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  (Biblio Novel) Travis, Neal MANHATTAN.
New York Crown Publishers 1979 small 8vo. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. (vi), 212 pages.
Book club edition. The beautiful people: "they love on Bill Blass sheets, they wheel and deal in plush chrome-and-glass offices, they lunch at 21, and they dine at Elaine's. They dance and act out their nighttime dramas at Studio 54..." (dust jacket). In 1979. Michael Glennon, owner of the slick, chic weekly "Manhattan," saves his publication from an attempted takeover...for a price. Bookplate.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49891

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  (Biblio Novel) Warner, Peter LIFESTYLE.
New York Viking Penguin 1986 quarter cloth with paper-covered boards dust jacket. (vi), 215 pages.
First edition, a review copy, with Viking review slip and advertising insert. George is chosen by his conglomerate as the editor of its latest acquisition, but "it soon becomes clear the unfashionable magazine represents a lifestyle at least a decade out of date, leaving George to turn it around...only things are not so simple" (dust jacket).
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49863

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  (Biblio Novel) Weidman, Jerome. THE CENTER OF THE ACTION.
New York Random House 1969 8vo. two-tone cloth, dust jacket. ix, 367, (3) pages.
Book Club edition. Business type from Garment District becomes involved with failing publishing firm, solves cash-flow problems (for ex., by starting a series of classics, whose authors no longer collect royalties) and other difficulties, turns things around, not necessarily by strictly ethical methods. Then comes the takeover. A hard-nosed, unglamorous depiction of publishing in an era of transition which does not romanticize the good old days either. Bookplate.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49940

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  (Biblio Novel) Weidman, Jerome. THE CENTER OF THE ACTION.
New York Random House 1969 cloth, dust jacket. 381 pages.
Book club edition. Business type from Garment District becomes involved with failing publishing firm, solves cash-flow problems (for ex., by starting a series of classics, whose authors no longer collect royalties) and other difficulties, turns things around, not necessarily by strictly ethical methods. Then comes the takeover. A hard-nosed, unglamorous depiction of publishing in an era of transition which does not romanticize the good old days either. Bookplate. Light wear on dust jacket.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49955

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  (Biblio Novel) Weidman, Jerome THE SOUND OF BOW BELLS.
New York Random House 1962 small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 531, (3) pages.
First edition. Seemingly successful writer must understand evil influences in his personal and professional life.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49869

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See More... (Biblio Novel) Westlake, Donald E. A LIKELY STORY.
With an Introduction by F.N. Doubleday New York Penzler Books (1984) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 248 pages.
First edition. An author decides to write a sure-fire bestseller. The resulting dealings with his publishers and family make for a very funny novel. Much on publishing in this book. Name in ink at top of free endpaper.
Price: $ 14.95 other currencies Order nr. 9546

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See More... (Biblio Novel) White, Theodore. THE VIEW FROM THE FORTIETH FLOOR.
New York William Sloane Associates 1960 small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 468 pages.
Author's inscription on front free endpaper. Per front free endpaper, this is no. 723 of "a special autographed edition." Another magazine is failing, actually two this time, loyal employees are worried, the sharks and would-be fixers are starting to gather, conservative board members just don't understand, etc. John Ridgely Warren is brought in keep things going. Money is the problem: How to raise it and from whom when you're no longer a good risk but not yet defunct, and then there are the conditions which certain types of lenders like to attach. Warren, who also has a personal financial interest, goes farther and farther out on a limb. How many compromises does one make, and for which motives, before it becomes too many?
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 49956

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  (Biblio Novel) White, Theodore. THE VIEW FROM THE FORTIETH FLOOR.
New York William Sloane Associates 1960 small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 341 pages.
Book club edition (Literary Guild). Another magazine is failing, actually two this time, loyal employees are worried, the sharks and would-be fixers are starting to gather, conservative board members just don't understand, etc. John Ridgely Warren is brought in keep things going. Money is the problem: How to raise it and from whom when you're no longer a good risk but not yet defunct, and then there are the conditions which certain types of lenders like to attach. Warren, who also has a personal financial interest, goes farther and farther out on a limb. How many compromises does one make, and for which motives, before it becomes too many? Bookplate.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49957

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  (Biblio Novel) Yard, Robert Sterling THE PUBLISHER.
Boston Houghton Mifflin Co. 1913 small 8vo. cloth. (viii), 180, (2) pages.
First edition. A novel of the publishing industry including a discussion of the problems of establishing a successful publishing business with actual financial data given. Has comments on the important publishers of the early 20th century. Wear at top of spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 55749

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  (Biblio Novel) Yglesias, Rafael HOT PROPERTIES.
New York Dutton 1986 8vo. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. (vi), 408 pages.
First edition. "From SoHo to Malibu, four young writers share burning ambitions and self-doubts, as they dream of making it big in the literary marketplace-of becoming hot properties" (dust jacket). Bookplate.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49888

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See More... BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1997 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 2, NO.9, SEPT. 97. In this issue, Nicholas Basbanes hails Oak Knoll Press's reissue of the Pforzheimer catalogue; Andrew Hoyem receives his due as founder and guiding spirit of the Arion Press written by Carol Grossman; a sumptuous facsimile edition of the first Spanish novel appears; and Susann Bishop takes you on a guided tour of the haunts of authors and book artists. Three new departments make their debut: Milestones, saluting landmarks in literature; Biblio University, a tutorial of practical information on the art and history of books; and Anthology, a collection of intriguing and thought-provoking trivia, tips, and tidbits.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49613

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See More... BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1997 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 2, NO.10, OCT. 97. IN THIS ISSUE: David Tannenbaum reports on looking for ancient scriptures in the Horn of Africa; David Thompson Thompson writes on William Henry Ainsworth, early Victorian author of historical romances and crime novels; Zena Pearlstone examines origins and persistence of stereotypes of Native Americans in advertising; Amy Hanson presents the history of Everyman's Library. In Features: In Milestones Roy Meador reminds us not to forget the centennial of Stoker's Dracula; In Book Places Terry Conway introduces readers to Baldwin's Book Barn near West Chester, PA; antiquarian Stephanie Howlett-West recounts her experiences in compiling a (not yet completed) bibliography of the well-known science fiction and fantasy author C.J. Cherryh, in Collector's Corner, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 49990

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See More... BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1997 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 2, NO.11, NOV., 97. IN THIS ISSUE: 150 years of photo-illustrated books; Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter, Mary Shelley; history of the Atlantis Press; collecting old stock and bond certificates, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 50374

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See More... BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1997 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 2, NO.12, DEC. 97. IN THIS ISSUE: Edith Wharton's coauthorship of an influential book on interior decoration; early publishing history of Perrault's fairy tales; an interview with Peter B. Howard of Serendipity Books in Berkeley; how the Brontës first got published; collecting British comic book Christmas annuals; a visit to a Baroque library in Prague, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 50375

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See More... BIBLIO, THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 3, NO.2, FEB. 98. IN THIS ISSUE: B. Coleman on Thomas Hardy, R. Young Jr. on cinema books, N. Basbanes on the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, G. Freeman on how to distinguish between different types of engraving, C. Grossman on the Golden Cockerel Press, N. Rosin on Valentines, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 51208

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See More... (Bieler Press) Smith, Tracy E. THE BIELER PRESS: A CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS, 1975-1985.
Minneapolis The Campbell-Logan Bindery 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers not paginated
Limited to 300 copies. Contains a checklist of 43 texts published by Bieler Press within a ten-year span. Some little creases and bumps at the extremities.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 97308

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See More... (Bird & Bull Press) Feather, John ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Newtown Bird & Bull Press and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press 1984 8vo. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio. 109 pages.
Limited to 325 copies. The history of this important piece of publishing ephemera from its beginning in 1610 up through the 19th century and accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses from 2 to 10 pages in length. As the exact size was maintained, it was necessary to place 4 of the facsimiles in a separate portfolio. All but one of the prospectuses done in facsimile come from the Bodleian Library. This book is the kind of private press book that Oak Knoll likes to handle; an important new text presented in a superb format. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 165.00 other currencies Order nr. 2685

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  Birkos, Alexander S. and Lewis A.Tambs HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973.
(Hamden, CT) Linnet Books 1975 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages.
Instructors of history can use this bibliography to compile reading lists for classes and a source of potential publishing outlets. Divided into chapters on research methods in history, teaching of history, historiography and philosophy of history, and historiographical studies by area, with a checklist of professional periodical literature as appendix.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 70838

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See More... Birt, Th. ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN BUCHWESENS.
Leipzig Otto Harrasowitz 1900 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, original self paper wrappers bound in. 545-566 (22) pages.
Offprint from the Centralblatt (later: Zentralblatt) für Bibliothekswesen, vol.17 no.12, of a review (largely negative) of a book by Karl Dziatzko on this topic. Covers worn, chipped.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 52819

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See More... Bjorkman, David. WRITE PUBLISH & SELL IT YOURSELF! THE COMPLETE HOW-TO GUIDE.
Boulder Hamilton Press (1979) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, (iii), 142 pages.
First edition. A how to book that helps with writing a book, learning how to self publish and sell it and controlling the profits. Illustrated. Includes a glossary.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 59467

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See More... (Black) ADAM & CHARLES BLACK 1807-1957, SOME CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF A PUBLISHING HOUSE.
London Adam & Charles Black 1957 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xii, 116 pages.
First edition. A history of this bookselling - publishing firm. Slipcase worn around edges. Spine faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 26689

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See More... Black, Alison TYPEFACES FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A USERS GUIDE.
London Architecture Design and Technology Press 1990 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 106 pages.
First edition. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 98827

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  (Black Cat Press) Forgue, Norman W. POORER RICHARD, AN ALMANACK LONG AFTER FRANKLIN
Chicago Black Cat Press 1954 small 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages.
First edition. Foreword by R. Hunter Middleton. Reminiscences by Forgue on the beginning and early days of his career in printing and publishing. Presentation on free endpaper "To Ben Lieberman, a brother craftsman, Norma W. Forgue."
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 63529

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See More... (Black History) " WE WISH TO PLEAD OUR OWN CAUSE" BLACK-OWNED BOOK PUBLISHING IN THE UNITED STATES 1817-1987.
(New York) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 1988 square 12mo. stiff paper wrappers 36 pages
Exhibition at the Center, April-September 1988, on black publishers in the United States. Foreword by Howard Dodson, essay by Donald F. Joyce, exhibition checklist, bibliography. Black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115589

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See More... Black, Michael A SHORT HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
(Cambridge) Cambridge University Press (2000) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers viii, 84 pages
Revised second edition. This short, illustrated account of the world's oldest publishing house emphasizes the constitutional basis of the Press as an essential part of its parent university from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It highlights key moments of crisis and change including Richard Bentley's revival in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance, the rise of modern university publishing, two world wars, the crisis of the 1970s which was resolved by Geoffrey Cass' bold reconstruction and the enterprising printing and publishing developments of the 1990s. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs.
Price: $ 17.95 other currencies Order nr. 62796

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