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See More... (Library of Congress) RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.
Washington Library of Congress 1992 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages.
A list of special collections acquired by the Library of Congress which amount to approximately 650,000 books, broadsides, pamphlets, prints photographs, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, etc. Includes several illustrations.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 56018

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See More... Liggett, Carr ROWFANT RHYMES.
Cleveland The Rowfant Club (1972) 12mo. cloth, paper spine label. vii, 71+(1) pages.
Limited to 250 numbered copies. Series of poems with some on collecting or the Rowfant Club.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 33590

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See More... (Limited Editions Club) France, Anatole THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD, THE TRANSLATION BY LAFCADIO HEARN.
New York The Limited Editions Club 1937 4to. decorated cloth, slipcase. viii, 190, (2) pages.
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This excellent story of a book-collector and his pursuit of a manuscript was the first "best seller" for Anatole France. Slipcase is rubbed and with cracks along edges.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 10197

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See More... Liu, Allan J. (editor) AMERICAN SPORTING COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK.
Tulsa, OK Winchester Press (1982) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 369 pages.
Revised edition. Discusses the collecting of prints, etchings, original art, books and many other items. Illustrated.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 27912

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See More... (Lockwood, Thomas B.) Bertholf, Robert J. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG OF THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THOMAS B. LOCKWOOD.
Buffalo State University of New York 1983 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 392, (2) pages.
Strong in American and British literature, private press books and examples of bindings by Zaehnsdorf, The Club Bindery, Riviere and Sons and John Grabau of Buffalo. Includes all Shakespeare folios. Illustrated. With full bibliographical descriptions. With a biographical sketch of Lockwood.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 3620

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See More... (Lockwood, Thomas B.) Bertholf, Robert J. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG OF THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THOMAS B. LOCKWOOD.
Buffalo State University of New York 1983 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 392, (2) pages.
Strong in American and British literature, private press books and examples of bindings by Zaehnsdorf, The Club Bindery, Riviere and Sons and John Grabau of Buffalo. Includes all Shakespeare folios. Illustrated. With full bibliographical descriptions. With a biographical sketch of Lockwood. Presentation from the author on free endpaper.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 95985

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See More... (Logan, James) JAMES LOGAN, 1674-1751, BOOKMAN EXTRAORDINARY
Philadelphia Library Company of Philadelphia 1971 8vo. paper wrappers. 51 page exhibition catalogue of books from the library of Logan. Illustrated.
First edition.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 9511

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See More... (Logan, James) Wolf, Edwin THE LIBRARY OF JAMES LOGAN OF PHILADELPHIA, 1674-1751.
Philadelphia Library Company of Philadelphia 1974 thick 8vo. cloth. lx, 578 pages.
First edition. Long introductory history by Wolf followed by annotated descriptions of over 2000 books in this early American library. Inside hinges cracked and repaired with archival tape. Ink ownership inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 32972

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See More... (Long Island Book Collectors) ASPECTS OF BOOK COLLECTING A HANDBOOK WITH EXAMPLES, CELEBRATING AN EXHIBITION AT ADELPHIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, OCTOBER 8 - DECEMBER 23, 1977. JOURNAL OF THE LONG ISLAND BOOK COLLECTORS NO.4.
Garden City Adelphi Univ. Library (1977) tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
Limited to 300 numbered copies. With many interesting essays on collecting. Hole punched in corner of front cover and first leaf.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 97022

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See More... Lovett, Charlie EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BOOK COLLECTING
Overland Park, KS Write Brain Publishers 1993 8vo stiff paper wrappers 78, (2) pages
Guide to book collecting written in layman's language. Contains a list of frequently asked questions and a glossary of terms. Includes very nice pen-and-ink drawings throughout.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 92429

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See More... Luther, T.N. COLLECTING TAOS AUTHORS
Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico Book League 1993 oblong 8vo. two-toned cloth xi, 90 pages
Printed in an edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Luther describes his collection of books by authors who have spent time in Taos, New Mexico. Provides advice for pursuing works by these writers who include Edward Abbey, John Nichols, Frank Waters, and D.H. Lawrence (he lived Taos between 1922 and 1925.) Includes four black-and-white illustrations.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 73732

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See More... (MacPherrson, Sandy) Levy, Newman SANDY MACPHERSON; BOOK COLLECTOR
New York Philip Duschnes 1940 8vo. paper wrappers. (24) pages.
Separate edition, limited to 750 copies. An enlarged and revised version of an article that occurred in Quarto Club Papers for 1928.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 9435

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See More... (Manuscript Society) Taylor, John M. HISTORY IN YOUR HAND
Fifty Years of the Manuscript Society Westport CT Praeger (1997) 8vo. cloth x, 171, (3) pages
More than a half-century has passed since the founding of The Manuscript Society in Chicago in 1948. To help commemorate this important milestone, the Society commissioned former president John M. Taylor, the author of six acclaimed books in the fields of history and biography, to write a definitive history of the Society. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press for the Manuscript Society.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 92084

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  (Marcus, Stanley) ART OF THE BOOK: A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO STANLEY MARCUS, BIBLIOPHILE.
N.P. Meadows Museum and DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University 2005 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Exhibition of the collection of noted bibliophile Stanley Marcus. Illustrated. Two essays on Marcus's collection.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 116136

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See More... Marvin, Frederic Rowland THE EXCURSIONS OF A BOOK-LOVER.
Boston Sherman, French & Co. 1910 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. (x), 331 pages.
First edition. Chapters on An Old-Time Bibliophile, Authors and Publishers, etc. Spine spotted; ex library copy with markings. From the library of the Swinburne collector, John S. Mayfield, with notes by him about the Swinburne content of this book on the back pastedown.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 13666

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See More... Marvin, Frederic Rowland THE EXCURSIONS OF A BOOK-LOVER.
Boston Sherman, French & Co. 1910 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. (x), 331 pages.
First edition. Chapters on An Old-Time Bibliophile, Authors and Publishers, etc. Presentation on free endpaper "Mr. Nathan Haskell Dole with regards of Fredier Rowland Marvin." Pastedowns and endpapers are age darkened.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 96258

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See More... (Maser, Frederick E.) BIBLES AND PRAYER BOOKS AN EXHIBITION OF SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE REV. FREDERICK E. MASER, PASTOR ST. GEORGES CHRUCH (RET).
Philadelphia Rare Book and Manuscript Department, Temple University 1971 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Philadelphia Collectors, Series 1. Exhibition 1971-2, of the Maser collection of Bibles and prayer books. Arranged chronologically, list of books referenced in abbreviated form, list of references consulted. Wrappers lightly sunned at spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 116126

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See More... (Matthews, Brander) THE BOOKSHELF OF BRANDER MATTHEWS.
New York Columbia University Press 1931 8vo. three-quarter cloth over marbled boards. x, 114 pages.
First edition. Memorial volume which includes a bibliography of Matthews' writings. Very good copy.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 9630

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  (Matthews, Brander) THE BOOKSHELF OF BRANDER MATTHEWS.
New York AMS Press 1966 8vo. cloth. x, 114 pages.
Reprint of the 1931 first edition. Memorial volume which includes a bibliography of Matthews' writings. With the bookplate of a private book collector's club stamped "withdrawn."
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 72192

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See More... Matthews, Jack BOOKING IN THE HEARTLAND
Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press (1986) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 161, (3) pages.
First edition. Autobiographical and biographical sketches of this bibliomaniac. Jacket spine faded.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 37682

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See More... (Mellon, Paul) DeVanter, Willis van LIFE IN ENGLAND, 1770-1860
Illustrated in Color-plate Books from the Library of Paul Mellon '29 [New Haven] Yale University Library 1965 oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers (12) pages.
Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 91267

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See More... (Michener, James A.) Dybwad, G.L. and Joy V. Bliss JAMES A. MICHENER, THE BEGINNING TEACHER AND HIS TEXTBOOKS
With Notes and Reminiscences by James A. Michener; Limited Edition Albuquerque The Book Stops Here 1995 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket 104 pages
A focus on Michener's twenty-six years as a teacher in the Delaware Valley before becoming an established author in 1947. Using illustrations from the textbooks he used, photographs, news clippings, and correspondence, as well as Michener's own explanatory notes. Marked as "Review Copy" on the title page.
Price: $ 16.00 other currencies Order nr. 99665

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See More... MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor n.p. n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers 12 pages.
A history of the collection of University of Michigan in the Horace H. Rackham building.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 101506

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See More... (Miles, James Warley) Williams, George Walton CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE REVEREND JAMES WARLEY MILES REPRINTED FROM THE ONLY SURVIVING COPY OF THE CHARLESTON EDITION OF 1854.
Charleston Dalcho Historical Society (1955) 8vo. cloth-backed boards. vi, 33, (3) pages.
Limited to 300 copies. One of the earliest Southern sales catalogues.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 16074

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See More... Milward, Burton "THE PRIVATE PRESS TRADITION IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY."
(Lexington, KY University of Kentucky Library Associates) 1992 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp.5-27.
An article in The Kentucky Review, Volume XI, No. 3, Autumn 1992. Other items feature the King Library Press, book collector Clara Peck, and a study fo preservation and the book arts.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114900

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