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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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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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(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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(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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(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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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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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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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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