Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 287 pages. First edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE REPUBLIC OF CHILDHOOD, A CRITICAL GUIDE TO CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 80186
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1967). small 4to. cloth. (vi), 129 pages. First separate edition. Originally published in the LIBRARY QUARTERLY in January 1967. A collection of interesting papers read at the conference. READ MORE about A CRITICAL APPROACH TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GRADUATE...
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 86954
Heaton, Mersey, Manchester: The Cloister Press, 1936. smalll 4to. paper-covered boards. not paginated. A short history of The Cloister Press, which at the time of publication was doing commercial printing and select advertisements as well as fine printing. This book was designed to show an example of good printing, and illustrated with many photographs of their building and equipment to showcase their up-to-date facilities. well-preserved copy. READ MORE about PRINT BY THE CLOISTER PRESS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 46430
June-July, 1959 William Collins
N.P. n.p., 1959. large 8vo. self paper wrappers. 14 pages. June-July, 1959 William Collins. A bibliography of biographical material on William Collins and various works and pictures by him. Published 200 years after his death, this bibliography includes primarily early works since most of his later material was destroyed by his sister immediately after his death. Pencil markings in text. Light shelf wear. READ MORE about WINCHESTER COLLEGE LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87330
London: Puttick and Simpson, n.d. (but 1867). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 50 pages. Sale held December 12-14. 1041 lots. List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum. (1915). p. 321. Lightly soiled and slightly worn at head and tail of spine. Vertical crease through catalogue. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF A CLERGYMAN REMOVED FROM HEREFORDSHIRE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 87421
2 volumes.
Bruxelles: Librairie Simonson, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 59; 55 pages. 2 volumes. Two volume sale of this library. The first volume contains 8 plates and 405 lots and the second volume contains 8 plates and lots, 406-816. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE JOSEPH DE WAEL. VENTES DES 16 MARS ET 11 MAI 1968
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 79973
Chicago: American Library Association, 1973. 4to. cloth. xvi, 332 pages. Over 5,000 entries in this large bibliography. Some annotations. Covers slightly faded. READ MORE about BRITISH LIBRARY RESOURCES, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 65652
An Annotated List of Books on the History and Criticism of the Drama and Stage and on the Allied Arts of the Theater
New York: Benjamin Blum, 1968. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 320 pages. An Annotated List of Books on the History and Criticism of the Drama and Stage and on the Allied Arts of the Theater. Reprint of the 1933 first edition. Small spot on front cover. READ MORE about A DRAMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 2402
N.P. n.p., n.d. (1834 from dates in ink). 8vo. self paper wrappers (remnants of paper spine covering). pp.490-500. An article removed from an unknown periodical (though an ink note indicates it is from Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Janauary 1834) on the history of this "Cheap Monthly Magazine." With a full-page of price comparison's of the different magazines being published. READ MORE about Johnstone's Edinburgh Magazine. the Cheap and Dear Periodicals
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88120
5 volumes
Leicester: Librarians of Intitutes of Education, 1957. 4to. First vol. has a brad in the corner of the pages, the rest are stapled. (ii), 53 +1 ; (ii)13+1 ; (ii),31+1; (ii), 11+1; 45 +1 pages. 5 volumes. Supplement to the Union List s of Books on Education and Educational Textbooks published , or First Published before 1801 ; Union List of Books on Education & Educational Textbooks publihsed, or First Published, 1701-1800 ; Union List..... READ MORE about UNION LIST OF BOOKS ON EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL TEXTBOOKS PUBLISHED, OR FIRST PUBLISHED 1801-1840
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 87996
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1920. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 30 pages. Sale held June 23-24. 398 lots. Includes engravings and drawings from F.C. Arkwright, Esq. of Willersley, Matlock; Edward L. Tomlin, Esq. of Angley Park, Cranbrook, Kent; Dr. F.E. Judson; and the late Stewart Beattie, Esq. Front panel has rust spots from staples on binding, shows shelf wear. Handwritten pen marks throughout book listing last name of buyer of each item and price..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVINGS AND DRAWINGS (FRAMED AND IN THE PORTFOLIO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87485
A booklet giving instructions for developing films and making contact or postcard prints from 'Ensignette' film negatives
London: Houghtons, n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 12 pages. A booklet giving instructions for developing films and making contact or postcard prints from 'Ensignette' film negatives. Unreadable ink stamps on front and back cover. Discolored along front cover edge. READ MORE about PICTURE MAKING WITH THE "ENSIGNETTE"
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 88722
N.P. (L. Clouzot), 1896. small 8vo. self paper wrappers (removed). (8) pages. Removed from L'Intermédiaire de L'Ouest, Revue Bibliographique Mensuelle, 4th Year, No.26, April, 1896. Prospectus for work which was to be published for 8 francs (200 copies) followed by a list of the works of Benjamin Fillon (1819-1881) for sale by Clouzot. READ MORE about APPENDICE À POITOU ET VENDÉE BIBLIOGRAPHIE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES OUVRAGES DE BENJAMIN FILLON,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87677
Leipzig: Gesellschaft der Freunde der deutschen Bücherei/Poeschel & Trepte, 1921. large 8vo. later cloth spine with orignal marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (vi), 169, (3) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Festschrift presented by the Society of the Friends of the German Library to Dr. Georg Minde-Pouet, director of the Deutsche Bücherei (Ger. Lib.) in Leipzig (Rodenberg, p.272). With a portrait sketch of Dr. Minde-Pouet by Walter Tiemann, introduction, and eleven articles, including a...... READ MORE about ALERE FLAMMAM
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51703
(Nottingham: Thos. Forman & Sons), 1948. 4to. quarter cloth, cloth sides, dust jacket. 167 pages. Limited to only 200 numbered copies. Contains tipped-in color frontispiece, many tipped-in half-tones and is printed on handmade paper. A largely pictorial history of the firm that was founded in 1710. A brief essay, Centenary by Frank Fuller, is followed by a chronologically arranged sequence of facsimiles of a selection of the firm's printings, including title-pages, brochures, advertising posters from..... READ MORE about THOS. FORMAN & SONS LTD. NOTTINGHAM. IN SERVICE FOR BRITISH INDUSTRY ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 80219
Or a Sharplye-Invective Conference Betweene Allexander the Great and that Truly Woman-Hater Diogynes
London: Privately Printed, 1897. 8vo. three quarter leather and paper-covered boards. (xvi), 48 pages. Or a Sharplye-Invective Conference Betweene Allexander the Great and that Truly Woman-Hater Diogynes. A reprint of Goddard's 1615 "Satyricall Dialogue." Only one copy remains of the original work and it is held in the British Museum. This reprint edition is edited by John S. Farmer. Each signature is numbered individually and some pages are uncut. This edition was privately printed and..... READ MORE about A SATIRYCALL DIALOGUE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87267
A Paper Read before the Bibliographical Society, October 15,1917
London: Blades, East & Blades, 1920. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 50 pages. A Paper Read before the Bibliographical Society, October 15,1917. This is a reprint from the Society's Transactions. These letters had been collected by Bishop Percy of Dromore who was almost an exact contemporary of Goldsmith's and a member of Dr. Johnson's "Club" along with him. After Goldsmith's death in 1774, the impression was that Johnson would write a biography, but never did..... READ MORE about THE FAMILY LETTERS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87746
London: Puttick and Simpson, 1867. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 68 pages. Sale held January 28-31. 1,393 lots. Catalogue includes items from the late Lord Adam Gordon (1726-1801). Gordon was an army officier who was appointed to various political posts including Governor of Tynemouth, commander-in-chief of Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle. List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum. (1915). p. 318. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A PORTION OF THE VALUABLE LIBRARY OF THE LATE LORD ADAM GORDON, AND SELECTIONS FROM...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 87446
Completing the Catalogue of the Library Bequeathed to the British Museum by the Late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. With a General Index.
London: Trustees (of the British Museum), 1872. 8vo. cloth. (xi), 219(+1) pages. Completing the Catalogue of the Library Bequeathed to the British Museum by the Late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. With a General Index. This volume lists everything that was missed in the initial cataloguing of the collection which took place at the time of Thomas Grenville's bequest to the British Museum (circa 1846) and which was published shortly thereafter. Grenville had pursued the most..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA GRENVILLIANA; PART THE THIRD
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 88062
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3 volumes.
Hythe: The Hand and Flower Press, 1958, 1963, 1963. 8vo. two tone cloth, plain card slipcase. 62; 60; 60 pages. 3 volumes. Each volume limited to 500 copies. Descriptive flyer (3pp) loosely inserted.; one spine slightly faded, very occasional light foxing, else very good. READ MORE about THE ART AND CRAFT OF DYING: A DRAMATIC TRILOGY]: 1. JOHN FAUST, A DRAMA IN3 ACTS; 2. BLUEBEARD, A...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 80052
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1953). tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. First edition thus. Poetry. READ MORE about SURVIVOR’S LEAVE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 80105
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1953). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 69 pages. Original printed wraps. READ MORE about THE EAGLE OF PROMETHEUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80115
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 244 pages. Limited to 2,000 copies printed. READ MORE about 10000 THINGS ARE 1
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 80292
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 383 pages. The complete set. Consists of twelve numbered parts and the editors notes. The influential Poems in Pamphlet series ran for two years, 1951 and 1952. The set offered here comprises the complete set for 1952, together with the editors notes for this series. Poets include Jon Manchip White, Hal Summers, Frederic Vanson, Ursula Wood, R.L. Cook, Thomas Fassam, Michael Hamburger, R.H...... READ MORE about POEMS IN PAMPHLET 1952. NOS. 1-XII. (complete
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 80277
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1955). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 47 pages. First edition. READ MORE about SOME POEMS. A SMALL SELECTION WRITTEN BETWEEN 1930 & 1953
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 80457
