Frank E Comparato (46 results)

Chronicles of Genius and Folly : R. Hoe and Company and the Printing Press As a Service to Democracy
Language: English
Published by Labyrinthos, Culver City, 1979
- Hardcover
Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller, Ashby, MA, U.S.A.David R. Smith - Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, 846 pgs., no writing on pages, bound in illustrated hard boards, light staining on outside edges of pages, otherwise a nice copy.

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- Manuscript
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
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Pamphlet. vi, 26p., illustrated with three facsimiles, two of which maps including a central double-spread , an aerial view dated to 1735. Softbound, a large pamphlet stapled into 11x8.5 inch yellow wraps, an entirely sound, clean and unmarked copy.
Language: English
Published by Labyrinthos, Culver City, California, 1984
- Softcover
Seller: Sheila B. Amdur, Coventry, CT, U.S.A.Sheila B. Amdur
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Addtional comments by Adela C. Breton. Charles P. Bowditch, Guillermo Rivera (Translators). 26 pp with map, illustrations. Guatemala. Yellow covers.

- Hardcover
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.Midtown Scholar Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photo may not match book. Publisher error in reference section, with rear cracked gutter This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.
Chronicles of genius and folly; R. Hoe and Company, and the printing press as a service to democracy
Published by Culver City, Labyrinthos, [, 1979
- Hardcover
Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). ]. 846p.
Published by The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1971
- Hardcover
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.Chequamegon Books
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hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good+. 374 pages; 6 1.4 x 9 1/2" Old tape marks on endpapers and jacket flaps; pocket glued to last page; the usual library markings on a few pages; sticker removed from jacket spine with light scuffing to paper; light fading to jacket with some rubbing to panels and spine;… jacket in mylar sleeve.
Published by Stackpole Books, Chapel Hill, 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, CanadaMontreal Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Previous bookseller's sticker on the front pastedown. A nice copy with mild shelfwear only. Book.
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 8vo ( 24 x 16 cm). 374 pp. Green cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Inscribed by author on free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket in Mylar.
Published by Labyrinthos, Culver City, CA, 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New. Very Good jacket. First Edition. Culver City, CA: Labyrinthos, 1979. Brand New in perfect condition. Still enclosed in the publisher's plain glassine dust jacket which is only Very Good -- just a little worn at the edges. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO fading. NO owner's name or boo…kplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A history of the Hoe family firm as printing press innovators. Also has accounts of the Hoes in private life, with much on their book collecting friends in New York, and on the famous auction of Robert Hoe's fabulous library. Illustrations. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black and white pictorial cloth. Complete with the original glassine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. New/Very Good jacket. xviii, 846pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Published by Stackpole Books, Chapel Hill, 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.RPBooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Previous bookseller's sticker on the front pastedown. A nice copy with mild shelfwear only. Book.
Published by Labyrinthos, Culver City, 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine Condition. 1st. Illustrated in black-and-white. Bound in black-and-white pictorial cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and with the publisher's notice and metal plate dye-stamped "R. Hoe & Co. Inc." mounted on card- stock and placed in glassine envelope, laid in.

Published by Labyrinthos, Culver City, CA, 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JB's Book Vault, Buffalo, WY, U.S.A.JB's Book Vault
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book is in NF condition with owner's ink stamp to inner cover, trace edge wear to edges noted, slightly cocked spine else a bright and solid copy. ARN W.08; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF THE PROVINCE OF THE ITZA
VILLAGUTIERRE SOTO-MAYOR, JUAN & FRANK E. COMPARATO (Editor)
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- First Edition
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, CanadaMAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. pp: 432 [17]. Bound in plain blue printed card covers. The first English language edition. Translated from the Spanish by Brother Robert D. Wood. The Itza were a Maya ethnic group from the Yucatán Peninsula and Petén region who built the famous cit…y of Chichén Itzá. Laid in is a 21" x 16" folded map of Guatamala, circa 1902. It was intended to be affixed to the rear cover. In this case it was left as it. This volume has several black and white plates at the beginning, and several folding maps at the end of the text. A very good copy with some sunning on the spine. The text block is clean and free of extraneous markings.

- Hardcover
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition in One Volume. Quarto. xxi,ix,[1],320pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on spine. "English Translations of German Papers from Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur Amerikanischen Sprach- und Alterthumskunde.With Major Additional Translations from the German by Theodore E. Gutman and assisted by In…geburg Meinung Nagel. Edited by Frank E. Comparato." Includes all the articles on Middle (or Meso-) America and North and South America, with all their figures, tables, and photographs. Illustrations are b/w photographic reproductions. As new.

Language: English
Published by Stackpole, 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluesparrowhawk Books, Chestfield, KENT, United KingdomBluesparrowhawk Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HEAVY EX-LIBRARY 1st edition hardback, with dustjacket, published by Stackpole, 1965. 386pp, with various vintage photographs. Plastic cover, usual library marks to spine, edges & inside. Some creasing to dustjacket, shelfwear to edges & tanning to pages. Good….

Language: English
Published by Stackpole, 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluesparrowhawk Books, Chestfield, KENT, United KingdomBluesparrowhawk Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HEAVY 1st edition hardback with dustjacket, published by Stackpole, 1965. 386pp, with various vintage photographs. Slight bumping to spine, some wear & small tears to dustjacket, tanning to pages. Good vintage copy.

Published by Presses de la cité, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Bonnaud, Chierry, FranceBonnaud
Contact seller3-star sellerrelié. in-8 281 pages illustré de photos, jaquette légèrement défraichie avec petit manque au bas verso. Ajustement des frais d'envoi en fonction du poids.
More imagesPublished by Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Publishing history, with accounts of the developers of machinery used in mass production of both magazines & books. Includes sections on the European tradition, industrialization in late nineteenth-century America, the modern era. Hardcover in jacket,…as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket rubbed. Text clean, no names or marks; ix, blank, 374 pages; illustrations, bibliography, index. Size: Octavo.

Published by Presses de la cité, Paris, 1966
- Softcover
Seller: Bonnaud, Chierry, FranceBonnaud
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broché. in-8 281 pages illustré de photos, ex-dono page de garde, jaquette réparée sinon bel état. Ajustement des frais d'envoi en fonction du poids.
- Softcover
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fine. London 1979. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79 at pp. 27-63. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illus., wraps. Fine.
Language: English
Published by The Stackpole Company, Harrisaburg, Pennsylvania., 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, CanadaWestside Stories
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In Excellent Condition, Previous Owner's Name On The Top Of The Ffep Otherwise Unmarked. B/W Illustrations Throughout, Dark Green Cloth Covered Boards With Very Little Wear.The Green Dj Is Price Clipped Otherwise Complete. Small Vignettes Of Printers… On The Front Cover. Minor Rubbing To Covers And A Little Bumping To Spine Ends. A Heavier Book, May Require Extra Shipping.
Published by The Stackpole Co.
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Great Matter Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very Good condition hardcover book, Good condition dust jacket. Published in 1971 by The Stackpole Company. This book is X-library, with all usual library markings. Very slight bumping to spine edges. Slightest smudging to rear cover. Top edge of text block colored, f…aded with remainder mark and library stamp. Slight toning and foxing to text block edges. Sticker remnants and stamps on end papers. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has shelf wear, smudging, and sunning to spine. Some tears to edges, largest two are about 1/2 inch. Dust jacket protected by mylar. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.
Published by Labyrinthos
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (printing presses, newspapers) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: The Stackpole Co., 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.Black and Read Books, Music & Games
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. VG+ 8vo hardcover w/ VG dj. Red cloth boards w/ gold & black lettering on the spine. Small cut and light edge wear at the tail of the spine; touch of edge wear at the head of the spine; otherwise fine. Gold end papers w/ ink date on ff…ep. Remaining contents clean, albeit slightly tanned. Includes 14 pages of b&w photos. A solid copy of a rare title.

Published by Labyrinthos, Culver City, CA, 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.Resource Books, LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Culver City, CA: Labyrinthos, 1979. First edition, 1979. Includes a small brass plate from Hoe Co. mounted on the front free endpaper. Pictorial hardcover, no dustjacket, likely as issued. Good to very good with a very subtle lean to the binding, very light edgewear, firm binding, light… scattered foxing to top edge of text block, personal bookplate on front pastedown, pages very clean and otherwise unmarked. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by . 8vo, 23.5cm, pp.xviii,846, Labyrinthos, Culver City, 1979., 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pictorial laminated boards with gilt titling. A near fine copy.
Published by Labyrinthos
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
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Condition: Very Good. Culver City 1979. Black photo illustrated boards with gold spine titles; minimal wear on edges; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket; one note on front pastedown and flyleaf; rest of interior is clean and unmarked. 846 pages.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.Resource Books, LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No. First Thus. New York: Garland Publishing, 1980. Good quality 1980 facsimile reprint of 1881 illustrated catalogue. Tan cloth, no dustjacket as issued. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, no names or other markings. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. No DJ as issued.