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See More... Kaye, Barbara THE COMPANY WE KEPT.
London Werner Shaw Ltd. 1986 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages and 18 illustrations.
First edition. Barbara Kay (Muir) was Percy Muir's wife and has written a sequel to Muir's MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS describing the bookselling adventures that occured between 1938 and 1945. This is Kaye's 17th book and sure to be of interest to anyone interested in bookselling history. Spine of jacket shows fading.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 14386

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See More... Kaye, Barbara THE COMPANY WE KEPT.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1995 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 224 pages and 18 illustrations.
Reprint of the first edition. In 1938, after three years of sharing a house in London with a moody, elderly Russian who translated Chekhov, Barbara Kaye and her husband, Percy Muir, move to a Tudor cottage in northwest Essex, in joyful anticipation of having a home to themselves at last. As she handles a young daughter, domestic crises, a garden, chickens and writes novels - Percy commutes to London to carry on his antiquarian book business at Elkin Mathews in Duke Street. Eighteen months later, on the eve of war, the business and staff join the exodus of evacuees from London to room with the Muirs, along with parents and dog, in their draughty and already over-crowded cottage. In this entertaining and very personal sequel to Percy Muir's MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, Barbara Kaye describes the struggle to keep the firm of Elkin Mathews going while, as they host an egotistical author engaged on a book on women, an eccentric poet, the creator of James Bond and other friends who come for temporary refuge from the Blitz. Writers and artists living in northwest Essex at the time come into story, amongst them A.J.A. Symons, Marjorie Allingham and A.E. Coppard. The book also gives a vivid picture of war-time life in a village where American Forces were stationed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 41946

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See More... Kaye, Barbara (Mrs. Percy Muir) SECOND IMPRESSION, RURAL LIFE WITH A RARE BOOKMAN
New Castle, Delaware & London, England Oak Knoll Press & Werner Shaw (1995) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 350 pages.
First edition. In The Company We Kept Barbara Kaye told the story of how the old established antiquarian book firm of Elkin Mathews survived the war years after evacuation to rural Essex in 1939. Now she carries on the story from 1945 to 1955, when Elkin Mathews expanded and her bibliophile husband, Percy Muir, became increasingly involved in the national and international politics of the antiquarian book trade. It was during this time that the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) was formed and the description of Percy Muir's part in this process provides a fascinating account of an historic event. Percy Muir became president of the ILAB in 1950 and on his retirement from office he was unanimously elected Life President of Honor. The Muirs' commitment to the ILAB meant they were often traveling to Europe to attend the annual conferences, which they combined with book-buying trips and sometimes even family holidays. The towns and cities they visited were just under reconstruction and the author describes the devastation and destruction caused by the war. At home the village where the Muirs lived was also changing, and the author gives a clear picture of daily life in a typical English village during the post-war decade. There are also several interesting accounts of the local and national political scenes. In 1951, the Muirs visited the United States for a lecture tour. The account of their four-week whirlwind tour is filled with bibliophilic adventures - from meeting Dr. Rosenbach and Fredson Bowers to dinner at the Four Oaks Farm Library and a visit to the Library of Congress. The book ends with a factual description of Percy Muir's long-fought campaign against book auction rings, culminating in the final show-down in 1956. Well-written by an accomplished novelist, this book provides a lively and entertaining account of the antiquarian book world and English village life in the post-war years.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 64331

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See More... Kent, Elizabeth Eaton GOLDSMITH AND HIS BOOKSELLERS
Ithaca Cornell University Press 1933 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 119, (3) pages.
First edition. Detailed studies of the booksellers Griffiths, Dodsley, Newbery, Davies, and Griffin. Also includes Goldsmith's observations on the trade. Illustrated. Lettering on spine partially flaked off.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17408

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See More... Kent, Elizabeth Eaton GOLDSMITH AND HIS BOOKSELLERS
Clifton Augustus M. Kelly 1973 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 119, (3) pages.
Reprint of the 1933 first edition. Detailed studies of the booksellers Griffiths, Dodsley, Newbery, Davies, and Griffin. Also includes Goldsmith's observations on the trade. Illustrated.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 61112

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See More... Kingsford, R. J. L. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, 1896-1946, WITH AN EPILOGUE
Cambridge University Press 1970 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 228 pages.
History of this English trade association of publishers largely founded by Sir Frederick Macmillan. Essential in the study of bookselling in Britain during this period.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 9306

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See More... (Kraus, H.P.) 141 ENGLISH BOOKS PRINCIPALLY IN THE FIELDS OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY.
New York H.P. Kraus n.d. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages.
With addendum page loosely inserted.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 25341

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See More... (Kraus, H.P.) 149. ENGLAND, THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES OF PRINTING, WITH A SUPPLEMENT A SELECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS.
New York H.P. Kraus n.d. small 4to. paper wrappers 80 pages
Illustrated.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 6876

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See More... (Kraus, H.P.) 157 DOCUMENTS & AUTOGRAPHS RELATING TO ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
New York H.P. Kraus n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 85+(1) pages.
Catalogue 157 issued by this firm. 232 items and index. Covers faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 64941

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See More... (Kraus, H.P.) 15TH-19TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS & AUTOGRAPHS RELATING TO ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS.
New York H.P. Kraus n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 86 pages.
232 items. Index.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 16612

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See More... (Kraus, H.P.) 223. ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO, OR PRINTED IN THOSE REGIONS.
New York H.P. Kraus n.d. small 4to. paper wrappers 106 pages
Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 77693

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See More... Lackington, James CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON, LATE BOOKSELLER
New York Garland 1974 8vo. cloth. (vi), viii, 212, (4) pages.
Lackington's CONFESSIONS continue and supplement his MEMOIRS which were first issued 13 years earlier, at the end of the 18th century. The book takes the form of a series of letters addressed to a friend.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 2480

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See More... (Lawrence & Bullen) CHOSEN BOOKS FROM LAWRENCE & BULLEN'S LIST
London Lawrence & Bullen 1895 12mo. stiff paper wrappers (vi), 28 pages
This small volume is a list of 18 books recommended and sold by Lawrence &Bullen press. The entries include bibliographic information, description, publication history and price for each book. Includes Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" and Catullus's "Pervigilium Veneris." Edges of cover worn with small tears and folds.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 87340

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See More... (Leighton, J.J.) CATALOGUE OF GERMAN, DUTCH & FLEMISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
London J. & J. Leighton n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top and fore edges cut, bottom edge uncut. 286, (2) pages.
Sales catalogue for J. & J. Leighton listing 378 items in alphabetical order by author, title, or subject, from A to H, including several illuminated manuscripts. Contains many black-and-white reproductions from the works. Wrappers detached and chipped at edges.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 56505

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See More... (Lewis) LEWIS'S, 1844-1944; A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF A CENTURY'S WORK
London H.K. Lewis & Co. 1945 8vo. cloth. viii, 89 pages.
A bookselling and publishing history. Illustrated.
Price: $ 11.00 other currencies Order nr. 9446

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See More... Lewis, Roy Harley ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS: AN INSIDERS ACCOUNT
New York Arco (1978) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 200 pages.
First U.S. edition. With a section on bookbinding including a history of the bookbinding museum at Bath.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 2482

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See More... Lewis, Roy Harley THE BOOK BROWSER'S GUIDE BRITAIN'S SECONDHAND AND ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSHOPS.
Newton Abbot David & Charles (1975) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 184 pages.
First edition. Preliminary pages on bookselling followed by the illustrated guide to the booksellers. Name in ink in corner of free endpaper.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 1535

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See More... Lewis, Roy Harley A BOOK BROWSER'S GUIDE TO SECONDHAND AND ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSHOPS.
London David & Charles 1982 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 256 pages.
The second, revised and enlarged edition. Study of bookshops in England, Scotland and Wales. Fading along spine of jacket.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 8029

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See More... Longman, W. TOKENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONNECTED WITH BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS (AUTHORS, PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, ENGRAVERS AND PAPER MAKERS).
London Longmans, Green and Company 1916 8vo. original cloth, dust jacket. 90 pages with 3 plates of tokens and 11 other illustrations in the text.
First edition. With many facts of historical interest. Still one of the best guides to the subject. Jacket chipped with pieces missing along edges. Very unusual to find in jacket.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 4437

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See More... Low, David ' WITH ALL FAULTS '.
Introduction by Graham Greene. Tehran the Amate Press 1973 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 118 pages.
First edition. A bookseller's reminiscences. Jacket is price clipped.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 3066

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See More... Macmillan, Sir Frederick THE NET BOOK AGREEMENT 1899 AND THE BOOK WAR 1906-1908; TWO CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK TRADE, INCLUDING A NARRATIVE OF THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TIMES BOOK CLUB AND THE PUBLISHERS' ASSOCAITION BY EDWARD BELL...
Glasgow The University Press 1924 8vo. boards, paper spine label. (viii), 81+(1) pages.
First edition. "This is a full, if biased, account of the affair ..." - (Myers British Book Trade, p. 223). One of the key monographs on this volatile and embittered period of British publishing. Bookplate of Gerald Chippindale Rivington.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 17934

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See More... Macmillan, Sir Frederick THE NET BOOK AGREEMENT 1899 AND THE BOOK WAR 1906-1908; TWO CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK TRADE, INCLUDING A NARRATIVE OF THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TIMES BOOK CLUB AND THE PUBLISHERS' ASSOCAITION BY EDWARD BELL...
Glasgow The University Press 1924 8vo. boards, paper spine label. (viii), 81+(1) pages.
First edition. "This is a full, if biased, account of the affair ..." - (Myers British Book Trade, p. 223). One of the key monographs on this volatile and embittered period of British publishing. Interesting copy as it has the following inscription "H. Holt, June '24." With a printed presentation card from author pasted to the free endpaper. Spine label chipped and covers rubbed around edges.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 55644

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See More... (Maggs) 334 VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE BRITISH ISLANDS, AMERICA.
London Maggs Bros. 1915 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 224 pages.
Maggs catalogue no. 334. 2467 entries, priced. Offered mostly books on geography, history, and travel Covers worn, soiled. Some loss of paper to the head and tail of the spine.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 69979

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See More... (Maggs) 437 BOOKS ON ART AND ALLIED SUBJECTS.
London Maggs Bros. 1923 8vo. later cloth frontispiece, (ii), 432 pages.
Maggs catalogue no. 437. Describes 1837 items, priced. Illustrated. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 50066

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See More... (Maggs) 437 BOOKS ON ART AND ALLIED SUBJECTS.
London Maggs Bros. 1923 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. frontispiece, (ii), 432 pages.
Maggs catalogue no. 437. Describes 1837 items, priced. Illustrated. Wrappers soiled and chipped in places.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102721

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