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See More... (Payne, Thomas & Son) A CATALOGUE OF SEVERAL LIBRARIES, CONTAINING A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF NEAR FORTY THOUSAND VOLUMES, IN ALL LANGUAGES AND FACULTIES ... WILL BE SOLD ... THIS DAY, JANUARY 1780 ... .
[London, Castle Street], St. Martin’s Thomas Payne & Son (1780) 8vo. stitched as issued iv, 137, 140-149, 146-230, 52 (p. 54 misnumbered p. 58)
ESTC online lists 2 copies, at BL and Bodley. Despite the erratic pagination, the text is continuous and conforms to the BL copy. The final 52 pages are a separate section devoted to pamphlets. With probable rodent damage affecting lower section of first seven leaves, portion of titlepage absent with loss of text, ditto Index leaf, part loss of text for the remaining 5 leaves - although all the entries are intelligible, there is similar but lesser damage to top edge, not affecting text.
Price: $ 375.00 other currencies Order nr. 80612

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See More... Pearson, David DURHAM BOOKBINDERS AND BOOKSELLERS, 1660-1760
Oxford Oxford Bibliographical Society 1986 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 61 pages.
Occasional Publication No.19. Biographical sketches followed by plates showing bindings and specific binding tools. Bumped.
Price: $ 14.00 other currencies Order nr. 18562

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See More... Pearson, David PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY.
London The British Library 1994 (actually 1995) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 326 pages.
First edition, second impression. "This handbook will provide a basic reference source for anyone who is concerned with the provenance of printed books and manuscripts." Discusses bookplates, inscriptions, binding stamps, library catalogues, etc. Illustrated. Small damaged spot on spine of jacket. Ink ownership inscription.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 43742

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See More... (Pepys, Samuel) Wilson, Edward M. and Don W. Cruickshank SAMUEL PEPYS'S SPANISH PLAYS
London The Bibliographical Society 1980 8vo. cloth. (viii), 196 pages.
First edition. A detailed study on the subject with much about printing and the book trade in Seville up to 1700.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 10872

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See More... (Pepys, Samuel) Wilson, Edward M. and Don W. Cruickshank SAMUEL PEPYS'S SPANISH PLAYS
London The Bibliographical Society 1980 8vo. cloth. (viii), 196 pages.
First edition. A detailed study on the subject with much about printing and the book trade in Seville up to 1700. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 60378

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See More... (Pickering & Chatto) CATALOGUE OF OLD, RARE & VALUABLE BOOKS REMARKABLE FOR THEIR FINE CONDITION PART I.
London Pickering & Chatto 1920 small 8vo. quarter red diced calf, red cloth, all edges gilt.
Catalogue 188. Presentation copy. The inscription reads "C.S. Brigham Esq. with the compliments of the compiler Thomas Chatto Aug 20, 1920." There 3581 entries on old, rare, and valuable books. Illustrated in black-and-white. Covers soiled and rubbed with some nicks. Calf coming loose from the head of the spine.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 70413

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See More... (Pickering & Chatto) ENGLISH LITERATURE NOTED BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY AND BIOGRAPHICALLY, A CATALOGUE WITH PRICES AFFIXED, OF A VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
3 volumes in one. London Pickering & Chatto n.d. (c1895) 8vo. later half leather, cloth-covered boards, five false raised bands, original stiff paper wrappers bound in. (ii), 504, (10) pages.
Pickering, later Pickering and Chatto, is generally thought of in connection with printing and publishing, but the firm also sold books from the beginning. This alphabetical, undated catalogue (we guess c1895) of 3,380 priced entries was issued in three parts, but with consecutive numbering and pagination. Inscription on front blank. Front board detached. Rubbed on backing and corners; backing is faded. Moderate soiling, some scratching of covers.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 54139

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See More... Plant, Marjorie THE ENGLISH BOOK TRADE, AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE MAKING AND SALE OF BOOKS.
London George Allen & Unwin (1965) thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 500, (4) pages.
Second edition, revised. Jacket is soiled with some spotting of jacket spine.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 15665

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  Plant, Marjorie THE ENGLISH BOOK TRADE, AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE MAKING AND SALE OF BOOKS.
New York R.R. Bowker Co. (1939) thick 8vo. cloth. 500, (4) pages.
First U.S. edition.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 29667

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See More... Plant, Marjorie THE ENGLISH BOOK TRADE, AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE MAKING AND SALE OF BOOKS.
London George Allen & Unwin (1965) thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 500, (4) pages.
Second edition, revised.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 103747

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See More... Plomer, Henry R. A DICTIONARY OF THE BOOKSELLERS AND PRINTERS WHO WERE AT WORK IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM 1641 TO 1667.
Mansfield Centre Martino Publishing 2006 8vo. cloth. xxiv, 199 pages.
A reprint of the 1907 edition. The object of this work is to bring together the information available respecting the men and women who printed and sold books during this period in England, Scotland and Ireland. The information consists of imprints showing the various places in which booksellers and printers carried on their trade. The arrangement of the material is alphabetical by name. Distributed for Martino Publishing.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 93079

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See More... Plomer, H.R. DICTIONARIES OF THE PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS WHO WERE AT WORK IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND, 1557-1775.
London The Bibliographical Society 1977 4to. cloth.
Reprint in one volume of the four volume set published by the Society over the period 1910 to 1932. Printed in double column. Essential reference work. One leaf was folded during the printing process and is wrinkled.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 115594

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See More... (Poetry Bookshop) Woolmer, J. Howard THE POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Revere, PA and Winchester, England Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies 1988 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages.
With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. Founded in 1912 in London by Harold Munro, the Poetry Bookshop was one of the most important of these smaller houses, publishing books by Robert Graves, Richard Aldington, Ford Madox Hueffer, F. S. Flint, Eleanor Farjeon and others as well as the popular and important series of anthologies, Georgian Poetry. The Bookshop also published three series of rhyme sheets, two periodicals, and several series of Christmas cards, most of them with color illustrations by well-known illustrators. The firm also maintained an open shop that carried poetical works of other British publishers.
This bibliography describes all the books, chapbooks, rhyme sheets, periodicals and most of the ephemera in detail. With more than 50 black-and-white illustrations as well as seven color plates including a foldout and tipped-in Christmas card. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press.

Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 50295

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See More... (Poetry Bookshop) Woolmer, J. Howard THE POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Revere, PA and Winchester, England Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies 1988 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages.
With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. This publishing venture was founded by Harold Monro in 1912 in London and continued in business until 1935. Contains a bibliography of the books, rhyme sheets, broadsides, Christmas cards, periodicals etc issued by the press. Well illustrated. Spine of jacket slightly faded.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 14225

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See More... Pollard, Graham THE EARLIEST DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK TRADE, BY JOHN PENDRED (1785).
With an Introduction and appendix by Pollard. London The Bibliographical Society 1955 square 8vo. paper wrappers. xxiv, 90 pages.
Supplement to the Transactions of the Society. Includes information on booksellers and bookbinders. Chipped along edges.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 6185

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See More... (Pollard, Graham) STUDIES IN THE BOOK TRADE IN HONOUR OF GRAHAM POLLARD
Oxford Oxford Bibliographical Society 1975 8vo. cloth-backed boards. viii, 403 pages.
First edition. With a tribute by John Carter and essays by Barker, Hobson, Hunt, Morgan, Vaisey, Harry Carter, Harris, Nixon, Belanger, and Munby on Dibdin's reference library.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 4241

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See More... Powell, Lawrence Clark AND BROWN, A CHRONICLE OF B.F. STEVENS & BROWN
London Privately printed 1959 12mo. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (ii), 24 pages with 7 illustrations.
History of this bookseller. The hard bound variant.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 3152

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See More... Powell, Lawrence Clark "... AND BROWN", A CHRONICLE OF B.F. STEVENS & BROWN, LTD., LIBRARY AND FINE ARTS AGENTS OF LONDON, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE YEARS SINCE 1902.
London Privately printed 1959 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (ii), 24 pages with 7 illustrations.
History of this bookseller. Spot on inside front cover.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 96161

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See More... Pratt, R.D. A THOUSAND BOOKS ON BOOKS, A SELECTION OF ENGLISH BOOKS ON BOOK-MAKING BOOK-SELLING AND BOOK-COLLECTING.
London The Merrythought Press 1967 small 8vo. textured paper. 96 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. A personal selection of books collected by the author, "contains a great deal of information not readily available elsewhere," annotated. Most of the titles are from the 19th and 20th centuries, many private presses are represented, and serial publications are included. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Marks along bottom of front cover.
Price: $ 19.00 other currencies Order nr. 47114

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See More... (Private Press) Colverson, Tom and Dennis Hall (editors). A CATALOGUE OF FINE PRESS PRINTERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.
Oxford The Inky Parrot Press 1986 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Limited to 1050 copies. Lists and describes 167 private presses, and 22 trade stands. Well-illustrated with engravings from many of the presses.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 63513

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See More... (Quaritch) 1056 BOOKHANDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES. MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT LEAVES WITH A SELECTION OF CHARTERS.
London Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95 pages.
Catalogue 1056 issued by this bookseller. Part II of a series entitled Bookhands of the Middle Ages. 113 items described. Illustrated. One page introduction.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 69006

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See More... (Quaritch, Bernard) BERNARD QUARITCH'S CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF STANDARD ENGLISH LITERATURE
London N.P. 1907 8vo. cloth 165 pages followed by 68 pages of advertisements for new books and plates of the books listed in the catalogue
Bookseller's catalgoue showing 1683 items. Two sections of black-and-white plates. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and his name/address on the verso of the free front endpaper. Offset on front free endpaper from bookplate. Edges worn. Corners bumped.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 98252

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See More... (Quaritch, Bernard) A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRM OF BERNARD QUARITCH, 1847-1947.
With a Portrait-Study of the Founder by his Daughter Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore. London Bernard Quaritch (1947) large 8vo. stiff paper stiff paper wrappers. xvii, 91 pages.
With a 12 page history of the firm. Magnificent catalogue with illustrations, some of which are in color.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 7442

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See More... (Quaritch, Bernard) A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRM OF BERNARD QUARITCH, 1847-1947.
With a Portrait-Study of the Founder by his Daughter Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore. London Bernard Quaritch (1947) large 8vo. stiff paper stiff paper wrappers. xvii, 91 pages.
With a 12 page history of the firm. Magnificent catalogue with illustrations, some of which are in color. Ink stamp on front cover.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 96716

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See More... (Quaritch, Bernard) CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATION THE GROWTH OF ENGLISH TRADE 1700-1750.
London Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. 1968 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 140 pages.
Catalogue 888. Lists 750 items relating to the growth of English commercial trades between 1700 and 1750. Illustrated with 15 reproductions of covers or title pages from the listed items.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 56258

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