(Black Sparrow Press). Cooney, Seamus.

CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS OF THE BLACK SPARROW PRESS.

With 30 Passing Remarks by Robert Kelly.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 39, (3) pages. With 30 Passing Remarks by Robert Kelly. First edition, one of the 200 numbered copies signed by Cooney and Kelly. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS OF THE BLACK SPARROW PRESS

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20625

(Book Lover's Library). Gomme, Geo. Laurence.

THE LITERATURE OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS.

London: Elliot Stock, 1886. small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. viii, 248 pages. First edition. The study of the documents available to the scholar interested in English government bodies. Covers the Shire, Municipal Government, Gilds, the Manor, the Parish, etc. Minor rubbing; endpaper foxed. READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 742

(Bookselling).

DIRECTORY OF SPECIALIZED AMERICAN BOOKDEALERS, 1984-1985.

Prepared by the Staff of American Book Collector.
New York: The Moretus Press, (1981). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 344 pages. Prepared by the Staff of American Book Collector. New edition of this excellent guide. Contains almost 3000 dealers with a guide to over 450 specialties. Also has geographical index. Minor shelf wear. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF SPECIALIZED AMERICAN BOOKDEALERS, 1984-1985

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131225

(Brazil). Basseches, Bruno.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRAZILIAN BIBLIOGRAPHIES UMA BIBLIOGRAFIA DAS BIBLIOGRAFIAS BRASILEIRAS.

Detroit, MI: Blaine Ethridge-Books, (1978). 8vo. cloth. x, 185+(1) pages. Text in English and Portuguese. Introduction by José Honório Rodrigues, preface by the author, table of contents, index. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRAZILIAN BIBLIOGRAPHIES UMA BIBLIOGRAFIA DAS BIBLIOGRAFIAS BRASILEIRAS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131355

(Calligraphy). Grieve, Hilda E.P.

SOME EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH HANDWRITING FROM ESSEX OFFICIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, ESTATE AND FAMILY ARCHIVES OF THE 12TH TO THE 17TH CENTURY.

Chelmsford, England: Essex County Council, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 30 pages. Foreword, table of contents. Includes transcripts and translations. Short list of works for study and reference follows text. Black and white plates. Covers sunned at spine edge. Newspsper clipping attached to inside front cover. Scattered foxing. READ MORE about SOME EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH HANDWRITING FROM ESSEX OFFICIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, ESTATE AND FAMILY...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131394

(Canada).

THE REBELLION OF 1837-38: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF TORONTO, CANADA.

(Toronto): Public Library of Toronto, 1924. 8vo. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound in. 81+(1) pages. (Besterman 1107). Preface by George H. Locke, Chief Librarian. Bibliography of literature relating to the uprising of 1837-8, seeking self-government for British North America (Canada). Books and pamphlets organized alphabetically, newspapers chronologically. Ex library with library bookplate on front pastedown, library name perforated on title page, with markings. Boards soiled and scuffed. READ MORE about THE REBELLION OF 1837-38: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC REFERENCE...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107874

A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY.

2 Volumes.
(New York, NY): Burt Franklin, (1969). 8vo. cloth. viii, 324, (2); viii, 237, (3) pages. 2 Volumes. Reprint of the original 1845 edition. The publisher's Bibliography & Reference Series 288. Table of contents. Addenda, general index, errata in both volumes. Organized by subject. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131661

(Charles, William). Weiss, Harry B.

WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections.
New York: New York Public Library, 1932. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages and three inserted plates of illustrations. With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections. A biographical essay on the famous caricaturist, engraver and publisher is accompanied by seven illustrations and a bibliography of Charles's work. READ MORE about WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20610

Clair, Colin.

A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN BRITAIN.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 314 pages. First U. S. edition, with sheets printed in England. An important summary of the history of printing in England extending from its infancy to the 20th century. Illustrated. Water stain at tail of spine on dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN BRITAIN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131236

(Conjuring). Clarke, Sidney W. and Adolphe Blind.

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONJURING.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1998). 8vo. cloth. (iv), 84 pages. Reprint of the 1920 first edition published in London by George Johnson. (See Besterman 1471). One of the most comprehensive lists yet published of separately printed books and pamphlets dealing with conjurers, tricks, illusions, and the varied side-lines. About 2,000 publications described in list form. READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONJURING

Price: $26.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53675

Courtney, William Prideaux.

THE SECRETS OF OUR NATIONAL LITERATURE: CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS WRITINGS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN.

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1968. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 255+(1) pages. Reprint of first edition (London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1908). Preface, table of contents, index. A study of British anonymous and pseudonymous literature. READ MORE about THE SECRETS OF OUR NATIONAL LITERATURE: CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS...

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Daly, Christopher B.

COVERING AMERICA: A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF A NATION'S JOURNALISM.

Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, (2012). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 533, (3) pages. Signed by the author on title. Table of contents, preface, introduction, appendix, endnotes, bibliography, acknowledgments, index, biographical sketch of the author. Black and white illustrations throughout. Covers the history of American journalism from the beginning of the 18th century into the 21st century. READ MORE about COVERING AMERICA: A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF A NATION'S JOURNALISM

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131348