FIFTY-FIVE BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1525 / Representing the Works of England's First Printers: An Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon / January 17 - March 3, 1968. (Catalog)
by (Van Devanter,Willis. Crane, Joan; cataloguer)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: The Grolier Club, 1968.. 1968.. Fine. - Small quarto [10-1/8 inches high by 7 inches wide], tan cloth. xiii, 55 & [3] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 6 pages of facsimiles. Near fine. <p.Limited edition of 1,650 copies designed and printed at the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18161
- Title
- FIFTY-FIVE BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1525 / Representing the Works of England's First Printers: An Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon / January 17 - March 3, 1968. (Catalog)
- Author
- (Van Devanter,Willis. Crane, Joan; cataloguer)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [New York]: The Grolier Club, 1968.
- Date Published
- 1968.
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; EARLY PRINTING; INCUNABULA; FIFTY-FIVE BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1525; ENGLISH PRINTERS; COLLECTION OF PAUL MELLON; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; GROLIER CLUB; WILLIS VAN DEVANTER; JOAN CRANE; FACSIMILES; WILLIAM CAXTON; WYNKYN DE WORDE; THEODORICUS ROO
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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