated 6 May 1987 and mentions a possible exhibition of Martin's treasures at the Morgan Library "in the fall." Without saying so, the letter hints that the Morgan would be an appropriate repository for Martin's incredible library. The attempt proved to be futile as the Martin collection was sold at auction in 1989 and 1990, realizing a total of $35,303,000. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket which has 1 small chip to the rear panel. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1986. First Edition. Includes a bibliography of printing by Caxton in Cologne, Bruges, and Westminster. This book discusses a previously unknown Caxton printing and reproduces in facsimile vellum strips utilized in the binding of a volume of other Caxton imprints from the Rosenwald collection. Illustrated with 19 b/w reproductions. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. From the dust jacket: "In a remarkable feat of synthesis and historical imagination, Needham weaves together the stories of William Caxton, the wealthy cloth merchant who at fifty years of age mastered the newly invented art of printing and took the craft to England, of the broadside indulgence he printed, and of the institution he printed it for. The most common surviving form of early job-printing, indulgence instruments were used to raise funds for the Roman church and its institutions. THE PRINTER & THE PARDONER: AN UNRECORDED INDULGENCE PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON FOR THE HOSPITAL OF ST, MARY ROUNCEVAL, CHARING CROSS tells the story of that hospital, notorious for fund-raising activities carried on by such as Chaucer's Pardoner. Literary history, church history, printing history, and political and social history intersect in the study of the Rounceval indulgence. This newly discovered broadside from Caxton's shop becomes the forty-fourth item in a new census of Caxton imprints, published as Appendix D in THE PRINTER & THE PARDONER. This 'Checklist of Caxton's Printing' includes 111 items, printed in Cologne, Bruges, Westminster, and Paris. It identifies every known piece of printing done by William Caxton and ranges them in a chronological sequence based on Needham's bibliographical researches." Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 101pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. 101, [1]; 18 black & white illustrations including 1 folding plate; fine in original green cloth, dust jacket. Bookplate of Jacob L. Chernofsky on front pastedown.