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See More... (Miniature Books) CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN.
Together with Some Descriptive Summaries. London Edward Arnold (1961) 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xv, 289 pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. Introduction by Spielmann followed by descriptions of over 500 miniature books. Well indexed. Scarce book. Chip out of jacket at top of spine.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 34289

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See More... (Miniature Books) CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN. TOGETHER WITH SOME DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES.
London Edward Arnold (1961) 8vo. cloth-backed, patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xv, 289 pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. Introduction by Spielmann followed by descriptions of over 500 miniature books. Well-indexed. Scarce book.
Price: $ 325.00 other currencies Order nr. 41596

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See More... (Miniature Books) CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN S PIELMANN. TOGETHER WITH SOME DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES.
London Edward Arnold (1961) 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards. xv, 289 pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. Introduction by Spielmann followed by descriptions of over 500 miniature books. Well indexed. Red ink used to coat top edge has bleed along edge of front and back pastdowns and along top edge of the first few pages. Scarce book.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 42150

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See More... Muir, P.H. (editor) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND QUERIES
Complete set of this periodical. London Elkin Mathews 1935-1939 8vo. self paper wrappers. Vol.I, No.1 to Vol.II, No.12, a complete set of 16 issues in 15 numbers.
Not in Ulrich and Kup. With David Randall as American Editor. Filled with important bibliographical information, discussions of early dust jackets, issue points in important books, the Wise controversy, etc. Many of the letters were written by John Carter. Included in this set is a T.L.s. from Carroll A. Wilson, the American book-collector, to David A. Randall dated April 8, 1936 including a "Note" that could be included. Accompanied by letterhead from the magazine printed with Muir as Editor and Randall as American editor (blank).
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 6273

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See More... Newton, A. Edward AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS
Boston Atlantic Monthly Press 1918 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xxi, 356 pages.
First edition, with errata slip tipped-in at page 268. The jacket appears in two states; the first has no printing on the covers except for the spine while the second has printing on the front cover. This is a copy of the first state. This was the first book in a series of books written by Newton on book-collecting and remains a classic book in its field. This copy bears the following inscription on the front free endpaper "To Anna Gable Ford, with love and Christmas greetings from her father, William F. Gable, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 25th, 1918. See McKay 8643 for the sale of William Gable's library in 1923. Gable (1856-1921) was a noted collector and merchant. The front cover of the jacket is signed "Anna Katharine" in ink at the top edge. Jacket worn with tears and the bottom of the spine lacking. Extremely scarce in this first state jacket.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 11431

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See More... Newton, A. Edward THE FORMAT OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
With Reproductions of Title-pages from Books in the Author's Library. Cleveland The Rowfant Club 1928 4to. marbled cloth with a maroon base color, box with wrap-around label. (vi), 41, (3) pages.
Printed in February 1928 in an edition of 289 numbered copies. With a separate colored plate as a frontispiece. Book and box are in great shape.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 14883

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See More... (Pforzheimer, Carl H.) Unger, Emma V. and William A. Jackson CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700.
3 volumes. New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc. 1997 small 4to. cloth 1350 pages
Limited to 700 copies. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue, extremely difficult and expensive to find on the antiquarian market (normally priced around the $8,000 mark), fully describes all the books and manuscripts in Pforzheimer's collection of English literature, making it a most valuable reference for the scholar, researcher, librarian, book collector and bookseller. This work puts each description into various contexts: authorship, textual authority, sequence of editions and publishing history, reference concordance and rarity. The collection also gathers together the best books by the best authors in this period of English literature. Begun by Emma V. Unger and completed by William A. Jackson, the catalogue is primarily arranged in alphabetical order by author. Translations and anonymous books in most cases have been placed under the name of the translator or the attributed author. These can be readily found through full cross references and in the Index of Anonymous Books. In addition, a new addendum consisting of thirteen pages of books added later to the Library are included. Originally designed by Frederic Warde, Bruce Rogers completed the work with additional design and title pages after Warde's untimely death. After the acquisition of the Library by the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, many scholars, librarians and booksellers have urged the University to republish this catalogue. Now reproduced with great care and attention to quality, this new printing preserves Jackson's matchless style and Rogers's design. This edition is published jointly by Oak Knoll Press and Heritage Book Shop Inc. in a press run of 700 copies. The text is printed on quality 60 lb. Natural Smooth paper. The volumes are strongly bound in cloth with gold-stamped titles on the spines and the Pforzheimer monogram on the front boards.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 46580

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See More... PHILOBIBLON, EINE VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FÜR BUCH-UND GRAPHIK-SAMMLER.
18 volumes. Hamburg Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co. 1957-1974 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. various pagination.
Second Series. A complete run of this periodical from Volume One, Number 1 (1957) through Volume 18, Number 4 (1974). The best known German periodical devoted to the book arts. Filled with interesting articles on all aspects of the book and especially its illustration. Very fine set. Each volume of 4 quarterlies is protected by a cardboard case.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 104061

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See More... Poole, Edward R. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND RETROSPECTIVE MISCELLANY, CONTAINING NOTICES OF AND EXTRACTS FROM RARE, CURIOUS, AND USEFUL BOOKS, IN ALL LANGUAGES; Original Matter Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland; Abstracts from Valuable Manuscripts; Unpublished Autograph Letters of Eminent Characters; and Notices of Book Sales.
London John Wilson 1830 small 8vo. original paper-covered boards, original paper spine label. (iv), 160 pages.
First and only edition. (Lowndes p.1912; Ulrich and Kup p.146; Halkett and Laing p.198 though pagination is stated incorrectly). Lowndes says that "this gentleman issued notices of a translation or Richard de Bury's Philobiblon, a corpus Bibliographicum, and other small works, which never appeared." This periodical contains a 12-page biography of de Bury with numerous references. Wear along hinges with part of the top of the spine missing. Covers detached. Unusual to find a specimen still preserved in the original binding.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 61962

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See More... Rauch S.A., Nicolas CATALOGUE DE BEAUX LIVRES; VENTES RAUSCH
Mies (Vaud), Genève N. Rauch 1948-1964 sales catalogues, 8vo.; auction catalogues, large 8vo. cloth with paper or leather spine labels; stiff paper wrappers variously paginated
Text in French. Large lot of publications from the mid-century Geneva bookseller Nicolas Rausch. All of these titles were printed in limited editions, generally numbering between 1,000 and 1,500 copies. Includes sales catalogues printed between 1948 and 1961, numbered 1 through 7; auction catalogues from 1952-1962, numbered 1-33 (no. 2 missing), bound in eight volumes, with three additional catalogues from the early 1960s in stiff paper wrappers and three slim bulletins. Contains detailed descriptions of thousands of books. Rausch dealt in books dating from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, and his catalogues are arranged chronologically. He also published several special sales catalogues devoted to topics including incunabula, almanacs, botany and natural history books, artists and the book. With copious reproductions of bindings, facsimile pages, and book illustrations, many of which are in color, some are folded. Auctions include the sales of the libraries of W.S. Kundig and Silvain S. Brunschwig. Not limited to books, the auctions also detail the sales of antiquities, architectural drawings, maps, early photography, prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture. Auction results are loosely inserted into the catalogues. Each catalogue is indexed.
Price: $ 750.00 other currencies Order nr. 76201

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See More... Roden, Robert F. AUCTION PRICES OF AMERICAN BOOK-CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1857-1901.
Cleveland The Rowfant Club 1904 small 8vo. quarter leather, paper-covered boards, fore and bottom edges uncut. (vi), 70, (2) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 120 numbered copies; this copy does not have a number but is inscribed in ink "Sample Copy." A record of some book club publications and the prices realized at various auctions. Book clubs listed include the Caxton Club, the Grolier Club, and the Rowfant Club, among others. Well-preserved copy of this scarce book. Unopened copy.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 51622

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See More... Rogers, Horatio PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF PROVIDENCE WITH A PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON THE LOVE OF BOOKS.
Providence, RI Sidney S. Rider 1878 square 8vo. original three-quarter calf over marbled boards, top edge gilt. vi, 255 pages, 12 illustrations.
First edition, limited to 250 copies. Discusses John Carter Brown, Joseph J. Cooke, John R. Bartlett, Royal C. Taft, Alexander Farnum, C. Fiske Harris, Sidney S. Rider and the author's collection. Some rubbing at spine ends and tips. Much better preserved than usual.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 36852

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See More... Rouveyre, Édouard CONNAISSANCES NÈCESSAIRES A UN BIBLIOPHILE ACCOMPAGNEES DE NOTES CRITIQUES ET DE DOCUMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES RECUEILLIS ET PUBLIÉS.
10 volumes bound in 5. Paris Édouard Rouveyre (1899) 8vo. later cloth, leather spine labels xxiv,175+(1); (xii),208,(2); (viii),239+(1); (vi),151 plus many plates; (viii),196,(2); (viii),236,(2); (vi),136 plus many plates; (vi),206,(2); (vi),185,(3); (vi),171,(5) pages.
Fifth and best edition. What had started as a one volume guide for book collectors in 1877 grew to this massive set. Each volume covers a different area of interest to the collector including the history of printing, collecting, binding, papermaking, book illustration, the enemies of books and a bibliographical manual. The book is heavily illustrated and even contains tipped-in specimens of marbled paper, decorated paper and other types of art paper. Spines slightly age darkened. Bookplate.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 93911

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From the collection of the artist Franz Rechberger

(Schmidt, George Frederic) Crayen, Auguste Guillaume CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE L'OEUVRE DE FEU GEORGE FREDERIC SCHMIDT, GRAVEUR DU ROI DE PRUSSE, MEMBRE DES ACADÉMIES ROYALES DE PEINTURE DE BERLIN ET DE PARIS, ET DE L'ACADÉMIE IMPÉRIALE DE ST. PETERSBOURG
London n.p. 1789 small 8vo. full tree calf, red leather spine label. (xxviii), 122, (2) pages with a frontispiece portrait of the artist.
First edition signed by the author at the end of the introduction. Dedicated to Monsieur Wille, graveur du roi de France, de L'Académie Royale de peinture et de plusiers autres académies. This copy of the book carries the signature and annotations of Franz Rechberger (1771-1841), a painter and engraver who was the personal curator of the Austrian collector, patron, and bibliophile le Comte Moritz von Fries (1777-1826). (For further information on Rechberger see Bénézit, 8 p.639, and Nagler, Die Monogrammisten II p.863.) The Comte de Fries was a patron of Ludwig van Beethoven and friend of Franz Schubert. He had amassed a collection of over 16,000 books (mostly large, illustrated works of the 18th century), 300 paintings and 100,000 drawings and prints representing all schools, before it had to be sold as a result of his bankruptcy in 1826. The collection is now dispersed throughout various public and private European collections. This book is annotated by Rechberger with notations of which prints were owned by Fries. Includes a complete catalogue of the prints and bookplates made by Schmidt. The book opens with a fine etching of Schmidt by "Wagner à Leipsic." Head and tail of spine with small chips, some rubbing to hinges. Bookplate on front pastedowns of Theodor Noderer and one indicating that this book came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. A commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale is loosely inserted. Covers cracked along front hinge.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 75843

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See More... 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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Presentation to Jakob Goldsmidt

(Sterling, Louis) STERLING LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED BOOKS AND LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTED BY SIR LOUIS STERLING AND PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
N.P. Privately printed 1954 small 4to. quarter red morocco over red cloth. xviii, 613 pages.
With a number of full-page plates illustrating the book discussed. Especially strong in English literature. Presentation from Sterling on free endpaper to Jakob Goldsmidt. Prospectus to book loosely inserted. Bookplate. Minor cover rubbing.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 7658

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See More... Stevens, Henry RECOLLECTIONS OF MR. JAMES LENOX AND THE FORMATION OF HIS LIBRARY
London Henry Stevens & Son 1886 small 8vo. original half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label, top edge gilt, others uncut. x, 211, (3) pages.
First edition. An excellent book by the rare book dealer, Henry Stevens, on the Americana collector, James Lenox. With much information on bookselling in the 19th century. Loosely inserted in this copy is a one page A.L.s. dated August 15, 1862 from Lenox to Simon Stevens, brother of Henry N. Stevens, the author of this book. Lenox is asking Simon Stevens to deliver letters to his brother in London. Covers rubbed and spine label partially chipped away. Armorial bookplate of W. Wood.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 10506

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See More... Stevens, Henry RECOLLECTIONS OF MR. JAMES LENOX OF NEW YORK AND THE FORMATION OF HIS LIBRARY.
London Henry Stevens & Son 1886 8vo. original three-quarter creme colored cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label. x, 211 pages.
First edition, one of the very scarce large-paper copies printed on Whatman paper. The three portraits are done in proof on India paper. Well printed by the Chiswick Press. A wonderful history of Americana collecting told by the bookseller, Henry Stevens. Loosely inserted is the original four page prospectus offering both the trade and the special editions of this book. These special large paper copies are in a bigger format and the original price was almost 4 times the price of the regular edition, Covers show rubbing and some soiling. Small chip out of edge of leather spine label.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 3617

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See More... (Updike, John) De Bellis, Jack & Michael Broomfield JOHN UPDIKE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIALS, 1948-2007
With "Foreword to my own Bibliography" by John Updike and a CD Supplement New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2007 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 624 pages (plus 359 pages on CD-ROM)
First Edition. John Updike is internationally renowned for his novels, short stories, poems, essays and criticism. He has won two Pulitzers, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and many other prizes. Updike has written a "Foreword to My Own Bibliography" especially for this book.
This definitive guide to materials by and about this prolific American author consists of a printed first volume and a second volume on CD (a first for Oak Knoll Press). The A and B sections of Volume I, concerning separately printed works by Updike and books to which he has contributed, are superb examples of descriptive bibliography. The printed volume also features over 500 grayscale images of book covers, jackets, broadsides, and many seldom seen items. It includes comprehensive listings of Updike's short fiction, poems, articles, essays, and reviews, as well as extensive documentation of letters, speeches, dramatic works, manuscripts, interviews, and blurbs. Volume II contains entries for material about Updike and his work (reviews, commentary, and theses), several appendices (media appearances, work read by others, works in translation, exhibits and catalogs), and full-color versions of images appearing in the printed volume. John Updike: a Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Materials, 1948-2007 provides an indispensable guide to Updike's work and commentary about it.
Jack De Bellis, professor emeritus of English (Lehigh University), has authored The John Updike Encyclopedia (2000) and John Updike: Critical Responses to the "Rabbit" Saga (2004), as well as several essays and reviews concerning Updike's novels. This bibliography greatly expands his 1994 compilation for Greenwood Press. De Bellis has also published two books on the poet Sidney Lanier, and articles on writers ranging from Shakespeare to Ken Kesey, and from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Truman Capote. His first published work, on Andrew Lytle, was a bibliography. De Bellis was a Fulbright scholar to the University of Toulouse in France. He lives with his wife in Allentown, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia where he was born.
Michael Broomfield, a corporate lawyer by profession, has become, over the past 40 years, a preeminent collector of first editions and other materials by a number of American writers, including Raymond Carver, E.E. Cummings, William Faulkner, Joseph Heller, Robinson Jeffers and many living authors. Collecting work in many forms, Broomfield displays remarkable attention to detail and an acute understanding of the complexities of editions. He has what is probably the most extensive private collection of John Updike materials. This bibliography is Broomfield's first book. He lives in New York City with his wife and their daughter.

Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 92254

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  Walford, Edward ANTIQUARIAN MAGAZINE AND BIBLIOGRAPHER
7 volumes. Volumes 1 to 5, 7, and 10. London Willaim Reeves and T. Fisher Unwin 1882 - December 1886 8vo. publisher's green cloth spine with red pebbled cloth covers, top edges gilt.
(Ulrich & Kup p.155). There were seven volumes of the magazine issued under this title of which all but volume 6; it continued unitl 1887 under the title WALFORD'S ANTIQUARIAN MAGAZINE AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW. "News, reviews, and notes make interesting reading." Well-illustrated. This set is uniformaly bound in the publisher's binding. Some of the inside hinges are cracked.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 75968

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See More... (Wise, Thomas J.) Carter, John and Graham Pollard ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE...WITH SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY With A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE ... THE FORGERIES OF H. BUXTON FORMAN & T.J. WISE RE-EXAMINED. by Nicolas Barker and John Collins. With A NOTE ON TWO POEMS BY ELIZABETH BARRETT AND ROBERT BROWNING (1854)
London The Scolar Press (1983) 8vo. full leather for first two volumes and half leather for third, slipcase. 10,xii,400,11-41; 394; 27 pages.
Limited to 80 numbered copies. The entire set is contained in a slipcase. Out of print on publication. The actual 1854 first edition by the Brownings which is enclosed was used as the model for which Wise and Forman based their forgeries. It, in itself, is becoming rare. This third volume is enclosed in a half leather slipcase which also contains the actual 1854 Browning first edition.
Price: $ 1,200.00 other currencies Order nr. 2509

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