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(Private Libraries Association) Chambers, David (editor) A MODEST COLLECTION: PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION, 1956-2006.
Pinner, Middlesex Private Libraries Association 2007 6.25 x 9.75 inches hardcover 378 pages
First edition. Here, in the guise of a history of the Private Libraries Association, is an account of the friendships of its members over the past fifty years. They have all been collectors, with widely differing interests, from countries across the world, united by a love of books and the need to be surrounded by them at the end of a day's work and in all the years of retirement. The aim of the society is to bring together such enthusiasts and to offer them books and essays in the association's journal that would lead them further into the bibliophilic web. The enormous range of their interests adds vitality to the group's publications and creates a dynamic tension between the need to deal in sufficient depth with each subject and yet to interest other members whose collections have moved in quite different directions.
The book contains the story of the Association and a bibliography of its publications, but perhaps the most interesting portions are the brief essays by over eighty members about their collections, with photographs of many of these individuals and illustrations taken from the collections. Their specialties range from illustrated books and early private presses to Australiana, golf, the history of the automobile and surgery. There is a retail price index at the end of the book, which will prove very useful when recounting book prices over the last 50 years. This book is an enjoyable and valuable resource for book collectors everywhere. Distributed by Oak Knoll for the Private Libraries Association.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 94201

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(Puttick and Simpson) CATALOGUE OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS FROM SEVERAL PRIVATE LIBRARIES
London Puttick and Simpson 1865 8vo. self paper wrappers 80 pages
Sale held August 4-5 and 7-9. 1786 lots. Items include early editions of the scriptures in various languages, works of the best English and foreign authors, and books of prints and works on the arts. Soiled and front panel smudged at bottom right corner. Evidence of paper wrappers now removed visible on back panel. Not included in List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum (1915).
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 87966

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(Reid, Forrest) Goldman, Paul and Brian Taylor (editors) RETROSPECTIVE ADVENTURES
Forrest Reid: Author and Collector Oxford Scolar Press (1998) 4to. stiff paper wrappers xii, 98 pages
A collection of essays on the authorship and book collecting of Forrest Reid and a catalogue of black-and-white illustrations. Slight shelf wear.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 96405

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Reid, Stuart J. CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL TRACTS, 1561-1800, IN DLXXXII
The Gift of Mrs. Peter Redpath to the Redpath Library, McGill University, Montreal. London Printed by the Donor for Private Circulation 1901 small thick 8vo. half leather with later rebacking, cloth-covered boards, edges tinted yellow, marbled endpapers. (iv), 657 pages.
Besterman 2674. Tracts from the beginning of the Elizabethan era to the twilight years of the Georgian. About 3,000 tracts in 582 volumes. Annotations are generally of a biographical or explanatory nature. The original backing had been re-affixed over the newer backing. Cover title incorrectly states dates as "1561-1880"! Occasional rubbing or soiling.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 54133

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Roberts, W. BOOK-VERSE AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS OF BOOKS AND BOOKMEN FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO RECENT YEARS.
New York A.C. Armstrong & Son n.d. but circa 1896 small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. xl, 230 pages.
First U.S. edition. Roberts wrote a number of different books on bookcollecting and bookselling. Preliminary and endpages foxed and age darkened with endpaper detached and chipped. This U.S. edition seems to be quite scarce.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 70164

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(Rocket Press) Smith, John R. (editor). BOOKISH QUOTATIONS.
Blewbury The Rocket Press n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages.
Limited to 900 copies, this being one of 700 bound thus. Contains quotations from various book people, with woodcut illustrations by the compiler. Out of print.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 36548

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1996 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 168 pages.
First edition. In their books OLD & RARE and BETWEEN BOARDS, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard-learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records for the first time in detail their bookbuying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Drawn from their original diaries and letters of the time and augmented with contemporary recollections, this book renders with an unparalleled sense of immediacy the horrors and treasures to be found in postwar Europe. Visiting London in the late forties, these two scholar-booksellers found among the bombed blocks of buildings and queues for rationed food, some of the most illustrious names in bookselling, Clifford Maggs, E.P. Goldschmidt, and Ernest Weil. Deprived of food and spirit, Europe overflowed with bibliographic treasures waiting to be discovered by these two distinguished ladies and passed on to some of the most renowned libraries in the United States. Unknown works by Martin Luther, original editions of Giorgio Vasari, and countless other rarities from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were purchased. Full of history and tales of books, this book is as perfect for the casual reader as it is for the sophisticated book collector.
Price: $ 23.00 other currencies Order nr. 43015

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1996 6 x 9.5 inches cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 184 pages
First edition. One of 350 special numbered and signed copies inserted in a cloth-covered slipcase. In their books Old & Rare and Between Boards, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records for the first time in detail their book buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Drawn from their original diaries and letters of the time and augmented with contemporary recollections, this book renders with an unparalleled sense of immediacy the horrors and treasures to be found in postwar Europe. Visiting London in the late forties, these two scholar-booksellers found among the bombed blocks of buildings and queues for rationed food, some of the most illustrious names in bookselling: Clifford Maggs, E.P. Goldschmidt, and Ernest Weil. Deprived of food and spirit, Europe overflowed with bibliographic treasures waiting to be discovered by these two distinguished ladies and passed on to some of the most renowned libraries in the United States. Unknown works by Martin Luther, original editions of Giorgio Vasari, and countless other rarities from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were purchased. Full of history and tales of books, this book is as perfect for the casual reader as it is for the sophisticated book collector.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 43780

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1996 8vo. cloth 184 pages
First edition. One of 350 special numbered and signed copies inserted in a cloth-covered slipcase (but this copy is not numbered nor does it have the slipcase but it is signed by both authors. In their books OLD & RARE and BETWEEN BOARDS, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records for the first time in detail their book buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Drawn from their original diaries and letters of the time and augmented with contemporary recollections, this book renders with an unparalleled sense of immediacy the horrors and treasures to be found in postwar Europe. Visiting London in the late forties, these two scholar-booksellers found among the bombed blocks of buildings and queues for rationed food, some of the most illustrious names in bookselling, Clifford Maggs, E.P. Goldschmidt, and Ernest Weil. Deprived of food and spirit, Europe overflowed with bibliographic treasures waiting to be discovered by these two distinguished ladies and passed on to some of the most renowned libraries in the United States. Unknown works by Martin Luther, original editions of Giorgio Vasari, and countless other rarities from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were purchased. Full of history and tales of books, this book is as perfect for the casual reader as it is for the sophisticated book collector.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 93077

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1996 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. Approx. 168 pages.
First edition. One of 350 special numbered and signed copies inserted in a cloth-covered slipcase. In their books OLD & RARE and BETWEEN BOARDS, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records for the first time in detail their book buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Drawn from their original diaries and letters of the time and augmented with contemporary recollections, this book renders with an unparalleled sense of immediacy the horrors and treasures to be found in postwar Europe. Visiting London in the late forties, these two scholar-booksellers found among the bombed blocks of buildings and queues for rationed food, some of the most illustrious names in bookselling, Clifford Maggs, E.P. Goldschmidt, and Ernest Weil. Deprived of food and spirit, Europe overflowed with bibliographic treasures waiting to be discovered by these two distinguished ladies and passed on to some of the most renowned libraries in the United States. Unknown works by Martin Luther, original editions of Giorgio Vasari, and countless other rarities from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were purchased. Full of history and tales of books, this book is as perfect for the casual reader as it is for the sophisticated book collector. Loosely inserted is a lengthy review of this book written by Joel Silver. Spine of jacket faded.
Price: $ 42.50 other currencies Order nr. 90390

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(Rylands, John) Guppy, Henry THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, MANCHESTER: A BRIEF HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AND ITS CONTENTS, ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-SEVEN VIEWS AND FACSIMILES.
Manchester University Press 1914 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 89 pages.
Front cover detached and with tape mark on covers. With the bookplate of the Gladstone Library of the National Liberal Club.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 96900

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(Rylands, John) Guppy, Henry THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, MANCHESTER: A BRIEF HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AND ITS CONTENTS, ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-SEVEN VIEWS AND FACSIMILES.
Manchester University Press 1914 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 89 pages.
Illustrated. Ink inscription on half-title.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 114634

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(Rylands, John) Guppy, Henry THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, MANCHESTER: A BRIEF HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AND ITS CONTENTS, WITH CATALOGUE OF THE SELECTION OF EARLY PRINTED GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS...
Manchester University Press 1906 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 89 pages.
With 6 plates. With the small booklabel of H.P.K. (Kraus) affixed to the inside front cover. Front cover almost detached.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 75583

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(Sadleir, Michael) Stokes, Roy MICHAEL SADLEIR, 1888-1957
Metuchen Scarecrow 1980 8vo. cloth. vi, 154 pages.
First edition. In every area of study, a few names are recorded as those who transformed the world in which they worked. Michael Sadleir will always be associated with the bibliography and collecting of 19th-century books. This volume contains selections of Sadleir's works as well as a lengthy biography and checklist of his writings. Volume Five of the Great Bibliographer Series.
Price: $ 18.50 other currencies Order nr. 10290

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(Sadleir, Michael) Stokes, Roy MICHAEL SADLEIR, 1888-1957
Metuchen Scarecrow 1980 8vo. cloth. vi, 154 pages.
First edition. In every area of study, a few names are recorded as those who transformed the world in which they worked. Michael Sadleir will always be associated with the bibliography and collecting of 19th-century books. This volume contains selections of Sadleir's works as well as a lengthy biography and checklist of his writings. Volume Five of the Great Bibliographer Series. Library of Congress duplicates with stamps on free endpaper and title page.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 114877

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(Saks, John A.) VENETIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE COLLECTION OF JOHN A. SAKS.
London Christie, Manson & Woods 1981 8vo. stiff printed paper wrappers. 85, (11) pages.
Catalogue to the Christie's Auction. Includes 44 illustrations, an index of artists and engravers. Acquisition date stamped in corner of front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 42988

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Salaman, Malcolm C. THE WHITMAN'S PRINT-COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK.
London G. Bell & Sons 1912 8vo. cloth xxi, 375+(1) pages.
Sixth edition, revised and enlarged with additional chapters. The author, a staff-member of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, has attempted to answer the most frequently asked questions about print collecting. Only artists not living at the time of publication are discussed. Hints to beginners, etching, line engraving, mezzotint, stipple and aquatint, frauds, and value of prints are some of the subjects covered. 64 illustrations. List of illustrations, with artist, both engraver and painter where appropriate, and subject included. Index. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ink inscription at top of free endpaper.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 98099

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Savage, Ernest A. OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
Detroit Gale Research 1968 thick 8vo. cloth. xv, 298 pages.
Reprint of the 1911 first edition. With 12 illustrations and 35 plates. The making, collecting and use of books in England during the middle ages. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 35937

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Savage, Ernest A. OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
New York Barnes & Noble, Inc (1970) thick 8vo. cloth. xv, 298 pages.
Reprint of the 1911 first edition. With 12 illustrations and 35 plates. The making, collecting and use of books in England during the middle ages. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 102670

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Savage, Ernest A. OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
London Methuen & Co. (1911) thick 8vo. cloth. xv, 298, 32 pages.
First edition. With 12 illustrations and 35 plates. The making, collecting and use of books in England during the middle ages. Includes information on binding (S-K 7186). Bookplate removed and name erased from front pastedown. Ex libris stamp of Wm. Inglis Morse on several pages.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 114445

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Schenkl, Heinrich BIBLIOTHECA PATRUM LATINORUM BRITANNICA
Wien Adolf Holzhausen 1894 8vo. self 80 pages
A catalogue of selected books and manuscripts in English library cathedrals. A few of the libraries catalogued are the cathedral libraries of Salisbury, Canterbury, Chichester, Winchester, and Westminster Abbey. Spine gone, but volume still bound together. Cover slightly worn and soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 88322

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Sculptor Esq., Satiricus [Ireland, W. H.] ; Caulfield, James CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA; OR, THE PORTRAIT-COLLECTOR AND PRINTSELLER'S CHRONICLE, WITH INFATUATIONS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. A HUMOROUS POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. WITH COPIOUS NOTES EXPLANATORY bound with CALCOGRAPHIANA: THE PRINTESELLERS CHRONICLE AND COLLECTORS GUIDE TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND VALUE OF ENGRAVED BRITISH PORTRAITS
London printed for R.S. Kirby; printed by and for G. Smeeton 1814 8vo. Half calf, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers x, (iv], 212 pages; (ii), viii, 163+(1) pages
Two related volumes bound together. First -- Ireland : First edition, the only illustration is the frontispiece. A very long satirical poem regarding the collecting mania, especially for prints. Indexed by subject. Second -- Frontis is an engraving of Caulfield. Title page printed in red and black. Caulfield gives a biographical sketch of the engravers of importance and also lists values of specific prints. Joints broken. front board off with the rear boards barely holding. Worn at the extremities. Early owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Also with the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 98669

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(Sette of Odd Volumes) Thompson, W. Mort SEA-DOGGEREL BY A LANDLUBBER.
London Bedford Press 1894 12mo. orginal stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 16 pages.
Printed for Ye Sette of Odd Volumes, Christmas 1894. With a three page foreword addressed to the club.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 80737

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Shelden, Michael FRIENDS OF PROMISE, CYRIL CONNOLLY AND THE WORLD OF HORIZON.
New York Harper & Row (1989) small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xiv, 254 pages, with 8 additional leaves of plates.
First U.S. edition. Tells the story of the talented group of men and women who produced "Horizon," the premier literary review of the 1940s. With focus on the principal editor, Cyril Connolly, and his circle of friends, including Peter Watson and Sonia Brownell, who eventually married the most important contributor, George Orwell.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 55870

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Simon, Oliver & Harold Child (Editors) THE BIBLIOPHILE'S ALMANACK FOR 1928.
London The Fleuron (1927) small 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 85, (14) pages.
In cloth but still one of the trade copies not printed on mold made paper. Printed at the Curwen Press. (Ulrich & Kup p.41). Articles by Harold Williams on Book Clubs and Printing Societies, Read on Lawrence's SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, and one other by Abercrombie. Tape mark on front cover. Library bookplates on front pastedown (stamped withdrawn).
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 446

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