Ardsley: EP Publishing Ltd., 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 472 pages. A reprint of the 1881 first edition with a new introduction by professor Jack Simmons of the University of Leicester. An extensive list of topographical works including a lengthy chapter on the general topography of Great Britain with additional chapters on Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY
Price: $30.00 save 30% $21.00 Order nr. 56129
London: British Museum Publications Ltd., (1977). large 8vo. cloth. x, 706 pages. First edition. Lists the manuscripts acquired since those bequeathed by Sir Hans Sloane in 1753, from 1756 to 1782, including numbers 4101 to 5017. Also provides an extensive index for these manuscripts. READ MORE about BRITISH LIBRARY CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS 1756-1782
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 56185
London: British Museum, 1882. large 8vo. original polished cloth, blind-tooled triple fillets, blind-stamped centerpiece. viii, 616 pages. About 4,500 additions of manuscripts, charters and rolls to the main and Egerton collections, and seals, casts and papyri. Unopened. Library stamp on title page. Inside hinges partially split. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN THE YEARS MDCCCLXXVI-MDCCCLXXXI
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 53116
London: British Museum, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vii+(iii), 938 pages. Photolithographic reprint of the volume first published in 1875. Lists the Additional Manuscripts for the years 1854-1860. Contains collections of official correspondence and state-papers and the correspondence of many noteworthy individuals, including Captain Adam Baynes, and Emperor Napoleon to Marshal Berthier, among others. Lists numerous religious documents, and more. Jacket has tears with small pieces missing. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, IN THE YEARS MDCCCLIV.-MDCCCLX
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 55566
Oxford: The Trustees of the British Museum, (1969). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 566, (2) pages. Photolithographic reprint edition of the original 1901 edition. A catalogue of the 1,807 additions to the manuscripts collected from 1894 to 1899. Includes Additional MSS., Additional Charters, Detached Seals, Papyri, Egerton MSS., and Egerton Charters. Minor spotting to cover. Two tears in jacket and minor spotting. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 56187
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees [of the Museum], 1849. large 4to. original grained cloth. (iv), 514 pages. Between the publication of the 1782 Ayscough catalogue and the inception of the Index to the Additions in 1836, the British Museum acquired about 5,000 manuscripts or manuscript sets. The Index to the Additions was not retroactive, and manuscript acquisitions from 1783 through 1835 had, therefore, no coverage in any printed catalogue until this gap was..... READ MORE about INDEX TO THE ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS, WITH THOSE OF THE EGERTON COLLECTION, PRESERVED IN THE...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 55099
With an Introduction by John Julius Norwich.
London: Collins / Glasgow: Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1984. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. With an Introduction by John Julius Norwich. Third impression. Illustrated survey (many in color) of the Burrell Collection--Ancient civilizations, oriental art, medieval art, decorative art, and paintings--given to the City of Glasgow in 1944 by Sir William Burrell (1861-1958). Index. READ MORE about THE BURRELL COLLECTION
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 54234
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1911. square 8vo. limp boards with dust jacket. 26, (2) pages. An uncommon history of this publishing house. Well printed with interesting use of typographic ornaments. With eight separate plates of illustrations. READ MORE about THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 56228
London: Library Bureau, 1896. large 8vo. original publisher's printed paper wrappers. xvi, 500 pages. First edition with a presentation from the author on the front wrapper to H. Guppy (Librarian of the John Rylands Library). A broad bibliographic manual addressing many of the theoretical concepts behind bibliography of the period. Front wrapper and first few pages detached. Chipping to edges and to spine. READ MORE about THEORY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 56445
By Monsr. Leon Faucher. Translated by Thomson Hankey.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1853. 8vo. original paper-covered boards. 110 pages. By Monsr. Leon Faucher. Translated by Thomson Hankey. First edition in England of the first title and second edition, revised of the second title. From the Signet Library with that fact written on both front covers. Covers chipped with small pieces of spine covering missing. READ MORE about REMARKS ON THE PRODUCTION OF PRECIOUS METALS, AND ON THE DEPRECIATION OF GOLD. Translated by D....
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Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1897. small 8vo. self paper wrappers, stiched. 32 pages. Loosely inserted is a handwritten note from Dickson presenting this title. Dickson was the curator of the library at Glasgow. READ MORE about UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE. A STATEMENT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 56481
London: Chatto and Windus (printed at Chiswick Press), 1903. small 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 294, (2), 32 pages, with 5 additional pages of plates. Second edition (first publ. 1902). Dobson: Bibliography of First Editions, 63. Articles on the 18th-century actress Margaret Woffington, Henry Fielding as a journalist, the Spectator, and 9 others. With index, 5 illustrations, and a 1902 publisher's catalogue (browned-on different paper) bound in. A Chiswick Press printing, excepting the catalogue..... READ MORE about SIDE-WALK STUDIES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 53054
London: Privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1885. 8vo. original cloth, beveled edges. x, 296 pages. Besterman 1658. About 1,250 entries, arranged by topic and then by date: Histories and Descriptions, Guide Books, Ecclesiastical Literature, Acts of Parliaments, etc. etc., with over half being "Works Related to Particular Parishes" (subarranged by place). With some annotations; entries for "Newspapers" give brief publishing histories. With a list of Dorset printers and index of author's names. Ex-library copy..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA DORSETIENSIS, BEING A CAREFULLY COMPILED ACCOUNT OF PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 54097
Wigan: Owl Books, (1993). small 8vo. leather. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Presents the rich history of the Eyres' Press in Warrington. Includes the family history of the press, chap and ballad sheets, their use of ornament, their business and clients, and a check list. Contains five appendixes with information on authors with multiple publications, a chronological list of publications, typographical ornament and illustrations, woodcuts and typographical ornament for ballad sheets and chap books, and Eyres'..... READ MORE about EYRES' PRESS WARRINGTON (1756-1803), AN EMBRYO UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 56280
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1875. 8vo. original cloth. viii, 443 pages. Besterman 3397. "Library" means here "bibliography," rather than a particular collection. Works about or referring to "Lancashire places, persons, or things" (preface). Lancashire provenance counts only for "some few theological pamphlets printed in the 17th century." The preface suggests, without clarifying the point, that the author may have restricted himself to items in Lancashire libraries. (Entries do not indicate location.) About 1,250 items..... READ MORE about THE LANCASHIRE LIBRARY. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF BOOKS ON TOPOGRA
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 54159
Southampton: To Be Had at Ye Olde Boke Shoppe, 1891. large 8vo. original quarter leather, with cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt. (vi), 80, lxiii, (3) pages. Besterman 2794. About 2,500 entries, in three lists: Hampeshireiana from the 16th to 19th centuries (mostly 18th and 19th), "books and periodicals containing references to Hampshire," and a list of Hampshire newspapers, current and defunct, by "F.A. Edwards" who seems to have been associated with the Hampshire Independent. An..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA HANTONIENSIS, A LIST OF BOOKS RELATING TO HAMPSHIRE, INCLUDING MAGAZINE REFERENCES...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 55038
Edinburgh: privately printed, 1891. 12mo. original printed paper-covered wrappers. 68 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 275 copies issued only to subscribers. Part of a series of these small booklets by Goldsmid. Edited by James Maidment and revised by Edmond Goldsmid. Wrappers foxed. Bookplate on free endpaper and mounted bookseller's decription on free endpaper. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA, A NORTH COUNTRIE GARLAND
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Heywood, England: n.p., 1902. large 12mo. cloth. viii, 113+(1) pages. Includes books, pamphlets, etc., written by natives or residents of, and printed at or relating to, Heywood. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN OF HEYWOOD
Price: $33.00 Order nr. 55876
Manchester: John Rylands Library, 1909. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 221 pages. Some wear at spine ends. READ MORE about JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER: AN ANLYTICAL CATALOGUE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE TWO EDITIONS OF...
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 56231
Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries Committee, 1961, 1963. 8vo. paper wrappers. not paginated. Edition limited to 550 copies. This catalogue deals primarily with general books on printing, with some books of a more specific interest added because of their value to students of printing. 2524 items listed; author, printers and presses, and analytical indices. READ MORE about MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES: REFERENCE LIBRARY SUBJECT CATALOGUE SECTION 655, PRINTING, PART 1,...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 46613
Liverpool: Library, Museum and Arts Committee, 1906. large 8vo. recent cloth. (x), 648 pages. Catalogue of the book portion of a collection donated to the Liverpool Free Public Library by the Liverpool businessman and collector H.F. Hornby c1898. Hornby's library contained illustrated books, books on art, collections of prints, and books of artistic interest: e.g. many books illustrated by Cruikshank, a complete set of Kelmscott Press books, a number of Bewick items, a collection of..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE ART LIBRARY BEQUEATHED BY HUGH FREDERICK HORNBY, ESQ. OF LIVERPOOL TO THE FREE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 54278
N.P. Bibliographical Society, 1929. 4to. half-cloth over boards. vii, 20 pages followed by 85 plates. First edition. Facsimiles and Illustrations, No.1, issued by the Society. Johnson explains in his introduction that he has chosen the most interesting borders from several hundred books. Has index of printers and books. Ex-library copy with number on spine, withdrawn stamp and embossed stamp on the title page. READ MORE about GERMAN RENAISSANCE TITLE-BORDERS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 40558
London: Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd., 1939. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 224 pages and 19 plates and 17 engravings. First edition. Tells primarily the story of the growth of a printing business during a 100 year period. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about A CENTURY IN PRINT, THE STORY OF HAZELL'S 1839-1939
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 53074
London: John Russell Smith, 1842. small 8vo. original blind panel-stamped cloth. xxiv, 4, 240, 16 pages. Presentation "with the author's compliments" on title page. English and local surnames, names derived from pursuits and occupations, name derived from "dignities...and offices," foreign names, "corruptions" and so on. Concludes with three historic transcriptions of the 11th-century Roll of Battel Abbey (list of names). Bound in is a catalogue of J.R. Smith. Bookseller's ticket inside front cover. Covers spotted..... READ MORE about ENGLISH SURNAMES, ESSAYS ON FAMILY NOMENCLATURE, HISTORICAL, ETYMOLOGICAL AND HUMOROUS: with...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 54216
Chester, England: Published by the Author, 1969. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 69 pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. Illustrated. Bookplate on free endpaper. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN CHESTER FROM 1688 TO 1965
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 43295
