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  (Joseph, E.) E. JOSEPH BOOKSELLERS GUIDE TO CARING FOR FINE BOOKS
(London E. Joseph Booksellers) n.d. 8vo stiff paper wrappers (ii), 11+(1) pages
Guide to preserving books within a collection, including information on temperature and humidity, precautions to take in case of disaster, displaying, cleaning, and repairing. Contains contact information for leather conservators, suppliers of hygrometers and humidity indicating cards and paper, and disaster control centers. Line illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 94852

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  JUBELRUFE AUS BÜCHERSTAPELN DIE PIRCKHEIMER-GESELLSCHAFT 1956 BIS 2006
Wiesbaden Harrassowitz 2006 4to paper covered boards 221, (3) pages
Text in German. Essays on book collecting and its pleasures. Illustrated.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 106458

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  (Katydid Press) Lehman, John OLD THINGS FROM COUNTRY AUCTIONS
(Bainbridge, Pa.) The Katydid Press 1959 small 8vo. stiff boards with paper covering, paper cover label. (24) pages.
First edition, limited to 75 copies. On buying at country auctions. Designed by John Ryder.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 13614

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  Kaye, Barbara THE COMPANY WE KEPT.
London Werner Shaw Ltd. 1986 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages and 18 illustrations.
First edition. Barbara Kay (Muir) was Percy Muir's wife and has written a sequel to Muir's MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS describing the bookselling adventures that occured between 1938 and 1945. This is Kaye's 17th book and sure to be of interest to anyone interested in bookselling history. Spine of jacket shows fading.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 14386

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  Kaye, Barbara THE COMPANY WE KEPT.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1995 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 224 pages and 18 illustrations.
Reprint of the first edition. In 1938, after three years of sharing a house in London with a moody, elderly Russian who translated Chekhov, Barbara Kaye and her husband, Percy Muir, move to a Tudor cottage in northwest Essex, in joyful anticipation of having a home to themselves at last. As she handles a young daughter, domestic crises, a garden, chickens and writes novels - Percy commutes to London to carry on his antiquarian book business at Elkin Mathews in Duke Street. Eighteen months later, on the eve of war, the business and staff join the exodus of evacuees from London to room with the Muirs, along with parents and dog, in their draughty and already over-crowded cottage. In this entertaining and very personal sequel to Percy Muir's MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, Barbara Kaye describes the struggle to keep the firm of Elkin Mathews going while, as they host an egotistical author engaged on a book on women, an eccentric poet, the creator of James Bond and other friends who come for temporary refuge from the Blitz. Writers and artists living in northwest Essex at the time come into story, amongst them A.J.A. Symons, Marjorie Allingham and A.E. Coppard. The book also gives a vivid picture of war-time life in a village where American Forces were stationed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 41946

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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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  Kellen, Tony. DAS BUCH ALS LEBENSBEGLEITER.
Warendorf J. Schnellschen n.d. small 8vo. cloth, top edge stained green. 166, (10) pages.
Spine faded. Cloth lightly foxed.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 48542

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  Kenyon, F. G. (Editor) CLASSICAL TEXTS FROM PAPYRI IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Including the newly discovered poems of Herodas London (Oxford Clarendon Press) 1891 small 4to. cloth (x) 116 pages
This volume includes three texts of classical Greek manuscripts, never before published. It also include seven classical manuscripts already known by the scholarly world. These texts include poems by the iambographer Herodas, a fragment of a speech attributed to Hyperides, and part of a short grammatical treatise attributed to Tryphon. Includes 10 plates of autotype facsimiles of the papyri. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Slight wear on cover and edges.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 87208

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  (Kerlan, Dr. Irvin) Nelson, Karen THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KERLAN COLLECTION SINCE 1949.
N.P. University of Minnesota n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages.
Collection of first editions of children's books and the manuscripts and graphic art relating to them. Illustrated. Reproduced from typescript.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100247

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  (Kern, Jerome) Ewen, David THE WORLD OF JEROME KERN.
A Biography New York, NY Henry Holt and Company (1960) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xiv, 178 pages
First edition. A history of Jerome Kern and his musical contribution to American songwriting and Broadway musicals. Kern was also a noted book-collector. Price-clipped dust jacket. Fading and tears on dust jacket, including 1" section missing near tail of spine. Nice presentation from the author on the free endpaper.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 96477

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  Kieran, John BOOKS I LOVE, BEING A SELECTION OF 100 TITLES FOR A HOME LIBRARY WITH ADDED COMMENT ON OTHER BOOKS, MANY AUTHORS AND THE DELIGHTS OF READING.
Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1969 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 200 pages.
First edition. Bookplate on free endpaper.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 13019

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  King, A. Hyatt SOME BRITISH COLLECTORS OF MUSIC, C.1600-1960
Cambridge University Press 1963 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 178 pages.
First edition; the Sandars Lecture for 1961. Contains 8 plates. With various bibliographical lists of collectors. Jacket chipped.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 9304

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  (Klotz, L.H.P.) THE L.H.P. KLOTZ COLLECTION OF INCUNABULA, GERMAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND ATLASES.
London Christie's 1994 small 4to. paper wrappers. 253, (15) pages.
Catalog of an auction in London of incunabula, manuscripts, reference books, German illustrated books, atlases, travel and miscellaneous books. Many interesting offerings, including an illuminated copy of the ninth German bible, 1483, Ptolemy's LIBER GEOGRAPHICA, 1511, and a fine Renaissance binding by Joachim Linck. Well illustrated, with many plates in color.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 45271

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  (Koch, Theodore Wesley) Haarhaus, Julius R. THE ASSEMBLY OF BOOKS.
Translated by Theodore Wesley Koch from the German. Illustrated by Axel Nygaard and Wilhelm Heise. Evanston Northwestern University (1932) 12mo. cloth, printed gold spine and cover labels. 127, (3) pages.
First edition thus, reprinted, with additions from the Library bulletin. A biblio novel. Spine faded.
Price: $ 22.50 other currencies Order nr. 12613

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  Koch, Theodore Wesley (translator) THE MIRROR OF THE PARISIAN BIBLIOPHILE, A SATIRICAL TALE.
Illustrated by Jose Longoria. Chicago Privately printed 1931 8vo. cloth. xxxii, 145 pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Koch. Tells the story of two Parisian book collectors and the rivalry between them. Spine faded.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 12521

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  Koch, Theodore Wesley (translator) THE MIRROR OF THE PARISIAN BIBLIOPHILE, A SATIRICAL TALE.
Illustrated by Jose Longoria. Chicago Privately printed 1931 8vo. cloth. xxxii, 145 pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Koch. Tells the story of two Parisian book collectors and the rivalry between them. Two separate prospectuses loosely inserted. Spine of book is faded. Slipcase is worn with backstrip covering lacking.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115519

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  Koch, Theodore Wesley (translator) MORE TALES FOR BIBLIOPHILES
Chicago At the Sign of the Gargoyle (1945) small 8vo. cloth. 51 pages, printed French fold.
First edition, printed in a limited number. Three excellent fictional accounts of bookcollecting. Part of lettering on spine is rubbed off. Back cover rubbed in places.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 101001

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  KOCH, TH.W. AND VALÉRY LARBAUD LAST ELLER DYGD, TVÅ ESSAYER [VICE OR VIRTUE? TWO ESSAYS]
Stockholm Sällskapet Bokvänner [Society of Bibliophiles] 1956 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers 77, (3) pages
A keepsake from the Society, not particularly limited. Translations of "Reading-a Vice or a Virtue" by Koch, and "Ce vice impuni-la lecture" by Larbaud. Several vignettes (drawings).
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 52942

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  (Kohn, John S. Van) AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS.
New York Collectors' Bookshop 1941 8vo. paper wrappers 31 pages
Catalogue No. 12 published by Collectors' Bookshop, proprietor the renowned collector John S. Van Kohn. Prices included. Wrappers show minor wear with a tape repair to front wrapper. Open tear to spine.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 69243

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  Koopman, Harry Lyman THE BOOKLOVER AND HIS BOOKS.
Boston The Boston Book Company 1917 tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. x, 185 pages.
First edition. With chapters on book design, the book beautiful, paper, binding, type, and many others. Koopman was the librarian at Brown. Covers rubbed. Name in ink on front pastedown.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 11897

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  (Kotinos Press) Staikos, Konstantinos THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY.
With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck (New Castle, DE) Oak Knoll Press 2006 8vo. cloth, deckle edges, paper cover label 52 pages
Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 700 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece. Issued in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor, Robert Fleck. Konstantinos Staikos has become more than an author to Oak Knoll; he is our Greek friend who represents all that we admire most in this book world of ours. In addition to being a noted architect he has found time to write many significant texts on the history of libraries, form an important book collection, purchase and save a Greek letter-press printing company (which printed this book), establish a noted publishing house and develop a web based information resource for the study of library history. In this essay you will find his view of the development of the library and the impact it has had on mankind. You will read how the book and the knowledge it transmits has affected his life. You will feel his great love of books. You will read all this in a beautifully prepared book printed and bound by hand in the oldest tradition of fine craftsmanship.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 90815

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  (Kotinos Press) Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY.
With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck (New Castle, DE) Oak Knoll Press 2006 8vo. full leather, deckle edges, paper cover label 52 pages
Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 200 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece on special paper and bound thus. Issued in conjunction of the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor. Konstantinos Staikos has become more than an author to Oak Knoll; he is our Greek friend who represents all that we admire most in this book world of ours. In addition to being a noted architect he has found time to write many significant texts on the history of libraries, form an important book collection, purchase and save a Greek letter-press printing company (which printed this book), establish a noted publishing house and develop a web-based information resource for the study of library history. In this essay you will find his view of the development of the library and the impact it has had on mankind. You will read how the book and the knowledge it transmits has affected his life. You will feel his great love of books. You will read all this in a beautifully prepared book printed and bound by hand in the oldest tradition of fine craftsmanship.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 90816

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  (Kotinos Press) Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY.
With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck (New Castle, DE) Oak Knoll Press 2006 8vo. cloth, deckle edges, paper cover label 52 pages
Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 700 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece. Issued in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor, Robert Fleck. Konstantinos Staikos has become more than an author to Oak Knoll; he is our Greek friend who represents all that we admire most in this book world of ours. In addition to being a noted architect he has found time to write many significant texts on the history of libraries, form an important book collection, purchase and save a Greek letter-press printing company (which printed this book), establish a noted publishing house and develop a web based information resource for the study of library history. In this essay you will find his view of the development of the library and the impact it has had on mankind. You will read how the book and the knowledge it transmits has affected his life. You will feel his great love of books. You will read all this in a beautifully prepared book printed and bound by hand in the oldest tradition of fine craftsmanship.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 98625

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  (Kraus, H.P.) 192. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, HISTORY OF LIBRARIES.
New York H.P. Kraus n.d.(c1950) small 4to. self paper wrappers, cloth tape on back. (ii), 97 pages.
List 192. Bookseller's catalogue of H.P. Kraus for "books about books" (456 items) with index. Not dated, but 1950 appears to be the most recent date of publication for any entry. Listings generally by broad topic and then author or subtopic. Among items offered for sale were a list of books banned at Oxford in 1683 (no Hobbes or Milton allowed!), a 1598 bibliography on history and geography, and catalogues of the Frankfurt Book Fair for 1594 and 1611! Reproduced from typescript. Priced. Covers chipped along edges and toned.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 49665

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  Kraus, T. Peter THE GROLIER CLUB COLLECTS: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, & WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF GROLIER CLUB MEMBERS.
New York The Grolier Club 2002 9 x 12 inches hardcover 192 pages
This is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club from December 11, 2002 to February 1, 2003. The exhibition displayed the trends in private collecting through some of the most impressive holdings of Grolier Club members.

When the Grolier Club was founded in 1884, book collecting was dominated by incunabula, illuminated manuscripts, fine bindings, and classics. Many of the collections presented in this catalogue are largely made up of first editions of past and present authors and drawings of modern artists including Redon and Doré.

The catalogue also examines modern bibliography through the broader world of book collecting. Divided into fifteen subject areas, the book covers Americana, travel, general literature, fine printing, bindings, photography, bibliography, music, science, medicine, and children's literature. Containing beautiful illustrations, many in full color, the catalogue was designed by Jerry Kelly and printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega. An intorudction by T. Peter Kraus and Eric Holzenberg is also presented.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 106644

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