[Rarebooks] fs: 3 on Early English Printing

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

A Trio of Tantalizing Tomes about Tomes,
including two nicely bound by Zaehnsdorf,
from our Just Catalogued pages
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Duff, E. Gordon. HAND-LISTS OF ENGLISH PRINTERS 1501-1556. PART I (and)
PART II. London; Printed by Blades, East & Blades, for the Bibliographical
Society: 1895.  Covers Wynkyn de Worde, Julian Notary, R. & W. Faques,
John Skot, Richard Pynson, Robert Copland, John Rastell, Peter Treveris,
Richard Bankes, Laurence Andrewe, William Rastell, Thomas Godfray, and
John Byddell. Includes biographical notes and printer's devices. Three
more parts with more printers were eventually published. Hardcover. 7"x9",
about 150 pages plus a number of b/w plates; bound in period quarter
leather and marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf, with raised spine bands and gilt
emblems; marbled endpapers. Light wear, but an attractive, nice copy.
[05703] $150.00

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Johnson, John & Strickland Gibson. PRINT AND PRIVILEGE AT OXFORD TO THE
YEAR 1700. London; Oxford University Press: 1946. The enterprising,
sometimes contentious story of the early years of printing in Oxford,
including Fell and Company, the rise of the Free-Traders, the fall of the
Interlopers, and much more Bookish Intrigue... Hardcover. 8"x11", viii,
[ii], 212 pages, plus 20 b/w illustrations on 19 plates; light cover wear,
a little soil; light soil on endpapers. [05702] $75.00

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Plomer, Henry E. ABSTRACTS FROM THE WILLS OF ENGLISH PRINTERS AND
STATIONERS FROM 1492 to 1630. London; Printed by Blades, East & Blades,
for the Bibliographical Society: 1903. An interesting collection of
abstracts from the wills of booksellers and printers of London of the 16th
and early 17th centuries, with booksellers far outnumbering printers.
Provides interesting insight into the book and printing trades, as well as
wills and bequests of the period. Hardcover. 7"x9", v + 67 pages; bound in
period quarter leather and marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf, with raised spine
bands and gilt emblems; marbled endpapers. Light wear, but an attractive,
nice copy. [05704] $125.00

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