London: Bernard Quaritch, n.d. (but 1917). 8vo. cloth. 478 pages. A catalogue issued by this famed bookseller featuring 5,762 items. Shaken. Textblock lightly soiled. Spine lightly faded. Light shelfwear and soiling. Top corner bumped. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136720
Istanbul: Antik A.S., (2010). 4to. softcover. 464 pages. First edition. A fine copy. With full color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue. In this 1400th year since the first revelations of the Holy Book of Islam, the Qur'an, the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art is hosting a very meaningful exhibition. Some of the rarest manuscripts of the Qur'an that were scribed in Islamic countries and other Ottoman lands during the historical period from the 8th to the..... READ MORE about THE 1400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE QUR'AN. MUSEUM OF TURKISH AND ISLAMIC ART QOR'AN COLLECTION
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 136683
London: Sam Fogg Rare Books, 2005. 4to. paper wrappers. 43 pages. First edition. Rear cover repaired with tape, else a fine copy. This book is devoted to a monumental and superbly illuminated very large early fourteenth-century Mamluk Qur'an in muhaqqaq script. It constitutes the final part (Juz' 30) of a superb two-volume Qur'an of which the first volume is preserved in the National Museum in Damascus while the second volume, from which the present section..... READ MORE about Geometry in Gold: An Illuminated Mamluk Qur'an Section
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136731
With Illustrations by Craig McFarland Brown
Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, (1991). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 191+(1) pages. With Illustrations by Craig McFarland Brown. Reprint of the first printing. A humorous look at book collecting. Chapters on "Confessions of a Biblioholic," "Anatomy of an Addiction," "Taking the Test: Are you a Biblioholic," etc. A fine copy. READ MORE about BIBLIOHOLISM, THE LITERARY ADDICTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40519
(New York): Times Books, (1999). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxi, (i), 355+(1) pages. First paperback edition. A fine copy. A collection of sixty classic and contemporary essays, stories, and lists on the joys of reading, appreciating, and collecting books. Among the contemporary authors are Philip Roth, Robertson Davies, Umberto Eco, Nicholas Basbanes, and Anna Quindlen; early twentieth century writers like Christopher Morley, A.S.W. Rosenbach, and A. Edward Newton are also represented. READ MORE about A PASSION FOR BOOKS, A BOOK LOVER'S TREASURY OF STORIES, ESSAYS, HUMOR, LORE, AND LISTS ON...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 73502
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. 4to. cloth. xxxiii, 336 pages. First edition. Red stamp on front free endpaper. Else near fine. A twenty-four page introduction by Ray is followed by detailed descriptions of 333 books and 100 plates of illustrations. Also contains many illustrations in the text. READ MORE about THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 18291
Newton: The Rendells, (1979). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 140 pages. Very interesting display of writing incunabules. A near fine copy. READ MORE about THE ANCIENT WORLD, 3100 BC - 800 AD, EARLY WRITING FROM MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT. CATALOGUE 141
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 7403
From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: Second Series.
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1997). 4to. cloth. xix, 431 pages. From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: Second Series. First edition. A fine copy. Personal and literary biographies of the most important contemporary American 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 AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 187
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 136565
From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series.
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1994). 4to. cloth. xix, 431 pages. From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series. First edition. A fine copy. Personal and literary biographies of the most important contemporary American 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 AMERICAN BOOK-COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 140
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 136566
New York, NY: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1999. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. First edition. Fine condition. A scarce book. READ MORE about A PASSION FOR BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136715
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 2004. 8vo. paperback. 90, (1) pages. First edition. Top edge of front cover lightly worn. Head of spine bumped. Describes Princeton's Scheide Library, a small but extraordinary collection. It is one of only 6 libraries in the world to contain copies of the first four Bibles ever printed, and is the only such library outside of Europe. READ MORE about FOR WILLIAM H. SCHEIDE. FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136699
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 2001. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iii, 28 pages. Limited to 3000 copies. Tribute to book collectors around the world for playing a vital role in the development of research libraries. She specifically draws attention to the University of Chicago Library for their achievements. Near fine. READ MORE about ELECTIVE AFFINITIES, PRIVATE COLLECTORS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN LIBRARIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 77236
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980). oblong 4to. pictorial cloth, plastic dust jacket. 278 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Biography of Sendak and his work beautifully illustrated with 94 full color plates and over 165 black-and-white drawings including an original Sendak pop-up. Contains a chronological listing of his works. READ MORE about THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26667
London: Oxford University Press, 2000. folio. cloth, dust jacket. 300 pages. First edition. A fine copy. An important collection of religious manuscripts, particularly Qur'ans, notable for their calligraphy, illuminations and bindings. An introductory essay is followed by the catalogue of examples divided: Iraq and Egypt, Iran and India, the Ottoman Empire, the Maghrib, sub-Saharan Africa, China, South-East Asia; with concordances of catalogue and manuscript numbers, a list of calligraphers represented in the Shaker collection, brief..... READ MORE about GOLDEN PAGES. QUR'ANS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF GHASSAN I. SHAKER
Price: $600.00 Order nr. 136632
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1974). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, (ii) pages followed by the plates. Reprint of the 1842 edition published by William Pickering of London and printed by the Chiswick Press. 60 plates in black and white with a few in color. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORNAMENT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 107627
Boston: Richard G. Badger, (1917). large 12mo. cloth. 176 pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Not a coherent history of manuscripts, but a somewhat digressive account of the transmission of texts before printing. With sections on ink, paper, writing systems, book making, libraries, etc. Makes frequent reference to the Bible. A very low-key, simply written attempt to introduce a kind of historical perspective on the Bible, for an audience unaccustomed to viewing it that..... READ MORE about THE REIGN OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 50000
London, England: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., (1977). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. A summary of noteworthy sales. Essays on the book department, and types of books sold. Foldout color frontispiece. Color and black and white illustrations in text. A fine copy. READ MORE about SOTHEBY'S BOOK DEPARTMENT: SOME NOTABLE SALES 1963-1976
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 125665
London and New York: Bowker, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 479+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Listing by country of three hundred of the most important libraries in the world. Each entry gives information on the history, collection, and administration of the library. All entries accompanied by at least one small black and white photograph, usually of the library building. READ MORE about MAJOR LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD, A SELECTIVE GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 78027
New York: Philip C. Duschnes and Co., 1947. 8vo. cloth. xii, 404, (18) pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine lightly rubbed, else near fine. Owership gift inscription on front free endpaper. Stories by Morley, Starrett and others including a reprint of Newton's "Books of My Boyhood" which was chapter III of THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME. READ MORE about CARROUSEL FOR BIBLIOPHILES, A TREASURY OF TALES, NARRATIVES, EPIGRAMS & SUNDRY CURIOUS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10571
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Rerpint Corporation, 1969. 8vo. cloth. 503, (4) pages. Reprint of the 1957 first edition. Twenty-three essays by book-people such as Winterich, Currie, Darton, Starrett, Blanck, Queen, etc. Near fine. READ MORE about BIBLIOPHILE IN THE NURSERY, A BOOKMAN'S TREASURY OF COLLECTORS' LORE ON OLD AND RARE CHILDREN'S...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 97042
Leamington Spa: James Hall, 1981. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 72 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Thomas died in 1992. With 42 illustrations. READ MORE about FINE BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTING BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ACQUIRED FROM ALAN G. THOMAS AND DESCRIBED...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 14597
London: Sotheby's, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 285, (15) pages. With a three page biographical sketch of this bookseller by Christopher de Hamel. Illustrated including a number in color. Near fine. READ MORE about FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE ALAN G. THOMAS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 68946
New York, NY: Abbeville Press, (1993). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 328 pages. First edition, second printing. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, endnotes, bibliography, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of the authors, list of lenders, exhibition checklist, index. Exhibition 1993-4. Includes nine scholarly essays. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN CALIFORNIA: LIVING THE GOOD LIFE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120533
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, (1983). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 279 pages. Reprint edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded, else near fine. With chapters on the language of book collecting, the illustrated book, a chapter on bookbinding, care of books, ephemera and a glossary of terms. READ MORE about UNDERSTANDING BOOK-COLLECTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136728
Paris: Editions du Chene, 1950. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. First edition in English. With many tipped-in plates in full color. One of the more important books on illuminated lettering. Near fine. READ MORE about THE DECORATED LETTER, FROM THE VIIITH TO THE XIITH CENTURY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114624
