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    • See More... 206. THE GREEK BOOK.
    New York H. P. Kraus, Inc. 1997 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 84, (6) pages.
    A catalogue from the exhibition of Greek printing and the book arts from the 15th to the 20th centuries from the collection of H.P. Kraus. It includes 52 entries, an index of authors, editors, and anonymous works. Illustrated in black and white.
    Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 70307

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    See More... (Africa) BOOK DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES.
    Paris Unesco (1969) small 4to. paper wrappers. 37, (3) pages.
    No.56 in Unesco's series of Reports and Papers on Mass Communication; focuses mainly on publishing and distribution.
    Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 49520

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    See More... (Africa) Zell, Hans M. THE AFRICAN BOOK WORLD & PRESS--A DIRECTORY.
    Oxford Hans Zell 1980 4to. cloth. xxxiI, 244, (10) pages.
    Second edition, revised and expanded. Lists a total of 4,028 institutions and organizations, including libraries, publishers, the retail book trade, research institutions with publishing programs, book industry and literary associations, and the major periodicals and newspapers published throughout the African continent. Presentation from editor to Sigfred Taubert on free endpaper.
    Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 49503

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    See More... Ahlström, Bertil. TRE OM BOCKER OCH BOKHANDEL [THREE ON BOOKS AND THE BOOKTRADE].
    Stockholm Prisma 1961 large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 61+(1) pages.
    Reprint of a 1923 article by Hedval on the book, the bookdealer, and the public, with two c1960 articles by Ahlström and Josephson on visual selling and customer service respectively.
    Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 52815

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    See More... AIDE-MÉMOIRE DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES
    Avec l'indication de leur valeur dans le commerce, par un Ancien Libraire Paris Aide-Mémoire du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres 1906 large 8vo. cloth (iv), 443(+1) pages
    Handbook with prices for antiquarian book sellers and collectors. The cloth of this copy has split at the joints. The upper portion of the spine has pulled away from the book block. Someone has attempted to repair the front joint with clear tape. The cover also has darkened unevenly, shows some soiling and is worn at the corners. The gilding is still present on the upper edges but barely. A penned signature of a former owner (Sarah Dickson) appears on the front free endpaper. The leaves have darkened and become brittle at the edges and near the front and back of the book. The half-title is loose but present; the title page is barely attached. A few leaves have lost fragments at the edges.
    Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 90593

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    See More... Allen, George R. HISTORY OF WILLIAM H. ALLEN, BOOKSELLER, 1918-1997.
    Bethlelem Special Collections, Lehigh University Information Resources 1997 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (2) pages.
    Limited to 500 copies. Three page introduction by Steven Rothman. With six illustrations. To speak of Allen's is to speak of wit, integrity and devotion to the craft of bookselling. This booklet tells its history.
    Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49711

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    See More... Allen, George R. HISTORY OF WILLIAM H. ALLEN, BOOKSELLER, 1918-1997.
    Bethlelem Special Collections, Lehigh University Information Resources 1997 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (2) pages.
    Limited to 500 copies. Three page introduction by Steven Rothman. With six illustrations. To speak of Allen's is to speak of wit, integrity and devotion to the craft of bookselling. This booklet tells its history.
    Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 96687

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    See More... Almquist, Johan Axel. SVERIGES BIBLIOGRAFISKA LITTERATUR FORTECKNAD AF J...TREDJE DELEN, HAFT 1, TYPOGRAFI OCH BOKHANDTVERK SAMT SUPPLEMENT TILL FOREGAENDE DELAR [SWEDEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHIC LITERATURE LISTED BY (THE AUTHOR), THE THIRD PART, FASICLE 1, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK ARTS, WITH SUPPLEMENT TO PRECEDING PARTS].
    Stockholm n.p. (Royal Library)) 1912 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 152 pages.
    Part III, fasc. 1 of the work listed in Besterman 5949. Entries no. 4951-5810 (i.e. 860) of this work. The making and selling of books, and the history thereof. The supplement lists bibliographies, biobibliographies, books on library science and archives, and library catalogues. Concludes with list of corrections and errata. Unopened. Covers detached and missing pieces; backing missing.
    Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 52954

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    See More... (Americana) THE ANNOTATED EBERSTADT CATALOGS OF AMERICANA. IN FOUR VOLUMES INCLUDING INDEX. NUMBERS 103 TO 138, 1935-1956.
    New York Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd. 1965 thick 8vo. cloth.
    Just volume II of this four volume set covering catalogues 122 to 132. A virtual mine of information on Americana, with prices, brought together with the use of a lengthy index volume. Thousands of entries given. Spine has Volume One printed on it but this is volume two.
    Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108219

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    See More... (Americana) A COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PAINTINGS, ETC., RELATING TO.
    New York E. Eberstadt & Sons 1957 tall large 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 111 pages.
    671 priced lots of Americana, with many items for individual states. A few illustrations. Reproduced typescript. Covers worn, soiled; old tape repairs.
    Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 54896

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    See More... (American Booksellers' Association) THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL BANQUET.
    N.P. American Booksellers' Association 1913 8vo. paper covered boards, paper cover label. (xviii), 241 pages.
    Held at the Hotel Astor. Title page, list of speakers, menu, list of officers followed by the full text of Irvin S. Cobb's Cobb's Anatomy with illustrations by Peter Newell. Boards soiled. Slight cracking to head of spine.
    Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 106260

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    See More... (Amtmann, Bernard) Mappin, John and John Archer BERNARD AMTMANN, 1907-1979, A PERSONAL MEMOIR
    N.P. Amtmann Circle Publication 1987 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 73, (5) pages
    Limited to 500 copies, 400 of which are in stiff paper wrappers such as this one. A biography of the great Canadiana researcher, bookseller and publisher, Bernard Amtmann. With an epilogue and three appendices.
    Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 100920

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      Anderson, Charles BOOKSELLING IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD; SOME OBSERVATIONS & RECOLLECTIONS. IN CELEBRATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION.
    New York New York Times Book Co. 1975 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 214 pages.
    First edition, second printing. Articles by Tebbel, Taubert, Grannis, Hackett, Beach, Steloff and others. Jacket chipped.
    Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 55563

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      Anderson, Charles BOOKSELLING IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD; SOME OBSERVATIONS & RECOLLECTIONS IN CELEBRATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION.
    New York New York Times Book Co. (1975) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 214 pages.
    First edition. Articles by Tebbel, Taubert, Grannis, Hackett, Beach, Steloff and others. Well preserved copy.
    Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 115141

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    See More... ANTIQUARIAN LUST.
    Angelopolis n.p. 1973 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (iv), 14 pages.
    Four "lustful" essays written by Chiron (Michael Horowitz), Zaldi Waples (William Dailey), J.N.-A. Pichauld (David Sachs) and V. Verseau (Victoria Dailey) with the actual names penciled in next to the printed names.
    Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 100977

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      ANTIQUARIAT (DAS)
    Vienna Das Antiquariat 1953-1973 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers variously paginated
    125 issues. Serial publication. (Titus 410). Series begun in 1945, issued monthly or bi-monthly. Available volumes January-December 1953 and 1954; January-August and October-December 1955; January-December 1956; issues 1-12 1957; issues 1-12 1958; issues 1/2-5/6 1959; issues 1/2 and 7/8-11/12 1960; issues 3-8 1961; issues 9-12 1962; issue 1/2 1963; issues 3/4 and 5/8 1964; issues 9/10 and 11/12 1966; issues 3-11/12 1968; issues 1-12 1969; issues 1-12 1970; issues 1-3 and 5-12 1971; issues 1-12 1972; and 1-12 1973. Issues are illustrated in black-and-white. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
    Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 77841

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    See More... (Argentina) CATALOGO DE LAS OBRAS EDITADAS Y LIBROS DE FONDO DE LA "LIBRERIA NACIO
    Buenos Aires J. Lajouane and Co. 1910 small 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages.
    Bookseller's and publisher's catalogue for about 100 titles, mostly legal publications and works on history and political science, but also with 15 textbook titles used in "los Colegios Nacionales y Escuelas Normales" in Argentina. Prices are often given for both paperback and bound versions. Pages browned, wrappers soiled, worn through at top of spine. One staple has broken. Corner chipped.
    Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 50212

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    See More... (Argentina) CATALOGO DEL DEPARTMENTO DE LIBRERIA, 1920.
    N.P. (Buenos Aires) n.p. (Gath & Chaves) 1920 large 12mo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 174 pages.
    Catalogue of the book dept. of a Buenos Aires business called The South American Stores, Gath & Chaves Ltd. for 1,000's of current titles. Listings include: much art and literature (emphasizing classics); no children's category except for school and educational books; serious works on natural science, psychology etc., often of an introductory nature, and historical and some political works, but relatively little on current/controversial topics. Many titles in French and English. Some modern customers would find this all deplorably primitive: no cat calendars, celebrity bio's, swimsuit issues, pop-psych tomes, or messages from UFO's. And how did they dare offer all those foreign-language books without a proper, correct multicultural section? Wrappers soiled, rather loose.
    Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 50226

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    See More... (Arion Press) THE ARION PRESS. CATALOGUE 1991.
    San Francisco The Arion Press 1990 8vo. paper wrappers, original mailing envelope. (24) pages.
    This catalogue gives a brief history of the Arion Press, and describes its facilities. It outlines its publishing program and features four books that were planned for 1991 and two from 1990. It also gives a lists of all publications of the Press from 1975 to 1990.
    Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 57819

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    See More... Armstrong, Alan OFF IN ZORA
    Good used books talked and sold (Hatfield, MA Alan Armstrong 1995) 8vo. paper wrappers 43 pages
    Second edition. Tales of a travling bookseller. Presentation from the author on the front wrapper.
    Price: $ 27.50 other currencies Order nr. 104793

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    See More... Astbury, Raymond LIBRARIES & THE BOOK TRADE IN BRITAIN
    Hamden Archon Books (1968) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 194 pages.
    First U.S. edition. Contains 13 essays by various people on the booktrade in Britain; concerned, for the most part, with the 20th century. Includes an essay by Hans Schmoller on "The Paperback Revolution."
    Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 676

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    See More... Astbury, Raymond LIBRARIES & THE BOOK TRADE IN BRITAIN
    London Clive Bingley (1968) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 194 pages.
    First edition. Contains 13 essays by various people on the booktrade in Britain; concerned, for the most part, with the 20th century. Includes Hans Schmoller on "The Paperback Revolution." Minor rubbing of jacket.
    Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 19247

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    See More... (Auction) [COLLECTION OF FIVE SOTHEBY & CO. AUCTION CATALOGUES].
    (London) Sotheby & Co. 1963 large 8vo. cloth, leather spine label and paper labels for each sale taped on spine variously paginated
    Auction catalogues. For sales held at Sotheby & Co. on the following dates in 1963:
    -June 10: "Catalogue of Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures," (not in Blogie), 165 lots.
    -June 11: "Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters, Literary and Musical Manuscripts," (Blogie III, 185), 170 lots.
    -June 24: "Catalogue of The Distinguished Collection of Modern French Illustrated Books of the late M. Nicolas Rauch of Geneva," (Blogie III, 186), 174 lots.
    -October 21: "Catalogue of Important Old Master Drawings," 169 lots.
    -December 9: "Catalogue of Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures," (not in Blogie), 145 lots.
    Well-illustrated in color and black-and-white. Highlights include Arabic illuminated manuscripts, sketches by Raphael, tenth-century illuminated Gospels, early editions of the plays of Shakespeare and signatures of famous musicians including Beethoven. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
    Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 77491

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    See More... (Auction) [COLLECTION OF SEVEN AUCTION CATALOGUES FROM 1912]
    Paris various 1912 large 8vo. quarter cloth and paper-covered boards with original paper wrappers bound in variously paginated
    Auction catalogues from 1912. Details as follows:
    1--Catalogue de Livres Anciens..., by Henri Leclerc held February 21-22. (Not in Blogie). 374 lots.
    2--Catalogue de Livres Anciens..., by Henri Leclerc held May 13-15. (Not in Blogie). 597 lots.
    3--Catalogue de Livres Anciens...Autographs, by Henri Leclerc and Noël Charavay held Jun 20-21. (Blogie II, 281). 420 lots, fold out facsimiles.
    4--Catalogue de Livres Anciens et Modernes..., by Henri Leclerc held November 11-13. (Blogie II, 282). 505 lots.
    5--Catalogue d'une Collection de Bons Livres Modernes..., by Ch. Bosse on October 24-25. (Not in Blogie). 297 lots.
    6--Catalogue d'une Collection de Beaux Livres Modernes..., by Ch. Bosse held October 29. (Not in Blogie). 232 lots.
    7--Bibliothèque de feu Mr. E.-C.-A. Legrand, by A. Durel and De Saint-Jorre held April 24-27. (Blogie II, 280). 1008 lots.
    The catalogues are priced in pencil in the margins. Some illustrations in black-and-white. Pages in brittle condition, many are chipped or torn along hinge. Front cover and spine detached from text block. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
    Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 77740

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    See More... (Auction Records) Matterlin, O. CATALOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES VENTES PUBLIQUES.
    Paris Éditions Mayer (1973) thick 8vo. cloth xi, 835+(1) pages.
    "Bibliographic catalogue" for book and manuscript auctions in France, England, Belgium, the U.S., and Switzerland, from Sept., 1979 to June 1977. Arranged alphabetically, mostly by author, sometimes by title.
    Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 91960

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