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1988x-0835223469Libraries Unltd Inc 1988. Hardcover. New. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Libraries Unltd Inc hardcover
2484880-75Cengage Gale. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Cengage Gale unknown
3478480-6Cengage Gale. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Cengage Gale unknown
0787604704-11-1U·X·L. 1. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. U·X·L unknown
Q-0787604704U·X·L. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! U·X·L hardcover
1984006115University of California Press 1984 4to 35 cm 230 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: 'The Speculum humanae salvationis' or 'Mirror of Human Salvation' occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in bookblock editions of the mid 15-th century and in sixteen later incunabula. The popularity of the medieval typological system in which events of the Gospels are prefigured in the Old Testament reached its zenith in the 'Speculum' and more than 300 manuscripts survived. The authors have provided lavishly illustrated accounts of the manuscripts and included reproductions of 116 woodcuts of the bookblooks accompanied by a description of the typography and production and an interpretation of each scene. University of California Press hardcover
1984Q-0520051947University of California Press 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of California Press hardcover
198461602Berkeley Los Angeles & London: University of California Press 1984. First edition folio pp. iii-229 1; illustrated throughout some in color; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker with his ownership signature and date on front free endpaper in red ink. "The Speculum humanae salvationis occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in blockbooks and in sixteen later incunabula" jacket blurb. University of California Press unknown
198479032Berkeley: University of California Press 1984. First edition. Folio. 229 pp w/selected bibliography & index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the Wilsons on the second leaf “For Stan Speck / whose love and study of incunabula / has inspired out own / Adrian Wilson / Joyce Lancaster Wilson.†Berkeley: University of California Press unknown
198429946Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1984. Hardcover. As New in As New dust jacket. .occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in blockbooks and in sixteen later incunabula. Its popularity was so great that more than 350 manuscripts nearly all with miniatures have survived. .The authors' explication of the methods and types used by the Dutch printer of the blockbook editions reflects the intensive research of typographic scholars in this century and is of unique value in the history of printing." Dust jacket price clipped; dust jacket now in mylar protector. 227 pages; 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 University of California Press hardcover
1985130419-K10Ewing New Jersey U.S.A.: Univ of California Pr 1985. Very Good Hardcover Very Good Jacket shows facsimiles of original medieval illuminations. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Univ of California Pr Hardcover
19840422W744477University of California Press. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. 0520051947 . Fine copy in fine dj.; 13.5 X 9.6 X 1.0 inches; 240 pages . University of California Press hardcover
1984BLSMeWIL98Berkeley.: University of California Press 1984. 1984. folio. 229 1. profusely illus. some full-page some colour. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition. F. Hardcover. Berkeley.: University of California Press, [1984]. Hardcover
25020107Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1976. First and Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. One of 1000 copies folio size 257 pp. in a custom binding with clamshell box. The Nuremberg Chronicle also known as the "Liber Chronicarum" "is after the Gutenberg Bible probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a compendium of history geography and the wonders of the world as viewed from medieval Nuremberg with some 1800 illustrations provided by the multiple use for different subjects of 645 beautiful woodblocks." n.b. quote from "The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs" by Adrian Wilson printed for The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles 1969. <br /> <br /> Adrian Wilson known for his Press in Tuscany Alley one of the best of the San Francisco fine press printshops of its day here turned his considerable talents and experience in book design to the exploration of the page layouts for the Nuremberg Chronicle 1493. The story of the discovery of these layouts exemplars is herein recounted telling the story of how this magnificent book came into being. Wilson relates how he worked with the librarians who had custody of the German and Latin Chronicles the many serendipitous finds of stray pieces of the puzzle and the many with whom he worked to put all of these pieces into place. "With all the resources at hand we have attempted to reconstruct the making of the Nuremberg Chronicle: the compilation of manuscript sources by its author; the artists' first concepts for the illustrations; the patrons' agreements for financing the publication; the layouts; the printing; the advertising; the distribution and the final settlement." n.b. from the Preface p. 11. <br /> <br /> This copy with a unique custom binding by Ernest Hassbaum of Lodi 1913-1994. The volume is bound in full brown leather with a debossed wrap-around silhouette of presumably the skyline of medieval Nuremberg protected by a clamshell box with the same skyline in black leather laid onto the cloth covering. PLEASE NOTE: the first picture shown is our best attempt to depict the debossed skyline it is not representative of the colour of the leather binding. <br /> <br /> Selected as one of the Netherlands Fifty Books of the Year. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Custom binding as described above with Hassbaum's name on the bottom front turn-in the spine with two slightly darker brown pieces of leather laid down one with the middle of the wrap-around skyline silhouette the other with the title and author debossed in black hand-made marbled endpapers at both front and back are reproductions of a medieval map on rust-coloured paper the lettering of the title on the title page by Hermann Zapf replete with reproductions of individual pages of the Chronicle both the exemplars and the final printed pages as well as other related illustrations most of them in black-and-white twelve pages in full colour with extensive Bibliography at the rear; Monotype Bembo printed offset on specially made ivory wove paper folio size 13 7/8" by 9 3/4" pagination: 2 printed map pages 3-8 9-253 1 blank 1 colophon 2 printed map pages one of 1000 copies unnumbered. Housed in a custom clamshell box as described above. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volume near fine the boards clean the leather smooth and supple straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a few very light marks to the leather some lighter areas surrounding the silhouette we assume from the process of depicting the same else fine. The clamshell box almost near fine the leather skyline onlay without noticeable wear the cloth covering clean other than a few light stray marks structurally sound with no tears however a bit of looseness likely due to the weight of the book light wear along the bottom edges the corners just beginning to fray a bit some light dustiness to the top edge. Altogether a near fine visually stunning binding compatible with the subject. <br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Wilson no. 177. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that the book and box together are unusually heavy and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. <br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Nico Israel unknown
19781395292Amsterdam Netherlands: NICO ISRAEL 1978. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Tall quarto 255 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is beige with black lettering. Dust jacket has mild soiling and staining along head of front cover an open chip along the front head joint small tears along tail edges and corners and a 1 in. closed tear along the rear head edge. Boards fully bound in charcoal cloth with mild shelving wear along spine head. Mild bending wear along tail fore corner of front free endpaper. Contains a letter from Adrian Wilson Author to William Gardiner signed in his hand bound with adhesive to the front free endpaper verso. Between the front endpapers are two letters of correspondence between Wilson and Gardiner: a carbon copy of Gardiner's letter to Wilson and Wilson's reply written entirely in his hand. Shelved in Rm. A. The Nuremberg Chronicle also known as the "Liber Chronicarum" "is after the Gutenberg Bible probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a compendium of history geography and the wonders of the world as viewed from medieval Nuremberg with some 1800 illustrations provided by the multiple use for different subjects of 645 beautiful woodblocks." n.b. quote from "The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs" by Adrian Wilson printed for The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles 1969.<br /> <br /> Wilson became renowned for his printing and book design work at his San Francisco printing operation The Press at Tuscany Valley throughout the 1960s and 70s. In 1967 he released influential title in the genre of Books on Books THE DESIGN OF BOOKS. Book making perforated the entirety of Wilson's life. With the help and interest of his wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson Wilson invested his attention in studying the entire production process of THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE the first known book to include a rudimentary map of Europe a plethora of woodcuts and a history of the world beginning at creation. The book that came out of it Wilson's THE MAKING OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE is an astute and thorough study on one of the earliest examples of exemplary book making. This particular copy includes correspondence between William Gardiner an English author and Adrian Wilson. 1395292. Special Collections. NICO ISRAEL hardcover
197645751Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 253p quarto illustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket <br/><br/> Nico Israel hardcover
197861681Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1978. Second printing small folio pp. 255 1; map endpapers 3 bifolium inserts printed in color illustrations throughout; a fine copy in original charcoal cloth stamped in white on upper cover and spine; the dust jacket with a few short tears and nicks. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Adrian Wilson on the half-title: "For Kim Merker / best of friends / and best of printers / Adrian Wilson October 14 1983." Mr. Wilson reconstructs "the making of the Nuremberg Chronicle; the compilation of manuscript sources by its author; the artists' first concepts for the illustrations; the patrons' agreements for financing the publication; the layouts; the printing; the advertising; the distribution and the final settlement" p.11. Nico Israel unknown
1983322264Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. Publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Wilson and associates at the Press in Tuscany Alley on Barcham Green handmade paper. Printing and publishing bibliography at its very best. W. Thomas Taylor unknown
19833941Austin TX: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. A truly fine copy with the prospectus protected in a publisher-provided heavy plexiglass slipcase. This copy inscribed by Wilson to Carol Cunningham owner of Sunflower Press of Mill Valley CA. The plexiglass slipcase does an excellent job of protecting the book. The clear slipcase shows some scuffs inevitably. This is a key bibliography for twentieth century American fine-press printing. Wilson provides detailed commentary on almost all of the books he designed as well as many delightful stories about the world of fine printing in the 1950s-1970s. Very heavy ships USA only. <br/><br/> W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
1983311393Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Folio. Illustrated. Quarter morocco and cloth. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Adrian Wilson. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
198357324Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 158pp. Folio 41 cm 1/4 brown leather with tan cloth over boards. Tipped-in frontispiece of Wilson by Ansel Adams. The boards are lightly soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Number 318 in an edition limited to 325 copies. Adrian Wilson designed and printed this attractive book with the assistance of Margery Cantor Zahid Sardar and Jim Wehlage at the Press in Tuscany Alley San Francisco. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
199047931W. Thomas Taylor. Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth spine label. Inscribed to the ffep by Joyce Wilson to "Joanne and Deke." Else unmarked tight and square. One of 850 copies. ; 6.5 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 198 pages; Signed by Author . W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
1975041946San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Slight sunning to spine. Number 57 of 300 signed copies. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0915918013. ISBN/EAN: 9780915918010. Inventory No: 041946. <br/><br/> The Press in Tuscany Alley paperback books
1975041946San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Slight sunning to spine. Number 57 of 300 signed copies. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0915918013. ISBN/EAN: 9780915918010. Inventory No: 041946. <br/><br/> The Press in Tuscany Alley paperback
53495San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1975. First edition. . Green wrappers pictorial paper label on front cover. Very faint edge wear and slight sunning of spine but a fine copy. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed by Adrian Wilson. <br/><br/> San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1975). First edition. unknown
