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McGrath, Daniel (Editor) BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX AN ANNUAL GUIDE TO THE VALUES OF RARE AND OTHER OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS.
Detroit Gale Research Co. 1964-1985 thick 4to. cloth.
Have the following volumes in the run: Volume 1-27, 29-31. A massive compilation of bookseller descriptions.
Price: $ 273.00 other currencies Order nr. 1004

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(Melcher, Frederic G.) FREDERIC G. MELCHER, FRIENDLY REMINISCENCES OF A HALF CENTURY AMONG BOOKS & BOOKMEN.
New York The Book Publishers' Bureau 1945 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 59, (3) pages.
First edition. With a preface by Christopher Morley followed by collected essays about publishing and bookselling by his friends. Jacket chipped.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 8277

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(Melcher, Frederic G.) FREDERIC G. MELCHER, FRIENDLY REMINISCENCES OF A HALF CENTURY AMONG BOOKS & BOOKMEN.
New York The Book Publishers' Bureau 1945 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 59, (3) pages.
First edition. With a preface by Christopher Morley followed by collected essays about publishing and bookselling by his friends. Formerly owned by Elmer Adler with his name and acquisition date in ink on the front pastedown.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 58042

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Mennicke, Carl. BUCHHANDEL IN DER GEISTIGEN LAGE DER GEGENWART.
Potsdam Karl Heidkamp 1928 12mo. paper wrappers. 48 pages.
A speech addressed to a 1927 meeting of booksellers on the present situation of the book trade. Wrappers slightly soiled.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 49449

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Menz, Gerhard. DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDLER, VIERUNDZWANZIG LEBENSBILDER FUHRENDER MANNER DES
Leipzig Werner Lehman 1925 cloth, two folded sheets in holder inside back cover. viii, 319+(1) pages.
Twenty-four short biographies of German booksellers or bookseller families from the late 18th century to the early 20th. Some of the names should be quite familiar: Reclam, Brockhaus, Kröner, Langewiesche, de Gruyter, etc. With introduction by G. Menz, and portraits. Inside the back cover are two folded sheets with floor plan and elevation of a bookstore in Königsberg. Worn along edges and at spine ends. A square section (2 x 2 in.) has been cut out on the cloth part of the back cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 51915

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(Merkel, Rudolf) Roth, Eugen FÜR RUDOLF MERKEL
N.P. (Rudolf Merkel) 1965 large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, stiff paper dust jacket (iv), 12 pages
Roth wrote this poem to mark the hundredth anniversary of the bookselling firm Rudolf Merkel and to celebrate the opening of their Munich store. It was published in this form for Merkel's customers and friends for Advent 1965. The exterior of this copy shows minor wear along the fore-edge. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. The binding staples have rusted slightly. Otherwise the interior shows minimal soiling or wear.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 91247

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Meyer-Dohm, Peter. DER WESTDEUTSCHE BUCHERMARKT.
Stuttgart Gustav Fischer 1957 small 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 203 pages.
A study of the structure of the West German book market. Wrappers slightly soiled.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 51294

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(Milkau, Fritz) BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFT
enthaltend u. a. die Bibliothek des Generaldirektors der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek a. D. Geh. Reg.-Rats Prof. Dr. iur. h. c. Dr. phil. Fritz Milkau; Bücher-Katalogs 454 & 455 (2 catalogues) Leipzig Otto Harrassowitz 1935 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 116; 106, (6) pages
These booksellers catalogues feature 1,902 and 1,800 items respectively. (Blogie 442) The exteriors of this set have light to moderate soiling, ink stamps and other markings. The spine of the second volume is damaged and the wrappers are almost detached. Inside, the leaves have darkened with age. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. In the second volume are scattered notations (mostly in the margins), and the final three leaves (advertising items available from Harrassowitz but not part of the Milkau collection) are fragile and partly torn, with some loss.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 90919

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Miller, Ellen LITERARY BOOKSTORES, A CROSS-COUNTRY GUIDE. WITH A NATIONAL LIST OF LITERARY BARS AND COFFEEHOUSES.
N.P. Poets & Writers, Inc. (1993) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, (iii), 158 pages.
Revised edition.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 99793

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(Miniature Books) Dawson, Ernest A VISIT WITH DR. R.
Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1988 miniature book (7.3 x 5.5 cm.) pastepaper-covered boards, paper spine label. 25, (3) pages.
Third printing of this account, the first done in 1948 at the Press of Muir Dawson, the second in 1968 by Robert Massmann, and this third printing, limited to 120 copies by Wallace Nethery (Bradbury, Dawson, 82). Autobiographical account of two days spent with the great Dr. R.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 24450

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(Miniature Books) Dawson, Ernest A VISIT WITH DR. R.
N.P. (REM) 1968 miniature book (6.2 x 5.1 cm.) cloth, paper cover label. (28) pages printed French-fold.
Limited to 120 copies. Second printing of this account, the first done in 1948 at the Press of Muir Dawson (Bradbury, REM, 22). Autobiographical account of two days spent with the great Dr. R. Hand-cut filigree title page.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 116459

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(Miniature Books) Dawson, Mary Helen and Glen (compilers) MINIATURE BOOKS, LISTS 132-161/1984-1988 (DAWSON'S BOOK SHOP).
Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1989 small 8vo. cloth unpaginated, but about 100 pages
Bound in lists 132-161of miniature books offered for sale by Dawson's Book Shop. Illustrations. Rubbed at bottom of spine.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 116487

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(Miniature Books) Friend, John CAPTAIN JACK, BEING THE REMINISCENCES OF A SEA-GOING BOOKSELLER.
Long Beach The Seahorse Press 1963 miniature book (5.x 4.4 cm.) leather stamped in gilt. 32, (2) pages.
Limited to 300 copies (Bradbury, Dawson's, 8). Set and printed by William Cheney. Biography of this bookseller who alternated working for different booksellers (Dawsons in California) and shipping off to sea. Binding by Bela Blau.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 24355

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(Miniature Books) JIM LORSON BOY BOOKSELLER AT 75 APRIL 11, 2003.
(Phoenix) D'Ambrosio 2003 miniature book (6 x 7 cm) cloth 31, (5) pages
Limited to 50 copies. Published to commemorate Lorson's 75th birthday. Lorson was a bookseller, business associate, and friend of publisher Joseph D'Ambrosio. Includes recollections by mutual friends. Table of contents. Color portrait of Lorson on front board.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 116398

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(Miniature Books) Orcutt, William Dana THE SPELL OF THE LAURENZIANA.
Buffalo Hillside Press 1985 miniature book cloth. (xii), vii, 86, (2) pages.
Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Mrs. Irwin (Bradbury, Hillside, 60). This article was reprinted from IN QUEST OF THE PERFECT BOOK and describes this famous Italian library. The first 7 pages contain tributes to the Buffalo bookseller, Thomas Mahoney.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 6373

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(Miniature Books) PETER HADDOCK LIMITED 25 1951-1976.
(Debrecen, Hungary Alföldi Printing House 1976) miniature book (5 x 6 cm) brown leather stamped in black and gilt. 32 pages, with plates
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Haddock firm. Black and white plates of executive and sales personnel, the warehouse, bookstore, and toystore. Text in English.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 116477

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(Miniature Books) Powell, Lawrence Clark BOOKSHOPS.
Los Angeles (Boswell, Roy V.) 1965 miniature book (6 x 4.3 cm) leather 8, (2) pages
No limitation given but obviously very small. A short book about the value of bookshops to communities. Printed for Roy V. Boswell as a keepsake for the Banqueteers at the Fifth California Antiquarian Book Fair. Printed by William M. Cheney and bound by Bela Blau. Presentation on free endpaper "W.T.'s book from L.P. '65."
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 116365

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(Miniature Books) Powell, Lawrence C. L.C.P.'S BOOK ABOUT BOOKSHOPS.
Los Angeles (Dawson's Book Shop) 1966 miniature book (4.5 x 3.2 cm) leather, title gilt-stamped on spine 14, (2) pages
Second edition (Bradbury, Dawson's 29). Argues that book shops are a hallmark of a city's culture. Frontispiece.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 117074

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(Miniature Books) Weber, Francis J. JAKE ZEITLIN AND THE BIG RED BARN.
Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1972 miniature book (6.3 x 4.3 cm) cloth, title gilt-stamped on front board viii, 15, (3) pages
Limited to 600 copies. (Bradbury, Dawson's 44). Colophon notes that printer was Cathay Press Limited of Hong Kong. Frontispiece. Zeitlin was a California antiquarian bookseller. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 117067

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(Miniature Books) Weber, Francis J. UP 65 YEARS TO LARCHMONT.
Los Angeles, CA Bela Blau 1970 miniature book (4 x 3 cm.) full leather, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, red headbands, patterned endpapers. 29, (3) pages.
A really miniature book. Brief history of the first 65 years or so of Dawson's Book Shop, known in 1905 as "Ernest Dawson's Antique Book Shop." The front cover design, "65" in large (for the book) gilt figures with "years" in smaller gilt lettering centered underneath, is repeated on the page preceding the half title in smaller figures and lettering, with the number in gilt on a square, red background and the "years" in red letters. The drawing on the verso of the half title is a cartoon based on the Spitzweg painting of the bibliophile on the ladder. Handset, printed and bound by Bela Blau.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 55020

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Minters, Arthur H COLLECTING BOOKS FOR FUN AND PROFIT
New York Arco Publishing Co. (1979) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 162 pages.
First edition. Beginner's guide to bookcollecting. Has some information on dealing with foreign booksellers.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 9671

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Mitchell, Edwin Valentine MOROCCO BOUND: ADRIFT AMONG BOOKS
New York Farrar & Rinehart (1929) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 232 pages.
First edition. Talk of his experiences in his bookshop and as a collector and about print collectors. Jacket chipped along edges.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 9713

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(Morks & Geuze) Buddingh', C. DORDSTE SNIPPERS.
Dordrecht Morks & Geuze's Boekhandel circa 1960 8vo stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket unpaginated
Text in Dutch. Black and white illustrations, scenes from Dordrecht, by Otto Dicke. Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morks & Geuze, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Dust jacket tanned. Dust jacket and wrapper bent at top corner.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 108258

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(Moskowitz, Larry) Sipper, Ralph B. LARRY MOSKOWITZ, MAN OF ESPRIT.
Santa Barbara, CA Cordelia Editions 1986 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (22) pages
Printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition limited to 500 copies as a keepsake on the occasion of Larry Moskowitz's birthday. Cover design by Carol Sipper. Reminisences of his childhood friend and business partner, by the founder of Joseph the Provider Books. Fading along spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 65273

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Muir, Augustus (editor) THE INTIMATE THOUGHTS OF JOHN BAXTER, BOOKSELLER.
Introduction by James Horatio Cockburn. London Methuen & Co. (1942) small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 166 pages.
First edition. Jacket with small tears along edges and some soiling.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 3582

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