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[Norman Kane]

HILDEBURN, Charles R.  A CENTURY OF PRINTING.  THE ISSUES OF THE PRESS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1685 - 1784 [2 VOLS].
Phila., 1886.  First edition  1 of 300 sets only.  Quarto volumes bound in the original green cloth with gold-stamped spines.    A well-preserved set of a work normally found in worn condition.  Scarce, thus.  [3285)  ($90)  $55

[INCUNABULA].  GESAMTKATALOG DER WIEGENDRUCKE.  HERAUSGEGEBEN VON DER KOMMISSION FUR DEN GESAMTKATALOG DER WIEGENNDRUCKE.    BAND IV.  BERNADUS DE CRACOVIA – BRENTIUS. Leipzig, 1930. 4to.
Blue cloth stamped in gold, 12 x 10 inches.  With a worn manila envelope laid-in containing "Corrections and Additions to Vol. I - IV of the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke."  A very good copy. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS THE INCUNABLE ENTRIES FOR THE BIBLE.  [3227]  ($70)  $40

WAGNER, Henry R.  CALIFORNIA IMPRINTS AUGUST 1846 - JUNE, 1851.  Berkeley, 1922.  1 of 150 copies only.  Original printed wrappers, approx. 10 x 7 inches, light wear, [8], 97 pages.  Contents primarily consist of great rarities of the gold rush period, many with lengthy annotations, "embracing everything of a public or a semi-public character that appeared in California from the local press after the press there had passed into the hands of the Americans."
[3180]  ($150)  $75

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