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an early photograph by Fox Talbot from The Pencil of Nature 1844
| BOOKS ADVERTISED |
ARTISTS BOOKS
| BOOKS IN STILL LIFE PAINTINGS (PUBLIC DOMAIN) 2 galleries |
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| BRITISH ARTISTS' BOOKS 1970- 83 biblio details |
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| FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1895-1945 |
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| THE PRIVATE LIBRARY misc. articles (Edy-Legrand, Talwin Morris, Edward Gorey etc) |
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| WILLIAM MORRIS and his Earthly Paradises, Marshall biblio, |
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| FUTURISM AND THE BOOK, SOTHEBY'S 1990, |
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| FUTURIST Sotheby's 1990 FIRST SCREEN |

THE TRADE,
SHOPS AND LIBRARIES
| BOOKS FOR SALE, CELEBRATED CATALOGUES |
| JAMES NICHOLSON, Cambridge Bookseller, engraving after his portrait 1790 |
| THE BOOKSELLERS OF PAUL'S CROSS CHURCHYARD |
| JARROLDS AND SON, Booksellers and Stationers stock in trade |
| THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, murals, buildings |
| THE COUNTRY HOUSE LIBRARY, Mark Purcell biblio |
| A CIRCULATING LIBRARY |
| THE WORMSLEY LIBRARY, at Maggs (Getty) |
| FRANCIS NOBLE'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY single |
| A CUSTOMER'S RECEIPT FROM MEUEL'S BOOKSHOP ISLINGTON 1909 |
| COLIN PAGE'S , BRIGHTON BOOKSHOP AUGUST 2016 |
| COLIN PAGE'S , BRIGHTON BOOKSHOP AUGUST 2018 (closing) |
| HOLLEYMAN & TREACHER | |
| SALE AND DISPLAY | |
| MAGGS BROTHERS 1925 | |
| SHELVES AND LIBRARIES | |
| DENT'S AT THE TEMPLE PRESS 1936 |
| MOXON'S POPULAR POETRY LIST C1870 |
| BATSFORD'S NEW LONDON SHOP C1929 |
| QUARITCH'S CENTENARY Catalogue 1947 (history) |
| WILLIAM OWEN, Bookseller Trade Card single c1750 |
| TALWIN MORRIS AND BLACKIE'S |
| AWARD CERTIFICATES for deserving students |
| Then and Now JONATHAN CAPE, Anthology 1935 |
| THE JOHN JOHNSON COLLECTION printed material |
| THE WORLD FROM HERE. Treasures of Los Angeles Libraries |

CONSTITUENTS
and
ACCESSORIES
| GLERNICKE Elastic Homes for Books 1938 |
| FAKE BOOKS for Zooming (single) |
| A SELECTION OF EX LIBRIS PLATES |
| MAKING A BOOKPLATE, MARK SEVERIN 1949 |
| Beddingham A SELECTION OF BOOK LABELS 1963, FIRST SCANS |
| Philip Beddingham BOOK LABELS (complete) Private Libraries Association |
| EX LIBRIS PLATES, John Buckland Wright |
| ENDPAPERS V&A |
| ENDPAPERS in the Public Domain |
FORE EDGE PAINTINGS |
| BOOK JACKETS, from Hints for Artists by Cecil Trew 1940 |
| titlepage J.G.Zeidler's manual on Book binding |
| Dennis Duncan, Index A history of the , biblio |
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TYPES/FORMAT
| BOOK VARIANTS |
| EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHING, 5 BOOKS |
| John Nash, A Good Use for this Book |
| COVERS/JACKETS | |
| DEVICES, PRINTERS | |
| BROCHURE COVER DESIGN |
| PUZZLE BOOK, CUT AND STICK |
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| VOLVELLES GALLERY ONE |
| VOLVELLES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN |
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| MOVING BOOKS | |
| TRADE CATALOGUES | |
| THE ART OF THE BOOK 1914 | |
| LITHOGRAPHIC BOOKS | |
| ARRANGING ON A PAGE |
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| THE COLOURING BOOK, ZOO TIME C1952 |
| THE WONDER PAINT BOOK, C1935 |
| PAINTING BY NUMBERS |
| STEPS TO SPELLING, JANE HADLOW C1950 |
| MYRIORAMA, A COLLECTION OF MANY THOUSAND LANDSCAPES, Samuel Leigh 1824 assembled narratives |
| BOOK BINDING TOOLS , sale catalogue |
| FINE BINDINGS , Penrose Annual 1958 |
| JUDAICA, , prayer leaf and illustrations |
| A HORN BOOK, found in 1881 at Brasenose (single) |
| SEARS' STEREOTYPE ORNAMENTS 1825 |
REVERSABLES (Glen, 12 Magic Changeables) |
RHOMBOID (PETER NEWELL) |
HOLE IN THE PAGE, Rocket Book (PETER NEWELL) |


ILLUSTRATION PROCESSES
| POCHOIR | |
| PAUL NASH ON... |
| WOOD ENGRAVING AND CUTS |
| LINE BLOCK, HALF TONE |
| COLOUR AND PRINTING |
| PLOMER, ENGLISH PRINTERS' Ornaments, 1924 (complete) |
| M.U.SEARS, SPECIMEN OF STEREOTRYPE Ornaments, 1825 (SELECTION) |


TYPES
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA | |
| FLOWER BOOKS | |
| FISH BOOKS | |
| FRUIT BOOKS |
| 19TH C GIFT BOOK (1821) |
| BROADSIDES, HAROLD MUNRO 1912 |
| INSECT BOOKS | |
| ANNUALS FOR CHILDREN | |
| THE BESTIARY | |
| THE CALENDAR | |
| ALMANACS |
| HEBRAICA, Text and Image |
| SOME LITURGICAL BOOKS |
| BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES |
| STUDIO SPECIAL, MODERN BOOKBINDING 1899/1900 |
| EGERTON'S TRAVELLING LIBRARY 1613 |


IMPRINTS PRINTERS
| LADYBIRD BOOKS | |
| INSEL VERLAG BOOKS | |
| ARIEL POEMS | |
| THE KELMSCOTT PRESS | |
| LIVRE DE DEMAIN (20 TITLES) |
| CHAPMAN AND MYLER, EARLY SCOTTISH IMPRINT 1508 |
| CLOWES OF LONDON, promotional brochure |
| GOLDEN COCKERELL PRESS, three brochures 1936-1957 |
| WIRKEND DAS BUCH (Acting on the Bookk) Werner Klemke |

PUBLIC LIBRARIES
| TRONDHEIM NEW LIBRARY , Peter Blake and Christine Hawley 1979 |
| BEINECKE LIBRARY, exhibition of the 18th century (biblio) Alexander and Parks 1993 |
PRIVATE LIBRARIES
| Pepys' Library, a Guide |
| Humboldt's Library |
| Old Gold Cigarettes |
| Chess in the Library, Calvert Whiskey 1944 |
| Correct again, Noah Webster |

ARTICLES
| SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| THE ART OF THE BOOK JACKET | |
| STENCIL ILLUSTRATION 1930, BLISS | |
| KING PENGUINS 1949 | |
| IDENTITY VALUE IN PAPERBACKS 1963 | |
| HANDBOOK OF TYPE AND ILLUSTRATION, John Lewis 1956 |
| MONOTYPE RECORDER, 1936, The Penguin Books standardised |
| DESIGNING BOOK JACKETS, GREGORY BROWN 1934 | |
| DESMOND FLOWER, The Paper-Back, Its Past, Present and Future 1959 |
| BRITISH ROMANTIC BOOK ILLUSTRATION 1943-1955 (1963) |
| indicative spreads from Diana Klemin, The Illustrated Book,Ruth Gannett, Jacques, Reisman, Simone, Weight, Kauffer, Kingman, Gnoli, Robb etc |
| EPIGRAMS ABOUT BOOKS, from Pisanus Fraxi, 1878 |
| BIZARRE BOOKS, Ash and Lake. biblio 1 |
| BIZARRE BOOKS, Ash and Lake. biblio 2 |
| BIZARRE BOOKS, Ash and Lake. biblio 3 THE PAPERBACK |

ODD BALLS FROM
MY COLLECTION
| LELAND'S ITINERARY, Volume 7 1740, and the page format challenged.( Link to Tristram Shandy) | |
| A BOOK OF STAINS (Photo-Colour c1958) | |
| THE ROYCROFT SHOP | |
| SEWING SAMPLE BOOK (now complete) |



SINGLE IMAGES
| GASCOIGNE PRESENTING HIS BOOK TO THE QUEEN (ELIZABETH) |
| A DUTCH BOOKBINDER C1830 | |
| BOOKBINDING 1762 | |
| A TRAVELLING LIBRARY C1812 | |
| CHINESE TAXED BOOK | |
| PART PUBLICATION, DICKENS |
| GREAT BOOKS ADVERTISEMENT JAN 1965 |
| Stanley Anderson, Gleaners (Book Stall) , tempera 1924 |
| SILENCE, the issue desk from Brighton Public Library (CM photo) |
| J.D.Schumacher, St Petersburg Academy, Academy of Sciences 1741, stately shelving |
| The Alan Thomas Library Sale Catalogue, three huge boxes of unsorted manuscripts from the Phillipps Collection |

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