Books, Prints, Drawings & Paper from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

London: Ellis and Elvey, 1893. Collection of Rossetti's poems, attractively bound for Chicago bookseller A. C. McClurg by Zaehnsdorf in or around the year of publication. Reprint of the poetry only from the Collected Works first published in two volumes in 1886 and in this form in 1890, with a modified introduction by the editor, Rossetti's brother. Hardcover, quarter navy… Read more about this item

Maidstone: Author / Vivish & Baker Ltd., 1967. Account of methods used by the commercial-scale hand papermakers J. Barcham Green. At the time of writing, the author was one of the few remaining experts on the subject, having managed the family firm since 1940. Regarded by many printers & artists as the finest English papermakers, the Green family began making… Read more about this item

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. Reprint of the 1756 edition of this important treatise on color theory. Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners rubbed; jacket shows a little rubbing & smudging. Text clean; [2], [xviii], [2], 71, blank, [6] pages, color frontispiece; original text in period English & French; Birren's intro in modern English.… Read more about this item

London: Soncino Press, 1930. A decent set of Jackson's classic exploration of the book collecting passion, complete in two volumes, #591 of 1000 in the 'regular' first edition, 1930-1931, finely printed at the Curwen Press. Hardcovers in jacket, as pictured. Some wear & insect nibbling to the books, edges rubbed; jackets rubbed & smudged & stained with some scuffs &… Read more about this item

Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1992. Scholarly commentary, notes, and transcription of this medieval manuscript Bible held in the Escorial library, of interest partly for being a rare Hebrew-based Bible, "one of the few produced in Spain for the use of Jews". A translation into Spanish from the Hebrew, the transcribed manuscript includes the books from Genesis 25.17 to… Read more about this item

Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1989. Transcription of, I believe, a medieval manuscript translation into Castilian of Latini's important work written in French, a summary of world knowledge, noted as the first encyclopedia written in a European language. With introductory & critical commentary in Spanish. Publisher's Spanish Series No. 46, hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light… Read more about this item

Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1985. Scholarly commentary, notes, and transcription of, I believe, manuscript versions of at least part pf López de Ayala's history of the reign of Pedro I. Commentary, critical apparatus and text are all in Spanish. Publisher's Spanish Series No. 19, hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear to book, which appears unread,… Read more about this item

New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 2000. Scholarly commentary, notes, and transcription of the one extant medieval version of this manuscript of a law establishing a new class of secular officials, with comparisons to 18th century copies and a version published in 1836. The transcription is only three pages; the bulk of the book discusses its context, vocabulary, and… Read more about this item

Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1994. Scholarly commentary, notes, and transcription of this later 15th-century manuscript Bible, part of Ms. 87 held by the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid, containing Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Minor Prophets, I & II Maccabees. The editors discuss & compare this manuscript with others, notably the Alba Bible, and comment on… Read more about this item

Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1995. Scholarly commentary, notes, and transcription of this early 15th-century manuscript Bible held in the Escorial library, containing the Pentateuch, some Prophets, Chronicles, Psalms, Proverbs, I & II Maccabees. The editor discusses Hebrew Bibles and their translation - mostly by Jews for Christian patrons - in medieval Spain, as well as their structure &… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Ten essays on various aspects of Old English manuscripts, including their production, use, transmission, and contents, mostly religious. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear; austere (and startlingly modern) bookplate of scholar Phillip Pulsiano on free endsheet - essay 10 is written by him. Text clean; x, 213 pages;… Read more about this item

Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2000. Eight essays on the study of Old English manuscripts from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries; subjects include the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, John Joscelyn, Richard Verstegen, William L'Isle, Ælfric, William Somner, Fr. Junius. Hardcover, as pictured; light wear, minor bumping to corners; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; xvi, 422 pages;… Read more about this item

Woodbridge: Boydell Press for the Henry Bradshaw Society, 2009. Compilation of mentions of English saints found in Scandinavia, mostly in scraps of liturgical manuscripts imported by British missionaries and later re-used as wrappers for administrative accounts. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, corners bumped & rubbed, partly torn ISBN sticker on rear cover; some pencil underlining… Read more about this item

Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. Compilation of articles & essays on lexicographical work relating to the eleventh to fifteenth centuries. Volume 2 only, of a five-volume set spanning from Old English to the eighteenth century. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, some rubbing to edges, publisher's (?) ISBN sticker to rear cover, minor discoloration to inner hinges. Text… Read more about this item

Much Hadham: Henry Moore Foundation, 1992. Mammoth compendium of over 14,850 books, catalogs, periodicals, and other publications mentioning Moore or his work; volume 5 includes a necessarily incomplete list of books Moore owned. Five large volumes, as pictured; no jackets, as issued. Light wear, minor bumping. Text clean; about [1344], 217, 538, 293 pages. Volumes 4 & 5, published in… Read more about this item

Madison, WI: Wisconsin Humanities Committee / Silver Buckle Press, 1986. Essay on the idea of Place in life and literature. Pamphlet bound in heavy grey paper with a printed wrap of the same paper, as pictured, number 147 of 200 copies. Finely printed at the University of Wisconsin's typographical museum shortly after Stegner's receipt of an honorary degree. Bump/ crease… Read more about this item

Westport, CT/London: Greenwood Press, 1985. Lists & comments on books on this widely-overlooked subject, with chapters on four time periods, and one on "general resources"; of use to researchers, institutions, and collectors interested in the African-American experience, and the efforts of Black persons to better themselves. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, corners bumped; bookplate of… Read more about this item

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. Broad study of prints and their makers; Wisconsin artists are notably recognized, as Watrous was a professor at the University. Neatly SIGNED by the author on the title page. Stated first printing (first edition). Hardcover. Light wear to book & jacket. Text clean; x, 334 pages + colophon; index, bibliography, notes, color & b/w… Read more about this item

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. Broad study of prints and their makers; Wisconsin artists are notably recognized, as Watrous was a professor at the University. Stated first printing (first edition). Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Hint of wear to book & jacket, near fine. Text clean; x, 334 pages + colophon; index, bibliography, notes, color & b/w illustrations. A… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Monograph on published catechisms and their use in English religious education, with a lengthy bibliography/finding list. The author has been researching the parish clergy of the Stuart chuch when he became curious about what they were teaching, and realized there was a mass of understudied material available; this book is one of three he planned… Read more about this item