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Bell, Bill, Jonquil Bevan and Philip Bennett. ACROSS BOUNDARIES: THE BOOK IN CULTURE AND COMMERCE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2000 8vo. cloth. 176 pages.
This series of scholarly essays focuses on the book as it helped felicitate commerce and culture over the last five centuries. Leading scholars explore the unique relationships that have existed for centuries between economics and literary culture. Co-published with St. Paul's Bibliographies, Ltd.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 59092

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(Davies, W.H.) Harlow, Sylvia W.H. DAVIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware and Winchester Oak Knoll Books and St Paul's Bibliographies 1993 8vo. cloth. xii, 259 pages.
First edition. The third volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. W.H. Davies is best remembered as the author of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP first published in 1908, and still in print, but his reputation is based on his poetry which was published in over fifty books and has appeared continuously in anthologies ever since. This bibliography provides the opportunity for a comprehensive study of this important twentieth-century writer, and it will also be a vital guide to collectors of his work. The sections cover Books, Anthologies edited by Davies and those containing his work, Articles, Broadcasts by and about Davies, and Articles and Books about him. The book also contains a Chronology and Index. Illustrated.
Price: $ 78.00 other currencies Order nr. 36407

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(Dictionary of National Biography) Fenwick, Gillian CONTRIBUTORS' INDEX TO THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 1885-1901.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1989 thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xli, 413 pages.
First edition. One hundred years after its first publication, the DNB is still a valuable source of biographical information on over 30,000 famous names. With the continuing interest in the Victorian era the contributors themselves - over 600 of them - are now of as much importance as the subjects they wrote about. This is the first guide to the contributors: authors, academics, recognized authorities on their subjects, and, in many cases, young writers making their first appearance in print. This index lists contributors and their articles alphabetically, giving names, dates, DNB volume number, and page reference. Unsigned articles are listed separately.
Price: $ 48.00 other currencies Order nr. 28404

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(Foulis Press) Gaskell, Philip A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FOULIS PRESS.
London St. Paul's Bibliographies 1986 8vo. cloth. 484 pages.
Second edition, limited to 450 copies. Bibliography of this 18th century Scottish printing and publishing house.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 21007

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Gaskell, Philip FROM WRITER TO READER, STUDIES IN EDITORIAL METHOD
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1999 8vo. cloth. viii, 268 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Most of the major works of English literature are readily available today only in versions that are sadly inadequate. There are few reliable specialist editions; much worse, the majority of the paperback texts of English and American authors that are sold in their millions to students and general readers are corrupt and misleading. This is as unnecessary as it is undesirable. By combining a critical judgement with an understanding of textual bibliography, an editor can establish a "critical text" that is as authoritative as the evidence allows and present it in the form best suited to the intended audience. The examples given in this book show how this may be done. Dr. Gaskell presents extracts from the early texts of twelve works of literature. He has chosen them not only because of their importance as works of art but also on account of the quantity and variety of the surviving textual evidence; and so, by skillfully following each extract through its surviving stages from writer to reader, he encompasses a variety of subjects and treatments.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 54377

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Gaskell, Philip FROM WRITER TO READER, STUDIES IN EDITORIAL METHOD
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1999 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 268 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Most of the major works of English literature are readily available today only in versions that are sadly inadequate. There are few reliable specialist editions; much worse, the majority of the paperback texts of English and American authors that are sold in their millions to students and general readers are corrupt and misleading. This is as unnecessary as it is undesirable. By combining a critical judgement with an understanding of textual bibliography, an editor can establish a "critical text" that is as authoritative as the evidence allows and present it in the form best suited to the intended audience. The examples given in this book show how this may be done.
Dr. Gaskell presents extracts from the early texts of twelve works of literature. He has chosen them not only because of their importance as works of art but also on account of the quantity and variety of the surviving textual evidence; and so, by skillfully following each extract through its surviving stages from writer to reader, he encompasses a variety of subjects and treatments.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 55473

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(Gill, Eric) Gill, Evan R. ERIC GILL, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie. Winchester St Paul's Bibliographies 1991 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 368 pages.
Decades have passed since the death of Eric Gill (1882-1940) and yet the reputation of this remarkable artist and thinker continues to grow. Famous for his stone carving, wood engraving, type designs and writing, he has also found a wide appeal amongst a younger generation who are sympathetic to his outlook on life - to "make a cell of good living in the chaos of our world." Since the original bibliography by Gill's brother, Evan, was published in 1953, a great deal of new material has come to light in the fine collections built up in the USA and elsewhere in recent years, and this new edition is a complete revision of the original bibliography. It includes not only all the new discoveries but also the material published on Gill in the last thirty-eight years. The number of bibliographical entries has increased by over one third in this greatly expanded work. The book has been redesigned with advice from Gill's nephew, Christopher Skelton, placing greater emphasis on the illustrations, which have been either retaken from the original editions or introduced as completely new ones of bibliographical interest.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 32780

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(Grew, Nehemiah) Lefanu, William R. NEHEMIAH GREW, A STUDY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1990 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 182 pages.
First edition. Nehemiah Grew was a pioneer in exploring the physiology of plants and the comparative anatomy of animals. He was an active Fellow of the Royal Society and one of its busiest officers in its first great period during the 1670s. Born in Warwickshire in 1641, he was educated at Cambridge and practiced as a physician in the City of London where he died in 1712.
William LeFanu's pioneer study of Grew's work surveys writings on many subjects but primarily his publications in botany and chemistry. Most notable among these are The Anatomy of Plants(1682) - a landmark in the literature of botany and Grew's most influential work - and his catalogue of the Royal Society's Museum (1681).
Price: $ 36.00 other currencies Order nr. 28553

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(Grew, Nehemiah) Lefanu, William R NEHEMIAH GREW, A STUDY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1990 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 182 pages.
First edition. Nehemiah Grew was a pioneer in exploring the physiology of plants and the comparative anatomy of animals. He was an active Fellow of the Royal Society and one of its busiest officers in its first great period during the 1670s. Born in Warwickshire in 1641 he was educated at Cambridge and practiced as a physician in the City of London where he died in 1712.
William LeFanu's pioneer study of Grew's work surveys writings on many subjects, but primarily his publications in botany and chemistry. Most notable among these are The Anatomy of Plants (1682) - a landmark in the literature of botany and Grew's most influential work - and his catalogue of the Royal Society's Museum (1681). Dust jacket is wrinkled and shows slight wear.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 73492

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(Hudson, W.H.) Payne, John R. W.H. HUDSON, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Foreword by Alfred A. Knopf. London Dawson - Archon Books (1977) 8vo. cloth. xv, 248 pages.
First edition. W.H. Hudson's writing career began with contributions to the periodical press. Much of this writing was later revised and expanded and makes up the contents of his books. He never became a popular author and did not have a bestseller until John Galsworthy introduced him to the American public in Alfred A. Knopf's edition of Green Mansionsin 1916.
This bibliography records all of Hudson's writings: books and
pamphlets, contributions to books, contributions to periodicals and translations. It also lists the most important books about Hudson and contains a foreword by Alfred A. Knopf.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 15782

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Isaac, Peter and Barry McKay (editors). HUMAN FACE OF THE BOOK TRADE: PRINT CULTURE AND ITS CREATORS.
New Castle, Delaware and Folkestone, England Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies 1999 small 8vo. Hardback printed covers. x, 228 pages.
First edition. These thirteen scholarly essays on the history of the book trade are the latest and third volume in the PRINT NETWORKS series of publications. The original papers were presented at the annual "Seminars on the British Book Trade." The essays covered include Paul Morgan's "Henry Cotton and W. H. Allnutt: Two Pioneer Book-Trade Historians," David Stoker's "The Country Book Trade," Warren McDougall's "Charles Elliot and the London Booksellers in the Early Years," Philip Henry Jones' "Scotland and the Welsh-Language Book Trade during the Second Half of the 19th Century," Brenda Scragg's "William Ford, Manchester Bookseller," and Barry McKay's "Niche Marketing in the 19th Century," among others.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 55468

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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 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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(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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Keeling, Denis F. (editor) BRITISH LIBRARY HISTORY: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1985-1988.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1991 8vo. printed paper over boards. x, 181 pages.
First edition. This is the sixth volume in the well-established and highly acclaimed series, which covers the history of libraries, librarianship and book collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the present day. The entries are arranged under five main headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (with ten sub-headings such as National, Private, Public, Special, etc.), Reading and Study of Library History. Most of the entries contain a short summary of the work listed and there are extensive cross-references plus indexes of authors and subjects. Many significant contributions to the history of academic libraries are recorded in this volume, including those celebrating the quincentenary of the Bodleian Library. It adds another 698 references to the series, bringing the accumulated total to 4,620. In addition to librarians, this volume will be of interest to bibliographers, book collectors and social historians.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 36637

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Myers, Robin and Michael Harris (editors) CENSORSHIP AND THE CONTROL OF PRINT IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE 1600-1910.
Winchester St Paul's Bibliographies 1992 8vo. hardback xii, 154 pages
First edition. Part of the Publishing Pathways Series. The medium of print has always been identified as a crucial element in the exercise of power. Since the invention of printing a combination of interests - political, religious and cultural - have borne down on the Press in an attempt to shape and contain its output. Each stage of the production and distribution of printed material can be seen as a battlefield of competing ideologies, whether organized through such institutions as the Stationers' Company, Parliament, and the lending library, or represented by broad divisions within society at large.
In this collection of essays leading scholars investigate the interaction between authors, publishers, booksellers, readers and regulatory bodies in England and France across three centuries, and show the key role that the book trade - resisting or adapting to external pressure - has played in defining what is permissible to publish.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 37463

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Myers, Robin. JOURNEYS THROUGH THE MARKET: TRAVEL, TRAVELLERS AND THE BOOK TRADE.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1999 8vo. pictorial paper-covered boards. ix, 154 pages.
First edition. Part of the Publishing Pathways Series. This work is a series of scholarly essays on the history of travel, travelers and their relation to the book trade. The essays are written by the following prominent British scholars: Bill Bell, University of Edinburgh; Jeremy Black, University of Exeter; Michael Harris, University of London; Charles Newton, Victoria and Albert Museum; Anthony Payne, Bernard Quaritch Ltd.; Andrew Tatham, Royal Geographical Society; and Giles Barber, University of Oxford.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 57369

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Myers, Robin PIONEERS IN BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware and Winchester Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies 1996 8vo. paper over boards. 117 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. As the written output of European culture has continued to expand and diversify, the need to establish controls of the materials has also increased. The listing, description and analysis of texts, whether in manuscript or print, have engaged a long series of individuals in what can only be described as a heroic struggle. These individuals are the subject of the essays in this book, which reveal that all those researching the byways of book trade history, from the library cataloguers of medieval times to the dedicated scholar-librarians and historians of the recent past, can truly be said to have been "pioneers in bibliography."
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 45674

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Myers, Robin SPREADING THE WORD, THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS OF PRINT 1550-1850.
Winchester St Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press 1998 8vo. printed paper over boards. (xiii), 241 pages.
Reprint of the 1990 first edition. Part of the Publishing Pathways Series. How did printed material in Britain get from producer to reader? What were the mechanics of supply by which individuals from varied social backgrounds came into contact with print culture? These are hard questions lying at the heart of what is sometimes called the new bibliography. Distribution is a complex line of book trade history because it leads out of the self-contained and familiar area of the printing office and bookshop into the often baffling regions of redistribution and consumption, where the evidence is often fragmentary.
London, with its ever-increasing output in this period of books, pamphlets, newspapers, ballads and ephemera, was always the dominant influence on the market. In this volume, however, the contributors are almost all concerned with aspects of the local trade in different parts of the British Isles and, in one essay, the trade between London and America via Scotland. They provide a series of detailed investigations into the distribution networks which supplemented those based in the capital, and in doing so they give a fresh view of the developing relationship between print and society over three centuries.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 32777

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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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Richardson, Elizabeth P. A BLOOMSBURY ICONOGRAPHY.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1989 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 372 pages.
First edition. This index provides references to over 700 British and American books, periodicals, and exhibition catalogues that make it possible to find about 4,000 different photographs and works of art relating to Bloomsbury and the Bloomsbury group, including portraits, sketches and photographs of people, places and things. The iconography also references their books and homes, ancestors and close friends, including 34 pages devoted to Leonard and Virginia Woolf. The annotations, chiefly in the form of quotations from published diaries, letters and other books help settle dates, identify places and occasions, evoke emotional overtones and reflect the personality of artist or sitter. The various indices of artists, locations, and photographs which accompany the general index help make the book easy to use.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 39462

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(Tolkien, J.R.R.) Hammond, Wayne G. J.R.R. TOLKIEN: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
With the assistance of Douglas A. Anderson. New Castle, Delaware and Winchester Oak Knoll Press and St Paul's Bibliographies 2002 6 x 9 inches hardcover xi, (iii), 434 pages.
First edition, second printing. The second volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. This is the first descriptive bibliography of J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century. His children's book The Hobbit, his epic The Lord of the Rings, and his last triumph, The Silmarillion, have been read by millions and are at the core of modern fantasy fiction. A noted philologist, Tolkien also made significant contributions to Old and Middle English studies, including a landmark essay on Beowulf and standard editions of Ancrene Wisse and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This bibliography explores the full range of his imaginative and scholarly works, from juvenilia to the posthumous The History of Middle-Earth. Books written by Tolkien in whole or in part, his Contributions to Periodicals, Published Letters and Art Work, Interviews, Recordings, and translations of his writings are described. Special attention is paid to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, whose many editions and complex textual changes are analyzed in detail. The publishing history of Tolkien's works is told at length, with notes drawn from publishers' archives and from Tolkien's correspondence.

There are eight pages of plates, a chronology and an index. This bibliography will become a standard reference book for scholars, librarians, booksellers and collectors whose already keen interest in Tolkien continues to grow.
Price: $ 94.00 other currencies Order nr. 36406

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