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  Jefferson, Thomas A VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARY AS PROPOSED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON TO ROBERT SKIPWITH IN 1771...
Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg 1959 12mo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages.
Reprint of the original edition. Reproduces Jefferson's letter including the list of books.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 57737

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  (Jefferson, Thomas) Wilson, Douglas L. JEFFERSON'S BOOKS.
Preface by Daniel J. Boorstin. Monticello Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation 1996 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages.
First edition. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106267

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  Jenkins, John H. THE FUTURE OF BOOKS.
Austin Jenkins Publishing Co. (1982) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages.
With comments on the upcoming "video revolution" and what effect it would have. If he had only known! Jenkins was a rare bookseller and a President of the ABAA. With Seasons Greeting slip loosely inserted.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 24741

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  Johansson, J. Viktor (editor) SVENSKA BIBLIOTEK.
Stockholm Wahlström & Widstrand 1946 sewn stiff paper wrappers. 339, (3) pages.
Six articles on six Swedish collectors and their private libraries in the first half of the twentieth century, with emphasis on the contents of the collections. Contains fifty-nine illustrations (facsimiles or photographs), mostly of items in the various collections. With a list of illustrations. Wrappers soiled, front cover torn with corner missing. Backing is starting to crack, binding starting to separate in several places.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 51955

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  JOHN PIPER IN THE WATKINSON: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST
Hartford, Connecticut Watkinson Library, Trinity College 2011 10 x 8 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
To honor a gift given to the Watkinson Library by M. William McGill, this catalogue is an illustrated checklist of the works of British architectural and topographical artist John Piper. In the late 1920s, Piper attended both the Richmond School of Art and the Royal College of Art, and by the 1930s he was working steadily as an artist hardly earning a living. While his mother wrote articles for The Architectural Review to publicize his work, Piper developed a friendship with poet John Betjeman. This friendship significantly helped both of their professional careers. Piper's reputation continued to develop, and he eventually moved away from abstract art to a more representational style. Through his work, Piper learned how colors and textures reacted with one another, a concept continually displayed throughout his art.

This catalogue contains works by Piper, works about Piper, exhibitions and catalogues, miscellaneous Piper-ana, and works illustrated by Piper. It also includes an opening essay on Piper by William McGill. With both black-and-white and color images and a letterpress-printed cover, John Piper in the Watkinson is beautifully produced in a striking and appealing format.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107347

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  (John Quinn) Londraville, Janis and Richard, eds. JOHN QUINN, SELECTED IRISH WRITERS FROM HIS LIBRARY.
West Cornwall, CT Locust Hill (2001) small 8vo. cloth boards xxx,462 pages
First edition. No. 30 of the Locust Hill Literary Studies series. Essays by 20 contributors on writers included in the noted bibliophile's collection of Irish works. Essays on Ernest Boyd, William Bulfin, Maud Gonne, James Joyce and others. Bibliographical references and index.
Price: $ 70.00 other currencies Order nr. 64963

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  (Johnson, Samuel) Eddy, Donald D. (editor) SALE CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARIES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, HESTER LYNCH THRALE (MRS. PIOZZI) AND JAMES BOSWELL.
With Introductions by Donald D. Eddy. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Books 1993 8vo. quarter leather, paper over boards. (vii), 320 pages.
First edition, limited to 210 numbered copies. In studying great authors, one of the persisting lines of inquiry has involved questions of influence and association. What specific authors influenced our writer? What books has he read, quoted from, or owned? The obvious first way to answer these questions is to examine the author's own published writings. Other ways include examining the author's correspondence; letters of the author's friends and acquaintances; contemporary biographical accounts; locating the actual physical volumes owned by the author or presented to others, etc. An important part of this process is examining any available list of the books in the author's library. All too frequently - and this is true in the case of Samuel Johnson - the only list is the sale catalogue of his library prepared for the auction following his death. However hastily such a catalogue may have been prepared, and whatever its faults and omissions, it is still invaluable, since it presents the names of more authors and titles our author knew than any other source. It is for this reason that the three sale catalogues reproduced here, for the first time in one volume, are so important. Donald Eddy has provided a lively and informative introduction explaining the significance of each catalogue, some of the highlights of the sales and the dangers inherent in studying these catalogues. He also provides a list of known locations of each of these catalogues. The introduction has been printed by letterpress and the catalogues by offset lithography at The Ascensius Press. The book has been bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery.
Price: $ 215.00 other currencies Order nr. 37909

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  (Johnson, Samuel) Eddy, Donald D. (editor) SALE CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARIES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, HESTER LYNCH THRALE (MRS. PIOZZI) AND JAMES BOSWELL.
With Introductions by Donald D. Eddy. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Books 1993 8vo. set of unbound signatures. (vii), 320 pages.
First edition, a set of unbound sheets of this book. In studying great authors, one of the persisting lines of inquiry has involved questions of influence and association. What specific authors influenced our writer? What books has he read, quoted from, or owned? The obvious first way to answer these questions is to examine the author's own published writings. Other ways include examining the author's correspondence; letters of the author's friends and acquaintances; contemporary biographical accounts; locating the actual physical volumes owned by the author or presented to others: etc. An important part of this process is examining any available list of the books in the author's library. All too frequently - and this is true in the case of Samuel Johnson - the only list is the sale catalogue of his library prepared for the auction following his death. However hastily such a catalogue may have been prepared, and whatever its faults and omissions, it is still invaluable since it presents the names of more authors and titles our author knew than any other source. It is for this reason that the three sale catalogues reproduced here, for the first time in one volume, are so important. Donald Eddy has provided a lively and informative introduction explaining the significance of each catalogue, some of the highlights of the sales and the dangers inherent in studying these catalogues. He also provides a list of known locations of each of these catalogues. The introduction has been printed by letterpress and the catalogues by offset lithography at The Ascensius Press. The first few pages show wear along the top edge.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 52962

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  (Johnson, Samuel) Eddy, Donald D. (editor) SALE CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARIES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, HESTER LYNCH THRALE (MRS. PIOZZI) AND JAMES BOSWELL.
With Introductions by Donald D. Eddy. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Books 1993 8vo. quarter leather, paper over boards. (vii), 320 pages.
First edition, a set of unbound sheets of this book. In studying great authors, one of the persisting lines of inquiry has involved questions of influence and association. What specific authors influenced our writer? What books has he read, quoted from, or owned? The obvious first way to answer these questions is to examine the author's own published writings. Other ways include examining the author's correspondence; letters of the author's friends and acquaintances; contemporary biographical accounts; locating the actual physical volumes owned by the author or presented to others: etc. An important part of this process is examining any available list of the books in the author's library. All too frequently - and this is true in the case of Samuel Johnson - the only list is the sale catalogue of his library prepared for the auction following his death. However hastily such a catalogue may have been prepared, and whatever its faults and omissions, it is still invaluable since it presents the names of more authors and titles our author knew than any other source. It is for this reason that the three sale catalogues reproduced here, for the first time in one volume, are so important. Donald Eddy has provided a lively and informative introduction explaining the significance of each catalogue, some of the highlights of the sales and the dangers inherent in studying these catalogues. He also provides a list of known locations of each of these catalogues. The introduction has been printed by letterpress and the catalogues by offset lithography at The Ascensius Press. Covers faded.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 104868

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  (Johnson, Samuel) Greene, Donald SAMUEL JOHNSON'S LIBRARY, AN ANNOTATED GUIDE.
N.P. English Literary Studies at the University of Victoria 1975 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages.
First edition. Works are presented in alphabetical order by author or title. Includes "A CLASSIFICATION BY SUBJECT OF THE WORKS IN JOHNSON'S SALE Catalogue." Includes general topics of Religion, Early Church History, Philosophy, Ethics and Morality, History, Natural History and Science, Biography, Encyclopedias, and Periodicals. Wrappers soiled. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 56503

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  (Johnson, Samuel) Newton, A. Edward SALE CATALOGUE OF DR. JOHNSON'S LIBRARY WITH AN ESSAY BY A. EDWARD NEWTON.
New York Edmond Byrne Hackett (1925) 8vo. boards, paper spine and cover labels. 11 pages followed by the 28 page facsimile of the catalogue.
Limited to 250 numbered copies (Fleck A.10). Signed by Newton. The facsimile was made from Ralph Isham's copy and not Newton's as Isham's copy had both the prices realized and the names of the buyers. Excellent introduction. Some foxing of paper covering on boards. Lacks mailing box.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 36258

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  Joline, Adrian Hoffman AT THE LIBRARY TABLE
Boston Richard G. Badger (The Gorham Press) 1910 boards paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. 212 pages.
First edition. Talks of books, authors and autograph collecting. Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 36134

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  Joline, Adrian Hoffman EDGEHILL ESSAYS
Boston The Gorham Press 1911 8vo. boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. 226 pages.
First edition. Contains eight of Mr. Joline's papers including an article on Francis Jeffrey. Spine label spotted. Ink inscription.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 12616

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  (Jones, Herschel V.) (Gale, Edward C.) " HERSCHEL V. JONES."
(Saint Paul, MN Minnesota Historical Society) 1929 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp. 27-32
An article from "Minnesota History, A Quarterly Magazine", Vol. 10, No. 1, Whole No. 53, March 1929. Wear at extremities with chips, tears, and creasing. Stamp on front cover by previous owner.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 101974

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  Jordan-Smith, Paul FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS, THE ADVENTURES OF AN IMPECUNIOUS COLLECTOR
New York Oxford University Press 1934 8vo. half-cloth. xi, 306 pages.
First edition. Amusing book collecting anecdotes. Signed by the author on the free endpaper. Lacks jacket. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 9290

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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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