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(Bookselling) Muir, Percy LONDON BOOKSHOP BEING PART ONE OF A PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK TRADE ... With Prefatory Reminiscence by Percy Muir.
N.P Private Libraries Assoc. 1971 oblong 8vo. cloth. 95 pages.
Limited to 1500 copies. With many photographs of bookshops and booksellers. Covers very faded.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 49764

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(Children's Books) Muir, Percy ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1600 TO 1900
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. (1985) small 4to. boards, dust jacket. 256 pages.
Fourth impression of the first edition. Contains the new introduction printed for the third impression revising parts of the book. 106 illustrations, including some in color. Embossed private library stamp on free endpaper.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 35048

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(Johnson, A.F.) Muir, Percy H. (editor) A.F. JOHNSON, SELECTED ESSAYS ON BOOKS AND PRINTING
Amsterdam Van Gendt & Co. 1970 thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 489 pages.
First edition. Contains 40 articles on printing, type specimens and book illustration. Numerous facsimiles and two folding maps. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Few small tears in dust jacket, light sunning on spine. Book fine
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 11995

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Kaye, Barbara (Mrs. Percy Muir) SECOND IMPRESSION, RURAL LIFE WITH A RARE BOOKMAN
New Castle, Delaware & London, England Oak Knoll Press & Werner Shaw (1995) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 350 pages.
First edition. In The Company We Kept Barbara Kaye told the story of how the old established antiquarian book firm of Elkin Mathews survived the war years after evacuation to rural Essex in 1939. Now she carries on the story from 1945 to 1955, when Elkin Mathews expanded and her bibliophile husband, Percy Muir, became increasingly involved in the national and international politics of the antiquarian book trade. It was during this time that the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) was formed and the description of Percy Muir's part in this process provides a fascinating account of an historic event. Percy Muir became president of the ILAB in 1950 and on his retirement from office he was unanimously elected Life President of Honor. The Muirs' commitment to the ILAB meant they were often traveling to Europe to attend the annual conferences, which they combined with book-buying trips and sometimes even family holidays. The towns and cities they visited were just under reconstruction and the author describes the devastation and destruction caused by the war. At home the village where the Muirs lived was also changing, and the author gives a clear picture of daily life in a typical English village during the post-war decade. There are also several interesting accounts of the local and national political scenes. In 1951, the Muirs visited the United States for a lecture tour. The account of their four-week whirlwind tour is filled with bibliophilic adventures - from meeting Dr. Rosenbach and Fredson Bowers to dinner at the Four Oaks Farm Library and a visit to the Library of Congress. The book ends with a factual description of Percy Muir's long-fought campaign against book auction rings, culminating in the final show-down in 1956. Well-written by an accomplished novelist, this book provides a lively and entertaining account of the antiquarian book world and English village life in the post-war years.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 64331

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Muir, Percy. THE ART OF THE BOOK IN GERMANY.
London The Collector Ltd. 1978 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 559-570.
An offprint from The Book Collector, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter, 1978. Muir's review of the book "Buchkunst und Literatur in Deutschland" by Ernst L. Hauswedell and Christian Voigt.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 59715

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Muir, Percy BOOK-COLLECTING AS A HOBBY, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO EVERYMAN
London Gramol Publications Ltd. n.d. (1944) 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 98, (3) pages.
First edition. Illustrated guide to book collecting written as a series of letters. Includes a short history of book production. Rubbed along hinges.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 9794

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Muir, Percy H. and B. Van Thal. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY ALDOUS HUXLEY AND BY T.F. POWYS.
London Dulau & Co. 1927 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 41 pages.
First edition, limited to 550 copies. One of Percy Muir's earliest works. Jacket chipped and internally tape-repaired. Leaves a little browned.
Price: $ 24.00 other currencies Order nr. 25488

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Muir, Percy H. and B. Van Thal. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY ALDOUS HUXLEY AND BY T.F. POWYS.
London Dulau & Co. 1927 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 41 pages.
First edition, limited to 550 copies. One of Percy Muir's earliest works. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 64299

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Muir, Percy H. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY ARTHUR ANNESLEY RONALD FIRBANK (1886-1926).
N.P. Supplement to The Bookman's Journal 1927 8vo. cloth. 8 pages interleaved with lined paper.
A bibliography of Firbank's first editions. (Besterman 2198). The strangeness of his books is surpassed by the extraordinary life he led. He lived a life of seclusion at times and he would have his writings collected at his doorstep in the middle of the night by the tradesmen. It includes 11 items and an introduction by Percy Muir. Minor foxing throughout, and the top and bottom of spine rubbed. A small damaged spot on spine.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 59841

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Muir, Percy H. ENGLISH IMPRINTS AFTER 1640.
London The Bibliographical Society 1933 square 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), pp.157-176.
An offprint from the Transactions of The Bibliographical Society. Muir addresses the Society in 1933 on English Imprints and collectors of first editions. Edges of wrappers are browned, creased and faded.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 59778

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Muir, Percy H. GOETHE BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FAUST EIN FRAGMENT 1790.
London The Collector Ltd 1977 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 341-352.
Offprint from The Book Collector, Vol. 26, no. 3, Autumn, 1977 which discuss the Goethe and Faust bibliographies. Presentation copy, "For Trevor, this trifle, from Percy."
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 59720

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Muir, Percy H. WORKING LIBRARY OF MUSIC: MR PAUL HIRSCH.
London Times Publishing Company 1939 large 8vo. paper, one page fold in half.
An offprint from The Times Literary Supplement, Saturday April 15, 1939 which discusses the collection of Paul Hirsch. He is best known as a collector of music, with a fine collection of bindings, Goethes, Heines and Schillers in the original state, along with specimens of typography of all periods. His wife also has an amazing collection of book-binders' papers all arranged chronologically. Slightly yellowed with age.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 59817

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Muir, Percy MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS
London Chatto & Windus 1956 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 224 pages.
First edition (Fleck G.141). Tells the story of the firm of Elkin Mathews, antiquarian booksellers which Muir eventually ran. Much on the book people of the day including T.J. Wise. One of the best of the bookseller autobiographies. Discusses A. Edward Newton. Jacket has small piece missing at head of spine,
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 32658

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Muir, Percy. " OTTO ERIC DEUTSCH, A PROFILE."
London The Private Library 1975 small 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.142-148.
An article in The Private Library, Second Series, Volume 8:4, Winter 1975. Discusses some of the accomplishments of Deutsch, Austrian musicologist.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 59840

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Muir, Percy VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. (1971) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 287 pages.
First edition. Five colored illustrations and ninety-one in black and white. Chapters on Catnachery, Bewick, Cruikshank, Dalziel, the advent of Color, America, etc. Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 2854

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Muir, Percy VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
New York Praeger Publishers (1971) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 287 pages.
First U.S. edition. Five colored illustrations and ninety-one in black-and-white. Chapters on Catnachery, Bewick, Cruikshank, Dalziel, the advent of Color, America, etc.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 24053

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Muir, Percy VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. (1971) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 287 pages.
First edition. Five colored illustrations and ninety-one in black-and-white. Chapters on Catnachery, Bewick, Cruikshank, Dalziel, the advent of Color, America, etc. Presentation from Muir on half-title "For Vera Ries with the compliments + thanks of the author Percy M- 1971."
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 64532

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Muir, Percy VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. (1971) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 287 pages.
First edition. Five colored illustrations and ninety-one in black and white. Chapters on Catnachery, Bewick, Cruikshank, Dalziel, the advent of Color, America, etc. Jacket spine is faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114511

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