Catalogue 69. The Cradle of Printing, from Mainz and Bamberg to Westminster and St. Albans : One Hundred Incunabula and Manuscripts Important for the Development of Early Printing. [ H.P. Kraus, Bookseller's catalogue, 1954 ]
by Kraus, H.P. ; H.P. Kraus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Glue marks on pastedown endpapers, boards slightly faded at top, minor wear to spine-ends, otherwise Very Good
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About This Item
H. P. Kraus, New York, bookseller's catalogue, 1954. Limited edition of 600 copies, 300 of these for distribution "to clients and friends", and 300 for sale. Cloth, paper cover-label, folio, 36 cm,. 99, [1] pp, 2 colour plates, 55 half-tone ills tipped-in. and 45 line ills (some in red and black). 100 items. In a later volume described as part II of this catalogue, Hans Peter Kraus allowed himself a "personal postscript" in which he notes that he felt he had "peaked" when he issued this catalogue 69 in 1954 - "Within a few months nearly all items were sold although the prices were considered rather high at the time". But by 1971 he felt that Catalogue 69"..somehow looks modest compared with the present catalogue Glue marks on pastedown endpapers, boards slightly faded at top, minor wear to spine-ends, otherwise Very Good.
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- Wykeham Books
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- Title
- Catalogue 69. The Cradle of Printing, from Mainz and Bamberg to Westminster and St. Albans : One Hundred Incunabula and Manuscripts Important for the Development of Early Printing. [ H.P. Kraus, Bookseller's catalogue, 1954 ]
- Author
- Kraus, H.P. ; H.P. Kraus
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, paper cover-label, folio, 36 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Glue marks on pastedown endpapers, boards slightly faded at top, minor wear to spine-ends, otherwise Very Good
- Edition
- Limited edition of 600 copies, 300 of these for distribution &qu
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. P. Kraus, New York, bookseller's catalogue, 1954
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 99, [1] pp, 2 colour plates, 55 half-tone ills tipped-in. and 45 line ills (some in red and black)
- Keywords
- Incunabula Bibliography Catalogs. Printing History Origin and antecedents. Catalogues, Booksellers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Printing History & Typography (Bibliographies);
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About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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