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1	ABC for book-collectors more books like this by John Carter add to wishlist This reference contains over 450 alphabetical entries ranging in length from a single line to several pages. Each entry consists of a definition and analysis of the technical terms of book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with comments on such subjects as auctions, facsimiles, fakes and pirated editions. It should be a valuable book for ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $13.95! \| first editions
2	Politics & Script more books like this by Stanley Morison, Nicolas Barker (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $29.95! \| first editions
3	A Potencie of Life: Books in Society: The Clark Lectures, 1986-1987 more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.18! new only from $9.98!
4	The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1468-1978: An Illustrated History more books like this by Nicolas Barker, Charles Ryskamp add to wishlist see all copies from $9.90! signed copies \| first editions
5	Stanley Morison more books like this by Nicolas Barker add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! signed copies \| first editions
6	Elizabethan Eccentrics: Brief Lives of English Misfits, Exploiters, Rogues & Failures, 1580-1660 more books like this by Arthur Freeman, Ed.D., Edd, Nicolas Barker (Designer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
7	British Library Souvenir Guide more books like this by Nicolas Barker add to wishlist This guide introduces the Library's major treasures including illuminated manuscripts from east and west, historical documents, maps, literary and music manuscripts, many of which are on display in the John Ritblat Gallery - Treasures of the British Library and the Pearson Gallery of Living Words. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $12.50! \| first editions
8	Hortus Eystettensis more books like this by Nicolas Barker, Nicholas Barker add to wishlist In the early seventeenth century the Prince-Bishop of Eichstatt, Germany, created a splendid garden, the first to contain all the shrubs and flowering plants known at the time, including the latest imports from the Orient and America. When the garden was complete, he commissioned a monumental picture book of the plants - the Hortus Eystettensis ... see all copies from $35.95! first editions
9	The early life of James McBey : an autobiography, 1883-1911 more books like this by James McBey, Nicolas Barker add to wishlist see all copies from $5.70! first editions
10	Essays and Papers more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor), A. N. Munby add to wishlist see all copies from $26.01! first editions
11	Form and Meaning in the History of the Book: British Library Studies in the History of the Book more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor) add to wishlist Nicolas Barker, OBE FBA, has made many contributions to the study of the book. In celebration of his 70th birthday, the British Library has published a selection of his essays that show the range of his interests in a number of related fields: books and texts; books and people; typography and early printing; the history of the book; bookselling; ... see all copies from $56.15! new only from $90.88! \| first editions
12	The Devonshire Inheritance: Five Centuries of Collecting at Chatsworth more books like this by Nicolas Barker add to wishlist see all copies from $70.91!
13	Early Italian writing-books : Renaissance to Baroque more books like this by Stanley Morison, Nicolas Barker add to wishlist The use of the printing press in the teaching of scripts was pioneered by Ludovico degli Arrighi and Giovan' Antonio Tagliente. The story of their achievements and those of their followers is told in this text which was started by Morison in the 1920s and completed by Barker some 40 years later. see all copies from $27.00! first editions
14	Treasures from the libraries of National Trust country houses more books like this by Nicolas Barker, Royal Oak Foundation, Grolier Club add to wishlist see all copies from $65.00! first editions
15	The Likeness of Thomas More: An Iconographical Survey of Three Centuries more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor), Stanley Morison add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! first editions
16	The Library of Robert Hooke: The Scientific Book Trade of Restoration England more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Designer), Leona G Rostenberg add to wishlist see all copies from $45.00!
17	The Pleasures of Bibliophily: Fifty Years of the Book Collector an Anthology more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor) add to wishlist The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as the one of the leading authoritative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector's editor for the past 37 years, has produced an anthology taking the best essays printed over the last 50 years and combining them into ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $60.05! \| first editions
18	The Aldine Press: Catalogue of the Ahmanson-Murphy Collection of Books by or Relating to the Press in the Library of the University of California, Los Angeles, Incorporating Works Recorded Elsewhere more books like this by Los Angeles University of California (Editor), Nicolas Barker (Editor), Sue A Kaplan (Editor) add to wishlist The Aldine Press revolutionized the production, accessibility and use of the book, introducing a number of innovations that helped shape the development of the modern book, including italic type and the smaller, pocket-sized volume. This catalogue provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the ... see all copies from $332.00! first editions
19	Treasures of the British Library more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor) add to wishlist A guide to the great collections of The British Library. Illustrated throughout in colour, it is an introduction to some of the world's most magnificent books and manuscripts, from The Lindisfarne Gospels to Magna Carta, The Diamond Sutra and The Gutenberg Bible. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
20	Hortus Eystettensis : the Bishop's garden and Besler's magnificent book more books like this by Nicolas Barker, British Library add to wishlist This work recounts the story of the 25 special hand-coloured copies of the "Hortus Eystettensis" - a picture book of the shrubs and flowering plants contained in the garden of the Prince Bishop of Eichstatt in the early-17th century. see all copies from $125.00!
21	The Oxford University Press & the Spread of Learning 1478-1978 an Illustrated History by Nicolas Barker add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00!
22	A Potencie of Life: Books in Society more books like this by Nicolas Barker (Editor) add to wishlist Based on lectures given at the William Andrews Clark Library in 1986-87, these essays discuss the many aspects of the history of the book, with a range of topics related to manuscripts as well as books. This is the second title in "The British Library Studies in the History of the Book" series. The introductory essay by Nicholas Barker and Thomas ... see all copies from $227.27!
23	Treasures of the British Library more books like this by British Library, Nicolas Barker add to wishlist In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley ... see all copies from $3.11! first editions
24	The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978: An Illustrated History more books like this by Nicolas Barker add to wishlist see all copies from $14.00! first editions
25	Bibliotheca Lindesiana : the lives and collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres more books like this by Nicolas Barker, Roxburghe Club add to wishlist see all copies from $64.00! first editions

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