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Book Selling - In Nineteeth Century
 
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See More... Ruprecht, Wilhelm. VATER UND SOHN.
Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1935 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 296 pages, with 24 illustrations.
Two hundred years of the German publisher and bookseller. Spine of jacket yellowed; some wear to jacket at head of spine.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 48282

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See More... (Salesman's Dummy) Herringshaw, Thomas A BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DAY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND REMINISCENCES.
Philadelphia Elliott & Beezley 1889 8vo. original decorated cloth variously paginated
Salesman's dummy of a proposed biographical dictionary of prominent men and women, which included biographical sketches and engraved illustrations. Subscription list at end of text with sample of spine attached to back pastedown with handwritten completed orders. Edges of boards scuffed and rubbed. Bookplate and previous owner's signature on front pastedown.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 115085

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See More... Saur, Klaus Gerhard. AUS ALTEN BORSENBLATTERN.
Munich Ludwig Simon 1966 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 303 pages.
Reproduces advertisements from each year of the German book-trade journal from 1834 to 1945, thus providing a fascinating cross-section of the German book trade in that period. Introduction by Ehrhardt Heinold. Indexed. Corners slightly bumped.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 48661

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See More... Schulze, Friedrich. DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL UND DIE GEISTIGEN STRÖMUNGEN DER LETZTEN HUNDERT JAHRE.
Leipzig Im Verlage Des Borsenvereins Der Deutschen Buchhandler 1925 small 4to. quarter parchment with paste paper-covered boards. (v), 294, (2) pages.
First edition. One hundred years of German bookselling and booksellers with photographs of many of them. Light cover rubbing.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 20316

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See More... Schulze, Friedrich. DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL UND DIE GEISTIGEN STROMUNGEN DER LETZTEN HUNDERT JAHRE.
Leipzig Im Verlage Des Borsenvereins Der Deutschen Buchhandler, 1925 (but Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat de 1990) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (v), 294, (2) pages.
Reprint of the 1925 first edition. One hundred years of German bookselling and booksellers with photographs of many of them.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 58834

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  Schurmann, Aug. DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL DER NEUZEIT UND SEINE KRISIS.
Halle Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses 1895 small 8vo. later cloth, leather spine label. viii, 281+(1) pages.
Describes a crisis in German bookselling in the late nineteenth century, discusses the beginnings of reform and reorganization. Tape repair to page vii.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 47854

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See More... Schurmann, Aug. DER DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL DER NEUZEIT UND SEINE KRISIS.
Halle Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses 1895 small 8vo. original paper wrappers. viii, 281+(1) pages.
Describes a crisis in German bookselling in the late nineteenth century, discusses the beginnings of reform and reorganization. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 53753

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See More... Schuster, Dr. Julius. ÜBER GRUND UND BEDEUTUNG DER VERSCHIEDENEN FORMEN DER HAND IN VERSCHIEDENEN PERSONEN, EINE VORLESUNG, ERLÄUTERT DURCH BEIGEGEBENE LITHOGRAPHISCHE TAFELN ABBILDUNGEN TIERISCHER UND MENSCHLICHER HÄNDE STUTTGART 1846, VERMEHRT DURCH DIE ERSTMALIGE WIEDERGAB
Eine vorlesung von Dr, Carl Gustav Varus. Berlin Martin Breslauer 1927 small 4to. paper-covered boards (ii) pages followed by facsimile (vi), 18 pages, (6) pages and plates.
The fourth volume in Breslauer's series entitled Bibliographien und Studien. Reprint in facsimile of the 1846 edition with additional notes. Small library stamp of the Bibliographical Society, Wear at spine ends.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 80726

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See More... Schütz, Friedrich PH. VON ZABERN: 200 JAHRE EINER MAINZER OFFIZIN
Mainz am Rhein Philipp von Zabern (1985) 4to. cloth xx, 192 pages
First edition. A survey of the von Zabern family's publishing history. Catalogue style format includes detailed entries on the keystone publications as well as company records, art objects and other important documentation connected to the previous generations of owners. Includes newspaper clippings, family photographs and hand-written correspondence. Several color plates in text and an index section at the back illustration covers.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 78177

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See More... (Schweizerische Vereinssortiment Olten) Helbing, Hans. DAS SCHWEIZERISCHE VEREINSSORTIMENT OLTEN 1882-1957.
Olten Schweizerische Vereinssortiment Olten 1957 square 8vo. quarter leather with paper-covered boards, slipcase. 169, (3) pages.
Festschrift celebrating 75 years of the Swiss association of retail booksellers in Olten. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 49420

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See More... Scott, Temple BOOK SALES OF 1895, A RECORD OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS SOLD AT AUCTION AND THE PRICES REALIZED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND INDEX.
London P. Cockram 1896 thick tall 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 443, (5) pages.
With an interesting six page introduction. One of the first of these guides to auction prices. 5,695 books described; with an index. Spine faded. Private handwritten bookplate on front pastedown.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 44518

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See More... Scott, Temple BOOK SALES OF 1895, A RECORD OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS SOLD AT AUCTION AND THE PRICES REALIZED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND INDEX.
London P. Cockram 1896 thick tall 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 443, (5) pages.
With an interesting six page introduction. One of the first of these guides to auction prices. 5,695 books described; with an index. Tear at top of spine. Inside hinges cracked.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 71116

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See More... Scott, Temple BOOK SALES OF 1896.
London George Bell & Sons; New York: Macmillan 1897 8vo. original cloth. xii, 597, (3) pages.
When possible Scott gives buyers' names as well as prices. Many entries annotated. Spine worn. Covers rubbed. Corners bumped. Offset stain on p.i. Shaken.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 50788

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See More... Scott, Temple BOOK SALES OF 1896, A RECORD OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS SOLD AT AUCTION AND THE PRICES REALIZED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND INDEX.
London P. Cockram 1897 thick tall 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 597, (3) pages.
One of the first of these guides to auction prices. 6,883 books described; with an index.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 46892

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See More... (Scribner's) Delaney, John (editor) DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARY SERIES, AN ILLUSTRATED CHRONICLE. VOL. THIRTEEN. THE HOUSE OF SCRIBNER 1846-1904.
Detroit Gale Research Inc. (1995) 4to. cloth viii, 442 pages
The majority of this work is comprise of an illustrated chronology, followed by information of the authors that have been published through Scribner. Spine ends bumped, minor wear at extremities, three small stains on covers. Laid-in is a sheet with a brief history of Scribner's and bibliographic information for this book.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 102187

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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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See More... Shillingsburg, Peter L. PEGASUS IN HARNESS, VICTORIAN PUBLISHING AND W.M. THACKERAY
Charlottesville University Press of Virginia (1992) 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket xiv, 301+(1) pages
Shillingsburg , while looking specifically at Thackeray, presents the concept of the artist as being, simultaneously, bound and free, a "Pegasus in harness." In addition to the text, there are samples of contracts, a census of imprints to 1865, and other additional materials.
Price: $ 16.00 other currencies Order nr. 99724

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See More... Silver, Rollo THE BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800-1825
3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers.
Excellent guide to the publishers, binders, booksellers, etc. active in Boston during this period. Gives addresses at corresponding dates.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 7604

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See More... Silver, Rollo G. BOOK TRADE AND THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF: 1800-1804.
1952 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. pp.33-44.
Offprint from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society, Vol. 46, First Quarter. Presentation from Silver on front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 20762

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  (Simmons, George) DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, &C.
Washington, D.C. George Simmons 1878 small 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 3-210 pages.
Sales catalogue for bookseller George Simmons, of Washington D.C. Lists items alphabetically by author/title under subjects. Includes Colonial, State, and United States Documents; Law; Medical; Religious; Biography; Fiction; History; Works in Foreign Languages (including Greek, Latin, German, Spanish, French, plus a section of various other languages); and Miscellaneous. Binding loose and some pages detached. Exlibrary copy. back wrapper lacking. Some tearing/chipping to spine. Minor spotting to outer pages.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 57152

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See More... Slater, J.H. BOOK COLLECTING, A GUIDE FOR AMATEURS
London Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1892 small 8vo. original cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. (ii), 130 pages.
First edition, a large paper copy limited to 500 numbered copies. (St. Bride 836). Interesting list at the end which lists all second hand booksellers in the United Kingdom who issue catalogues. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 8100

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See More... (Smith, Alfred Russell) A CATALOGUE OF RARE CURIOUS AND VALUABLE OLD BOOKS ON SALE BY ALFRED RUSSELL SMITH, 36 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.
London Alfred Russell Smith 1882 small 8vo. original quarter calf with red cloth-covered boards. (iv), 528 pages.
With a very large section devoted to William Shakespeare. A total of 6,227 books and pamphlets are described. Worn at spine ends and rubbed along hinges.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 39035

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See More... (Sohn, Fidelis Butsch) CATALOG DES ANTIQUAR. BÜCHERLAGERS
Reiche Auswahl seltener Werke über Amerika. Augsburg n.p. 1874 8vo. self paper wrappers (ii), 16 pages
Written in German. A catalogue of works about America. Contains 166 entries. Tanning and wear on extremities, large vertical crease down the middle. With the bookplate from Oak Knoll marking this as from the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 100636

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See More... Spatz, Bernard. SCHALLPLATTENVERKAUFSLEHRE FUR DEN BUCHHANDEL.
Gütersloh C. Bertelsmann 1961 12mo. paper wrappers. 87+(1) pages, with 16 additional pages of illustrations.
A manual for the book trade on selling records.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 50612

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See More... Spencer, Walter T. FORTY YEARS IN MY BOOKSHOP
Edited with An Introduction by Thomas Moult. London Constable & Co. 1923 8vo. polished cloth, top edge gilt. xxxv, 284 pages.
First edition. A valuable, well-illustrated, antiquarian bookseller's memoir. Spencer was personally acquainted with many of the authors of his day. Much on Dickens, George Cruikshank, Phiz and a positively laudatory account of T. J. Wise and his library. With colored illustrations. Great association item as with the following presentation on the free endpaper to the Boston bookseller "Charles E. Lauriat Esq with many thanks from Walter T. Spencer. 20-9-23." Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Covers faded.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 20349

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