THE HOUSE OF TWENTY THOUSAND BOOKS.
New York, NY: New York Review Books, (2015). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 359 pages. Revised edition. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE HOUSE OF TWENTY THOUSAND BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132354
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THE SHAPIRA AFFAIR.
Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 125 pages. First American edition. Very light chipping to the scarce dust jacket. Else near fine. True story of the discovery of alleged scraps of parchment which were claimed to be part of the oldest copy of the Bible in the world. When originally discovered in the late 1880s, they were said by the experts to be forgeries and lead to Shapira's suicide. This is..... READ MORE about THE SHAPIRA AFFAIR
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 136641
A MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND TRAVEL BOOKS THIT FIVE MAJOR ATLASES AND AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA.
FORMED BY A COLLECTOR RESIDENT ABROAD
London: Sotheby's, 1984. 4to. self paper wrappers. n.p. FORMED BY A COLLECTOR RESIDENT ABROAD. Catalogue of Sotheby's of London sale on 1 February 1984, which included Audubon plates as well as five major atlases. Corners bumped and creased. Perhaps the finest collection of its kind offered for sale since the War (WWII), it is generally distinguished by the criteria employed in its formation: namely, to obtain the finest copies available of some of the greatest..... READ MORE about A MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND TRAVEL BOOKS THIT FIVE MAJOR ATLASES AND AUDUBON'S...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99686
FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, EINSTEIN ON THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA.
New York: Sotheby's, 1987. 4to. paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A catalogue from an auction of rare books and paintings, including a four-volume set of John James Audubon's BIRDS OF AMERICA from the James Jerome Hill Reference Library in St. Paul, MN. Also included in the auction was the earliest and longest autograph manuscript of Albert Einstein's ON THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, and numerous books featuring exquisite and imposing bindings. Well illustrated, with many color plates. A...... READ MORE about FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, EINSTEIN ON THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45244
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH BOOK-COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 184.
From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series.
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1997). 4to. cloth. xx, 531 pages. From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series. First edition. A fine copy. Personal and literary biographies of the most important contemporary British book collectors and bibliographers. Well-illustrated with facsimiles of dust jackets, title pages, early drafts of works, photographs, typescripts, book illustrations and much more. With lists of works, suggested readings, references. Includes a cumulative index of previous volumes in this biographical series. READ MORE about NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH BOOK-COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 184
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 136564
A GENTLE MADNESS: BIBLIOPHILES, BIBLIOMANES, AND THE ETERNAL PASSION FOR BOOKS.
New York: Henry Holt, (1996). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 584 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A must read for everyone interested in bookselling and bookcollecting, the passion of the chase, the thrill of the formation of a library, the nastiness of the forger, etc. A fine copy. READ MORE about A GENTLE MADNESS: BIBLIOPHILES, BIBLIOMANES, AND THE ETERNAL PASSION FOR BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 99148
A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS, THE PERMANENCE OF BOOKS IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD.
(New York: HarperCollins, 2003). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xviii, (ii), 444 pages. First edition, first printing. A fine copy. Basbanes "examines the many materials that have been used over the centuries to record information - among them clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, slabs of stone, palm leaves, animal skins, and hammered sheets of gold and copper." He discusses the current situation on book preservation and conservation textually and physically in relationship to our new electronic..... READ MORE about A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS, THE PERMANENCE OF BOOKS IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128811
LIBRARY, AN UNQUIET HISTORY.
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2003. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 246 pages. First edition. Matthew Battles works at the Houghton Library, the rare books library at Harvard University, and is a contributor to Harper's. This book is about the preservation and destruction of libraries throughout history from the clay-tablet collection of ancient Mesopotamia to the Information Age and the internet. Battles explores now, through its many changes, the library has served two..... READ MORE about LIBRARY, AN UNQUIET HISTORY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 88347
DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF L. FRANK BAUM AND RELATED OZIANA INCLUDING W.W. DENSLOW FORMED BY JUSTIN G. SCHILLER.
New York: Swann Galleries, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 493 items listed. Many illustrations. With prices realized loosely inserted. Soiled covers. READ MORE about DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF L. FRANK BAUM AND RELATED OZIANA INCLUDING W.W. DENSLOW FORMED BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 545
THE BENEDICTINES IN BRITAIN.
London: The British Library, (1980). 8vo. cloth. 111 pages. Contributions by D.H. Turner, Rachel Stockdale, Dom Philip Jebb and Dr. David Rogers including one chapter on the Benedictine libraries. Illustrated. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE BENEDICTINES IN BRITAIN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37580
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS.
Ardsley, NY: Haydn Foundation, 1980. small 8vo. cloth. xxii, 132 and 8 page supplement. Reprint of the 1949 edition. One of the few bibliographies of the subject of American color plate books. A fine copy. READ MORE about A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 565
AN EXHIBIT IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION BY ABRAHAM OF ORTELIUS OF THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM THE WORLD'S FIRST ATLAS.
Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Public Library, 1970. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages. Exhibition catalogue. Fine condition. Color frontis map. B/W Portrait of Ortelius Exhibit of Abraham Ortelius at Birmingham Library. Two illus. One color and one b/w Interestingly John Dee learned about Prince Madoc and King Arthur journeys to America from theis great Dutch Mapmaker. This small printed exhibit catalog lists all the maps published pertaining to America by Ortelius with descriptions. READ MORE about AN EXHIBIT IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION BY ABRAHAM OF ORTELIUS OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136653
PAGINA SACRA: BIBLES AND BIBLICAL TEXTS 1050-1511.
Stalden, Switzerland: Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, 2011. 4to. cloth, title and publisher gilt-stamped on spine and front board; illustrated label on front board. 231+(1) pages. A fine copy. Catalogue 10 issued by Günther. Frontispiece, preface and introduction. A beautifully illustrated catalogue of illuminated manuscript and printed Bibles from different sections of Europe. 30 entries with descriptions including condition, provenance and text. Earliest entry is the Four Gospels, Brittany, c. 1050. The latest is Dürer's..... READ MORE about PAGINA SACRA: BIBLES AND BIBLICAL TEXTS 1050-1511
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 109448
MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BIBLE, GREEK BIBLES IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
London: British Library, (1979). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Issued as one in the series of booklets introducing aspects of the British Library's collections. With eighteen illustrations chosen from more than two hundred Greek New Testament manuscripts, some dating as early as the fourth century. A fine copy. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BIBLE, GREEK BIBLES IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 71927
TROIS CENTS CHEFS-D'OEUVRE EN FAC-SIMILÉ.
Manuscrits, Enluminures, Incunables, Livres Précieux Estampes, Dessins, Cartes Portulans, Médailles et Antiques
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with color illustration tipped-in on front cover. (iv), iv, 52, (2) pages. Manuscrits, Enluminures, Incunables, Livres Précieux Estampes, Dessins, Cartes Portulans, Médailles et Antiques. Text in French. Near fine. Bibliography of the facsimiles in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Small notes written in pencil on back of front wrapper and front free endpaper. READ MORE about TROIS CENTS CHEFS-D'OEUVRE EN FAC-SIMILÉ
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 92149
WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU, A BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF HIS WORK AS A CARTOGRAPHER.
Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 164 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket faded and rubbed, else very good. Illustrated. READ MORE about WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU, A BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF HIS WORK AS A CARTOGRAPHER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 136725
THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, A CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS KEEPSAKES & EPHEMERA OFFERED FOR SALE BY DAVID MAGEE.
San Francisco: David Magee, 1964. 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. (46) pages. The last page contains "Ode on the Great Magee Move" by Herman W. Liebert. Covers somewhat age yellowed, else near fine. READ MORE about THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, A CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS KEEPSAKES & EPHEMERA OFFERED FOR...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 7047
A RECORD OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND LOVERS OF BOOKS, PRINTS, MSS., ETC.
London: Purnell & Sons for the Bookman's Journal, 1927. 8vo. cloth. 266 pages. First edition. Scarce. Spine faded, else very good. Names and addresses of collectors and their interests. In two sections: Great Britain and all other countries; U.S.A. and Canada. Includes Subjet index. READ MORE about A RECORD OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND LOVERS OF BOOKS, PRINTS, MSS., ETC
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136650
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF BOOK COLLECTORS 1993-95.
Beckenham: Trigon Press, (1992). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 216 pages. Fifth edition of this directory. The last edition was published in 1985. Over 1500 collectors are listed geographically with subject and author indices. Full addresses given which should prove a goldmine for dealers interested in adding to their mailing lists. A fine copy. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF BOOK COLLECTORS 1993-95
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136587
BOOK HISTORY AND PRINT CULTURE: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.
Toronto: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto, 2001. 4to. wrappers. 99 pages. Exhibition catalogue of book history and print culture held at the University of Toronto. With descriptions of ninety nine items, black-and-white and color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY AND PRINT CULTURE: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM AT THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104446
BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS.
With Line Illustrations by Eric Sweet.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1967). 12mo. paper-covered boards. 104 pages. With Line Illustrations by Eric Sweet. First U.S. edition. Not in Brenni. Many illustrations with some in color. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 102688
THE ART OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1815-1915.
Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd., 2000. small 4to. quarter cloth, with printed boards, dust jacket. 127 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. A catalogue about the beautiful and innovative bindings of books exhibited at the Grolier Club of 254 publisher's bookbindings, each described in detail and all illustrated in color. They represent the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the First..... READ MORE about THE ART OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1815-1915
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 58869
THE MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF THE STIFTUNG FUR BOTANIK VADUZ LIECHTENSTEIN COLLECTED BY THE LATE ARPAD PLESCH.
3 volumes.
London: Sotheby & Co., 1975. small 4to. boards. (x),250; (viii),265,(3); (viii),209+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Complete catalogue of this magnificent collection of books on botany. Many full-page plates including a number in full color. Prices realized, with buyer's name, in each volume. Near fine. READ MORE about THE MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF THE STIFTUNG FUR BOTANIK VADUZ LIECHTENSTEIN COLLECTED BY...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 76706
CHAUCER AND THE MEDIEVAL BOOK.
(N.P.): The Huntington Library, 1973. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 165 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Chaucer is the central figure, but the study includes manuscripts, and the materials from which they were made, binding, and manuscript art. One chapter deals with the early printing of William Caxton, publisher of the first book printed in English and of many works of Chaucer the poet. READ MORE about CHAUCER AND THE MEDIEVAL BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24086
TURNING THE PAGES.
San Diego Public Library History 1882-1982.
(San Diego): Friends of the San Diego Public Library, (1983). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 236 pages. San Diego Public Library History 1882-1982. First edition, a fine copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell, designed by Ward Ritchie and printed by Kingsport Press. Text on back of jacket by Jake Zeitlin. The centennial history of the San Diego Public Library includes 30 black and white illustrations and..... READ MORE about TURNING THE PAGES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72354