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an early photograph by Fox Talbot from The Pencil of Nature 1844
| BOOKS ADVERTISED | 
ARTISTS BOOKS
| BOOKS IN STILL LIFE PAINTINGS (PUBLIC DOMAIN) 2 galleries | 

| BRITISH ARTISTS' BOOKS 1970- 83 biblio details | 

| FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1895-1945 | 

| THE PRIVATE LIBRARY misc. articles (Edy-Legrand, Talwin Morris, Edward Gorey etc) | 

| WILLIAM MORRIS and his Earthly Paradises, Marshall biblio, | 

| FUTURISM AND THE BOOK, SOTHEBY'S 1990, | 

| FUTURIST Sotheby's 1990 FIRST SCREEN | 

THE TRADE,
SHOPS AND LIBRARIES
| BOOKS FOR SALE, CELEBRATED CATALOGUES | 
| JAMES NICHOLSON, Cambridge Bookseller, engraving after his portrait 1790  detail | 
| THE BOOKSELLERS OF PAUL'S CROSS CHURCHYARD | 
| JARROLDS AND SON, Booksellers and Stationers stock in trade | 
| THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, murals, buildings | 
| THE COUNTRY HOUSE LIBRARY, Mark Purcell biblio | 
| A CIRCULATING LIBRARY | 
| THE WORMSLEY LIBRARY, at Maggs (Getty) | 
| FRANCIS NOBLE'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY single | 
| A CUSTOMER'S RECEIPT FROM MEUEL'S BOOKSHOP ISLINGTON 1909 | 
| COLIN PAGE'S , BRIGHTON BOOKSHOP AUGUST 2016 | 
| COLIN PAGE'S , BRIGHTON BOOKSHOP AUGUST 2018 (closing) | 
| HOLLEYMAN & TREACHER | |
| SALE AND DISPLAY | |
| MAGGS BROTHERS 1925 | |
| SHELVES AND LIBRARIES | |
| DENT'S AT THE TEMPLE PRESS 1936 | 
| MOXON'S POPULAR POETRY LIST C1870 | 
| BATSFORD'S NEW LONDON SHOP C1929 | 
| QUARITCH'S CENTENARY Catalogue 1947 (history) | 
| WILLIAM OWEN, Bookseller Trade Card single c1750 | 
| TALWIN MORRIS AND BLACKIE'S | 
| AWARD CERTIFICATES for deserving students | 
| Then and Now JONATHAN CAPE, Anthology 1935 | 
| THE JOHN JOHNSON COLLECTION printed material | 
| THE WORLD FROM HERE. Treasures of Los Angeles Libraries | 

CONSTITUENTS
and
ACCESSORIES
| GLERNICKE Elastic Homes for Books 1938 | 
| FAKE BOOKS for Zooming (single) | 
| A SELECTION OF EX LIBRIS PLATES | 
| MAKING A BOOKPLATE, MARK SEVERIN 1949 | 
| Beddingham A SELECTION OF BOOK LABELS 1963, FIRST SCANS | 
| Philip Beddingham BOOK LABELS (complete) Private Libraries Association | 
| EX LIBRIS PLATES, John Buckland Wright | 
| ENDPAPERS V&A | 
| ENDPAPERS in the Public Domain | 
| FORE EDGE PAINTINGS | 
| BOOK JACKETS, from Hints for Artists by Cecil Trew 1940 | 
| titlepage J.G.Zeidler's manual on Book binding | 
| Dennis Duncan, Index A history of the , biblio | 


TYPES/FORMAT
| BOOK VARIANTS | 
| EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHING, 5 BOOKS | 
| John Nash, A Good Use for this Book | 
| COVERS/JACKETS | |
| DEVICES, PRINTERS | |
| BROCHURE COVER DESIGN | 
| PUZZLE BOOK, CUT AND STICK | 

| VOLVELLES GALLERY ONE | 
| VOLVELLES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN | 

| MOVING BOOKS | |
| TRADE CATALOGUES | |
| THE ART OF THE BOOK 1914 | |
| LITHOGRAPHIC BOOKS | |
| ARRANGING ON A PAGE | 

| THE COLOURING BOOK, ZOO TIME C1952 | 
| THE WONDER PAINT BOOK, C1935 | 
| PAINTING BY NUMBERS | 
| STEPS TO SPELLING, JANE HADLOW C1950 | 
| MYRIORAMA, A COLLECTION OF MANY THOUSAND LANDSCAPES, Samuel Leigh 1824 assembled narratives | 
| BOOK BINDING TOOLS , sale catalogue | 
| FINE BINDINGS , Penrose Annual 1958 | 
| JUDAICA, , prayer leaf and illustrations | 
| A HORN BOOK, found in 1881 at Brasenose (single) | 
| SEARS' STEREOTYPE ORNAMENTS 1825 | 
| REVERSABLES (Glen, 12 Magic Changeables) | 
| RHOMBOID (PETER NEWELL) | 
| HOLE IN THE PAGE, Rocket Book (PETER NEWELL) | 


ILLUSTRATION PROCESSES
| POCHOIR | |
| PAUL NASH ON... | 
| WOOD ENGRAVING AND CUTS | 
| LINE BLOCK, HALF TONE | 
| COLOUR AND PRINTING | 
| PLOMER, ENGLISH PRINTERS' Ornaments, 1924 (complete) | 
| M.U.SEARS, SPECIMEN OF STEREOTRYPE Ornaments, 1825 (SELECTION) | 


TYPES
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA | |
| FLOWER BOOKS | |
| FISH BOOKS | |
| FRUIT BOOKS | 
| 19TH C GIFT BOOK (1821) | 
| BROADSIDES, HAROLD MUNRO 1912 | 
| INSECT BOOKS | |
| ANNUALS FOR CHILDREN | |
| THE BESTIARY | |
| THE CALENDAR | |
| ALMANACS | 
| HEBRAICA, Text and Image | 
| SOME LITURGICAL BOOKS | 
| BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES | 
| STUDIO SPECIAL, MODERN BOOKBINDING 1899/1900 | 
| EGERTON'S TRAVELLING LIBRARY 1613 | 


IMPRINTS PRINTERS
| LADYBIRD BOOKS | |
| INSEL VERLAG BOOKS | |
| ARIEL POEMS | |
| THE KELMSCOTT PRESS | |
| LIVRE DE DEMAIN (20 TITLES) | 
| CHAPMAN AND MYLER, EARLY SCOTTISH IMPRINT 1508 | 
| CLOWES OF LONDON, promotional brochure | 
| GOLDEN COCKERELL PRESS, three brochures 1936-1957 | 
| WIRKEND DAS BUCH (Acting on the Bookk) Werner Klemke | 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES
| TRONDHEIM NEW LIBRARY , Peter Blake and Christine Hawley 1979 | 
| BEINECKE LIBRARY, exhibition of the 18th century (biblio) Alexander and Parks 1993 | 
PRIVATE LIBRARIES
| Pepys' Library, a Guide | 
| Humboldt's Library | 
| Old Gold Cigarettes | 
| Chess in the Library, Calvert Whiskey 1944 | 
| Correct again, Noah Webster | 

ARTICLES
| SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 
| THE ART OF THE BOOK JACKET | |
| STENCIL ILLUSTRATION 1930, BLISS | |
| KING PENGUINS 1949 | |
| IDENTITY VALUE IN PAPERBACKS 1963 | |
| HANDBOOK OF TYPE AND ILLUSTRATION, John Lewis 1956 | 
| MONOTYPE RECORDER, 1936, The Penguin Books standardised | 
| DESIGNING BOOK JACKETS, GREGORY BROWN 1934 | |
| DESMOND FLOWER, The Paper-Back, Its Past, Present and Future 1959 | 
| BRITISH ROMANTIC BOOK ILLUSTRATION 1943-1955 (1963) | 
| indicative spreads from Diana Klemin, The Illustrated Book,Ruth Gannett, Jacques, Reisman, Simone, Weight, Kauffer, Kingman, Gnoli, Robb etc | 
| EPIGRAMS ABOUT BOOKS, from Pisanus Fraxi, 1878 | 
| BIZARRE BOOKS, Ash and Lake. biblio 1 | 
| BIZARRE BOOKS, Ash and Lake. biblio 2 | 
| BIZARRE BOOKS, Ash and Lake. biblio 3 THE PAPERBACK | 

ODD BALLS FROM
MY COLLECTION
| LELAND'S ITINERARY, Volume 7 1740, and the page format challenged.( Link to Tristram Shandy) | |
| A BOOK OF STAINS (Photo-Colour c1958) | |
| THE ROYCROFT SHOP | |
| SEWING SAMPLE BOOK (now complete) | 



SINGLE IMAGES
| GASCOIGNE PRESENTING HIS BOOK TO THE QUEEN (ELIZABETH) | 
| A DUTCH BOOKBINDER C1830 | |
| BOOKBINDING 1762 | |
| A TRAVELLING LIBRARY C1812 | |
| CHINESE TAXED BOOK | |
| PART PUBLICATION, DICKENS | 
| GREAT BOOKS ADVERTISEMENT JAN 1965 | 
| Stanley Anderson, Gleaners (Book Stall) , tempera 1924 | 
| SILENCE, the issue desk from Brighton Public Library (CM photo) | 
| J.D.Schumacher, St Petersburg Academy, Academy of Sciences 1741, stately shelving | 
| The Alan Thomas Library Sale Catalogue, three huge boxes of unsorted manuscripts from the Phillipps Collection | 

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