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
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
Purchase: Privately Printed, 1936. tall 8vo. cloth backed boards, paper spine label. 42+(1) pages. Limited to 145 copies printed by the Pynson Printers of New York. Contains an essay by Pforzheimer, a prefatory note by William Lyon Phelps, and Stockton's short story "The Lady, or The Tiger?". Illustrated. Wear at spine ends. READ MORE about STOCKTONIANA, AN ESSAY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 87110
London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1883. large 8vo. original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, later paper spine label. iv, 83 pages followed by 15 black and white plates. First edition. Lists 77 manuscripts from the Stowe collection. Includes 15 facsimiles from the manuscripts. Disbound worn ex library copy. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A SELECTION FROM THE STOWE MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87016
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 238 pages. 1909 entries. Small stamp of the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. SELECT LIST OF REFERENCES ON SUGAR, CHIEFLY IN ITS ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80781
Paris: Paul Renaud, 1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Sale held June 19, 1991. 272 lots. Catalogue of works by Surrealist artists. Front panel designed with a cut out square in center, allowing the art to show through. READ MORE about DROUOT RICHELIEU
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 88312
Consisting of Books every Department of Literature, English and Foreign
London: Puttick and Simpson, 1869. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 161 pages. Consisting of Books every Department of Literature, English and Foreign. Sale held December 2nd and the 7 following days, 1869. 3,286 lots. Minor cover spotting. List of Catalogues of English Book Sales in the British Museum 1676-1900. page 329. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CONCLUDING PART OF THE SELECTED AND RESERVED PORTION OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE,...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 87268
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
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
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
Hanover: Dartmouth College Library, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 36 pages. First edition. Contains a five page introduction by Ray Nash concerning the Thomas bequest of books to Dartmount, a reproduction of the letter sent by Thomas announcing his donation, and a reproduction of his bookplate. Thomas donated 470 books from his library to Dartmouth in 1819. Covers spotted. READ MORE about THE ISAIAH THOMAS DONATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4876
December 17, 1886
n.p. N.P., 1886. 9.75 x 15 inches. single sheet. printed on one side. December 17, 1886. An article, printed in Journalist - A Newspaper for all Newspaper Producers, giving a short biography of W.L. Thomas. He was the Art Director and General Manger of the Graphic. The Graphic printed wonderful illustrations not only in black-and-white, but also in full color. Thomas was decorated by the French government for his work. He was an Associate of..... READ MORE about THE JOURNALIST
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 87620
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
Hamburg: Maximillian-Gesellschaft, 1959. Printed in an edition limited to 1350 copies. Festschrift of essays for the librarian, Hermann Tiemann. The essays are divided into three sections: one on libraries past and present (includes an essay on Tiemann's stature as a librarian), one on the history of the book (includes essays on illustration and incunabula), and one on literary history (includes essays on several German authors). Also includes frontispiece of Tiemann and bibliography of his works..... READ MORE about LIBRIS ET LITTERIS. FESTSCHRIFT FÜR HERMANN TIEMANN ZUM SECHZIGSTEN GERBUSTAG AM 9. JULI 1959
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 80801
London: Trübner & Co., n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 20 pages. A catalogue of scientific works arranged alphabetically by author. Topics range from botany to military developments to architecture to astronomy and agriculture. Vertical crease in booklet, bottom right corners of front panel creased and folded. Lightly soiled. READ MORE about SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF TRÜBNER & CO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 87961
(Redhill, Surrey): Monotype, (1992). 23 x 12 inches. broadside. folded in three with the two outside panels being about an inch short of the middle panel creating an overlap effect. First edition of 300 copies printed for The Monotype Conference 1992. The newly drawn typeface for 1992 drew its inspiration from types used in Spain to create new text types of economical yet highly readable proportions, and with particularly handsome large display sizes , specifically..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87724
Liverpool: P.P. Press, n.d. tall, narrow 4to. cloth with gilt. Two loosely laid-in booklets of additional specimens in addition to the bound in pages. Hinge loose. Cover worn at edges and corners, previous owner's stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE TYPE FACES IN USE AT THE P.P. PRESS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 87276
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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
November, 9, 1872. No. 210
(London): Vanity Fair, 1872. 14" x 8.75" Single sheet. November, 9, 1872. No. 210. Sir Sydney Waterlow, first baronet, (1822-1906) was the lord mayor of London (1872-3) and a philanthropist. His membership in the Stationers' Company began in 1847 and was named the Master in 1872-3. He is also the namesake for Waterlow park at Highgate, where his statue stands. He presented these grounds to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1872 for its use as a...... READ MORE about MEN OF THE DAY, NO. 53. "THE LORD MAYOR"
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87567
Aberystwyth: Centre for the Book, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 103 pages. Four essays including two in Welsh with English abstracts and two in English on publishing history in Wales. READ MORE about WELSH BOOK STUDIES, NUMBER 1
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 86961
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
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
(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
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
Munchen: Prestel-Verlag, (1975). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket, publisher's cardboard slipcase. 468 pages. First edition. Jacket yellowed along edges. Near fine. "An extremely well documented study of the beginnings of German lithography. This work will doubtless be regarded as the standard reference in the field for years to come." - Arntzen & Rainwater N100. Describes the works of over 900 artists. Illustrated. READ MORE about FRÜHZEIT DER DEUTSCHEN LITHOGRAPHIE, KATALOG DER BILDRUCKE VON 1796-18 21
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 36251
