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Burke, W.J. & Will D. Howe.

AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS 1640 TO THE PRESENT DAY.

New York: Crown Publishers, (1972). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 719 pages. Third revised edition which was revised by Irving Weiss and Anne Weiss. Lengthy annotations accompany each of the 17,000 authors listed. Excellent one volume reference book. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibrary with markings. Else very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS 1640 TO THE PRESENT DAY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50313

(Byron).

BYRON, AN EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON, APRIL 19, 1824.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1974. square 8vo. paper wrappers. vi, 33 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about BYRON, AN EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON, APRIL 19, 1824

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25695

Order Nr. 14499 ART OF WRITING, 2800 B.C. TO 1930 A.D., ILLUSTRATED IN A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL...

(Calligraphy). 542.

ART OF WRITING, 2800 B.C. TO 1930 A.D., ILLUSTRATED IN A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS WRITTEN ON VELLUM, PAPER, PAPYRUS, SILK, LINEN, BAMBOO, OR INSCRIBED ON CLAY, MARBLE, STEATITE, JASPER,

London: Maggs Bros. (1930). small 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (ii), 514 pages. Catalogue no.542. Many full page illustrations and an index. Essentially a history of writing through original source material. A near fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ART OF WRITING, 2800 B.C. TO 1930 A.D., ILLUSTRATED IN A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS WRITTEN...

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 14499

Camrose, Viscount.

BRITISH NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR CONTROLLERS.

London: Cassell and Co., (1947). 8vo. cloth. x, 178 pages. First edition. Spine faded, covers lightly soiled. A study of the ownership of all British newspapers largely brought about by the question of Jewish influence in the British press around the time of the war. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BRITISH NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR CONTROLLERS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1129

(CARNEGIE INSTITUTE).

CATALOGUE OF A LOAN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, NOVEMBER SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE (1902-1903).

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1902. small 8vo. original cloth. (87) pages. Scarce exhibition catalogue. Wear to spine. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Shelfwear. Front hinge starting. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A LOAN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, NOVEMBER SIXTH, NINETEEN...

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136970

(Carter, John).

THE JOHN CARTER COLLECTION OF A.E. HOUSMAN.

(Bloomington, IN): Lilly Library, Indiana University, n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 600 copies. Description of the collection and a reproduction of a postcard from Housman to Grant Richards calling bibliophiles "an idiotic class." A near fine copy. READ MORE about THE JOHN CARTER COLLECTION OF A.E. HOUSMAN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 125201

Order Nr. 15718 MODERN BOOKS AND WRITERS, THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT SEVEN ALBEMARLE...

(Carter, John).

MODERN BOOKS AND WRITERS, THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT SEVEN ALBEMARLE STREET, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1951.

N.P. National Book League, 1951. small 8vo. paper wrappers. vi, 69, vii-xii pages. Three page preface by Carter. Lightly soiled along spine, else fine. Held to coincide with the Festival of Britain, this exhibition copmprised one hundred manuscripts, first editions and inscribed copies of books by modern British authors and one hundred books "chosen to illustrate the renascence of book design in Great Britain." READ MORE about MODERN BOOKS AND WRITERS, THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT SEVEN ALBEMARLE STREET, APRIL TO...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15718

Casson, Lionel.

LIBRARIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, (2001). small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 177+(1) pages. First edition, later printing. Near fine in near fine jacket. The story of ancient libraries is told from their very beginning when books were just clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Through the royal libraries of the ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome and the first libraries of..... READ MORE about LIBRARIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62576

THE CAXTON CLUB.

Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-Laws, Annual Reports, List of Members.
Chicago: Caxton Club, The, 1898. small 8vo. publisher's brown cloth with red stamped Caxton Club logo on front and rear boards, gilt lettering on spine. (18), 83, (2) pages. Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-Laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. First edition limited to 300 unnumbered copies. Art Institute Building. Near fine with some darkening to spine and rubbing to edges and joints. An early volume, printed three years after the club's founding. From the Thomas..... READ MORE about THE CAXTON CLUB

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 137040

Order Nr. 138477 CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERPIECES OF LINE ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATING THE...

(Caxton Club).

CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERPIECES OF LINE ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATING THE ART FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY INCLUSIVE.

Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1902. tall 12mo. original paper wrappers. 14 pages. Exhibition from November 29, 1902. Minor discoloration to cover from offsetting adhesive holding the tipped-in frontispiece (which happens to be Rockford, Near Wilmington Delaware). A near fine copy of this scarce catalogue. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERPIECES OF LINE ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATING THE ART FROM THE...

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138477

Order Nr. 137054 CERVANTES, A TENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS AND OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL AND...

(Cervantes). Ford, Jeremiah D.M. and Ruth Lansing.

CERVANTES, A TENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS AND OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MATERIAl CONCERNING HIM.

Boston: Milford House, 1973. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 239 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Printed in double column with thousands of entries. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CERVANTES, A TENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS AND OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MATERIAl...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137054

Chadwick, John.

THE DECIPHERMENT OF LINEAR B.

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1960. 8vo. paperback. (ii), ix, (i), 154, (3). Reprint with corrections and a postscript. Front free endpaper loose, yet present. Else near fine. An account of the late Michael Ventris's decipherment of the inscribed clay tablets found at Mycenanean sites in Greece and Crete. This book was written in non-technical terms so the oridinary reader interested in the subject can better understand. The decipherment of the Mycenean Linerar B script..... READ MORE about THE DECIPHERMENT OF LINEAR B

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 65276

Chase, William M.

SPANISH PEASANT.

n.p. n.p., n.d. 5.5" by 3" broadside. An engraving by Chase. A fine copy. READ MORE about SPANISH PEASANT

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138224

Order Nr. 41147 SIXTY BOKES OLDE AND NEWE, MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES IN...

(Chaucer). Anderson, David (editor).

SIXTY BOKES OLDE AND NEWE, MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES IN AND NEAR PHILADELPHIA ILLUSTRATING CHAUCER'S SOURCES, HIS WORKS AND THEIR INFLUENCE.

Knoxville: New Chaucer Society, (1986). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 123 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about SIXTY BOKES OLDE AND NEWE, MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES IN AND NEAR...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41147

(Cheloniidae Press). Robinson, Alan James & Elizabeth Curtis.

A print of an Armadillo.

N.P. Cheloniidae Press, 1982. small folio. broadside. NOTE: THIS IS FOR ONE PRINT ONLY. An individual print of an armadillo by Alan James Robinson, with a red 'A' in calligraphy by Elizabeth Curtis. Minor foxing to the leaf, else fine condition. Signed by both artists. The original edition was limited to an edition of 300 copies Illustrated by Alan Robinson. The large red initials printed in the regular edition are done by calligrapher Elizabeth "Betse"..... READ MORE about A print of an Armadillo

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138193

(Cheloniidae Press). Robinson, Alan James.

A print of an Armadillo.

N.P. Cheloniidae Press, 1982. small folio. broadside. NOTE: THIS IS FOR ONE PRINT ONLY. An individual print of an armadillo by Alan James Robinson. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the artist. The original edition was limited to an edition of 300 copies Illustrated by Alan Robinson. The large red initials printed in the regular edition are done by calligrapher Elizabeth "Betse" Curtis. The book is a compilation of travellers' descriptions of real and..... READ MORE about A print of an Armadillo

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138194

THE CHICAGO TYPOTHETAE ANNUAL BANQUET.

Commemorating the two hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. The Blackstone.
Chicago: Chicago Typothetae, 1911. 8vo. Tied with thongs into a stamped leather cover into which a half-tone copper plate of Benjamin Franklin has been placed. (10) leaves. Commemorating the two hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. The Blackstone. Illustrated. Near fine. Very scarce. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CHICAGO TYPOTHETAE ANNUAL BANQUET

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137202

(Children's Books). Smith, Janet Adam.

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

London: Collins, 1948. 8vo. boards. 50 pages. First edition. With 4 plates in color and 33 illustrations in black-and-white. Jacket chipped along spine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22802

(Childrs, Geroge W.). Parton, James.

GEORGE W. CHILDS. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1870. 12mo. original pink stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Childs (1829-1894) was the owner of the Philadelphia Ledger and a noted publisher. He wrote his autobiography in 1890. An uncommon title. Paper wrappers heavily foxed. Crease on front cover. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GEORGE W. CHILDS. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 99255

(Childs, C. G.). Mac Alister, James.

ADDRESS IN MEMORY OF GEORGE W. CHILDS.

Philadelphia, PA: Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry, 1894. 8vo. sewn paper wrappers. 18 pages. Extremely scarce piece of Americana featuring the the memorial address given by James Mac Alister at C. G. Childs' memorial service. C. G. Childs was a premier Newspaper Publisher in Philadelphia, PA (b.1829 - d.1894). James Mac Alister was the President of the Drexel Institute and the memorial was given in the auditorium of the Institute. Small numerical exlibris..... READ MORE about ADDRESS IN MEMORY OF GEORGE W. CHILDS

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 137192

Childs, George W.

RECOLLECTIONS.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.. 1892. tall 12mo. cloth, top edge guilt. 404 pages. Reprint of first edition. Autobiography of this Philadelphia publisher with interesting glimpses at the authors and booktrade of the 19th century. Presenation from Childs. Front cover detached. Chipping at edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RECOLLECTIONS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 23369

(Childs, George W.). Robertson, Frank Wallace.

THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE W. CHILDS.

Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1879. 16mo. self paper wrappers. 28 pages. Part of what appears to be a series of small books on "The Private Libraries of Philadelphia." Childs (1829-1894) was a publisher. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE W. CHILDS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138485

CHRISTIE´S INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE.

Idle, Bradford and London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984-. 4to. paper wrappers. Issues include: June - July 1984; November - December, 1984; October - November 1985; June - July 1986; September 1990; October 1990; February 1991; March 1991; April 1991; September 1991; October 1991; Winter 1991-92; April - May 1992; May - June 1992; Spring 1992; June - July 1992; September - October 1992; October - November 1992; November - December 1992; January -..... READ MORE about CHRISTIE´S INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 136956

(Christmas Books). Irving, Washington.

OLD CHRISTMAS.

Christmastide At Washington
Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., (1934). 8vo. red cloth. 82 pages. Christmastide At Washington. First edition thus printed in an edition of 675 unnumbered copies. Spine faded with minor freying at spine ends. Very light foxing to preliminary pages. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas and printed by John Davis at the Printing House of Judd and Detweiler, Inc. Lettering by Nester Davis. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about OLD CHRISTMAS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137001

Order Nr. 3018 TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF SEASON'S GREETINGS AN ALBUM OF HOLIDAY CARDS AND THEIR...

(Christmas Cards).

TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF SEASON'S GREETINGS AN ALBUM OF HOLIDAY CARDS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS.

New York: Photogravure and Color Company, 1951. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 18, (2) pages. Text and many illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF SEASON'S GREETINGS AN ALBUM OF HOLIDAY CARDS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3018

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