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See More... Heal, Ambrose. LONDON TRADESMEN'S CARDS OF THE XVIII CENTURY, AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR ORI GIN AND USE.
New York Dover Publications Inc. (1968) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 91 pages, 101 plates.
Reprint of the 1925 edition. Contains background and listings for over 100 trade cards. Well illustrated with 101 plates depicting trade cards.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 35036

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See More... Heal, Ambrose SIGNBOARDS OF OLD LONDON SHOPS.
London Portman Books (1988) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 220 pages.
Reprint of the 1957 edition. Includes about 400 collotype illustrations. A thorough study compiled from the author's collection of contemporary trade-cards and billheads. Well indexed by name, symbol, and trade. Includes sections on London booksellers, printers, paper stainers, and libraries.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108344

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See More... Herrmann, Frank THE ENGLISH AS COLLECTORS
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1999 tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 509 pages.
Reprint of the original edition, with corrections and a lengthy new introduction. This book is a unique and important source of information for those interested in the history of famous collections. Not only is the importance of collecting a growing factor in the history of art and antiques, but the details of provenance of objects traded on the art and antiques market are vital. In effect, the author has gone to the most revealing sources to produce a history of collecting in England and a study of the gradual emergence of the museum as a national institution.
ENGLISH AS COLLECTORS also offers interesting and compelling insight into the private lives of great collectors whose acquisitions became the nucleus of the foremost museums of Great Britain. Through 96 rare illustrations and 75 collector profiles, Herrmann goes behind the scenes to capture the drive, enthusiasm, and eccentricities of these patrons of the arts. In addition, this revised and expanded edition contains a useful and detailed bibliography of collecting history.
Since its first publication, ENGLISH AS COLLECTORS has become a classic in its field, and the first edition is now highly sought after. No other publication with so much detail has appeared to rival Herrmann's pioneering work. This volume is kept as a ready reference by those entrusted with the care of major private and public collections as well as those who organize exhibitions. This new edition has been issued because of continuing demand, and the author has contributed a well-written new introduction, brilliantly summarizing the state of private and "official" collecting today.
Frank Herrmann is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and
the author of a Sotheby's history: SOTHEBY'S: PORTRAIT OF AN AUCTION HOUSEand THE NORTON-SIMON MUSEUM.

Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 57257

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See More... Herrmann, Frank LOW PROFILE: A LIFE IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 408 pages.
First edition. Low Profile is the autobiography of Frank Herrmann, author, publisher, one-time director of Sotheby's and founder of Bloomsbury Book Auctions. This unique work offers a tantalizing, behind-the-scenes look into the hidden worlds of Herrmann's life and his various careers. Beginning with his early years as a book designer at Faber (publishers of TS Eliot), the author then shares the times when he had the good fortune to work for firms who published Evelyn Waugh, Ernest Shepard (illustrator of A A Milnes's books), Beatrice Potter, Mrs. Beeton and a host of other famous figures in the writing world. Herrmann continues his story, describing his stormy career as a Sotheby's director and then becoming the founder of his own publishing company and antiquarian book auction house. This well-written text is illustrated with many rare photographs of the "movers and shakers" of the British publishing world.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 70587

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See More... Herrmann, Frank LOW PROFILE: A LIFE IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 408 pages.
First edition. Low Profile is the autobiography of Frank Herrmann, author, publisher, one-time director of Sotheby's and founder of Bloomsbury Book Auctions. This unique work offers a tantalizing, behind-the-scenes look into the hidden worlds of Herrmann's life and his various careers. Beginning with his early years as a book designer at Faber (publishers of TS Eliot), the author then shares the times when he had the good fortune to work for firms who published Evelyn Waugh, Ernest Shepard (illustrator of A A Milnes's books), Beatrice Potter and Mrs. Beeton and a host of other famous figures in the writing world. Herrmann continues his story describing his stormy career as a Sotheby's director and then becoming the founder of his own publishing company and antiquarian book auction house. This well written text is illustrated with many rare photographs of the "movers and shakers" of the British publishing world.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 90406

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See More... Herrmann, Frank LOW PROFILE: A LIFE IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 408 pages.
First edition. Low Profile is the autobiography of Frank Herrmann, author, publisher, one-time director of Sotheby's and founder of Bloomsbury Book Auctions. This unique work offers a tantalizing, behind-the-scenes look into the hidden worlds of Herrmann's life and his various careers. Beginning with his early years as a book designer at Faber (publishers of TS Eliot), the author then shares the times when he had the good fortune to work for firms who published Evelyn Waugh, Ernest Shepard (illustrator of A A Milnes's books), Beatrice Potter and Mrs. Beeton and a host of other famous figures in the writing world. Herrmann continues his story describing his stormy career as a Sotheby's director and then becoming the founder of his own publishing company and antiquarian book auction house. This well written text is illustrated with many rare photographs of the "movers and shakers" of the British publishing world. Jacket spine is faded.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 108150

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See More... Hill, Joseph THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS.
New York Burt Franklin (1971) 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages.
Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 4288

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See More... Hill, Joseph THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS.
New York Burt Franklin (1971) 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages.
Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 97925

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See More... Hill, Peter Murray TWO AUGUSTAN BOOKSELLERS, JOHN DUNTON AND EDMUND CURLL
Lawrence, Kansas Univ. of Kansas Libraries 1958 thin 8vo. decorated boards (iv), 30 pages.
First edition. Second lecture of the Annual public Lectures on Books and Bibliography. With miscellanous material concerning Curll loosely inserted including a T.L.s. from Peter Murray Hill, Ltd. to Tim Munby concerning Curll. Spine covering lacking.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 87090

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See More... Hinks, John and Catherine Armstrong (editors) BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005 New Castle, Delaware and London, England Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2008 6 x 9 inches Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages
First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller and reader. Chronologically, the offerings range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century as they track the developing trade in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Publishers and readers who spent part of their lives in North America are also featured in several of the chapters. The main theme emerging from this volume is the significance of cheap print, including newspapers and journals. The social, cultural, political and economic significance of these artifacts is highlighted by an in-depth examination of the lives of those men and women who participated in the book trade. Co-published with The British Library.

Available in the UK from The British Library.

Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 96655

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See More... (Hodson) HODSON'S BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS DIRECTORY 1855.
With an Introduction by Graham Pollard. Oxford Oxford Bibliographical Society 1972 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, (xix), viii, 92, (6) pages.
Facsimile of one of the two known copies of this early English directory.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 9121

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See More... (Hookham) ENGLISH CATALOGUE.
London Hookham's Library n.d. (but circa 1854) 8vo. modern cloth, leather spine label. (ii), 49 pages, *50-*51 leaves, 51-54, 51-650 pages.
An unusual catalogue with separatly issued supplements (within the same pagination but on slightly different papers and typography) for the years 1851, 1854, 1857, 1857-1862. Major catagories include history, voyages and travels, plays, poems, biography, romances and novels, divinity, and political tracts. Title page printed in red and blue. Some internal ninteenth century library markings.
Price: $ 82.00 other currencies Order nr. 56335

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See More... Howard-Hill, T.H. THE BRITISH BOOK TRADE, 1475-1890: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware, and London, England Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2009 7.5 x 9.75 inches Hardcover, 2 volumes 1,876 pages in 2 volumes, plus index on CD-ROM
This superbly comprehensive and detailed bibliography of the British book trade, the product of research in over three hundred libraries in the UK and USA, supersedes all bibliographies on British authors and authorship, bibliography itself, book collecting, bookbinding, book illustration, bookselling, censorship, copyright, libraries, literacy, papermaking, printing, publishing, textual criticism, and typography until 1890. More than 24,000 items (notably articles in trade journals) are lightly annotated and arranged in classified chronological order to illustrate the social and technological development of British book crafts and industries. Items are minutely indexed on the accompanying CD-ROM. Large areas of the history and practices of the British book trades are opened to scholarly study for the first time. British Book Trade, 1475-1890 belongs in every research library: no-one who works in the fields of British literature, bibliography, or book trade history should neglect this work.

Trevor Howard-Hill is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Besides his many publications on Shakespearean texts, Renaissance dramatic manuscripts, and textual scholarship are eight volumes of the Index of British Literary Bibliography (Oxford 1969-99).

Published by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, in association with The Bibliographical Society and The Bibliographical Society of America.

Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 96665

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See More... (Huett, Noah) CATALOGUE OF THE STOCK OF BOOKS OF THE LATE MR. NOAH HUETT OF PRINCES STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE, CONSISTING OF UPWARDS OF TWENTY THOUSAND VOLUMES ... .
London Puttick & Simpson 1867 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers (ii), 119 pages.
Sale held July 15th to July 23rd, 1867. 2787 lots. Huett was a bookseller and this sale disposed of his stock. Well preserved copy. List of Catalogues of English Book Sales in the British Museum 1676-1900, p.320.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 80309

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See More... (Humphreys, K.W.) 1205 PALAEOGRAPHY AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY, BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF K.W. HUMPHREYS.
London Maggs Bros. 1996 large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Maggs Bros. Catalogue 1205, listing 520 books from the personal library of K.W. Humphreys (1916-94), known for his series of monographs on libraries of the medieval mendicant orders in Italy, and University Librarian at the University of Birmingham, from 1952 to 1975.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 72565

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See More... Hunt, Arnold, Giles Mandelbrote and Alison Shell BOOK TRADE & ITS CUSTOMERS, 1450-1900: HISTORICAL ESSAYS FOR ROBIN MYERS.
Introduction by D.F. McKenzie. Winchester & New Castle, DE St Paul's Bibliographies & Oak Knoll Press 1997 8vo. illustrated, cloth, dust jacket. 334 pages.
Collected here as a homage to Robin Myers, respected book trade historian and editor of the Publishing Pathways Series devoted to studies in book trade and publishing history, these essays uncover the connections between the mechanics of the book trade and their human ends in the learning and transmission of knowledge. They show that the processes and materials involved in the production of books pave the way for larger economic and social issues ranging from business connections, patents, copyrights and their transfer, London's relations with Ireland and America, the Stationers' Company and what transpires when books pass into the hands of customers. This work also includes a memoir of Myers along with a bibliography of her published works.
Here in PART I: THE BOOK TRADE, the contributors discuss a variety of topics: Ann Greening on "A 16th-century stationer and his business connections: the Tottell family documents (1448-1719) at Stationers' Hall," Elisabeth Leedham-Green on "Manasses Vautrollier in Cambridge," David Pearson on "A binding with the arms of the Stationers' Company," Arnold Hunt on "Book trade patents, 1603-1640," Giles Mandelbrote on "Richard Bentley's copies: the ownership of copyrights in the late 17th-century," Michael Harris on "Scratching the surface: engravers, printsellers and the London book trade in the mid-18th century," Scott Mandelbrote on "John Baskett, the Dublin booksellers, and the printing of the Bible, c. 1710-1724," James Tierney on "Dublin-London publishing relations in the 18th-century: the case of George Faulkner," Michael Turner on "A list of the stockholders: the Stationers' Company's English Stock in the 19th-century," and Esther Potter on "The changing role of the trade bookbinder, 1800-1900."
PART II: THE CUSTOMERS include Christine Ferdinand on "Magdalen College and the book trade: the provision of books in Oxford: 1450-1550," Tom Birrell on "The library of Sir Edward Sherburne," Michael Treadwell on "Richard Lapthorne and the London retail book trade, 1683-1697," Alison Shell on "The antiquarian satirized: John Clubbe and the Antiquities of Wheatfield," James Raven on "Gentlemen, pirates and really respectable booksellers: some Charleston customers for Lackington, Allen & Co.," David J. Hall on "Francis Fry, a maker of chocolate and Bibles, and Eiluned Rees on "Art and craft: bookbindings in the National Library of Wales."

Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 47253

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See More... Hunt, Arnold, Giles Mandelbrote, and Alison Shell BOOK TRADE & ITS CUSTOMERS: 1450-1900 HISTORICAL ESSAYS FOR ROBIN MYERS.
Introduction by D.F. McKenzie. Winchester & New Castle, DE St Paul's Bibliographies & Oak Knoll Press 1997 8vo. illustrated, cloth, dust jacket. 334 pages.
Collected here as a homage to Robin Myers, these essays uncover the connections between the mechanics of the book trade and their human ends in the learning and transmission of knowledge. PART I: THE BOOK TRADE cover a variety of topics: "A 16th-century stationer and his business connections: the Tottell family documents (1448-1719) at Stationers' Hall," "Manasses Vautrollier in Cambridge," "A binding with the arms of the Stationers' Company," "Book trade patents, 1603-1640," and many more PART II: THE CUSTOMERS include "Magdalen College and the book trade: the provision of books in Oxford: 1450-1550," "The library of Sir Edward Sherburne," "Richard Lapthorne and the London retail book trade, 1683-1697," "The antiquarian satirized: John Clubbe and the Antiquities of Wheatfield," and several more. Spine of jacket is faded.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 98654

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See More... Isaac, Peter and Barry McKay (editors). THE MIGHTY ENGINE: THE PRINTING PRESS AND ITS IMPACT.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2000 8vo. Hardback printed covers. 218 pages.
This fourth volume in the Print Networks series salutes the impact of the printing press. Taken from the proceedings of the Seventeenth Seminar on the British Book Trade held in Aberystwyth in July 1999, this collection of scholarly essays reminds us how authorities have tried for centuries to control the printed matter coming off the mighty engine, as well as the distribution of the material. Eighteen essays written from such authorities as: John Turner, Barry McKay, John Hinks, John R. Turner, David J. Shaw, Sarah Gray, David Stoker, Stacey Gee, Iain Beavan, Audrey Cooper, Diana Dixon, Margaret Cooper, Brenda Scragg, Philip Henry Jones, Richard Suggett, Chris Baggs and Rheinallt Llwyd. Illustrated. Co-Published with St. Pauls Bibliographies.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 59394

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See More... Isaac, Peter and Barry McKay (editors). THE REACH OF PRINT, MAKING, SELLING AND USING BOOKS.
New Castle, Delaware & Winchester, England Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies 1998 small 8vo. Hardback printed covers. 230 pages.
First edition. Second volume of the series PRINT NETWORKS. More than a century has passed since W. H. Allnut's paper on provincial printing was presented at the meeting of the Library Association in 1878. This topic has now moved to the forefront of investigating the history of the book. The annual Seminar on the British Book Trade has been steadily developing the depth and breadth of its interests, encompassing the contemporary social, economic, educational, and cultural climates in which booksellers, printers, and their fellows operated.
Even today, few booksellers can support themselves solely by the sale of books. In the earlier days, this was even more true, and so they engaged in a wide range of trades, including selling stationery, printing, and the sale of nostrums. Newspapers were also important sources of income, since their distribution networks were essential to the proprietors' survival. For much of the population, street literature was particularly significant. Two aspects of these ephemera - their contribution to the "oral tradition," and their crude illustrations - are explored here. The last three papers deal with the fact that we have so much printed matter to study is partly due to predecessors who formed libraries for their own use or for a wider readership. All these themes and more are included and explored in this work.

Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 52300

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See More... Isaac, Peter SIX CENTURIES OF THE PROVINCIAL BOOK TRADE IN BRITAIN.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1990 8vo. pictorial paper-covered boards. xii, 212 pages.
First edition. Fourteen articles on the book trade accompanied by a list of publications on the book trade in the North. Includes "The English Provincial Book Trade before Printing" by A.I. Doyle, "The Provincial Book Trade before the End of the Licensing Act" by Paul Morgan, Ian Maxted on "Mobility and innovation in the Book Trades - Some Devon Examples," "Working Towards a History of Scottish Book Collecting" by Brian Hillyard, etc.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 39463

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See More... (Johnson, Francis R.) Johnson, Francis R. " NOTES ON ENGLISH RETAIL BOOK-PRICES, 1550-1640."
(Oxford) The Oxford University Press 1950 4to. stiff paper wrappers pp. 83-112
An article from "The Library", Fifth Series, Vol. V, No. 2, September 1950. Cover shows shelf-wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100810

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See More... (Joseph, E.) E. JOSEPH BOOKSELLERS GUIDE TO CARING FOR FINE BOOKS
(London E. Joseph Booksellers) n.d. 8vo stiff paper wrappers (ii), 11+(1) pages
Guide to preserving books within a collection, including information on temperature and humidity, precautions to take in case of disaster, displaying, cleaning, and repairing. Contains contact information for leather conservators, suppliers of hygrometers and humidity indicating cards and paper, and disaster control centers. Line illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 94852

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See More... Joy, Thomas BOOKSELLING.
London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (1952) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 155, (5) pages.
First edition. Covers the selling of new and used books. Small hole in front cover of jacket. Spot on spine of jacket.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 17864

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See More... Joy, Thomas BOOKSELLING.
London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (1952) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 155, (5) pages.
First edition. Covers the selling of new and used books. Jacket spine wrinkled.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 20277

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See More... Joy, Thomas THE RIGHT WAY TO RUN A LIBRARY BUSINESS INCLUDING GUIDANCE ON LIBRARIANSHIP AS A CAREER ...
Glade House Right Way Books n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 124, (4) pages.
Covers the business of running small and large libraries. Jacket has minor chipping.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 9277

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