BOOKS AND READERS.
London: George G Harrap & Company Ltd, (1931). 8vo. cloth. 256 pages. First edition. Commentary on reading, libraries and literary style. Illustrated. Covers faded. READ MORE about BOOKS AND READERS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 36155
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THE OLD ENGLISH NEWSPAPER.
N.P. The English Association, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 22, (2) pages. The English Association pamphlet no. 86. Illustrated with facsimiles of the front pages of some of the newspapers. Covers soiled. READ MORE about THE OLD ENGLISH NEWSPAPER
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 36067
BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ARSENAL.CATALOGUE ANALYTIQUE SOMMAIRE DE LA COLLECTION THÉATRALE RONDEL, SUIVI D'UN GUIDE PRATIQUE À TRAVERS LA BIBLIOGRAHIE THÉÂTRALE ...
Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1932. tall 12mo. paper wrappers. x, 50, (2) pages. History and description of the theater collection. Covers faded. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ARSENAL.CATALOGUE ANALYTIQUE SOMMAIRE DE LA COLLECTION THÉATRALE RONDEL,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80691
DAS GRAB GUTENBERGS.
Mainz: Verlag der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1930. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 37, iv, (4) pages. Publication 13 of the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft. Dissertation on Gutenbergs tomb. Front cover detached; worn along edges. READ MORE about DAS GRAB GUTENBERGS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 80701
POKAZALETS NA SPISANIE NOVO VREME, 1897-1923.
Sofiia: Bulgarskata Akademiia na Naukite, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xvii), 304 pages. This index covers the first 23 volumes of the journal Novo Vreme, or "New Times," from 1897 to 1923. Entries are organized by topics, including philosophy, study of socialism, social sciences, politics, economics, Soviet revolution and Soviet Union, natural sciences, literary theory, and fine literature. The book also includes detailed subject indexes and a few monochrome illustrations. This copy has its original..... READ MORE about POKAZALETS NA SPISANIE NOVO VREME, 1897-1923
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 80715
ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS.
An Annotated List and Bibliography
London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1968. 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering. (xiv), 538 pages. An Annotated List and Bibliography. A bibliography of charters granting land or secular rights over land. Cover is lightly smudged. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 87238
BIBLIOTHECA PATRUM LATINORUM BRITANNICA.
Wien: Adolf Holzhausen, 1894. 8vo. self. 80 pages. A catalogue of selected books and manuscripts in English library cathedrals. A few of the libraries catalogued are the cathedral libraries of Salisbury, Canterbury, Chichester, Winchester, and Westminster Abbey. Spine gone, but volume still bound together. Cover slightly worn and soiled. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA PATRUM LATINORUM BRITANNICA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 88322
QUELLENLEXIKON ZUR DEUTSCHEN LITERATURGESCHICTE. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDIES ON GERMAN LITERARY HISTORY.
Band I. A-Bau.
Duisburg: Verlag für Pädagogische Dokumentation, 1994. 8vo. cloth. 512 pages. Band I. A-Bau. The first volume of this reference work. READ MORE about QUELLENLEXIKON ZUR DEUTSCHEN LITERATURGESCHICTE. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDIES ON GERMAN LITERARY HISTORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80720
ENGLISCHE VOLKSBIBLIOTHEKEN.
Sonderabdruck aus der Beilage zur "Allgemeinen Zeitung," Nr. 229 und 230 vom 10. und 11. Oktober 1898
Berlin: Verlag der Abegg-Stiftung der Gesellschaft für Verbreitung von Volksbildung, 1898. 8vo. quarter cloth with cardboard covers. (v), 32, (2) pages. Sonderabdruck aus der Beilage zur "Allgemeinen Zeitung," Nr. 229 und 230 vom 10. und 11. Oktober 1898. This booklet, an offprint from a supplement to the German newspaper Allgemeinen Zeitung, discusses English public libraries. This copy shows minor wear and soiling. The name of the author, title and date are written on the outside..... READ MORE about ENGLISCHE VOLKSBIBLIOTHEKEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 88020
CODEX NUNDINARIUS GERMANIAE LITERATAE BISECULARIS.
Mess-Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels von dem Erscheinen des ersten Mess-Kataloges im Jahre 1564 bis zu der Gründung des ersten Buchhändler-Vereins im Jahre 1765. (With:) - - Codex Nundinarius Germaniae literatae continuatus. Der Mess- Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels Fortsetzung, die Jahre 1766 bis einschliesslich 1846 umfassend.
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1963. tall folio. unlettered two toned cloth. xxxvi, 440 in quadruple columns. Mess-Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels von dem Erscheinen des ersten Mess-Kataloges im Jahre 1564 bis zu der Gründung des ersten Buchhändler-Vereins im Jahre 1765. (With:) - - Codex Nundinarius Germaniae literatae continuatus. Der Mess- Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels Fortsetzung, die Jahre 1766 bis einschliesslich 1846 umfassend. Reprint of the Halle 1850-77 edition. The essential bibliography of the term catalogues issued for..... READ MORE about CODEX NUNDINARIUS GERMANIAE LITERATAE BISECULARIS
Price: $455.00 Order nr. 80728
WIE ICH DEN BUCHHANDEL ERLERNTE. EIN VERSUCH DAS TECHNISCHE WIE DAS GEISTIGE IN DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDEL, DEM LEHRLING DESSELBEN AUF EINE UNTERHALTENDE ART ANSCHAULICH ZU MACHEN.
Leipzig: Carl Rühle, 1884. small 8vo. original cloth-backed paper-covered boards. 143 pages. Fourth edition. Bookseller's manual. A very good copy. READ MORE about WIE ICH DEN BUCHHANDEL ERLERNTE. EIN VERSUCH DAS TECHNISCHE WIE DAS GEISTIGE IN DEUTSCHEN...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 80768
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLISH BEFORE 1641.
Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1923. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 198 pages. One of 500 multigraphed copies. It includes all works within its scope in The Newberry Library up to 1922. The bibliography includes all work in, or partly in, English from the beginning of printing down to and including 1640. No facsimiles or reproductions are listed. Contains an index of printers, booksellers, and stationers. Cover slightly worn and brittle, with small tears along edges..... READ MORE about THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLISH BEFORE 1641
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87357
A (drop title) DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE ORIENTAL LIBRARY OF THE LATE TIPPOO SULTAN OF MYFORE.
To which are prefixed, Memoirs of Hyder Aly Khan and his Son Tippoo Sultan.
N.P. The British Critic, 1809. 12mo. self paper wrappers. pp.547-560. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of Hyder Aly Khan and his Son Tippoo Sultan. Section removed from the British Critic, Vol. XXXIV, December 1809, reviewing this book. The lengthy review provides an excellent summary. READ MORE about A (drop title) DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE ORIENTAL LIBRARY OF THE LATE TIPPOO SULTAN OF MYFORE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87748
LIBRARY SURVEYS.
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1967. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 286 pages. First edition. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about LIBRARY SURVEYS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 80787
THE EARLIEST FREE LIBRARIES OF ENGLAND.
A Paper read at the Congress of the Library Association of Great Britain, held at Plymouth, 1885.
St. Helens: Dromgoole and Co., 1886. 12mo. original paper wrappers, stitched. 37 pages. A Paper read at the Congress of the Library Association of Great Britain, held at Plymouth, 1885. The author was the Bristol City Librarian. Heavily proof-corrected with occasional notes and an ink spot on the cover. READ MORE about THE EARLIEST FREE LIBRARIES OF ENGLAND
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 80791
NOTES OF MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (Privately Printed), 1846. 4to. original cloth. (iv), xi, (ii), 216 pages. This history--or collection of "notes" as Mr. Thomas modestly labels it--reconstructs the stories of the Public Departments of England's government from their (sometimes obscure) origins to the 1840s. Francis Thomas (1794?-1857), Secretary of the Public Record Office, made extensive use of historical documents to compile this work, which was privately printed by W. Clowes & Sons for Her Majesty's..... READ MORE about NOTES OF MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 87075
A TOUR OF THE TEMPLE PRESS, AN ACCOUNT BY JAMES THORNTON M.A., OF PRINTING AND BINDING BOOKS AT THE WORKS OF J.M. DENT & SONS LTD.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, (1935). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages with 27 illustrations. First edition. Jacket price clipped. READ MORE about A TOUR OF THE TEMPLE PRESS, AN ACCOUNT BY JAMES THORNTON M.A., OF PRINTING AND BINDING BOOKS AT...
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 21892
LIBRARY CO-OPERATION IN GREAT BRITAIN, REPORT OF A SURVEY OF THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THE REGIONAL LIBRARY BUREAU.
X.
London: National Central Library, 1952. 8vo. cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards. xii, 139 pages. X. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about LIBRARY CO-OPERATION IN GREAT BRITAIN, REPORT OF A SURVEY OF THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THE...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 80828
THE SPECTATOR. A DIGEST-INDEX.
London: G. Routledge, 1892. 8vo. original cloth. xii, 178, (2) pages. Uncommon. Ex-libris of Basil Blackwell. Wear at spine ends. Book block cracked halfway through text. READ MORE about THE SPECTATOR. A DIGEST-INDEX
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 80844
THE HUMANITIES IN CANADA. SUPPLEMENT TO DECEMBER 31, 1964.
Canada: Univ. Toronto Press, (1964). 8vo. cloth. 211 pages. First edition. READ MORE about THE HUMANITIES IN CANADA. SUPPLEMENT TO DECEMBER 31, 1964
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80848
GLOUCESTERSHIRE MEDIÆVAL LIBRARIES.
(Bristol): Reprinted from the ‘Trans. of the Bristol & Glos. Archæological Society.’, (1908). 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp. 78-195. Scarce. Appears to be removed from a larger volume. The leaves are a little dusty. READ MORE about GLOUCESTERSHIRE MEDIÆVAL LIBRARIES
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 80851
SOME NOTES ON BOOK DESIGN.
London: National Book League, n.d. small 8vo. stapled self paper wrappers. 14 pages. Notes on book design. Includes sections on book production, manufacturing techniques, type selection and setting, illustrations, binding, jackets and private presses. Lightly soiled and top front corner creased. READ MORE about SOME NOTES ON BOOK DESIGN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87308
CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE SEVENTH PORTION: FORTY-THREE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 9TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY.
London: Sotheby & Co., 1970. 4to. boards. 97 pages with 55 plates and a colored frontispiece. S-K 1184. Almost a half million dollars of sales. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE SEVENTH PORTION: FORTY-THREE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 9TH TO...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 6258
CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1913. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Sale held July 28. 209 lots. Includes reading room ticket pasted on the inside of the front panel. Handwritten notations throughout book listing last name of buyer of each item and price paid. Prices are tallied on each page and the final price of all auction items appears on the last page. Front and back panel lightly soiled. Very small tear at fore..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 87523
BOOK PRICES CURRENT, INDEX TO THE FIRST TEN VOLUMES (1887-1896).
Constituting a Reference List of Subjects and, Incidentally, a Key to Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature
London: Elliot Stock, 1901. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 472 pages. Constituting a Reference List of Subjects and, Incidentally, a Key to Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature. With an introduction by William Jaggard. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about BOOK PRICES CURRENT, INDEX TO THE FIRST TEN VOLUMES (1887-1896
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 270