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Andersen, Jennifer and Elizabeth Sauer (editors) BOOKS AND READERS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, MATERIAL STUDIES.
With an Afterword by Stephen Orgel. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press (2002) 8vo. cloth. vi, 305 pages.
First edition. Divided into major sections: Social Contexts for Writing (4 chapters); Traces of Reading: Margins, Libraries, Prefaces, and Bindings (4 chapters); and Print, Publishing, and Public Opinion (5 chapters). Illustrated.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 90372

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages.
VOLUME 3, NO.12, DEC., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: J. Fawcett on Thomas Malthus, A.S. Earle on 19th-century illustrated flower books, N.H. Marshall on Clement Moore, and R. Armstrong on the "state of the art book." ALSO: M. Atwood discusses storytelling (excerpt), B. Strubble takes a bibliophile tour of England, and the Bill Gates Library Foundation commits $200 million over the next 5 years to give libraries access to the latest computer technology. AND MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 53715

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Bond, William H. (editor) EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES: IN HONOR OF DONALD F. HYDE
New York The Grolier Club 1970 6.75 x 10.5 inches hardcover, slipcase 424 pages
This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars regarding the study of eighteenth-century literature. The essays are in tribute to former Grolier Club President, Donald F. Hyde. Hyde was very active in the Club and after becoming President in 1961, he began revitalizing the library and rehabilitating the clubhouse. He also proposed and organized the Iter Italicum, a legendary Grolier tour, and brought life back to the Club after the depression and war. In addition to his Grolier Club presidency, Hyde was also president of the Bibliographical Society of America, trustee of the New York Public Library and the Pierpont Morgan Library, and a member of the advisory committees of Harvard, Yale, and other university libraries.

Essays are written by Edward A. Bloom, W. Jackson Bate, Louis A. Landa, Charles Ryskamp, Sidney Ives, Carey McIntosh, L.F. Powell, Reuben A. Brower, and others. The book includes four full-page illustrations and is contained in a slipcase printed with an overall pattern of the Club device. It was designed by Joseph Blumenthal, printed by the Spiral Press and the Meriden Gravure Company, and was a winner of an AIGA Fifty Books of the Year award.
Price: $ 42.00 other currencies Order nr. 106586

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(Chesterfield, Lord) Gulick, Sidney L. CHESTERFIELD BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1800
Charlottesville Bibliographical Society of America (1979) 8vo. cloth. (ix), 225 pages.
Second edition. Began as a supplement to the orginal edition published in 1935, Gulick decided to complete the work as a completely revised edition. The reputation of this English 18th-century author, who wrote such works as LETTERS TO HIS SON 1774, was openly abused after the publication of LETTERS. However, after the initial response, the outspoken appreciation of his readers and critics and the wide private commendation that resulted in the continued sales of his works helped keep Lord Chesterfield's reputation afloat as well as leading to many editions of LETTERS and its adaptations. These factors maintained Lord Chesterfield's position as a model of politeness and the pattern of good manners. The public seized upon him in this light so firmly that his fame even today retains its double aspect: although scorned for teaching immorality by those who rely mainly on tradition, he is remembered as the most polite man of his time. Before 1800, in thousands of homes, there were copies of one of the numerous editions of the LETTERS; in tens of thousands were abridgements and adaptations based upon Chesterfield's fatherly advice to his son. It is the sheer number of these that makes them significant. Reprinted from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Full collations given.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 34468

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(Children's Books) Moon, Marjorie CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL CULTIVATION.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1987 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxix, 142 pages.
First edition. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town and country mice, the other, an anthology including many of her own poems - she went on to produce a stream of books on a variety of subjects. Her stories, some eventful and exciting, were mostly about real children learning to tackle the everyday circumstances and difficulties which they encountered in the world around them.
These books were made all the more attractive by her publisher, William Darton, who provided them with entertaining illustrations, many of them interesting today for their depiction of contemporary scenes and fashions. Mary Elliott's books soon spread across the Atlantic, and American publishers reissued many of them, sometimes adapting the text to local circumstances. Although her books are now forgotten, they cannot be disregarded by researchers into the history of childhood and of children's literature. This bibliography contains about 470 entries, detailing not only each known edition of her books but also the picture-sheets, reward cards and combined volumes of assorted tales and verses.
Price: $ 28.00 other currencies Order nr. 26560

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(Cochlaeus, Johannes) Keen, Ralph JOHANNES COCHLAEUS, RESPONSIO AD JOHANNEM BUGENHAGIUM POMERANUM.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1988 8vo cloth 178 pages.
This tract, a defense of the faith of the English people, was originally published in 1526. The present new text-edition has a parallel English translation. It is preceded by an Introduction and followed by a Commentary, two Appendices and an Index. (Bibliotheca Humanistica & Reformatorica, Vol. XLIV).

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 103586

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Franklin, Colin OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, and Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. 2012 6 x 9 inches hardcover, dust jacket 296 pages
Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in bookselling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a generation ago. During his numerous trips to Paris, Japan, South Africa, and many universities in the United States, Franklin kept diaries of his accounts which have helped him to put together this new publication. The chapters represent a type of memoir recalling his various book interests developed during his life of publishing and bookselling.

Including serious essays on diverse characters who have fascinated him, the book discusses the Bowdlers and their 'Family Shakespeare'; William Fowler of Winterton, who neglected his humble calling and privately produced books of the greatest magnificence on Roman Mosaic Floors (when these were being discovered under England's green and pleasant land); a little-known Oxford antiquary and print-maker Joseph Skelton; the once-so-popular Robert Surtees and John Leech (much admired by Ruskin), who illustrated his novels; on the neglected theme of Binders' Lettering; and on his lifelong hero William Morris. There is also a new assessment of the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni, whom Franklin considers to have been finest of them all. A satirical essay called 'Expert', in addition to the anecdotal and narrative style of text, make this an entirely enjoyable work, rich in illustrations and photographs.

Because of Franklin's exhaustive love for books, he has been able to handle some of the most outstanding examples of work he could ever desire. His passion for private presses, early color printings, early editions of Shakespeare, and beautiful Japanese scrolls, has led him to believe that most booksellers, collectors, and even librarians are guided by his or her taste rather than by calculation, just as he has been.

After wartime service in the British Navy, Colin Franklin graduated in English from St. John's College, Oxford and entered the publishing firm of Routledge and Kegan Paul. In middle life the decision was abruptly taken (with his wife's blessing) to quit publishing and turn bookseller. Franklin and his wife Charlotte had five sons and now live near Oxford where they recently celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.

Available in Australia from Books of Kells; available in the UK from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 108511

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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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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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(Huxley, Elspeth) Cross, Robert and Michael Perkin ELSPETH HUXLEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley. Winchester and New Castle, Delaware St Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press 1996 8vo. cloth. xx, 187+(1) pages.
First edition. The fifth volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. Mrs. Huxley's writing life began at the age of fourteen when she sent anonymous articles, often with her own photographs, to the EAST AFRICAN STANDARD and other periodicals. By the age of seventeen she had written ninety-six published articles for editors who often had no idea who she was. Mrs. Huxley went on to write over forty-seven books, including the intriguing bestseller THE FLAME TRESS OF THIKA, which was turned into a successful TV series in Britain, America and over thirty other countries.
This bibliography describes the evolution of a remarkable writer, as well as gifted photographer, whose insight into people and her penetrating humor cast invaluable light on the Colonial and post-Colonial era in Africa. Illustrated.
Price: $ 78.00 other currencies Order nr. 43019

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(James, Henry) Edel, Leon and Dan H. Laurence. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HENRY JAMES.
New Castle, Delaware and Winchester, England Oak Knoll Press and St Paul's Bibliographies 1999 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 428 pages.
Third edition. This well-researched bibliography is indispensable to all students of James and is a notable addition to a series of bibliographies to which literary scholarship is already much in debt. This edition brings up to date all of James' publications, including correspondence and manuscript facsimiles published in the past decade and a half and remains, like its predecessors, the foundation for all study about this author.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 55474

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(Johnson, Samuel) Vander Meulen, David L. and G. Thomas Tanselle SAMUEL JOHNSON'S TRANSLATION OF SALLUST, A FACSIMILE AND TRANSCRIPTION OF THE HYDE MANUSCRIPT.
New York The Johnsonians and Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 1993 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 42 pages.
Limited to 750 copies printed by The Stinehour Press. Facsimile and transcription of the surviving portion of Johnson's 1783 translation of Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline. This is the first publication of this manuscript.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 53832

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(Lear, Edward) Schiller, Justin G. NONSENSUS: CROSS-REFERENCING EDWARD LEAR'S ORIGINAL 116 LIMERICKS WITH EIGHT HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS AND COMPARING THEM TO PRINTED TEXTS FROM THE 1846,1855 AND 1861 VERSIONS; TOGETHER WITH A CENSUS OF KNOWN COPIES OF THE GENUINE FIRST EDITION.
With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes. Stroud Catalpa Press 1988 oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 119 pages.
A fascinating census of the limericks in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense,which was first published in 1846 as two separate volumes with seventy-three limericks. A "new" (i.e. second) edition came out in 1855, and a third edition with forty-three additional verses was published in 1861. This third edition provides the first full text and also identifies Lear as the author for the first time. It is often considered the first "trade" version, as it was published by Routledge, Warne & Routledge and consequently received broader distribution and readership. Justin Schiller has cross-referenced the 116 limericks in the third edition with eight manuscripts for this book (which are now preserved in various rare book collections) and compared them to the printed texts of the 1846, 1855 and 1861 editions. This volume also contains a census of known copies of the genuine first edition.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 25739

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(More, St. Thomas) Willow, Sister Mary Edith AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH POETRY OF ST. THOMAS MORE.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1974 8vo cloth. 285 pages.
The first study to deal with Thomas More's English poetry. With portrait.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 120.00 other currencies Order nr. 103486

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(O'Flaherty, Liam) Jefferson, George. LIAM O'FLAHERTY, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS
Dublin Wolfhound Press 1993 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages.
First edition. Contains a social and literary introduction, a bibliographic summary with a complete bibliography of novels, autobiographies, biographies, short stories, booklets, essays, articles, press letters, book reviews, plays, film and radio scripts, unpublished material, translated works and critical reviews.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 55328

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(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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Pineas, Rainer TUDOR AND EARLY STUART ANTI-CATHOLIC DRAMA.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1972 8vo cloth 48 pages.
The purpose of this study is to examine the evolution of religious polemical drama from the Middle Ages to the Elizabethan and Stuart periods.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 103481

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(Pope, Alexander) Vander Meulen, David L. POPE'S DUNCIAD OF 1728, A HISTORY AND FACSIMILE.
Charlottesville Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia and The New York Public Library 1991 8vo. cloth, paper cover and spine labels. xvii, 174 pages.
A comprehensive account of the composition and production of the first edition of Pope's Dunciad, accompanied by a photofacsimile of a copy recording Pope's original manuscript readings. The appendixes identify hundreds of textual changes Pope introduced in the later 1728 printings and record the names with which pirate printers filled Pope's blanks. Award-winning design by Warren Chappell.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 53823

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(Powell, Anthony) Lilley, George ANTHONY POWELL, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
With a foreword by Anthony Powell. New Castle, Delaware and Winchester Oak Knoll Books and St Paul's Bibliographies 1993 8vo. cloth. xviii, 253 pages.
First edition. The fourth volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. Anthony Powell (born 1905) is one of the most distinguished novelists of the 20th century. He is best-known for his twelve-novel sequence, A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (1951-1975), which won critical acclaim from the outset and, as it developed, brought considerable popular success. From 1948 to 1960 his five pre-war novels appeared in new editions, since when his entire fictional oeuvre has remained continuously in print. Powell's position, among the most distinguished members of what has been called "The Brideshead Generation," lends a particular interest to his discussions and reminiscences of contemporaries such as Evelyn Waugh, Orwell and Connolly. Also of interest are his writings on Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald and E.E. Cummings; European masters such as Stendhal, Dostoevsky and Proust; and on English writers of an earlier generation such as Beardsley, Conrad and Kipling. This comprehensive, authorized bibliography aims to cover his entire printed output, beginning with drawings and reviews contributed to school and university magazines. Books written or edited, or with contributions by Powell are fully described and detailed information is given about their publishing history. Powell's many contributions to periodicals, magazines and newspapers are also recorded; as are published interviews, broadcasts, anthology appearances and translations of his books. When Anthony Powell was shown this bibliography he stated "George Lilley has gone about his job impeccably. I am both gratified and impressed." Illustrated.
Price: $ 78.00 other currencies Order nr. 37911

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(Powys, Llewelyn) Foss, Peter J. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LLEWELYN POWYS.
New Castle and London Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2007 6.25 x 9.25 inches cloth, dust jacket 308 pages
First edition. The brothers John Cowper Powys, Theodore Francis Powys and Llewelyn Powys were members of a prolific and influential circle of writers and poets of the early twentieth century. In this, the first comprehensive bibliography of the writings of Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939), Peter Foss not only provides a complete description of every first edition of Llewelyn Powys's books (34 in all), but also describes all other editions and translations. He also gives a full account of the biographical and critical context surrounding the composition of each book, together with lists of reviews and quotations from contemporary sources. As well as the books of Llewelyn Powys, the bibliography also provides a detailed listing of over 600 of his newspaper and periodical contributions, and collates and cross-references this material with other printings in collections and anthologies. Included are illustrations of selected covers, title-pages and dust-jackets. The book provides much new information and will be of invaluable use to scholars, collectors and historians of twentieth-century English literature.
Peter Foss was formerly editor of The Powys Journal and Honorary Secretary of the Powys Society. He is the author of A Study of Llewelyn Powys.
Published in the UK by The British Library.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 93072

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(Sabatini, Rafael) Knight, Jesse F. and Stephen Darley THE LAST OF THE GREAT SWASHBUCKLERS: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RAFAEL SABATINI.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2010 6 x 9 inches hardcover, dust jacket 200 pages
A biography and comprehensive bibliography of novelist Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) is being presented here for the first time anywhere. Sabatini is one of the most prolific and widely read novelists of the twentieth century, specializing in making history come alive through his fictional characterizations and his unique ability to use history as a background for fiction. Sabatini, half Italian but living and writing in England, was the master of romantic historical novels and has rightly been called by Jesse Knight "The Last of the Great Swashbucklers." He was so immersed in his writing of historical fiction that he often referred to himself as a "man out of his own time." Not only did he write interesting and well-told stories of romance and adventure, but he inspired movies that were just as popular has his books. Sabatini's three most popular swashbuckling stories, still being read today, are Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, and Scaramouche, and each has been made into at least two movies. No author has better captured the imagination of so many with fiction filled with intrigues, escapes, romantic loves, devilish plots, and sword play.

This new book includes a thirty-page illustrated biography of the life of Sabatini written by the late Jesse F. Knight, who was the foremost expert on his life and works. It also contains a bibliography of the first US and UK editions, as well as other significant editions, of all forty-seven of his books, prepared by Stephen Darley. The bibliography also identifies all of the short story collections that have been published either in the US, the UK, or both. It describes all of the dust jackets, with color photos of many, which are important to collectors and sellers.

Book collectors and all who love Sabatini's fiction will find this book an invaluable guide for determining the accuracy of first edition offerings, for understanding what dust jackets are available, or for developing a library of Sabatini's novels.

Jesse F. Knight was a freelance writer for most of his life and crafted hundreds of short stories and articles. He was the foremost expert on the life and works of Rafael Sabatini, writing countless articles on the author, editing several collections of Sabatini short stories, and serving as president of the Rafael Sabatini Society. After a lifetime spent promoting romanticism, individualism, and all things heroic, he died in 2008 at the age of 62 in Vancouver, Washington.

Stephen Darley has a law degree from George Washington University and owned a real estate development and construction firm from 1972 until his recent retirement. Mr. Darley published a joint article with Jesse Knight on Rafael Sabatini in Firsts Magazine (March 2001), an article on Leslie Turner White in November 2004, and an article on Dale L. Morgan in June 2008. He has written articles on the Revolutionary War for three different historical publications and is currently completing a book on the 1775 expedition to Quebec led by Benedict Arnold. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Peggy.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 102816

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(Shakespeare, William) Evans, G. Blakemore (editor) SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Vol. VI. Part i INTRODUCTION TO THE SMOCK ALLEY OTHELLO and Part ii TEXT OF THE SMOCK ALLEY OTHELLO.
2 volumes bound in 1. Charlottesville Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 1980 4to. quarter cloth, paper cover and spine labels. (iv),36; (1) page followed by a 23 page facsimile.
From the Smock Alley Theatre of Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, and collations.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 53840

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(Shakespeare, William) Evans, G. Blakemore (editor) SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, Vol. V. Part i INTRODUCTION TO THE SMOCK ALLEY MACBETH and Part ii TEXT OF THE SMOCK ALLEY MACBETH.
2 volumes. Charlottesville Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 1970 4to. stiff paper wrappers enclosed in a slipcase. (vi),36; (2) pages followed by a 21 page facsimile.
From the Smock Alley Theatre of Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, and collations.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 53839

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Spevack, Marvin (Editor). ISAAC D'ISRAELI ON BOOKS: PRE-VICTORIAN ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2004 6.75 x 9.5 inches cloth, dust jacket xxxvii, 266 pages
First edition. Benjamin D'Israeli was of the opinion that he was born in a library. The library was reputed to have held about 25,000 volumes and belonged to his father, Isaac D'Israeli, a prolific and popular author of fiction, poems and historical subjects. Over his lifetime, D'Israeli had much to say about books, and the essays in this volume demonstrate his "honest desire of giving useful pleasure," as well as his conviction that books form the character of civilization. This is a fascinating read on a topic which is absorbing and thought-provoking for any bibliophile. Includes major sections on 1. Writing and Reading, 2. Printing and Publishing, 3. Books, 4. Authors & Co., 5. Preservation and Destruction, 6. Property and Politics, 7. Libraries. Includes a biography of D'Israeli by the editor at the beginning. Co-published with the British Library. Sales rights North and South America.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 75715

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(Stevenson, Robert Louis) McKay, George L. SOME NOTES ON ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, HIS FINANCES AND HIS AGENTS AND PUBLISHERS.
New Haven Yale University Press 1958 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 43 pages.
Details on Stevenson's relations with his literary agents and his publishers. Known for his most famous title Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer. He traveled mostly in an attempt to improve his poor health which hindered him throughout his life.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 99776

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