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[Dennis Melhouse]

1.      Bowers, Fredson, ed.  STUDIES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY. PAPERS OF THE 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Volumes I - XXXVI. 
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia:  1948-1983. 36 volumes. 
First three volumes in wraps, remainder in various color cloths. All about 
fine.  (11273) $575.00

2.      Brown, Richard and Brett, Stanley.  THE LONDON BOOKSHOP [with Part 
Two]. Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1971, 1976. First editions. 
. 95p; 75p. Oblong 4to. First edition. Fine.  A Pictorial Record of the 
Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises with prefatory reminiscence by 
Percy Muir. (10132)  $150.00

3.      Grolier Club. ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE [with] 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON ONE HUNDRED BOOKS... compiled by Henry W. Kent. 
New York: Grolier Club, 1902, 1903. First edition, limited to 305 copies. 
Two volumes. lii, 201p; xii, 227p. Illustrated with facsimiles of the title 
pages. Bound in blue boards with vellum spines gilt, housed in board 
slipcases. First volume flyleaf foxed from bookplate, else VG+, the 
slipcases reinforced with tape.  (13967)    $300.00

4.      Munby, A.N.L. PHILLIPPS STUDIES. Cambridge: The University Press, 
1951-1960. Five volumes. Illustrated. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Fine in 
d.j.'s, the spine of the d.j.'s are faded.  (13129)     $650.00

5.      Rosenbach, A.S.W. EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Portland, ME: 
The Southworth Press, 1933. Limited to 585 copies Signed by Rosenbach. . 
lix, 354p. Illustrated. 4to. Gilt-titled maroon morocco spine with 
illustrated boards. Housed in custom linen box. Fine.   (12791)    $800.00

6.      Scholderer, Victor.  FIFTY ESSAYS IN FIFTEENTH- AND 
SIXTEENTH-CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1966. First 
edition. Edited by Dennis E. Rhodes. . 302p. 4to. Gilt-titled blue cloth. 
Fine in near fine d.j.   (11214)        $200.00

7.      Symons, A.J.A., Flower, Desmond, and Meynell, Francis. THE NONESUCH 
CENTURY AN APPRAISAL, A PERSONAL NOTE AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST 
HUNDRED BOOKS ISSUED BY THE PRESS 1923-1934. London: Nonesuch Press, 1936. 
First edition, limited to 750 copies. xi, 98p, Illustrated throughout, and 
with a section of insets reset and printed or stenciled by the printers of 
the books from which they were taken. Bound in green buckram with gilt 
titles on a black leather spine label. Fine in d.j. with chips and closed 
tears.  Quite scarce in dust jacket and with spine that is not faded. 
Dreyfus 106. (12869)  $1000.00

8.      Taylor, Archer and Mosher, Frederic J.  THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 
OF ANONYMA AND PSEUDONYMA. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. 
First edition. . ix, 289p. Gilt-titled blue-green cloth. Outer corner 
lightly bumped, else fine in d.j. with lightly faded edges.   (11216)  $250.00

9.      Ward, Harry Parker. SOME AMERICAN COLLEGE BOOKPLATES. Columbus, OH: 
Champlin Press, 1915. Limited to 500 Copies Signed by Harry Parker Ward. 
482p. Illustrated, including many tipped-in samples.  Bound in green ribbed 
cloth, t.e.g., the spine and upper cover richly gilt. Very minor rubbing, 
VG+, a bright copy. Introduction by Theodore Wesley Koch, and with A 
Check-List of Bookplate Literature by Winward Prescott (14135)  $250.00


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