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(Americana) CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, MAPS, PLATES OF AMERICA, AND OF A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF EARLY VOYAGES ... WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES AND PRESENTING AN ESSAY TOWARDS A DUTCH-AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.
3 parts bound in 1 Amsterdam Frederik Muller 1872, 1875, 1875 8vo. later cloth with paper wrappers for parts 2 and 3 bound in. viii,288; (ii),289-420; (ii),174; 16 pages.
With the three facsimile plates present in the first volume. Contains a fine selection of early books concerning the exploration and settling of America. His essay is given on pages v to viii. Bound with Part II. Books (supplement) and Part III. Portraits, Autographs, Plates, Atlases and Maps. Also present is a 16 pages "Rough List" that supplemented the larger catalogue. Ex library copy with markings including the library name perforated on the title page of volume one and on the three plates.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107754

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(Americana) Leclerc, Ch. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA: CATALOGUES DE 1867 ET 1878 ET SUPPLÉMENTS DE 1881 ET 1887.
Photographic reprint of 1878 Edition and Supplements 1 and 2 (1881 and 1887) Paris G.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose 1974 8vo cloth (iv),vii,424; (v),xx,737,(3); (iii),102; (iii),127(+1) pages
Four volumes reprinted in one. Charles Leclerc edited the 1878 catalogue (and supplements) of Americana offered for sale by the French firm Maisonneuve and Co. (Besterman 310, Blogie 634 & 637) By the time of the last supplement (1887), the company's name had changed to Maisonneuve Frères & Ch. Leclerc. The combined work includes well over 3620 entries dealing with North and South (and Central) America and the Philippines. The first catalogue was issued in 1867. Bookseller's ink stamp on free endpaper.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 103808

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe LITERARY INDUSTRIES, A MEMOIR
New York Harper & Brothers 1891 thick 8vo. original cloth. xxxii, 446, (2) pages.
Reprint of the first edition of 1890 which was originally volume 39 of the works of Bancroft issued in 1890. Bancroft, a bookseller and publisher in early California, put together the famous Bancroft Collection of Western Americana. This is the fascinating story of his life and the building of the collection. Inscribed on title page "H. Abby Brown, Compliments of Geo. H. Morrison" who was a Director of The History Company and The Bancroft Company (see text of book). Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 20344

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Barnes, James J. FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800.
Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1964 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (v), 198 pages.
First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. Jacket is price clipped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 20315

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Barnes, James J. FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800.
Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1964 8vo. cloth. ix, (v), 198 pages.
First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. Ex-library copy with markings.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 97315

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Barnes, James J. FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800.
Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1964 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (v), 198 pages.
First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Bookplate removed from front pastedown.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 98335

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(Barrie, J.M.) A SELECTION OF POPULAR WORKS.
London Cassell & Company n.d. large 12mo. single colored sheet folded in half
A catalogue featuring work by J.M Barrie, including the Little Minister and Sentimental Tommy. Front panel includes black-and-white photograph of Barrie. Works by R.L. Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle also featured. Lightly faded.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 87960

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(Bartlett, John Russell) Mueller, Jerry E. (editor) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, 1805-1886.
Providence The John Carter Brown Library 2006 6 x 9 inches cloth 256 pages
First edition. John Russell Bartlett, a major American bibliographer and artist of the Southwest, had a remarkably multi-faceted career. He was for a time a bookseller, Chief of the United States Boundary Commission that established the border with Mexico following the Mexican-American War, Secretary of State of Rhode Island for 17 years, and, for many years, John Carter Browns personal librarian. Bartletts Dictionary of Americanisms saw three editions in the nineteenth century, and was again reprinted in 2000. His Personal Narrative about his years on the Boundary commission is a classic document of Western Americana.
Jerry Mueller has annotated and amplified Bartletts original memoir, adding 30 illustrations. Printed at Stamperia Valdonega, Arbizzano di Verona, Italy, and bound by Legatoria Zanardi Gropu, Padova, Italy. Designed and composed by Mark Argetsinger, Rochester, New York. Distributed for the John Carter Brown Library.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 99378

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(Batsford) Bolitho, Hector A BATSFORD CENTURY.
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1944 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. x, 148 pages.
First edition, second impression with some corrections and a colored frontispiece. Record of one hundred years of publishing and bookselling. Jacket has piece missing out of front cover.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 368

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(Batsford) Bolitho, Hector A BATSFORD CENTURY.
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1943 tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. x, 148 pages.
First edition. Record of one hundred years of publishing and bookselling. Jacket worn with pieces missing.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 21905

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Bell, John Gray. SHEET OF JOHN GRAY BELL’S CATALOGUE OF AUTOGRAPHS ON SALE AT THE LOW PRICES AFFIXED ... .
London Printed by C. Demaine (for John Gray) 1853 12mo. original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. pp. 41-48
An unusual survival, being a sort of prospectus for the main catalogue. "Parties wishing the complete Catalogue can have it forwarded by enclosing 12 stamps to the Publisher, or it will be sent gratis with orders from this sheet." Very fine condition.
Price: $ 70.00 other currencies Order nr. 79932

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 3, NO.7, JULY 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: J.S. Murray on 19th-century book canvassers in America, C. Pelayo on the private library of her great-uncle Menéndez Pelayo, G. Menzies on memoirs of aristocratic Russian émigrés, P. Dininny on Kenny's Bookshop in Galway, R. Meador on Orson Well's 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, N. Basbanes on the bookseller P. Juvelis, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 52958

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BIBLIOGRAPHER, A JOURNAL OF BOOK-LORE.
Various odd issues of this periodical. London Elliot Stock 1881-1884 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. Per issue
Ulrich & Kup p.146. The following issues are present: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36. Per issue
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 42484

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BIBLIOGRAPHER, A JOURNAL OF BOOK-LORE (THE)
6 volumes bound in 3 London Elliot Stock 1881-1884 4to. later cloth.
Ulrich & Kup p.146. The complete set of this periodical under this title. Hundreds of articles on bookselling, printing, collecting, and bibliography. This magazine was continued as Book Lore. Pages 95 - 160 are detached and loosely inserted. Some tears in pages as the paper is fragile.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 104670

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(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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(Blackwell) CATALOGUE OF SECOND-HAND BOOKS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE...
Oxford B.H. Blackwell Jan., 1879 (but 1973) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages.
Reprint of catalogue number one issued by this bookseller. With a one page note on this reproduction by the firm.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 69382

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(Blackwell) CENTENARY CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUARIAN AND RARE MODERN BOOKS.
Oxford Blackwell's Antiquarian Department 1979 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 135 pages.
With a two page preface by Basil Blackwell. Issued on the hundreth anniversary of the firm.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 37253

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(Blackwell) Norrington, A.L.P. BLACKWELL'S 1879-1979, THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY FIRM.
Oxford Blackwell (1985) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 191 pages.
First edition, second printing. An illustrated history of this large bookselling - publishing firm, a firm that is still family owned. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 103743

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(Bliss, Theodore) Bliss, Arthur Ames THEODORE BLISS, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER A STUDY OF CHARACTER AND LIFE IN THE MIDDLE PERIOD OF THE XIX CENTURY. Edited and arranged for publication by Arthur Ames Bliss.
N.P. Northampton Historical Society 1941 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (x), 79, (3) pages.
Limited to 1000 copies. Reprint of the 1911 first edition; with a new preface. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 17.00 other currencies Order nr. 506

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BOGVENNEN, AARBOG FOR BOGKUNST OG BOGHISTORIE.
Copenhagen Forening for Boghaandvaerk 1920's-1970's large 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. Various paginations (generally between 100-150 pages per volume).
Various volumes of the Danish annual, The Bibliophile, offered for sale individually. Each volume has illustrations and generally contains 4-6 articles on collections, bindings, publishing, typography, Danish books and collectors, and other book-related matters. Some have brief English-language summaries at the end. Some vols. are unopened. All have their original wrappers, which are usually soiled, chipped, worn and/or torn in some combination and degree. Backings of older issues may be damaged. Available: 1928, 1949, 1951(2), 1952(2), 1953(2), 1954, 1979. Price is per volume.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 51931

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BOGVENNEN, AARBOG FOR BOGKUNST OG BOGHISTORIE.
6 volumes. Copenhagen Forening for Boghaandvaerk 1926-1931 large 8vo. original publishers paste paper covers with paper spine labels. Various paginations (approx. 2,500 pages total).
Six years of the Danish annual The Bibliophile: vols. 15-20 (1926-1931) of the original series The Bibliophile, which began in 1893, had by the 1920's lost interest in book crafts, and deals more with collecting and bibliophile issues, becoming rather more international in outlook. In 1926, reports on Danish Book auctions are added. There is more coverage of libraries and collections/ collectors, and of current book illustration. The reports on the activities of the Association for Book Crafts (Forening...) cease. The historical and retrospective articles continue, of course. Three volumes have cracked hinges. 1928 lacks the spine covering.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 105592

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(Bohn, Henry George) A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS.
London Henry G. Bohn 1841 very thick 8vo. original half leather over marbled paper-covered boards Frontispiece portrait of shop; engraved title page, iv, 1948, 178 pages.
H.G. Bohn (1796-1884) is the best known of the London booksellers and is significant in the history of 19th-century publishing for his success in bringing out classics, standard, or useful works in inexpensive series: the "European Library," the "Standard Library," the "Scientific Library" and so on. (A few of the volumes in his "libraries" were also written by Bohn).This famous "Guinea catalogue" contains over 300,000 books with 23,000 remainders. "The catalogue cost Bohn upwards of 2,000 pounds and made him famous" (Cordasco's The Bohn Libraries). Covers rubbed especially along hinges and edges. Slightly sprung.
Price: $ 167.00 other currencies Order nr. 35440

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(Bookbinding) Rahir, Edouard. LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FEU ÉDOUARD RAHIR, ANCIEN LIBRAIRE. SIXIÈME ET DERNIÈRE PARTIE.
Paris Francisque Lefrançois 1938 small 4to. quarter red calf stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. (iv), 113, (3) pages.
The sixth and last part of this famous sale (Blogie 341). Édouard Rahir (1862-1924) was a well-known antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, and publisher in Paris (for a time the publisher for the Société des Bibliophiles François). He had a long-standing business relationship with Quaritch in London and was the author of La Bibliothèque de l'amateur (1909 & 1924), a guide to book collecting, along with many catalogues, etc. Some items from his library were sold shortly after his death, but the majority were sold between 1930 and 1938. See Arthur Rau, "Edouard Rahir...," pp. 169-177 in the Summer 1967 (vol.16 no.2) issue of the Book Collector. This volume contained many of his examples of bookbinding. Many plates including a number in full color. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Spine ends damaged.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 102020

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(Bookselling) DER DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL IM SPIEGEL DER VOSSISCHEN ZEITUNG, XUM HUNDERTJÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUM DES BÖRSENVEREINS DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHHÄNDLER ZU LEIPZIG.
Berlin Verlag Ullstein n.d. (circa 1925) 8vo. marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover label, top edge stained blue, fore and bottom edges uncut. 75, (11) pages.
Examines the booktrade through newspaper advertisements; includes 7 pages of early bookseller's advertisements. Covers rubbed around edges and spine faded.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 48506

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(Bookselling) VIER GENERATIES RONDOM EEN BOEKHANDEL EN UITGEVERIJ.
Amsterdam Boekhandel en Uitgeverij W. Ten Have N.V. 1956 12mo. stiff paper wrappers 56 pages.+
Study of H. Höveker, J.A. Wormser, W. ten Have and their relationships over the period 1831 to 1956. Some illustrations. In Dutch.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 89912

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