On The Transition From Book Labels To Book Plates Amongst The Circulating Libraries & The Booksellers In Later Eighteenth-Century Newcastle-On-Tyne. [Incline Press] Barlow, Derek. Private & Fine Press

One of an edition of 'less than' 175 copies printed in Monotype Bell on Velin Arches paper. Printed and decorated blue paper wrappers with double, blue endpapers. 109" x 6¾", pp. [18] uncut between pages 4 and 5, with eight book labels tipped-in; the labels were printed from plates made from original prints (loaned by the author) by the Blockshop in Manchester. Page 7 includes a map showing the Booksellers and Library locations in Newcastle in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A book in Fine condition, now housed in a clear, archival-quality, protective display pocket.