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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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  Sillem, Anthony THE BARROW IN NEWPORT COURT: A MEMOIR OF THE RARE BOOK TRADE.
(Hastings, East Sussex, England) Hungry Hornet Press (2011) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xii, 154, (2) pages
First edition. The "inside story of the rise and fall of the Covent Garden Bookshop" and its proprietor Dr. Simon Nothmann and other English dealers. Prefatory note. Black and white illustration of the author. Prospectus laid in.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 115937

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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... 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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See More... Spencer, Walter T. FORTY YEARS IN MY BOOKSHOP
Edited with an Introduction by Thomas Moult. With Illustrations in Colour and Black and White. London Constable & Co. (1927) thick 8vo. cloth xxxv, 284 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. A valuable, well-illustrated, antiquarian booksellers 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. Five illustrations in color and a number in black and white. Spine rubbed. Pencil inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 90325

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  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. Presentation on free endpaper "To Miss La Motte with many thanks from Walter T. Spencer, 5 November 1929." Covers rubbed with some fading of spine. Part of ink presentation as offset on front pastedown. Back inside hinge repaired.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 116741

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See More... (Stark, John Mozley) A CATALOGUE OF FOREIGN AND ENGLISH THEOLOGY COMPRISING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES; LITURGIES AND LITURGICAL WORKS; FATHERS OF THE CHURCH; COUNCILS AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORIANS; MONASTIC HISTORY AND RULE, CANON AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW.
London John Mozley Stark 1871 8vo later cloth spine with original printed paper covered boards. (ii), 166 pages
Catalogue of books offered for sale by John Mozley Stark, London bookseller, No. 90. Mostly theological works, also includes authors from the British Isles and specimens of early typography, woodcuts and engravings. Ex library with library bookplate on inside front wrapper, name of library perforated on title page and markings. Spine rebacked but torn. Wrappers soiled and separating. Tanning around edges.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 107862

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See More... Stevens, Henry A.L.s. - Henry Stevens to W.H. Huntington
London n.p. 1880 letter, 8 by 5 inches
Two page A.L.s. from Henry Stevens, Jr.(1819-1886), to W.H. Huntington in Paris, dated September 2, 1880. Stevens noted that he had sent a copy of his essay on Franklin's writings to Huntington and expected payment from a Mr. Smalley, which had not been received. Stevens asked Huntington to settle the account. Stevens was a London bookseller (catalogue entry for the Henry Stevens papers, University of Vermont library, Burlington).
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 116310

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See More... Stevens, Henry CATALOGUE OF MY ENGLISH LIBRARY COLLECTED AND DESCRIBED BY HENRY STEVENS ...
London C. Whittingham 1853 12mo. original cloth. 5751 entries.
First edition, limited to 1000 copies. (Sabin p.85). One of the very earliest Stevens catalogues, proceeded only by two extremely scarce catalogues of limited distribution. Stevens moved from Vermont to England to become one of the prime forces in the formation of many superb American libraries including the Lexon and Brown. Light wear at spine ends. First blank page has dampstained along bottom. Light foxing. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 10503

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See More... (Stewart, C.J.) CATALOGUE OF WORKS IN PATRISTIC AND MEDIAEVAL LITERATURE.
London C.J. Stewart (1862) large 12mo. orginal limp cloth with paper cover label xxiv, 128 pages
Sale catalogue from C.J. Stewart, issued 1862. One-thousand, sixty-three titles. Works by and about church fathers, religious councils and ecclesiastical history. Index by subject and chronology of writers included. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 77359

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See More... (Term Catalogue) THE ` 'MISSING' TERM CATALOGUE, A FACSIMILE OF THE TERM CATALOGUE FOR MICHAEL MASTERM 1695 WITH A LIST OF IDENTIFIED BOOKS.
Oxford Oxford Bibliographical Society 1987 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 7 pages followed by the facsimile.
This 1695 catalogue had been reported missing and was not included in Arber's 1903 work. This facsimile is reproduced from one of the two copies which have been recently discovered.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 39074

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See More... Todd, William B. PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS C. 1744.
London The Bibliographical Society 1974 8vo. paper wrappers. iv, pages 422 to 440.
An offprint of an article printed in The Library which indicated the importance of book subscription list as a historical record. Contains lists of Provincial Booksellers from 1744.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 56595

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See More... (Tonson, Jacob) Clapp, Sarah Lewis Carol (editor) JACOB TONSON IN TEN LETTERS BY AND ABOUT HIM.
N.P. The University of Texas Press 1948 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages.
Printed by Carl Hertzog. Information on 18th century bookselling and publishing activity. The letters are printed here for the first time. Paperclip mark on front cover.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 40295

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See More... (Trubner & Co.) SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF TRÜBNER & CO.
London Trübner & Co. n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers 20 pages
A catalogue of scientific works arranged alphabetically by author. Topics range from botany to military developments to architecture to astronomy and agriculture. Vertical crease in booklet, bottom right corners of front panel creased and folded. Lightly soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 87961

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  Tyas, Shaun BOOK-WORM DROPPINGS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF ABSURD REMARKS MADE BY CUSTOMERS IN SECONDHAND BOOKSHOPS. With illustrations by Martin Smith.
Stamford Paul Watkins 1988 8vo. printed paper over boards. 122, (4) pages.
First edition, this being one of the 500 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator and bound thus. A wonderful collection of quotes collected over a period of eight years by the author and other dealers.
Price: $ 22.00 other currencies Order nr. 30916

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See More... Unwin, David FIFTY YEARS WITH FATHER, A RELATIONSHIP
London George Allen & Unwin (1982) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 150 pages.
First edition. A memoir of the relationship between David Unwin and his father, Sir Stanley Unwin, publisher.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 18686

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See More... Wallis, P.J. THE BOOK TRADE IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM TO 1860.
Newcastle upon Tyne Thorne's Bookshops Ltd 1981 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 60 pages.
A supplement to C.J. Hunt's Biographical Dictionary, which included details of eleven hundred tradesmen and about thirteen hundred entries. Includes six hundred additions which include paper makers, editors, journalists etc.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 56435

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See More... Watt, Ian PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS: THE AUGUSTAN VIEW.
N.P. n.p. 1959 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.3-20.
A reprint from Studies in Bibliograpy, Volume Twelve. 1959.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100246

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See More... Wells, Gabriel THE GREAT ENGLISH STRIKE.
Garden City, NY Doubleday, Page & Co. 1926 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 10 pages.
The American bookseller voicing his opinion as he often prone to do. Inscribed "From G.W."
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 56576

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  Wheatley, Henry B. PRICES OF BOOKS, AN INQUIRY INTO THE CHANGES IN THE PRICE OF BOOKS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ENGLAND AT DIFFERENT PERIODS
London George Allen 1898 small 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 275 pages.
First edition. Part of the Library Series edited by R. Garnett. Chapters on Sellers of Books, Auction sales in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and others.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 20267

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See More... (Willis and Sotheran) CATALOGUE OF UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND VOLUMES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
London Willis and Sotheran 1862 thick 8vo. original quarter leather. (iv), 46, 594 pages.
Describes 15,512 books. Includes a fair selection of sixteenth-century books with titles reproduced in blackletter. Rubbed covers with wear at spine ends.
Price: $ 91.00 other currencies Order nr. 1265

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See More... (Willis and Sotheran) A CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE NEW AND SECOND-HAND BOOKS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.
London Willis and Sotheran 1859 small 8vo. modern paper wrappers. (ii), 354 pages.
9,620 priced, numbered entries in one alphabetical listing, mostly by author or title. Related items may be grouped together under one term or phrase--e.g. manuscripts appear under "manuscripts" and publications of the Shakespeare Society under "Shakespeare Society," but there is generally no special treatment of subgroups, despite the implications of the title. The method for entry under name is unusual: for ex., Rasselas by Dr. Johnson is given as "Johnson's (Dr.) Rasselas." Many pages have lost a little of the inner margin, but very few have lost any text. Has some worm holes in the first 14 pages.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 50160

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See More... (Willis and Sotheran) A CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE NEW AND SECOND-HAND BOOKS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS, ALSO, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC., ALL IN GOOD LIBRARY CONDITION, NOW ON SALE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES.
London Willis and Sotheran 1859 small 8vo. original printed cloth. (ii), 354 pages.
9,620 priced, numbered entries in one alphabetical listing, mostly by author or title. Related items may be grouped together under one term or phrase--e.g. manuscripts appear under "manuscripts" and publications of the Shakespeare Society under "Shakespeare Society," but there is generally no special treatment of subgroups, despite the implications of the title. The method for entry under name is that common at the time: for ex., Rasselas by Dr. Johnson is given as "Johnson's (Dr.) Rasselas." Mounted on the back pastedown is a list of prices charged for binding. Covers age darkened and spotted with wear.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 54085

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See More... Wilson, John G. BUSINESS OF BOOKSELLING; THREE LECTURES GIVEN AT THE LONDON DAY TRAINING COLLEGE...
London The Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland 1930 8vo. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
First edition. Paper spine covering and edges chipped with pieces missing. Frederic Melcher bookplate on front cover.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 10874

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