New York: Random House, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 332 pages. First U.S. edition. The autobiography of the controversial founder of the Nonesuch Press. Jacket lightly soiled, else a fine copy. READ MORE about MY LIVES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9708
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63, pages. Auction, December 10, 1969, of Western items, including numerous missals and prayer books. 80 lots. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES INCLUDING A HIGHLY IMPORTANT ANGLO-SAXON MANUSCRIPT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136619
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 153, (7) pages. Auction, December 6, 1983, of Western items, including numerous missals and prayer books. 96 lots. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Prices realized sheet laid in. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES TO BE SOLD WITH THE GOSPELS OF HENRY THE LION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107974
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages. Auction, July 11, 1978, mostly 15th century manuscripts, but includes some earlier items. 72 lots. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Estimated prices loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136622
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Auction, December 5, 1978, mostly 15th century manuscripts, but includes some earlier items. 63 lots. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Estimated prices loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136621
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 81 pages. Auction, July 19, 1979, mostly 15th century manuscripts, but includes some earlier items. 74 lots. Black and white illustrations throughout. Estimated prices loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136620
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 158, (10) pages. Auction, July 3, 1984, of sacred and secular late medieval manuscripts. 93 lots. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A fine copy. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107991
Comprising Dr. F. G. Emmison, The Lincoln Memorial University, Captain M. E. Butler-Bowdon, O.B.E., Royal Navy, and Rev. Monsignor David McRoberts.
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 97 pages. Comprising Dr. F. G. Emmison, The Lincoln Memorial University, Captain M. E. Butler-Bowdon, O.B.E., Royal Navy, and Rev. Monsignor David McRoberts. Auction, June 24, 1980, of Western items, including numerous missals and prayer books. 104 lots. Prices realized sheet laid in. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136601
New York: n.p., 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages followed by 25 plates. Illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 12111
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library in Association with Harry N. Abrams, (1993). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 310 pages. Spine of jacket faded, else fine. A description and history of the Morgan Library, followed by a discussion and illustration (mostly in color) of each of over 200 of "some of the finest and most representative objects" (foreword) selected from the Library's collections. Arranged by collection with a brief introduction for each. Includes an index of..... READ MORE about IN AUGUST COMPANY. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76589
New York: The Viking Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge stained red. xvi, 300 pages. First U. S. edition. Nine colored plates and many in black-and-white. Light soiling, else near fine. READ MORE about THE WORK OF WILLIAM MORRIS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 12776
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 170 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. "Deals with a hitherto unexplored aspect of the Gothic revival, the awakening interest by connoisseurs in medieval miniatures as works of art." Much on the collectors of the period. A scarce book. READ MORE about CONNOISSEURS AND MEDIEVAL MINIATURES, 1750-1850
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 2441
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1922). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. xxii, 267 pages. First edition, fourth impression. Lacking the dust jacket. Near fine. Identical to the third impression with the following exceptions: four impressions are noted on the copyright page; four blank pages at the end of the text are no longer present. Published in November 1922 and sold for $4.00. READ MORE about A MAGNIFICENT FARCE AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK-COLLECTOR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 14779
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1933. 8vo. orange cloth. (xii), 235 pages. First edition (Fleck A.34.A), later printing. Spine faded. Lacking the dust jacket. READ MORE about END PAPERS, LITERARY RECREATIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 14920
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1925. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xviii, 451 pages; colored frontispiece and 78 illustrations. First trade edition, second issue with "The Autograph of Cruikshank" in the list of illustrations placed on page 334. Lacking the dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 11452
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lipponcott Co., (1894). 8vo. full blue crushed morocco, five raised bands, gilt on covers and spine, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. 329 pages. First edition. This particular copy is bound in full blue crush morocco for Joseph M. Stoddart. Spine lightly faded. Binding scuffed along spine and hinges. Minor shelfwear. Exlibrary with markings. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 136597
Paris: Bibliothèques nationales de France, 1935. 8vo. softcover. 227 pages. Third edition by Phillipe Lauer. Near fine condition. READ MORE about LISTES DES RECUEILS DE FAC-SIMILES ET DES REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRITS CONSERVÉS À LA...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136716
Tours, France: Alfred mame et fils, 1885. 4to. original pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. 400 pages. First edition. A well-preserved copy in near fine condition. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about L'AIR ET LE MONDE AÉRIEN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136604
With a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 180 pages. With a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Reprint of the 1953 edition with additional material. A fine guide to these natural history books. Well illustrated with many full color plates. With a lengthy bibliography of bird books. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about FINE BIRD BOOKS 1700-1900
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 74304
Alexandria, VA: Art Services International, 2000. 4to. paper wrappers. 304 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Beautifully illustrated. READ MORE about EMPIRE OF THE SULTANS: OTTOMAN ART FROM THE KHALILI COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136640
New York, NY: Hacker Art Books, Inc. / Ravi Kumar Publishers, 1988. 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 339 pages, with 132 b/w. fig. and 100 coloured plates. First edition limited to 400 numbered copies with original slipcase. Near fine. A very rare book. Full illustrated in b&w and color. Handwritten as well as handprinted, books have played a fundamental role in spreading the message of the Buddha from India to various countries of Asia from..... READ MORE about BUDDHIST BOOK ILLUMINATIONS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 136729
London: William H. Robinson, 1953. folio. paper over boards. 192 pages. Well illustrated and handsome catalogue of 24 manuscripts and 80 books mostly taken from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Many color plates. Near fine with the prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE 83, RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7327
(London: Reed International Books, 1995). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Fine in fine jacket. Very well-illustrated introduction to book collecting. After an introduction to terminology, binding, illustration, areas of collecting by date, topic, format, etc. are presented. Each chapter has running text on the lower half of each page with illustrations (often in color) on the top part of each page from collectible books (illustrations, covers, title pages, dust jackets, etc.) with explanatory..... READ MORE about MILLER'S COLLECTING BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 53176
London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1997. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 33, (1) pages. First edition. Scarce publication. Spine faded, else fine. READ MORE about QUARITCH IN PRINT: A SESQUICENTENNIAL SALMAGUNDI
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 136642
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1909-1910. large 8vo. cloth. iv, 349, (23) pages. A catalogue which includes 4401 books for sale, many described with informative and interesting annotations. It is devoted to painting and engraving in Europe, early books illustrated with woodcuts, architecture, classical art, Christian art, sculpture, decorative and industrial art, and catalogues of art collections. Shaken. Some foxing in preliminary pages. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON THE FINE ARTS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 72107
