Marburg: N.G. Elwert, 1909. small 8vo. paper wrappers. Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the publisher's founding in 1783, this is a catalogue of Elwert's publications between 1831 and 1909. Wrapper chipped, yellowed, and worn; pages yellowed. READ MORE about VERLAGS-KATALOG DER N.G. ELWERT'SCHEN VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG IN MARBURG
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 48465
Leipzig: Enzyklopädie, (1984). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 109, (3) pages. Bibliography of this publisher's works. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE 1956-1981
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 50666
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1968. thick 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 460 pages. Reprint of the 1904 first edition. A compilation of reprints of 232 letters written to Erasmus followed by biographical sketches of the letter writers. Text in German. READ MORE about BRIEFE DESIDERIUS ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 45989
N.P. Förlags AB Centrum, 1974. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. The opinions of the 1968 Literary Commission (Literaturutredning) did not please everyone, particularly not Swedish publishers and booksellers, as this work by the chairman of the Stockholm book dealers Association shows. Inserted is a card addressed to S. Taubert from a Stockholm bookseller. A little soiled, chipped. READ MORE about PM OM BOKEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52882
Bayreuth: Lorenz Ellwanger, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Fourth edition. Many examples of various kinds of printing, including color printing. Wrappers rubbed. READ MORE about MERKSTOFF ZUR GEHILFENPRUFUNG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48833
Paris: Cercle de la Librarie, 1966. 8vo. paper wrappers. 108, (4) pages. A sociological study of reading in the French military, under the auspices of the Université de Bordeaux. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LE CONSCRIT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49295
N.P. n.p., 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Covers the period 1910-1960. Illustrated. READ MORE about DANSKE BOGILLUSTRATORER GENNEM 50 AAR
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 45532
Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, 1881. small 8vo. original paper wrappers. viii, 182, (2), 16 pages, with 5 additional leaves of illustrations. This society notebook contains a section on Livres & Bibliophiles, opening with the memorable observation "Si la passion n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer" [if this passion did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it]. Also includes a catalogue of Rouveyre's books for bibliophiles. Spine lacking. Disbound. Wrappers soiled; pages yellowed. READ MORE about CARNET D'UN MONDAIN GAZETTE PARISIENNE, ANECDOTIQUE ET CURIEUSE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 49279
N.P. (Editions Rencontre and Erik Nitsche International, 1963). 8vo. paper-covered boards. (i), 105, (7) pages. A history of communication, with chapters on writing, on printing, books, and paper, and on newspapers. Some wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Stamps on front free endpaper and p.1. READ MORE about GESCHICTE DER UBERMITTLUNGSWEGE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 50902
Aachen: J.A. Meyer, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. 135 pages. On bookselling in the economic context of different countries, with some consideration of price controls. READ MORE about BUCH UND BUCHHANDEL
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 51259
Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, (1956). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 212 pages, with illustrations. Includes historical sketches and material from the publisher's archives. READ MORE about ALMANACH DAS SIEBZIGSTE JAHR 1886-1956
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48575
Kassel and Basel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1953. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 141 pages, with illustrations. Foreword by Rudolf Alexander Schröder. Study of 18th century German bookselling. Includes facsimiles of title pages of several of Wilhelm Fleischer's books. Indexed. READ MORE about DIE WICHTIGKEIT DES BUCHHANDELS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 48739
Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1942. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 96 pages. Third edition. A guide to using books as a way to knowledge; sections on the book trade (publishing and bookselling), libraries, and bibliographies. Wrappers faded. Pages yellowed. Bookplate inside front wrapper. READ MORE about WEGE ZUM WISSEN, BUCH, BUCHHANDEL, BIBLIOTHEKEN, SCHRIFTUMSVERZEICHNUNG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49499
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1907. 12mo. cloth. vi, 112, (2), 32 pages. Six speeches on the relationship of the book trade to literature, science, and art, given before the Deutsche Buchgewerbevereins by R. Focke, H. Hermelink, T. Kautzsch, H. Waentig, G. Witkowski, and R. Wuttke. READ MORE about DAS BUCHGEWERBE UND DIE KULTUR
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 48733
Stuttgart: Belser, (1984). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 222 pages. Second, special edition. A history of writing from the earliest times down to the present day, beginning with cave paintings and ending with modern alphabets. 242 illustrations, some in color. Indexed. Jacket spine slightly age yellowed. READ MORE about VOM FELSBILD ZUM ALPHABET
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 50966
Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, (1945). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. First Swedish edition of Anatole France's Bibliophilie orginally printed in French (1926). A treatise on book collectiong and bibliophiles. The introduction and notes are by Grete Jacobsen and have been taken from the Danish Bogvennerne(1929). Illustrations by Karen Jacobsen. Pages unopened. READ MORE about BOKVÄNNERNA
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 63330
Stuttgart: Franckh, n.d. (circa 1972). oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 4 leaves. A sketch of this German publisher on its 150th anniversary. Illustrated. READ MORE about 150 JAHRE FRANCKH'SCHE VERLAGSHANDLUN STUTTGART
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49323
1973. 4to. paper wrappers. pp.1611-1776, followed by 86 pages of ads. In Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchandel, 29. Jahrgang, no.81, 1973. Special issue of the German book trade journal celebrating 25 years of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Corners bumped. READ MORE about 25. FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 48952
München und Berlin: C.H. Beck, 1966. 8vo. paper wrappers. xvi, 99 pages. A primer on price controls for booksellers. Corners bumped. READ MORE about PREISBINDUNGSFIBEL FUR DEN BUCHHANDEL
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 51273
Frankfurt: Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1967. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 67 pages. On the issue of price restrictions in the German book trade. Spine faded. READ MORE about TAGESFRAGEN ZUR PREISBINDUNG DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 50611
Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1925. 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 36, (4) pages. Offers guidance to book-lovers on compiling a Catalogue. Spine covering partially missing with the rest detached. READ MORE about DER KATALOG DES BUCHLIEBHABERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48645
(København: Forlaget Fremad), 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. First edition. A history of the Fremad book seller/publisher on its 50th anniversary. Fremad was the first Danish publishing firm to co-operate in printing books on popular science as well as children's book with full color illustrations. In Danish with English summary. Illustrated. READ MORE about BOG OG PAPIRHANDELEN FREMAD A/S OG FORLAGET FREMAD A/S
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 63171
Stuttgart: C.E. Weber, n.d. (circa 1956). 4to. paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. A speech address to the Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen on the possiblity of the co-operation of art and industry. READ MORE about DIE GOLDENE KETTE GIB MIR NICHT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49576
München: Typographischen Gesellschaft, 1991. 8vo. paper wrappers. 30, (6) pages. Speech celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Munich Typographical Society. READ MORE about FESTVORTRAG ZUM 100JAHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER TYPOGRAPHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 50603
Bielefeld: F. Eilers, (1949). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 119+(1) pages. The story of how a book is produced, from the author's desk to the bookseller's window. Corners bumped. READ MORE about SO ENTSTEHT EIN BUCH
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49265
