New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions. READ MORE about THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4288
Kendal: Titus Wilson for the Carlisle Public Libr. Committee, 1909. 8vo. cloth-backed paper-covered boards. (viii), 199 pages. Presentation inscription from the cataloguer. "The Bibliotheca Jacksoniana consists of books, prints, manuscripts, &c., relating to or in some way connected with Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-north-of-the-Sands. It was formed by the late William Jackson, F.S.A. ... who died in 1890 ... and ... who directed that it should be given to the Carlisle Free Public Library ... It..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA JACKSONIANA. CATALOGUE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 80809
New York: School of Library Service Columbia University, 1971. small 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. A preliminary edition of a glossary of library and information science terms. Front and back panels lightly faded and soiled. Library marking on front panel near tail of spine and sign out card for the Department of Trade and Industry Library in London on title page. READ MORE about TERMINOLOGY OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE: A SELECTIVE GLOSSARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87702
(London): Arundel Society, 1871. small 4to. original paper wrappers. 38 pages. An essay commissioned by the Arundel Society prior to the publication of the society's chromolithograph of the version belonging to the Princess Carl of Hesse-Damstadt, rather than the better known version at Dresden. With two full-page illustrations. Wrappers a trifle dusty. READ MORE about HANS HOLBEIN AND THE MEIER MADONNA
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 80299
(Aschaffenb: Pattloch, 1961). 12mo. cloth. Tipped-in frontispiece; 186, (2) pages. With information on Martin Breslauer and Walter de Gruyter. Inscribed Erica Marx, 1961 in pencil on front free endpaper. READ MORE about EIN LEBEN FÜR DAS BUCH
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 80304
7th edition
(London): N.P., n.d. (but 1928). small 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 36 pages. 7th edition. A 7th edition of Truth, special publicity supplement No.70 from May 23, 1923. The supplement contains an account of the career of W.E. Hurcomb as a successful London auctioneer, descriptions of historic sales, satisfied and unsatisfied customers, and legal challenges. The booklet ends with a list of patrons of Hurcomb's auction business. The prefatory letter is written by Hurcomb and..... READ MORE about TRUTH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87333
Dresden: C.C. Meinhold & Söhne, 1906. 4to. half cloth with paper-covered boards, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. vii, 469 pages. First edition. Contains tipped-in colour frontispiece and many black-and-white photographic illustrations. Covers differentially faded and split along upper hinge but binding still reasonably sound. READ MORE about DIE MALEREIEN IN DEN HANDSCRIFTEN DES KÖNIGREICHS SACHSEN
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 80558
Paris: H. Jacquemart, n. d. 4to. self. one folded sheet. Catalogue for Lithography supplies, sold at cost by H. Jacquemart directly to lithographers and paper-mills. One page of supply listings. Edges and corners creased; a few horizontal creases. READ MORE about ARTICLES DE PARIS PRIX COURANT DES ARTICLES POUR LA PAPETERIE, LES FOURNITURES DE BUREAU LA...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 88318
Paris: H. Jacquemart, n. d. small 4to. self. one folded sheet. Catalogue of lithography and printing supplies sold by H. Jacquemart. Four pages of supply lists. Supplies include paper, presses, envelopes, photographic equipment and more. Small creases at corners. Paper loss on cover at top, right-hand edge. READ MORE about DÉPOT DES PIERRES LITHOGRAPHIQUES FRANÇAISES PAPIERS DE TOUTES FABRIQUES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 88320
2 volumes: Alabama-New Mexico- volume one; New York-Index- volume two
New York: R. R. Bowker Company, (1986). 4to. cloth. (xiii), 1130 pages (volume one), 1214 pages (volume two). 2 volumes: Alabama-New Mexico- volume one; New York-Index- volume two. 39th Edition of the American Library Directory in two volumes. In addition to directory information, it also includes information about library staff, background, budget figures, and collections. Inside clean. Edges of some pages bent and soiled. READ MORE about AMERICAN LIBRARY DIRECTORY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 87096
Paris: Henri Plon, 1870. 8vo. later half calf with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. (iv), xxxii, 404 pages. First edition. Janin takes us through 15 "days" of book-related commentary. He covers a myriad of topics, from the definition of curieux to the literary salons of the Restoration period. Spine faded and wear along edges. READ MORE about LE LIVRE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 87043
2 volumes.
London: John Murray, 1908. 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering and decorative red, white and gold armorial emblem on front cover. (xii), 328: (ix), 382+1 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. A two volume biography of John Thadeus Delane, editor of The Times of London from 1840-1852. Library notetipped-in at the first page of text in volume one. Both covers slightly worn with library stickers affixed below decorative armorial emblem on each. Some discoloration of front and..... READ MORE about JOHN THADEUS DELANE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 87201
Chapter IV of "A History of the Printed Book"
N. P. n. p., n. d. 4to. cloth. (iv), 121-156, 20 blank pages. Chapter IV of "A History of the Printed Book" This volume is chapter IV of Johnson's "A History of the Printed Book." Includes several black-and-white illustrations and some facsimile manuscripts. Slight wear at corner and edges. Some foxing on back paste-down endpaper. READ MORE about THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88278
New York: New York Public Library, 1924. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 360 pages. Reprinted, with additions, from the Bulletin. Thousands of items in the English language are described. Small stamp of the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about JOURNALISM, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 80099
(London): The Library Association, 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 543 pages. Second edition, revised. This brings the book up-to-date to 1975 and with additional new material. READ MORE about HISTORY OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 25241
West Berlin: M. Kimmelstiel & Co., 1894. 3.5" x 8.5" pamphlet. self. folded sheet. This small pamphlet gives postal rates & trade prices in Germany and Austria-Hungary for M. Kimmelstiel & Co., (a stationery business) for the years 1893-1894. READ MORE about GESELLSEHAFTS-KALENDER VON M. KIMMELSTIEL & CO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 88329
An introduction to the study of English literature
London: Ralph, Holland & Co., n.d. (but 1913). large 12mo. cloth. (ii), 292 pages. An introduction to the study of English literature. A book written in response to enquiries for an unnamed work, claimed by the author in the preface to be similar to her book The Story Thread. Intended to be a reader or text-book for English literature, the book contains chapters on Chaucer, Spenser, seventeenth century prose, the Scriblerus Club, the Lyrical Ballads..... READ MORE about BOOK WAYS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87313
Cambridge: University Press, 1963. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 178 pages. First edition; the Sandars Lecture for 1961. Contains 8 plates. With various bibliographical lists of collectors. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about SOME BRITISH COLLECTORS OF MUSIC, C.1600-1960
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9304
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1949. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 151 pages. A scarce, early Landau sale. With 20 plates printed on better paper than the inferior paper used in the rest of the catalogue which are brittle. Corner of front cover missing; chipped around edges. Some notes in pen on cover. READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA DEL BARONE LANDAU, QUARTA VENDITA ALL'ASTA PRESSO LA GALLERIA CIARDIELLO, FIRENZE ......
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80371
New York: The Scarecrow Press, 1957. 8vo. cloth. 287 pages. First edition. Small stamp of the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF LIBRARIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9377
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. READ MORE about CHOSEN BOOKS FROM LAWRENCE & BULLEN'S LIST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87340
London: G. Michelmore & Co. (printed at the Chiswick Press), (1921). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 45 pages. Sold as a collection, the price is not stated. Damaged spot along spine. Covers soiled. READ MORE about LE SAGE. THE FINEST AND MOST COMPLETE SET EXTANT OF HIS EDITIONS ORIGINALES TO WHICH IS ADDED THE...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 80379
Bruxelles: Éditions du Cercle d'Art, 1943. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 61, (5) pages. Limited to 520 numbered copies. Nicely printed in black ink with red initial chapter letters. Tipped-in illustrations. Covers age yellowed and spine covering partially chipped away. READ MORE about L' ESPRIT DE LA GRAVURE AU XVe SIÈCLE
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 87806
Paris: Chez Techener, 1834. small 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 115 pages. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.520). A study of the censorship of the sale and distribution of books during the 16th- century in France. Well-preserved copy. READ MORE about DE L' ËTAT RËEL DE LA PRESSE ET DES PAMPHLETS DEPUIS FRANÇOIS 1er JUSQU'A LOUIS XIV
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 15570
London: Library Association, 1958. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23 pages. Ex Board of Trade library with their markings. READ MORE about THE MEMORANDUM OF EVIDENCE TO BE LAID BEFORE THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 80389
